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Andrea Finkelstein /SONY We are at a historic crossroads in the music industry. An independent arbitration panel recently proposed royalty rates to the Librarian of Congress for the streaming of recordings by webcasters Michael Greene/ RECORDING ACADEMY (including the simulcasting of radio on the Internet). The proposal from this panel was based upon months of testimony from more than 50 witnesses, including artists, record labels, broadcasters and Gary Himelfarb /RAS Records webcasters. While it is the nature of arbitrations that no party gets exactly what it wants (and all Paul Katz/ZOMBA parties are appealing the decision), we at SoundExchange are pleased that artists and record labels RECORD GROUP will soon receive royalties after waiting almost four years. Mimi Kim /BMG Despite the fact that the rate is Thomas F Lee /AFM closer to their proposal, webcasters and simulcasters have launched a campaign to undermine the arbitration process. They are inundating Congress with complaints that they Aimee Mann cannot afford to pay for the music - even though they pay market value for things like bandwidth and Walter F. McDonough, Esq. rent. Some of these complaints are based on confusion. Some are based on misinformation, resulting Alasdair McMullan /EMI in grossly exaggerated projected fees. Others seek to perpetuate the royalty -free status enjoyed by broadcast radio, arguing that artists and labels shouldn't be fairly compensated even when their music Jeanne Oberstar /AFIM is performed by those building businesses on recordings. Michael Ostroff /UMG

Perry Resnick /MMF -US It is time for the artists and record labels to be heard. Musicians, vocalists and sound recording copyright owners deserve to be fairly compensated for their creations. Webcasters and simulcasters Paul Robinson/WARNER MUSIC GROUP are not entitled to a free ride or a subsidy.

Hilary Rosen/RIAA These royalties are too important not to act. In our first distribution of satellite subscription royalties this past Jay Rosenthal, Esq. /RAC October, over a thousand different artists and many hundreds of different record labels received royalties.

David Sanborn Make sure your voice is heard above the din created by webcasters and simulcasters. You need to act NOW. Executive Director

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www.americanradiohistory.com Brian Keane Shares Ansel Adams' Vision Chance, favor, and the prepared mind. That's how Ansel Adams des- flamenco legend Paco De Lucia, and the group Spyro Gyra-was invit- Billboard cribed the evolution of his nature photography to a plane of poetic excel- ed in 1981 to score his first documentary. It was Against Wind and lence. In his search for the right proportion of humility, vision, and drive Tide: A Cuban Odyssey, a study by filmmakers Jim Burroughs and Editor in Chief: TIMOTHY WHITE with which all artists attempt to achieve an original portrayal of the truth, Suzanne Bauman of the Mariel boat lift. The film earned an Academy EDITORIAL Keane's verve as a musical storyteller was estab- Managing Editor: MICHAEL ELLIS Adams' essential checklist was succinct. Since he was also a trained clas- Award nomination, and Bureau Chiefs: Leila Cobo (Latin, Miami), Bill Holland (Washington, D.C.), realm of sound as well as sight. lished. Between jazz dates during the next six years, he toiled on other Melinda Newman (L.A.), Phyllis Stark (Nashville) sical pianist, his outlook resonates in the Senior Editors: Ed Christman (Retail), Linda Deckard (Venues, Nashville), [any Rick (Talent), "Music is wonderful, but the musical world is bunk -so much petty film projects with Bauman or Burroughs, including her 1987 docu- Wayne Hoffman (News), ChuckTaylor (Features), Ray Waddell (Concerts, Nashville) Senior Writer: Chris Morris (L.A.) doings, so much pose and insincerity and distorted values," Adams mentary Suleyman the Magnificent. Suleyman led to collaborations Special Corespondent/Music Publishing Editor: Jim Bessman Sky (Celestial Harmonies, 1992) Art Director. Jeff Nisbet also observed, by way of explaining his decision in young adulthood among them the classic Beyond the Associate Editors: Lill Pesselnick (Home Video, L.A.), April with Turkish multi -instrumentalist Omar Faruk Tekbilek. Keane also Brian Garrity (Merchants & Marketing /New Media), to pursue photography rather than music as a career. On 23- Carla Hay (Music & Showbiz), Gail Mitchell (R &B, L.A.), Wes Orshoski, two days after the national PBS TV premiere of Ansel Adams: A Doc- began an acclaimed solo career that yielded such admired albums as Michael Paoletta (Dance), Deborah Evans Price (Country/Christian, Nashville), (Blue Note, 1992). Emma Warby (Copy), ChristaTitus umentary Film by noted documentarian Ric Burns -Green Linnet Snowfalls (Flying Fish, 1986) and Common Planet Staff Writers: Matthew Benz, Rashaun Hall But in an Adams -like gesture of resolve, Keane left Blue Note and Assistant Editors: Christopher Walsh (Pro Audio), Chris Woods Records releases the soundtrack to the project. Produced, arranged, Art Assistant: Raymond Carlson and conducted by Brian Keane, an equally gifted musical scorer of solo jazz work because the commercial demands of the genre felt too Contributors: Bradley Bambarger, Fred Bronson, Ramiro Burt, Usa Collins, Steven Graybow, such tarry LeBlanc, Moira McCormick, David Nathan, Matthew Robinson, documentaries, the music has a crisp lucidity and spaciousness to confining. Despite scoring nearly 200 documentaries (including Steve Smith, SteveTraiman The Great Depression, and Assistant to the Editor In Chief: Allison Farber rival both Adams' awed environmental portraiture and Burns' care- renowned PBS series as Eyes on the Prize, Editorial Assistant: Margo Whitmire (L.A.) ful historical insights. And, like the sum of Keane's own Long Journey Home: The Irish in America), creating INTERNATIONAL (London) Solstice International Editor: Tom Ferguson exceptional career, it meets the film's subject's afore- his own lucrative Winter Solstice and Summer News Editor: Gordon Masson album collections, and becoming an in -demand music Bureau Chiefs: Christie Eliezer (Australasia, Melbourne), Kai R. Lofthus (Nordic, Oslo), mentioned recipe for inspired results. Steve McClure (Asia, Tokyo), Wolfgang Spahr (Germany, Hamburg) "I started out as a musician who was very intellec- producer, Keane has opted not to cut another album as Contributing Editors: Sam Andrews, Nigel Hunter, Kwaku, Paul Sexton, Nigel Williamson hard to reconcile art and com- SPECIAL SECTIONS (Los Angeles) tually based, being in jazz and classical music," Keane a featured solo artist "It's SCULATTI Director of Special Sections: GENE like Ansel, I have also realized merce much of the time," he says. 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Chart Managers: Bob Allen (Boxscore, Nashville), Keith Caulfield (Pop Catalog, Soundtracks, An only child born to a once -wealthy San Francisco body else with whatever's popular to try to cash Production Credits, LA.), Anthony Colombo (Mainstream Rock, Spotlight Recaps) subject matter is Ricardo Companioni (Dance, Latin), Steven Graybow (Jazz, Blues, Modem Rock), Wade lessen timber baron who went bust, Adams grew up an eccen- I prefer documentaries, because the ( Country, Contemporary Christian, Gospel, Nashville), Geoff Mayfield (The Billboard 200, worth documenting that's why they're made." Heatseekers, L.A.), Patrick McGowan (Adult Contemporary,AdultTop 40) Gordon Murray tric soul encouraged by a tender father and tolerated at - (Electronic), Minai Patel (R&B /Hip Hop), Silvio Pietroluongo (The Billboard Hot 100, Top In 1989, Keane was working on the score for Chimps: 40Tracks), Marc Zubatkin (Video, Classical, Kid Audio, World Music, New Age, Reggae) a distance by a depressed mother. Respect for civility Chart Production Manager: Michael Cusson So Like Us Emmy Award -winning HBO film about Associate Chart Production Manager: AlexVitoulis kept the highly stressed family on course, and controlled -the Administrative Assistant: Mary DeCroce (Nashville) benevolence became the Adams boy's quiet creed. On a Jane Goodall's field studies of chimpanzees-when he Archive Research: 646 -654 -4633 floor up in the SALES family trip to the spectacular Yosemite Valley in 1916, the met Ric Bums, who was collaborating one Associate Publisher/Worldwide: IRWIN KORNFELD building with his brother Ken Bums on The Civil Group Advertising Director (East & Telemarketing): Pat Jennings shy 14- year-old saw with one sweeping gaze that there same Advertising Directors: Andy Anderson (Urban), Ian Remmer (West) the fortunes War. Ric asked Keane to score Coney Island, his own PBS New York: loe Maimone would always be something far greater than Los Angeles: Aki Kaneko, Darren Strothers, Michelle Wright or follies of mortal guile. Adams took his first serious film for the American Experience series. Keane has since Nashville: Phil Hart, Cynthia Mellow, Lee Ann Photoglo Advertising Coordinator: Eric Vitoulis photo in 1927 (two years after he began giving piano concerts), and for scored all Ric's films, including The Donner Party, The Way West, New Advertising Assistants: Julie Crider (Nashville), Loreta Genco (L.A.), Rosa laquez "and Classified /Directories: Jeff Sarrette the rest of his career-although he occasionally collaborated with such York, and now Ansel Adams. 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International Circulation Marketing Director: Ben Eva (London) with a more correct sense of balance than contemporaries." Circulation Marketing: Stephanie Beames, Paul Brigden For Keane (born Jan. 18, 1953, in Philadelphia, the first of three off- In the process, Keane has made one of the most distinctive instru- PRODUCTION Director of Production & Manufacturing: MARIE R. GOMBERT spring by businessman/amateur Irish tenor George Keane and his mental albums of the decade. "Getting back to emotional truth," Advertising Production Manager Johny Wallace of course, is a part of longing Advertising Manufacturing Manager: Lydia Mikulko avant -garde composer/wife, Winifred), the "chance" aspect of his own Keane says in summary, "sadness, -the Advertising Production Coordinator: Chris Dexter School -educated gui- knowledge that you may not achieve your dreams. But you have the Editorial Production Director: Terrence C. 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CLASSICAL Top of the News 34 R&B: Cee-Lo Green & His Per- 59 Home Video: Actor Jon LUCIANO PAVAROTTI Romantica 63 fed Imperfections shows the Goodie Voight discusses Ali the man and All 6 2001 marked the first time CAL CROSSOVER Mob member going solo on Arista. the Columbia DVD- Video. ANDREA BOCELLI 63 global CD album shipments fell Cieli Di Toscana Words & Deeds: Sony since the format was introduced. 36 COUNTRY France rap act 3ème Oeil proudly 41 Programming SOUNDTRACK 0 Brother, Where Art Thou? wears its passions on its sleeve. 64 Music & Showbiz: Dick Clark ELECTRONIC 38 Dance: Cinematic Orchestra picks his favorite American Band- SOUNDTRACK Blade II 39 offers jazz for the new millenni- stand moments for an upcoming ATSEEKERS um on Ninja Tune. special celebrating the series. PATTY GRIFFIN 1000 Kisses 64 40 Nashville Scene: Hard -work- DEPENDENT ing helmsman Billy Joe Walker Jr. Features JIMMY BUFFETT Far Side 01 The World sees his career grow with sets by 6 Market Watch INTERNET TravisTritt,Tracy Byrd, and others. Update/Good Works:Third CELINE DION A New Day Has Come 54 43 Latin: A revamped promo- Day's recent tour raises $100,000 ' JAZZ tional strategy does the trick for for Habitat for Humanity. DIANA KRALL The Look Of Love Pilar Montenegro's Desahogo. 61 Classifieds 43 Latin Notas: Lupillo Rivera NORAH JONES Come Away With Me I 65 Between the Bullets: Josh issues two more records this year, MONTENEGRO Groban pole- vaults 121 -12 on the first a nod to his corrido begin- VARIOUS ARTISTS Disneys Superstar Hits Words The Billboard 200. nings, the second a mariachi set. 48 & Music: Phil Gald- ston is elected president of the 81 Billboard.com: What's 46 Jazz Notes: Curtis Stigers INTOCABLE Suenos New York chapter of NARAS. online this week. 11 Artists & Music continues his renewed affiliation The with jazz and standards with 82 Billboard BackBeat 10 Executive Turntable: Uni- ENYA A Day Without Rain Secret Heart. International versal Records names Lee Ches- 49 By floating the company on 70 nut VP of A &R. 47 Studio Monitor: Solid State DISTURBED The Sickness the London Stock Exchange, HMV Logic unveils the new XL 9000 K 14 Swedish band the Hives hopes to turn around its ailing Series console at the National Assn. 37 cause a huge breakout in the U.K. North American and Asian units. of Broadcasters convention in L.A. 14 The Beat: Hollywood Rec- 50 Hits of the World: Celine 70 0 BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? ords absorbs the Mammoth roster. Dion's A New Day Has Come tops 18 Soundtracks: John Williams album charts in nine countries. ARTIST TITLE PAGE continues to capture the magic of 51 Global Music Pulse: The Star Wars with the soundtrack to Soundtrack of Our Lives is becoming Eff11111111111EA 75 Episode II: Attack of the Clones. the latest Swedish breakout band. 18 The aassical Score: Two ADULT CONTEMPORARY new Sony Classical and Universal CELINE DION A New Day Has Come 73 Merchants & Marketing Classics signings make statements. ULT TOP 40 55 After being open for just one 73 19 Touring:The Dirty Dozen year, NewYork's Other Music has Brass Band nears its 25th anniver- COUNTRY shuttered its Boston -area store. 42 sary, the release of a new album, TOBY KEITH My List 56 Declarations of Independents: and the start of yet another tour. DANCE /CLUB PLAY Indie Fall of Rome furthers De- Boxscore: Two Paul Mc- BRANCACCIO & AISHER It's Gonna Be... (A Lovely Day) 39 20 troit's indie -rock rep with Troy Gre- Cartney gigs gross $3.3 million gory's multi- DANCE /MAXI -SINGLES SALES musician debut, Sybil. At a Glance in Northern California. 39 57 Retail Track: Grass -roots Reviews & 71 Chart Artist Index HOT LATIN TRACKS 31 Previews: Su- promotion efforts boost new al- sana Baca, Elvis PILAR MONTENEGRO Quitame Ese Hombre Costello, and To- bums byTweet and Ashanti during 76 Chart Song Index shi Reagon take the spotlight. OT R&8/HIP-HO the first week of April. ASHANTI Foolish 35

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73 YOUNG LOVE: The JENNIFER LOPEZ FEATURING .A RULE Ain't It Funny Warner and Reprise labels are responsible for the The third -highest debut on The Billboard 200 this issue belongs top two debuts on The Billboard 200 this issue. Both acts have a to a former Warner Bros. artist. Bonnie Raitt opens at No. 13 with connection to Buffalo-one to New York and one to Springfield. Silver Lining (Capitol). It's her highest -charting set since Longing The higher of the two debuting albums is the fourth chart entry for in Their Hearts was in pole position for a lone week in April 1994. Buffalo, N.Y.'s Goo Goo Dolls. The group gets its first top 10 album, Silver Lining is already the fourth- highest -charting album of as Gutter/lower opens at No. 4.A Boy Named Goo peaked at No. 27, Raitt's career. Her only albums to peak in a higher position are Nick and Dizzy Up the Girl topped out at No. 15. of Time (No. 1, 1990), Longing in Their Hearts, and Luck of the Longtime Reprise artist Neil Young enters at No. 10 with the 34th Draw (No. 2, 1991). album of his solo career. Are You Passionate? is his seventh top 10 album and his first since Mirror Ball peaked at No. 5 in 1995. Sim- TWEET- TALKING GUY: That's what I should have been last issue, when ply counting Young's solo efforts, the only albums to perform bet- I mentioned Charlene Keys. That's the true identity of new R&B ARTIST ALBUM ter thanAre You Passionate? are Harvest (No. 1, 1972), Mirror Ball, star Tweet, who remains in the top 10 of The Billboard Hot 100 at Comes a Time (No. 7, 1978), Atler the Gold Rush (No. 8, 1970), Rust No. 8 with "Oops (Oh My)" (the Gold Mind/Elektra). Ashanti's real Never Sleeps (No. 8, 1979), and Sleeps With Angels (No. 9, 1994). name is Ashanti Douglas. She is the second solo artist named Dou- CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN Young first appeared on the Billboard album chart 35 years and one glas to have a No. 1 hit on the Hot 100. The first was Jamaican -born P.O.D. Satellite month ago, when Buffalo Springfield's eponymous debut entered Carl Douglas, famed for his 1974 hit "Kung Fu Fighting." GOSPEL the chart the week of March 25, 1967. Of the six Buffalo Springfield KIRK FRANKLIN The Rebirth Of Kirk Franklin albums to chart, none climbed higher than No. 42, the peak position CAN'T NOBODY HOLD HIM DOWN: There's only one new entry in the of Last Time Around in 1968 and Retrospective in 1969. Adding that top 10 of The Billboard Hot 100 this issue. "I Need a Girl (Part One)" DIANA KRALL Live In Paris band's six albums to Young's gives him a total of 40 chart albums. (Bad Boy /Arista) is the 10th top 10 hit for Sean Combs, though the But then you would have to figure in the five albums by Crosby, first that is credited to P. Diddy. "I Need a Girl" is his first top 10 hit Stills, Nash & Young that have appeared on The Billboard 200. Deja BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS Legend (Deluxe Edition) since "Satisfy You" spent three weeks at No. 2 in 1999. Vu, Way WORLD MUSIC 4 Street, and So Far all spent time at No. 1, giving Young a career total of 10 top 10 albums. More Fred Bronson each week at www.billboard.com.

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VP Paul Russell comments, "If you Spain, and Australia [which all album shipments fell for the first ny will now be on copy -protected want to put the problem of piracy into enjoyed sales increases] -can offset time since the format was intro- CDs, although this will not automat- perspective, then realize that if it were some of these problems." duced, falling 125 million units to 2.4 ically be done in America. a country, it would be the third - Larsen notes, "It's common that billion units, compared with 2000. "We have the right to protect our biggest in the world." major artists [in these territories] put That decline is the same size as the business and a moral duty to protect Singles shipments in the U.S. fell out one album a year, therefore main- entire yearly market in France. our artists and writers," he says. from 40.3 million in 2000 to 21.4 mil- taining a close relationship with their And the CD album was not alone: Larsen adds that of the 2 million pro- lion last year, meaning that those fans, rather than a distant one." Singles shipments fell 16.1%, LPs tected CDs UMI sold during the last searching for a single track were Claiming the industry will launch were down 12.9 %, cassettes were quarter of 2001, the company re- almost forced to look for it online. Crit- its various online services `within six down 19.9 %, and MiniDiscs were ceived only about 200 complaints IFPI research indicates that in Ger- icizing his U.S. peers, Larsen says, "The to 12 months," Larsen adds, "I expect down 59.2 %. from consumers. Most of them were many, 18% of 10,000 consumers sur- fact that singles in the U.S. became Pressplay and/or MusicNet to succeed Revealing the 2001 global recorded concerned with the fact that the discs veyed said burning CDs resulted in unprofitable and were therefore in cross -licensing repertoire from music shipment figures April 16, the could not be copied. them buying less music. In the U.S., dropped was perhaps shortsighted ... other companies." He also gave a teas- International Federation of the Phono- IFPI chairman/CEO Jay Berman nearly 70% of people who downloaded [both] from a marketing point of view er on a new system under develop- graphic Industry (IFPI) says that by says, "The industry's problems reflect music burned the songs onto a CD -R and a common -sense point of view." ment by Universal that will `work on their estimate, global recorded music no fall in the popularity of recorded disc, while 35% of people download- Warner Music International a different business model," but he shipments fell in retail value by 5% to chairman/CEO Stephen Shrimpton declined to elaborate. $33.7 billion, compared with more says that "2001 was a difficult year A full summary of the global sales $35.3 than billion one year earlier. for everybody, but the IFPI global figures for 2001 is available at ifpi.org. Despite losing 4.5% in value and 9.4% in units, the U.S. gained overall Nickelback, Diana Krall market share, upping its global dom- inance from 38% to 39.8 %. Mean- Dominate Juno A wards Market Watch while, piracy and economic difficul- A ties saw Brazil drop out of the top 10 BY LARRY LeBLANC long outside the country." Weekly National Music Sales Report music markets after its music indus- ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland Krall, who -With performed a steamy ver- YEAR -TO-DATE OVERALL UNIT SALES try suffered a 25% sales downturn. three wins apiece, Verve jazz diva sion of "Cry Me a River," won for top 2001 2002 Other declines in market value in Diana Krall and EMI rock act artist, while The Look ofLove took top 2001 ranged from 9.4% in Japan and Nickelback dominated this year's album and top jazz vocal album hon- Total 214,045,000 188,020,000 (-012.2%) 9.2% in Germany to 9.6% in Cana- Juno Awards. ors. "This is the best awards, the most Albums 202,591,000 183,535,000 ( 0-9.4 %) da and 8.6% in Italy. The Canadian Academy of Record- musical, the best music I've heard in Singles 11,454,000 4,484,000 ( -060.9 %) ing Arts and Sciences presented 28 a long time, and it's Canadian," Krall awards during an April 13 gala event said. "I'm so proud to be here." YEAR -TO -DATE SALES BY ALBUM FORMAT at the St. John's Convention Centre, History was made when Daniel 2001 2002 In The News attended by more than 1,000 music Lanois received the Jack Richardson CD 186,956,000 172,841,000 ( -07.5 %) industry and local political figures. Producer award just prior to being Cassette 15,243,000 10,254,000 (<>32.7%) The New York Supreme Court A further 11 awards were handed inducted into the Canadian Hall of ruled Monday (15) to reconvene a out the following Fame by Richard- Other 392,000 440,000 V12.2%) hearing April 24 regarding Edel boy night at a two -hour son himself - OVERALL UNIT SALES band Dream Street and the group's televised event - making Lanois desire to revoke its development broadcast by CTV the first inductee This Week 11,203,000 This Week 2001 14,900,000 deal with Dream Street Entertain- to an audience of to receive a Juno. Last Week 12,194,000 Change -024.8% ment (DSE). Dream Street's five 1.4 million -host- Another big win- Change -08.1 members, who are all under the age ed by Barenaked ner was alternative- ALBUM SALES of 18, filed legal proceedings against Ladies. Attended by styled Hawksley DSE and its principals, Louis Bal- a boisterous crowd Workman, who col- This Week 10,950,000 This Week 2001 14,114,000 donieri and Brian Lukow, citing "a of 6,000 at Mile lected gongs for top Last Week 11,904,000 Change 22.4% wide range of conduct and activities One Stadium, the new solo artist and Change that plainly threaten and impair the event was one of top video with Sean minors' well -being." The suit claims the Junos' finest Michael Turrell for 11111111111 FIT" t *4-Y_l I *11111L DSE officers are involved in the hours. his Isadora Record This Week 253,000 This Week 2001 786,000 "manufacture and wholesale distri- Staged on a track, "Jealous of bution of hardcore pornographic Canadian island Your Cigarette." Last Week 290,000 Change -067.8% materials" and transmitted "hard- that rarely shows Accepting his Change X12.8% core pornography directly to certain up on major artists' tour itiner- top -selling album award for Hotshot TOTALYTD ALBUM SALES BY GEOGRAPHIC REGION of the minors over the Internet." aries, the weekend event captivated (MCA), Shaggy noted: "Even when I the entire city. Fans swarmed the lost my record contract a few years 2001 2002 RealNetworks' first-quarter sales streets of St. John's looking [with to spot back Virgin], Canada still sup- Northeast 11,163,000 9,766,000 ( 012.5 %) fell 6% to $47.3 million, but a new celebrities, and pubs in the city's ported me. As one islander to anoth- Middle Atlantic accounting standard let it report a celebrated George Street district er islander [Newfoundland], I've 28,554,000 24,561,000 ( -014.0 %) profit 1 of $1.05 million, or cent per stayed open until sun -up for show- found in the past few days we have East North Central 31,018,000 27,835,000 (010.3%) share. The standard, SFAS 142, cases, label parties, and impromp- much in common." means companies no longer amor- tu jam sessions. Despite this year's strong talent West North Central 12,553,000 11,287,000 (-010.1%) tize good will -the difference be- Nickelback collected awards for lineup, a significant flaw in the South Atlantic 38,779,000 35,526,000 (-08.4%) tween the price paid for an asset top rock group, top rock album (for Junos remains its inbred conser- and its book value -but write it Silver Side Up), and top single (for vatism. The televised program South Central 30,600,000 28,080,000 (-08.2 %) down only if its value has declined. "How You Remind Me "), while Van- rarely spotlights alternative, folk, Mountain 14,597,000 13,353,000 ( -08.5%) In first- quarter 2001, the Seattle - couver -based Randy Staub won the and worldbeat genres or even jazz based Internet media firm took a top engineering award for his work or country -all of which have Pacific: 35,326,000 33,126,000 p 6.2 %) $27.5 million for good will charge with the band. Nickelback's lead strong roots in Canada. Also, Cana- ROUNDED FIGURES FOR WEEK ENDING 4/14/02 and other acquisition costs and had singer, Chad Kroeger, told Billboard da's independent label interests dScar, a net loss of $24.4 million, or 15 backstage, "It's great to come back remain overlooked. Compiled from a national sample of retail store and rack sales reports collected, compiled, and provided by oW 11110 cents per share. to Canada and have people know us A full list of the 2002 Juno awards when we've been on the road so can be found at juno-awards.ca.

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RIM president/CEO Hilary Rosen Music Group (UMG) is now a formida- where there are Part of the criteria I've used in my of the Recording Artists Coalition says: "I share Jay's concern that this ble player in the Latin music business, career is how the artist fits in with the (RAC), bringing the number of mem- was leaked." poised not only to sustain its current 20 -30 releases in rest of the roster. We're not interested bers to 141. Other new RAC members In his counterproposal, Cooper position as a label uniquely supported a month. We're in having a bulging roster for the sake include Puddle of Mudd, Toby Keith, writes that the damages lawsuit issue by a media conglomerate but also to not of keeping an artist." Neil Diamond, Christina Aguilera, "is the whole basis of our dispute. We grow the business, according to UMG interested in having As for distribution, Behar expects to Stone Temple Pilots, and Seal. are unwilling in any form or fashion president/CEO José Behar. decide within a month whether Fono- RAC was co- founded in 2000 by to let the damages provision stay. This Speaking publicly for the first time a bulging roster visa will continue to be carried on its Don Henley and Sheryl Crow to cre- is both discriminatory and against since the Fonovisa acquisition was own distribution system or fall under ate a recording artist -driven organi- California policy." announced last December, Behar for the sake of UMG's accord with Universal Music zation ensuring that their rights and But he adds, "We are perfectly talked to Billboard at length about the keeping an artist.' and Video Distribution. views are presented in legislative are- agreeable to the notion that any restructuring of Fonovisa-the na- Beyond Fonovisa, UMG's options as nas and in private negotiations. advances made during the term for tion's largest Latin music indie -and -JOSÉ BEHAR, a label are supported by Univision's In related news, on April 15, RAC term albums should be returned of the development of an expanded UNIVISION MUSIC GROUP ownership of the Univision Network, co- counsel Jay Cooper sent a coun- 100% if the artist exits the agreement UMG that will "have the ability to the TeleFutura network, cable network terproposal that outlined a possible at the end of seven years without merge both worlds: the independent Galavision, and Univision Online, as compromise settlement to modify the delivering those specific albums ... way of doing business and the corpo- business affairs, finance, and sales, well as its strategic alliances with Tele- recording industry's amendment to But at the end of seven years, the rate way of doing business." while each label will maintain its own visa and Venevision and its 32% stake California's seven -year personal con- artist is either free to move to anoth- What's clear is that UMG-a fledg- A &R, marketing, and promotion de- in the Entravision radio network. tract rule to Recording Industry Assn. er label, release recordings on their ling label created only last year -is partments. "[A &R, marketing, and But Behar -who also opened UMG of America (RIM) negotiator and for- own or independently, or re -sign with now a mammoth, thanks to its pur- promotion] is the driving engine that Mexico -is particularly interested in mer Warner Bros. executive VP David the same company." chase of Fonovisa (which in 2001 had will continue to run these record corn - international opportunities and has Altschul. In the reply -which was Cooper says, "We are willing to a 13.4% share of the U.S. Latin mar- panies," Behar says. And although created an international department leaked to the press -he opposes once and for all agree to some form ket and was second only to Sony's Fonovisa should retain its "culture and headed by international VP Peggy Dold artist -damages lawsuits, agrees on the of tacking" but will only allow a new 21.4 %), its 50% stake in Mexican - distinct style of music," he adds, "I that will focus on exporting the music return of advances on undelivered seven -year deal to be struck "after a based indie label Disa, and its own would like to see [it] become more to Latin and non -Latin markets, in- albums, and allows "tacking" under renegotiation, if it meets certain cri- growth. UMG artists like Pilar Mon - diverse without losing its stronghold cluding Europe and Asia. certain circumstances. teria." It must be a substantially dif- tengro (see story, page 43) and Jessie on the regional Mexican market." In publishing, Fonomusic and Cooper would not discuss in detail ferent deal and include "substantial Morales have been making chart The most immediate visible change Americal Publishing companies will be the contents of the proposal or royalty and advance increases, the inroads, while sales of Disa acts at Fonovisa will be the departure of its integrated into the newly formed Uni- counterproposal, but he did say that reversion of masters, as well as jumped since last year's acquisition longtime president, Guillermo Santi- vision Music Publishing company, his counterproposal views "were [recording royalties] being non- cross- and the ensuing advertising spots so. Some core management has re- which is also expected to grow. taken out of context." collateralized." guaranteed to its artists on the Univi- mained, including José Luis Mogollón UMG will move its corporate head- The RIAA and the labels favor a Key members of the committee sion network. But while Disa is still as VP of operations, Danny Mireles as quarters to Woodland Hills, Calif., this new "tacking" clause in contracts, in plan to meet April 22 in Sacramento, managed by the Chávez family in Mex- VP of national promotions, and Carlos summer. "I equate coming to Univi- which the seven -year clock is reset Calif., to get a progress report from ico, Fonovisa is fully owned by Univi- Maharbiz as East Coast VR. Melody sion with when Phil Jackson came to when contracts are renegotiated. both sides on the matter. An addi- sion, and its management will report Latina, the Fonovisa pop imprint that the Lakers," Behar says. "He had great "Tacking is an issue, but I'm not tional hearing is slated for April 26 in directly to Behar. was revived last year, will cease to exist, players to work with. But make no going to negotiate this in the press," Los Angeles if negotiations fail. UMG will manage both the Univi- though its artists will be incorporated mistake: It's still about signing artists sion and Fonovisa labels and handle all into the Fonovisa roster. and making great music." Embattled Napster Rumored For Sale BY BRIAN GARRITY the strategic know -how and technical Thomas Middelhoff confirmed in the NEW YORK- Rumors are mounting guidance to effectively prepare for the German press that the company has that Bertelsmann wants to take full launch of the new service." made an offer to buy Napster. Reports ownership of Napster, after loaning But the launch schedule for a say the price is around $15 million. almost $100 million to the Redwood membership -based product remains But acquisition talks have been City, Calif. -based company. But with unclear. After previewing a beta ver- stymied by litigation between John the embattled swappery still to sion of the legitimate service early Fanning, the uncle of Napster founder launch its legitimate service and in the year, the company has tabled Shawn Fanning, and venture -capital struggling with cash problems, set- its bow indefinitely. firm Hummer Winblad regarding tlement /licensing talks with the The problem is still content licens- membership on the online company's Recording Industry Assn. of Ameri- ing. Despite a bullish prediction from board and the allocation of funds (Bill- ca, and management in- fighting, board Bulletin, March 28). Napster's future is cloudier than ever. Despite all of Napster's problems, RECORD COMPANIES: Lee Ches- in Concord, Calif. She was GM of In the latest bit of bad news, the Jupiter Media Metrix senior analyst nut is named VP of A &R for Uni- E Pluribus Unum Records. company announced April 13 that it mapster Aram Sinnreich argues that a Bertels- versal Records in New York. He Ric Lippincott is named na- had sacked 30 staffers in another mann takeover of the company still was VP of A &R for Epic Records. tional promotion director of round of cutbacks. The move came makes sense. "Napster is a terrible bet Brian Ackley is promoted to Immergent Records in Los one month after Napster laid off an Hilbers months ago that Napster for an outside investor. It has no clout, COO for American Gramaphone Angeles. He was CEO of Big estimated 10% of its work force in would have a deal in place with the no leverage, pending lawsuits, a brand in Omaha, Neb. He was director Horse Records. early March, leaving 90 employees. major labels by now, no pacts have that's fading in the minds of con- of production /chief engineer for Napster CEO Konrad Hilbers said in been struck. What's more, negotia- sumers, and nothing that's really pro- Mannheim Steamroller Record- PUBLISHING: Catherine Brewton a statement that the company remains tions between the two sides are said prietary to the company. So lending it ings and will continue to handle is promoted to assistant VP of committed to launching its new mem- to be progressing slowly. An ongoing millions of dollars in hopes of seeing those duties. writer /publisher relations for BMI bership-based service: 'We're faced with sticking point is disagreement re- some kind of upside over the long term Margi Cheske is named VP of in Atlanta. She was senior direc- the hard decision to further streamline garding how much Napster should is folly. 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"It took five guys to write that other one." chandising, and continued demand for new and "It's really right for all this to be happening duced New Connection, his fifth album and sec- One of New Connection's 13 cuts that Snider archival NRBQ recordings, the prolific and influ- now," says Gary Lambert, co- manager of the ond for Nashville -based indie Oh Boy Records didn't write is "Crooked Piece of Time" by Oh ential New Rhythm and Blues Quartet, which group with Billy Cohen and Colleen Kennedy for (due May 14), Snider taps into his own emotions, Boy labelmate John Prine, who also sings on the formed in 1967, has never been more visible. San Francisco -based Labyrinth. travels, and human frailties while still managing song. The idea to cover the tune came while The ever-touring group-whose eponymous "NRBQ has always been the prototype indie to showcase an appealing sense of humor and watching news coverage of last Sept. 11. "That 1999 Rounder album marked band," notes Lambert, "and his unique world view. phrase `crooked piece of its 30th year as a recording an inspiration for a lot of Snider says he tried to enter time' just came to mind," entity and was its last with young bands, and it's exciting the studio this time around Snider says. Like his song - major distribution -is cur- and appropriate for the guys without any preconceptions writing, he sort of stumbled rently promoting Atsa My to have the same level of self - about how the record would into the somewhat more Band, recently issued on its determination and creative turn out. "I love getting to adventurous musicality of own Edisun Records. It fol- control over their product record, but the process always New Connection. "Most of lowed the label's debut release and distribution as they've ends up a little more nerve - these songs I wrote in a funny from 2000, The Scraps Com- always insisted on regarding wracking than I like," he says. tuning, because I left my gui- panion, which included a live the recording and perform- "This time it was more re- tar like that and it stayed that 1972 radio performance and ing ends of the operation." laxed, and I was able to sit way for a few days." outtakes from the sessions A longtime associate of the back and enjoy it more. Most- For its part, the label says that resulted in that year's Grateful Dead organization, ly I went out for wine." that it is more targeted in Scraps album that, inciden- Lambert adds that the distri- When it comes to reaction their efforts at radio and re- . tally, was recently reissued. bution /fulfillment service to his finished product on tail. "We go with special pro- Just out last week from performed for Edisun by previous efforts, Snider says, grams that mean a lot and Edisun is Music's Been Good Grateful Dead Merchandising "I only know what I read in back it up with performances to You, a compilation of 18 previously unreleased "makes incredible sense, because no one's bet- the papers when it comes to my music. My third in that city," Oh Boy president/CEO Al Bunetta NRBQ studio and live tracks from 1975 to the ter at serving a fiercely loyal audience." record was a real rock record, but I loved it and says of his label, which is distributed by Ryko. present. An album of new material will also be NRBQ's own fiercely loyal audience is now I'm glad I had a chance to do it. I hope to try "With a smaller independent label, you can't ready from Edisun by the end of the year. The being well -served by the band's Web site. some more `Chris Gaines' kind of stuff, if I'm have enough friends and buzz." label's releases are available through the band's "It's sort of a virtual town square for Q fans lit- around long enough." Oh Boy VP Dan Einstein says Snider's hard - nrbq.com Web site and via Grateful Dead Mer- erally from all over the world who can mingle and The songs onNew Connection range from the touring nature works well with specialized set- chandising's (mars.dead.net) site. compare notes and argue about best shows and restless title cut and such Snider-esque humor as up at retail, both major and independent. As Meanwhile, Atsa My Band has been issued in spread the word to the uninitiated," Lambert says, "Vinyl Records," "Statistician Blues," and "Beer for radio, "we get a tremendous amount of sup- Japan on the Dreamsville label; also out in Japan "and it's nice to have real fans spreading the Run" to tender ballads in "Rose City" and "Easy" port from Americana stations and [noncom- is a NRBQ tribute album by Japanese bands, gospel instead of just hired hands." and edgier, more musically daring material like mercial] triple -A stations that have been sup- That's Neat, That's Nice. Domestically, Carrot Top The grass -roots nature of NRBQ's fan base is "Broke" and "Class of '85." Snider's approach to porters of both Todd and John [ Prine]." Records has released the two -disc Duplex Planet newly manifested by the upcoming inaugural songwriting is much like his self-description in Laura Ellen Hopper, PD at KPIG Monterey, Radio Hour, a public -radio broadcast of two NRBQ Wild Weekend event, which takes place "Easy," where he sings, "I find a way to trip all Calif., says she is always interested in new Snider shows presented by Art at St. Ann's in Brooklyn, June 28 -30 at the Hastings Hotel in Hartford, over almost every single step I take." material. "We were one of the first to play him, N.Y., in 1994, featuring NRBQ keyboardist Terry Conn. Named for the title -track tune from the "I kind of trip over songs," Snider ex- and we play him a lot," she says. "Todd is quite Adams' music performed to writer David Green - band's 1989 album, the weekend involves two plains. "I just drive around and make up the cultural icon in this part of the world." berger's monologues. And on April 25, Blue Plate nights of performances and an afternoon meet - songs until I get 13 or 14 of 'em." The artist Snider's publishing is through his own Music releases NR/3Q -Live at Mountain Stage. and- greet. Lambert says, "[It is] an inspiring tes- says he wrote the bittersweet "Class of '85" Elmo Buzz Songs (BMI), and he's managed by Adams reports that Sundazed Music will put tament to the loyalty the fans have for this band." while performing. "I made that song up Bunetta. He plays some 200 dates a year, out a 1970 recording featuring NRBQ's original Adams adds, "I think a lot of people want while I was playing another song at a show. booked by Fleming, Tamulevich & Assoc. band members this summer and that a concert to have more choices in their music than I saw a guy in the audience that I thought I Overall, Snider finds Oh Boy a comfort- taped in 1983 featuring John Sebastian of the what the image- driven labels offer, and we knew from high school." able label fit. "Mostly we all have the same Lovin' Spoonful will soon be available in Japan. want to reach all of them." Snider also points out that he wrote his "Beer record collection."

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www.americanradiohistory.com `. ':: L The Hives: U.K.'s Band Of The Moment Swedish Act Capitalizing On Interest In Garage Rock Via Poptones, Epitaph

BY ADAM HOWORTH we had a colossal market share in owns the act's publishing for the LONDON- Britain is under siege the first week. It's gone mental. It's world through subsidiary company from a particularly virulent bout of No. 15 in the Sainsbury's Chart, Songs & Stories -says, "They re- Hivesmania. The epidemic origi- which is unheard of in this music. leased both records in the States, nated in Offagersta in Sweden and It's purely word -of- mouth." but the first was without any [mar- Beat_ has already afflicted more than Hans Hagman, the London - keting] effort. It was going slowly 100,000 record buyers in slightly based VP of music programming until their first U.S. tour two or MAMMOTH DOWNSIZES: The saga of through J Records. more than three months. Teenagers for MTV Networks Europe, points three months ago and now it's pick- Hollywood Records and Mammoth, "Coming from Columbia, where I are particularly at risk, displaying to the band's Anglophile approach ing up. The rumor is spreading from which Hollywood parent Disney pur- worked for eight years, the Aware/ such symptoms as rabid pogoing as being a key asset. " 'Attitude' Europe, and they're going back chased for around $25 million in 1997, Columbia model seemed very effec- and crowd surfing but thankfully no bands have always done well in the there in May to tour again, then has added another sad chapter. tive," says Diener of the partnership skin eruptions as yet. they're recording a new Effective May 3, 12 of Mammoth's that has successfully broken Train Those responsible, the album in the fall for 14 staffers are expected to leave the and John Mayer. The idea for Octone Hives, are a five -piece release in March 2003." company, although a few may stay on was born when Diener joined the J aged between 23 and 25 "We're rereleasing longer during the transition as acts are staff in November 2000. "Octone was who have been cultivat- Veni, Vidi, Vicious at a shifted to Hollywood staffers. As of part of my arrangement with J, but ing their exhilarating 40% discount at retail- press time, the only employees defi- we've spent the first several months brand of garage rock for at around $9," Gurewitz nitely staying with the company are looking at acts. The deal with BMG the past eight years on confirms. "MTV2 in the Mammoth president Rob Seidenberg was formalized when we had prod- Swedish independent U.S. has pushed us up to and A&R manager Abe Baruck, both uct to deliver." label Burning Heart Rec- high rotation-21 spins a of whom are based in Burbank, Calif. The first release from Octone will be ords. Last year, London - week-on Main Offender The rest of the staffers are in New York. the June 25 label debut from Los Ange- based indie Poptones li- and we're doing a 30- Mammoth, which was founded in les -based Maroon5. censed the act for the minute film on the group 1988 by Jay Faires -who departed the When projects reach a certain level of U.K. and released Your for MTV2. They lend company in late 1999-will remain an success, J Records will provide "a signif- New Favourite Band -a themselves to video more imprint within Holly- icant push in the mar- compilation of the act's than anyone in years. wood Records, which ketplace," Diener says. "J first two albums, 1997's We're not the hyperbole was already involved in is aware of the projects as Barely Legal and 1999's machine that is Warner the sales and promotion they progress. Things Veni, Vidi, Vicious. The or Sony but we're giving of Mammoth releases. don't just show up at latter has shipped more it our best." At this point, none of their doorstep at 75,000 than 200,000 copies since Hives frontman Pelle Mammoth's 12 acts have units." its Oct. 22 release, giving Almqvist -who McGee been let go, and release Octone's headquar- Poptones CEO Alan McGee his first describes as "the perfect bridge be- dates for upcoming proj- ters are located in lower major hit since Primal Scream's `There are a lot of tween Iggy Pop and Mick Jagger ects- including albums ottone Manhattan, although Xtrmntr on Creation in 2000. people playing punk and circa '66, when they were both from Los Lobos (June 4), Diener continues to Poptones A &R consultant Alan young and sexy" -has his own take A (July 2), and John Wesley Harding (July work out of J's midtown offices. Diener, Hake explains, "Alan McGee came rock'n'roll and pop on his band's popularity in the U.K. 23)-remain firm, according to sources. who holds the title of president, has back from one of his overseas trips music, but I don't think "It has more to do with England During its more than four years as hired former Columbia exec Ben Berk- to find myself and all the press than us," he says. "England is the part of Disney, Mammoth has been un- man as head of promotion (he will also department going mental about the really any of them sort of place that you can get really, able to capture the level of success it have a hand in marketing and A &R), band, and it turned out that he had sounded like us. Half the really famous for 18 months and had during its prior affiliation with former Price Waterhouse Cooper exec seen the video for 'Hate to Say I Told then everyone forgets you." Atlantic. While it did achieve its high- David Boxenbaum as GM (with a role You So' in a hotel room and bands were probably Despite the former Creation est position ever on The Billboard 200 in A&R and marketing as well), former thought, 'Who the fuck are this lot? listening to the same head's support for his new charges, in 1998 when the Mammoth/Disney Hybrid staffer Jim Chambers as head This is great!' " the Hives were never Oasis fans, release Perennial Favorites from of retail marketing and sales, and for- McGee adds, "They were free for kind of stuff as us but Almqvist reveals: "We didn't listen Squirrel Nut Zippers peaked at No. 18, mer Roadrunner college rep Andrew England, so we signed them to came up with different much to Oasis, because when they that album only went gold, whereas Suggs as head of new media. Poptones, and it's exploded for us." came out in Sweden we were 14 or two projects prior to its Disney affilia- Poptones subsequently released conclusions.' 15 and were punk rock purists. We tion-American Standard from Seven STUFF: Sammy Hagar and David Lee the single "Hate to Say I Told You only listened to punk rock. Every- Mary Three -NICHOLAUS ALMQVIST, THE HIVES and the Zippers' Hot have Roth will kick off a co- headlining So" Feb. 11. thing else was forbidden." Nonethe- been certified platinum. tour, informally dubbed the Sans One possible reason for the strong less, U2 and Oasis were suitably It's unknown what will happen to Halen tour, May 29 at Cleveland's public interest in the Hives in the U.K., and their attitude is British - impressed to invite the band to sup- Mammoth's space in Manhattan's Blossom Music Center ... Beth Katz, U.K. is the arrival of similarly sound- the Who, the Pistols." port them on their European tour Tribeca neighborhood, although one formerly with Dan Klores Commu- ing punk rock acts from the States, Hagman's view is supported by this summer. "We got offered it and source speculates that Hollywood will nications, has set up her own shop in such as the Strokes, the White Brett Gurewitz, original guitarist said no. We took a vote," explains the move its midtown New York offices New York. Among her music clients Stripes, and B.R.M.C. (Black Rebel with U.S. punk act Bad Religion and singer. "It was gonna take two to that location. at Beth Katz Media & Marketing are

Motorcycle Club), although Andrew founder of Epitaph Records, which months, and it was only 20 shows. A spokesperson for Hollywood Diana Krall and Billy Gilman . . . Phillips, program controller at Lon- owns a shareholding in Burning It's not that we don't like them or Records, confirmed that "as part of Joan Osborne's Womanly Hips label don -based alternative radio station Heart. "It reminds me of early have anything against them, but we this consolidation and reorganiza- has inked a distribution deal with Xfm is in no doubt as to the more Stones-it has a very British flavor," enjoy our own shows." tion, several Mammoth positions will Nashville -based Compendia Records important band. "The Strokes are he says, adding that he's confident This independence of mind and be eliminated or relocated to Mam- Group. The label's first release will be good, but these guys are great," he of replicating the U.K. success of the spirit has much to do with the now - moth and Hollywood's Burbank a project from Osborne, titled, appro- says. "We just fell in love with the Hives in their spiritual homeland. thriving underground scene in offices." The representative declined priately enough, Womanly Hips, due sound and the energy. No- to three - "I definitely can," Gurewitz says. Scandinavia, numbering such acts to elaborate. Aug. 27. Osborne, who last recorded minute songs with great hooks, and "They have incredible charm, as the Hellacopters, Soundtrack of for Interscope, formed Womanly Hips it's rock that's 'real.' " charisma, and appeal, and if it trans- Our Lives, and Nebula. HIGH OCTONE: Taking a page from the prior to the release of her 1995 break- Peter Stoneman, London -based lates in one English- speaking coun- "There are a lot of people playing Aware /Columbia Records playbook, through album, Relish (Blue Go- product manager for the Virgin try, I don't see why it shouldn't in punk and rock'n'roll and pop music, Columbia alum and current J Records rilla/Mercury) ... Artemis Records Entertainment Group -owned V another. They're unabashed, and but I don't think really any of them VP of A &R and marketing James has signed Nashville Pussy. The label Shop retail chain, says, "It's quite that's what great rock'n'roll should sounded like us," guitarist Nicholaus Diener has launched Octone Records. will release the band's third album, interesting if you compare it to the be. Chicks want to meet them and Almqvist says. "Half the bands were The alternative and rock -oriented Say Something Nasty, May 28. Strokes, which was media -led. We've guys want to be them." probably listening to the same kind label, owned by Diener and some part- seen a real build since October and, Mudda Johansen, head of promo- of stuff as us but came up with dif- ners, will be distributed through BMG, Additional reporting by Ed Christman as one of the first retailers to take it, tions at Burning Heart-which also ferent conclusions." with key releases slated to be worked in New York.

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www.americanradiohistory.com In The Works U.K. singer /songwriter Beth Orton will issue her third col- lection, Daybreaker, July 30 on Heavenly /Astralwerks. The al- bum features appearances by Ryan Adams, the Chemical Brothers, Johnny Marr, and Emmylou Harris. The set was mixed by Ben Watt (Everything but the Girl) and Andy Brad- field. Prior to the release of Daybreak, Orton will embark on a 17 -date tour of the U.S. The tour kicks off May 20 in Van- couver and ends June 15 in Washington, D.C.

Atlantic's Hootie & the Blow- fish have entered the studio to begin recording their first all - new album in four years. The as- yet -untitled collection is slated for release in summer 2003. The quartet of Mark Bryan, Dean Felber, Darius Rucker, and Jim Sonefeld spent the past six months writing songs and is now teamed with famed producer Don Was to lay down the set's tracks.

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BY CHRIS MORRIS "There was a general fatigue on my rators from the worlds of rock, hip - the 11," while old -school R&B star very happy about that." LOS ANGELES-Comershop's Hand- behalf, and I had to stop and sort out hop, R &B, and electronica. Otis Clay serves as the MC on the Handcream's first single, "Les- cream for a Generation -the Euro- a few problems." One prominent guest is Oasis' leadoff track "Heavy Soup." Mixer sons Learned From Rocky I to Asian group's first album since the In the interim, the band changed Noel Gallagher, who contributes Rob Swift of the X -Men co- produced Rocky III," will be promoted to col- 1997 hit When I Was Born for the attorneys and management (Cor- guitar to the 14- minute track two tracks for the set. lege -radio and specialty program- 7th Time -is also its first for U.S. nershop is now self-managed world- Now in its 10th year, Cornershop mers before going to commercial - indie Beggars Banquet. wide), and Singh and guitarist Ben has moved beyond initial controver- modern rock outlets in late May. In an unusual dual -label arrange- Ayres released an album under their sy and has gained recognition for its Four remixes of the song will be ment, V2 will distribute the Beggars side project Clinton. playful but sometimes tart political serviced to DJ pools. A video, shot album, released April 9 in the U.S. The group also reluctantly parted commentary, heard on such Hand- in South Africa, will be worked at (through BMG), and will handle company with its longtime label, cream for a Generation cuts as MTV, VH1, Sundance Channel, and promotion efforts. Luaka Bop, which had itself moved "Wogs Will Walk" (published by Uni- other cable outlets. V2 head of product management its distribution from Warner Bros. to versal Music, ASCAP). A seven -piece edition of Corner- Sharon Lord says, "[Beggars Ban- Virgin. Singh says, "When I started, shop ( "It's Kool & the Gang, really," quet] gets major distribution and use "Me and Luaka Bop have always Asians got bottled by other Asians if Singh says) begins a month -long of our regional sales force as well. had a good relationship, and it's a they were on a stage and playing a U.S. tour Apriil 26, opening for Oasis The main thing is promotion. We're very sad thing we're not working guitar, because that was just anath- in Las Vegas. The band -which is doing it up on everything -on col- together," Singh says. "Unfortu- ema to them. What we've had to booked in the U.S. by Bob Lawton of lege, on specialty, and on video." nately, we'd been with them while fight against to even start this group Legends of the 21st Century in New Beggars Banquet CEO Lesley they were having a lot of changes has made a mark on what other York -performs at the Coachella Bleakley adds, "As an independent from top level down to bottom level; Asians have done in this industry. Valley Festival in Indio, Calif., the label, you don't get a fair crack of and when they moved to Virgin, "Spectral Mornings." Not a lot of groups can say that." following day, and will hit a mixture the whip at radio, once you get past unfortunately at the time when we "We started working on a track He adds, "Slowly but surely, peo- of clubs, theaters, and festivals specialty commercial alternative. got back for this album, there were together for the Clinton album, but ple have realized what we've done thereafter. We felt we wanted to work with a a lot of changes going on at Virgin, he had to go up to France to finish from the beginning. People do stop Retailer Eric Levin, owner of larger company, and obviously and it wasn't something I wanted to up the Oasis album at that time," at politics, and it's something we Atlanta's Criminal Records, says they've had some degree of success be going through twice. It takes at Singh says. "It was good for us to don't waver from. It's gotten to a the store will give away tickets to at radio before." least five years for any major label to actually get to the bottom of some- level now where people are saying, Cornershop's May 4 date at the When I Was Born for the 7th Time settle down, and settling down is thing. He just came in once. He was `Yes, they are political, but we can Variety Playhouse. spawned a major club and modern - normally a case of further changes there for three hours, and he kept move further from that and look at "I've always loved their records, rock radio hit with the Fatboy Slim from top-level." on putting overdubs on. Then we what they've done musically and and I am personally excited about remix of the track "Brimful of Asha." Handcream for a Generation con- went to the pub to pay him." artistically.' It's just so different that this one," Levin says. 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www.americanradiohistory.com Naughty By Nature Celebrates 10th Anniversary With IVI Bow

BY RASHAUN HALL And that's largely because of co- lished by TVT Records /Naughty by that's Naughty's sound. With `Feels NEW YORK -With iicons, due May founder KayGee's departure in late Nature Records, ASCAP.) Good,' people would think he had 7, Naughty by Nature issues its first summer 2000, which was followed "I knew that once [KayGee] left, cats involvement, but hell no." effort since the departure of DJ /pro- by the group's dismissal from the would think that we were through on For Leach, "Feels Good" made ducer KayGee and a move to TVT Arista label. a production tip. That was my mis- perfect sense. "The track was a Records. But perhaps what is most With its lone Arista effort, 1999's sion -the beats and the production. I Naughty track," he says. "The 3LW notable to the venerable rap act's 19 Naughty IX: Nature's Fury, going knew that, lyrically, it was going to go collaboration made sense because we remaining members, Treach and gold and spawning the gold single down, but beat-wise I wanted to make wanted to get the kids who didn't Vinnie, is that the album marks the "Jamboree" -after a four-year ab- sure that motherfuckers threw up grow up on Naughty." act's 10th anniversary -one that sence from the marketplace -Vinnie when they heard this album." Radio seems to agree. "It's a clas- they seemed unlikely to celebrate says that he and Treach felt confident Naughty enlisted the help of such sic Naughty track," KXJM ( Jammin as a group. the label would "realize that [KayGee] producers as Da Beatminerz, Dream 95.5) Portland, Ore., PD Mark Adams Team, and Allstar. In addition to says. "It has a great sound with con- bringing outside producers, Vinnie temporary production. We've gotten and Treach decided they would cele- a great response at phones." brate their 10 years in style. According to TVT VP of urban was just the production and would "These collaborations are people marketing and artist development want to move on with us, but they we actually have love for and know," Neil Levine, in addition to promoting said, `No,' and dropped us, which Treach says. "We were inviting peo- the single, iicons will be price -posi- caught us off guard." ple to the studio. They would come tioned at every major retail account Treach adds, "That was one of the in, hear a track, and go from there." for its release date. TVT has also done worst times in our career. I was 'icons features a range of guests, a snippet sampler, and it is talking to going through a divorce, our homie from Peter Gabriel to 3LW, who ap- several chains about bundling it the [KayGee] just split out of nowhere, pear on lead single "Feels Good." week before release date. we were dropped from the label, and "The reception to the record has TVT has also organized several one of my closest friends was mur- been crazy, and that was our new -media promotions, including a dered. It was just unbearable. With point," Vinnie says of the single. downloadable "Feels Good" ring tone the help of Vin and the crew, we just "People would think that because from Zingy, an America Online stayed out on the road and stayed KayGee left he took his sound with album launch, and promotions with busy. We knew we had an objective." him, but that's not his sound- MusicMatch, Yahoo, and MTV.com. Once they were dropped, the two of them (managed by Bronx, N.Y. - based Ujima Entertainment Ser- vices) began shopping for a new deal, but according to Vinnie, "Once word got out that Arista dropped us, no one wanted to touch us." The duo approached then -TVT executive Charles Dixon, who worked its first two Tommy Boy al- bums. "I decided to hit him to see what was up with TVT," Vinnie says. "I'd heard that they were a rock label looking to get more into hip -hop. We met with [Dixon and Brian Leach, TVT's VP of urban A &R], and they said, 'We believe in you.' They were the ones who believed we could do Feeling the Funk. The New York City Gay Men's Chorus explored contemporary this without Kay." music with its recent We Are Family concert/fundraiser at Carnegie Hall. The Upon signing with TVT, Naughty event had the world- renowned group taking on '70s -era tunes. "It was fun to returned to the studio to begin work perform these songs and show that the chorus can be both serious and light- on iicons. "We could have worked hearted," singer Christopher Wagley says of the show, which was recorded for with outside producers, but we had possible release later this year. Pictured backstage after the concert, from left, an in -house loyalty," Vinnie notes. are chorus members Wagley, Les Downs, and Michael Krake. (Both he and Treach's songs are pub-

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BY ERIC AIESE OPPOSITES ATTRACT: During a peri- sical.' But I can hit a much larger Tracks.. BOSTON-When Ash frontman Tim od of downturn in sales and market demographic with this, which hope- Wheeler started writing for the act's share, it's hardly surprising that the fully is going to get at least half of THE FORCE IS WITH THEM: Few film the -scenes footage and shots of Kinetic disc, Free All Angels (June major classical recording labels are that demographic interested in the soundtracks have made as indelible a Williams working on music at Abbey 25), he felt pressure to succeed. hesitant about signing new artists original [music]." mark on the American psyche as Road Studios in London (where the "We have everything to prove; it's known for performing core reper- According to Sony Classical Star Wars. The mere mention of the album was recorded with the London our last chance," explains Wheeler, toire -even when those artists have president Peter Gelb, the new proj- classic movie title often conjures bits Symphony Orchestra). who, with the band, returned home well -established careers and box - ect is not merely intended to of John Williams' score. Even if "It acts as a fourth trailer to the to Northern Ireland to rehearse in office clout. With two significant broaden St. John's audience but you're not among the film's rabid film," Stevens says. "It serves the his parents' garage. He wrote 30 new signings, however, Sony Classi- that of Bach as well. "I don't want disciples, you know (and at least music wonderfully, and it effectively songs during an 18 -month period. cal and Universal Classics prove that to dismiss this project by saying respect) its music. feeds the growing public interest in the (Wheeler's songs are published by such artists can still find a home at that this is simply a way of launch- On the eve of the May 16 opening of film and the story it tells." Island Music, ASCAP.) a major -provided that they are ing [St. John] as an artist, because George Lucas' Star Wars Episode IL For Lucas, Williams' music was in- willing to consider new approaches our hope is that this record in itself Attack of the Clones, there's a flurry of tegral to telling that story. to documenting their art. will be an artistic success as well as activity surrounding its accompanying "Attack of the Clones was an excit- Canadian violinist Lara St. John a commercial one," he says. "Lara Sony Classical soundtrack, which fea- ing film for me to make because it was a name well -known to classical will be doing core projects as well; tures a brand -new score by five -time explores new territory in the world of music consumers well before she hopefully, if this first project is the Academy Award- winner Williams. Star Wars," he says. "It was only fit- signed to Sony Classical this month. success we're hoping for, it will "This soundtrack is nearly as big an ting that the music for the film also Of course, her earliest notices paid create a larger audience for her, so event as the film," says Lisa Stevens, explore new ground." more attention to the CD covers on that future recordings of core senior VP of marketing for the label. He continues, "The galaxy is becom- which she appeared in various states repertoire will be possible." "John Williams has done the near - ing a very dangerous place, the Repub- of more -or-less tasteful undress than Meanwhile, pianist Hélène Gri- impossible with the music on this lic is being torn apart, and the Jedi find to the artistry concealed in the pits maud, newly signed to Deutsche soundtrack-he's topped himself. This themselves faced with mysteries and is an extraordinary piece of music." challenges greater than any they have ever known. To complement the com- plexities of the film's story, John had to create a score that truly expanded the musical palate of Star Wars. He has more than risen to the occasion." Williams appreciates the kudos, The band found early success with but he's more focused on the cre- their debut 1977, named after the ative process. Williams often looks birth year of two members, still at the rough cuts every day when teenagers at the time of the 1996 working on a project. He selects a release. Their follow -up, Nu -Clear scene to tackle, sits at the piano, and Sounds, however, became a critical begins to write. It's a rapid -fire way and commercial disappointment. of working that he likes. Due to the band's effort to avoid He says, "A lot of the things we labor copying the successful sound, over often have less value than the Wheeler explains, `Nu -Clear Sounds of the discs themselves. But when Grammophon, is also planning to Stevens says the label has assembled things we do quickly, when we're un- was more forced." the storm about her cover art blew confound expectations with her an extensive marketing plan befitting guarded, not hurried but unburdened Losing these inhibitions for Free over, St. John was found to be a gen- debut recording, which is due in the the soundtrack's magnitude. For by repeated and constant self-doubt All Angels, the act went to Spain. "It uine talent with a gift for perform- fall. A well -seasoned recording artist starters, the CD will be released with when you have more time to work and gets so depressing in the U.K.," ing the music of Bach. The violinist with acclaimed recordings on the four different collectible covers, each rework. Much of the time the heat and Wheeler says. "Recording in the sun earned plaudits from such august Denon, Erato, and Teldec labels to featuring a key image from the film - the pressure bring out the best in us." got our endorphins going." sources as The New York Times, the her credit, Grimaud is taking a dif- the Jedi master Yoda, Anakin Sky - The Star Wars Episode II sound- The set was well- received in the Chicago Tribune, and Gramophone. ferent tack with her new label part- walker (Hayden Christiansen) and track continues Sony Classical's long U.K., after its release last year on St. John will court controversy of nership. While she still plans to Queen Amidala (Natalie Portman), the association with Williams, who exclu- Mushroom, selling more than a different sort with the initial re- record the major works of the stan- bounty hunter Jango Fett, and the sively records his non -film projects 700,000 copies in Europe, according lease under her Sony contract, due dard repertoire, Grimaud plans to film's key art. with the label. Williams won the third to the label. The British Phono- in fall 2002. Like her three previous pair those works with unexpected Sony Classical will also work a sin- of his five Oscars for his score for the graphic Industry certified it platinum, recordings, the violinist will once couplings, including new music. gle from the project. "Across the Stars original Star Wars (1977) and received and according to Kinetic president again focus on the music of Bach. Her first offering on the label will (Love Theme)" was shipped to radio nominations for his scores for The Steve Lau, the album was certified This time, though, she is collabo- pair Beethoven's Choral Fantasy April 16. Programmers are being Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Re- double -platinum in Ireland, debuting rating with British composer/pro- with Arvo Part's Credo. offered an edit of the song, as well as turn of the Jedi (1983). The soundtrack at No. 1 on the U.K. sales chart and ducer Magnus Fiennes -whose pro- "The continuity with what I've a version that interweaves dialogue albums for Star Wars and The Empire yielding five top 5 U.K. singles. duction credits include the Spice done before is going to be in the from the film. Strikes Back also won Grammy Awards The act will visit the U.S. in May Girls, All Saints, and Bond-and core repertoire," Grimaud says, "[It's] the perfect accompaniment to for Williams in 1977 and 1980, and he for radio shows. Plans are afoot for a arranger Brian Gascoigne, who has "because, like it or not, that is who the developing relationship between was a nominee for Return of the Jedi summer tour. The group is booked contributed to projects ranging I am. What will be different is that Anakin Skywalker and Padme Ami- in 1983 and Star WarsEpisode I: The by Frank Riley in Los Angeles. from outsider pop artists David Syl- I've been looking into new pieces dala," Lucas says of the composition. Phantom Menace in 2000. "Burn Baby Burn," the first single vian and Scott Walker to classical and commissioning for quite a few "Their love is complicated -pure yet Williams' most recent releases for from the set, ships to modern -rock crossover efforts that include Ute years, and it's finally ready to take forbidden, personal but with profound Sony Classical include American Jour- radio in May. Lemper's The Punishing Kiss and public form. If you look at what's out ramifications for an entire galaxy. ney, a collection of original orchestral Kinetic's promotional plan has a the King's Singers' Circle of Life. there, the complete works have been Somehow, John has managed to con- works including "Call of the Champi- strong focus on street promotions. Anticipating outrage among done over and over, and when it's vey all of that complexity in a simple, ons," the official theme of the 2002 "Kinetic normally sells records purists, St. John is undaunted. "No not the complete works, it's just hauntingly beautiful theme." Olympic Winter Games, and Yo-Yo Ma without any radio," Lau says. "We matter what I do, somebody's got a more of the usual couplings. As sat- On April 16, a videoclip for "Across Plays the Music ofJohn Williams, fea- tend to be hypersensitive to laying problem with it," she says with a isfying as those can be, what's always the Stars" was serviced to traditional turing the cellist in the world pre- ground work." laugh. "This goes along with my interested me is to present different TV and music video outlets. Assem- miere recording of Williams' Cello The band is managed by Stephen credo of `Let's get this stuff out facets of one composer, or different bled by Lucasfilm, it features scenes Concerto and three other works, with Tavner at Out There Man Manage- there.' Of course, I'm going to con- composers with a common thread from the movie, as well as behind- Williams conducting. ment in London and New York. tinue doing what they call `core clas- running through."

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BY RAY WADDELL never played 11 straight [shows] NASHVILLE -Countless miles and anywhere, and this is a good time to BY LINDA DECKARD we've always been like Switzerland. has been to keep the fans informed. a quarter -century deep in a remark- be down in New Orleans." NASHVILLE-Concertgoers with any Most [venues and sports teams] We've never done a targeted mar- able run, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band For Superfly Productions, pro- ticket -buying history whatsoever may keep their proprietary list on our keting effort with our mailing list. (DDBB) will mark its 25th anniver- moters for the Mermaid shows, the find their names on multiple fre- system. But it's theirs, and we don't We've never collected any [demo- sary with a new album, yet another DDBB residency is part of a major quent-buyer lists these days, from the touch it." graphic information]. We've prob- tour, and an 11 -night stand at New Jazz Fest presence for the company, venue's to the act's to the promoter's. ably got more duplicates running Orleans' famed Mermaid Lounge. which includes 35 shows that will This raises a few issues, including rampant in our database than we'd draw about 40,000 people. "Our those of privacy rights, presale peck- ever care to admit." strong suit is grass -roots promo- ing orders, and list protection. tions, including print, posters, and To date, the overriding goal is a LICENSE TO BUY fliers," Superfly president Jonathan common one: to sell out more The venues are also refining their Mayers says. "And with the Internet, shows. That has helped maintain a product. Boston FleetCenter presi- this community is so tied together, cooperative stance among all parties dent/CEO Rich Krezwick says a suc- people are aware of what we're doing involved, but there have been a few cessful presale to preferred cus- in town, and we have a brand people hot buttons, particularly when it tomers helped maximize the recognize in this time frame." involves bands with a sophisticated number of Elton John /Billy Joel For the band's label, the Mermaid grass -roots marketing machine like dates booked at the arena (Bill- shows serve as a "two -week record - Dave Matthews Band (DMB). board, Feb. 23). New Orleans is where it began for release party," according to Andy The best lists are of prime, Xen Riggs of Schottenstein Cen- the DDBB, and some think 25 years Hurwitz, president of Ropeadope known -to -buy customers, and to get ter in Columbus, Ohio, has 4,500 is a conservative estimate. "I think it's Records. "We think this will give peo- those names, customers are often seat -license holders with certain more than that-more like 27 years," ple a way to get away from the tradi- promised an incentive, such as early rights and privileges, and his is a muses Roger Lewis, baritone/sopra- tional overcrowded, overpriced shows alerts, presales before the general Barnes believes that most venues competitive market. He believes e- no saxophone player and founding during Jazz Fest," he says. "These on -sale, and premium seats. give their lists to the promoter for mail lists are "the wave of the member.' We never gave any thought shows will be the launching pad for While maintaining the list has use in promoting an event in the future as far as value -added to to how long it would run; we were too the album and the tour. Our whole generally been the purview of the building. "The building will usual- these artists." busy making music and having fun." marketing plan is based on this live venue in conjunction with its tick- ly share the names, but they like to His internal constituent list is Indeed, making music and having act and carries over to the rest of the eting company and tenant sports maintain rights to let people know always a presale. "We've been open fun have served the band well, from its shows the band plays this year." teams, that has broadened to when those types of events are com- four years and have done over 150 celebrated beginnings as a brass band include select bands and alterna- ing back." concerts, and it was an issue one at New Orleans' Dirty Dozen Social and ROLL ON tive ticketing. For Ticketmaster's part, when a time-with Bruce Springsteen, and Pleasure Club (from whence the band The DDBB route book again cov- "The only hot topic is Dave Mat- promoter or band asks for a list, we were able to get some tickets but took its name) and through the mak- ers a lot of territory in 2002. `What thews. They've gone to their fan club Ticketmaster gets permission from not an unlimited amount for the ing of 10 records and shows all over the we play is people music -music peo- in every market and said, `OK, you'll the venue and then produces a tape presale," Riggs recalls. "Of 4,500 world. The band's newest record, Med- ple can feel -and that can go into have first kick at the can,' " notes or a list of labels or gives them the accounts, the best presale ever is icated Magic, is due April 23 on any market," Lewis says. He adds that Bob Hunter, GM at Air Canada Cen- file. However, Ticketmaster also has half that." He would have an issue Ropeadope Records and remains true touring and recording with such acts tre in Toronto. its overall data base of single- ticket with an act disallowing presale to his to DDBB's hybrid of R&B, jazz, funk, as the Black Crowes and Widespread Robert Tucker, director of artist buyers. "We have that general data - seat license -holder list. bebop, gospel, and traditional Big Easy Panic have skewed the DDBB's audi- ticketing at Musictoday who handles base-we have to," Barnes says. "If Kevin Ullestad of Assembly Hall "second line" funeral -march music. ence a little younger. "Our audience that chore for 150 bands (including the event cancels or postpones, we in Champaign, Ill., also offers pre - 'We play a lot of different kinds of now is 18 to 60." DMB), says it's about loyalty. "We're have to be able to notify them." sales but not discounts. However, he music, and we experiment with differ- John Lochen, DDBB's responsible trying to engage a direct communi- Ticketmaster offers its list as a works with the band. "Creed is very ent rhythms and chord changes," Lewis agent at the Rosebud Agency, says the cation between the artist and the marketing- service- for-hire, as well. picky. We would not do a presale. says. "The only big changes we've made band's summer is shaping up nicely. fan, so we pretty much use our list. "Weezer is playing two or three mar- There are a lot of logistics to work along the way are adding a keyboard 'We're hoping there might be a big- We get the fan base to identify them- kets in the Midwest. And we've out to be involved with them. They and a guitar and settin' out the drums." ger tour somebody might invite us selves to us." searched the database for all the want to get a fair shot for everybody, The DDBB was a perennial favorite along on. Their music is so versatile Weezer fans and done an e-mail to as opposed to taking advantage of in New Orleans at such local joints as and so universal, and other acts that JUGGLING ACT them saying, 'Weezer's coming back, your list," Ullestad says. the Glass House until an association have asked them to support see that." The lists are used to promote here's where and when,' " Barnes But he does have an obligation to with pioneering festival producer Lochen says the group's work ethic merchandise and build the fan club says of current promotions. When take care of the university students George Wein led to a broadening of the is stronger than that of many acts who and/or awareness. "We think it's key Neil Diamond went on tour, Ticket - first. "We'll go up a day early for the band's horizons to global stature are decades younger. "I've never seen to have that e-mail sign -up sheet master did a huge presale for Sal students," Ullestad says. "For some around 1977, Lewis recalls: "In the a band so willing and without hesita- and invigorate street -team partici- Bonafede, Diamond's manager. "We shows, we lobby hard for a student music world, you never know where tion to get in the van and go. It's in pation," Tucker explains. "We believe went back and scrubbed the data- discount. With Aerosmith, we did a you're gonna wake up -which is fine, their blood. It's an honor to work with in this word -of-mouth phenomenon base from the past of all the Neil Dia- $6 discount from a $55 ticket." because I've been havin' a ball in music guys like these, who are so untouched and encourage it as much as possi- mond fans in every market area From the promoter viewpoint, for 45 years, and I like traveling." by the negative trappings of being a ble." E -mails go to the street team where he was playing. We sold a ton any list that helps sell seats is a god- Even so, the band will sit down for working musician. For them it's about first, and its members send them to of tickets on a presale online." send. Fantasma owner Jon Stoll a relatively long while at the 200 - having a good time, staying real, and their friends. It's an important cog Jason Mastrine of SCI Ticketing, notes that "as it gets more expensive capacity Mermaid Lounge during the having fun with their fans." in the machine, and Tucker is reluc- who handles ticketing for String to advertise, you try to reach [your] New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, The band comprises Lewis, Kevin tant to give first call to any other. Cheese Incident, says the band goes segment of the audience as effi- beginning April 25 and running Harris (tenor sax), Efram Towns (trum- But he'll compromise. "We can on sale to its list a week prior to the ciently as possible." through May 5. Special guests include pet), Julius McKee (sousaphone), Sam- coordinate this, do something spe- national on -sale. "It's meant to be A few promoters have ticket clubs DJ Logic and numerous other unan- mie Williams (trombone), Terrence cial for the artist's list, and do some- the equivalent of fan -club ticketing. of their own. Sue McLean, owner of nounced fans and friends of the band Higgins (drums), James McLean (gui- thing special for the venue's list," he You need to purchase through us to Sue McLean & Associates in Min- who will be in town for Jazz Fest. tar), and Frederick Sanders (keys). adds. "Certain artists did a special be privy to that information." neapolis, charges $99.95 annually Priced at $12, the Mermaid shows will Founding member Gregory Davis presale to their fan club, and then But SCI is "sensitive to the fact and $59.95 for a six -month trial for begin at midnight and run all night. (trumpet/vocals) no longer tours but there was a general public presale, that we're guests in the theater, and her Ticket Club members. "For me, "We're gonna have other guest records with the band and also books and then the public sale. By the if a theater wants to offer some- it's customer service. Most of the artists dropping in, setting in, and the jazz tent during Jazz Fest. time the general public sale came thing to their fans first, fine. But shows I do are middle -of- the -road, it's gonna be one big party," Lewis Lewis says he is stoked about around, the show was sold out with- there aren't many season tick - an older demographic. We can give says. "If you've ever been to New what the rest of the year will bring: in an hour." etholders at any theater across the them the convenience of good seats Orleans, you know people like to "Just tell the folks we got something Ticketmaster CEO Terry Barnes country who are big String Cheese and valet parking opportunities. We party 'til the sun comes up. We've for their mind." owns a third -party perspective: "We fans," Mastrine adds. "The purpose send out news and ticket alerts when provide a service to the industry, so of us putting together a mailing list something is about to go on sale."

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www.americanradiohistory.com APRIL 27 2002 BIIIIJLa d J BQXSCQRE!,tCpNCERT alR4S5E5 VENUE/ GROSS/ ATTENDANCE/ A RTIST(S) DATE TICKET PRICE(S) CAPACITY PROMOTER 'N SYNC, SMASH MOUTH, Allstate Arena, $2,910,322 30,637 Clear Channel TONY LUCCA Rosemont, Ill. $110/$74.50 34,354 two shows Entertainment April 4 -5

PAUL McCARTNEY Oakland Arena, $1,725,754 14,401 Clear Channel Oakland, Calif. $262.50 /$52.50 18,503 Entertainment April 1

PAUL McCARTNEY Compaq Center, $1,672,915 14,330 Clear Channel San Jose, Calif. $250 /$125 18,113 Entertainment April 3

DAVE MATTHEWS BAND, First Union Center, $897,962 19,571 Clear Channel ROBERT RANDOLPH Philadelphia $46 sellout Entertainment April 10

DAVE MATTHEWS BAND, MCI Center, $859,413 18,746 Clear Channel YERBA BUENA Washington, D.C. $46.50 19,228 Entertainment April 4 Views.. LUIS MIGUEL Don Haskins Center, $798,713 12,684 Clear Channel El Paso, Texas $100/$49.50 14,176 two shows Entertainment March 29 -30 BOISE MODEL: The $63 million Van- year's Rhythm 'n Rims was 300,000 DAVE MATTHEWS BAND, Bryce Jordan Center, $688,461 15,225 Clear Channel couver Special Events Center in in 14 markets. "The whole idea is to YERBA BUENA University Park, Pa. $45.50 sellout Entertainment Washington state, which will fea- April 5 capitalize on our relationships with ture a 6,500 -seat arena and a record labels," Hunter says. The DIANA KRALL Radio City Music Hall, $686,945 11,533 Radio City Entertainment New York $75/$60/$40/$30 two sellouts 60,000- square -foot convention cen- NBA also has Club NBA concerts, March 29 -30 ter adjoined by a hotel, is being pat- Read to Achieve events with enter- SANTANA, THE WAILERS MCI Center, $569,951 10,842 Clear Channel terned after the 5,300 -seat Bank of tainers, and talent at the All -Star Washington, D.C. $63/$30 18,871 Entertainment April 1 America Centre in Boise, Idaho. The Game. Hunter adds, "It's a year - LUIS MIGUEL Freeman Coliseum, $409,758 5,934 Clear Channel same developer, Renaissance round relationship." San Antonio $100/$49.50 6,564 Entertainment Resources Group (RRG), is involved April 1 in both. In addition, RRG has STRING CHEESE INCIDENT, UIC Pavilion, $403,075 15,334 MAJ Concerts OZOMATLI, KELLER WILLIAMS Chicago $30/$27 two sellouts brought SMG on board in Washing- March 12-13 ton to manage the facility in what is Sports ALEJANDRA GUZMAN Universal Amphitheatre, $328,177 5,603 House of Blues Concerts .. positioned as a joint venture. .: . Universal City, Calif. $79/$64/$54/$44 5,939 P ... March 22 SMG senior VP of development :JK7!'.t THE O'JAYS, THE DRAMATICS, THE Universal Amphitheatre, $302,120 5,920 House of Blues Concerts Joe Briglia notes that the Boise TEMPTATIONS REVIEW FEATURING Universal City, Calif. $75/$65/$49.50/$29.50 6,042 DENNIS EDWARDS April 5 building "has a 26 -story, 400 -room hotel attached. Literally, you check The NBA's main target audience BROOKS & DUNN, DWIGHT Target Center, $299,625 9,948 Clear Channel YOAKAM, GARY ALLAN, TRICK PONY, Minneapolis $45/$35 sellout Entertainment, Frank into the hotel, and the arena is for Rhythm 'n Rims is 18- to 25- CHRIS CAGLE, CLEDUS T. JUDD April 12 Prods., Game Inc. right behind the front desk. The year -olds. The event has "more JA RULE, NAUGHTY BY NATURE, KeyArena, $292,240 8,550 KUBE 93.3 FM in the hotel MASTER P, ASHANTI, 112, R.L., Seattle $35/$30 12,052 suites overlook the music this year," Hunter says, be- TWEET April 10 arena. In Vancouver, they're build- cause acts were booked earlier. ENRIQUE IGLESIAS NextStage, $281,664 6,235 Clear Channel ing a better mousetrap." Grand Prairie, Texas $64.75 /521.25 sellout Entertainment April 4 There is still a funding gap of $6 POWERED DOWN: Rocket Power, an million -$8 million, but RRG man- arena family show scheduled to play ALAN JACKSON, CYNDI THOMSON The Mark of the Quad $277,576 7,894 Police Prods. Cities, Moline, III. $39.50/$34.50 10,683 aging member Jerry Jenkins ex- 35 weeks, has closed two weeks into April 12 pects to close that gap with title its run. It is a collaboration between INCUBUS, HOOBASTANK KeyArena, $274,250 10,970 House of Blues Concerts Seattle $25 12,871 sponsors. The Public Facility Dis- Clear Channel Entertainment April 12 trict Board should accept a sponsor (CCE) and Nickelodeon (Billboard, PHIL LESH & FRIENDS The Fillmore, $230,733 7,200 Clear Channel deal at its meeting in early May. March 9). The show played Colum- Denver $32 two sellouts Entertainment April 4 -5 RRG is investing $23 million on bus, Ohio; Chicago; Cleveland; and the private side, Jenkins says. It is Detroit in two weeks before KENNY CHESNEY, SARA EVANS, Teco Arena, $202,374 5,993 Clear Channel being PHIL VASSAR, CAROLYN DAWN Fort Myers, Fla. $37.50/529.50 6,110 Entertainment being built with Public Facility pulled off the road April 8. JOHNSON April 4 District bonds, which are being CCE Family Entertainment pres- KENNY CHESNEY, SARA EVANS, Sovereign Bank Arena, $200,342 5,921 Clear Channel PHIL VASSAR, CAROLYN DAWN Trenton, N.J. $37.50/629.50 7,351 Entertainment Metropolitan repaid with one -third of 1% sales ident Jonathan Hochwald says, "The JOHNSON April 14 Entertainment Group tax rebate from the state, a 2% good news is the show was well - NELLY, THE ST. LUNATICS, KING Pershing Center, $196,626 6,480 Steve Litman Presents hotel /motel tax within the city, received, the audiences loved it, and SOLID, ABYSS Lincoln, Neb. $33/$30 7,153 April 12 and project revenue. Jenkins esti- we sold a decent number of tick- it will 16 KID ROCK, TENACIOUS D Savvis Center, $184,194 7,806 Clear Channel mates do -20 concerts ets"- 33,000 total in the four mar- St. Louis $27 12,348 Entertainment annually and can promote or co- kets. Hochwald adds that CCE and March 29 promote in house. Nickelodeon are now "re- evaluating BARRY MANILOW Bob Carpenter Center, $177,222 3,649 Jack I tsick Presents N.E. Newark, Del. $58/548/$38 sellout SMG is helping with "some small the operating model, because a March 17 contribution toward the fit -out of show that's selling that many tickets PAT METHENY GROUP Universal Amphitheatre, $167,520 3,134 House of Blues Concerts the arena," Briglia says. "But we're should be doing better than this one Universal City, Calif. $60/$45/$32.50/$22.50 3,600 March 23 also kind of last to get our fee, so was [on the] bottom line."

NO DOUBT, THE FAINT Elliott Hall of Music, $165,300 5,700 Jam Prods. we've got a lot at stake. We have to The long -term plan is to field West Lafayette, Ind. $29 sellout earn our keep in order to get paid." Rocket Power again, possibly as April 7 The building is scheduled to open early as next year. The hurdle will ENRIQUE IGLESIAS San Diego Civic Theatre, $162,828 2,942 Clear Channel San Diego $78/$37 sellout Entertainment, in fall 2003. be to get good dates and firm deals March 31 Nederlander Organization in advance with arenas. HARRY CONNICK JR. Terrace Theatre, $161,170 2,902 House of Blues Concerts, BASKETBALL AND MUSIC: The sec- "We're somewhat beholden on Long Beach, Calif. $65 /$29.50 sellout Andrew Hewitt, Bill April 6 Silva Presents ond annual Yahoo Sports NBA the arenas in trying to figure out

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www.americanradiohistory.com Hy now, the refrain is famil- also pay a fee to an investment iar. Music -royalty securitiza- banker to arrange the securiti- tions, of the sort first under- zation and sell the bonds to taken by David Bowie in investors. For this reason, 1997, will be a multi- billion -dollar financial experts caution that business. The sky's the limit for the deals are not for everyone. these so- called "Bowie Bond" Indeed, this is one main reason deals, which are truly win -win: why so few artists have done They give the borrower imme- securitizations. diate access to cash and the "The key is that there needs bond -holders an attractive, sta- to be a strategic reason to exe- ble investment. cute the transaction," says Rob Yet, perhaps now equally Horowitz, a director in the familiar is the following refrain: asset-finance unit of investment Since David Bowie's bankers bank Credit Suisse First Boston sold those first $55 million in New York. "The artists who worth of bonds in 1997, there did deals had specific financial have been only about $300 mil- issues that needed to be ad- lion of securitizations involving dressed. These things aren't music assets. Far from pleasing just going to happen because to both the music industry and it's fun to do one." Wall Street, music -asset securi- Fun they are not. Behind an tizations are onerous for the artist may very well be a tangle borrower and difficult for the of relationships that must be investor to understand. The sorted out to determine to only group that has benefited whom exactly the royalties from these deals is the bankers belong. That due diligence who sold the world on the idea work often involves lawyers, is and have propagated the myth therefore costly and, in the end, of its powers ever since. may be for naught, if it is deter- Reality straddles the two, mined that reliability of the roy- which helps to explain why alty payments can't be guaran- asset securitizations may be teed to bondholders with right for some artists and music enough certainty. companies but certainly not for the vast majority. It also helps ACQUIRING CATALOGS explain why some investment While working for the Royal bankers have decided to forego Bank of Scotland, Horowitz last these deals altogether while year completed a £60 million others have managed to make ($87.3 million) securitization a modest business of them and for Chrysalis. That deal was others still intend to enter the said by him and other market market, bearing in mind the observers to herald the greater mistakes of the past. use of music -asset securitization by corporate entities. Others BILLION-BUCK BIZ that have put securitization to The succession of artists who work include TVT Records, put securitization to work after Corinthian Records and Bowie -including Ashford & performing -rights organization Simpson in 1998, James Brown SESAC. in 1999 and, most recently, the If you are a mid -sized music estate of Marvin Gaye in the fall publisher, says Horowitz, "You of 2000 -have lent cache to the probably grow by acquisitions. concept that lasts to this day. How are you going to finance However, the concept of secu- an acquisition? If you've got an ritization predates 1997 and, existing asset pool, why not use outside of the entertainment that pool to finance a portion industry, is a multi- hundred- Securitization: of the acquisition price for billion -dollar industry built on another catalog ?" In other assets including home loans, words, use the proceeds from auto loans and leases, and securitizing your current cata- credit -card receivables. log to buy other catalogs. Securitization, as the name Who for, "Publishing assets clearly have suggests, is a way right of creating it's value for to a the best application securities from financial assets. securitization transaction," It involves packaging similar Horowitz adds, noting the multi- assets -such as auto loans of ple revenue streams- mechanical, similar length and credit- performance and synchronization worthiness -into bonds, which and when revenues that music publishers are then sold to large institu- receive. "We've been speaking to tional investors, such as Borrowing against future royalties can provide quick cash or various music companies, mostly insurance companies and music publishers, about securitiza- investment- management firms. long -term stability, but timing is everything. By Matthew Benz tion," he says, declining to discuss Having sold to investors the a timetable for any potential deals. assets (loans) and the risk that on their loans are funneled to ing financial problems, especially if securitization business for a few In Nashville, Williams says he comes from having lent money, the bondholders), plus an interest rate a traditional bank loan is unavail- years, intrigued by the potential and SunTrust are "doing a little lending company is freed up to that reflects the risk they have able. As Brian Williams, senior VP clients that Nashville's many small better than plodding along" in make further loans. Packaging assumed. Wherever there is a pre- and a director in the music private music publishers represent. In the developing their own securitiza- thousands of like assets together dictable stream of revenue, there banking practice of SunTrust Bank meantime, it is extending tradi- tion program aimed at the city's reduces the risk that a few going is likely to be an investment banker in Nashville, notes, traditional tional loans to the publishers. He many small and independent bad (e.g., a home -owner defaulting willing to securitize it. lending is a matter of assessing the says, "[Those publishing revenues music publishers. "You've got on a loan) will reduce the value of The artists who have done secu- worthiness of the borrower; secu- are] as good an asset as real estate, these independent companies that the bundle, mitigating the risk for ritizations effectively trade their ritization depends on the income from a collateral standpoint." are just looking for ways to capi- investors. They are paid back their future royalty payments for cash streams-how predictable and reli- Yet, in securitizing, artists lose talize themselves for a variety of initial investment over a period of upfront. Securitization can thus be able they are. His own bank has the financial flexibility that comes reasons. It's really no different years (payments by homeowners a good way for artists to solve press- been weighing an entry into the from future revenues. They must Continued on page 22

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APRIL 27, 2002 28 BILLBOARD SPOTLIGHT BILLBOARD www.americanradiohistory.com says one financial executive with a major. "It is making us look at everything, from re- examining the collateral we take from accounts to whether we will sub- ordinate our claims to banks." He reports that, until now, labels have been willing to do that for high -profile accounts. He says the next large account where that issue will be revisited will be Tower LOEB&LOEBLLP Records, which is said to be in dis- cussions with asset -based lenders to replace its current revolving - credit facility. That executive says \\14 the company will look really hard

at whether it will subordinate to ydA'Ip hiet C{7M Tower's banks. In general, he believes that the labels, overall, won't give as much credit as they have in the past. And, when they do, they will demand more collat- eral than what was previously sought -and loan less against it. The banks themselves are also looking harder at the credit lines they provide accounts, reports Universal Partners' Catain. "Banks are micromanaging inventory cat- .111.111111111 rrr :r- r air 7rr.vrrr iT egories," he says. "CDs and DVDs .011111. MIMI +;Urs r rwrrars - -"ï .a-s LAMP* a rü -_ Alf. . r SIM* T z r,J NB - .ri a r ..r.-`MIMI s VA- are now carrying higher 4[ :n "-.,=.-,-V- a advance rrr.. al .t rií$: rate than cassettes, while major - label product carries more than independent." Moreover, banks ,. ,a.M, , . used to review their advance rates c= rerrrrrrrrr.. . !U$IÇ_BÏiiTH__" f _ I W annually now =rM 111 but are doing that á rrr1 ;. í.l nrr quarterly, he adds. _ Mark Jarzabek, VP at Long Island City, N.Y. -based Music - ü rama, points out that even the i insurance industry, which pro- vides accounts -receivable insur- ance to wholesalers, is tightening its business practices, due to all the music -industry bankruptcies. "The insurance companies are not feeling comfortable in issuing cov- erage on some key accounts," he reports. "It is becoming increas- ingly challenging to satisfy their h financial requirements," in order to obtaining insurance coverage. Jarzabek blames the bank- ruptcies, CD- burning and file - sharing for the reluctance of insurance companies. But he also blames the majors for publicly touting their Internet plans to sell music directly to consumers. "The major labels are doing one thing after another to put the retailers in a bad light," he com- plains. On the other hand, Jarzabek points out that the increased scrutiny imposed by financial insti- tutions is creating additional ten- sion between accounts and their product vendors. "I wish that The law Firm some of the retailers knew more details and understood how hard it is for distribution companies to fulfill orders and conduct business with them," he says. For the first time, within the past year, "We have been asked by the banks to give security on our personal For further intormation contact: assets," because of the financial Joh:i T. Frankenhcimer 3111.282.2135 Ir )5 A N :I I tS uncertainty hovering over the email: jfrankenheìnten'a.loeb.com music industry's retail- account NEW 'YORK NA11\'II.LE: NV ww.loeb.com base. With all of the fallout from industry bankruptcies, Koch's Rosenberg adds, "Of course, the bad debt in bankruptcies is no fun either."

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sales will drop as much as 13% in 2002. And analysts are forecast- The Price Of TOURING ing grim short -term profitability WADDELL prospects for record labels and Financing and insurance reflect the risk and a radically changed landscape. BY RAY music retailers as the industry enters a painful transition phase Ilie dollars and cents of touring director of London -based broker idly increasing and will continue to Floyd and U2, have become com- induced by technological ad- have undergone upheaval Robertson Taylor. "Sept. 11 had do so." Taylor says rates have gone monplace in today's era of pro- vances, over -expansion and shift- over the past couple of years, such an impact on the insurance up between 60% and 70 %, moter consolidation. It was a game ing shopping patterns. and nowhere is that more evi- world, every insurer in the [tour- depending on the act. That said, pioneered by such groundbreak- The labels' response, says dent than in the world of financ- ing industry] has reconsidered tours tend to go out anyway. "But ing promoters as Michael Cohl Sukin, is "They're slimming ing of national touring and the their position, and some have now," he adds, "tours that would and the late Bill Graham, both of down the playing field." That touring- insurance market. dropped out completely." have insured profit or revenue whom bankrolled Stones tours said, however, he notes that the The latter market has been par- Taylor estimates that 20% of from cancelled shows are simply either through private "angel" current decline in business is a ticularly volatile in the months fol- entertainment- business insurance buying coverage for their costs investors or corporate backing. short-term phenomenon that can lowing Sept. 11, when scores of companies have been eliminating only, rather than profit." Today, deep -pocketed corporate be cured by stronger product: concerts were postponed or can- touring coverage. "Those that promoters like Clear Channel "The minute the economy picks celled and insurers were slammed. didn't drop out are far tougher in RISK- CUTTING Entertainment (CCE) and AEG up and the next big thing comes "The cancellation [insurance] their underwriting and claims pro- The touring- insurance industry have the financial clout to offer along, everything gets easier, market has changed radically," cedure and very pricey in their is suffering from a lack of "capac- lucrative guarantees to attract a everything gets rosier." observes Bob Taylor, managing rates," he says. "The rates are rap- ity," according to Jim Chippen- wide range of tours and, at least in dale, president of CSI Entertain- CCE's case, steer touring traffic to ment Insurance in Dallas. "A lot of company-owned sheds while also companies are seeking to cut any- nailing down the lion's share of thing the least bit high -risk from top -flight arena tours. Last year, their portfolio, and entertainment CCE produced some 30 tours, is among the higher -risk cover- including such major winners as ages," he says. "They are cutting U2, Madonna and Janet Jackson. this out of their portfolios because This year, the firm will produce they can't afford to take on more most of Paul McCartney's upcom- risk, because their capacity -or ing Driving USA tour. On the the amount they can write -has other hand, AEG has vowed to been eaten up by Sept. 11 claims." become a more aggressive player All of which puts promoters and in the tour -buying game. tour producers in a bind when Beyond the increased volume of looking to insure. "We're telling tours going with one promoter, them to really do their research the process hasn't changed that and go with a broker or agent with much, according to AEG's Meg - experience in the market," advis- len. "It's real simple," he says. "If es Chippendale. "In the past, you sell a tour to somebody, you insurance was a real afterthought, want to make sure they have the with promoters calling two or money. From there, it's whatever three days in advance of an event. you negotiate in payment terms. Insurance should be on your top - There needs to be some guaran- 5 list, or it could cost you radically." tee that the company has the Chippendale says he has seen wherewithal to back the contract, insurance costs go up about 40% whether it's through corporate, across the board in the last few personal, cash or credit." months. "A lot of event -cancellation L to R. Louts Glaser: stuff is not out there anymore," he TWO -WAY STREET Bnan Whams: Mechel Fr says. "On the liability side, one can In the world of national tour- expect about a 30% increase over ing, acts looking to tour approach last year." promoters, promoters seeking The best reason to call our John Meglen, co-president of tours approach acts, or both. tour producer and concert pro- "You'd like to think if an artist is moter AEG Concerts, says cancel- going to go out and tour, they wealth management experts lation insurance is definitely high- would look at all of their options," er now, and terrorism is an says Meglen. "We've got a couple Tomorrow. exclusion commonly seen. "In the of organizations now that are well - today. past [with cancellation insurance], financed. But just because they SunTrust has been in the investment business for over 100 years. So you would expect the policy was usually 2% to 2.5% have deep pockets doesn't make us to be experts at it. It's especially true in the music business where the security of the amount insured, with a zero- dollars flow. You still have to make of tomorrow depends on your success today. SunTrust provides comprehensive wealth to-one show deductible," Meglen smart decisions." says. "Now, it's more like 3% to So does AEG pass on some management with superior investment advisory services and customer solutions specific 3.5% with a two -show deductible, tours? "All the time," says Meglen. to the music and entertainment industry. Effectively managing your minimum. The deductible is "We're looking for quality over money requires more than innovative financial thinking. It requires a dependent on the number of quantity." detailed understanding of the business and a commitment to be SUNTRUST dates, with a 30 -date tour general- From the artists' standpoint, is still more to the deal than there tomorrow. There's just no reason to settle for anything less. www.suntrust.com ly being one show deductible, and there a 60 -to -70 -date tour being three to money. "We're in a different era day, it's Securities and Insurance Products Are Not FDIC Insured Are Not Bank Guaranteed May Lose Value four show deductible. It's really no now, but, at the end of the different from car insurance, and still all about people," says Barry "SunTrust Private Client Services" is a marketing name used by SunTrust Bank, SunTrust Securities, Inc., there have been a lot of accidents Marshall, veteran touring execu- and their affiliates. SunTrust has provided wealth management, fiduciary and trust services to clients for over lately." tive overseeing Paul McCartney's 100 years. Securities, insurance and other investment products are sold through a non-bank affiliate, SunTrust Driving USA tour, working with Securities, Inc., a registered broker-dealer and member of the NASD, SIPC. ©2002, SunTrust Banks, Inc. BANKROLLING THE BAND both CCE and AEG. "The corpo- SunTrust is a federally registered service mark of SunTrust Banks, Inc. nsh 107-02 National and international tour ration can be huge, but it's the financial guarantees, once only people inside who make it work. available to such elite stadium -level Really, it's all about artists and acts as the Rolling Stones, Pink audiences."

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tar to offset the incessant jackhammer S P T G H T beats. Sphinctour reaffirms Jour - ALBUMS gensen and Paul Barker as premier purveyors of industrial rage and Edited by Michael Paoletta ELVIS COSTELLO should tide fans over until the band's

When I Was Cruel next studio release.-./DF PRODUCERS: Elvis Costello, Ciaran POP Cahill, Leo Pearson, Kieran Lynch Island Def Jam 15487 R&B/HIP-HOP * ELIZA GILKYSON Rhino's splendid refurbishment of Lost & Found Costello's catalog shouldn't divert * SKRATCH COMANDO PRODUCERS: Eliza Gilkyson, Mark Hallman listeners from the fact that he is one Incredible DJ's Red House 162 of the rare artists of his generation PRODUCERS: various At times joyful, stark, and poignant, to grow more adventurous with Bomb Hip -Hop 32047 Gilkyson's second Red House project time. With his first solo set in seven On its U.S. debut, Skratch Comando is (and seventh career album) dances years- following projects with the out to prove that Spanish men are no through a span of human emotions by likes of Burt Bacharach and classical slouches in the DJ department. Hail- way of rich vocals and uncomplicated singer Anne Sofie von Otter- Costel- ing from Lloret der Mar, Spain, D1 musical backgrounds. Whether singing lo proves that all the balladry hasn't Tillo, DJ Marc, and DJ None mix, about the intimacy of love or the woes SUSANA BACA dulled his ability to rock. The meta- TOSHI REAGON scratch, and blend everything into one plaguing the world, her songs peek into Espíritu Vivo Toshi feisty whole. "DJ's Get the Fuck Up" a secret inner world where personal PRODUCER: Craig Street PRODUCER: Craig Street serves as a perfect example of how the self-confidence and spiritual well -being Luaka Bop 11946 Razor & Tie 82863 trio tricks and flips well -known breaks can constantly be obtained. Set opener Like its predecessors on David This is Reagon's big moment. After and verses -ultimately, making them "Welcome Back" explores a person who Byrne's Luaka Bop label, the latest elvis costello ri building an ardent cult following their own. In addition to incorporat- was once disconnected from the world effort by Peruvian sensation Susana hette was cruel with a string of unforgettable, if not ing classic U.S. rap songs into the and is able to welcome sunshine back Baca reflects the artist's ongoing fas- wildly commercial releases, she's mix, the trio enlists some of Spain's into life. From there, such tracks as the cination with her country's black taking a crack at wooing mainstream top rap acts, including MCs Zemo, bluesy, gritty "Mama's Cot a Boyfriend" music heritage, which traditionally listeners. But unlike other under- Eddy Drame & Male, and Tremendo and the melodic "Richmond Boy" dis- has been overshadowed by Peru's ground heroes who don shiny musi- Menda, who all lend their vocals to cuss how complex relationships can re- Andean folkore legacy. But on this cal duds to be more universally the stellar set. In a smart move, each main simple by accepting others' love. album, Baca digs deeper than on her enticing, Reagon hasn't lost sight of DJ takes time to introduce himself. "Easy Rider" wistfully details the rough earlier releases, pulling well-chosen who she is. The tunes here have all For his part, DJ Marc showcases his lifestyle, yet enviable freedom of a trav- covers from outside the Peruvian of the earthy love -poetry and sharp - timing and dexterity in front of a live eling musician, while "Riverside" evokes diaspora, including Mongo Santa - eyed observations that have become audience on "Intro DJ Marc Live." The the uncertainties of modern life with maría's "Afro Blue," Caetano Veloso's her signature. The difference is the increasing popularity of turntab- wistful yearnings for the past. JP "13 de Mayo," and Björk's "Anchor input of producer Street, who buffs lism- witness the X- Ecutioners' latest Song." Backed by a world -class Peru- phoric pop manifesto "45" bristles Reagon's melodies so that they shine release and the Scratch documen- * MOTÖRHEAD vian band and guest musicians Marc with verbal acuity and the singer's like perfect little pop jewels. Easy - tary-should bode well for the trio. Hammered Ribot (guitar) and John Medeski own whiplash electric guitar, as does paced acoustic -pop strummers like For more information, log on to PRODUCERS: Motörhead,Thom Panunzio, (keyboards), Baca sings her heart the single, "Tear Off Your Own Head "Big Love" and "Postive Informa- bombhiphop.com.-RH Chuck Reed and soul out on this album, which (It's a Doll Revolution)." "When I tion" glisten like ready -made triple -A Metal -Is /Sanctuary 85229 was recorded live in a New York stu- Was Cruel No. 2" manages to quote radio hits, while the expansive, When bassist/vocalist Lemmy growls dio the week of Sept. 10, 2001, as the ABBA and Erik Satie even as it works Southern -blues -laced "Mountain COUNTRY "Rip it up!" on the opening track of city and the U.S. struggled with how in self- deprecating digs at aging Top" begs to be heard in a live set- Hammered, the metal trio unrelentingly to cope with the events of Sept. 11. rockers and aging critics. His part- ting. Perhaps best about Reagon is VARIOUS ARTISTS bludgeons your ears on command. After Baca's voice, and the warm, sympa- ners include Attractions Steve Naïve how well she rocks out an anthemic Sharp Dressed Men: A Tribute to ZZ Top more than a quarter-century of tearing thetic sounds of her studio ensemble and Pete Thomas, plus well-chosen stomper like "I Hate/I Love." In all, PRODUCERS: Joe Galante, Bill Ham up aural turf, the forerunners of thrash offer flickers of hope in the wake of young guns. But it's this old dog Toshi is a textbook study on how to RCA 67036 still ooze attitude that permeates this such gloom.-PV who's full of new tricks. BB cross over properly. -LF Here's a country-baked reformulation disc. Here and there, Lemmy, drummer of the Texas blues -based power trio, Mikkey Dee, and guitarist Philip Camp- and like most tribute albums, this bell fall victim to the occupational haz- the ring to contribute vocals to the sinis- Ministry performance, Sphinctour guitars, riotous samples, and pound- one is highly uneven. Some artist/ ard of sounding formulaic, but there is ter spoken -word passage "Serial Killer." A comes close. Recorded during the ing rhythms. The sampled sirens alone song fits are categorically bad: Lone - no denying the great harmonies they Motörhead must -have. -CLT band's 1996 world tour, the not -so- seem to signal a nuclear meltdown, star is far too white -bread to sop up grind out of pulse -pounding party - subtly titled Sphinctour rips through while frontman Al Jourgensen's growl the grease of ZZ's "Gimme All Your starters like "Walk a Crooked Mile" and MINISTRY five songs each from the band's Psalm unleashes the hounds of hell. It's Lovin' "; Brad Paisley, while showcas- "Mine All Mine." Bonus track "The Sphinctour 69 and Filth Pig albums, plus the clas- enough to make most of today's nu- ing a mean guitar, still sounds like Game" is a wicked slice of anthemic PRODUCER: Jeffrey Kinert sic "Thieves" thrown in for the old - metal acts run for cover. While gener- Hayseed Dixie on "Sharp Dressed metal that World Wrestling Federation Sanctuary 84540 school fans. The best moments come ally weaker, the Filth Pig material Man "; Andy Griggs can't summon the fans will recognize as the theme song of Although it's impossible to capture on from Psalm 69, in particular "N.W.O.," sprinkles in surprisingly restrained superstar Triple H, who stepped out of disk the bone -rattling ferocity of a live a brutal amalgamation of menacing touches of piano, harmonica, and gui- (Continued on next page)

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LITTLE FEAT but far more incendiary than the and more. Here's to hoping that Love Is Everything draws from a Waiting for Columbus Grateful Dead and more ambitious this exemplary reissue reintro- diverse musical landscape that ORIGINAL PRODUCER: Lowell George and sonically diverse than the All- duces a new generation of fans to spans 20 years. In addition to min- REISSUE PRODUCERS: Gary Peterson, man Brothers. Rhino has done a an American classic. -BB ing gems from her early releases Bill Payne, Paul Barrére consummate job with this deluxe (including the mini -opera pop sin- Warner Bros. /Rhino 78274 reissue, with vastly improved JANE SIBERRY gle "Mimi on the Beach" from Of all the great live rock albums sound, new liner notes, and extra Love Is Everything: The Jane Siberry 1984's No Borders Here and the issued in the '70s, Little Feat's photos. Moreover, Rhino has ex- Anthology buoyant "One More Colour" from Waiting for Columbus was perhaps panded the album to fill two CDs, COMPILATION PRODUCER: Hillary Bratton 1985's The Speckless Sky), this set the most revelatory, because it with the second disc featuring the ORIGINAL PRODUCERS: various cuts from such later albums as showcased the full power of this full complement of encores left off Warner Bros. /Rhino 78277 Teenager, New York Trilogy, and group in a way that its studio discs the first, woeful CD incarnation; There's a lot to be said for artists Hush (from her own Sheeba label). could never do. Little Feat was that's not to mention a trio of out- who insist on following the beat of The set closes with a new recording, long the favorite band of such takes released on the rarities col- their own drum. No artist does this "Map of the World (Part IV): Pil- experts as Robert Plant and Bon- lection Hoy Hoy! and twice as better than Canadian chanteuse grim." Then and now, Siberry re- nie Raitt; the reason being that many previously unissued out- the grand opener of "Fat Man in Jane Siberry, who has, over the mains one of the world's most re- Little Feat was funky, rootsy, vir- takes. Then there is the core pro- the Bathtub" and going on to "All years, flirted with mainstream suc- freshing artists -one who surprises tuosic, and subtly improvisational gram on disc one, starting with That You Dream," "Dixie Chicken," cess. The indispensible two -disc as much as she delights. MP

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Picks that were featured in the Music to My Ears column as being among the most significant records of the year. All albums commercially available in the U.S. are eligible. Send review copies to Michael Paoletta (Billboard, 770 Broadway, 6th floor, NewYork, N.Y. 10003) or to the writers in the appropriate bureaus.

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(Continued from preceding page) singer and mandolin player for jam Italian) "Baila Morena," a swinging starts with the Allah- praising hamd Thang" is as irrepressible as a dance band Leftover Salmon -dynamically track densely populated with crunch- "Ya Hayyo Ya Qayyum," an appropriate track gets), pop -inflected, radio -ready desperation necessary for "I Need ties feelings of romantic love to love ing electric guitars, thick piano and opener in that qawwali recitals tradi- hooks abound, and the one -time rapper You Tonight "; Kenny Chesney is of the great outdoors. On "Bend in organ vamps, and soaring bluesy tionally commence with a hamd. shows a master's touch with the overmatched on a nevertheless inter- the River," for example, Emmitt sings female vocals over Zucchero's trade- Other tunes (many of which are ex- album's ample selection of midtempo esting "Tush "; Trace Adkins drowns "why don't you take me down to the mark rasp. The multi -layered blend tracts from lengthier recordings) tunes and heart- tugging ballads. The in production on "Legs "; and Tracy bend in the river, hold me close of acoustic and electric and the inter- show the extended vocal repetition, majority of the songs are written by Byrd's a tad smooth for the raunch of under the willow tree" in the midst of play of various vocal ranges and lan- call and response between leader and Tonex, and his range as a writer has "La Grange." Some matches, howev- a rapid stream of string work. The guages set the tone for a stunning chorus, and explosive high -pitched grown exponentially. He soars on "God er, are killer, none more than Hank soothing ballad "Solid Ground" also album with unfailingly excellent wails of the ecstatic trance -inducing Has Not 4got," which rides a crys- Williams Jr.'s eight- minute power- likens love to being sure -footed on material, even when it veers into genre -which Nusrat managed to talline acoustic guitar accompanied by house "Jesus Just Left Chicago/Wait- the earth. Emmitt's musicianship is slightly different territory, including transcend via added orchestration to a very cool, old- school B3 organ, per- in' for the Bus," on which he is corn - fully captured on such pieces as "Hasta El Fondo," anchored by the minimalist form, as in "Mera cussion, and a warm vocal ensemble. pletely righteous. Montgomery "Paving Eisenhower," an instrumen- vibrating Mellotron, or more tradi- Sohna Sajan," as well as the global "Seasons" is a joyous, jazzy adult con- Gentry have all the edge needed for tal featuring a mandolin duet with tional Italian pop like "No Sere Yo." fusion collaborations and movie temporary-hued R &B track, while "Just Got Paid," and Hank III shuf- Ronnie McCoury. -!P Hooker lends his vocals -alternating soundtrack exposure that led to his "You" is a gorgeous love song to the fles and wails inventively on "Fear- with Zucchero's own Italian vocals - fame in the West.-JB artist's wife. The set's 17 songs alone less Boogie." Dwight Yoakam brings to "Ali D'Oro," and it's a wonderful are worth making some noise about, Bakersfield soul to "I'm Bad, I'm LATIN endorsement to have. But this album but even more exciting is hearing a Nationwide," and the Warren Broth- flies unaided. -LC CHRISTIAN young artist come into his own. -GE ers nail "Cheap Sunglasses." Produc- JOSE LUIS RODRÍGUEZ,"EL PUMA" tion and musicianship are excellent, Champagne CHESTER SMITH WITH SPECIAL all big guitars and bombast. But, in PRODUCERS: Jorge Alvarez, Juan Tarodo WORLD MUSIC GUEST MERLE HAGGARD CLASSICAL total, this tribute sends us running BMG Latin 743219 California Blend for the originals. -RW Following his much acclaimed, and * PARIS COMBO PRODUCERS: Merle Haggard, Chester Smith * CHARLES IVES: An American Journey very beautiful, albums of trio Los Attraction Hag 005 Thomas Hampson, baritone; San Fran- CHARLIE SIZEMORE Panchos material, using the original PRODUCERS: David Lewis, Paris Combo, There's a special magic when two old cisco Symphony and Chorus /Michael The Story Is ... The Songs of Tom T. Hall Los Panchos recordings, José Luis Alain Cluzeau friends get together, and that heartfelt Tilson Thomas PRODUCERS: Charlie Sizemore, Paul Martin Rodríguez (El Puma), returns to nos- Ark21 10079 chemistry resonates throughout Cali- PRODUCER: Andreas Neubronner Rebel 1767 talgia with Champagne, an album With the release of Attraction, Paris fornia Blend. Haggard undoubtedly RCAVictor /BMG 63703 This inspired pairing of understated that revisits mostly French hits of the Combo returns to claim its spot as possesses one of country music's most With the Americana music boomlet bluegrass vocalist Sizemore with the '60s and '70s. It's an approach also the world's cabaret act. Belle du acclaimed voices, and he sounds bet- going on right now, perhaps the pub- beautifully simplistic lyrics of Tom T. recently taken by Spanish singer Berry, vocalist/accordionist and lyri- ter than ever. You can hear a lifetime lic is more ready than ever for the Hall is one tribute that works like a Dyango, although the only track in cist extraordinaire, has penned of experience -hope mingling with avant -Americana of Charles Ives charm, and first -class accompani- common is "Venecia Sin Tf," high- another provocative, slightly out -of- heartache -reverberating poignantly (1874- 1954). The first great Ameri- ment adds punch. Sizemore's skill lighting the amount of material to plumb group of songs. For this out- in every performance. Smith is a Cali- can composer, Ives pioneered a brand lies in his subtle power and remark- choose from the period. Because ing, her lyrical preoccupations range fornia country music scene veteran of concert music that unashamedly able tone, and better material simply these are familiar -and mostly love- from the peculiar star-gazing con- turned businessman whose music incorporated such homegrown does not exist. "Mama's Got the Cat- ly -songs that have already been templation of "Mais Que Fait la career influenced a young Haggard. idioms as church hymns, brass -band fish Blues" is a creekbank joy, the recorded in Spanish, the listener can Nasa ?" to a heartfelt rumination on The two rekindled their friendship, tunes, parlor songs, and patriotic dit- ubiquitous Ralph Stanley contributes easily assimilate them, especially in cows-"Pourquoi Les Vaches ... "- recorded this at Haggard's home stu- ties -often within the same piece. lonesome harmony to "I'll Never Do El Puma's distinctive, elegant voice. to a sarcastic tribute to Paris' pollu- dio, and Haggard is issuing it via his Folk- inflected did not mean easy -lis- Better Than You," a weathered Hall And some of the arrangements, tion, "Lettre A P ..." Du Berry's in- own label. This disc's many highlights tening, as the maverick musician cul- himself weighs in on "Old Dogs, Chil- notably the big band feel of "Con," spired words are matched by the include "Wreck on the Highway," tivated polyphonic, polyrhythmic, dren, and Watermelon Wine," and "I mark a departure from the original musical inventiveness of David Lewis, "Grace for the Shepherd," "Wait a Lit- sometimes tartly dissonant sound - Washed My Face in the Morning Dew" yet are right on the mark. By the Potzi, Mano Razzanajato, and tle Longer Please Jesus," and "Great scapes; yet, in retrospect, what rolls gently. It's all good here, includ- same token, there's a fine line François- François. Their collective Judgement Morning," which Smith sounded like a crazy -quilt in the ing the note -perfect "I Flew Over Our between nostalgia and kitsch. Do we brainstorms are sparked by every- first learned as a boy. With the surg- early part of the last century now House Last Night," the superbly writ- really need another version of "But- thing from jazz to eastern European ing interest in roots music, this sounds utterly native and natural, ten hangdog gems "Ballad of Forty terfly" or "Sólo Puedo Mirar Atrás gipsy music to swing and early 20th - record has the potential to capture a often nostalgic. This unique collec- Dollars" and "Margie's at the Lincoln (Africa) "? If such songs are fond century pop standards. Paris Combo's wide audience. The combination of tion -from our premier Ives inter- Park Inn," and the wryly observant memories for you, you'll enjoy the sense of play and the virtuosity of its understated production and moving preter, Michael Tilson Thomas -fea- "The Year That Clayton Delaney look back. But if you cringed then, members combine here to create performances make this a treasure not tures such lyrical orchestral Died." Both Sizemore's vocals and you'll cringe now. -LC definitively cool music. -PW to be missed.-DEP masterpieces as Three Places in New Hall's lyrics are sincere, unpreten- England, The Unanswered Question, tious, and remarkably complementary ZUCCHERO NUSRAT FATEH ALI KHAN and From the Steeples to the Moun- of each other. -RW Shake The Rough Guide to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan GOSPEL tains, along with a sequence of PRODUCERS: Corrado Rustici, Zucchero PRODUCER: not listed orchestral songs showcasing Thomas DREW EMMITT Universal 314589 World Music Network 1078 TONEX Hampson. The baritone, long a card - Freedom Ride Italian Zucchero's homage to John Appropriately subtitled Sufi Sounds 02 carrying Ivesian, sings such songs as PRODUCERS: Drew Emmitt, John Cowan Lee Hooker is an intoxicating, deli- From the Qawwali King, this eight - PRODUCER:T. Boy "Tom Sails Away" and "General Compass 4337 cious collection of music that begs to track, 77- minute compilation explores Verity 43177 William Booth Enters Into Heaven" A fun, passionate romp filled with be listened to, digested, and listened the devotional gawwali ritual music of Hip- hopper Tonex returns after a sadly not only with idiomatic relish but mandolins and fiddles, Freedom Ride to again and again. Rather than sim- the Islamic mystic Sufis of the Indian neglected 2000 debut, this time seem- also with real beauty. Everything overflows with an upbeat bluegrass/ ply cover the blues, Zucchero has subcontinent, as popularized by the ingly a new man in both heart and here -from the orchestral playing to country soul. The first solo release created his own brand, kicking off legendary Punjabi gawwal who died in song. Though punchy, rhythm -heavy the recording- resonates with such from Emmitt -who is also the lead with the trilingual (Spanish, English, 1997. The informatively annotated set tracks still get their due ( "Bout a class and allure. BB

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MEDESKI MARTIN AND WOOD ming on the track "Where Have You babwe, Tuku (as his fans know him) Uninvisible Been" and Col. Bruce Hampton con- has consistently written songs that PRODUCER: Scotty Hard tributes spoken -word lyrics to "Your evince a sincere social conscience Blue Note 35870 Name Is Snake Anthony." Other con- and an abiding concern for the wel- Medeski Martin and Wood turn in tributors include DJ Olive, DJ P Love, fare of his countrymen and women. some of their most satisfying and and producer Scotty Hard -who pro- Vhunze Moto is wholly conceived in accessible work in years on Uninvisi- vide turntable work throughout the this manner. Tuku's infectious ble, the genre- hopping jazz trio's lat- album. Uninvisible- infused with a sound -an amalgam of rock and est exploration of funk- soul -rock- late -night cool -marks a strong step such distinctive South African styles hip -hop fusion. The album winningly forward for a versatile band that is as mbaqanga, mbira, and jit -con- synthesizes the danceable beats of increasingly hard to peg. -BG veys lyrical concerns that range from 1998's Combustication with the sexual responsibility in the face of avant-garde experimentalism of OLIVER MTUKUDZI AIDS to self- respect and the artist's 2000's The Dropper. Keyboardist Vhunze Moto recurring call for social justice and John Medeski's signature organ riffs PRODUCER: Steve Dyer equanimity. But there's nothing di- are notably reigned in this time out, While there isn't any singing on the Putumayo 199 Wheels, Mtukudzi has developed into dactic about this music. Rather, Tuku subtly bubbling under much of the record, Brad Roberts of Crash Test Since his days with Thomas Mapfu- one of the most important musicians gives his listeners enticing grooves work's dusky and trippy soundscapes. Dummies fame contributes hum- mo in the seminal band Wagon in southern Africa. A native of Zim- and something to think about. PW

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singles to radio since the release of the current album, Wake Up and Smell S P O T L 1 G H T S SINGLES the Coffee. But as with those previous efforts, the melodies and quality of Edited by Chuck Taylor CREED One Last Breath (3:58) lead Delores O'Riordan's vocals just PRODUCERS: John Kurzweg, Kirk don't add up to a hitworthy bid, partic- Kelsey, Creed ularly with the rock playground so POP WRITERS: Tremonti, Stapp crowded with talented players these PUBLISHERS: Tremonti /Stapp Music, days. Instrumentally, "This Is the Day" NO DOUBT Hella Good (4:01) adm. by Dwight Frye Music, BMI packs a decent wallop, with the cre- PRODUCERS: Nelle Hooper, No Doubt Wind -up 20018 (CD promo) ative use of organs, organic percus- WRITER: not listed While Creed could be accused of play- sion, and some novel guitar licks. But PUBLISHER: not listed ing it safe with its current Weathered. otherwise, the track just feels like Interscope Records (CD promo) the trio certainly is connecting with business as usual. Perhaps it's time to No Doubt's previous "Hey Baby" recast the public. The previous "My Sacri- turn on the radio, check out how pop- the band's original image as a raucous, fice" hit No. 4 on The Billboard Hot ular rock has evolved, and head back left -of- center entity, cool enough for 100, while the album has moved 5 into the studio. -CT modern rock and accessible enough for million copies in as many months. top 40's full demographic spectrum - "One Last Breath" is a double -sided and that's a tall order. Gwen Stefani and MARC ANTHONY I've Got You (3:59) composition, searching and contem- CHRIS BOTH FEATURING SHAWN COUNTRY company follow that top five hit with PRODUCER: Ric Wake COLVIN All Would Envy (3:13) another slab of party rock, featuring a WRITERS: C. Rooney, K. Dioguardi PRODUCER: not listed CYNDI THOMSON I'm Gone (3:34) disparate collection of instrumental PUBLISHERS: Sony /ATV Songs /Cori WRITER: Sting PRODUCERS: Paul Worley,Tommy Lee James lightning bolts: a bassline that'll shatter Tiffani /K'Stuff Publishing, BMI PUBLISHERS: Steerpike Ltd. adm. by WRITERS: K. Richey, C. Prophet glass, some fairly aggressive electric Columbia 59812 (CD promo) Magnetic Publishing /EMI Blackwood, BMI PUBLISHERS: Mighty Nice Music /But Wait guitar accents, and electronic blips, Now this is more like it. Following Columbia 56756 (CD promo) No More Music/Chuck Prophet /Funzalo, BMI circa the Kraftwerk days. Add to that the pleasant but tepid "I Need You," Any vehicle that brings Shawn Colvin Capitol 14495 (CD promo) Stefani's loose, playful, instantly ID'ed Marc Anthony marks a return to back into the fold gets points, but the Cyndi Thomson became one of the vocal stamp, and you've got the mak- grandeur with "I've Got You," a expressive vocalist's guest stint with country format's breakout artists with ings of a summertime smash. In some clever, seasonal anthem that sizzles jazz trumpet player Chris Botti is just the success of her debut single, "What I ways, No Doubt has become the B -52's out of the speakers like hot popcorn. pure magic. Taken from Botti's Night Really Meant to Say," which topped the of this decade, meshing nouveau new The track kicks in with the acoustic Sessions, the sophisticated number is Billboard Hot Country Singles & wave and the outer boundaries of pop guitar sound of George Michael's as relaxed as a martini on the veran- Tracks chart for three weeks, pro- and getting away with it -and that ain't "Faith," adds an electric guitar via da. Botti subtly accompanies Colvin's pelling sales of her debut album, My such a bad calling card. Score another Boy George's "The Crying Game," cool, collected vocal as she tells the World. Her follow -up didn't fare quite hole in one for No Doubt. -CT then struts out on its own with an story of a woman seduced by a so well. "I Always Liked That Best" aggressive powerhouse melody that wealthy, older man who in time finds peaked at No. 21. It remains to be seen * SIMON & MILO Get a Clue (3:18) gives Anthony the chance to stretch plative for the first 1:45 (with a cello, herself trapped and lonely. Written by how country programmers will em- PRODUCERS: Jason Levine, James McCollum, out his vocal chords in a mighty even), then explosive and heaving Sting, "All Would Envy" conveys a brace this one. Penned by Kim Richey Lenny Da Rose way. This is one of the singer /song- with unleashed passion for the second mood that's ideal for the style of the and Chuck Prophet, the song is a WRITERS: J. Levine, J. McCollum writer's most creative singles yet, half. Lead Scott Stapp sings with all jazzy overture -even in a setting like woman's declaration of independence PUBLISHER: Wonderland Music, BMI produced with a manic wand by Ric his might about being "six feet from The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, as she exits a bad relationship. It's a Hollywood Records (CD full -length promo) Wake and penned by Anthony main- the edge," imploring, "I still believe where the pair recently performed the well- crafted lyric that cries out for a Animated duo Simon & Milo prepare to stay Cory Rooney with Kara Dio- there's something left for you and song and transformed the ambiance little righteous indignation, some make a U.S. splash with this single, the guardi, who has been building her me." The man certainly sounds like of the stage. The only complaint here spunk, and attitude. Thomson's per- title track from the TV movie premier- own quiet storm with recent tracks he means the message. Amid so many is that Columbia faded the single ver- formance is more breathy sex kitten ing this summer on the Disney Chan- for Celine Dion, Enrique Iglesias, rock bands getting their chart break sion to 3:13, which leaves one feeling than defiant independent woman, and nel. "Get a Clue" is a fun pop offering and Jessica Simpson (she also has a in the 2001 -2002 season, Creed remiss -a song like this is meant to she just doesn't hit the mark on this from Simon & Milo's disc Ready Ready half-dozen tracks on Anthony's remains one of the more convincing be savored. It's a shame there isn't a one. Thomson definitely has a unique Set Go!-due April 30. Former Philoso- upcoming Mended). This one is set outfits in the mainstream conscious- natural setting for this to be placed at vocal quality that works well on the pher Kings members Jay Levine and to fire up the airwaves with its ness, and this song will keep them in mainstream radio; but then again, right songs, but here, she just seems to James McCollum, the guys behind the Latin -lite beats and rapid -fire singa- first gear on the pop -culture band- "All Would Envy" deserves to be lack the fire and sass necessary for this act, deliver their introduction in a long chorus, and marks Marc's full - wagon. Score another across -the- heard deliberately, quietly, with gutsy lyric.-DEP punk- tinged package. The act's first fledged re -entry point. -CT board bull's -eye. -CT focus. Oh so nice. -CT album, Hot Show, went four-times plat- inum in Canada, and the new success of AC cartoon -rock music, led by Gorillaz in duces live instrumentation from rock "You can't be me/I'm a rock star /I'm THE CRANBERRIES This Is the Day (4:14) the U.S., has shown that a solid record quartet Spymob, leaving little that could rhyming on the top of a cop car/I'm a PRODUCER: Stephen Street PAUL McCARTNEY Lonely Road (3:15) can transcend novelty status, much as be called conventional hip -hop, the rebel and my .44 pops far." It's ques- WRITER: D. O'Riordan PRODUCER: David Kahne the Archies did in 1969. Then there's attacks on posers notwithstanding. Yet tionable whether any but the most PUBLISHER: not listed WRITER: P. McCartney the Disney Effect: Aaron Carter sold even on this seemingly foreign musical devoted in the hip -hop community MCA 25758 (CD promo) PUBLISHER: MPL Communications Ltd. millions without pop radio, becoming turf, N *E *R *D comes through, display- will get this; "Rock Star" has a fresh MCA has worked hard to return the Capitol 16920 (CD promo) the poster child of the potency of Dis- ing an impressive range for itself. The sound for modern rock, so expect Cranberries to mainstream notoriety- While there are faithful millions who ney's radio and TV franchise. "Get a distorted vocals mock inauthentic acts, some action there. -EA it seems they've released a half -dozen will always appreciate the familiarity Clue" deserves a shot on top 40 radio of Paul McCartney's voice, his recent and forward- thinking modern rockers, album, Driving Rain, is not the place but in the meantime, there's no shame for potential new fans to turn in an in success at Radio Disney.-EA N E W & N O T E W O R T H Y effort to hear what they may have missed. "Lonely Road," the third sin- PAULINA RUBIO Don't Say Goodbye been nominated for three Grammy gle from the Capitol set, is not only ROCK (3:38) Awards. Rubio brings a youthful mundane, but McCartney's voice is PRODUCER: Gen Rubin appeal to "Goodbye," which perco- processed to the point that one has * N *E *R *D Rock Star (3:46) WRITERS: G. Rubin, C.Yie lates to a pure dance beat, sans any to wonder if perhaps it's time to sit PRODUCERS: the Neptunes PUBLISHERS: 2001 E Two Music/Groobin' hint of Latin instrumental pepper- out a round and let the new kids on WRITERS: P. Williams, C. Hugo Music /EMI April /HereYie, ASCAP ing. The only challenge here will be the block have their turn at the PUBLISHERS: EMI Blackwood o /b /o itself Universal Records 20743 (CD promo) to convince top 40 programmers mike. It's uncomfortable to see our and Waters of Nazareth, BMI; EMI April If three marks a trend, then herald that there's no danger in playing a heroes age, and there is little that is Music o /b /o itself /Chase Chad Music, ASCAP the dawning of the Latina pop boom. song with the courage to stand on more painful than hearing those who Virgin 16821 (CD promo) First, Shakira took over the world its own without a dominant splash have filled many of the great musical The Neptunes' recording act returns with with her global smash "Whenever, of rock or R &B; placement of the moments of our lives rely on that the second single from its long- delayed Wherever," then Thalia made inroads videoclip could be a major selling faith to coast through an effort that and long- awaited debut set In Search Of, toward increasing her domain with point to get this one off the is disappointing and thus, disillu- which hit stores in March. Moving from "Tu y Yo," and now Paulina Rubio ground. The promo single also fea- sioning. No disrespect is meant to last year's single, "Lap Dance," "Rock firmly plants her feet in English soil audiences with some 4 million tures a Spanish version, "Si Tu Te Sir McCartney, but there comes a Star" takes the Neptunes in a new direc- with the party romp "Don't Say Good- albums to her credit, including Pauli - Vas," further upping the ante. A time when it's best to herald the past tion, away from the gruff syncopation bye." The videogenic performer has na (No. 1 on the Billboard Latin solid English- language foray for and enjoy the honor that comes with that became their trademark in hip -hop already dazzled Spanish- language albums chart for 2001); she's also this alluring entertainer. -CT being a living legend. This "Road" production. This cut, in contrast, intro- simply goes nowhere. -CT

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Cee-Lo Breaks Up The Monotony Goodie Mob Member's Perfect' Solo Debut For Arista Showcases Individualism

BY RASHAUN HALL Morton of Atlanta -based Monopoly how I see myself coming out with NEW YORK -With all the medioc- Management -was prepared: He this creative vocal act of individual- rity flooding hip -hop right now, the had already completed the album ism in the midst of marketplace genre could surely use some creative before he signed the deal. monotony." and The Blues.. individuality. Enter Cee -Lo -the The set's first offering is the funk- Arista executive VP Lionel Ride- melodic member of the Goodie filled single "Closet Freak," which nour believes that Cee -Lo's genre - JOHNSON'S MUSICAL MUSE: BET setting with real instruments." Joining Mob -who steps out April 23 with bending style will appeal to more founder and CEO Robert Johnson has the brothers on Both Sides are such a solo debut on Arista, Cee -Lo than just the hip -hop community. made a multimillion- dollar personal vocalists as Ledisi. Monet, Martin Green & His Perfect Imperfections. "We want to knock down barri- investment in Washington, D.C. -based Luther, and Seabron Sawyer. Nelson In a slight departure from Good- ers and get PDs to open up their Marimelj (pronounced "MAR -uh- notes, "We hope this record will bring ie Mob's trademark sound, Cee -Lo minds -not just pigeonhole him in melj") Entertainment Group. deserved attention to Bay Area talent." offers a unique combination of a rap category," Ridenour says. "He The recording entity-whose con- hip -hop, soul, gospel, and rock on has so much more talent, and there cerns encompass production, publish- the 21 -track set. are so many more things he can do. ing, distribution, and artist promotion "I've always kept in mind what I We're active at rhythm, crossover, in adult urban contemporary and wanted to do as an individual," Cee - and urban, as well as mix -show, jazz -was established by president/ Lo says. "I'm broad in influence because of his foundation with the CEO Marcus Johnson (no relation to and rich in possibility. So, for lack Goodie Mob and the Dungeon Robert) seven years ago. The Marimelj of a medium and being engulfed in Family. By no means do we want to artist roster includes jazz saxophonist what Goodie Mob was doing, I was exclude the rap community. We Jaared and singer Alyson Williams. A unable to do that. I felt now was the want them to embrace him and self-taught keyboardist, Marcus John- time to express myself, so this help us launch him." son has released four solo CDs, includ- album was a law of inevitability. ing 2000's Urban Groove. Fortunately, I'm part of a collective was inspired by the rapper's barber, ALL-AGE APPEAL Robert Johnson's investment - that thrives on individualism." Menta. "I wrote the song for him," Radio has already started giving which does not have any ties to either When the opportunity for a solo says Cee -Lo, whose songs are pub- love to "Closet Freak." WEDR Miami BET or parent Viacom-was acquired set presented itself, the Atlanta lished by God Given Music, BMI. PD Cedric Hollywood says, "It's a through the RLJ Cos., a Bethesda, native -who is managed by K.C. "But it ended up being about me and Dirty South -type song, and that usu- Md. -based holding company he cre- ally works down here. Requests for ated in 2001 for his personal business QUICK HITS: Raphael Saadiq's Univer- the song grow daily." investments. sal solo debut, Instant Vintage, is According to Hollywood, "Closet pushed back to June 11 from its origi- Freak" ironically found its first audi- NEW MOTOWN RECRUIT: Motown nal May 21 release date ... Janet Jack- APRIL 27 2002 Billboard HOT RAP SINGLESTM ence with adults. "That usually hap- makes official what's been chatted son will receive the first -ever Readers' pens with R &B songs, not hip -hop about since the Grammy Awards: Choice Entertainer of the Year Award 5L Ng Compiled by SaundScan from a national subset panel of core R &B/Hip -Hop stores. W songs," he says. "Adults really picked Former DreamWorks ghetto hym- during the 15th annual Essence H ÿ up on the track early." nist Dave Hollister is now a Motown Awards that are being held for the first TITLE IMPRINT & NUMBER /DISTRIBUTING LABEL Artist That all -age appeal may just be artist, thanks to the signing of a time in L.A. The 2002 honoree slate rs.4, NUMBER ` I Week At Number what Arista ordered. "When you're production deal with Hollister and includes Halle Berry, India.Arie, Alicia o 2 FEELS GOOD (DON'T WORRY BOUT A THING) Naughty By Nature Featuring 3LW 9 Har- Keys, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, song- 1-.1- 2344 @0 pushing boundaries the way that his brother Donny "Drano"

2 1 LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION! Mr. Cheeks 52 Cee -Lo is," Ridenour notes, "you rell's Goodfellas Entertainment. writer/producer Kenny Gamble, Radio UNIVERSAL 156257/UMRG O O O hope people are going to react, fol- The former BLACKstreet member One head Cathy Hughes, and author 3 BALLIN' BOY No Good 9 0 ARIISTOIRECT 010220 O low, and then go on to the next thing is recording an August-slated debut Terry McMillan. Hosted again by 9 WILL DESTROY Lil Ru ' as opposed to being in the same old that will feature collaborations with comedian Steve Harvey, the show tapes o ¡RR/ YOU LOVE THAT 10121 0 Q 10 MAMA'S BABY, POPPA'S MAYBE Green Eyez situation. Everything Cee -Lo is Joe, Tank, and All Star. Hollister May 31 at the Universal Amphitheatre GG mow( roar ore doing is original. He's giving a whole can currently be heard on "Keep for a June 6 airing on Fox -TV. 5 OH BOY/THE ROC (JUST FIRE) Cam'ron Featuring Juelz Santana o ROC A- FELLA/DEF JAM 582884` /IDJMG O new meaning to creative expression Lovin' You," the first single from 7 6 DO YA THANG GIRL Beelow Harvey's MCA album, Sign ALL HEART: Everyone knows Patti BALLIN 1000 from a hip -hop foundation. Steve of 8 8 PASS THE COURVOISIER PART II Busta Rhymes Featuring P. biddy & Pharrell 9 "This isn't too different from the Things to Come. LaBelle pours her heart into her J 21154.0 way we approached things with Out- "It's been so frustrating," Hollister music. But she also does the same out- 9 12 STOP PLAYIN' Levert Agee Featuring Mr. Low Down & Evol KNIGHTSTAR 12370 Kast," he adds. "They were also push- says during a studio break. "But I'm side that realm, lending her support to Big Logic ID 23 HYDE HA ing the envelope. We had to stick to so happy now, I don't know what to such life -altering challenges as cancer, G00DINVISION 90409/ORPHEUS 0 11 7 DEAR GOD Willie D our guns once we got it out to peo- do. We'll have other acts, but right AIDS, homelessness, and menopause. RELENTLESS 00020 ple and let them decide it was some- now we're concentrating on my At the recent Carnegie Hall concert on 12 11 SHAWTY P-Lo Featuring UI Ru & T. Supreme HOW YOU LOVE THAT 10123 0 thing they wanted." record. [Motown president /CEO] behalf of the Rainforest Foundation, 13 14 PUT YO SETS UP Redd Eyezz Featuring Juvenile & Slanted Eyezz ^a by Lewis for Kedar [Massenburg] has a point to she performed "Oh Happy Day" with o -Bo 2503 0 Booked Cara the 14 13 WHAT'S LUV? Fat Joe Featuring Ashanti ^a William Morris Agency, Cee-Lo takes prove to a lot of people, and so do I." fellow diva Nina Simone. TERROR SQUAD /ATLANTIC 852331Á6 O to the road with Def Soul artist "You name it and I'll claim it," the 15 15 CAN I GET THAT ?! I? Bear Witnez! EARGASM 3511 0 O O Musiq in May. BOTH SIDES NOW: "This is the be- singer says with a laugh, adding that 19 BUSTER Dennis Da Menace With years of experience under ginning of the new Braxton Brothers," she's "honored and blessed" to be W 1ST AVENUE 0001 0 17 18 TAKE YOU HOME WITH ME A.K.A BODY /GET THIS MONEY R. Kelly & Jay -Z his belt, Cee -Lo has a unique per- says saxophonist Wayne about his and recognized for her charitable endeav- ROC- A- FELLA/JIVE/DEF JAM /IDJMGO spective on this business and where bassist twin Nelson's new Peak Records ors by the National Academy of I NEED A GIRL (PART ONE) P. biddy Featuring Usher & Loon 9 BAD BOY 790.78` / ARISTA O he fits in it. set, Both Sides. The former Windham Recording Arts and Sciences April 19 16 THINK BIG Crimewave 9 "Corporate America has to be able Hill duo describes the album's vibe as 22, when she'll receive the Philadel- CRIMEWAVE 7200200 20 4 DANSIN WIT WOLVEZ Strik 9ine 9 to consider it [an album] compara- new urban adult contemporary, co- phia chapter's first MusiCares Heart FADE 34239`/ECMD O O O ble to something else in the mar- mingling smooth jazz and R &B. Award. "I like to give," LaBelle says. 21 17 SATURDAY (000H! 0000H!) Ludacris Featuring Sleepy Brown ç DISTURBING THA PEACENEF JAM SOUTH 588815` /IDJMG O ketplace so they can fit it into a cat- "This record is a good bridge rec- "My mission is to help people -those 22 21 ROCK EM Boobakaw And The Wild Younginz Featuring Vita egory to be monitored and solicited ord," Wayne adds. "People who liked I know and those I don't know." WH TESTONE 1277 0 O O ® ONE MIC Nas 9 as such," he says. "I don't believe in our last two albums [Steppin' Out and In between her charitable projects, ,L 'NI WCOLUMBIA 79723NCRG O titles or limitations, but after 10 Now and Forever] will still find those she's recording her long- awaited co DOWN A ** CHICK Ja Rule Featuring Charli "Chuck" Baltimore '9 11 J ODER INCJDEF JAM 588941` /IDJMG O years, I have become a professional Braxtons; our instrumental component gospel album, preparing another 25 20 ROUND AND ROUND Jonell & Method Man 9 who has become industry-wise. My is still the flagship." R &B disc, and working up material LEI SDUUDEF JAM 588852/IDJMG 0 O is to establish a genre for For example, the track "So Divine" for a LaBelle reunion album that will Records with the g eatest sales gains this week 9 Videoclip availability. Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certification for plight indicated by number fol- net shipment of 500,000 units (Gold). 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1 2 Weeks VtNumber 1 NUMBER 1 it:'. 4D 15 JAY-Z A' ROC -A- FELLA/DEF JAM 548822' /IDJMG 112.98/18.981 Vol. 3... Life And Times Of S. Carter 79 1 THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G. "' BAD BOY730n /ARISTAUS98/24.981 Life After Death 229 i . 22 BONE THUGS-N- HARMONY A' RUTHLESS 69443'/EPICocoeE0/15. %I E.1999 Eternal 218 :. 2 2 2PAC A' DEATH ROW 63008 /KOCH 11998/2598) All Eyes On Me 314 or. NAS A' COLUMBIA 67015' CRG 110 98 ENI8.981 It Was Written 80 A -3 4 2PAC A' AMARU/OEATH ROW 4 %3011/INTERSCOPE (1998/24.98) A' c. Greatest Hits 173 1iß .. 12 DR. DRE AFTERMATH 490486' /INTERSCOPE112.98 /I8. 9E1 Dr. Dre -2001 113 i4 3 THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G. A' BAD BOY 73000'/ARISTA11138/119R1 Ready To Die 341 - SADE A' EPIC 852871128E/18.%) The Best Of Sade 378 . 5 6 MAKAVELI DEATH ROW 63012' /KOCH 02.98/17.981 A' The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory 200 18 14 JUVENILE A' CASH MONEY /UNIVERSAL 153162/UMRG 112.98/18.981 400 Degrees Al 173 `6 7 JAY-Z A FREEZE/ROC- A- FELLA/PRIORITY 5059T /CAPITOL 110.98 /16.90) Reasonable Doubt 227 19 11 MARY J. BLIGE A' UPTOWN 110ee1/MCA16.98/11981 What's The 411? 114 --7 9 2PAC A AMARU/JIVE 41636/ZOMBA 11198/17.981 Me Against The World 294 e - THE TEMPTATIONS M0TOWN1EOBVUMRG1698/11al The Best 0l The Temptations:20th Century The Millennium Collection Volume1The60's 8 8 NAS A COLUMBIA 5768/'/CRG 17%E/11,981 Illmatic 43 21 25 TWISTCREATORS WAY /ATANTIC92757' /AG1119 &17.961! Adrenaline Rush 109 18 MARVIN GAYE MOTOWN 15373LUMAG 1698 H9el The Best Of Marvin Gaye:20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection Volume 2 6 22 24 R. KELLY A' JIVE 41527/ZOMBA 01.98/17.981 12 Play 188 -10 10 AL GREEN HI/THE RIGHT STUFF 30800CAPITOL110 .9817.981 Greatest Hits 372 - MILES DAVIS A' LEGACY/COLUMBIA 64935/CRG (7.98 E0/11.98) Kind Of Blue 203 =11 5 BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS TUFF GONG /ISAN0846210'/IDJMG 02.9818.981 Legend 287 - THE WHISPERS SOLAR /THE RIGHT STUFF 57604/CAPITOL(7.98/11.98) Greatest Hits 3 12 MR. BIGG WARLOCK 282211098/16.981 ' 13 Only If U Knew 4 25 16 DR. DRE A' DEATH ROW 83000.01.98/17,981 The Chronic 272 Albums wlth the greatest sales gains this week. Catalog albums are 2 -year old titles that have fallen below No. 100 on The Billboard 200 or reissues of o der albums. "Rita, Chan Weeks column reflects combined weeks title has appeared on the Top R &B /Hip -Hop Albums and Tap R&B/Hip-Hop Catalog Albums. Record'ng Industry Assn. Of America for net (RIAA) certification shipment of 500,000 album units (Gold). RIAA certification for net shipment of 1 million units (Platinum). RIAA certification For net shipment of 10 million units (Diamond). Numeral following Platinum or Diamond symbol indicates albums multi -platinum level. For boxed sets, and double albums with a running time of 100 minutes or more, the RIAA multiplies shipments by the number of discs and /or tapes. RIAA Latin awards: O Certification for net shipment of TD0,000 units Oro). Certification of 200,000 units (Platino). Certification of 400,000 units (Multi -Platino). 'Asterisk indicates LP is available. Most ape prices, and CD prices for BMG and WEA labels, / r are suggested lists. Tape prices marked EU, and all other CO prices, are equivalent prices, which are projected from wholesale prices. Greatest Gainer charts largest unit increase. Pacesetter indicates biggest percentage growth. Heatseeker Impact shows albums removed from Heat- seekers this week. indicates past Heatseeker trt e. CO 2002, VNU Business Media, Inc., and SoundScan, Inc. All rights reserved.

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Ninja Tune's Cinematic Orchestra

Has A Sound Beyond The `Everyday' b Michael Paoletta

BY RASHAUN HALL contacted her, visited her and her According to Swinscoe, Everyday NEW YORK-Cinematic Orchestra is family in St. Louis, and told her of my was inspired by an original piece of a plans. Once we got into the studio, it music the Orchestra scored for "this Box.. tuned up and ready to go. With sound that can best be described as was very easy-going." old black -and -white silent movie jazz for the new millennium or aural Although Bass and Roots Manuva called Man With the Movie Camera. PET SOUNDS: When Neil Tennant of On "The Night I Fell in Love," Pet movies, the aptly named act prepares are featured on Everyday, much of it We wrote a score for the movie and Pet Shop Boys calls me from the Shop Boys turn the tables on the for the release of its latest Ninja Tune is primarily instrumentally driven. To performed it live at a film festival in terrace of his London flat, he can't macho and homophobic stylings of album, Everyday, May 28. their credit, Swinscoe and crew ably Portugal." The film's title track is hide the sunshine in his voice. rappers like Eminem-the song is "The name says a lot," says Cine- construct emotional soundscapes Everyday's last cut. "What can I say ?," he asks with a about a schoolboy who meets his matic Orchestra mastermind Jason without the use of many vocals. For Ninja Tune label manager Jeff chuckle. "It's a beautiful day here. favorite rap star backstage after a Swinscoe of the band's sound. "It's a Waye, Everyday offers the label an The sun is shining, it's incredibly performance, discovers he's gay, and combination of jazz form and instru- opportunity to reach an ever -growing warm, and I'm sitting in my garden sleeps with him. ments with film -score textures. Cinematic Orchestra audience. "Cin- having a cup of tea." Tennant explains, "At the time I "Writing music over a period of ematic Orchestra is the closest thing wrote the song, Eminem was dealing time, I became more focused in we have on the label to a traditional with accusations of homophobia. I terms of my ideas," he adds. "Jazz jazz act," he says. "We'll definitely be thought his defense was interesting. and soundtracks are my main reaching out to an older jazz fan He said he wasn't homophobic but sources of inspiration." demographic. The inclusion of was only representing an ugly side of Swinscoe says he and his band - Fontella Bass on the record should America. I thought, `If rap music is mates- drummer Luke Flowers, make for instant recognition with going to be provocative, then I'll be turntablist Patrick Carpenter, bassist people, due to her work with Art provocative right back.' " Tennant Phil France, and saxophonist Tom Ensemble of Chicago and the fact that considers "The Night I Fell in Love Chantthen-combine these elements the set's lead single, `All That You "a rather sweet and innocent song." with electronics and modem produc- Give,' is a tribute to her late husband, Release closes with the philo- tion to give the overall sound a con- Lester Bowie." sophical "You Choose." Tennant temporary feel. "We expect to do really well with recalls, "In the studio, Chris was this album," says Geoff Alvores, sales wondering, 'Do you fall in love by BASS-IC ADDITION "Certain kinds of sounds and manager for New York-based indie chance, or do you choose ?' Ulti- The world received its introduc- melodies -particularly on tracks like retailer Other Music. "The combina- mately, you put yourself into any tion to Cinematic Orchestra via its `All That You Give' and `All Things to tion of live instrumentation and given situation." Consider "You 1999 debut, Motion, which was an All Men' -suggest a kind of somber breakbeats creating a more organic Tennant -as well as his musical Choose" the polar opposite of "Love instrumental affair. Conversely, but uplifting feel," Swinscoe says. sound in electronic music is really partner, Chris Lowe -is enjoying a Comes Quickly," which appeared on Everyday finds the Orchestra collab- "The harps and the strings suggest a appealing to people, who will also be bit of down time before the start of the duo's debut, 1986's Please. orating with Ninja Tune labelmate more orchestral piece, while also interested in the inclusion of Fontel- the fast -approaching international Looking further ahead, Tennant Roots Manuva ( "All Things to All recalling some of Alice Coltrane's la Bass because they were really into Release tour, which is in support of says the Release tour may be followed Men ") and R &B /soul singer Fontella work. The overall warmth comes the Art Ensemble reissue." the duo's new self-produced album in the autumn by the Wotapalava Bass ( "All That You Give" and "Evo- from using acoustic instruments to Ninja Tune (ninjatune.com), along on Sanctuary Records, Release (see tour, the gay- skewed venture co- lution"), who scored a top five hit give it that older feel." with New York's Giant Step (giantstp. story, page 1). The 20 -date North organized by Pet Shop Boys that was with "Rescue Me" in the mid -'60s. In the songwriting department, corn), has organized a series of street, American tour commences May 14 canceled last summer (Billboard Bul- Swinscoe, a longtime fan of the Swinscoe (whose songs are published Internet, and DJ marketing cam- at the Jackie Gleason Theater in letin, July 3, 2001). He also confirms legendary Bass, acknowledges that he by Chrysalis Music) enlisted band - paigns. "Both company Web sites are Miami and will take in such cities that a North American production of wasn't even sure if the singer was still mate France, who co -wrote several of offering free music downloads," Waye as New York (May 21 -23, Hammer- Closer to Heaven is scheduled to making music or if she had retired Everyday's tracks. "His experiences notes. A tour is also planned for Cin- stein Ballroom) and Los Angeles arrive on Broadway next spring. "And, from the business. "But I tracked her studying jazz theory offered us the ematic Orchestra, which is managed (June 7, Universal Amphitheatre). yes," Tennant adds, "we're already down on the Internet to Justin Time opportunity to make those elements by Tuse of London -based Rhythm & Unlike recent Pet Shop Boys working on another musical." Addi- Records in Montreal, which had stronger," Swinscoe offers. "This adds Business and booked by Torn Windish tours, Tennant promises that this tionally, he confirms there are sever- released an album by her last year. I more depth to the music." of Billions in Chicago. one relies less on theatrics, staging, al completed tracks that didn't make and costuming. "It'll be the first it onto Release, "many of which are time we're presenting ourselves as dance-oriented, so don't be surprised musicians," he says. "We'll be per- if they end up as bonus tracks or B- No Doubt, "Hella Good" (Inter - rhythms that you always wish you'd forming many new songs and new sides in the future." scope single). Culled from the act's hear in your favorite lounge but arrangements of classics." wonderful album Rock Steady, rarely do. Fave moments: Coldut's Hopefully, as on previous tours, LIVE AND MORE: U.K. chill -out act "Hella Good" has patiently awaited "Autumn Leaves," Shantel's "Be- Tennant and Lowe will indulge fans Zero 7 is on a four -week U.S. tour- its turn in the remix spotlight. Mix lieve," Rae & Christian Featuring by covering a personal fave of theirs complete with an 11 -piece band - master Roger Sanchez has trans- influenced him through the years. Lisa Shaw's "Should Have Known," made famous by another act: Per- until May 11. Expect shows to sell out formed the track into a peak -hour Various artists, Brazilian Beats 3 and Charles Webster Featuring haps they'll consider doing Alcazar's rather quickly, as both MTV and MTV2 house jam, complete with the (Mr. Bongo U.K. album). Brazilian diva Terra Deva's "Ready." Sheila B. Devotion- sampling "Cry- are playing the Tommy Pallotta- jagged guitars heard in the origin- Ive Mendes opens this collection with Cyberslam, "Your Heart" (Rob- ing at the Discotheque." "Oh my," directed video for "Destiny," the first al- albeit turned down a notch. the lush and breezy "A Beira Mar." bins single). New York -based pro - Tennant says. "That song sums up single from Zero 7's sublime album, Chris Brann, Inspirations (Kar- From that point on, BB3 spotlights ducer/remixers Anthony Acid and the Pet Shop Boys perfectly." Simple Things (Quango/Palm). maGiraffe U.K. album). The third such samba -worshipping artists as DJ Skribble have a knack for seam- While we're certain Pet Shop - installment in the critically ac- Malena ( "Para Ti "), Seu Jorge ( "Chega lessly bridging the gap between Boys will perform "Home and Dry," IN SYNC: Ten Music, the music pro is claimed "Inspirations" series finds No Swing "), and Mr. Hermano ( "Como underground trance and main- the new album's lead single, our fin- duction/licensing house, now rep- Wamdue Project/Ananda Project Um So "), among others. stream pop. On "Your Heart," the gers are crossed that they'll also per- resenting DJ /production outfits mastermind Chris Brann culling 12 David Ireland, California Dream- pair, together with Cyberslam, form such gems as "E- Mail "; "Love Masters at Work and Grammy Dish for com- tracks from a variety of sources - ing (Milan/BMG album). Compiled places eerie synth swirls and mel- Is a Catastrophe "; "Here," originally Award -winning Deep Marvin Gaye's "Anger," Mr. Fingers' and mixed by BPM Culture magazine ancholic piano tinklings alongside written for, but not included in, the mercials. Ten Music creative direc- "Closer," Antonio Carlos Jobim's "A editor -in-chief David Ireland, Califor- infectious melodies and Trixy duo's musical Closer to Heaven tor Sarah Sciotto says, "I am hon- Felicidade," Teena Marie's "Por- nia Dreaming is awash with the kind Reiss' longing vocals. (which had a six -month run last ored to represent such legends and tuguese Love"-all of which have of just -right warm and welcoming MICHAEL PAOLETTA year at the Arts Theatre in London); to watch the effect their music will and "The Night I Fell in Love." have on advertising."

38 www.billboard.com BILLBOARD APRIL 27, 2002 www.americanradiohistory.com Maxi -Singles Sales, Top Electronic Alitons and

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m: NUMBER 1 1 Week At Number 1 NUMBER 4 Weeks At Number I 2 3 ITS GONNA BE...(A LOVELY DAY) BEDROCK/CREDENCE 36324/NETTWERK Brancaccio & Aisher 1 1 SONG FOR THE LONELY WARNER BROS. 42422 00 Cher '9

3 4 ALIVE EMERGE 30036/CENTAUR Kevin Aviance 2 2 THANK YOU (DEEP DISH REMIX) ARISTA13996 00 Dido S2

1 2 WISH I DIDN'T MISS YOU (THE REMIXES) J21162 Angie Stone 8 7 HEAVEN 24/172475/ARTEMIS 0 0 Eyra Gail

5 7 ESCAPE (REMIXES) INITERSCOPE PROMO Enrique Iglesias U DON'T HAVE TO CALL (REMIXES) ARISTA151250 Ushers

6 9 CANT STOP DANCIN' GROOVILICIOUS 268/StRICTLY RHYTHM Inaya Day 11 10 HEAVEN ROBBINS 7205700 DJ Sammy & Yanou Featuring Do 7 12 FLAWLESS GROOVIUCIOUS 273/STRICtLY RHYTHM The Ones 6 4 WILL I? ROBBINS 72055 0 0 Ian Van Dahl ç' 8 11 FIRE TOMMY BOY SILVER LABEL 2356/TOMMY BOY Dolce 4 8 NO MORE DRAMA (THUNDERPUSS REMIXES) MCA155929 O Mary J. Blige s7

4 1 NO MORE DRAMA (THUNDERPUSS REMIXES) MCA 155929 Mary J. Blige 10 6 CAN'T FIGHT THE MOONLIGHT (REMIXES) CURBT?S% 0 O LeAnn Rimes 's 15 23 TO GET DOWN KINETIC 54713 limo Maas 7 5 YOU MAKE ME SICK (HQ2 REMIXES) LAFACE 24556/ARISTA 00 Pink 9 14 17 THEY-SAY VISION (DANCE REMIXES) MCA PROMO Res 3 3 LIFETIME (BEN WATT REMIX) COLUMBIA79640/CRG 00 Maxwell "2 5 10 SONG FOR THE LONELY WARNER BROS 42422 Cher «. 5 FEELS GOOD (DON'T WORRY BOUT A THING) (KELLY G. CLUB MIX) M2344 O Naughty By Nature Featuring 3LW 9 13 14 INSATIABLE (REMIXES) COLUMBIA79708 Darren Hayes 9 18 CAN'T GET YOU OUT OF MY HEAD CAPITOLT76B5 O Kylie Minogue 6 ITS LOVE (TRIPPIN') GROOVILICIOUS 274/STRICTLY RHYTHM Andrea Brown LOVE (TRIPPIN') GROOVILICI0u5274/STRICTLYRHYTHM 0O Andrea Brown 11 8 12 SLEEPING FASTER SKINT PROMO /COLUMBIA Lo Fidelity Allstars Y 9 BY YOUR SIDE (REMIXES) EPIC 79544 00 Sade ç' 17 22 JOIN ME PRISONERS OF DANCE24 /7B73010/ARTEMIS Lightforce 13 11 WHERE'S YOUR HEAD AT XL 38803/ASTRALWERKS 0 0 BasementJaxxç' 12 10 VIP MIXOLOGY 0005/4 PLAY Ibiza 16 12 WHERE THE PARTY AT (REMIXES) SOSODEF/COLUMBIA79605/CRG 0 0 Jagged Edge With Nelly xt 16 16 MOUNTAIN TOP JELLYBEAN72642 99th Affair Featuring Latanza Waters OMNIBUS ROBBINS 72050 00 Laut Sprecher Featuring Katie Skate 20 27 . PURPLE GOD GLASS SLIPPER 001 Anny 14 17 DESERT ROSE (VICTOR CALDERONE REMIX) A &M 497321/INTERSCOPE 0 Sting Featuring Cheb Mami Ç 25 31 IF YOU FALL (THE M.A.S. COLLECTIVE MIXES) HARLEQUIN 1238 Ad Finem 20 14 STAR GUITAR FREESTYLEDUST /ASTRALWERKS 388I2/VIRGIN 00 The Chemical Brothers "2 23 29 FOR A LIFETIME (ALEX GOLD REMIX) Y TRAVAGA47 A IMPORT Ascension 24 13 YES TOMMY BOY 228600 Amber

K RESURRECTION TOMMY BOY SILVER LABEL 2358 /TOMMY BOY 0 O PPK 32 18 16 - SOAK UP THE SUN (VICTOR CALDERONE & MAC QUAYLE MIXES) A &MPROMO/INTERSCOPE Sheryl Crow's WHAT IT FEELS LIKE FOR A GIRL MAVERICK 42372/WARNER BROS 00 Madonna "2 19 15 AMERICANA THUMP2318 Gerardo SOMETHING ROBBINS 72056 0 0 Lasgo 30 41 15 FUNNY CAR YOSHITOSHI 070/DEEP DISH Morel 15 THIS IS ME (REMIXES) BAD BOY 79403/ARISTA 00 Dream 2 31 40 GET DOWN MASSIVE FRESKANOVA 11496/MAMMOTH Freestylers FREELOVE MUTE/REPRISE 4241SM/ARNERBROS 0 Depeche Mode

26 30 OPEN ME PROPAIN 453/CUTTING KHZ 1111 le euuh lite great st sales or club play increases this week. Power Pick on Club Play is awarded for the largest point increase among singles below the top 20. The

Club I lay chart is compi ed from a national sample of reports from club DJs. v Vidioeclip availability. Catalog number is for vinyl maxi -single, or CD maxi -single if vinyl is 27 33 TOMMY RESURRECTION BOY SILVER LABEL 2358ROMMYBOY PPK unavalable. On Sales ch rt: EI CD Maxi -Single available. Vinyl Maxi -Single available. Cassette Maxi -Single available. 02002, VNU Business Media, Inc. and Sound - Scan, Inc. All rights reserved. 22 20 THE HEARTBREAK STAR 691234 Friburn & Urik

43 BE.ANGELED Lamm 92812/LOGIC Jam & Spoon 40 AzR2' MINDCIRCUS (REMIXES) NETTWERK33155 Way Out West Featuring Tricia Lee Kelshall Billboard TOP ELECTRONIC ALBUMa I'ß.,:,, 34 42 ITS ALRIGHT (MOTHER PRESENTS HARDER DEEPER MIX) LIMELIGHT IMPORT Shania Twain

29 35 EARTH (BEN WATT REMIX) MAVERICK PROMO/WARNER BRCS. MeShell Ndegeocello O 36 43 WILL I? ROBBINS72055 Ian Van Dahl 's ÿ ARTIST Title ."-% IMPRINT & NUMBER/DISTRIBUTING LABEL 33 38 HEAVEN ROBBINS72057 DJ Sammy & Yanou Featuring Do

=: 4 Weeks At Number I 45 THE MORE I LOVE YOU GRGOVILICIOUS 265/ STRICTLY RHYTHM MFF Featuring Andrea Martin NUMBER i

1 SOUNDTRACK Blade II 18 18 YOU AND ME (FEELS JUNGLE RED 90012 SO GOOD) Solar City Featuring Pepper Mashay IMMORTAL 12064NVIRGIN

41 47 DISTANT PLACES WEBSTER HALL NYC 00042 Marsha 2 VARIOUS ARTISTS Global Hits 2002 UNIVERSAL 017004/UMRG 21 13 YOU GIVE ME SOMETHING EPIC PROMO Jamiroquai JUNIOR VASQUEZ Earth Music TOMMY BOY SILVER LABEL 1551/TOMMY BOY *

39 45 PEOPLE (WE'RE THE WORLD) SUNBURN 506YSIXDEGREES GONNA CHANGE Hawke Featuring Sir Adamsmasher 4 AVALON 02/Avalon Remixed SPARROW 519% 24 24 FREE TO CHANGE YOUR MIND (REMIXES) DREAMWORKSPROMO Regency Buck 16 GARBAGE Beautitulgarbage ALMO SOUNDS 4SS115' /INTERSCOPE

4F OT DEBUT 5 VARIOUS ARTISTS Pulse RAZOR 4 TIE 8904I UNDERNEATH YOUR CLOTHES (REMIXES) EPIC PROMO Shakira 3 CHEMICAL 21 Come With Us 28 THE REAL LIFE CREDENCE 33150/NETPNERK Raven Maize 46 8 VARIOUS ARTISTS House Party (Volume One) PRAYER MIA 27731N2 Scanners ROBBINS 75021

6 JOH1111 42 37 ADDICTED GUSTO IMPORT NNY VICIOUS Uhra. Dance 01 TO BASS Puretone ULTRA

PRECIOUS HEART MOONSHINE 88483 Tall Paul 12 ZEMR500O Simple Things PAL 1 * SOMETHING ROBBINS72056 Lasgo 11 DJ ENCORE Intuition MCA 01660:1 FOR ALL TIME DREAMWORKS PROMO Soluna 9 DIESELBOY projectHUMAN HUMAN IMPRINT 78001 /SYSTEM * 47 39 AWAY (JOHN CREAMER AND STEPHANE K REMIXES) YOU Mantra Featuring Lydia Rhodes 1 o TIMO MAAS Loud KINETIC 54706* 49 46 LET'S DO IT TOGETHER NAKEOMUSIC 019/ASTRALWERKS Blue Six 7 BASEMENT JAXX Rooty XL IM23` /ASTRALWERKS * 38 26 WAKE UP TRANS CONTINENTALB9989/LOGIC Beki MARK FARINA Connect 35 19 LOVE'S GONNA SAVE THE DAY VINYL SOUL12I /MUSIC PLANT Georgie Porgie OM 30203 DAVID VISAN Buddha -Bar IV GEORGE V 71002

17 13 DAFT PUNK Discovery APR1;27 VIRGIN 49606' 18 15 DARUDE Before The Storm Billboard HOT DANCE BREAKOUTS GR00VILICIOUS 106/STRICTLY RHYTHM * 19 14 VARIOUS ARTISTS Dance Party (Like Its 20021 ROBBINS 75675

r71ub Play Maxi -Singles Sales 20 17 VARIOUS ARTISTS Ultra. Chilled 01 ULTRA 1110

1 18 THUNDERPUSS Barry Harris + Chris Cox Present Thunderpuss TOMMY BOY SILVER LABEL 1518/TOMMY BOY BLAME RADIO Sono GROOVILICIOUS um 22 BJORK Vespertine Mark Farina ELEKTRA 62653/EEO COME AND GET MY LOVE ; 19 THE CRYSTAL METHOD Tweekend TRENDICATION ;.. OUTPOST /GEFFEN 493063' /INTERSCOPE Becca CUTTING Trendoid TWISTED }:Wt 20 DJ TOM & MIND-X VS DJ DARKZONE Tranzworld All Stars V2 WEBSTER HALL NYC 021 AWAKENING DON'T LET ME GET ME S 24 VARIOUS ARTISTS Trance Party (Volume One) Sasha Lazard OMTOWN Pink ARISTA ROBBINS 75022

DAYS GO BY ` HARDCORE VIBES Albums with the g Batest sales gains this week. Recording Industry Assn. Of America (RIAA) certification for net shipment of 500,000 album units (Gold). RIM certification 1 Dirty Vegas CAPITOL Ravers On Dope NETTWERK for net shipment of million units (Platinum). RIAA certification for net shipment of 10 million units (Diamond). Numeral following Platinum or Diamond rymbol indicates album's multi -platinum level. For boxed sets, and double albums with running time of 100 minutes or more, the RIM multiplies shipments by the num- ber of discs and/or tapes. RIAA Latin AT NIGHT awards: O Certification for net shipment of 100,000 units (Oro). A Certification of 200,000 units IPlatinol. A' Certification of PALLADIO 400,000 units (Multi- Platino). *Asterisk indicates LP is available. Most tape prices, and CD prices for BMG and WEA labels, are suggested lists. Tape prices marked ED, Shakedown PANORAMA IMPORT Silent Nick ROBBINS and all other CD prices, are equivalent prices, which are projected from wholesale prices. A indicates past or present Heatseeker title. 02002, VNU Business Media, Inc. and SoundScan, Inc. All rights reserved. eakouts. Tilles Wnh future chart potential, based on club play or sales reported this week. 02002, VNU Business Media, Inc. and SoundScan, Inc. All rights reserved.

BILLBOARD APRIL 27, 2002 www.billboard.corrl 39 www.americanradiohistory.com Talley Takes Career Into Own Hands With Cimarron Release

BY DEBORAH EVANS PRICE He chose to take his songs to hard, be talented, and just do every- NASHVILLE -One of the advantages John Hammond in New York, thing you are supposed to do, and of a long, fruitful career as an artist known for his work with Bob Dylan, it's still a crap shoot." Scene.. is having the opportunity to revive Bruce Springsteen, and Aretha some of the gems often lost in back Franklin. Hammond helped con- BACK IN THE SADDLE ODE TO BILLY JOE: Few Nashville pro- they live [musically]. Then I try to catalog. For singer /songwriter James nect Talley with Jerry Wexler at The music biz may be a crap ducers are working as hard these wrap the music around their artistry. Talley, his forthcoming release Atlantic, and he became part of a shoot, but it's a hard game to resist. days or having as much success as The hardest part is learning where Touchstones sheds new light on the roster that included Willie Nelson Talley got back in the fray in the Billy Joe Walker Jr. that artist feels [his or her] music." depth of the material he recorded for mid- 1980s, when Germany's Bear Among his most successful recent Regardless of the artists or their par- Capitol Records in the 1970s. Family Records released the first of projects is Travis Tritt's Academy of ticular style, Walker says he's always Newly recorded in San Antonio four Talley projects, including a Country Music Award-nominated and looking for great songs, although with Tommy Detamore (known for boxed set and a live collection. platinum -selling Down the Road I increased competition is making them his work with the late Doug Sahm), Seeking to control his own des- Go, which he co- produced with Tritt. harder to find. "I keep an open mind Touchstones is being issued on Tal- tiny, Talley launched Cimarron Walker also produced Tracy Byrd's for great songs all the time," he says, ley's own Cimarron Records. The Records in 1999 and has issued two Ten Rounds and Mindy McCready's particularly "songs that are a little dif- project finds him reviving some of critically acclaimed albums - newly released, eponymous album. ferent and really reach someone's his vintage country material. Woody Guthrie and Songs of My Upcoming projects include albums heart and soul. So many writers are "His songs sound like standards," Oklahoma Home and Nashville from Tritt, Mark Chesnutt, Brad Mar- writing ... for radio. In my view, that's says John Larsen, PD /music director City Blues. He also has his own pub- tin, Tammy Cochran, and Steve Holy. not the key to finding great songs. at Americana WYYB (the Phoenix) lishing company, Hard Hits Music, They are chasing yesterday's hit. I'm Nashville, which is already playing and is preparing to switch affiliation trying to find tomorrow's new hit." the Touchstones cut "Richland, from BMI to ASCAP. Walker says that when "the record Washington." "It's in the tradition of After getting the rights back from companies start chasing radio, it's the old folk songs. I'm real pleased Capitol for his earlier recordings, one person chasing the other, which with the response he's getting." and Troy Seals. "His Nashville oper- Talley decided to record Touch- is very unhealthy. It bogs down the Talley has a gift for bringing char- ation didn't work out, and he stones. "I couldn't afford to release creativity, and people have to work acters to life in his tunes. From the released Willie from his contract four albums simultaneously," he 100% harder ... For our industry to "Bluesman," who has a million sad and didn't renew my contract or says, "but I figured if I could pull be healthy and stay healthy, it has to songs, to the miner raised on coal Troy's," Talley recalls. "So, after my songs off those four albums and stay diversified." dust and beans in "Give My Love to Atlantic situation, I went back to give the people a `best of' those four In fact, Walker says the most sig- Marie" to the father who supports working as a carpenter, which is albums, it would set the stage for a nificant change he has witnessed in his family working in a plutonium another thing you can do with a future release." his 22 years in Nashville is a tenden- plant in the autobiographical "Rich- degree in fine arts." Talley wanted to record updated cy for music makers here to be "look- land, Washington," Talley's songs are He wound up remodeling the versions of the songs, so he enlisted ing behind their shoulder to see what populated with people who work house owned by Frank Jones, who Detamore after listening to Sahm's the other guy is doing, and I don't hard and love harder. Listeners find headed Capitol at the time and last album, The Return of Wayne Walker has the unusual talent of think that's the answer. I think we themselves easily drawn into the became interested in the album Douglas, which Detamore produced. being able to switch styles between have to be more open- minded." portraits he paints. Talley had recorded. "He offered "I was just really taken by the musi- pop-influenced tracks for artists like "Music is supposed to move peo- me a deal of $5,000," Talley says. cianship and the feel," says Talley, who McCready and hardcore country for ON THE ROW: Mosaic Music Publish- ple; that's what it's for," says Talley, "So, I sold my first album, Got No books and manages himself. "And such artists as Chesnutt. He credits ing, a subsidiary of LA -based Mosaic who has had his songs cut by John- Bread, No Milk, No Money, But even though my material is a lot dif- that to his background as a sought - Music Group, has opened a Music Row ny Cash and Johnny PayCheck, We Sure Got a Lot of Love. The ferent than Doug's, I was just really after session player in Los Angeles, division called Mosaic Nashville. Staff among others. "For the last 30 years, first review that came out on it knocked out by Bobby Flores' fiddle where he performed on albums by includes VP /GM Lisa Ramsey, director I haven't done anything different. was in the Village Voice, and it playing and Tommy's steel [guitar] artists ranging from Glen Campbell to of creative services Tim Hunze, direc- I've never tried to write a song said it was as good as anything the playing and the rhythm section." the Beach Boys and everything from tor of administration Nancy Tuck, and because I thought it was something Band had done. All of a sudden Talley enjoyed the process of soundtracks to Burt Reynolds movies catalog manager Amy Shepherd. The I could use in marketing; never Capitol was running around ask- recording in San Antonio with and The Dukes of Hazzard TV series songwriter roster is Bonnie Baker, thought about radio when I wrote a ing who this guy was. `How can Detamore and is proud of the to commercials for Roman Bread. Amy Dailey, Lee Thomas Miller, Bobby song. I just try to describe some- this album be any good? We didn't results. "I got down there and had After 12 years of working in Los Pinson, and Jimmy Ritchey. Baker's thing that comes from the heart. If pay anything for it.' One thing led a wonderful time, and we had a lot Angeles, Walker relocated to Nash- deal is a co-venture with the Farm. radio wants to play it, let them. God to another, and I did four more of great moments together," he says ville in 1980 and became successful Nashville -based band Blue Merle bless them." albums for Capitol." of the record, due April 23. "I was as a country songwriter. He has had has signed with John Van Meter's Talley signed with a manager, very pleased by the way it came off." more than 100 songs cut, including New Sheriff Creative Enterprises for STEPPING STONES who advised him to leave the label. Cimarron product is distributed "I Wanna Dance With You" and "B- management representation. An Oklahoma native, Talley's fam- Then, according to Talley, the man- through San Francisco -based City B-Burnin' Up With Love," both of Broken Bow Records has expanded ily moved to Washington and later ager's support evaporated. "I Hall Records, and Talley has hired which were Eddie Rabbitt hits in the its promotion staff. Joining the corn - to New Mexico, where he attended reached a point in about 1982 veteran record promoter Bill Wence '80s. He began making a name for pany are Midwest director of regional college. After doing graduate work where I was just absolutely flat -ass to promote singles to country and himself as a Nashville producer in the promotion Fritz Kuhlman, West at UCLA, he opted to move to Nash- broke, and my family was suffer- Americana radio. '90s with Bryan White's first three Coast director of regional promotion ville and pursue a career as a song- ing," Talley says. "I had two little "The album is well -done, and albums, as well as two each from Dick Watson, and promotion coordi- writer. "I had all these songs that I boys, and I had to do something. By James has a feel you don't hear Pam Tillis and Collin Raye. nator Layna Bunt. Kuhlman previ- had written about the Hispanic peo- accident, I wound up going into the much anymore," Wence says. "In As his country music career flour- ously was national director of promo- Records. ple that I was working with out real -estate business." the '70s, I played piano with Tom T. ished, Walker maintained a success- tion at Curb and Giant there as a welfare caseworker, which Although he became a success- Hall, and James has that kind of ful recording career as a jazz/new -age Watson had been West Coast region- is one of the jobs you can get with a ful Nashville realtor, the music bug feel. You can understand exactly instrumental artist. He has recorded al for Giant, Curb, Decca, and Asylum degree in fine arts," he says. "I never left him. "The difference in where he's coming from. I don't a total of 10 albums of that genre for Records. Bunt previously was creative would take [the songs] around the real -estate and the record busi- have to hear a song 10 or 15 times MCA, Geffen, and Liberty Records. director at Pamplin Music Publishing. Nashville, and people would say, nesses is that in the real- estate to know what he's saying." To alternate among musical styles, Clay Myers joins Still Working `What the hell is this ?' People would business, if you work hard and take "I just write about life, about peo- Walker says the trick for him as a Music Group as head of its creative say they were very well- written care of your customers, you can ple and their lives," Talley offers. "And producer is to get to know the artists, department. He previously was with songs but didn't know what they make a living," he explains. "In the as long as people don't go out of style, perhaps play guitar with them, and the music publishing division of Cre- could do with them." record business, you can work I don't think these songs will." "learn who that artist is and where ative Artists Agency.

40 www.biliboard.com BILLBOARD APRIL 27, 2002 www.americanradiohistory.com APRIL 27 atiaslmpll o tail P or mas 2002 merchant, and sales reports BîOE:c:c:ir:J TOP CO U NTRY A LBU M collected. compiled. and provided by

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34 34 LEE ANN WOMACK £2 1 Hope You Dance 1 NUMBER 1 %g7" 33 Weeks At Number l MCA NASHVILLE 170099111.98/17981

1 1 1 SOUNDTRACK AS O Brother, Where Art Thou? 39 40 40 TRACE ADKINS Chrome 4 LOST HIGHWAY 170069/MERCURY 112.98/19.981 CAPITOL 30618110 98/17.981 A2 2 2 ALAN JACKSON Drive >$' ARISTA NASHVILLE 67039/RLG 112.98/18.981 GREATEST GAINER '$- 3 3 RASCAL FLATTS Rascal Flans o 58 58 THE CHARLIE DANIELS BAND How Sweet The Sound -25 Favorite Hymns And Gospel Greats 40 iil SPARROW 5190811998/19.981 LYRIC STREET 165011 /HOLLYWOOD III 98/17981 A VARIOUS ARTISTS Totally Country:17 New Chart- Topping Hits 2 41 38 36 PAT GREEN Three Days 7 4 4 BNA 67043/RLG (12.98/17981 REPUBLIC 016018/UNIVERSAL (898/14.98) .TOBY KEITH Pull My Chain 1 42 39 38. CHELY WRIGHT Never Love You Enough 4 7 5 DREAMWORKS 450297/INTERSCOPE (12.98/1998) MCA NASHVILLE 170210111.98/17.98) O 47 48 BLAKE SHELTON Blake Shelton 3 r' HOT SHOT DEBUT r' WARNER BROS. 24ELNRN 111.98/1798) TOMMY SHANE STEINER Then Came The Night 6 44 19 70 WAYLON JENNINGS RCA Country Legends: Waylon Jennings 19 RCA 67041 /RLG (16.98 CO) BMG HERITAGE/RCA 99788/R1G 124.98 CO) 42 44 0 Sister! The Women's Bluegrass Collection 35 ,6 6 TIM MCGRAW Set This Circus Down 1 45 VARIOUS ARTISTS CURB 78711112.98/18.981 ROUNDER 610499111.98/17.981 A3 5 7 SOUNDTRACK Coyote Ugly 1 46 44 43 HANK WILLIAMS Ill Lovesick Broke & Driftin' 17 CURB 7870311198/17.981 CURB 78728 (17.98 CDI ll STEVE EARLE Sidetracks 9 47 37 50 CLINT BLACK Greatest Hits II 8 ESOUARED 751128/ARTEMIS 11898 CD) RCA 67005/RLG 11298/1898)

13 18 BRAD PAISLEY Part II 3 48 48 39 ALAN JACKSON When Somebody Loves You 1 ARISTA NASHVILLE 87008 /RLG 111.98/17.981 ARISTA NASHVILLE 69335/RLG 112.98/18.981

9 10 MARTINA MCBRIDE Greatest Hits 1 49 45 41 HANK WILLIAMS JR. Almeria Club 9 RCA 67012/111.6 112.98/18.981 CURB 7872517.98/17.981

2 10 11 TRAVIS TRITT Down The Road I Go 8 50 41 47 PATTY LOVELESS Mountain Soul 19 COLUMBIA 62165 /SONY 111.96 EO/17381 EPIC 85651 /SONY 111.98 E0/17 981 Al 3 8 9 GARTH BROOKS Scarecrow 1 51 46 45 RAY STEVENS Osama -Yo' Mama: The Album 29 CAPITOL 31330110.90/18.981 CURB 78733111.98/17.981 CHRIS LEDOUX After The Storm 14 52 51 46 JOHNNY CASH The Essential Johnny Cash 29 CAPITOL 345711 m.98/17.961 LEGACY /COLUMBIA 86290/SONY 117.98 90/24981 5 11 14 ALISON KRAUSS + UNION STATION New Favorite 3 53 49 55 TRACY BYRD Ten Rounds 12 ROUNDER 610495 /IDJMG 11198/17.981 RCA 67009/RLG 11198/17.981 A2 6 14 12 KENNY CHESNEY Greatest Hits 1 54 50 53 VARIOUS ARTISTS Classic Country: Great Story Songs 28 RNA 67976/RLG 112.98/18.981 TIME LIFE 18804/1798 CDI 16 17 WILLIE NELSON The Great Divide 5 59 54 DIAMOND RIO One More Day 5 LOST HIGHWAY 186231/MERCURY 112.98/18981 e ARISTA NASHVILLE 67999/RLG (11.98/1798) 8 12 16 TIM MCGRAW A2 Greatest Hits 1 56 56 52 JAMIE O'NEAL Shiver 14

CURB 7797811298/18.981 MERCURY 170132111.98/17.9811!

9 15 13 BROOKS & DUNN Steers & Stripes 1 57 43 29 MINDY MCCREADY Mindy McCready 29 ARISTA NASHVILLE 67003/RLG (12.98/18981 CAPITOL 25931 110.98/17.981 42 Amigo 11 17 21, LONESTAR I'm Already There 1 58 52 DAVID BALL DNA 67011 /RLO 112.98/18.981 DUALTONE 01109/RAZOR & TIE 111,98/17.981

: 59 53 49 LORRIE MORGAN The Color Of Roses 37 /AC E: IMAGE 1385117.98 CDI

1 24 24 GARY ALLAN Alright Guy 4 60 55 56 MONTGOMERY GENTRY Carrying On 6 MCA NASHVILLE 170201(11.9&/17.991 ',' COLUMBIA 62167/SONY 111.98 EO/1798)

. I 61 51 Am 2 21 8 GEORGE STRAIT The Best Of George Strait:20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection 8 61 JESSICA ANDREWS Who DREAMWORKS 450248/ INTERSCOPE (11.98/17.98) MCA NASHVILLE 170280111.98 CDI 62 57 TRISHA YEARWOOD Inside Out 1 1 59. 3 18 19 LEANN RIMES I Need You MCA NASHVILLE 170200 (11.98/17.98) CURB 78738111 96/17981 20 15 STEVE HOLY Blue Moon 7 65 64 RODNEY CARRINGTON Morning Wood 18 I` CAPITOL 24827110.98/17.98) i CURB 77972(11.98/17.98) a 64 63 61 RICKY & FRIENDS Ricky Skaggs & Friends Sing The Songs Of Bill Monroe 36 22 22. CHRIS CAGLE Play It Loud 19 SKAGGS LYRIC STREET 165030/HOLLYWOOD 118.98 CDI CAPITOL 34170110 98/17.981 A . 65 60 60 TAMMY COCHRAN Tammy Cochran 27 6 23 20 JO DEE MESSINA Burn 1 EPIC 69736/SONY 17.98 EQ/11.98) It CURB 77977 7 25 33 TRICK PONY Trick Pony 12 66 62 57 JOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY Love Songs 27 WARNER BROS. 48234ÁVRN 117.98 CD) WARNER BROS. 47927A3/RN 111.98/17.901 67 54 EARL SCRUGGS AND FRIENDS Earl Scruggs And Friends 39 .: 26 23 GEORGE STRAIT The Road Less Traveled 1 62. MCA NASHVILLE 170189 I1 I.9818 ORI NASHVILLE MARK MCGUINN Mark McGuinn 18 9 31 26 SARA EVANS Born To Fly 6 68 66 66. VFR 734757(10.98/16.98171 RCA 67984/RLG 11198/17.981 64 63 GEORGE JONES The Rock: Stone Cold Country 2001 5 4 29 27 VARIOUS ARTISTS Forever Country 18 i9 BANDIT /BNA 67029/RLG 111.98/17.981 RAZOR& TIE 89044 118.98 CO) t. 67 67 Greatest Fits: The Best Of How Big'a Boy Are Ya? 1 27 32 VARIOUS ARTISTS Time- Life's Treasury Of Bluegrass 27 70 ROY D. MERCER 26 VIRGIN 49085/CAPITOL (10.98/16.98) TIME LIFE 18701 11998 C01 2 36 35 KASEY CHAMBERS Barricades & Brickwalls 13 71 72 THE CHARLIE DANIELS BAND The Live Record 38 a BLUE HAT /AUDIUM 8133/KOCH (12.98/18.981 WARNER BROS. 48028 118.98 CDI S 72-_ 72 KENNY ROGERS Kenny Rogers 72 3 28 28 REBA MCENTIRE Greatest Hits Volume Ill - I'm A Survivor 1 - LASERLIGHT 21770 19.98 CDI MCA NASHVILLE 170202111.98/18.981 Kenny Love Songs 73 4 35 37 CAROLYN DAWN JOHNSON Room With A View 8 KENNY ROGERS Rogers ONG 8640/MADACV 117.98 CD) ARISTA NASHVILLE 69336/RLG 110.98/16.981 74 74 71 . LYLE LOVETT Anthology Volume One: Cowboy Man 26 5 30 25 SOUNDTRACK We Were Soldiers 14 CURB 170234/MCA NASHVILLE 111.98/18981 COLUMBIA 863 /CRG 112.98 E0/18.98/ -- . 32 31 CYNDI THOMSON My World 7 75` 69 65 RHETT AKINS Friday Night In Dixie 65 AUDIUM 8153/KOCH CAPITOL 26010(10.98/17.98) (11.96/17.98) 33 30 SOUNDTRACK Down From The Mountain 10

LOST HIGHWAY 1 70221 /MERCURY 112.98/18.981

Albums with the greate t sales gains this week. Recording Industry Assn. Of America (RIAA) certification for net shipment of 500,000 album units (Gold). RIAA certification for net shipment of 1 million units (Platinum). RIAA certification for net shipment of 10 million units (Diamond). Numeral following Platinum or Diamond sym- ol indicates O album's multi platinum level. For booed sets, and double albums with a running time of 100 minutes or more, the RIAA multiplies shipments by the number of discs and /or tapes. RIAA Latin awards: Certification for net shipment of 100,000 units (Oro). A Certification of 200,000 units ( Platino). A' Certification of 400,000 units :Multi- Platino) "Asterisk indicates LP is available. Most tape prices, and CD prices for BMG and WEA labels, are suggested lists. Tape prices marked ED, and all other CD prices, are equivalent prices, which are projected from wholesale prices. Greatest Gainer shows chart's largest unit increase. Pacesetter indicates biggest percent- age growth. Heatseeker Impact shows albums removed from Heatseekers this week. * indicates past or present Heatseeker title. 02002, VNU Business Media, Inc., and SourrdScan, Inc. All rights reserved.

AP002 Bîlboard 7 TOP COUNTRY CATALOG ALBUMS.. 3 W g

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- Yf, 3 Weeks Al Number I NUMBER i :. 12 12 THE NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND CAPITOL 35148126.96 cot Will The Circle Be Unbroken 25 1 1 NICKEL CREEK SUGAR HILL 3909 (16.98 CD) A Nickel Creek 71 14 11 WAYLON JENNINGS 5 RCA 8506/R1G1798/11.98) Greatest Hits 156 ;2 2 DIXIE CHICKS 5 MONUMENT /SONY (12.98 E0/18.981 Fly 137 1E. 14 FAITH HILL A7 WARNER BROS./WRN112.98/18.981 Breathe 127 3 3 SHANIA TWAIN l' MERCURY 536003112.98/16.98) Come On Over 232 1e 15 THE JUDDS CURB n96517.98/11.981 Number One Hits 92 MONUMENT 68195 4 4 DIXIE CHICKS 11 /SONY(10.98 E0/17981e Wide Open Spaces 220 15 17 JOHN DENVER MAOACVeme15.98/9.981 The Best Of John Denver 198 5 16 PATSY CLINE A MCA SPECIAL PRODUCTS 420268 /MCA12.98/6.98) Heartaches 174 1E 20 ALISON KRAUSS A7 ROUNDER 610325'/IDJMG(11.98)17.98) Now That I've Found You: A Collection 265 7 BROOKS & DUNN A3 ARISTA NASHVILLE 1885 RLG 1218 18.98 The Greatest Hits Collection 239 14 19 GARTH BROOKS 14 CAPITOL 9742411998/26.98) Double Live 178 6 HANK WILLIAMS JR. A° CURB 7763815.98/9.98) Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 409 2C 18 THE CHARLIE DANIELS BAND A3 EPIC 65694 /SONY(7.98 E0/1L98) A Decade Of Hits 605

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àeé NUMBER 1 2 Weeks At Number 1 Q 30 30 HELP ME UNDERSTAND Trace Adkins 9 30 D.HUFF IC.FARREN,S.MAC,W.HECTORi CAPITOL ALBUM CUT

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2 2 4 YOUNG Kenny Chesney 9 2 34 33 I KEEP LOOKING Sara Evans 33 N WILSON,B.CANNON,K.CHESNEY IC.WISEMAN,N.SHERIOAN,S.MCEWAN) V UNA 59131 ® S.EVANS,P.WORLEY IS.EVANS,TSHAPIRO,TMARTIN) RCA ALBUM CUT

I Brad Martin 34 © 5 7 THAT'S WHEN I LOVE YOU Phil Vassar 3 35 35 BEFORE KNEW BETTER 9 B.GALLIMORE PUASSAR IP.VASSAR.J.WOOD) ARISTA NASHVILLE ALBUM CUT e B.J WALKER,JR. (B.SIMPSON,O.LEEI EPIC ALBUM CUT

4 4 5 I'M MOVIN' ON Rascal Flatts 9 4 36 38 I AM A MAN OF CONSTANT SORROW The Soggy Bottom Boys 9 35 M.BRIGHTM.WILLIAMS IPWHITE.O.VWILLIAMSI LYRIC STREET ALBUM CUT 0 T BONE BURNETT (TRADITIONAL) LOST HIGHWAY SOUNDTRACK CUT /MERCURY © 8 8 DRIVE (FOR DADDY GENE) Alan Jackson 9 5 38 39 SHE WAS Mark Chesnutt 9 36 K.STEGALL IA.JACKSONI O ARISTA NASHVILLE 89129 13 J WALKER,JR. IN.COTYJ.MELTONI COLUMBIA ALBUM CUT

6 9 WHAT IF SHE'S AN ANGEL Tommy Shane Steiner 9 6 37 37 36 THREE DAYS Pat Green 9 36 O J.BITCHEY IB.WAYNEI o RCA 69136 G LADANYI IP.GREEN,R FOSTER( REPUBLIC ALBUM CUT /UNIVERSAL SOUTH

7 7 3 BLESSED Martina McBride 9 1 39 40 THE IMPOSSIBLE Joe Nichols 38 M.MCBRIDE,PWORLEY IH.LINOSEY,T.VERGES,B.JAMESI O RCA 69135 B. ROWAN IK.LOVELACE,LT.MILLERI UNIVERSAL SOUTH ALBUM CUT

8 3 1 I BREATHE IN, I BREATHE OUT Chris Cagle 9 1 45 57 MY HEART IS LOST TO YOU Brooks & Dunn 9 39 C.LINOSEY IC.CAGLE.J ROBBINI CAPITOL 77696 0 K.BROOKS,R.DUNN,M.WRIGHT IB.BEAVERS,C.HARRINGTONI ARISTA NASHVILLE ALBUM CUT

10 11 MODERN DAY BONNIE AND CLYDE TravisTritt9 9 CO 42 43 CHASIN' AMY Brett James 40 Q B. J.WALKER,JR..TTRITT IW ALORIDGE,J.LEBLANCI COLUMBIA ALBUM CUT D.HUFF.B.JAMES (B.JAMES,T VERGES( ARISTA NASHVILLE ALBUM CUT

11 12 I DON'T HAVE TO BE ME ('TIL MONDAY) Steve Azar 10 43 48 OL' RED Blake Shelton 41 MERCURY 172230 B.BRA5000K IM. SHERRILL.D.GOODMAN.J.BOHANI O WARNER BROS. 167I0/WRN 0 R. VAN HOY IS.AZAR,J.YOUNG,R.CBANNONI O 0 12 16 LIVING AND LIVING WELL George Strait 11 CBI 41 41 DON'T WASTE MY TIME Little Big Town 9 41 TBROWN,G.STRAIT IT.MARTIN,M.NESLER,TSHAPIRO) O MCA NASHVILLE 172238 B CHANCEYLITTLE BIG TOWN (LITTLE BIG TOWN,I.KELLEYC.MILLS) MONUMENT ALBUM CUT

12 9 6 THE COWBOY IN ME Tim McGraw 9 1 44 42 FRANTIC Jamie O'Neal 9 42 B.GALLIMORE,J.STROUD.TMCGRAW IC. WISEMAN.J.STEELE.A.ANDERSON) CURB ALBUM CUT K.STEGALL IJ.O'NEAL.L.DREW,S.SMITHI MERCURY ALBUM CUT

13 14 I SHOULD BE SLEEPING Emerson Drive 9 13 46 44 TEN ROUNDS WITH JOSE CUERVO Tracy Byrd 44 e 450362 U J.WALKER,JR. ICBEATHARD.M.HEENEY.M- CANNON -GOODMAN( RCA ALBUM CUT J.KING,J.STROUD IL.DREW.S.SMITH) O O DREAMWORKS 0

17 18 I DON'T WANT YOU TO GO Carolyn Dawn Johnson 9 14 54 55 BEAUTIFUL MESS Diamond Rio 45 ARISTA NASHVILLE ALBUM CUT PWORLEYC.D.JOHNSON (C.D JOHNSON,T.POLK) O ARISTA NASHVILLE 69133 0 M. D.CLUTE,DIAMOND RIO IS.LEMAIRE,C.MILLS,S.MINORI Hometown News 46 15 15 13 GOOD MORNING BEAUTIFUL Steve Holy 9 1 Q 47 47 MINIVAN ALBUM W.C. RIMES IZ.LYLE,TCERNEY CURB ALBUM & SOUNDTRACK CUT R. KINGERY,S.WHITEHEAD IS. WHITEHEAD,R.KINGERY) VFR CUT

20 20 NOT A DAY GOES BY Lonestar 9 16 47 40 37 HEATHER'S WALL Ty Herndon 9 37 EPIC ALBUM CUT D HUFF, S DIAMOND M DERRY O BNA69134 B.WATSON,PWORLEY IR.GILES,TNICHOLS,G.GODARDI 23 24 I'M GONNA MISS HER (THE FISHIN' SONG) r\.1 WAR Brad Paisley 17 48 48 49 UNTIL WE FALL BACK IN LOVE AGAIN Jeff Carson 47 J.NIEBANK CURB ALBUM CUT I ARISTA ALBUM CUT IPDOUGLAS.J.CARSON.J.WEATHERLYI e FHOGERS B PAISLEY F. RULERS) NASHVILLE 19 19 THAT'S JUST JESSIE i\J''fC/ N62 Kevin Denney .2 18 r' HOT SHOT DEBUT «' LREYNOLDS(K. OENNEY ,K.K.PHILLIPS.PJ.MATTHEWS) O LYRIC STREET 164063 -

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20 18 15 BRING ON THE RAIN Jo Dee Messina With Tim McGraw 9 1 49 50 THIS PRETENDER Joe Diffie 49 CURB ALBUM CUT 0 COOK.LWILSON IG.LEVOX,L.WILSON,Z.TURNERI MONUMENT ALBUM CUT B.GALLIMORE,TMCGRAW IB.MONTANA,H.DARLING I

21 16 17 SQUEEZE ME IN Garth Brooks Duet With Trisha Yearwood 9 16 Q I'M GONE Cyndi Thomson 51 &REYNOLDS (G.NICHOLSON.D.MCCLINTON) CAPITOL/MCA NASHVILLE ALBUMS CUT PWORLEY.TLJAMES IK.RICMEY,C.PROPHETI CAPITOL ALBUM CUT

Gabbie Nolen 52 21 21 I CRY Tammy Cochran 9 21 CO 52 53 ALMOST THERE C. BROOKSID .KAISER,J.GREENE,LRAWLINS) O REPUBLIC 015736/UNIVERSAL e B. CHANCEY IM. SELBY.TSILLERSI EPIC ALBUM CUT Kenny Rogers 52 22 22 JUST WHAT I DO Trick Pony 9 22 OD 53 52 HARDER CARDS DREAMCATCHER ALBUM CUT ® C HOWARD (I.DEAN,K.BURNS) WARNER BROS. ALBUM CUT/WRN J.GUESS,J.CHEMAY.K.ROGERS IC.WISEMAN,M.HENDERSONI

24 25 WHEN YOU LIE NEXT TO ME Kellie Coffey 9 24 54 50 59 BARBED WIRE AND ROSES Pinmonkey 50 PWORLEY S.LOCKE.M.SELBYT SILLERSI BNA ALBUM CUT e O. HUFF IK.COFFEY,T.HARMON,J.D.MARTINI BNA ALBUM CUT 25 26 MENDOCINO COUNTY LINE Willie Nelson Duet With Lee Ann Womack 9 25 58 60 " SINCE I'VE SEEN YOU LAST Joanna Janet 9 55 P. WORLEY DREAMWORKS ALBUM CUT o M.SERLETIC IR.TAUPIN,M.SERLETICI LOST HIGHWAY ALBUM CUT /MERCURY 0 (B.SIMPSON,A.GORLEY) 26 23 JEZEBEL Chely Wright 9 23 56 55 51 THE LIGHTHOUSE'S TALE Nickel Creek 9 49 SUGAR HILL ALBUM CUT o PWORLEY,C.WRIGHT IM. HUMMON,J.DEMARCUSI O MCA NASHVILLE 172227 A.KRAUSS(A.MCKENZIE.C. THILE) 27 27 THE ONE Gary Allan 9 27 57 56 - LOOK AT ME NOW Sixwire 56 WARNER BROS. ALBUM CUTÁVRN o T..BROWN,M.WRIGHT IK.MANNO.B.LEEI O MCA NASHVILLE 172232 S.MANDILE IS.MANOILE,S.MCCLINTOCK)

I Montgomery Gentry 45 28 28 TONIGHT I WANNA BE YOUR MAN Andy Griggs 9 28 58 51 45 DIDN'T 9 COLUMBIA SOUNDTRACK CUT o O.MALLOY IR.RUTHERFORO;TVERGESI O RCA 69132 B. CHANCEY IA.SMITHI REAL BAD Marie Sisters 59 33 34 I MISS MY FRIEND Darryl Worley 9 29 60 - MOOD DREAMWORKS ALBUM CUT Q MT BARNES ILSATCHER.DOYTHRESSI REPUBLIC ALBUM CUT /UNIVERSAL o FROGERS.J.STROUD (TMARTIN,M NESLER,TSHAPIROI 31 31 GET OVER YOURSELF SheDaisy 30 I'LL TAKE LOVE OVER MONEY Aaron Tippin 60 _YRIC STREET ALBUM CUT 0 D.HUFESHEDAISY IK.OSBORN,M.HUMMONI LYRIC STREET ALBUM CUT A.TIPPIN,B. WATSON.M.BRADLEY IB.DIPIERO,TMULLINSI

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26 Weeks At Number I Hearts -t- NUMBER 1 -'-g LOVE IS ENOUGH RCA69034 /RLG 30f KortneyKayle 1 BUT I DO LOVE YOU/CAN'T 14Y UNBROKEN BY YOU LYRIC STREET 164048/HOLLYWOOD 16751/WRN Trick Pon © 1641163/HOLLYWOOD I 15 15 ON A NIGHT LIKE THIS WARNERBROS SHOULD BE SLEEPING DREAMWORKS 450362/INTERSCOPE Emerson Drive 16 111 .. Edwards 4 =® WHERE THE STARS AND STRIPES AND THE EAGLE FLY LYRIC STREET 164059/HOLLYWOOD Aaron Ti in 17 ® 7- -: , A ROSE IS A ROSE 5 4 18 20 Wil ROCKY TOP '96 DECCA I55274/MCA NASHVILLE The Osborne Brothers . Lee Greenwood IN LOVE COLUMBIA7964a/SONY Robin English 6 73128 faDimose GIRL PEI GOD BLESS THE USA CURB 73022 LeAnn Rimes (Di 25 IT DON'T MATTER TO THE SUN/LOST IN YOU CAPITOL 5878a Garth Brooks as Chris Gaines O 9 HOW DO I LIVE ' CURB Shane Sellers 7 AMERICA WILL ALWAYS STAND RELENTLESS NASHVILLE513T /MADACY Rand Travis 21 22 MATTHEW, MARK, LUKE & EARNHARDT OREAMWORKS 450327/INTERSCOPE 172186 Mcalyster 9 11 NIGHT DISAPPEAR WITH YOU LYRIC STREET 164050/HOLLYWOOD Brian McComas 22 21 I KNOW HOW THE RIVER FEELS MCA NASHVILLE AT THE RANCH CURB 73118 The Clark Family Experience 10 8 SOMETHIN' IN THE WATER MONUMENT79625/SONY Jeffre Steele 23 - MEANWHILE BACK Eric Heatherly 11 13 THE WAY YOU LOVE ME WARNERBROS 16818/WRN Faith Hill 24 18 FLOWERS ON THE WALL MERCURY 170128 Rimes 19 WHEN YOU NEED MY LOVE DREAMWORKS459043/INTERSCOPE Darryl Worley 12 14 GOD BLESS AMERICA CURB73127 LeAnn 25 lup Semoy anyros cunlpueu umn e nanwlw aalllpgu m Icwn aww, muas II 1 with muhimil- this week. Recording Industry Assn. Of America IRIAAI certification for net shipment of 500,000 album units (Gold). RIM certification for net shipment of million units (Platinum), Records with the greatest sales gains and Intemet sales reports collected. compiled. and provided by SoondScan. lion titles indicated by a numeral following the symbol. © 2002, VNU Business Media. Inc.. and SoundScan. Inc. All rights reserved. 42 www.billboard.com BILLBOARD APRIL 27, 2002 www.americanradiohistory.com BY HOWELL LLEWELLYN Prisa Internacional. MADRID -A major step has been Valores Bavaria executive president taken toward the creation of a Pan - Another Javier Aguirre Nogués says, "Thanks American radio group through a deal to this alliance, we shall be able to between two of the world's largest develop successfully in the commu- Spanish -language radio groups: nication sector and shall have a clear Spain's audiovisual holding Grupo Step Is competitive advantage in the [Latin Prisa and Colombia's Valores Bavaria America] region." business group. The new GLR will develop both The deal, signed April 12 in Bogotá, Taken In music and news /talk radio formats. Notas.. Colombia, follows a 1999 accord The music model will be based on r between the two groups to set up the Cadena SER's top 40 leader in Spain, EXCEPTIONAL RIVERA: The tireless Santaolalla says, "The interesting Grupo Latino de Radiodifusión (GLR) Los 40 Principales. It had an average Lupillo Rivera, who already has four thing is that we already have territories that links Grupo Prisa's Cadena SER GLR Pact of 2.9 million listeners per day in the albums currently on the Billboard besides the U.S. and Latin America - radio group and Valores Bavaria's latest Estudio General de Medios Top Latin Albums chart, is prepar- like France, the U.K., and Italy-who Caracol Radio (Billboard, July 24, national survey covering January- ing to release a couple more discs want to release the project, so it's a real- 1999). On that occasion, Grupo Prisa March, nearly twice the number of its before year's end. In a nod to his cor- ly nice starting point for us." There are took a 19% stake in Caracol Radio as nearest rival. Among the GLR -owned rido beginnings, Rivera will put out also plans to release Bajofondo Tango part of moves to create a radio group stations are Miami's WSUA -AM and Los Hermanos Más Buscados at the club nights featuring different DJs. in Latin America and the U.S. GLR has New York's WPAT -AM, as well as a syn- end of this month. The disc will fea- stations in the U.S., Chile, Panama, dicated Spanish program network ture tracks performed by Rivera and CONFERENCE AND AWARD NEWS: Tele- Costa Rica, and France, as well as comprising 72 channels in the U.S., his brother Juan Rivera. Both are mundo has announced its final lineup Caracol Radio's 172 fully or partly o three music networks in Chile, a stake signed to Sony Discos. for the 2002 Billboard Latin Music owned stations in Colombia, where it Grupo PRISA in a Panama radio station, and France's Awards. Performers will include Celine is the largest radio group with a daily Radio Latina network. Dion, Marc Anthony, Thalia, Juan audience of 8.5 million people. Cadena SER runs a total of 414 sta- Gabriel, Los Tri-O, Jaci Velasquez, Cris - Under the new deal, Grupo Prisa up will be decided shortly. tions; 221 are wholly owned and 193 tian, A.B. Quintanilla y Los Kumbia and Valores Bavaria will use their "This alliance constitutes the basis are associated outlets. It also owns four Kings, Victor Manuelle, Carlos Vives, shares in Caracol Radio and GLR to for the consolidation of the radio sec- of Spain's five most popular music Olga Tañón, Alexandre Pires, Alejan- form the new radio holding company, tor in the Spanish- and Portuguese - radio networks, including the 68- dra Guzmán, and Lupillo Rivera. which for now will retain the name speaking world, and that process could station Los 40 Principales. In related news, the TV panel set to GLR. Grupo Prisa will initially have a be speeded up through the incorpora- Grupo Prisa also owns the Gran Vía take place May 9 as part of the Billboard 60% stake, with 40% for Valores tion into GLR of other leading media Musical (GVM) music conglomerate Latin Music Conference is shaping up Bavaria and other minority share- groups in Latin America," says Jaime that was launched in 1999 and opened to be one of the most interesting and holders. The final shareholding make- de Polanco, CEO of New York -based new offices in Mexico City this month. topical of the confab. The panel will dis- cuss TV's role as an A &R agent. Con- firmed panelists include lbni Cruz, cre- ator /producer of Spain's Operación Smart Strategy Gives'Desahogo'A Boost Tiunfo; Hugo Piombi of RGB Enter- tainment in Argentina ( Popstars); and BY LEILA COBO It wouldn't seem like Montenegro Cruz, Univision Music Group VP of Rivera, who has been nominated Raul Gil Jr. of Brazil's Programa Raul MIAMI-Last September, Pilar Mon- should have a problem. An actress marketing. "I'm not even sure she six times for this year's Billboard Gil, as well as actor /singer Carlos tenegro issued Desahogo (Release), and a former member of Mexican had a regional Mexican fan base ... Latin Music Awards, is also planning Ponce. Versions of Popstars and her debut album on Univision Music pop group Garibaldi, her name is Neither she nor us had tapped into to record a mariachi album in Octo- Operación Thiunfo are currently being Group, backed by a powerful media widely recognized, and she'd previ- that. The song struck a chord." ber. "I wanted to do it for variety and produced in Brazil, and there are plans campaign. And nothing much hap- ously released a solo album on Fono- Montenegro, who describes her- to prove to some of my critics that I to produce versions in Mexico and pened. Her first single, the bubbly visa, but that was only released in self as "very Mexican," felt at ease in can record with mariachi," Rivera other countries. Conversations are pop track "Cuando Estamos Juntos" Mexico and not heavily promoted. the new format: "I was able to do a says. "It's different, and it's a little under way in the U.S. to air its own ver- (When We're Together), came and crossover within Latin music -from bit more difficult. You have to be sion of Operación Riunfo. went, and the album languished. pop to regional and regional to pop." more careful with it." In other conference news, HBC VP So, in January, Montenegro, her Because Montenegro was versatile Rivera says the album will include of programming and special projects manager, and her label mapped out and comfortable onstage, perform- six mariachi standards and six new David Gleason will be a speaker at the an entirely new strategy to make the ance also became part of her promo- tracks. In addition, Rivera and his Programming to 12 -24 panel, sched- album work. The results are now vis- tional strategy. "We know that in label are exploring the possibility of uled to take place May 7 as part of ible: Her new single, "Quitame Ese regional Mexican acts, those who sell a special project that would feature HBC Radio Day. Other confirmed Hombre" (Take That Man Away are out performing week after week," Rivera singing "duets" with record- panelists include Rabanes singer From Me), is No. 1 on the Billboard says De La Cruz, noting that Mon- ings of one of his idols, the late Emilio Regueira, HBC regional pro- Hot Latin Tracks chart for the fifth tenegro recently performed with Los Javier Solis. Will that be too many gram director Arnulfo Ramírez, consecutive week, thanks to pop and Tucanes de Tijuana in Los Angeles. Rivera albums in the market? Ritmo Latino president David Mass - regional versions. And Desahogo has "And when you have that element, "In Lupillo's case, I think people ry, Miami Herald arts editor Kevin climbed slowly but surely up the Bill- plus radio, [you sell]." will be bothered if we don't come Baxter, and Freddie Records market- board Top Latin Albums chart to its Desahogo has been steadily gain- out with new albums," Sony Discos ing director Luis Silva. current No. 9 slot. ing momentum. Stores that once chairman Oscar Llord says. "And I At the core of this success story is returned copies are now reordering, know this goes against all the phil- IN BRIEF: Warner Music Latina trio an artist willing to work, a com- while shipments are close to reach- osophies of the record business, but Bacilos is working on a new album, mendable marketing strategy, and a ing the 200,000 mark, according to there's no reason why Lupillo can't due in June and produced by Sergio label keen to support the project. De La Cruz. be an exception -and so far, he's George and Luis Ochoa. The label also After all, for the newly launched Uni- Most recently, Montenegro signed been an exception." recently signed Miami rock band Vol - vision Music Group, it was important Still Montenegro's album floun- a booking agreement with Cárdenas, umen Cero ... After playing for 15,000 to have a selling artist, and Montene- dered, until priorities were switched. Fernández & Associates and plans to VIVAVIBRA: Surco, the joint- venture people at Los Angeles' Sports Arena, gro was its most visible calling card. First, Univision released a second go on tour before the end of the year, imprint label created by Gustavo Warner's Banda Machos collected gold "My album was released [last] single that had been recorded in alternating between pop- and Santaolalla and Anibal Kerpel with records for sales of 100,000 units of its September, but really, it's as if it was both pop and norteña versions. It norteña- oriented shows. Universal, has launched a new sub - albums La Reunión and A Prueba de released in January," Montenegro aimed squarely for the regional mar- "Musically speaking, every time label called Vibra, dedicated to elec- Balas ... On April 5, Colombian Pas- says while in Miami for a couple of ket and took Montenegro on an you launch a new project, it's like tronic music. Vibra's first project tor López kicked off an 18 -stop East days to rest a sore throat between exhaustive radio promotion tour to starting again," Montenegro says. will be Bajofondo Tango, a fusion of Coast tour that ends May 12 in promo trips. "And I was so happy stations large and small. "As an artist, I'd been successful in tango, house, and electronica fea- Queens, N.Y.... Marco Antonio Solis and so excited that the album had "Because she was there, answer- other aspects of my career. But as a turing various artists. The street will play May 18 at Mexico City's come out that I didn't feel frustrat- ing questions, that personal touch soloist, now I'm taking off. So, I've date has yet to be determined. 40,000 -seat Plaza México. ed [at the initial lack of response]." helped us a lot," says Lupe De La been lucky. "

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9 7 LUNA NUEVA CARLOS VIVES 29 29 OUEDATE LARA FABIAN 8 9 Alexandre Pires 2 5 c . .NY DISCOS NECESIDAD - ,I ARIOLA /BMG LATIN o REY -NERRIO IESTEFANOt 14 ME HUELE A SOLEDAD MOO 34 MUJER CON PANTALONES CARLOS PONCE SONY DISCOS Q EMI LATIN 6 4 3 QUISIERA PODER OLVIDARME DE TI Luis Fonsi v 3 13 YO QUERIA CRISTIAN 38 MI BOMBON CABAS R.PEREZ IR.PEREZ,M.PORTMANNI UNIVERSAL LATINO 11.1 it 1 I ® EMI LATIN 11 APRENDIZ ALEJANDRO SANZ PATA NEGRA MELODY 7 5 6 LUNA NUEVA Carlos Vives 1 32 DE WARNER LATINA © SONY DISCOS E.ESTEFAN JR.,SKRYS IC.VIVES,M.MADERAI EMI LATIN 21 ENTRA EN MI VIDA SIN BANDERA 35 MILS ALTO QUE LAS AGUILAS PEPE AGUILAR 8 6 8 HAY OTRA EN TU LUGAR Pablo Montero 5 6 .I . © M ART B B.A R. PEREZ(R.PEREZA.POSSE,C.SALAZARI RCA /BMG LATIN 1V 12 LLOVIENDO ESTIIEUAS CRISTIAN 34 31 UN HOMBRE DE VERDAD MELINA LEON ARIOLA /BMG LATIN SONY DISCOS

9 13 15 EL PODER DE TUS MANOS Intocable v 9 F 15 TANTITA PENA ALEJANDRO FERNANDEZ 35 37 SENT AMOR LEY ALEJANDRO EMI LATIN R.MUNOZ IL.PADILLA) . Y DI . MO K &ROLL LIDERES 19 HUELO ASOLEDAD ANA GABRIEL CO - TAL VEZ, QUIZA PAULINA RUBIO 9 10 USTED SE ME LLEVO LA VIDA Alexandre Pires v 5 SONY DISCOS UNIVERSAL LATINO REYNERRIOIESTEFAN0.0.POVEDA) ARIOLA /BMG LATIN 16 TE VINE ABUSCAR YOLANDITAMONGE 37 36 MAYONESA CHOCOLATE MEL.DY .N.VISA i i 11 MANANTIAL DE LLANTO Joan Sebastian 4 Ra. . : . e,_:. : _ ._ J.SEBASTIAN IJ.SEBASTIANI MUSART /BALBOA 17 HEROE ENRIQUE IGLESIAS 38 39 POR ESE HOMBRE BRENDA K. STARR CON TITO NIEVES& VICTOR MANUELLE INTERSCOPE /UNIVERSAL LATINO SONY DISCOS 14 20 POR ESE HOMBRE Brenda K. Starr Con Tito Nieves & Victor Manuelle 12 10 FLOR SIN RETONO CHARLIE ZAA 39 30 CADA QUIEN CONTADA CUAL RICARDO MONTANER EARROYO,LFCOLUMNA IR.GALAN,L.GALANI SONY DISCOS _ .. . . WARNER LATINA 20 COMO DECIRTE NO FRANCO DE VITA - UNDERNEATH YOUR CLOTHES SHAKIRA 19 16 YO QUERIA Cristian 9 6 UNIVERSAL LATINO EPIC K.SANTANDER,D.BETAN000RT (C.CASTRO,T.COTUGNO,S.GIACOBBE) ARIOLA /BMG LATIN 21 - ME HUELE A SOLEDAD MDO c 14 A.JAEN IR.PEREZ,R.LIVII SONY DISCOS 10 17 NO ME CONOCES AUN Palomo v 3 TROPICAL/SALSA AIRPLAY PALOMO IF.Y.QUEZADA,ATRIGO) DISH

12 7 FLOR SIN RETONO Charlie Zaa v 1 C.ZAAM.SALCEDO IR.FUENTES GASSDNt SONOLUX (SONY DISCOS

18 21 LLOVIENDO ESTRELLAS Cristian 13 ARTIST ^ w TITLE ARTIST ti w TITLE K.SANTANDER,B.OSSA IA.MONTALBAN,E.REYES) ARIOLA /BMG LATIN g 3 IMPRINT /PROMOTION LABEL g 3 IMPRINT /PROMOTION LABEL 15 13 APRENDIZ Alejandro Sanz 9 13 WARNER LATINA H.GATICA IA.SANZI 1 POR ESE HOMBRE BRENDA K. STARR CON TITO NIEVESB VICTOR MANUELLE 19 A CAMBIO DE QUE HUEY DUNBAR SONY DISCOS SONY DISCOS 16 12 Alejandro Fernandez Est 1 TANTITA PENA 3 HASTA BUE VUELVAS CONMIGO MARC ANTHONY 27 ASI ES QUE VIVO YO FULANITO SONY DISCOS K.CAMPOS (K.CAMPOS,F.RIBA) COLUMBIA /SONY DISCOS CUTTING 2 i 31 42 ENTRA EN MI VIDA Sin Bandera v 20 2 IA AGARRO BAJANDO GILBERTO SANTA ROSA 35 NECESIDAD ALEXANDREPIRES SONY DISCOS ARIOLA /BMG LATIN A.BAOUEIRO ILGARCIAN.SCHAJRISI SONY DISCOS 5 TE QWEROIGUAL QUE AYER MONCHY &ALEXANDRA 20 UN HOMBRE DE VERDAD MELINA LEON 23 24 HASTA QUE VUELVAS CONMIGO Marc Anthony 21 JAN /SONY DISCOS SONY DISCOS M.ANTHONYJ.A.GONZALEZ IG.MARCO,M.ANTHONY) COLUMBIA /SONY DISCOS 6 ESCAPAR ENRIQUE IGLESIAS - MI BOMBON CAGAS INTERSCOPE /UNIVERSAL LATINO EMI LATIN

22 22 COMO PUDISTE Banda El Recodo 9 7 LONA NUEVA CARLOS VIVES 36 ME HUELE A SOLEDAD MDO 0 VALENZUELA IG. LIZARRAGA ,O.VALENZUELAJ.LIZARRAGAI FONOVISA EMI LATIN SONY DISCOS

6 AYIBUENO FERNANDO VILLALONA FEATURING JON SECADA 30 QUITAME ESE HOMBRE PILAR MONTENEGRO 20 19 SUFRIENDO A SOLAS Lupillo Rivera v 7 LATINO /SONY DISCOS UNIVISION PRIVERA (J.A.FERRUSQUILLAI SONY DISCOS 4 LA NEGRA TIENE TUMBAO CELIA CRUZ 32 COMO DECIRTE NO FRANCO DE VITA 25 29 HUELO A SOLEDAD Ana Gabriel v 8 SONY DISCOS UNIVERSAL LATINO 12 POR TU PLACER FRANKIENEGRON 33 FLOR RETONO CHARLIE ZAA J. LOSADA, V. FEIJOO ,P.D000AN,A.QUINTERO,A.JAEN (A.GABRIEL) SONY DISCOS SW WEACARIBE /WARNER LATINA SONOLUX/SONY DISCOS 26 33 DEL OTRO LADO DEL PORTON Ramon Ayala Y Sus Bravos Del Norte 25 15 PENA OE AMOR PUERTO RICAN POWER 31 BUENAS NOCHES DON DAVID GILBERTO SANTA ROSA R.AYALAFMARTINEZ (F.MARTINEZI FREDDIE JAN /SONY DISCOS SONY DISCOS 9 QUISIERA PODER OLVIDARME DE TI LUISFONSI 28 VEN CONMIGO CORAZON PEDRO CONGA 17 14 LA AGARRO BAJANDO Gilberto Santa Rosa . 4 UNIVERSALLATINO MR J.M. LUGO IJ.MONTES GUILES) SONY DISCOS 11 VISITE VAS CHAYANNE 39 AQUICONMIGO ANDY ANDY SONY DISCOS SONY DISCOS 34 23 TE IGUAL QUE AYER Monchy &Alexandra v 23 QUIERO 10 CELOS MARC ANTHONY 23 MI PRINCESA MICHAEL STUART M.DE LEON IW.CASTILLOI JON /SONY DISCOS COLUMBIA /SONY DISCOS UNIVERSAL LATINO 24 28 TE VINE A BUSCAR Yolandita Monge 24 22 AHORA SOY MALA OLGATANON - QUE ELRIAO NO PARE PATRICIAMANTEROLA WARNER LATINA ARIOLA /BMG LATIN A.GRULLON IA.GRULLON,NOELIA,P.MASITTII NETWORK /WARNER LATINA 16 VETE YDILE SERGIO VARGAS 34 TANTO LIMI -T21 M ` 28 30 MAS ALTO QUE LAS AGUILAS Pede Agguilar 24 RCC EMI LATIN P.AGUILARIJ.SEBASTIAN) M SARI/ ALBOA 18 SUERTE SHAKIRA 24 TE LO PIDO SENOR TITO ROJAS EPIC /SONY DISCOS MI Femando Villalona Featuring Jan Secada 26 32 26 AY! BUENO 17 ENTRA EN MI VIDA SIN BANDERA - .QUE TE QUIERO RABITO E.ESTEFAN JR.,R.GAITANA.GAITANJ.MVELÁZQUEZ IE. ESTEFANJR ,N.TOVAR,R.GAITANA.GAITANI LAT NO /SONY DISCOS SONY DISCOS MELODY/FONOVISA 5, 15 21 DEPATANEGRA MELODY 26 TE VINE ABUSCAR YOLANDITAMONGE 29 18 TE QUEDO GRANDE LA YEGUA Alicia Villarreal SONY DISCOS NETWORK/WARNER LATiNA H.PATRON IA.VILLARREALI UNIVERSAL LATINO 25 CUANDO FALTAS IT PUERTO RICAN POWER - LLOVIENDOESTRELLAS CRISTIAN 33 32 LA NEGRA TIENE TUMBAO Celia Cruz ç 32 JAN /SONY DISCOS ARIOLA /BMG LATIN PUERTO RICAN POWER 38 ENAMOUR RAFY BURGOS 'EL CUPIDO" S.GEORGE F. OSORIO,S.GEORGEI SONY DISCOS 13 ME TIENE LOCO JAN /SONY DISCOS PRESTIGIO /SONY DISCOS 30 38 COMO DECIRTE NO Franco De Vita 30 -J MERO.F DE VITAA.'000O' PENA (FOE VITA) UNIVERSAL LATINO HOT SHOT DEBUT +' AIRPLAY QUE EL RITMO NO PARE Patricia Manterola v 34 REGIONAL MEXICAN J.REYES IESTEFANO,J.REYESI ARIOLA /BMG LATIN MI BOMBON Cabas 9 35 C.MERCHAN,CABAS ICABASI EMI LATIN ÿW TITLE ARTIST w TITLE ARTIST 27 31 SI TU VUELVES Alejandro Fernandez 27 NO IMPRINT /PROMOTION LABEL g3 IMPRINT /PROMOTION LABEL K.CAMPOS (FATO) SONY DISCOS 3

37 36 EN LA MISMA CAMA Liberacion 5 3 EL PODER DE TUS MANOS INTOCABLE 36 SI QUIERES SER MI MUJER EZEQUIEL PENA VCANALESA.ALVARADO IF.Y.QUEZADAI DISA EMI LATIN FONOVISA 36 25 DEJATE QUERER Los Tucanes De Tijuana 25 2 QUITAME ESE HOMBRE PILAR MONTENEGRO 39 SOMOS MAS AMERICANOS LOS TIGRES DEL NORTE UNIVISION Q FONOVISA S FELIX IM QUINTERO LARA) UNIVERSAL LATINO 1 NO ME CONOCESAUN PALOMO 29 DESDE QUE NO ESTAS AQUI A.B. QUINTANIUAY LOS KUMBIA KINGS DISA ® EMI-LATIN 3 ,x 40 45 MITAD Y MITAD Pesado 39 RIVERA J. M. ELIZONDO.M A.ZAPATA IM A.PEREZI WEAMEX /WARNER LATINA 5 COMO PUDISTE BANDA EL RECODO 24 19 ANGEL BABY JENNI FONOVISA DISCOS CISNE 38 50 AL QUE ME SIGA Luis Miguel 38 4 SORBIENDO A SOLAS LUPILLO RIVERA 30 QUE MANERA DE PERDER JULIO PRECIADO Y SU BANDA PERLA DEL PACIFICO LMIGUEL IM.ALEJANDROI WARNER LATINA SONY DISCOS © RCA /BMG LATIN 6 DEL OTRO LADO DEL PORTONRAMON AYAIA Y SUS BRAVOS DEL NORTE 26 25 UNO, DOS Y TRES IMAN 41', 41 34 TE AVISO, TE ANUNCIO (TANGO) Shakira 16 FREDDIE UNIVISION s MEBARAK R.,L.MENDEZ (S.MEBARAK R.) EPIC /SONY DISCOS B TE OUEDO GRANDE LA YEGUA ALICIA VILLARREAL 26 ESCUCHA MI AMOR LOS PALOMINOS UNIVERSAL LATINO ® FONOVISA 42 45 44 PARA ESTAR A MANO El Coyote Y Su Banda Tierra Santa 34 7 ESTAS QUE TE PELAS INTOCABLE 2B 23 DE DUE SIRVIO IMAN EL COYOTE Y SU BANDA TIERRA SANTA IJ.M.ESPINOZAI EMI LATIN EMI LATIN UNIVISION POR EL AMOR A MI MADRE LOS ANGELES AZULES JURO POR DIOS Banda Tierra Blanca v 43 _ 10 ENUA MISMA CAMA LIBERACION - LA SIERRA DISA Q DISA JALENZUELA,O.VALENZUELA IJ2AZUETAI 9 MANANTIAL DEUAMO JOAN SEBASTIAN Q 31 ADUELAMOR POLO URIASY SU MAQUINA NORTENA POR TU PLACER Frankie Negron v 30 MUSART /BALBOA FONOVISA WEACARIBE /WARNER LATINA &GEORGE IR CONTRERAS.J.GRECO,M.CANCELI 11 DÉJATE QUERER LOS TUCANES DE TIJUANA 35 ME VOLVI A ACORDAR DE TI LOS ANGELES DE CHARLY UNIVERSAL LATINO ® EMU= La Oreja De Van Gogh 30 44 37 LA PLAYA 13 MITAD YMITAD PESADO 32 24 TRAGOS AMARGOS RAMON AYALAY SUS BRAVOS DEL NORTE SONY DISCOS NOT LISTED (OSAN MARTIN) WEAMEX /WARNER LATINA FREDDIE NOS FALTO PALOMO 35 27 DUELE Luis Miguel v 1 11 15 PARA ESTAR AMANO EL COYOTE SU BANDA TIERRA SANTA - 4ó- COMO EMI LATIN Q DITA - L.MIGUEL IA.MANZANERDI WARNER LATINA 16 JURO POR DIOS BANDA TIERRA BLANCA 34 21 NADA RENANALMENDARFZCOELLO MUJER CON PANTALONES Carlos Ponce Est 47 o LA SIERRA FONOVISA FERNANDEZ E.ESTEFAN JR..J.SOMEILLAN IE.ESTEFAN,JR.,N.TOVARI EMI LATIN IS t4 PEOUENAAMANTE EL PODER DEL NORTE 40 LA 'GENOA VICENTE DISA © SONY DISCOS 39 41 DIME Jaime Camil v 17 le 12 UJULE LOS HURACANES DEL NORTE 36 28 MORA EWE HAGO SIN TI JIMMY GONZALEZY EL GRUPO MAZZ K.SANTANDER,B.OSSA IK.SANTANDERI UNIVISION FONOVISA FREDDIE ROGELID MARTINEZ 37 37 AY AMOR CONTROL El 31 r, r7 NO MEMORIRE 49 43 47 PEQUENA AMANTE Poder Del Norte DISCOS CISNE EMI LATIN M.BUENROSTRD DISA IM.BUENROSTRDI - NO SE VIVIR JOSE MANUEL FIGUEROA 38 33 DE RAMA EN RAMA LOS TIGRES DEL NORTE Jose Manuel Figueroa 50 Q UNIVERSAL LATINO FONOVISA 50 ` NO SE VIVIR v AROMA 27 QUE LEVANTE LA MANO LOS ANGELES DECHARLY MENTIRAS E.MARTINEZIJ.M.FIGUERDAI UNIVERSALLATINO - FONOVISA ©` _FONOVISA ADAN CHALINO SANCHEZ 94 Latin Pop, 16 Tropical /Salsa, 56 1B MAS ALTO QUE LAS AGUILAS PEPE AGUILAR 40 32 BESAME MORENITA Compiled from a na Tonal sample of airplay supplied by Broadcast Data Systems' Radio Track service. A panel of stations 133 Increase in audience MUSART /BALBOA COSTAROLA /SONY DISCOS Regiona Mexican) are electronically monitored 24 hrs. a day, 7 days a week. Songs ranked by Audience Impressions.INIRecords showing an a if it reg- over the previous week, regardless of chart movement. A record which has been on the chart for more than 20 weeks will generally not receive bullet, even in size, the record being played on isters an increase in audience. Greatest Gainer indicates song with largest audience growth. If two records are tied audience Tire must popular singles and Tacks compiled from a national sample of Bleakest Seta Systems radio playlis6. Media, Inc. All more stations is placed fist. Records below the top 20 are removed from the chart after 26 weeks. vVideoclip avaliability. ©2002, VNU Business JJJ rights reserved. BDS

44 www.billboard.com BILLBOARD APRIL 27, 2002 www.americanradiohistory.com Top selling Latin albums are compiled 1.-9111111 AIN from a national sample of retail store. mass merchant. and interne( sales reports I 11 collected. compiled. and provided by

Y O Y O .2 Z W Q 2 3 O O H F I- y ARTIST Title .1 w ci4 3 ARTIST Title < iñ IMPRINT & NUMBER/DISTRIBUTING LABEL á 0. 5 IMPRINT & NUMBER/DISTRIBUTING LABEL á .1 " `-. NUMBER /HOT 1 Week At Number 1 43 41 LOS RIELEROS DEL NORTE Los Mejores Exitos 41 SHOT DEBLI7 FONOVISA 8420218.98/12.981

INTOCABLE 1 Suenos 34 18 DAVID LEE GARZA Estamos Unidos 18 EMI LATIN 3774519.98/r 5.9810 SONY DISCOS 8466416.98/11.981

1 3 CHAYANNE Grandes Exitos 1 48 37 ALEJANDRO FERNANDEZ Origenes 2 SONY DISCOS 84667 (10 98 E0/16.98)* SONY DISCOS 84637 110.98 E0 /16.981 0

3 - VICENTE FERNANDEZ Historia De Un Idolo Vol. 2 3 51 52 JOSE ALFREDO JIMENEZ Las 100 Clasicas Vol. 1 27 SONY DISCOS 84282 (10.98 EO/15.98) 0 ARIOLA 79005/BMG LATIN (1898 CD)

2 1 VARIOUS ARTISTS Las 30 Cumbias Mas Pegadas 1 45 63 CONTROL MACHETE Solo Para Fanaticos 45 DISA 02701518.98/13.98) UNIVERSAL LATINO 017152 (15.98 CD)

Ci IN 55 46 ELCHICHICUILOTEO Moviendo Las Plumas 11 A - LIDERES 95022017.98/13.98) 5 6 ALEXANDRE PIRES Alexandre Pires 3 64 - VARIOUS ARTISTS Super Grupos Interpretan A Joan Sebastian 56 ARIOLA 87883/BMG LATIN 114.98 CD) ! UNIVISION 31005019.98/13.98) 6 - LOS ANGELES AZULES Alas Al Mundo 6 62 70 PANCHO BARRAZA Hombre Enamorado 57 DISA 727022(9.98/13.98) ! MUSART 20487 /BALBOA (8.98/12.98)

4 2 MARC ANTHONY Libre 1 50 49 VARIOUS ARTISTS Bachatahits 2002 18 COLUMBIA 84617 /SONY DISCOS 111.98 EA/17.90) J &N 84682/SONY DISCOS 110.98 EO /16.98)

8 5 ALEJANDRO SANZ A MTV Unplugged 1 67 56 PATRICIA MANTEROLA Que El Ritmo No Pare 41 WARNER LATINA 41541 10.9/17.981! ARIOLA 91638/BMG LATIN (1198 CO) 10 9 PILAR MONTENEGRO Desahogo 9 57 42 FRANCO DE VITA Segundas Partes Tambien Son Buenas 29 UNIVISION 310026 (9 98/13.98) UNIVERSAL LATINO 016772 (16.98 CD) VARIOUS ARTISTS 20 Inmortales Pegaditas 10 58 66 SELENA o Live, The Last Concert- Houston, Texas February 26,1995 2 UNIVISION 31005119.98/1398) EMI LATIN 32119110 98/17981

9 7 CHARLIE ZAA A De Un Solo Sentimiento 3 53 50 RAMON AYALA Y SUS BRAVOS DEL NORTE En Vivo..El Hombre Y Su Musica 13 SONOLSO 84540/SONY DISCOS 19.98 00/16981i FREDDIE 7181518.98/14.981

7 4 LUIS FONSI Amor Secreto 1 59 48 CRISTIAN A Azul 2 UNIVERSAL LATINO 017020 (10.98/1698)* ARIOLA 85324/BMG LATIN (10.98/15.98) ! 11 8 LOS TUCANES DE TIJUANA o Las Ronlanticas De Los Tucanes De Tijuana 2 66 - VARIOUS ARTISTS Latin Groove 64 UNIVERSAL LATINO 01704318.98/13.98)! PUTUMAYO 80197 115.98 CDI

52 40 VARIOUS ARTISTS La Dinastia Rivera Vol. 2 32 SONY DISCOS 84810 115.98 EQ CDI 16 16 PAULINA RUBIO Paulina 1 70 - ELY GUERRA Lotofire 66 UNIVERSAL LATINO 543319110.98/16.98)! OMTOWN 11674/HIGHER OCTAVE (18.98 CD)

12 13 ALICIA VILLARREAL Soy Lo Prohibido 3 63 61 LOS TIGRES DEL NORTE Uniendo Fronteras 1 UNIVERSAL LATINO 01482418.98/13.98) A FONOVISA 61451898/12.98) 0

13 15 A.B. QUINTANILLA Y LOS KUMBIA KINGS Shhh! 1 54 - JOSE JOSE Todo Exitos De Jose Jose 54 EMI LATIN 2974519.9/14.98) LIDERES 050372 (13.98 CD)

18 12 MONCHY & ALEXANDRA Confesiones 8 69 72 LOS INVASORES DE NUEVO LEON 20 Exitos 64 J &N 8483 9/SONY DISCOS 18.98 EA/13.90) ! EMI LATIN 34432 112.98 CD)

15 11 LUIS MIGUEL A2 Mis Romances 2 60 44 BANDA EL RECODO Tributo Al Amor 24 WARNER LATINA 41572 1t 1 9/17.98) FONOVISA 9618518.98/12981

14 10 CONTROL Todo Bajo Control 10 49 45 VARIOUS ARTISTS o Solo Exitos Underground: Only Hits 21 EMI LATIN 36731(9.98/13.981 MOCK & ROLL 950322/LIDERES 18.98/14.981

21 17 LAURA PAUSINI O Lo Mejor De Laura Pausini -Volvere Junto A Ti 9 MANU CHAO Proxima Estacion...Esperanza 8 WARNER LATINA 41070 (10.98/16.98) RADIO GEMA 10321NIBGIN 111.98 CD) !

31 65 CHUY VEGA Naci Cadete: 20 Super Cadetazos 21 INTOCABLE 14 Grandes Exitos 15 UNIVISION 310040110.9/1498) EMI LATIN 31412 (898/12.98)

24 23 VICENTE FERNANDEZ 42 Historia De Un Idolo Vol.1 1 68 53 PIMPINELA Serie 32 Gold 32 SONY DISCOS 84185 (10.98 E0/16.981* UNIVISION 010043121.98CD)

19 19 JOAN SEBASTIAN En Vivo: Desde La Plaza El Progreso De Guadalajara 1 MICHAEL STUART Michael Stuart 75 MUSART 12524/BALBOA 17.98/13.98)A A OMM 016 788/UNIVERSAL LATINO 110,9/14.98)

20 26 EL PODER DEL NORTE El Autentiko Y Unico En Vivo 7 T,tga. 'T'ROPICAL/SALSA ALBUMS REGIONAL Ivii-Xt,A rid- x.rl. +f 5 +;n 23 - LOS TIGRILLOS Bailame 23 WEAMEX 44731/WARNER LATINA 18 .98/13.981

27 28 LOS ANGELES AZULES Historia Musical 2 CHAYANNE 1 MARC ANTHONY ': INTOCABLE DISA 72701418.98/13.9810 GRANDES EXITOS (SONY DISCOS I UBRE ICOLUMBIA/SONY DISCOS) BUENOS LATINI xï (EMI TITO Y HECTOR Nuevo Milenio 27 VI 7114218.98/13.98) ALEXANDRE PIRES 2 MONCHYIS ALEXANDRA 5 VICENTE FERNANDEZ ALEXANDRE PIRES (ARIOLA /BMG LATIN) CONFESIONES (JAN /SONY DISCOS) HISTORIA DE UN IDOLO VOL 2 (SONY DISCOS) 17 25 PABLO MONTERO Pidemelo Todo 17 RCA 91907 /BMG LATIN 17.98/13.981 ALEJANDRO SANZ 3 BRENDA K. STARR VARIOUS ARTISTS MTV UNPLUGGED (WARNER LATINA) - TEMPTATION (SONY DISCOS) L ' °= LAS 3000MBIAS MAS PEGADAS (DISA) 28 51 BRENDA K. STARR Temptation 28 SONY DISCOS 84719 (6.98 E0/14.981 PILAR MONTENEGRO : CARLOS VMS LOS ANGELES AZULES DESAHOGO IUNIVISIONI DEJAMEENTRAR (EMI LATIN); ALAS AL MUNDO MISA 33 34 LOS TEMERARIOS Baladas Rancheras 3 FONOVISA 612911098/12.9810 CHARLIE ZAA 5 VARIOUS ARTISTS VARIOUS ARTISTS 29 32 LALEY o MTV Unplugged 13 DE UN SOLO SENTIMIENTO ISONOLUX /SONY DISCOSI BACHATAHITS 2002 (JAN /SONY DISCOS/ ; 29 INMORTALES PEGADITAS (UNIVISION1 WEA ROCK 40949/WARNER LATINA (1098/16.981! LUIS EONS) 6 VARIOUS ARTISTS LOS TUCANES DE TUUANA AMOR LATIN GROOVE (PUTUMAYO) 30 14 JOAN SEBASTIAN Lo Dijo El Corazon 7 SECRETO (UNIVERSAL LATINO) g IASROMANI)CAS DE LOS TUCANES OF TIJUANA IUNMRSMIADNOI MUSART 12633/BALBOA (998/17.98)f PAUUNA RUBIO 7 MICHAEL STUART ALICIA VILLARREAL PAULINA 26 30 PESADO Pesado Presente Futuro 13 (UNIVERSAL LATINO I MICHAEL STUART IRMM /UNIVERSAL LATINO) g SOY LO PROHIBIDO (UNIVERSAL LATINO I WEAMEX 43774/WARNER LATINA 113.98 COI

A.B. QUINTANILLA Y LOS RUMBA KINGS 6 < CEUA CRUZ 38 36 SIN BANDERA CONTROL Sin Bandera 34 SHHHI (EMI LATIN LA NEGRA TIENE TUM6A0 (SONY DISCOS) %.I TODO BAJO CONTROL (EMI LATIN) SONY DISCOS 04806 (16.98 EQ CO) 22 20 LUPILLO RIVERA LUIS MIGUEL 9 TITO ROJAS CHUY VEGA Sold Out VDI.2 8 MIS ROMANCES LATINA) SONY DISCOS 84773 (7.98 EA/13.981 (WARNER QUIERO LLEGAR ACABA (8/.P.) + NACI CADETE: 20 SUPER CADETAZOS IUNIVISIONI 10 25 24 LUPILLO RIVERA Sufriendo A Solas 3 LAURA PAUSINI GILBERTO SANTA ROSA !Q VICENTE FERNANDEZ LO MEJOR OE VOIVERE INTENSO SONY DISCOS 84818115.98 EQ CDI IAUR4PAUSINI- JUNTOAR MARNER NTINAI )SONY DISCOS) HISTORIA DE UN IDOLO VOL 1 (SONY DISCOS

42 57 GRUPO MODELO Me Quede Queriendote 37 TITO YHECTOR 11 FuLANITO 11 JOAN SEBASIAN DISA 02702018.98/13.98) NUEVO MILENIO (VII AMERICANIZAD (CUTTING I AIVM). DESDE M PIRA EL PROGRESO BEBJAD/UJARA IU/S49T9ALBW

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61 43 JULIO PRECIADO Y SU BANDA PERLA DEL PACIFICO Arriba Mi Sinaloa 43 Albums with the greatest sales gains this week. Recording Industry Assn. Of Amenca(RlAA) certification for net shipment of 500,000 album units (Gold). RIAA certification for net shipment oft RCA 92643/BMG LATIN 17.98/11.981 million units (Platinum). RIM certification for net shipment of 10 million unas (Diamond). Numeral following Platinum or Diamond symbol indicates albums multi -platinum level. For boxed sets, and dou- ble albums with a running Orne of 100 minutes or more, the RIAA multiplies shipments by the number of discs and/or tapes. RIM Latin awards: O Certification for net shipment of 100,000 units (Oro). Greatest Hits 40 Certification of 200,000 units (Platino(. 4' Certification of 400,000 units (Multi-Platino). 'Asterisk indicates LP is available. Most tape prices, and CD prices for BMG and WEA labels, are suggested lists. F0NOVISA 6)66le 98/12 98) Tape prices marked E0, and all other CD prices, are equivalent prices, which are projected from wholesale prices. Greatest Gainer shows charts largest unit increase. Pacesetter indicates biggest per- rontinonrnunh Hoateookorlmnartehnwe 2111nmc romn2oA from HnAtemYu.e N.iewan, Ai.Ai°.tot..e ',',meant Yva.ea..L..Mln O1 10501 n...... IA..:.. 1...... 10..... i... An....t...... -. - BILLBOARD APRIL 27, 2002 www.billboard.com 45 www.americanradiohistory.com Gonzalez, Kumbia Kings Win Big At TMAs BY RAMIRO BURR given was the Lifetime Achievement the birth of modern Tejano music. SAN ANTONIO -Tejano took a tradi- Award, presented to Isidro Lopez by TMA president Robert Arellano tional turn when Jimmy Gonzalez and Texas governor Rick Perry. Lopez is declared the TMA Fan Fair, held Fri- Kumbia Kings emerged as the top win- the Bishop, Texas -born, Corpus day, April 12 at Sunset Station, "a Notes.. ners at the annual Tejano Music Awards Christi -based pioneer who in 1954 great success," with attendance esti- (TMA) April 13 at the Alamodome. created the fork in the road that led to mated at 25,000. NEW CLASSICS: When Curtis Stigers who sounds good in front of tradition- Gonzalez y Mazz, which pioneered released his first jazz album, 2001's al instrumentation, but that is no rea- the scene with the integration of syn- Baby Plays Around (Concord), it son to limit the material to songs that thesizers, took the song of the year seemed that the one -time blue -eyed people generally hear in this style." award with "Ahora Que Hago Sin TI" AjérïcaLatîna... soul, pop singer/songwriter /saxo- Stigers also lends his own songwrit- (Now What Do I Do Without You ?), phonist had completely reinvented ing talents to Secret Heart, including while Gonzalez, 51, took the male himself. However, history bears out a semi -autobiographical collaboration entertainer and male vocalist of the In Argentina: Argentine pop group El Símbolo is determined to repeat that Stigers' jazz yen is nothing new: with Goldings, "How Could a Man Take year awards. the Spanish success of its hits "Levantando las Manos" and "Nun - He was originally discovered by Arista Such a Fall." "That one was sort of "Jay Pérez is the best singer in the cate Decides" with "Brinca," the first cut from its new album, Latin Records while fronting a jazz trio tongue -in- cheek, looking over my life world," Gonzalez said as he accepted the Beat. The band has already secured heavy rotation of the song in the more than a decade ago. and career and slightly feeling sorry for male vocalist accolade. "But today, I get popular Spanish version of reality show Big Brother (called Gran myself but winking my eye at the situ- the pride because of you [the fans]." Hermano III). This month, it will embark on a promo and concert ation as well," the singer explains. "I Meanwhile, Kumbia Kings took tour throughout Spain. MARCELO FERNANDEZ BITAR was suceßssful playing pop music, I per- showband of the year, album of the year formed on The Tonight Show, and I (for Shhh!), and Tejano crossover song In Mexico: Alicia Villarreal received a platinum certification to com- could've continued as a pop star. of the year (for a remix of "Shhh! "). memorate sales of more than 175,000 copies in Mexico of her ranchero Instead, I went back to playing the Pérez, a finalist in five categories, solo album, Soy Lo Prohibido (Universal). Although her label is plan- music I love, even though it gives me left the event empty- handed. Most ning to promote further singles, Villarreal announced that a new less of a high profile. Now I get to play promising band went to Stampede, a album with her group Límite will also go on sale next year. The group what is in my heart and spend more Dallas -based classic Tejano group is slated to begin recording the as -yet- untitled disc in May, dispelling time with my wife and daughter." whose lead singer, Alex DeLeon, has rumors of an imminent split. TERESA AGUILERA soul- inspired vocals similar to Pérez's. NOTEWORTHY: The Charles Mingus Shelly Lares, a perennial runner-up In Puerto Rico: Puerto Rican alternative band Circo is in the midst of an Big Band's Tonight at Noon . .. Three to the late singer Selena, finally swept international breakthrough. Its album No Todo Lo Que Es Pop Es Buen or Four Shades of Love (Dreyfus, the female vocalist and entertainer of (Not Everything That's Pop Is Good) (Head Music) has been released in released April 9) contains 10 of the the year honors. Complementing the Argentina by Pop Art Discos, with the single "Historia de un Amor" late bassist's compositions, tied Tejano awards' traditional tilt was Los receiving massive radio airplay in that country. The band's hectic tour- together by a common theme of Garcias Brothers, who won best con - ing schedule includes opening for Los Fabulosos Cadillacs for three Mex- Stigers continues his renewed affil- amour. One piece, the Sy Johnson - junto album of the year. ican dates and for Aleks Syntek for three California dates. RANDY LUNA iation with jazz and standards on arranged "Love's Fury," was previ- Among the special awards that were Secret Heart (Concord, April 23), a ously unrecorded. Elvis Costello project that finds him fronting a quar- penned new lyrics for Mingus' "Invis- tet consisting of pianist Larry Goldings, ible Lady," on which he sings. The bassist John Clayton, and drummer Mingus Big Band, which holds court John Hamilton. (Guitarist Anthony each Thursday night at New York club Wilson and trumpeter Gilbert Castel- Fez, is now entering its second decade lanos are guest soloists on several as an ongoing ensemble. Pia It Smart tracks.) But rather than defining him- livo generations come together on self by covering well -trodden material, The Rare Delight of You, a collabora- Hduertiseä ll.,l.11,ll I) IIIIL.II)fI .I!>>lcl, _l1>> Stigers has taken a more adventurous tive effort from guitarist John Piz - route, tackling a few classic tunes zarelli and pianist George Shearing From Sinatra to Santana, from travel to technology, (notably Henry Mancini and Johnny (Telarc, April 23), which finds the pair vibra- BET Jazz delivers 24 hours of cutting -edge Mercer's "Days of Wine and Roses," backed by Shearing's quintet- which features a sublime Castellanos phonist Ted Piltzecker, guitarist Reg programming to a vast audience of sophisticated, solo) but focusing on newer material Schwager, bassist Neil Swainson, and high levels of disposable urban Adults 25 -54 with by, among others, roots rocker Steve drummer Dennis Mackrel. income. BET Jazz lets advertisers target this prime Earle, 30- something songwriter Ron A decade -plus mainstay on the New demographic with maximum efficiency and in an Sexsmith, and Randy Newman. York jazz scene, bassist Scott Colley exciting programming environment populated by "The hardest thing is to find mod- releases his second date for Palmetto, em tunes that can be done uptempo Initial Wisdom, April 23. Jazz and other musical legends. and can swing without sounding awk- Drummer Steve Smith's Vital (Smith, guitarist Frank So if you want to market a product or album that ward," Stigers says. `Ballads can tran- Information scend styles very easily, but you can't Gambale, keyboardist Tom Coster, and appeals to Jazz and cross -over fans, there is no swing a midtempo rock or pop song bassist Baron Brown) explores the media buy. better, more targeted or economical without sounding phony. Older coun- sounds of late '60s and early '70s fusion try songs work better, because they are on Show 'Em Where You Live (Tone written with a technical approach sim- Center, released April 9). According to ilar to what Cole Porter would have Smith, many of the tracks were inten- done, in terms of how the verses, cho- tionally composed with an ear toward ruses, and bridges fit together." a specific influence, such as "Soul Prin- For that reason, Stigers says, ciple" (Headhunters -era Herbie Han- "Hometown Blues " -a modern coun- cock), "The Blackhawk" (Lee Morgan), try song which, in Earle's original form, and "Awaken the Hoodoo" (Tony featured scruffy acoustic guitars and Williams' Lifetime). F í;Y well in a jazz setting. Another drummer who has worked THE JAZZ CHANNEL mandolin-works "Earle's version is a real hard country in both the jazz and rock worlds, Bill song- something like Doc Watson Bruford, sees the release of his Earth- would do-but it is very old- fashioned works ensembles' double -disc, Foot- The BET Jazz Hudience parallels' in the way it is written, like something loose and Fancy Free (Discipline), on Irving Berlin would have done but with April 23 -a date that also sees the the Smooth Jazz Radio Hudierr edgier lyrics" says Stigers, who des- releases of a companion DVD, Foot- 2002 BET JAZZ cribes his own musical approach as loose in NYC, which includes several being "quite traditional. I see my bonus tracks, backstage interviews about advertising on BET Jazz, call (212) 716 -5633 or (212) 716 -5638. For more information strength as a singer as being someone and footage, and surround sound.

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by Christopher Walsh BY CHRISTOPHER WALSH to stick with this chain now, which nence, Cherokee is seeing the num- NEW YORK -The action at is what we consider a really good bal- ber of multichannel mix sessions Cherokee Studios, the Hollywood, ance of analog and digital. Things increase. "We're seeing more and Calif., mainstay owned and operat- seem to be falling into place where more of it," says Robb. "[Engineer/ Monitor.. ed by brothers Bruce, Dee, and Joe digital is really coming into its own producer] Toby Wright is starting a Robb, is indicative of the hum- now. With the new technology we're 5.1 mix today in Studio 2. After that, A SAFE BET? Among the acres of wood, is scheduled to open this ming Los Angeles recording busi- seeing, there is some pretty incredi- we're doing Tantric in 5.1. My broth- manufacturer exhibits at the recent- month. Troy Germano of the Hit ness. With two of its five rooms ble- sounding stuff. It was such a ers and I are going in today to start ly concluded National Assn. of Broad- Factory Studios in New York and recently renovated and updated, tradeoff, bigger than we cared to another project. All of a sudden, casters (NAB) convention in Las Miami has purchased two XL con- the facility is well- equipped to make. But it's turning around now." there's a lot of 5.1 product. I think Vegas, Solid State Logic (SSL) took soles for the new Studios 6 and 7 in handle the escalation of two phe- Cherokee's analog gear is now we're just seeing the tip of the ice- the opportunity to publicly display the Hit Factory's 421 W. 54th St. nomena: a resurgence of bands supplemented by a range of Pro berg. I'm glad we did put two rooms the new XL 9000 K Series console, location in New York. tracking live as a group, and sur- Tools workstations and RADAR hard - with 5.1 capability in, because it's get- announced earlier this year (Studio The Nashville area will also have round mixing for DVD. disc recorders and "a truckload of ting interesting this year." Monitor, Feb. 23). an XL K Series console. At NAB, Among the renovations at Chero- The other phenomenon worth The XL, an evolution of SSL's highly Fred Paragano of the soon- to -be- kee is the recently completed, noting, Robb states, is a resurrection popular J series analog console, ad- completed Paragon Studios in Cool George Augspurger- designed Studio of bands who track fully live. "We're dresses surround sound mixing for Springs, just outside of Nashville, 2, a 5.1 overdub /mix studio featur- finding, all of a sudden, that we're the DVD -Audio and Super Audio CD spoke about the decision to pur- ing a 96 -input Solid State Logic 4096 getting more and more groups that formats, both of which carry multi- chase an XL for his new, Russ Berg- G+ console with Ultimation and are actually recording as groups. By channel and high -resolution audio. In er-designed facility. "It's getting a lot Augspurger- designed surround that, I mean everybody is going out addition to its new unique panning of attention out here, and it is amaz- speaker array featuring JBL compo- into the studio, putting on head- features for 5.1- channel mixing, the ing," says Paragano, who has worked nents. In Studio 1, Cherokee's main phones, and playing at the same XL 9000 K Series also includes a 5.1- with artists including Steven Curtis tracking room, the recent arrival of time." A novel idea, perhaps, in an to- stereo downmix function, which re- Chapman, Point of Grace, and an 80 -input API Legacy Plus further age of nonlinear recording and edit- duces significantly the time needed to Michael Crawford. "We were all supplements the facility's arsenal of Kiss & Robb Bruce Robb, center, ing and software -based manipulation create both 2- channel and 5.1 -chan- blown away by it. There was no deci- venerated analog consoles-Chero- owner /studio manager of Cherokee of sound, but a time- honored tech- Studios, with Paul Stanley, left, and nel mixes, SSL managing director sion to make was obvious." kee's two Trident A range boards are nique that effectively captures the -it Gene Simmons of Kiss, who recorded Colin Pringle says. will be now in 4. Paragon Studios only one housed Studios 3 and Stu- overdubs for an upcoming release. group effort. aspect of a 22,000- square -foot build- dio 5, meanwhile, is another sur- "We're very pleased with the way ing, all of which was designed by the round- capable room that features an things have worked out," Robb says, Russ Berger Design Group. Paragano Otani Advanta digital console. new outboard gear in every room," "as far as what we've done with the hopes that such related companies "Ten years ago," owner /studio Robb says. "It's almost too volumi- studio and how we've positioned our- and individuals as labels and produc- manager Bruce Robb says, "people nous to list." selves. The rooms are cranking and ers will move in, creating a media - were saying, `You guys with these New gear in place, the Robbs are we're really glad to see this again, focused community, which should discrete analog consoles, they're witnessing an interesting develop- even with the upheaval in the indus- cultivate more business at the stu- dinosaurs, get rid of them!' Now, it's ment, Bruce says, amid a music try and everyone wondering where it's dios. With multichannel audio's pro- `Wow, you still have those boards ?' industry beset by uncertainty. As with going to go. Because no matter what liferation from film to music, broad- I'm really glad we made the decision many facilities of its size and promi- happens, there's still got to be music." cast, and games, surround -mixing capability is increasingly important. XL -ent. Pictured at the Solid State "I know the general feeling in Logic exhibit at the NAB convention Nashville is that everyone is excited are, from left, SSL managing director to get on the console," Paragano says. A20027 Colin Pringle, Fred Paragano of Billboard PRODUCTION CREDITS "It will be the first one [in Nashville], Paragon Studios, and SSL president and there's already people calling me Rick Plushner. (Photo: David Coggin) BILLBOARD'S NO. 1 SINGLES (APRIL 20, 2002) for booking. I'm excited." "Although this is a broadcast CATEGORY HOT 100 R &B COUNTRY RAP MAINSTREAM ROCK

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www.americanradiohistory.com SONGWRITERS &PUBL RS ., T_ .. Sigman Brings His Father Carl's Catalog BackTo Life

BY JIM BESSMAN there are a bunch of songs that were Sigman is also contacting other NEW YORK- Michael Sigman's hits once or twice, then faded, and owners or heirs of comparable "leg- &MUSÏCTM departure in January from his could be ripe for reintroduction." acy" song catalog. longtime perch as president/CEO To rejuvenate Majorsongs, Los "I want to build alliances or coali- PRESIDENT GALDSTON: Grammy - Hailing from Aberdeen, Scotland, of LA Weekly has returned him to Angeles -based Sigman is looking at tions with other people who are in Award nominated songwriter Phil to Amarillo, Texas, scores of march- the music business in a big way. several options. "My goal is to find similar situations to me," he says, Galdston has been elected presi- ing bands followed the "Tunes of But Sigman, who once edited the the best partner to work the songs citing two whom he's already ap- dent of the New York chapter of Glory" parade leader Sean Connery now -defunct trade paper Record with me-since I probably know the proached. "Will Bratton, who is mar- the Recording Academy, succeed- in what was likely the biggest -ever World, is now into a different sort catalog better and more passionate- ried to Doc Pomus' daughter, repre- ing musician /Broadway conduc- bagpipe parade to commemorate of music publishing. ly than anyone and have my share of sents Pomussongs, and Molly tor Beth Ravin, for whom he the Scottish day of independence, As president of Majorsongs contacts," he says. "Second, I'm put- Hyman, the daughter of Bob Rus- served as VP. to the martial strains of "Scotland (ASCAP), Sigman is lovingly re- sell -who collaborated with Dad on "In this very difficult time for the Brave" and other hearty High- activating the catalog of his late `Crazy He Calls Me' and `Dance, Bal- songwriters and the music busi- lands bagpipes fare. father, Carl Sigman. The company lerina, Dance' and also wrote 'Do ness in general, the academy can But until recently, Scottish bag- owns the Sigman share of many of Nothing Till You Hear From Me' play a unique role in representing pipe music has been an oral tradi- the composer/lyricist's 800 -plus with Duke Ellington and 'He Ain't its members," says Galdston, who tion. "Music notation was a long copyrights, including such oft - Heavy, He's My Brother'- repre- acknowledges that his voluntary time coming to the Highlands, and recorded standards as "What Now sents Harrison Music. work on behalf of the organization even today, many good players do My Love," "It's All in the Game," "The music business is in such a will now be even more time - not read or are very poor readers," "Enjoy Yourself," "(Where Do I state of flux now with the record consuming. Yet the Sony -ATV Mu- says Russ Spaulding, who owns Begin) Love Story," "Pennsylvania 6- business hurting, but the publishing sic Publishing- administered Kaz- Bagpipes Unlimited in Fort Ogle- 5000," and "Crazy He Calls Me" and business is a place for opportunity, zoom Music (ASCAP) writer -who thorpe, Ga. The company is in- is taking back copyrights to other and I think that having a relationship has also been elected to the volved in music publishing and Sigman songs like "Ebb Tide" as with other legacy catalogs makes for ASCAP board of review -feels that teaching and recently put out The their renewals become due. a whole greater than the sum of its his academic activities augment Spaulding Collection-Something parts," Sigman continues. "And there his songwriting. Old, Something New. "All bagpipe RIPE FOR REINTRODUCTION are tons of people out there [involved music is in book form called 'Col- "I've long wanted to re- activate in] the great American songbook who lections,' and mine is a collection the company, especially over the need help- because of the many of tunes I've written and arranged past year since my dad's death," says ting together a four -disc boxed set years that have gone by -and many along with other composers who Sigman, whose father was 91 when of the signature versions of the most others with expertise in catalog submitted tunes." he died in September 2000. "Major - important songs, along with some who have become available in the Among Spaulding's originals is songs was largely just a collection lesser-known but wonderful record- record business." "Signal Mountain Sunrise," which house, but once I had some free ings. So for `Enjoy Yourself,' we'll Sigman himself, of course, has only depicts daybreak from a mountain time, I started exploring the current have not only Guy Lombardo but recently become available. "I can't tell with a beautiful view of Chatta- deals we had, along with the level of also the Specials. For `It's All in the you how much I love being back in the nooga. Pipe major of the City of performances, film, TV spots, cov- Game,' we'll have Van Morrison in business-and having a connection Chattanooga Pipe Band, Spaulding ers, etc., for the important songs. I addition to Tommy Edwards. For with my dad," he says. "It's such a previously authored Highlands pipe found that while there was pretty `What Now, My Love,' not only will cliché, but he lives on in his songs: instructional The Piper's Primer. good exposure for songs like `Love we have Sonny & Cher but also People don't know about him, because "I published my two books with Story,' 'It's All in the Game,' and, Mitch Ryder. And third, I'm con- he shunned publicity and barely left the help of my son who is in the surprisingly, 'Buona Sera' -which tacting places like the Smithsonian, the house except to play golf-which printing business, and I've done is a hit for every East European rock Reader's Digest, and other institu- he did until the end. So there's very books for others," Spaulding says. band -many of the standards were tional entities which provide expo- little awareness by the public that the "I find that it brings a balance in "But the market is too small for clearly in need of a push. In addition, sure for classic Americana." same guy who wrote `Pennsylvania 6- my life by making it possible to anyone to make any money at 5000' also wrote `Ebb Tide,' `Love give something back to the com- publishing, and I'm thinking Story,' and `Dance, Ballerina, Dance.' munity while pursuing my life's about discontinuing that part of But they know his songs." work in songwriting," Galdston what I do. A big run for a bagpipe Another song Sigman sentimen- says. "And it actually improves music book is about 3,000 copies. tally notes is "Bongo, Bongo, Bongo both: It reminds me of the real My first book was a 2,500 run, and (Civilization)," which his father co- world and permits me to come out I still have books to sell. The sec- wrote with Bob Hilliard for the 1947 of the very fulfilling fantasy world ond one was 1,000, and I am near- Broadway musical Angel in the of writing songs." ly out of that one." Wings and was memorably record- Galdston, incidentally, co -wrote Not to worry, though. Spaulding ed by Louis Prima & His Orchestra. songs on two Grammy- nominat- says he'll continue to write and ar- "Elaine Stritch got her first big ed albums from this year: the range music for the Highlands pipes. break singing it in the show," Sig- Regina Belle and Glenn Jones man says of the novelty number, duet "From Now On" from This Is NEW DAY FOR NOVA: Deston "and I recently took my mom - Regina and "Nobody" from Miki Songs, the New York pubbery who's a young 75 -to see her one - Howard's Three Wishes. More formed by songwriter /producer woman show on Broadway. Mom recently, he co -wrote "A Brighter Desmond Child, Winston Simone, and Dad met in the Brill Building, Day" for Nick Lachey's (98 °) solo and David Simone, has signed when she was Louis Prima's secre- album; all three tunes were col- Aldo Nova to an exclusive long- BMI Agrees With TMLC. BMI recently finalized an agreement with the Television tary and he was writing songs for laborations with Barry Eastmond term publishing deal. Music License Committee (TMLC) for local TV broadcasts of the performing Louis, like `Bongo, Bongo, Bongo' and Gordon Chambers. The multilingual Nova co -wrote rights organization's 4.5 million musical works. Stations with blanket licenses and 'Buona Sera.' Next time I'm in and co- produced Celine Dion's cur- share of an $85 million annual base fee, and stations will pay their allotted New York, we're going to sneak into TUNES OF GLORY: Witnessing the rent worldwide hit and album title per program licenses will pay their allocated share of a $98.1 million choosing the Brill Building and scatter some 10,000 bagpipers and drummers track "A New Day Has Come" and base fee. Pictured at the signing, from left, are BMI senior VP of licensing John in lobby, the who celebrated Tartan Day by mar- also has current songs with French Shaker, Post -Newsweek Stations executive/TMLC co -chair Catherine Nierle, and of my dad's ashes the up Sixth Avenue to Central superstar Garou, as well as Gram- Tribune Co. executive/TMLC co -chair Chuck Sennett. elevator, and -if it's still there - ching suite 507: Louis' old office!" Park April 6 was overwhelming. my- winning Latin act La Ley.

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with this issue, Billboard debuts our European Quarterly, a special editorial report that will spotlight the increasing importance of Europe to the music industry worldwide. It is clear that the European music market carries more influence than ever. No longer are European artists confined by language or culture to acclaim in their home markets. Albums by European acts regularly scale platinum peaks across the Continent and the U.K. and go on to global success. And Europe helps launch OHS international artists to the world. Record labels have rolled out regional manage- ment and A &R staff in Europe to bolster their artist -development efforts in individ- ual markets. To supplement Billboard's ongoing weekly coverage of European busi- ness and European music, the European Quarterly will tap the expertise of our international editorial team, including correspondents in every key European terri- TA L tory. Against a backdrop of constant economic, political and technological change in Europe, the European Quarterly will offer information and insight to everyone Twelve EU states now use common currency exclusively. who does business with, and within, this vital market. -Thom Duffy, International Editor, Special Sections Business executives in the U.K., Denmark and Sweden put pressure on their governments to join in.

BY GORDON MASSON Ian Reay, head of finance at Sanctuary Group's IT'S HAPPENING LONDON -"1 he ease with which Europe has adopt- records division, agrees. "We would welcome the U.K. ed and adapted to the new euro currency has astound- joining the single currency," says Reay. "Going for- ed many people living in the multicultural continent. ward, if the U.K. signs up to the euro, that will make And those left out of the European monetary union things much easier, because we can just invoice every- IN BARCELONA now seem more eager to join the party. thing in euros, rather than in pounds and euros, as The introduction of the euro for everyday use on we are having to do now." Jan. 1 had been preceded by the biggest peacetime Asked by Billboard about the impact of the euro on BY TERRY BERNE collectively have sold an unprece- security operation in history, with armored vehicles their businesses, none of the major record companies BARCELONA -The music dented 3.5 million copies, accord- across the continent having delivered in excess of $600 chose to comment. business in Spain has a huge ing to Ricardo Campoy, director of billion worth of the new notes and coins to banks and homegrown hit on its hands, Vale Music, the Barcelona -based businesses. The cross- border currency also undid NO COMPLICATIONS thanks to the power of television indie that released them. centuries of tradition, as national curren- As expected, businesses in countries that and a CD series from an indie label An incredible 17 of the top 50 cies such as the French franc, as well as have become part of the single currency in this creativity- driven city. spots on the official AFYVE domes- the German mark, Italian lira and are reaping the benefits from not hav- tic sales chart for the week Spanish peseta, to name but a few, ing to pay exchange rates to transfer of Feb. 25 were held by were gradually phased out. "foreign" funds into local denomi- Operación Triunfo discs, with Twelve member states of the nations. But that too is having a - so far positive effect outside the euro sig- several of those multi European Union have .F.,.,. platinum (100,000 units) adopted the euro: Belgium, Ger- ^ natories. and one, the key album, many, Greece, Spain, France, Ire- "I don't really think [the euro's . having sold more than 1.2 land, Italy, Luxembourg, the introduction] has had any compli-

. 1 Id cating effect at all," says Mills. "From million copies. Netherlands, Austria, Portugal and ' Ever since the world dis- Finland. That means that all but ?7 our point of view, in terms of how we covered modern Barcelona Britain, Denmark and Sweden failed to trade overseas, we almost invariably during the 1992 Olympics, enter the monetary union from Day One, trade in sterling. Obviously, whether the city has attracted hip, but businesses in those countries are already people pay us in euros or francs or kronor design -conscious tourists to putting pressure on their respective governments to doesn't make any difference, because we do our it tree -lined boulevards, change all that. business in sterling and we translate it into sterling." beaches and energetic, As with many companies, Sanctuary prepared for dance-driven night spots. SITTING ON A FENCE E -day, as it became known, by setting up a euro bank SONAR, the city's an- Now occupying the slot as the world's third -biggest account. "From our point of view at the records divi- nual electronic -music fes- music market, the U.K. has yet to decide on whether sion of Sanctuary, we were quite well geared up for Operación Triunfo (Operation Tri- tival, each June attracts an esti- it will adopt the euro. The British government has it," says Reay. "We actually opened a euro account with umph), a youth- oriented TV show mated 80,000 spectators to its pledged to hold a national referendum on the issue. our bank two years ago-we hold sterling, euro and featuring a competition among diurnal chill -outs and nocturnal But, to judge by executives in the music industry, it dollar accounts now-and we've been trading in euros some two dozen young, would -be raves. The festival, featuring near- would appear that businesses are already keen to with many of our European customers for more than pop singers, has broken all audi- ly 200 live events split between con- embrace the idea. "Personally, I see the U.K. becom- a year without problem." ence records every Monday since certs and DJ sessions, has undoubt- ing part of the single currency as inevitable, and I last autumn. The show has edly helped sustain the city's would welcome it, as being part of the euro will make MULTI -CURRENCY BIZ launched its telegenic and talent- cutting -edge reputation -even if trading easier and certainly moving between countries Torgny Sjöö, MD of Playground Music Scandinavia, ed stars on million -selling record- much of the post- Olympic luster much easier," says Martin Mills, founder and chair- says the introduction of the euro may "simplify the ing careers via a series of CDs that Continued on page EQ-3 man of London -based indie Beggars Group. Continued on page EQ 4

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BARCELONA independent labels, feels the situa- Continued /ro1r page EQ-1 tion has worsened in the last five years. "The independent promo- began to wane in the late '90s as a tional circuit remains undevel- battered economy threatened to oped," she explains, "and the once - undermine both the city's image adventurous municipal radio and its growth. stations are now as formulaic as the This was especially true for the national commercial stations and entertainment industry. Due to nearly as difficult to get airplay on. such factors as the increasing Distribution is the same story. importance of private television What's happened is that two or (headquartered in Madrid) and three of the strongest labels have With Electronica, World Music And Pop, cheaper competition in a variety of become even stronger, and labels sectors, the late '90s saw the failure that tried to cover a broad spec- French Labels Gain Global Sales of independent record labels and trum of music disappeared, leav- advertising companies here and a ing those that specialized in one massive migration of music and area. Any indie success is immedi- BY JOANNA SHORE has sold some 700,000 copies May 7, is strong enough to be "the media -related businesses from ately absorbed by the mainstream." PARIS -'l'he scope and depth of worldwide, including 65,000 units next 'We Are the World. "' Barcelona to the Spanish capital. Jordi Oliveras, director of local musical styles from France gaining in the U.S. through Interscope. Operación Triunfo may change all independent concert promoter international acceptance today is The house /funk act Dax Riders ELECTRO -WORLD STYLE that, as every business sector remote- Indigestió, which manages one of greater than ever. That's true, in is another international priority for Two other acts from Sony ly related to music and its creation, Barcelona's principal public cul- part, because this country contin- Universal, which expects the France, working in very different production, marketing, promotion tural venues, La Bascula, and pub- ues to serve as a cultural crossroads group's album Backintown to gain styles, each have a solid interna- and publishing is affected. lishes Bat Music, a monthly music for artists from around the globe. European and U.S. release in May. tional sales base. The new album "I sincerely believe that Barcelona magazine, feels that, despite the The chart -topping pop of Universal France also has been from the world-music act Deep is once again becoming the musical problems, Barcelona is at a peak involved with the release of a glob- Forest is due nc\I month. Geisler center of Spain," says Julio Guiu, creatively. Oliveras cites acts such al collaboration titled Hashem, fea- president of music publisher Edi- as vanguard pop groups Sidonie turing songs centered around the ciones Musicales Clipper's. and El Diablo Mariachi; ethno -pop theme of peace and well -being, bands Dos Minguet and Ojos de involving some 100 musicians and FAILED REGIONAL POLICY Brujo; and pop- rockers Balago as 40 singers, recorded in Miami and Music publisher Teresa Alfonso at the forefront of the local scene. Prague. ofTeddysound agrees that the pro- gram's success will have lasting WORLD -CLASS STUDIO influence on Barcelona's music For some years now, the city has AVE ron LOVE UNITED scene, despite what she sees as a also been home to a vital flamenco complete failure of Catalunya's scene, with significant new voices regional cultural policy in recent such as Ginesa Ortega, Mayte years -which heavily favored rock Martin, Duquende and Miguel MIN sung in Catalan, ignoring other Poveda. La Bascula offers a concert styles and genres of music. The venue, rehearsal space and record- Alizée, the Algerian -bred folk/rock policy resulted in few concrete ing studio to local acts and organ- of Souad Massi, the world -music says the release, Music Detected, is gains for the industry, says Alfon- izes two annual festivals featuring fusion of Deep Forest, the chanson more electro -world in style, and so. Both publishers contributed local artists. of Patricia Kaas, the Argentinian - Sony is going to start working the material to the Operación Triunfo The local recording industry has inspired electro beats of Gotan single "Endangered Species" in CDs and performances. gotten a boost with the founding of Project-these are just some of the French clubs. Zomba Spain this month is set to the world -class residential record- artists on French major and indie French superstar Patricia Kaas' release the debut album from ing studio Music Lan, launched labels currently gaining acclaim in "France is the capital of world new album, Pianobar, will feature Chenoa, one of the performers three years ago in the countryside the domestic market and beyond. music," notes Eric Vanderpoorter, her interpretations of vintage launched to stardom via Operación an hour north of Barcelona, where head of international for Universal French songs. Its release coincides Triunfo, a sign from one label that the popular Catalan artists such as EXPORTED TO BELGIUM Music France. But the success of with her co- starring role, with show's stars have staying -power. Manolo Garcia and Jarabe de Palo Alizée is the most notable recent Alizée, singing pop in French, Jeremy Irons, in the Claude "Our strategy for domestic reper- recorded their last albums and international success for Universal proves that France's international Lelouche film And Now Ladies and toire is to sign and market artists with international acts as diverse as Music in France. The 17- year -old success need not be limited to world, Gentlemen, set for release in France the potential for long careers and Mariah Carey and Italian rapper singer's first single, "Moi Lolita," electronica or ambient music, he in late May, followed by Europe who may appeal to Latin and inter- Jovanotti have worked. The recent from the album Gourmandises says. "Record companies and music and the U.S. national audiences," says Andrés appearance of indie- friendly entered the U.K. singles chart in professionals are more aware of "At Sony, we've been lucky, Ochaita, MD of Zomba Records Catalunya Cultura Radio has also February at No. 7. It spent 10 French music, so they are, hopeful- because we have always had artists Spain. "They must have great songs been a boost for local artists. weeks in the top 3 in Germany and ly, more open -minded; they will give who have been enormous sellers and great live performances." more than three months in the Top more credit to French production." internationally: Patricia Kaas, Chenoa shares the nascent Zomba CONCERT PROMOTION 10 in the Netherlands. Sales of And U.S. collaborators have been Deep Forest, Anggun," says Sony Spain roster with multi- instrumentalist For most of the past decade, Spain's Alizée's album in France have drawn to work with French artists. international marketing manager and singer Vanessa, pop -Latin lucrative dance -compilation mar- topped 800,000, with international American hitmaker Desmond Antoine Gouiffes-Yan. "Since we singer /songwriter Boris and the ket was dominated by three sales adding another 250,000 units. Child has teamed up with French have had these big sellers, it has group Las Hijas del Sol, whose debut Barcelona labels, only one of Algerian folk/rock singer Souad artist Pascal Obispo to co -write been easier to present the new album, Pasaporte Mundial, has yield- which, Blanco y Negro, has sur- Massi has been exported by Uni- "Live for Love United," a benefit projects that arrive. There, how- ed three top -10 singles. vived. From the ashes of another, versal to Belgium, Switzerland and single featuring Youssou N'Dour, ever, has been a change because While Barcelona and its environs Max Music, rose two new labels, the U.K. and has sold some 10,000 recorded in English, for the Ensem- there have [recently] been enor- have bred two of Spain's hottest Tempo and Vale. Also filling the copies of her album Raoui in ble AIDS organization. The track mous successes of French artists pop /rock acts -million -selling Jarabe vacuum has been Bit Music, the Britain on the strength of a radio - will also appear on Sony's compila- abroad. This is opening doors and de Palo and Estopa-local inde- dance- oriented sublabel of major and television- driven marketing tion album tied to the 2002 FIFA helping more and more." pendent talent faces a lack of music - indie Divucsa. On the basis of campaign. World Cup soccer games. Sony Gouiffes -Yan points to the elec- industry infrastructure at all levels. multidisc compilations like the Italian tenor Alessandro Satina international marketing director tronica act Galleon, who is releas- Reyes Torío, president of DIBA, Remaster series and more than 100 is marketed via Universal in Annick Geisler believes that "Live ing his as- yet -untitled album this an association representing 18 local Continued on page EQ -8 France, and his album Insierne a Te for Love United," to be released on Continued on page EQ-6

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EURO ROLLS IN change rate is nothing new, Reay Ogden says, "The great theory Continued fron page EQ I adds, "It was the same with the about when we switched to decimal Music franc and the deutschmark, etc. in the U.K. was that everything relations between record compa- From our point of view, we do not went up in price by 25 %. Record Billboard nies in various countries, and, in manufacture in Europe yet, so we companies don't do that, but the Media, the longer term, lead to a more uni- pay everyone in pounds, but we royalty payments might go down form price structure for records." get money back in euros. So, if the by whatever percent, but it's too Based in Malmö, Sweden, Play- euro against the pound drops, early to tell if anyone is up to those ground as a record company works then we obviously get less money. kind of games." with various international licensing We're not getting as many partners and subsequently can be exchange -rate charges, because, TRANSPARENT MOVE guide characterized as a multi- currency instead of payments coming in via Dominic McGonigal, director of business. "One negative aspect all sorts of currencies, they now all strategy and business development [with Sweden not having adopted arrive in euros." at U.K. collecting society Phono- TOP 10 EUROPEAN MUSIC h MEDIA the euro] is the potential risk of par- graphic Performance Ltd., con- MARKET SALES EUROCHART allel imports," observes Sjöö. "If NO PROBLEM FOR RETAIL fesses, "The euro has been of lim- (2001 IFPI figures, in millions. lower-priced records flow into Swe- Retailers polled by Billboard said ited benefit to us [to date], as the See story page 8.) TOP 10 ALBUMS den, it can seriously disrupt the the introduction of the euro has majority of our business is con- (January- March, 2002) work and costly marketing plans of posed no serious problems. One ducted in sterling." But, looking 1) Robbie Williams, Swing When You're the local companies." comments, "In the early days and forward, he says it can only help Total Units: 404.4 Winning (Chrysalis) Another downside, which has yet weeks, the only problem had been improve relationships between 2) Anastacia, Freak of Nature, (Epic) Units Change: 4 3.1% to be properly quantified, is traders customers paying in [the old cur- PPL and its counterparts in other 3) Shakira, Laundry Service/Servicio Total Value: $2,808.7 taking advantage of early confu- rency] and us having to provide countries. "It will help in the gen- de Lavaderia (Epic /Columbia) sion about the euro to bump up their change in euros. But we eral move toward greater trans- Value Change (Local Currency): 4 4.9% 4) Soundtrack, The Lord of the Rings: prices. Beggars Group's Mills quickly became accustomed to parency among collecting societies, GERMANY The Fellowship of the Rings observes, "I think there is definite- that, and people actually seemed as the euro will make it easier for Total Units: 363 (Reprise) ly a short -term inflationary effect, to like the novelty of those trans- rights- owners to compare per- Units Change: 4 7.9% 5) Nickelback, Silver Side Up (Road- and you'll definitely see prices actions." formance across Europe in terms runner) Total Value: $2,128.6 being rounded up, but I'm sure Richard Ogden, of Richard of revenues and costs," he says. 6) Alicia Keys, Songs in a Minor (J) Value Change (Local Currency): 4 9.2% that will be short -term." Ogden Management, believes "It So, despite serious misgivings 7) Enrique Iglesias, Escape (Inter- makes life much easier to the about the transition to the euro by FRANCE scope) EXCHANGE RATE FLUX extent that it's more easy to under- skeptics -and acres of column Total Units: 249.91 8) Linkin Park, Hybrid Theory (Warner One obvious drawback is the stand without spending a lot of inches predicting chaos on Jan. 1- Units Change: 4 8.4% Bros.) fluctuating exchange rate affecting time thinking about what your the horror stories have failed to Total Value: $1,828.3 9) Pink Floyd, Echoes: The Best of (EMI) 10) Alanis Morissette, Under Rug Swept those businesses based in countries money is worth." Mills agrees, jok- materialize. "I don't see why there Value Change (Local Currency): 4 9.7% outside of the euro. Explains Reay, ing, "Now, I know what money should be or why there would be SPAIN (Maverick/Warner Bros.) "Because deals tend to be based on means in Italy and Spain after all problems now," says Mills. "I'm Total Units: 85.33 the local currency, which is now all these years." sure that, before too long, people TOP 10 SINGLES euro, we are at an exchange risk, But Ogden, whose biggest act is will be wanting us to trade with Units Change: 4 1.5% (January- March, 2002) because the pound is not linked to Finland's Bomfunk MCs, can see them in euros rather than in ster- Total Value: $613 1) Shakira, "Whenever the euro." He continues, "With a at least one potential iceberg on ling, but, to me, that's just part of Value Change (Local Currency): 4 0.9% Wherever /Suerte' (Epic/Columbia) business where you send an invoice the horizon. "We have not yet had the inevitability of us moving into ITALY 2) Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman, for £100,000, you get £100,000 time to look at overseas account- the system, as well." 'Somethin' Stupid' (Chrysalis) Total Units: 57.33 back in, and there is no exchange ings from Sweden to Finland and Sanctuary's Reay concludes, "We 3) Kylie Minogue, 'Can't Get You Out Units Change: ó 9.3% risk. What happens when we bill work out if the euro transition is have an accounting system that can of My Head' (Parlophone) for 100,000 euros is that when [the correct. So it's a bit early to ask cope with multi- currency; if we Total Value: $524.7 4) Anastacia, 'Paid My Dues' (Epic) customer] pays two months later, about that. We're going to have to didn't, that would be more of a Value Change (Local Currency): b 8.6% 5) Pink, 'Get the Party Started' (Arista) we still get 100,000 euros in, but get our royalty statements and go problem. From an administration NETHERLANDS 6) Star Academy, 'La Musique' the euro against the pound does back into them and see if anyone and an accounting point of view, Total Units: 46.81 (Island) so is says. very few, if any, cons at all 7) Enrique Iglesias, 'Hero' (Inter - move, that's where the exchange screwing us," he there are Units Change: 4 8% risk lies." Remembering Britain's 1971 to the euro. It's all pros from our scope) Total Value: $435.7 Noting that a fluctuating ex- currency switch to decimalization, point of view." 8) Mark Lavoine & Christine Marocco, Value Change (Local Currency): 4 1.4% 'J'Ai Tout Oublié' (Mercury) SWEDEN 9) Nickleback, 'How You Remind Me' Total Units: 39.9 (Roadrunner) More than 420.000 CDs from Barcelona... Units Change: L 0.6% 10) Afroman, 'Because I Got High' (Universal) to all over the world Total Value: $286.5 Value Change (Local Currency): 4 0.2% LEADING MUSIC SWITZERLAND RADIO OUTLETS Total Units: 31.2 (Top five European Markets) Units Change: b 2.6% Total Value: $274 U.N.: BBC Radio 2 Value Change (Local Currency): 4 3.7% (public, national, AC /MOR) AUSTRIA Germany: Radio NRW Total Units: 25.2 (commercial, regional, AC) Units Change: 4 17.9% Total Value: $253.2 France: RTL Value Change (Local Currency): 1 9.8% (commercial, national, full -service) BELGIUM Spain: Los 40 Principales www.discoweb.com Total Units: 40.9 (commercial, national, Top 40) Units Change: b 7.8% music in Europe. 420.000 CDs, downloads, radio, music news, concerts... The largest catalogue Total Value: $233.4 Italy: Radio Deejay Value Change (Local Currency): b 9.9% (commercial, national, Top 40)

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Among France's many vital inde- sold 700,000 copies of her single which went double -platinum in At 84, bossa nova singer Henri pendent labels, Ya Basta! has "Près de Moi" in France, is releas- France, is another recent success Salvador has sold 1.2 million enjoyed a striking success story ing an English version, "By My for Virgin. The soundtrack sold copies in France of his album with Gotan Project, a distinctive Side," in May. And Cam, formerly 50,000 copies in the U.S. and 1.1 Chambre Avec Vu on Virgin since mix of Argentinian electro -world known as DJ Cam, is preparing the million worldwide, the label its release last October. An inter- music, the likes of which have album Soutshine for a June release. reports, and director of interna- national version, Room With a never been heard before, declares Virgin world -music artist Manu tional Thierry Jacquet says a View, was released in the U.K. label manager Arnaud Boivin. Chao contributed to the label's South American release is expect- and U.S. in February with tracks have topped 200,000 units. Since October, the group's album strong year, with sales reaching 2.5 ed. Virgin's affiliates are also look- in English, Italian, Portuguese An upcoming U.S. film, The Truth La Revancha del Tango has sold million copies worldwide for the ing to release Tiersen's solo and French. International sales About Charlie, set for July release, 50,000 copies in France with dis- will feature French artists, includ- tribution on Universal, and ing Manu Chao, Les Negresses 200,000 copies through Europe, Vertes and the rap group Saïan including 45,000 in Italy and Supa Crew, which released its sec- 20,000 in Germany. U.S. and ond album, X Raisons, in October. Japanese releases are expected. The album from Saïan Supa Crew Despite the famed "French has also gained a U.K. release. touch," Boivin has the impression MAY 26th In late spring, BMG France that France's biggest exporters are superstar Patrick Bruel is set to acts that don't sound particularly release an as-yet- untitled album of French. "We see that, with all the traditional French songs of the '30s electronica projects that there have and '40s, recognized by audiences been, the projects that work don't worldwide. He duets on the album necessarily have a French Rock up to Stockholm with such renowned French artists sound, "he says. "Gotan Project is as Charles Aznavour, Jean-Jacques French, but it could be English; it Goldman, Johnny Hallyday and could be from anywhere." Laurent Voulzy and will launch Wagram Music is another inde- the project with a prime -time TV pendent company with notable special on TF1. domestic and international suc- for Sweden's finest! cesses. One of the label's most RETAIL- CAMPAIGN BENEFIT impressive releases is the electro- Other international priorities world compilation Hotel Costes, ahead for BMG France include whose fourth volume was released Rubin Steiner's Wunderbar Drei, in France and abroad in Novem- which has benefited from an FNAC ber. Distributed by Wagram for the retail campaign since its release in label Pschent, the compilation has Swedish acts March; Supermen Lover's new sin- sold 110,000 internationally, ol, gle, "Hard Stuff," and forthcoming including 25,000 in the U.S. June album, which follows the A similar compilation success is international success of their spring George V Records' Buddha Bar n in one hit "Starlight "; and a June album series, which is distributed by stage day from Funk for Sale, whose mem- Wagram through international bers have been collaborating on its partners. Buddha Bar IV has sold PUSJKINS ESKOBAR promotional video with noted pro- 30,000 copies in France and 65,000 ducer Christophe Navar and units in international markets. graphic designer Pierre Fichefeux. LOK FIRST FLOOR POWER BMG France also is working on a HOTEL AND BAR summer anthology from interna- For France's record companies, HELL ON WHEELS WILLOWTREE tionally acclaimed Cape Verdian the relative ease of exporting music singer Cesaria Evora. to the world is no fluke, in the view Zomba Records is increasingly of executives such as Virgin's For an accurate list of showcasing acts, developing local repertoire Thierry Jacquet. While noting the through its international affiliates. earlier international success of such go to www.exms.com In France, the company is giving acts as Les Negresses Vertes and priority attention this spring and Mano Negra, Jacquet points out summer to the debut album from that export sales have been in- 12- year -old singer Priscilla, whose creasing since the late '90s. Given STOCKHOLM LIVE DAY KUNGSTRÄDGÂRDEN, MAY 26th. single, " Quand Je Serai Jenne," has the particular strength of French topped 300,000 in sales; the group labels in electronica and world Bénabar, whose new single, "Y'a music, future export success seems See you there! Une Fille Qui Habite Chez Moi," certain. coincides with a spring /summer "This is going to continue," he tour, adult -pop radio play and a says. "Now, the record companies E X P O R T M U S I C S W E D E N ( E x M S ) A B TV campaign; the female R &B/ [elsewhere] really listen to what BOX 27 327 SE -102 54 STOCKHOLM SWEDEN hip -hop duo ADM, who bow their they are sent and realize that they TEL. +46 - 8 783 88 00 FAX +46 - 8 783 95 10 Latin -flavored debut single, have to work French, European e -mail exms @stim.se Web site http: / /www.exms.com "Salsa," in early June, with lyrics in and Latin music. There is more

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we were all justifiably pleased mostly producers and songwriters with the success on the first carrying the Swedish flag. But, album," says Allen, "in this day right now, it seems like a new and age, it doesn't mean you can wave of Swedish artists is begin- The take anything for granted on the ning to stir some action again." Qneview second record." R. LOFTHUS -KAI -PAUL SEXTON A quarterly roundup of European music -industry GERMANY -With their SWEDEN-Stockholm Live chart -topping album and artist - development news Day (May 26) is due to draw Auswärtsspiel, punk rockers Die more international attention than Toten Hosen (the Dead ever, thanks to contacts gathered Trousers) prove fresh despite THE U.K.-Record sales in another global wend, drove sales by Export Music Sweden during their 20- year -run. The band's the $10.8 billion European music in France while the *Operación a North American promotional provocative, socially critical and market fell 0.89 in value and Triunfo* phenomenon (see cover tour this spring. The tour show- tongue -in -cheek lyrics -on top- dropped 2.2% in units, according story) boosted Spanish sales. cased Swedish acts Soundtrack of ics including soccer, politicians, to the 2001 world sales figures Joplin notes that U.K.'s compara- Our Lives, Sahara Hotnights, alcohol, drugs, love and its own released this month by the Inter- tive strength, up 3.1% in units Nicolai Dunger and Silverbuilt, status as aging punks -are sung national Federation of the and 4.99 in local currency value, in such high -profile settings as by charismatic frontman Recording Industry. (See chart has been driven by competitive CBGBs in New York and the Campino against hard -driving page 4). The region's perform- retail discounting, strong U.K. South By Southwest festival in guitars. Commercial radio sta- ance reflected global trends, as repertoire, rising online distribu- Austin. "We made some really tions such as Eins Live in world music sales fell 5% in value tion, compilation sales, and over- good contacts with media repre- Cologne, Radio Enjoy and Radio and 6.5% in units over 2000. all consumer confidence. sentatives who we plan to invite Fritz in Berlin have been key "Obviously, this year has been -THOM DUFFY to Stockholm Live Day," says supporters of the band. MTV particularly difficult," remarks wide, according to EMI VP of EXMS managing director Chris- and VIVA both gave the band Keith Joplin, director of market ï`I1E U.K.-The release in international marketing, Mike ter Lundblad. "We've deliberately heavy video rotation. The mar- research for the IFPI. CD burn- June of Coldplay's second album Allen. "We have incredibly high scheduled [the event] to coincide keting campaign of J KP (the ing, affecting markets worldwide, on Parlophone will mark the ambitions for their second with Polar Music Prize [the fol- band's own label) included radio is cited for the 9.2% drop in value appearance of one of the most record; we firmly believe they are lowing day]. We believe it's a commercials 10 days prior to the in local currency of the German anticipated modern -rock albums a career act," says Allen, noting good tie -up, where it's possible to release, followed by a three -week music market (where 10% of from Britain in recent years. The that the European market, create synergies between us," he nationwide poster campaign for internet users have broadband album, whose title is unconfirmed including the U.K., accounted for says. The lineup for Stockholm the album, as well as retail pro- access). Among the Top 10 Euro- at press time, is due June 17 in 1.75 million units of Parachutes. Live Day, an annual showcase of motions. At Germany's Echo pean markets, the value of music the U.K. and Europe and a day "It was driven by a huge amount Swedish music, is pending, but Awards in March, the group per- sales dropped in Germany, Italy, later in the U.S. It follows the of word -of- mouth, and a career - will be posted on the EXMS Web - formed the uncharacteristic bal- the Netherlands, Sweden, Austria group's 2000 debut, Parachutes, turning track in `Yellow,' site (www.exms.com). Lundblad lad "Steh Auf, Wenn Du Am and Belgium. But sales value rose which irresistibly converted criti- although, in truth, we probably notes that EXMS' focus on tour- Boden Bist" (Get Up When You in the U.K, France, Spain and cal acclaim into commercial didn't do as much touring in ing efforts is more important Are Down and Out)," highlight- Switzerland. Factors such as the momentum to the tune of 4.8 Europe as we would have liked." than ever to the Swedish indus- ing its versatility. Die Toten popularity of local repertoire, million trade shipments world- Allen points to France, with ship- try. "For a couple of years," says Hosen will play a 30 -date tour of ments of 175,000, and Italy and Lundblad, "there haven't been as major venues and open -air festi- Holland at 100,000 each, as the many artists being internationally vals through this summer and band's stellar European markets successful in the same way as fall. outside the U.K. last time. "While before. Recently, there have been -ELI.IE WEINERT

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BY WINNIE CHUNG China's overall music piracy rate to BY TOM FERGUSON philosophies, and practices of HMV." HONG KONG -Sony Music has be- be more than 50%, climbing to 90% LONDON -HMV Group CEO Alan EMI Group has a 42.65% equity come the first international record for international repertoire. Simulta- Giles says the music retail giant is con- stake in HMV Group; in a statement, label to launch a joint venture in neous release dates with the rest of fident about turning around the for- EMI says it intends to "realize a pro- China with mainland partners after the world on international product tunes of its ailing North American and portion of its stake on flotation." Press the People's Republic relaxed its means labels can get a head start on Asian divisions after the company reports in the U.K. have suggested that rules concerning such ventures with sales before the pirates hit. Denekamp floats in June. EMI could raise some £400 million the nation's accession to the World says, That's a very good thing for us On April 11, the group confirmed its ($578 million) from the sale of its Trade Organization early this year. ...For Celine Dion's [A New Day Has intention to float on the London Stock stake. But EMI Group chairman Eric The company, Shanghai Epic Come], for example, we were able to Exchange by the end of June. The Nicoli-a non -executive director of Music Entertainment (SEME), re- have the same in -store date [March company also announced a change of HMV Group -has said that the corn - ceived a distribution license from 25] in China as everywhere else, for name with immediate effect, from pany intends to "continue as a signifi- the Chinese authorities in late Feb- the first time in history." During the HMV Media Group to simply HMV cant shareholder in HMV" after the ruary and has now begun trading. past two weeks, SEME has moved Group. A prospectus giving full details retailer goes public. Heading the Shanghai, China - 75,000 units of Dion's album, ac- of the initial public offering will be Senior management and venture based joint venture is managing cording to Denekamp. published later this month. capitalist Advent International holds director Andrew Wu, previously VP Under the terms of the new license, The news of the proposed flotation the remaining equity in HMV Group. of business development for Sony SEME will be able to distribute any came as HMV released positive third - Giles says that if all the senior man- Music Asia. Sony recordings quarter figures for the 13 weeks ending a very good story there over the last 18 agement share options are triggered, Under Chinese in China, subject Jan. 26. The group had sales of £594.8 months. There's a lot of work going on some "35 or 40 of us have about 12% law, Sony, as a for- to Ministry of million ($864 million), up from £547.2 there to introduce some of the ideas, of the ordinary shares in the business." eign investor, is Culture approval. million ($788 million), with compara- only allowed to There is no offi- ble sales growth of 8.1% during the hold 49% of the cial quota on re- same period in 2000/2001. Earnings equity in the leases of foreign before interest, taxes, depreciation, and joint venture. The product. "We're amortization rose from £74.5 million Tower Records Japan other 51% is di- hoping to release ($106 million) to £85.6 million ($124 vided between about 200 titles million), and pretax profits rose from Shanghai Syner- per year," Dene- £50.2 million ($72 million) to £63.2 May Float After Sale gy Multi -media kamp says. "This million ($91 million). Group and Shang- won't only be new Regionally, the group's core HMV BY STEVE McCLURE are delighted that we will become the hai Jingwen In- releases. We're Europe business led the way, with total TOKYO -Tower Records' Japanese new shareholder of Tower Records KK vestment. The looking at releas- sales up from £257.4 million ($371 operations could end up being floated ... We fully intend to preserve and three partners are ing some catalog million) to £310.1 million ($448 mil- as a public company here following perpetuate the integrity of the brand expected to ini- titles that were lion); comparable stores sales were up their sale for some $120 million to based on Tower's unique retail princi- tially invest a col- never officially re- 14.2 %. But in North America, sales fell Tokyo -based Nikko Principal Invest- ples, while developing opportunities lective $30 million in the company. leased in China before." 7.4% to £65.9 million ($95 million). ments (NPI) Japan, a wholly owned to expand the chain in Japan." Nikko The joint venture's license is for SEME has signed five male Although he concedes that market subsidiary of Japanese securities com- Cordial confirms that it eventually nationwide distribution. Sony al- artists to the label -Man Wen - conditions remain difficult, Giles says pany Nikko Cordial. plans to make a public offering of ready has production and replica- jun, Wang Ziming, Yang Yun, Li that the group has "greatly strength- The sale is scheduled to be wrap- shares in the company. tion licenses, which allow it to pro- Yasha, and Han Xue-along with ened the management team" in ped up by May 21; it was announced Tower Records KK managing duce and manufacture albums in two other female singers whose North America. In January, HMV April 11 by Sacramento, Calif. -based director Keith Cahoon-who, China. Only mainland Chinese names have not yet been re- North America president Peter Luck- Tower parent company MTS. An together with corporate planning companies are allowed to hold leased. SEME's main office is in hurst stepped down (Billboard, Jan. investment company director Akio Mori - music "publishing" licenses. In the Shanghai's industrial district of 19); the company's business in that jointly set up by NPI waki, will continue Chinese context, "publishing" does Sonjiang, where Sony is also set- territory is currently overseen on an and the management to oversee the Tow- not refer to music publishing in the ting up a production plant and a interim basis from Toronto by HMV of Tower Records KK er operation in Jap- conventional sense but simply to warehouse. The distribution unit Asia Pacific managing director Chris (the Japanese compa- an-says: "I'm glad the right to legally release a record- has 57 employees, 10 of whom Walker. Most of HMV's North Ameri- ny) will make the TO WER to have this matter ing-a governmental imprimatur. are based in Sony's representa- can business is in Canada. investment through AIC4d8S YIAfBUIINS resolved and to get www.to werrecords.com SEME is cleared on the publishing tive office in Beijing. Denekamp The Asia-Pacific region registered a a management buy- back to running front by virtue of the fact that says offices in Guangzhou and third -quarter sales drop of 4.8% to out (MBO), in what the stores." Shanghai Synergy subsidiary other cities will be set up if the £77.4 million ($112 million). Giles media reports here describe as one of Because Tower in Japan has pre- Shanghai Audio -Visual Press has need arises. insists, though, that "we are still firm Japan's biggest-ever MBO deals. viously operated more or less inde- such a license. Although Denekamp is unwill- believers in the long -term market "This investment will strengthen pendently of MTS, the buyout is Prior to the setting up of SEME, ing to give short -term sales esti- opportunity out there. We've got a potential growth for the Japanese expected to have minimal impact Sony product was released in China mates, he says long -term prospects superb management team in Japan." company and the Tower Records on the way the stores are run. One under license, mainly by Shanghai made it a necessity for Sony to Giles says that the recent perform- brand in what is the second -largest industry source notes: "Tower is a Audio -Visual Press. "The big differ- have a presence in China now. ance of the business is key to the deci- music retail market in the world," bona fide cultural icon, and if the ence now is that we are in control of "We're being realistic -we're not sion to float in June: "For some time, Tower Records president /CEO rumors that were popping up early our own products and in selling to looking at the whole market of 1.2 HMV has performed incredibly well, Michael Solomon said in a state- on about them being acquired by or retailers and wholesalers," says Sony billion people," he adds. "Basical- despite difficult music markets outside ment. "For us here in the U.S., the somehow becoming affiliated Music Asia's Hong Kong -based pres- ly, we're just looking at the East the U.K." Thanks to a recent revival in sale forms part of our debt restruc- directly with a local chain had ident Richard Denekamp. He also Coast region from Beijing to the fortunes of the group's U.K. book - turing strategy and, upon comple- turned out to be true, it could have hopes that having a stronger pres- Shanghai and down to Guangdong, selling chain Waterstones, he says, "we tion, will enable Tower Records to diluted some of what Tower has ence and greater control in China which has a population of between now feel that we've got the business significantly pay down its current always stood for to music fans." can help Sony battle piracy. 150 [million] and 300 million peo- firing on all cylinders, and we've got credit facility" (see story, page 55). Tower has 51 outlets in Japan with The International Federation of the ple. We really see it with a long- two very attractive brands." NPI Japan president/CEO Hirofu- sales of 40.7 billion yen ($308 million) Phonographic Industry estimates term view." He adds, "We had a very difficult mi Hatano said in a statement: "We for the year to April 2001. period with Waterstones, but it's been

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50 www.billboard.com BILLBOARD APRIL 27, 2002 www.americanradiohistory.com THE NETHERLANDS IRELAP.' Edited by Nigel Williamson ISTICHTING MEGA TOP 100104/15/02 ?,X IIRMA/CHART TRACK) 04/12/02 Music SINGLES WHENEVER, WHEREVER SINGLES Media SHAKIRA EPIC 3 HOW YOU REMIND ME LIKE A PRAYER NICKELBACK ROADRUNNEIWNIVERSAL MADHOUSE DIGIDANCE 2 WHENEVER, WHEREVER TOVEREN SHAKIRA EPIC Music Pulse.. K3 BMG ° EUROCHART,¡ TRACKIN' 1 UNCHAINED MELODY BILLY CRAWFORD W GARETH GATES RCA SWEDISH SOUNDTRACK Following the the birth of her daughter, divorce, and ADIOS NONINO 7 I'M NOT A GIRL NOT YET A WOMAN CAREL KRAAYENHOF UNIVERSAL CLASSICS & JAZZ BRITNEY SPEARS JIVE/ZOMBA success of the Hives, the Soundtrack family bereavement. "It's not folk, and Eurocharts are compiled by Music ALBUMS 5 HERO of Our Lives (TSOOL) is the latest it's not rock," says Pina, who now lives ENRIQUE IGLESIAS INTERSCOPE/UNIVERSAL & Media from the national singles CELINE DION Swedish band to build an intemation- in Ireland. "Maybe it's just alternative." A NEW DAY HAS COME COLUMBIA ALBUMS and album sales charts of 18 Euro- MARCO BORSATO al profile. Its acclaimed third album, NIGEL WIWAMSON pean countries. ONDERWEG POLYDOR 2 NICKELBACK VOLUMIA! SILVER SIDE UP ROADRUNNERNNIVERSAL Behind the Music (Warner Bros.), has HET BESTE VAN VOLUMIA, RCA 1 CELINE DION established a substantial following for OUT OF AFRICA: Veteran French DJ/ ROBBIE WILLIAMS A NEW DAY HAS COME EPIC SWING WHEN YOU'RE WINNING CHRYSAUS 4 ENRIQUE IGLESIAS the band in the U.K., where it under- electronic producer Frederic Galliano JENNIFER LOPEZ ESCAPE INTERSCOPE/UNIVERSAL J TO THA L -0, THE REMIXES EPIC takes an extensive tour in May. All three has come a long way since his 1987 SHAKIRA (MUSIC & MEDIAI 04/17/02 LAUNDRY SERVICE EPIC TSOOL albums were recently issued in debut performance at the U.K.'s leg- SINGLES BARBRA STREISAND the U.S. by Hidden Agenda/Parasol. endary Hacienda club. Having cham- SWEDEN THE ESSENTIAL BARBRA STREISAND COLUMBIA WHENEVER, WHEREVER/SUERTE Meanwhile, TSOOL vocalist/producer pioned everything from acid house to SHAKIRA EPIC 3 LIKE A PRAYER Ebbot Lundberg has been busy build- MADHOUSE BIONARIOUS (GLFI04/12/02 ing a studio in Liljeholmen, Sweden. 2 I'M NOT A GIRD NOT YET A WOMAN SINGLES AUSTRIA BRITNEY SPEARS JIVE 1 DOM ANDRA "There are always external things hap- 10 A NEW DAY HAS COME KENT RCA CEUNE DION COLUMBIA/EPIC pening around the band, but I prefer to 3 WHENEVER, WHEREVER (AUSTRIAN IFPUAUSTRIA TOP 40)04/16/02 6 L'AGITATEUR SHAKIRA EPIC JEAN PASCAL ISLAND keep working on new music," Lund- 2 NEVER LET IT GO SINGLES 7 HOW YOU REMIND ME AFRO SITE MARIANN berg says. "It's cool if music gets NICKELBACK ROADRUNNER the 9 I'M NOT A GIRL NOT YET A WOMAN ENGEL 11 TU TROUVERAS BRITNEY SPEARS JIVE/ZOMBA BEN FEATURING SIM HANSA spread, but I never think in a career NATACHA ST PIER COLUMBIA 5 MENDEZ WHENEVER, WHEREVER perspective." Lundberg doubles as a 4 QUI EST L'EXEMPLE ADRENAUNE STOCKHOLMNNIVERSAL SHAKIRA EPIC ROHFF HOS ILENIRGIN Audio He ALBUMS UKE A PRAYER member of Laboratory. also 5 FREEEK! MADHOUSE EDEL GEORGE MICHAEL POLYDOR CELINE DION produces other Swedish acts, and his TAINTED LOVE A NEW DAY HAS COME COLUMBIA I'M NOT A GIRL NOT YET A WOMAN MARILYN MANSON MAVERICK/WARNER BROS VARIOUS ARTISTS BRITNEY SPEARS JIVE/ZOMBA list of accomplishments includes the MELODIFESTNALEN apt MARIANN HOPE Loons, Nicolai Dunger, and Nymphet NEW CAESAR'S PALACE SNAGGY FEATURING PIINCEMYDAS MCMAINERSAL LOVE FOR THE STREETS DOLORES/MNW NESSAJA Noodlers. After the U.K. tour, the group SCOOTER SHEFFIELD TUNES/EDEL ANASTACIA ALBUMS FREAK OF NATURE EPIC will commence work on its fourth 1 XAVIER NAIDOO XX -PS 2 FEATURING DAVID BYRNE SKINT/EPIC EDDIE MEDUZA 2WISCHENSPIEL -AUES RJR DEN HERRN MUSICA JUST UKE AN EAGLE -1948 -2002 MARIANN album -the last for Warner Music FAME 2 CELINE DION MODELS EGP/SONY A NEW DAY HAS COME COLUMBIA Sweden under its current contract. SI FRAGILES KAI R. LOFTHUS JESSICA ISLAND 3 SHAKIRA LAUNDRY SERVICE EPIC INSATIABLE SWITZERLAND DARREN HAVES COLUMBIA 1 NEW SHERYL CROW CMON C'MON A&MNNIVERSAL BENIGN BENIGNI: Academy Award - ALBUMS IMEDIA CONTROL SWITZERLAND) 04/10/02 5 ANASTACIA winning comedian/actor Roberto FREAK OF NATURE EPIC CELINE DION SINGLES © A NEW DAY HAS COME COLUMBIA/EPIC Benigni has released the self -penned 1 WHENEVER, WHEREVER 2 SHAKIRA SHAKIRA EPIC LAUNDRY SERNCESERMUO DELVANDERIA ENOLOWMBIA "Quanto T'ho Amato" (How Much I've 2 3 A NEW DAY HAS COME 3 ANASTACIA CEUNE DION COLUMBIA Loved You) as a single in Italy, after the techno, Galliano is now demonstrating FREAK OF NATURE EPIC 3 2 FREEEK! song became a hit at the Sanremo Fes- a passion for African music. His latest NICKELBACK GEORGE MICHAEL POLYDOR SILVER SIDE UP ROADRUNNER 4 8 QUI EST L'EXEMPLE tival, which was watched by a TV audi- project, Frederic Galliano & the SHERYL CROW ROHFF VIRGIN 53 (PRO MUV1104/17 /02 C'MON C'MON A&M ence of 20 million. Benigni was sched- African Divas, is released May 13 via his 5 10 TAINTED LOVE XAVIER NAIDOO MARILYN MANSON MAVERICK/WARNER BROS. SINGLES ZSH OIENSPIEL-ULES FUR DEN HEARN NAIDOO SEND PV uled to appear as a guest on the final own Paris -based F Communications ALBUMS 1 L'AGITATEUR 7 JENNIFER LOPEZ JEAN PASCAL ISLAND evening of the five -night event, but the label and is the result of four years trav- J TO MA L -0! THE REMIXES EPIC 1 CELINE DION A NEW DAY HAS COME COLUMBIA 2 WHENEVER, WHEREVER reason for his was eling Africa a 6 ALAN'S MORISSETTE SHAKIRA EPIC appearance not through with portable UNDER RUG SWEPT MAVERICK/WARNER BROS. 2 NEW DJ TATANA 9 ALICIA KEYS SUPERPOP WEA 3 TU TROUVERAS widely known. It was strongly ru- studio in his suitcase. Following re- SONGS IN A MINOR J 3 SHAKIRA NATACHA ST PIER COLUMBIA mored that the leftist Benigni was cording sessions involving 40 musi- 11 ENRIQUE IGLESIAS LAUNDRY SERVICE EPIC 4 LIKE A PRAYER ESCAPE INTERSCOPE 4 NEW SHERYL CROW MADHOUSE ARS/UNIVERSAL planning to attack Italy's controversial cians and a dozen vocalists, the out- CMON CMON A&M/UNIVERSAL FLORIAN AST 5 QUI EST L'EXEMPLE right -wing media magnate and prime come is an enchanting album blending 5 NEW ROHFF VIRGIN BILDERBUCH ARIOLA minister, Silvio Berlusconi. But Benig- traditional African music with Euro- ALBUMS ni's routine was non- contentious, and pean house. "I like the idea of mixing 2 JENIFER JENIFER (CALBUM) ISLAND its highlight was the performance of influences, of putting together very dif- 1 CELINE DION the song, which received a standing ferent types of people and music," Gal - COMMON CURRENCY A NEW DAY HAS COME COLUMBIA 12 NATACHA ST PIER ovation. Co- written with Vincenzo liano explains. "I guess I just like mak- DE L'AMOUR LE MIEUX COLUMBIA Cerami and Nicola Piovani, "Quanto ing different worlds discover one 7 JEAN- JACQUES GOLDMAN CHANSONS POUR LES PIEDS COLUMBIA T'ho Amato" has now been released on another." Along with artists featured on A weekly scorecard of albums simultaneously attaining top 10 chart status 5 SHAKIRA Virgin Music Italy. Proceeds will go to the album-including Nahawa Dom - in three or more leading world markets. LAUNDRY SERVICE EPIC the Emergency Music Italy charity. bia, Hadja Kouyate, Fanta Diabate, and Repertoire owner: B: BMG, E: EMI, I: Independent 3: Sony, U: Universal, W: Warner Capitol- Virgin Italy president/CEO Kaba Kouyate -Galliano will tour Riccardo Clary says: "I'm delighted heavily during the next two years to MALAYSIA that Benigni's relationship with Virgin, promote the project. CHRIS BARRETT which began with the Oscar- winning IRIM)04/16/02 ARTIST - soundtrack to the film La Vita è Bella HELSINKI DOMINATORS: Finland's USA JPN UK GER FRA CAN SPN AUS ITA NTH ALBUMS [Life Is Beautiful], is continuing." Giant Robot extended its popularity 1 SIT( NURHALIZA 140 A SANGGAR MUSTIKA SUWAH MARK WORDEN beyond Helsinki in 1999 with the 7 5 9 10 Freak of Nature (S) 2 LINKIN PARK anthemic single "Helsinki Rock City" HYBRID THEORY IS .E. ASIA REPACKAGED) WARNER BROS. AUSTRIAN ALTERNATIVE: The voice of (Hawaii Sounds /Spinefarm). The 3 SUDIRMAN CELINE DION NO1s EMI Austrian singer /songwriter Pina was group's first top 10 hit has now come 2 1 2 1 1 6 1 1 1 A New Day Has Come (SI 4 ELLA first heard last year guesting the latest IU4AM BICANA EMI on with single "Dancehall Domi- 9 RAHMAT Afro -Celt Sound System's album, nator" (EMI Finland), while its soph- NO 1s EMI 1C 9 7 8 Volume Three, Further in Time (Real omore album, Superweekend -with 6 VARIOUS ARTISTS MAX9 WEA World). Her appearance so impressed its organic, R &B- influenced electron - 7 EXISTS Real World label boss Peter Gabriel ica -has enjoyed chart success. "We NICKELBACK ADA NAH 3 ó 7 (who also on record) Silver Side Up /U) guested the that wanted to make an album that sound- (I NEw DAVID FOSTER THE BEST OF ME WARNER BROS. he immediately signed her for a solo ed good wherever you played it -on 17 VARIOUS ARTISTS album. Released this month, the the dancefloor, on the radio, at the SHAKIRA 8 4 7 3 8 9 2 6 CLASSIC ROCK LEGENDS UNIVERSAL Laundry Service result is Quick Look, a collection of barber shop, or at home," singer Tuo- (S) 8 BRITNEY SPEARS BROUET JIVE/EMI unflinchingly honest songs that deal mas Toivonen says. A European tour with such highly personal matters as is now planned. JONATHAN MANDER

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www.americanradiohistory.com CD Protection Debate Escalates In Europe GERA Europe Calls For Meetings With Record Companies To Urge Greater Transparency N EWSLINEN.. BY JULIANA KORANTENG Cactus Data Shield or Sony Elec- LONDON -The debate surrounding tronic's Key2audio on CDs to stop U.K. venue operator Mean Fiddler Music Group has acquired nightclub owner the use of copy -protection technol- illegal digital copying. Yet Euro- Finlaw for £2 million ($2.87 million). Through the deal, Mean Fiddler obtains ogy on CDs in Europe is escalating. pean music retailers state cus- the nightclubs Media in Nottingham, England; Tunnel in Glasgow; and Uni- The European arm of trade tomers still complain about the verse in Coatbridge, near Glasgow. Mean Fiddler will also assume responsibility group Global Entertainment lack of information on secure CDs for Finlaw's £2.44 million ($3.5 million) debt. Together, the three venues gen- Retail Assn. (GERA Europe) is and playability problems on home erated an operating profit before taxes of slightly more than £1 million ($1.43 calling for a series of meetings computers. Some report that PCs million) in the year ended March 31, 2001. As a result of the deal, Finlaw with record companies to urge crashed while playing the secure founder Harry Lambert joins the Mean Fiddler board as a non -executive direc- them to undertake a greater level CD. Moreover, the retailers argue, tor. He will oversee the development of Mean Fiddler's international plans. of consultation and transparency the different secure -CD technolo- LARS BRANDLE about the use of copy -protection gies are incompatible. systems on CD recordings. GERA Europe president Njara Za- Hong Kong-based Emperor Entertainment Group's (EEG) Music Plus label is The move follows a recent meet- fimehy complains, "Many won't play to distribute Korea's J- Entercom imprint in Greater China and Southeast Asia. ing by Brussels -based GERA Europe's on certain hardware, even though J- Entercom belongs to Seoul -based Jisang Entertainment Group, which also council, at which the concerns of the they are legitimately bought. There includes an artist management company; EEG's non -label activities include region's retailers were expressed question of just putting a code on are not always clear indications as to artist management, film production, and concert promotion. "EEG and Jisang (Billboard Bulletin, April 10). the CD or something on the PC? We whether any given CD has techno- Entertainment have already been working together on film projects," Music "We're now trying to set up links would like to be involved in what's logical restrictions. This causes Plus senior GM Lisa Kan notes. "For us, [this] is a good opportunity to get with the manufacturers so that they happening and know what systems great concern for retailers and the into Korean repertoire, which is gaining popularity in the Asian market. J- inform us of what technology are being used." music -buying public." Entercom also has very talented songwriters, whose talent we will be able to they're introducing," U.K. -based With the price of blank CD -Rs Jay Berman, chairman/CEO of the tap." The first J- Entercom product handled by Music Plus is Korean female pop GERA Europe VP Bob Lewis tells plummeting to as little as 35 cents IFPI, says his organization is taking singer Wax's new album Wax 02 :Money, due within the next few weeks. Wax Billboard. Taking one recent exam- each, the International Federation retailers and consumers' concerns will be the first foreign artist to be distributed by EEG, which currently has ple, he says, "They never told any- of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) very seriously. "We've instructed our the largest roster of local singers in Hong Kong. WINNIE CHUNG body about Natalie Imbruglia's CD." forecasts that the global growth rate companies that if they were going to Consumers complained to retailers of CD burning could soar as high as use copy -protection technology, The Swedish office of the International Federation of the Phonographic Indus- about BMG Entertainment's copy - 35% annually during the next few they should notify the public." try ()FPI) has reduced the qualifying levels of shipments required to gain gold protected version of Imbruglia's years and continue to hurt legiti- In the near future, Berman adds, or platinum album certifications. Simultaneously, IFPI Sweden has intro- White Lilies Island album last year. mate sales. Meanwhile, despite the "we're going to issue another set of duced separate sales awards for classical, jazz, and folk albums, which enables Lewis, who is also director gener- high -profile Napster copyright - guidelines regarding playability and albums in those genres to collect gold and platinum certifications with lower al of U.K. entertainment merchants infringement court case in the U.S., compatibility. As soon as we do that, shipment figures than for pop product. Under the new rules, effective retroac- body the British Assn. of Record unauthorized online file sharing we shall be in discussion with the tively to Jan. 1, pop and rock albums reach gold status at 30,000 units (previ- Dealers, adds, "We'd also need dis- continues to grow. retailers, and that would be a func- ously 40,000) and platinum at 60,000 (previously 70,000). "We found that the cussions on how to address the tech- Record companies are incorpo- tion that takes place within the Swedish levels were very high compared to other European countries," says nology issue in the future. Is it a rating such systems as Midbar's national territories." IFPI Sweden chairman Dag Hägggvist. The new genre awards mean gold discs are awarded to classical, jazz, and folk albums selling 15,000 units; the plat- inum level is set at 30,000. KAI R. LOFTHUS Artists March Against Piracy In Taiwan

BY TIM CULPAN The high-profile event was part of hint as to who will appear on the

TAIPEI, Taiwan -In a rare public a new strategy being undertaken by Special 301 list released at the end ANIL display of solidarity, more than two IFPI Taiwan to increase interna- of the month and seems to have dozen Chinese -language recording tional awareness of Taiwan's piracy sparked the government into action. artists led a march on Taiwan's pres- problem. Its aim is to pressure the At the end of the protest march, Tai- RECORD COMPANIES: Niel Van Hoff Sanna Johansson is named man- idential office in a move aimed at government here to crack down on wan Premier Yu Shyi -kyun appeared is promoted to president of EMI aging director at Stockholm -based putting pressure on the government the manufacturing and distribution in front of the crowd to pledge new Recorded Music Netherlands. He Most Wanted Group. Johansson was to clamp down on the territory's of illegal CDs (Billboard, March 16). initiatives aimed at stamping out was managing director of Capitol managing director at the Norwegian rampant piracy problem. Keeping Taiwan on the U.S. Trade optical -media piracy. "These past few Records Netherlands (formerly EMI affiliate of EVA Records. The 5,000- strong April 4 march, Representative's (USTR) Special 301 days, the government has been get- Music Netherlands). Alan Young is named commercial in which entertainment industry Priority Watch List-the second - ting together [to discuss the prob- Raymond Ligthart is named GM director at Warner Music U.K. in Lon- and media personnel plus members highest category on the USTR list of lem], and we have realized we of Virgin Records Netherlands. He don, effective July 1. He was head of of the public joined the artists, was haven't done enough," Yu said. was head of Virgin's Labels Nether- the strategic business unit for enter- organized by the local office of the The premier pledged to meet three lands division. tainment at retailer Woolworths. International Federation of the of the IFPI's four main demands: Paul Muller is promoted to GM of Volker Neumueller is named GM Phonographic Industry (IFPI). to have the police set up a spe- Capitol Records Netherlands. He of Epic Germany. He was A&R direc- "It's about time that all of us said cial piracy task force to investigate was marketing and business devel- tor of BMG Berlin. something about the problem of pira- and raid production and sales outlets; opment director. Dave MacGregor is promoted to cy in Taiwan," notes Sony Music's to make intellectual property Giampietro Paravella is named marketing manager of London - Hong Kong -born singer Karen Mok. piracy a criminal rather than a civil GM of Virgin Music Italy. He was based Epic Europe. He was director The territory faces a domestic music offense; and responsible for strategic marketing, of international marketing for Epic piracy rate of around 50%. to tighten controls over optical - jazz, and classical repertoire at EMI Records in New York. "It's definitely the biggest problem disc manufacturing through strict Music Italy. right now, not only for music but also countries with intellectual proper- licensing and regulation. Bart Cools is MUSIC PUBLISHERS: Caroline Molko for movies and many kinds of products ty- protection problems -is the A fourth IFPI demand, to clamp promoted to man- is named managing director of sold in Taiwan," Mok's labelmate Coco focus of the Taiwanese industry's down on online piracy, was not aging director of Paris -based Warner /Chappell Music Lee tells Billboard. U.S. -based Lee, lobbying efforts. The aim is to shame addressed by the premier. EMI Recorded Mu- France, effective July 1. She is cur- born in Hong Kong and raised in San the Taiwan government into taking Having seen various governments sic Switzerland. He rently artistic director of Universal Francisco, flew in from New York - further action, under the threat of pledge to take action during the past was managing Music France. where she is recording an album -to U.S. trade sanctions. few years, the IFPI's response to his director of Virgin lend her support to the industry. Two days before the march, the statement was cautious. "It seems they Records Belgium. RELATED FIELDS: Colleen Hue has Lee says Taiwan's international rep- USTR office pointed to Taiwan's lack have been studying very carefully what Alejandro Lo- been appointed head of Video Per- utation is being tarnished as a result of intellectual property rights en- we have been saying," IFPI Taiwan pez is promoted formance Ltd., the U.K. collecting of piracy. "People have a misconcep- forcement as a cause for concern in chairman Samuel Chou says. "But the to commercial society for music videos. She was tion that Taiwan is the place that its annual Trade Estimate Report. question for this government is not director at Universal Music Spain head of e- business for Phono- makes all the fake stuff," she says. That report is considered a good [about] planning but the execution." in Madrid. He was sales director. graphic Performance.

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www.americanradiohistory.com Epic's World Cup Single Is AIDS Research Fundraiser Victory For

BY JOANNA SHORE `All French A U.S. release for the single and Japanese Biz In PARIS -Sony France is backing a media album has yet to be confirmed. new international single that finds are giving us free In France, the project already has the worlds of sport and music a high profile. "For the single, all Online Dispute uniting in the fight against AIDS. advertising, since French media-TV, radio, press - as the French national soccer are giving us free advertising space, BY STEVE McCLURE team readies itself to defend the this is for a cause. since this is for a cause. Everyone is TOKYO- Japanese labels and World Cup, which it won in the Everyone is doing doing this project voluntarily," publishers have won the first 1998 championship. Chassagne says, adding that neither round in their landmark dis- "Live for Love United," a project this voluntarily.' the players nor Sony will collect roy- pute with a Tokyo company organized by Epic- signed French alties from the single. providing Japanese -language artist Pascal Obispo, teams World -THIERRY CHASSAGNE, Nathalie Bismuth, head of music music file -sharing software. Cup soccer players from 21 coun- EPIC FRANCE programming at national soft AC The Tokyo District Court has tries with Warner Music artist Yous- station Chérie FM/Paris, says, "Like issued a provisional disposition sou N'Dour on a track composed by everything that Pascal Obispo does, against MMO Japan to stop the Obispo with lyrics by Desmond think that the song in itself is a hit. fact that the song is recorded in it is aimed at a wide public. It's company from providing free Child and Sam Stoner. All profits It's a popular, worldwide hymn." English gives it "a true internation- already popular, and besides being a downloads of a Japanese -lan- from the single -to be released in Chassagne adds that the interna- al dimension." beautiful song, it is a project for guage version of the File France, Belgium, and Switzerland tional range of soccer players The single will be released in charity. Like many stations, we Rogue file -sharing software on May 7 and throughout Europe that involved gives the single cross - every country taking part in the offered the record company the its Web site. month, with the U.K. following in border appeal: "The public recog- World Cup, and Chassagne says he opportunity to air the commercial The action had been sought June -will go to the French chari- nizes the names `Zidane' or `Figo.' " is confident of the song's potential for free. It's a humanitarian project by the Recording Industry ty Ensemble Contre le SIDA Chassagne also suggests that the throughout Europe, Africa, and Asia. that touches everyone." Assn. of Japan (RIAJ) and Jap- (Together Against AIDS) and will be anese authors' body JASRAC. distributed internationally through On Jan. 29, they launched this that organization. country's first legal action The track was recorded in Eng- Flying Nun 21 Years against an online file- sharing lish as part of The Official Album Still Airborne After music service (Billboard, Feb. of the 2002 FIFA World Cup com- New Zealand's Pioneering Indie Imprint Celebrates With Album Project 16). MMO Japan, based in the pilation, which Sony will also Tokyo suburb of Hachioji, was release across Europe from May 6 BY JOHN FERGUSON Feelings, and the Straitjacket Fits, Nun's newer signings, such as D4, onward, followed by other interna- AUCKLAND, New Zealand- Gener- all of whom received acclaim both HDU, and Betchadupa (featuring Neil tional territories. Some profits ations of New Zealand musicians in their home country and interna- Finn's son Liam), the label's old guard from the album will also go to and record buyers have grown up tionally. The label also opened remains as active as ever. This year MAI AIDS charities internationally, under the influence of pioneering offices in the U.K. and Europe and has already seen the release of new channeled through Ensemble. indie imprint Flying Nun. And as the formed alliances with U.S. labels, albums from two of the label's earliest Artists featured on the album label kicks off its 21st -birthday cel- including Matador and Merge. signings, the Clean and Tall Dwarfs. include Anastacia, Jennifer Lopez, ebrations, it aims to make sure it's a Flying Nun moved to Auckland in offering downloads of File Lara Fabian, and Elisa. habit that continues. 1988, and its status as a "pure" inde- NEW ERA, SAME PRIORITY Rogue on its filerogue.net The centerpiece of the anniversary The latter's Chris Knox -whose Web site. A VARIETY OF VOCALISTS is the Under the Influence album punk band the Enemy inspired The RIAJ and JASRAC claim The vocals on "Live for Love Unit- project, which sees the label tipping many of the first generation of Fly- that almost all of the 70,000 ed" are by a total of 45 soccer play- its hat to past glories, as well as ing Nun acts -good -naturedly music files made available ers- including 22 current French showcasing the best of its new ros- admits that the label has been "swal- through the service were cre- internationals -plus N'Dour. They ter. Flying Nun acts have recorded lowed up by the [corporate] beast it ated from commercially dis- include many of the world's most - one new song and one from Flying was fighting to begin with." But, he tributed CDs that violated highly rated and best -known play- Nun's back catalog for the album, continues, "the people involved with copyrights. In its decision, the ers, including Luis Figo (Portu- which will be released May 16. It will Flying Nun on a day -to -day level are court acknowledged that MMO gal), Juan Veron (Argentina), feature contributions from such good people, and they are still sign- Japan had made audio CDs Ronaldinho (Brazil), and Zinedine label stalwarts as the Clean and new ing really interesting bands. At one transmittable, thereby violat- Zidane (France). Sony France signings like D4, as well as those time, it looked as if Flying Nun ing that right, along with the international marketing director from overseas acts with Flying Nun could become an old folks' retire- users of the File Rogue soft- Annick Geisler claims the song is links, including Australian band Ger- ment home, so it's great to see peo- ware. According to the RIAJ, strong enough to be "the next 'We ling and American Stephen Malk- ple like HDU, D4, and Betchadupa the April 9 decision by the Are the World.' " mus -whose former band, Pave- coming through." court was "in line with com- Praising Obispo's proactive role in ment, appeared on Flying Nun in For Meier, the No. 1 priority mon sense." the project, Epic France managing New Zealand. Under the Influence's pendent began to fade in 1990, when remains the music. "If we can't lis- MMO Japan president /CEO director Thierry Chassagne says, release will coincide with a TV docu- Australia's Mushroom Records took ten to it, we can't put it out," he Michihito Matsuda says, "This "The project could not have been mentary on state broadcaster TVNZ a 49% stake in the business. Shep- says. "And we probably are our own decision is unexpected. We'll put together by a record company if and a national tour in June featuring herd cut his ties with the business harshest critics. But we want to keep insisting on the legality of there hadn't been someone there to acts that appear on the album. in 1999. By 2000, it was fully ensure that we continue to be the our service." bring everyone together." Obispo Flying Nun GM Andrew Meier, absorbed into the merged Festival first stop for bands who want to sign At press time, the file -shar- himself contacted the players and who heads the label, says, "We rec- Mushroom Records (FMR) opera- to a record label." ing program was no longer convinced them to join in. "Obispo ognize the value of the history of the tion. FMR New Zealand managing Roger Marbeckx, who owns one of available on the Web site. wanted to use his fame to [help label, and Under the Influence director Mark Ashbridge says: "It's a New Zealand's longest- established In another legal challenge to fight] AIDS and to take advantage of makes the connection between the label within our company, but it gets music outlets - Auckland two -store MMO Japan, the RIAJ filed a the strong media coverage sur- newer acts and the older ones who special attention. We have other independent Marbeck Records -also lawsuit Feb. 28 against the rounding the World Cup in order to have influenced their music." New Zealand acts -such as King believes that the label still has an Tokyo -based company seeking promote the project." Obispo has Flying Nun, formed in 1981 by Kapisi and Sola Rosa-signed to important part to play in the local 151 million yen ($1.1 million) previously released two other AIDS Christchurch record -shop worker FMR, and they are important to us. industry. "It was the New Zealand in damages -a sum it claims fundraising albums, which Sony Roger Shepherd, had almost im- But Flying Nun has a key part to sound for 10 -12 years," he says. represents the revenue its says have benefited Ensemble Con - mediate success with the Clean's play in our New Zealand music strat- "Now there is probably a whole new members have lost from illegal tre le SIDA to the tune of 14 million low -budget debut single, "Tally Ho," egy and in signing local acts." Both generation of people who don't real- downloads made with the File euros ($12.4 million). which cracked the New Zealand top Ashbridge and Meier are keen to use ly know much about what Flying Rogue software since MMO Epic is depending on the strength 20. Other signings quickly followed, Under the Influence to revive Flying Nun was about -which is a good Japan began offering it last of the song, as well as the universal including Tall Dwarfs, the Chills, the Nun's international profile, which thing in a lot of ways, because the Nov. 1. A decision in that case appeal of the World Cup, to attract Verlaines, the Gordons (later to has slipped a little in recent years. label can now cut a path through to is still pending. a wide audience. Chassagne says, "I become Bailter Space), the Sneaky Apart from the activities of Flying a whole new generation."

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Other Music Shuts Industry Approves Of Tower Japan Sale Boston Store Major -Label Execs Believe Such Moves Will Contribute To Chain's Continued Turnaround BY ED CHRISTMAN pects," because that business is more to it," one major -label financial exec BY MATTHEW S. ROBINSON cating factor was that the store NEW YORK -The pending sale of profitable than the U.S. operation. says.' We have all agreed to support cur- CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -New York's found itself in a highly competitive, Tower Records Japan to Tokyo -based Last year, Tower Records was rent management, but now it is up to Other Music has shuttered its Boston - cost -conscious market: "Because Nikko Principal Investments for $120 applauded for its turnaround effort and them [to decide if they want to bring area store -its first and only branch there are so many other stores with- million (see story, page 49) is bring- the improvements made to its operat- someone else in at a senior level]." location-after a year of operation. The in blocks of our store, they were ing much -needed relief to the balance ing performance. While Tower spokes- Another senior distribution exec retailer says the move was motivated by willing to comparison- shop." sheet of parent Tower Records and to woman Louise Solomon says that the with a major adds, "Tower manage- financial pressures In addition to the peace of mind of financial execu- chain's numbers show that it contin- ment still have a great entrepreneur- stemming from the customers who tives at U.S. music labels. ues to improve -the company posted ial spirit and vision, and that is what high rental costs would go elsewhere In a related move, West Sacramen- an operating loss of $400,000 in its makes Tower special. But they need and slow business to save money, Har- to, Calif. -based Tower Records says most recent fiscal quarter that ended somebody else with strong business growth in a highly vard Square seemed that its lender, J.P. Morgan Chase Jan. 31, vs. the $3.6 million loss it had acumen in the background to help competitive, Inter- to be a bastion of Bank, has granted a 60 -day extension in the company's first quarter, which shape what they do." net- piracy -heavy MP3 fans. "A lot of on the April 23 maturation of its ended last Oct. 31 -label executives Other distribution execs remain environment people came in, revolving credit facility, which means were slightly disappointed that the optimistic that Tower will continue to "There is some- took notes, and then the chain has until June 23 to pay it improve operations and realize thing good about a went back to their down. According to a filing with the greater efficiencies. For instance, the boutique store if computers," Madell Securities & Exchange Commission, head of an independent distribution you are a real says. "Though I do Tower had drawn down $150 million company points out that Tower is music head, and not blame that for from the revolver as of Jan. 31. The TOWER experimenting with an automatic that's something our problems as company says it will refinance that BECBBBS VIBEB BBBBS replenishment program that allows that big stores real- much as other peo- credit facility upon completion of the www.towerrecords.com Tower to place orders daily on out -of- ly can't do," Other ple might, it cer- Tower Japan sale, which is expected stock items. If that proves successful Music co -owner tainly didn't help." by May 21. According to sources, three rebound wasn't stronger, given that and is rolled out to other stores in the Josh Madell says. Still, Madell was or four different banks have been the time period contains the lucrative chain, that executive expects Tower to "But as we appar- determined to make vying to provide the replacement facil- Christmas holiday selling season. go to a regional buying structure, just ently learned in a go of it in an area ity; CIT Financial is said to be the Overall, Tower posted a loss of $9.4 like Virgin Retail North America has Boston, not every that seemed to be an front- runner. million for the second quarter, as a been doing in its stores, which previ- city wants that" ideal fit for a retail Senior Tower Record executives result of restructuring charges of $11.7 ously had genre buyers at store level. Housed in Cam- concept that had were not available for comment, but million. For the six-month period Such a move for Tower would elimi- bridge's Harvard Here and Gare. Other Music shuttered proved a favorite president Michael Solomon said in a ended Jan. 31, the chain has a $20.6 nate some overhead and improve its Square-al ready its Boston -area store after just one year. among New York statement, "In the U.S., the sale forms million loss on sales of $520.4 million. in -stock position. That executive also home to Tower tastemakers inter- part of our debt -restructuring strate- When Tower refinances its revolv- expects more store closings, which Records, HMV, Newbury Comics, and ested in indie rock, electronica, and jazz. gy and, upon completion, will enable ing credit facility, label executives should further reduce unprofitability, a slew of smaller stores -the location Madell says business started picking Tower Records to significantly pay wonder if it will maintain its relation- and the possible sale of the company's proved not to be the most inviting spot up after about six months and that down its current credit facility." ship with retail and financial consult- U.K. stores, which would be used to for a specialty retailer. sales around the holidays were encour- While financial executives at U.S. ant Policano & Manzo, who has been further pay down debt. "We always figured that we'd do it aging. However, business retreated labels applaud the moves for giving working with management at the Going forward, another financial for a year and then take a look at it again in the wake of last Sept. 11. the chain some breathing room, they behest of J.P. Morgan Chase Bank. Pri- executive in the major -label camp and see where it was going," Madell With two stores exposed, Madell say Tower still has to show it can gen- vately, financial and senior executives sums it up as this: "A worst -case sce- says. "It was the financial realities and his team made the decision to erate strong positive cash flow so it at the majors say a consensus has nario is if we don't see improvements that made us close." pull back and focus on one. He says, can afford interest payments due on emerged that they hope Tower main- in the numbers; then we may insist One of the biggest challenges fac- "At the moment, we are concentrat- $110 million in company debentures tains the relationship or brings on them bringing in somebody else. ing the store -which debuted in ing on our New York store, our Web outstanding and then pay them off onboard another senior- manage- A best -case scenario is Tower contin- December 2000 -was real estate. site, and some concert promotion." when they come due in 2005. ment -level retail executive to com- ues to improve and they put some Commercial space in Harvard But Madell isn't against another A research report issued by New plement senior VP of finance DeVaugn [profitable] numbers up on the score- Square is among the most expensive attempt at expansion. "We had been York -based financial firm Sanford C. Searson, who gets high marks for his board, which would give them a little in the country, more than New York, considering Chicago and Los Ange- Bernstein points out that while the performance during Tower's turn- room to breathe. And if the [stock] even," Madell points out. "And when les -and they may still work because Japanese sale alleviates the company's around efforts. market changes, then maybe they can we went in, the economy was peak- the rents are cheaper and the scenes immediate credit crunch, it could "Nobody wants to replace current do an [initial public offering] to pay ing, and we paid top-dollar." are good-but we are not ready to do likely "hurt Tower's longer -term pros- management we just want them to add down the bonds." He observes that another compli- another store right now."

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www.americanradiohistory.com the Only Nationwide ME :T:rU Distribution Network In The News Target reports that March Of Music And Video Product comparable -store sales in- creased 6.8% from the same by Chris Morris time last year. Net retail sales : ..... for the five -week period that ended April 6 increased 16.2% Of Independents.. to $3.7 billion, from $3.2 billion one year ago. Much of the gain THE MANY FACES OF DETROIT: The with that one," Stew says with a was posted by the company's music of Detroit is enjoying a chuckle. He adds more seriously, Target Stores division, which higher profile than ever with the "I've always been uncomfortable reports a 9.4% increase in bust -out success of the White when people say, `You're playing March comp -store sales. Over- Stripes' White Blood Cells, which white music.' You mean white all sales for the division totaled has hammered its way into the top music like Jimi Hendrix? 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Sam's Club Gregory-a member of hard rock sales for the period were $2.9 acts Flotsam & Jetsam and Prong Music, Movies, Books from one source billion, up 11.3% from $2.6 bil- before he formed his own combo the lion last March. Witches -has enlisted some of the Call us today at... 000- 115 -2600 ext. 2151 best up- and- coming talent on the CenterSpan Communications, fertile Detroit scene for his project. 414 operator of the Scour network, Each of the 13 tracks on Sybil - ;} has secured $11.1 million in new which takes its name from the book 140 BAKER & TAYLJOR funding since the beginning of about a famed case of clinical mul- - lnforrntetion and Entertainment Services tiple personality -finds singer /gui- tarist Gregory backed by a different hometown combo. "This whole divide didn't exist in Span "I was going to play everything my upbringing," Stew adds. "It was myself, and I thought, `Well, I'll all revolutionary, changing -our- get so- and -so to play on it," Gre- times music." 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Listen, FullAudio To Give Users More Options BY BRIAN GARRITY digital device. Consumers burning tracks through Rhap- NEW YORK -While the overwhelming majority of digital sody-a streaming -only model -will not take control music continues to be consumed via free file- sharing serv- of the permanent file on their computers; instead, the ices that offer virtually unlimited content and unencum- tracks will be transferred directly to the blank CD. bered portability, companies attempting to launch com- The move makes Rhapsody the second subscription mercial alternatives to pirate networks are slowly amassing service to offer burning, after Pressplay. San Francisco - permission from record companies and publishers to offer based Listen says it is in talks with other major and inde- Track.. similar content and usage features. pendent label partners to secure addi- With licenses in place from Univer- tional burning licenses. It is unclear -= EVERYONE'S A WINNER: With R &B business for at least a year or two. sal Music Group, Warner Music Group, FullAudlo whether licenses Listen secures from Th. Abart Wry Earpnrrwnc Mac rookies Tweet and Ashanti and their Handleman chairman Steve Strome EMI Recorded Music and the Harry to majors would allow for burning from labels vying for consumers' attention, would not specify what "select product" Fox Agency (HFA), Chicago -based Full- their entire available online catalogs, record stores across the land were his company is replenishing for Best Audio has launched its new digital subscription service as is the case with Naxos. At Pressplay, majors have humming the first week of April. Both Buy. He declines to comment on the through Clear Channel Communications. Meanwhile, cleared only certain content for burning. Elektra and WEA and Island Def Jam above Musicland speculation and how Listen.com's Rhapsody service is adding a CD- burning Meanwhile, FullAudio's deal with its content part- and Universal Music & Video Distribu- function to its classical music digital subscription pack- ners-which covers rental downloads and streams- tion (UMVD) pulled out all the stops to age via a deal with Naxos of America. allows subscribers to transfer tracks from their PCs to gain an edge for their artists (1\veet The Listen -Naxos deal will allow secure portable devices and set -top and Ashanti, respectively). At the end users to burn a pre -selected number boxes as soon as those devices become of the week, Ashanti's 502,500 units of Naxos tracks each month. The CD- en.cont commercially available. However, the topped liveet's 195,000, but as UMVD burning technology is provided by company is not currently offering a executive VP Jim Weatherson said NewTech Infosystems (NTI), a rival to burning feature. before the final tallies were known, market leader Roxio, and will be built directly into the FullAudio is also largely covered on publishing, fol- `Whoever wins, it doesn't matter. This Rhapsody interface. lowing its deal with HFA. That pact -covering works was a good old -time record battle with "Listen recognizes that consumers want to take some from 27,000 publishers -marks the company's first both camps doing a tremendous job of of their music with them, and our agreements with NTI wide -reaching publishing agreement. Previously, it had marketing to get retail to support their and Naxos are important first steps toward meeting pursued deals with individual companies. It has agree- records. It is good classic marketing, those needs," CEO Sean Ryan says. ments in place with EMI Music Publishing and BMG and the whole record business wins." Users will pay a higher fee for a Rhapsody package with Music Publishing. In addition to the good old -fash- burning; pricing tiers and the number of burns available Financial terms of the HFA deal were not disclosed; ioned classic marketing that took were not disclosed. Burning will become available in May, however, the pact follows the model of subscription place during the sales battle, there long his company would have Best when Listen launches an updated Rhapsody service. licenses HFA has brokered with the Recording Indus- were allegations of some old -fash- Buy's business. But he says Handle - Issues of portability and permanence remain com- try Assn. of America and Listen.com. FullAudio will pay ioned industry shenanigans as well. man's role is "to figure out how to pro- plicated for subscription services. Major labels do not HFA an advance, and royalty rates will be determined This spurred each company to come vide more value to Best Buy," which is allow services to offer "full- ownership" downloads, later, either by negotiation or by the Copyright Arbi- up with out -of- the -box marketing doing more than just supplying distri- which can be both burned to a CD and transferred to a tration Royalty Panel. initiatives to offset them. bution services. "We provide knowl- Elektra senior VP of sales Ron edge, and we talk about being the Spaulding reports that the entire WEA indispensible link," Strome says. `What staff, as well as Elektra staff, worked that means is that both the supplier record stores in the opening days of the and the customer [account] see us as release, wearing bright yellow Tweet T- adding more value than we extract in shirts and giving away bookmarkers, payment for our services." Are you wirr posters, and calenders promoting the Southern Hummingbird album. NEW CAMP: The sale of a 25% inter- Consequently, WEA chairman Dave est in Victory Records to MCA will Mount worked in Royce Fortune's eventually lead to UMVD taking over AEC is tile place to be Fortune Music while Elektra label distribution responsibilities for the president Sylvia Rhone worked HMV label. Victory is currently distributed irl on 125th Street in Harlem, N.Y., and by RED and has a contract through The most exl)e rien( ( sales staff the iil(kli`ìll'' the Wiz's Paramus, N.J., store. In total, August 2003. ( ,( )ml)etitive Sax "all of us did 1,500 stores in five days, MCA Records has acquired a non- l'rícitt to try and touch as many buying con- controlling 25% interest in Victory ( Avr. 2 1-5,000 titk('s ot (.I) aloi e sumers as possible," Spaulding reports. Records, confirms Tony Brummel, They also had booths in selected stores, founder and now 75% owner of the C:Ot) )i)lete selection of I ) arrra y'I-f S enticing customers to learn about the Chicago -based punk label, which is Tweet album and running a TVNCR currently working releases by Thurs- l.d-,_;cst SelectiOt) r)t it(°( frOli) an} one st<)i) combo -player give -a -way contest. day, Snapcase, and Taking Back Sun- day. Victory had revenue last year of Award winning wcc kl nt,tS.;cizii Zped am! -mbus/t! MORE WINNERS: Handleman has final- about $7 million and carried a valua- ly acknowledged that it is providing tion of about $20 million in the deal. I .lectrorlic Orders \\ ith dis( and online With !®014.11 certain product and services to Best "This deal is not about selling out; it is Buy (Billboard Bulletin, Dec. 12, about selling in," Brummel said in a Our Turn-Ke. \\'c'l )sít('UnS()lL.tti(t C\ 2001). A press release says the Troy, statement to Billboard. "I have found Mich. -based merchant is shipping the a partner that only wants to help the initial music order to new Best Buy company and its artists flourish." stores, as well as doing replenishment Until the distribution switch occurs, of select product. Industry sources say there may be opportunities for MCA to New Accounts Call: Handleman is doing some fill -in on add its marketing clout to certain titles. ii()()-( i..i:î-f)O8? hot product and handling deep cata- "MCA wants us to do what we do on our l'írx: fr)-4-3-1.0-764 I log fulfillment for the consumer elec- own terms but with better resources - or v Ow yy t: tronics merchant. the added support and muscle of the on At some point, you would think MCA marketing, promotions, systems, \V'\t;dCi it.(ül il Best Buy would use the Musicland and legal staff," Brummel said. "MCA infrastructure for those services, but trusts our instincts at Victory. To that because it hasn't figured out how to end, they will not be involved in our AEC locations: CD One Stop, Bethel, CT Bassin Distributors, Coral Springs, FL Abbey Road, LA Atlanta Philadelphia Los Angeles (3) Sacramento Thousand Oaks NEW Madison San Diego Charlotte solve the systems-compatibility prob- day -to -day business, leaving control Chicago Milwaukee Denver Columbus Nashville (2) Tampa/St. Pete Lake Tahoe Woodland, CA lem between the two chains, it looks entirely in my hands." MCA did not as though Handleman could have the respond to an inquiry for comment.

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www.americanradiohistory.com `At The Bottom Of The Sea' Is Tops For Many Indie Retailers BY MOIRA McCORMICK second children's album from alterna- which launched Veruca Salt and the Records in Chicago; Ear X -tasy in School of Folk Music, where he taught CHICAGO-With the release of Ralph's tive -rock independent Minty Fresh Cardigans and is currently home to Louisville, Ky.; and Rhino Records in music to preschoolers. (He's also the World's At the Bottom of the Sea, the Records, the Chicago -based label- buzzed -about French band Tahiti 80, Los Angeles. "We're finding it a pleas- father of 6 -year-old Fiona.) BothAt the among others -is reaping the rewards ant surprise that hip indie record Bottom of the Sea and Ralph's World of its indie retail connections. stores are bringing Ralph's World in," have been critically acclaimed for THIS REMARKABLE Anthony Musiala, VP of sales and Covert's fresh songwriting, humor, Billboard Bdlboardt1 ;;;;=u,. COLLECTION OF marketing for Minty Fresh (the crack musicianship (he works with a }' r, Ralph's World albums appear on its full acoustic/electric band, including INTERVIEWS IS AN children's imprint, Mini Fresh), says some of Chicago's more prominent UNPRECEDENTED that a number of tastemaking inde- players), and expert grasp of what most pendent record stores around the entertains young children. Covert will TROVE OF INTIMATE country are carrying and actively be doing in- stores at retail outlets FIRST PERSON promoting At the Bottom of the Sea, around the country; already booked which streeted April 9. According to are in Los Ange- INSIGHTS INTO appearances Chicago, Musiala, this is the first kids' release he says, theorizing that one reason for les, and Palo Alto, Calif. THE GREATEST that many of these retailers have ever this is that independent retailers have "It's a very musical album," ADA GROUP IN THE put on their shelves. started their own families and thus are salesman Tim Fath says of At the 'The Minty Fresh connection is what more open to hip children's music. Bottom of the Sea. Fath, who is Billboard ANNALS OF ROCK. pushed us over the edge, as far as car- Just as Minty Fresh founder Jim based in the company's Miami office, rying the Ralph's World titles [At the Powers has young kids of his own, adds, "We're known for alternative The Beatles Reader Bottom of the Sea and its predecessor, Musiala says that "retailers grow up, and college rock, so this is an un- Ralph's World]," says Rich Manning, too-many of those who were just out usual project for us." A must for any Beatles or music fan. Billboard's remarkable owner of Atomic Records in Milwaukee. of college when the label began [10 Fath says ADA is selling Ralph's collection of world -exclusive, in -depth interviews from 1992 "Usually we ignore those little years ago] now have children." Plus, World albums to Borders Books & through 2001 with the late George Harrison as well as kids," he adds with a laugh, "unless Minty Fresh wholesaler Alternative Music, Barnes & Noble, and Amazon Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, as each offered memories it's to stock something like Kid Distribution Alliance (ADA) employs and notes that At the Bottom of the of the legendary John Lennon and the indelible music the Rhino's Gumby DVD boxed set. But "salespeople who have kids-their own Sea is "an easier sell" than its prede- Fab Four created together and as solo artists. At the Bottom of the Sea is a fun `test audience' -which gives them cessor, because this time Covert's rep- record; we've been playing it in the more leverage when they're working utation preceded him. DON'T MISS OUT. ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY! store, and we've sold several. It's a to sell Ralph's World to indie retailers." "Word -of-mouth on this release has nice little break from teenage angst." Reckless Records, he notes, has At the been fantastic," Fath observes, "and AVAILABLE FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY Manning says Ralph's World has its Bottom of the Sea in its listening sta- word -of-mouth will help to keep sell- own section in Atomic Records. tion and is also displaying posters. ing it as it does with a great inde- FOR (plus shipping) just JUST $9.95 Musiala notes that other indie Ralph's World is the creation of pendent film. Another Ralph's World To order your copy visit: www.orderbillboard.com record stores currently stockingAt the Ralph Covert, a veteran of both the release is due this fall, and sales will or email [email protected] Bottom of the Sea include Reckless Chicago rock scene and the Old Town only keep getting better."

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BY RASHAUN HALL your time and go over it." says VP of marketing Tracey Gar- NEW YORK -Known for his bat- Ali marks the second time that vin. While the company will em- tles both in the ring and in the Voight and Mann have worked bark on a national TV and print This.. world at large, legendary boxer together, the first being for 1995's campaign in support of the title, Muhammad Ali has long been con- Los Angeles crime drama Heat. It B.V. OSCAR SLATE: As expected, Buena language track. Buena Vista is banking sidered a heroic icon of the 20th was Mann's "eye and support" that Vista Home Entertainment has an- on this film's post -Oscar buzz in its pro- century. With Columbia's Ali -set led Voight to accept the Ali role, nounced a hearty summer home -video motional campaign and will emphasize for release on DVD -Video ($27.96) though he does recall feeling release schedule for its slate of Oscar - the feature's acclaim in its TV spots. April 30- director Michael Mann some trepidation. nominated films. Iris, the story of English novelist Iris brought to life the boxer's often "I was out of the country, and The roster kicks off with the July 9 Murdoch and her battle with Alzhei- controversial story, focusing on Michael called me and said, 'What DVD -Video release of Touchstone's mer's disease, will include a behind - the 10 -year span from 1964 to do you think about playing dark family comedy The Royal Tenen - the-scenes featurette, as well as infor- 1974 and the famed "Rumble in Howard Cosell ?' " Voight says. baums ($29.99), nominated in the best mation about this medical condition. the Jungle" fight against George "That was obviously a very inter- original screenplay category for the Starring best actress nominee Judi Foreman in Zaire. esting question, and I think every- work of writer /director Wes Anderson Dench, the film also features best sup- Jon Voight, who was nominated one who heard that I was playing and writer /actor Owen Wilson. The porting actor winner Jim Broadbent for an Academy Award in the best Howard Cosell initially had a sim- two -disc set will include an in -depth and best supporting actress nominee ilar response to mine -how did he look at Anderson's directorial style and Kate Winslet. Expect a largely PR -driv- arrive at picking me for that part? Garvin notes, "We wanted to be philosophy, interviews with members en marketing effort. The more I thought about it, the out there within that 30 -day peri- of the cast (which include Gene Hack- more I thought I would be the od or so after the Academy Awards man, Anjelica Huston, and Gwyneth CONVENTION LINEUP: The Video Soft- right fellow to try it in a Michael to really work off the heat and Paltrow), and deleted scenes. ware Dealers Assn. (VSDA) has an- Mann movie." notoriety from that." Lori McPherson, VP of brand mar- nounced the seminar offerings for its In order to get into his role, Retailers are expecting the title keting for Buena Vista, says that retail- July 16 -18 Home Entertainment 2002 Voight studied video footage of to receive strong support from ers have shown early support for the convention taking place at the Rio Suite Cosell. "He was a television phe- consumers. Rhadames De La title. "We will have a very broad TV Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Attendees nomenon," Voight says. "It was a Cruz, DVD buyer at a Tower Rec- advertising campaign on all of the will have the opportunity to participate matter of just taking the gestures ords outlet in New York, says, "I major networks and on entertainment in one of five seminar tracks: DVD, re- and the sounds [he made] and try- think it is one of those movies that cable stations like E!," she says. "We tailing operations, technologies and ing to trace them back to the roots people will buy because they are also going to have a multiple -pur- trends, adult issues and product, and of where they came from, and missed it in the theater. I mean, it chase offer: When you buy the DVD acquiring new independent films. Top- then making that bridge between deals with Ali and Will Smith, and and [Hollywood Record's Royal Tenen - ics will include the future of DVD extras my own personality and his." that's a great combination that baums] soundtrack [at the same lime], and programming, loss prevention, supporting actor category for his The film's ultimate critical ac- people will want in their collec- you will get an instant $5 off." video -industry trends, and how to make role as sports reporter and Ali foil claim, stemming particularly from tion." Next in line will be July 16's French money with independent product. Howard Cosell, recalls watching Voight's and Smith's performanc- filmAmelie, also available as a two-disc VSDA president Bo Andersen says the famed Foreman fight while es, will play a large role in Colum- Additional reporting by Margo Whit- DVD -Video priced at $29.99. Miramax's the seminar programs reflect the show's filming Ali in Switzerland. "The bia's Ali promotional campaign, mire in Los Angeles. magical tale starring Audrey Tautou renewed focus on business elements fight was really frightening, but it and thinks that panels such as the "DVD was also amazing," he says. "The & VHS- Balancing the Product Mix" fact that [Ali] prevailed was a program will be of particular interest. miraculous event and something LAI; "This is such an extraordinary issue for that was very popular, of course." A AIM' retailers every day. [They] are trying not Making Ali, which stars Will TUNE IN, TURN ON! to understock VHS and estimate their Smith (also nominated this year demand for DVD. I also think the in the best actor category) in the Buena Vista research program on the future of the title role and actors including Home Entertainment industry will be compelling." Jamie Foxx, Mario Van Peebles, Mykelti Williamson, and Nona KUROSAWA COLLECTION: Independent Gaye, held special meaning for received five Academy Award nomina- video supplier Wellspring Media has Voight, as he has known the boxer tions, including best foreign language joined with Amazon.com to release the and his family for several years. film. The DVD -Video version is packed Limited Edition Kurosawa DVD Col- "I have an affection for Muham- with such extras as interviews with lection. Currently slated for a Sept. 9 mad because I knew him during

- issue date, the $129.98 -disc his comeback in early '70s," FEAR Tautou and director Jean Pierre three set the it metCS o! FACTOR fea- will include a newly remastered edition he says. "It was meaningful for me VOW Jeunet, "making of' and design 'x ''''..,.dR turettes, and cast members' audition of famed Japanese director Akira Kuro- to retrace those footsteps, and I if tapes. Buena Vista is pursuing target- sawa's Ran (a 1985 adaptation of Shake- knew that Michael would get ed TV and print advertising. A deal with speare's King Lear); his final film, behind the scenes and find out the flamer network is being discussed. Madadayo (1993); a detailed Kurosawa what was really going on." Single -disc, $29.99 -priced DVD - documentary; a Ran mini -poster; col- The DVD version of the film, Videos of Miramax's In the Bedroom lectible images; a miniature Shoji which is presented in wide screen (Aug. 13) and Iris (Aug. 20) round out screen; and a certificate of authenticity. and includes theatrical trailers the list. In the Bedroom, the lbdd Field- A limited run of 5,000 numbered sets and animated menus, will be par- directed drama about a family tragedy will be available exclusively through ticularly valuable for Mann's that earned nods in the best picture, Amazon at a discounted price of $99.98. directorial style, Voight says. You see them on some of the biggest, highest -rated shows on Prime Time best actress (Sissy Spacek), best actor "When you do something in a lim- "Michael makes films that have TV. Prime Time Playmates - Uncensored. Tune in and watch all (Tom Wilkinson), and best supporting ited run, collectors look at the product many layers, so I think that it's the action the networks can't air! actress (Marisa Tomei) categories, will as something that is different," Well- nice to have a DVD because you PLAYBOY not include any extras, according to Mc- spring VP /GM of home video Dan can go over sections," he explains. HOME Pherson, though it will feature a dou- Gurlitz says. "The box itself is gor- "There is so much good filmmak- VIDEO ble- viewing option allowing users to geous. It's rice paper outside; it's gold- ing in it and so many different lev- ©2002 Playboy Entertainment Group, Inc. www.playboy.com watch a version dubbed with a French- embossed. It's stunningly simple." els of stuff going on. You can take

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20 TOM & JERRY MAGIC RING Animated 2002 NR 14.95 AP WARNER FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT/WARNER HOME VIDEO 65551 IL27 Billboard TOP VIDEO RENTALSM BOB THE BUILDER: BUSY BOB & SILLY SPUD Animated 2002 NR 14.99 Top Mdea Rentals is based on transactional data. provided by the Wee Software Dealers Assn.. hom mere than 12.000 video rental stores. usimmigm LYRICK STUDIOS 24107 cux co PLANET OF THE APES Mark Wahlberg 2001 PG-13 14.98 Ñ TITLE Principal F F00VIDEOmo3358 Helena Bonham Carter LABEL/DISTRIBUTING LABEL & NUMBER Performers ¢ 22 DORA SAVES THE PRINCE Dora The Explorer 2002 NR 12.95 Tt`'t= NUMBER 1 ?á,; 3 Weeks At Number l NICKELODEON VIDEO/ PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT 860183 TRAINING DAY Denzel Washington R 1 THE PATRIOT Mel Gibson 2000 R 14.95 WARNER HOME VIDEO 21962 Ethan Hawke COLUMBIA TRISTAR HOME VIDEO 05702 } BANDITS ruce Willis 2 pG -13 ^,. ® MGM HOME ENTERTAINMENT 1003234 Billy BobB Thornton 29 AMERICA'S SWEETHEARTS Julia Roberts 2001 PG-13 14.95 THIRTEEN GHOSTS Shannon Elizabeth R COLUMBIA TRISTAR HOME VIDEO 07327 Billy Crystal T 3 MI WARNER HOME VIDEO 22083 k:.. Matthew Lillard 36 DRAGONBALL Z: MAJIN BUU- HERO'S FAREWELL (EDITED) Animated 2002 NR 14.95 K -PAX Kevin `4 2 Spacey p6 13 FUNIMATION 340 ® UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME VIDEO 89147 Jeff Bridges

' RIDING IN CARS WITH BOYS Drew Barrymore p6 13 33 DRAGONBALL Z: MAJIN BUU- DEFIANCE (EDITED) Animated 2002 NR 14.95 5 3 ® COLUMBIA TRISTAR HOME VIDEO 07129 Steve Zahn FUNIMATION 336 ®DON'T SAY A WORD Michael Douglas R PG FOxvmEO 200:420 THE WEDDING PLANNER Jennifer Lopez 2000 -13 14.95 b 4 COLUMBIA TRISTAR HOME VIDEO 05718 Matthew McConaughey JOY RIDE Steve Zahn 7 5 R mxvmEO2003452 Paul Walker 34 BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY Renee Zellweger 2001 R 14.99 MIRAMAK HOME ENTERTAINMENT /BUENA VISTA HOME ENTERTAINMENT 24647 ZOOLANDER Ben Stiller 8 6 P6 -13 PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT 337373 26 DRAGONBALL Z: MAJIN BUU- DEFIANCE (UNEDITED) Animated 2002 NR 14.95 ORIGINAL SIN Antonio Banderas FUNIMATION 337 MGM HOME ENTERTAINMENT 1001871 9 Angelina Jolie A.I.: ARTIFICIAL INTEWGENCE Haley Joel Osment SAVE THE LAST DANCE Julia Stiles 2000 PG -13 14.95 10 8 DREAMWORKS HOME ENTERTAINMENT 8%50 pG13 PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT 156613 Jude Law 11 THE LAST CASTLE Robert Redford R 39 0 BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? George Clooney 2000 PG -13 14.99 10. DREAMWORKS HOME ENTERTAINMENT 89869 James Gandolfini TOUCHSTONE HOME VIDEO /BUENA VISTA HOME ENTERTAINMENT 24194 HEIST Gene Hackman ¡'12 7 R j,. WARNER HOME VIDEO 21321 Danny Devito 35 A KNIGHT'S TALE Heath Ledger 2001 PG -13 14.95 . COLUMBIA TRISTAR HOME VIDEO 06140 HARDBALL Keanu Reeves 113 11 PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT 333793 P6 -13 27 DRAGONBALL Z: MAJIN BUU -HERO'S FAREWELL (UNEDITED) Animated 2002 NR 14.95 LIFE AS A HOUSE Kevin Kline R 339 "` 14 17 FUNIMATION NEW LINE HOME VIDEONVARNER HOME VIDEO 12345

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BY MARC SCHIFFMAN "You can get a really good read on Goldner does this by pointing out take -it was an event. Take every to judgment," she says. "If the pay- Airplay Monitor a record early," he says-which is sample -size issues or whether a cer- Madonna song that wasn't a hit in off is only a few weeks away, it makes NEW YORK -It happens at radio why he'll put songs in callout as tain demographic cell is over- or the last 10 years. If it doesn't call - much more sense to wait. Experi- almost weekly now: The song that early as the 20 -spin mark at his sta- under- represented and what the out like 'American Pie,' you still ence should tell us that while there wasn't testing in callout research a tion. But that's only when the song potential scores might be. played it 150 or 200 spins, you is no guarantee of a hit, staying with month ago finally kicks in, usually has been warmed up in the market gave it a shot, and followed it up a record for a little longer can make after a label was forced to walk away by airplay on MTV or rival stations. MITIGATING DATA with a powerful hit." all the difference. I've seen it time from it. While labels have always A station might be willing to bag Programmers have always main- PDs make allowances for balance and time again." maintained that PDs expect callout on a record after 150 spins, but Ole - tained that research is just one ele- records, especially in today's more Rice wants labels to keep in sen is not going to walk away until ment they examine. Like Univer- extreme musical environment. mind that there are only so many "you don't see phones or consistent While Kylie Minogue was top five callout after a minimum of 250 'Radio for WBLI, Rice says that "most sta- spins in a market." Most label reps programmers tions only had [ "Can't Get You out agree that an R &B crossover, which are under enormous of My Head "] in Bs, and for most usually starts with other airplay in stations it wasn't stellar callout. the market, will test sooner. pressure and are Nevertheless, I think a lot of people And even 250 spins is not always needed to play that song, because enough, Olesen emphasizes, recall- naturally impatient there was so much rock and R &B ing that Bon Jovi's "It's My Life" took to only and hip -hop out." nearly 300 spins to test. "That was a play Rice cites 'N Sync and Britney battle, week in and week out." Only immediate hits. They Spears as two other acts that must be by being warmed up at adult top 40 played regardless of what the data is did the song start showing a pulse need to allow saying. "It's active, so you have to play for mainstream top 40 rivals. it." Laird adds, " 'N Sync and Britney Olesen also notes that if a song is artists and records Spears never test-or rarely -and starting solely at top 40, "it's the time to develop.' they still get played, because they results too soon, the research dayparts, not just the spins. It's got work, they're hits." "oops" particularly rankles at a time to be the dayparts between 6 a.m. BONNIE GOLDNER. MCA RECORDS slots for new music in a given when the financial investment in and 7 p.m. [for a fair test]." OOPS ... I'LL ADD IT AGAIN week, and sometimes he simply has any song is higher and the industry Another problem that Goldner But 'N Sync's "Gone" was one of to make room. Laird admits that can't afford to lose hits. cites is that because radio will see sal -who will cut a song some slack those songs that began researching research is not always infallible, As mainstream top 40 KHTS San perhaps 10 tracks a year that explode if three of his five indicators are in a number of markets (often fueled but it's still one of the most impor- Diego PD Diana Laird says, she'll drop out of the gate -like "Family Affair" strong-Laird says, "If I'm getting by the record's surprise R &B suc- tant tools in her arsenal, and labels a song "when the research sucks," but by Mary J. Blige or "It Wasn't Me" by phones and bad research, I'll still cess) after PDs had decided that the would do better, she says, to under- she also admits that "we joke that the Shaggy -they get conditioned to take a look at it. If everyone in the song was over. Rice has several stand it more. "They'll argue be- second we drop something, it comes expect that from any record after 150 building thinks it sounds good on songs that has happened to, among cause you're not telling them what back great in research." spins. "Radio programmers are under the radio, I'll give it more time." them Alicia Keys' "A Woman's they want to hear." So how do PDs decide when it's enormous pressure and are natural- Riccitelli agrees that growth or Worth," Daft Punk's "One More Riccitelli agrees that "you don't time to give up on a song? And how ly impatient to play only immediate positive showing on fronts other Time," and Darude's "Sandstorm." want to question the station's would labels like for them to decide, hits," she says. "They need to allow than research "buys you time if Because those songs don't often research, because that's a battle you particularly when, as Jive Records artists and records time to develop. I research is not working out." reach critical mass as currents, once lose; but if you have some other senior VP of pop promotion Joe Ric - would tell programmers to stay the Olesen adds, "Our argument to they do kick in, they're much slow- information you can promote to citelli notes, his job is always to view bad callout is, 'Look at the sales,' them, then it's like being in court. If the glass as half -full? because the hardest thing to get you assemble your facts and argu- At first glance, the acid tests anybody to do is spend money." ments the right way, you should win aren't so different. Top 40 WKSE When it comes to requests, WBLI most of the time. That's the way we Buffalo, N.Y., PD Dave Universal's Long Island, N.Y., PD /Cox top 40 for- try to present most of the discus- five keys sum up what everyone is mat specialist Jeremy J.J. Rice will sions here." looking for: research, requests, sales, discount heavy requests for a super- Goldner says a big difference MTV, and other market airplay. "If star, because it's an expected part of between her colleagues and the sta- you don't have at least three of the the equation, but requests for a new tions they deal with is that a radio five, you're gone," he says. artist can indicate a healthy grass- station can walk away from a rec- Likewise, Island Def Jam Music roots groundswell. It's the flip side, ord any time it wants and has the Group VP of national top 40 promo- he says, of songs from such acts as option of either re- adding the song tion Erik Olesen says there's trouble Lifehouse or Nickelback that are if it comes back in research or "when you see all the active ele- research monsters but don't gener- moving on to the next single. But ments in a song not connecting." ate requests. radio doesn't have the same finan- At the crux of the matter is when a cial investment in the single that station can reasonably expect a song EXCEPTIONS TO THE RULES the label does. to generate callout. "Programmers course and not overreact to the There are those records that can er to burn. "You've got to put them "Radio stations depend on the want to see a record research in 150 roller -coaster effect of peaks and val- skip research, pass go, and collect in the auditorium test six or nine record companies developing super- spins," MCA Records VP of national leys. DreamWorks nearly lost Nelly their 200 spins. "I add a lot of rec- months later, and certain songs will stars for them. It's part of their promotion Bonnie Goldner says. Ric - Furtado three times, and she contin- ords that I know will never call out," come back," he says. "The listeners branding," she points out. "Yet if citelli agrees that radio wants "to see ued on to sell more than 2 million Universal says, "but I play them for do catch on." programmers do not allow records a record react quicker than records CDs and win a Grammy." other reasons." Goldner has seen so many exam- and artists to grow over a reasonable have a tendency to react." They think Goldner adds, "You're always sub- Rice says, "There's nothing ples of records coming back in time, record companies will find 250 -300 spins is more reasonable. ject to the research itself. There are wrong with playing an event research just after being dropped themselves under tremendous But Universal contends that 90% weeks when the research is flawed, record. The Alanis Morissette hit that she wonders whether stations financial pressure, with new artists of the time, if a record starts out and you have to ask the right ques- No. 18, but the stations that played shouldn't just stay with a record. often abandoned prematurely and at with bad research, it stays there. tions to find out if it's a bad batch." the Alanis weren't making a mis- "Radio stations often seem to rush great financial loss to the company."

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AAUYAN, MORE THAN A WOMAN 6 CAROLYN DAWN JOHNSON I DONT WANT YOU TO GO FAT JOE, WHAT'S LUV MOBY, WE ARE ALL MADE OF STARS tough task for anyone, but for masses, Clark remembers that the NAS, ONE MIC AUSON KRAUSS & UNION STARON, SET MI TOUCH YOU FO 410111E NICKELBACK, TOO BAD JOHN MAYER, NO SUCH THING broadcasting legend Dick Clark, it show had its difficult moments: "We JA RULE DOWN A" B11CH 8 WILLIE NELSON, MENDOCINO COUNTY LINE ASHANTI, FOOLISH ENRIQUE IGLESIAS, ESCAPE

$ UL BOW WOW, TAKEYA HOME 9 MARTINA MCBRIDE BLESSED MARY J. BUGS RAINY DAYZ SHAKIRA, UNDERNEATH YOUR CLOTHES was an especially difficult but had a lot of detractors, and the big- to MARY J. BUGE, RAINY DAYZ 10 TRAVIS TRITT, MODERN DAY BONNIE AND CLYDE 10 BUSTA RHYMES, PASS THE COURVOISIER PART II TO PINK, DON LET ME GET ME rewarding responsibility. Clark - gest misconception of the show was 11 BIG TYMERS, STILL FLY 11 JOANNA JANET, SINCE I'VE SEEN YOU LAST Yi MICHELLE BRANCH, ALL YOU WANTED 31 CEUNE DION, A NEW DAY HAS COME who hosted the landmark music that we played only vanilla music. 42 JAHEIM, ANYTHING 12 JAMIE O'NEAL FRANTIC 12 GOO GOO DOLLS, HERE IS GONE 12 DEFAULT, WASTING MY TIME

13 FAT JOE, WHAT'S LUV 13 GARY ALLAN, THE ONE 13 MOBY, WE ARE ALL MADE OF STARS 13 ALANIS MORISSETTE HANDS CLEAN series during most of its 1942 -1989 But every moment was memorable.

14 BUSTA RHYMES. PASS THE COURVOISIER PART II 14 DARRYL WORLEY, I MISS MY FRIEND 14 PINK, DON'T LET ME GET ME 14 KYUE MINOGUE, CAN'T GET YOU OUT OF MY HEAD run -had to select from hundreds There are too many great memories 15 RAPHAEL SAADIO, BE HERE 15 NICKEL CREEK, THE LIGHTHOUSES TALE 15 USHER, U DON'T HAVE TO CALL 45 FIVE FOR RGHTING, EASY TONIGHT of hours of footage what would to name them all." 16 USHER, U DONT HAVE TO CALL IN ALAN JACKSON, DRIVE /FOR DADDY GENE) 16 X- ECUTIONERS, ITS COIN' DOWN 18 NICKELBACK. TOO BAD

77 17 TV is FAITH EVANS, I LOVE YOU 17 PAT GREEN. THREE DAYS 17 VANESSA CARLTON, A THOUSAND MILES CHER, SONG FOR THE LONELY make it into the two -hour spe- And after all these years, Clark

?8 AVANT, MAKIN GOOD LOVE 18 BROOKS & DUNN. MY HEART IS LOST TO YOU LUDACRIS, SATURDAY 000X11 LR LENNY KRAVIIZ, STILLNESS OF HEART I000HI cial American Bandstand's 50th .. . getting back in the business of pro- 19 19 PAUL MCCARTNEY, LONELY ROAD '9 LUDACRIS, SATURDAY I000HI 000HII STEVE EARLE, SOME DREAMS BRITNEY SPEARS, OVERPROTECTED A Celebration!, which is set to air ducing a weekly music show on TV. ANGIE STONE WISH I DIDN'T MISS YOU 20 TRACE ADKINS, HELP ME UNDERSTAND UNWRITTEN LAW, SEEIN' RED MARY J. BUGE, FAMILY AFFAIR

1 G -DEP, SPECIAL DELIVERY 21 GARTH BROOKS & TRISHA YEARWODD, SOUFFLE ME IN FAITH EVANS, I LOVE YOU JEWEL BREAK ME May 3 on ABC at 8 p.m. ET (Bill- In a partnership with Clear Channel MAXWELL THIS WOMAN'S WORK M REBA MCENTIRE, SWEET MUSIC MAN TRIK TURNER, FRIENDS & THE FAMILY MARY J. BUGE, NO MORE DRAMA board, April 13). Entertainment, Dick Clark Produc- C3 JILL SCOTT, GIMME 23 TOMMY SHANE STEINER, WHAT IF SHE'S AN ANGEL ENRIQUE IGLESIAS, ESCAPE VANESSA CARLTON, A THOUSAND MILES tions is developing a new music GLENN LEWIS, DON'T YOU FORGET IT 24 GARY ALLAN, RIGHT WHERE I NEED TO BE N.E.R.D., ROCK STAR -POSER THE CALLING, WHEREVER YOU WILL G0

3 CUPSE, GRINDIN 25 CYNDI THOMSON, WHAT I REALLY MEANT TO SAY BRANDY, FULL MOON CREED, MY SACRIFICE series that will showcase artists ROB JACKSON, BOOM BOOM BOOM 26 MONTGOMERY GENTRY, COLD ONE COMIN ON 82K. UH HUH NO DOUBT, HEY BABY through music videos, live per- FULL MOON :7 MUSICL HALF CRAZY 27 CAROLYN DAWN JOHNSON , COMPLICATED MUM, HALF CRAZY BRANDY, formances at Clear Channel venues, PROPHET JONES, CRY TOGETHER 28 BROOKS & DUNN, ONLY IN AMERICA NELLY FURTADO, .. ON THE RADIO JIMMY EAT WORLD, THE MIDDLE REMY SHAND, TAKE A MESSAGE 2B ALISON KRAUSS, THE LUCKY ONE RES, THEY SAY VISION COURSE OF NATURE, CAUGHT IN THE SUN and behind -the -scenes footage (Bill-

S FIRE BRIAN MCKNIGHT, WHAT'S IT GONNA BE 30 EMERSON DRIVE, I SHOULD BE SLEEPING AUEN ANT FARM, ATTITUDE TRAIN, SHE ON board, March 2). Clark tells Bill- é1 KEKE WYATT, NOTHING IN THIS WORLD 31 GEORGE JONES, 50,000 NAMES DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL SCREAMING INFIDELITIES MARY J. BLIGE, RAINY DAYZ board he plans to take the show into NAPPY ROOTS, AWNAW 32 SARA EVANS, I COULD NOT ASK FOR MORE NAPPY ROOTS, AWNAW TWEET, OOPS, OH MY TWEET, OOPS, OH MY 33 JO DEE MESSINA, BRING ON THE RAIN JAY-Z, SONG CRY UFEHOUSE, HANGINGBY A MOMENT syndication or to late -night TV on a THEY KNOC TURN'AL KNOC 34 JAMIE O'NEAL WHEN I THINK ABOUT ANGELS UL BOW WOW, TAKE YA HOME RES, SAY VISION broadcast network. WYCLEF JEAN, PJ'S 35 TRACE ADKINS, IM TRYIN' JOHN MAYER, NO SUCH THING MICHELLE BRANCH, ALL YOU WANTED

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ANDY GRIGGS, TONIGHT I WANNA BE YOUR MAN HOOBASTANK, RUNNING AWAY AUCIA KEYS, HOW COME YOU DON'T CALL ME Night, Let's Do It Again, and A Piece LONESTAR, NOT A DAY GOES BY INCUBUS, WARNING CHAD KROEGER, HERO of the Action. Smith will star in at THE DERAILERS, BAR EXAM UNKIN PARK, POINTS OF AUTHORITY TOMMY LEE, HOLD ME DOWN JILL SCOTT, GIMME least one of the remakes, which will Clark is the host/executive pro- be released by Warner Bros. Pic- ducer of the special. He says, "Amer- tures. The versatile Smith has also A SAMPLING 0= PLAYLISTS SUBMITTED BY ican Bandstand is like my fourth signed on for a starring voice role NATIONAL & LOCAL MUSIC VIDEO OUTLETS child. I love it and cherish it. I'm in the DreamWorks Pictures ani- FOR THE WEEK ENDING APRIL 27, 2002 THE CLIP LIST especially proud that the show gave mation film Sharkslayer. The movie so many artists their first chance to has a "mobsters in the sea world" perform on national TV- everyone plot and is expected to be released EUROPE from Little Richard, Chuck Berry, in 2004. ntaaCFb54WíC tq!

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by Silvio Pietroluongo, Minal Patel, Wade Jesse Counter. Minded.. THROUGH THE ROOF: The folks at Warner Bros. ing ceremony of the Olympic Winter Games. HAPPY DAYZ: Mary J. Bilge earns her 14th top has been on the chart for six months and in are dancing in the halls, while rival labels In the Jan. 19 issue, he jumped 152 -103 after 10 single on the Hot R &B/Hip -Hop Singles & the public conscience even longer, dating scratch their heads at the huge leap made by visits to Today and Brian Boitano's Skating Tracks chart, as "Rainy Dayz" featuring Ja Rule back to last spring when it started seeing air- rookie Josh Groban after his April 12 appear- Spectacular followed his appearance in the moves 11 -10. play at some stations and ran in promos for ance on the ABC News show 20/20. While it's Christmas episode of Ally McBeal. This comes the NHL's 2001 Stanley Cup playoffs. not unusual to nearly 10 years Releasing a single to retail after a song has see an artist EASTER'S CATCH -22: Last week, album volume after Blige's peaked usually diminishes the scan poten- benefit from was down 13.5 %, while album sales for this first single, tial, but we are only five weeks removed from TV exposure, year were down 8.4% from the same point in "You Remind when "Go" hit its ceiling of 88 million lis- Groban's 466% 2001. This issue's charts reflect album units Me," from the teners. While you can make the case for lis- burst -good that are off 22.4% from the same week last year, Strictly Busi- tener burn, there seems to be more to it than for a 121 -12 while year -to -date album sales are now down ness sound- that: Look at a comparable release from flight on The 9.4% from 2001's pace (see Market Watch, page track, which 2000, and the disparity in units is alarming. Billboard 6). Welcome to the adjustment week. debuted on this In July 2000, Vertical Horizon, a rock band 200 -shows a As noted recently in this column, Easter chart in May with its first radio hit, released a CD single for particularly came two weeks earlier this year; last year, it 1992. "Remind" eventually went on to become "Everything You Want" a month after its audi- eager reaction landed on April 15. Thus, the units that build her first No. 1 single in the July 25, 1992, issue. ence peak (also 88 million). "Want" scanned by consumers, considering that there were this issue's charts are competing with 200l's Prolific rapper Ja Rule racks up his eighth 29,500 units its first week out. Nearly two years only two days left in the tracking week after Easter frame. The silver lining around this top 10 on this chart with "Dayz." Half of later, the total for "Go" is roughly 91% smaller. the prime -time magazine aired Groban's seg- dark cloud: The year -to -date album deficit those hits are his own songs, with the other The labels' retreat from retail- available sin- ment, which was previewed earlier that same before this year's Easter frame was actually a half coming from guest stints, like this track. gles prompts at least two limitations. Product evening on Peter Jennings' newscast. little bit deeper, at 9.5% (Market Watch, Bill- Blige's MCA labelmate Avant jumps placement in those accounts that still sell sin- Just shy of 56,000 this week, Groban's board, April 6). "Rainy Dayz" to earn Greatest Gainer /Air- gles is scattered, and in many stores, the area 46,000 -unit gain yields his album's highest play honors with "Makin' Good Love"; the set aside for singles is unattractive. Also, those rank to date. Its prior peak had been No. 41. VETERANS' DAY: Two artists with decades - song moves 12 -9. With an increase in audi- consumers who used to scour the singles sec- Last summer, news of Aaliyah's death in a long careers, Neil Young and Bonnie Raitt, ence of 8.6 million, Avant is now batting 4 tion do not have any expectation of finding plane crash brought about a 246,000 -unit achieve higher ranks on The Billboard 200 for 4, as all his charting singles have made their favorite songs. Quite often, we see sin- gain: Her album jumped to No. 1 (Billboard, than either has seen in recent years. it to the top 10 -his most recent being his gles sell more in their second week, which Sept. 15, 2001), up 392% over the prior Young enters at No. 10 with 56,000 units. appearance on Keke Wyatt's "Nothing in means fans have less awareness of a single's week. In 1998, the soundtrack to Touched By It is his best sales week and his first top This World," which peaked at No. 4. arrival than in years past. Without a well - an Angel vaulted 105 -16 with a 527% gain 10 album since Also earning accolades on Hot R &B /Hip- organized and publicized effort between the (an increase of 92,500 units) after one of the 1995, when Hop Singles & Tracks is Boyz II Men. They labels and retail, a reversal of this trend seem album's participants, Wynonna, appeared on Mirror Ball - earn the Hot Shot Debut with "The Color of less and less likely. an episode of that CBS drama. But with the the album he Love" at No. 59. It is their first appearance exception of street -date violations or albums recorded with since their shift from Universal to Arista and ON THE BACKROADS: Newcomer Anthony released with staggered shipping schedules, Pearl Jam - their highest entry position since "A Song Smith's "If That Ain't Country" takes Hot Shot Groban's swell is the largest percentage started at No. 5 for Mama" from the Soul Food soundtrack Debut honors at No. 49 on Hot Country Sin- growth that any artist's album has seen since on 98,000 bowed at No. 3 in December 1997. gles & Tracks, scoring the second -highest open- SoundScan came online in 1991. units. Raitt er for a debut single in the current chart year. The last title to exceed Groban's 121 -rung bows at No. 13 WRONG NUMBER: The news on the singles Of the dozen first singles by new artists that sprint was the multi- artist Christian compi- with 54,000, front continues to disappoint. This issue's have reached the chart this year, only Brad Mar- lation Songs 4 Life -Feel the Power! That her best rank since Longing in Their Hearts highest- debuting title on the Hot 100 Sin- tin's No. 46 start with "Before I Knew Better" set jumped 125 places (168 -43) in the April reached No. 1 in 1994 -though her last one, gles Sales chart -at No. 13 -is "Wherever bowed higher than Smith's title. (By the way, 4, 1999, issue of Billboard. A few soundtracks 1998's Fundamental, which peaked at No. You Will Go" by the Calling, a song that has Martin gains 88 detections and steps 35 -34.) have had larger moves. But apart from those 17, had two weeks when it sold a bit more been on The Billboard Hot 100 for nearly six Smith previously made his mark on the with odd opening weeks, the last time any than the new album's opening sum. months, peak- chart as a songwriter, with George Strait's act's album saw a larger jump was Dio's Higher on the big chart, Goo Goo Dolls ing at No. 5 "Run" and Trace Adkins' "I'm Tryin'." They Sacred Heart -which advanced 136 spots have their best opening week, bowing at No. five weeks ago peaked at No. 2 and No. 6, respectively, in the (185 -49) in the pre -SoundScan days of 4 with 101,000 units -far surpassing the and reboun- Dec. 15, 2001, issue. 1985 -while the first Enigma album, in 65,000 units that placed 1998's Dizzy Up the ding 15 -13. Compared with the same period last year, 1991, is the only artist project to see a bigger Girl at No. 17. This is the fourth 100,000 - What would debut singles by new acts in 2002 are slight- bounce since The Billboard 200 began using plus week in the Goo Goos' career. the CD single ly more plentiful and are opening a bit high- SoundScan data earlier that year. The latter At the top of the page, last issuex's news- of such a huge er on the chart. Nine such singles entered by soared 169 -47 in the March 9, 1991, issue - maker Ashanti retains No. 1, despite a sec- radio hit scan this time last year, with an average opening a 122 -place climb. ond -week decline of 51% (246,000). She in its first position of No. 58. The current year-to -date Throughout this young year, Groban's holds a 20,000 lead over recent chart.champ week at retail? average debut is No. 55. album has shined consistently in the glow of Celine Dion, who is down 14% from the If you guessed Elsewhere on the chart, Smith's Mercury TV exposure, bending the proverb from the prior week. The bows of Dion's and Ashanti's 2,500 units, you are sadly correct. labelmate Steve Azar snags his first top 10, movie Field of Dreams to read, "If they see albums were the only weeks this year when This lackluster total can be attributed to with "I Don't Have to Be Me ('Til Monday)," him, they will buy." In the March 16 issue, a title has sold more than a half -million many things. The higher price point of $4.98 gaining 380 detections (11 -10). He charted he zipped 100 -50 with a 56.6% gain after he units. There had been three such weeks by for the product, which includes a video of the two singles in 1996 on the now -defunct and Charlotte Church did a duet at the clos- this time last year. track, could pose a deterrent. Also, the song River North imprint.

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46 140 154 THE BEATLES e 1 1 CD FIVE FOR FIGHTING America Town 54 APPLE 29325/CAPITOL 112.98/18.981 AWARE/COLUMBIA 83759/CRG (7 98 EO/17.98) 147 148 - LIL' J All About J 147 VARIOUS ARTISTS WOW Hits 2002: The Year's 30 Top Christian Artists And Hits 52 HOLLYWOOD 162322118.98 CDI ! ® EMI CHRISTIAN/PROVIDENT/WORD 51850/SPARROW (19.98121.981 148 105 38 Thrive NEWSBOYS 38 199 198 185 JANET 2 AllForYou 1 SPARROW 51846 (1798 CDI VIRGIN 10144 (1298/1998) 149 147 133 SOUNDTRACK All About The Benjamins 65 200 166 - COURSE OF NATURE Superkala 166 SLIP -N -SLIDE 39011 /NEW LINE /1298/18981 LAVA/ATLANTIC 83526/AG (798/1198) e

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www.americanradiohistory.com AP2002RIL 2: AP 7 AP2002RIL 27 2002 TOP CLASSICAL ALBUMS TM Billboard Billboard TOP JAll ALBUMS. Billboard W W TOP CLASSICAL BUDGET 3 ; CLASSICAL MASTERPIECES: CLASSICS FOR RELAKATKN VOWS WETS ".. S ARTIST IMPRINT & NUMBER/DISTRIBUTING LABEL Title MAOACY 20 CLASSICAL FAVORITES VARIOUS ARTISTS AtNIIInhel I ARTIST IMPRINT & NUMBER /DISTRIBUTING LABEL Title VC7: NUMBER 1 2t 3 Weeks MADACY 5 1111 LUCIANO PAVAROTTI Romantica CLASSICAL MASTERPIECES: SPANISH GUITAR VARIOUS ARnsTn MADACY 1 e _. < NUMBER 1 ivo 30 Weeks At Number DECO' UTV 470331 UNIVERSAL CLASSICS GROUP CLASSICAL MASTERPIECES: ROMANTIC PIANO VARIOUS BRIBES 1 1 The Look Of Love DIANA KRALL ®YO-YO MA Classic Yo -Yo MADACY ,VE 549846/VG 2 1 SONY CLASSICAL 89667 FOR A SUNDAY MORNING VARIOUS ARTISTS 2 2 CASSANDRA WILSON Belly Of The Sun III ANDREA BOCELLI Verdi DECCA /UNIVERSAL CLASSICS GROUP IE PHILIPS 46460/UNIVERSAL NOTE 35872/CAPITOLe 3 4 CLASSICS GROUP BABY'S FIRST CLASSICS VARIOUS ARTISTS 3 3 TONY BENNETT Playin' With My Friends: Bennett Sings The Blues IRICHARD JOO Billy Joel: Fantasies & Delusions ST. CLAIR AiCOLUMBIA 85833 CRC 4 2 COLUMBIA 85397 /SONY CLASSICAL BEST OF CLASSICS FROM THE MOVIES VARIOUS ARTISTS MADACY 4 4 RAMSEY LEWIS & NANCY WILSON Meant To Be 5 3 YO -YO MA (WILLIAMS) Yo -Yo Ma Plays The Music Of John Williams MOZART: 25 FAVORITES VAMOUS ARTISTS -:. JAll 5077 (REIN SONY CLASSICAL 89670 Ox /SPJ MUSIC 5 HARRY CONNICK, JR. Songs I Heard ®MARIA CALLAS The Very Best Of Maria Callas o CLASSICAL MASTERPIECES: CLASSIC MEDITATION VARIOUS ARTISTS " a 86077' /CRG 6 6 EMI CLASSICS 57230/ANGEL MADACY 8 STEVE TYRELL Standard Time 12 ® ITZHAK PERLMAN Rhapsody CLASSICAL MASTERPIECES: CLASSICAL PIANO VARIOUS ARRSTS o MADACY COLUMBIA 86006 /CRG 19 SONY CLASSICAL 89449 7 Kissing Jessica Stein ®THE HILLIARD ENSEMBLE POPPEN Bach: Morimur CLASSICAL MASTERPIECES: BEST OF GERSHWIN VARRKI5ARRSR SOUNDTRACK /CHRISTOPH MADACY o COMBUSTION ERVE 589646 G ECM 461895/UNIVERSAL CLASSICS GROUP : 8 9 SPANISH GUITAR MUSIC JOHN WIWAMS Live In 91 -97 PERAHIA Bach: Keyboard _: RACHELLE FERRELL Montreux MURRAY SONY CLASSICAL BLUE NOTE 38564 /CAPITOL SONY CLASSICAL 89690 - 9 8 3 CLASSICS FOR RELA%TON 6 MEDITATION VARIOUS ARTISTS 9 6 HARRY CONNICK, JR. 30 10 10 II KATHLEEN BATTLE Portrait MADACY ; COLUMBIA 69794'/CRG SONY CLASSICAL 89464 BEST OF 25 CLASSICAL FAVORITES VARIOUS ARTISTS MADACY BO 10 THIEVERY CORPORATION Sounds From The Verve Hi -Fi ga 14. MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH Master Cellist VERVE 584151 NG 19 OG 471620/UNIVERSAL CLASSICS GROUP CLASSICAL MASTERPIECES: BEST OF MOZART YAMWS MOMS MADACY ri 9 VARIOUS ARTISTS Pure Jazz Encore! 12 15 ® JUAN DIEGO FLOREZ Sings Rossini Arias -_ UNNERVE 585746NG DECCA 470024 /UNIVERSAL CLASSICS GROUP ffi 12 JANE MONHEIT Come Dream With Me ® MARIA CALLAS Puccini: Tosca- Complete Opera t' N- CODED 4219/WARLOCK19 EMI CLASSICS 67759 /ANGEL APRIL 27 - BILL CHARLAP Stardust VANGELIS Mythodea lie ED 2002 - - SONY CLASSICAL 89191 -. :! ,.IL 35985/CAPITOL 7 Billboard 14 14 JOHN COLTRANE Coltrane For Lovers VARIOUS ARTISTS Ultimate Relaxation Album: Vol. 2 ... OECCA MPULSE, 549361NG .. :, :. =.7:. 472243/UNIVERSAL CLASSICS GROUP TOP CLASSICAL MIDLINE 20 DIANNE REEVES The Best Of Dianne Reeves =e BLUE NOTE 35867 /CAPITOL HYMNS TRIUMPHANT: VOLS. 162 LONDON PRILHARMONIC DRCHESIRA SPARROW MORDANT 16 13 ^ STAN GETZ Getz For Lovers -': VERVE 589361NG APRIL 27 50 GREATEST CLASSICS VARIOUS ARTISTS ST. CLAIR 17 11 , VARIOUS ARTISTS Pure Jazz 200 2 Billboard TOP CLASSICAL CROSSOVER TM UNNERVE 520191NG BEST OF THE MILLENNIUM VARIOUS ARTISTS D6 /UNIVERSAL CLASSICS GROUP 17 LOUIS Ken Burns Jazz - The Definitive Louis Armstrong KB ARMSTRONG Y MOZART FOR YOUR MIND VARIOUS ARTISTS LAI OLUMBIA61440/CRG NIOPS /UNIVERSAL CLASSICS GROUP

' ? 19 KENNY GARRETT Happy People 5 MOVIE ADAGIOS VARIOUS ARTISTS WARNER BROS. 47754 N ÿ DECCA /UNIVERSAL CLASSICS GROUP IMPRINT & NUMBER/DISTRIBUTING LABEL Title 23 16 VARIOUS ARTISTS The Best Of Ken Burns Jazz = ARTIST BRIDES GUIDE TO WEDDING MUSIC VARIOUS ARTISTS NGEL I E GACY /CO W MBIA/VERVE 61439 /CRG 20 Weeks At Number l _r`--- NUMBER 1 z`rK3 CLASSICAL DREAMS -MUSIC TO INSPIRE VARIOUS ARTISTS 21 15 ETTA JAMES Blue Gardenia IRGIN CLASSICS /UNIVERSAL CLASSICS GROUP =IVATE MUSIC/WINDHAM HILL 1158DRCA 1 1 ANDREA BOCELLI Cieli Di Toscana PHILIPS589341 /UNIVERSAL CLASSICS GROUP ONLY CLASSICAL CD YOU NEED VARIOUS ARTISTS 22 JANE MONHEIT Never Never Land RCA VICTOR /RCA Classics -. ODED 4207/WARLOCKÍ 2 2 SARAH BRIGHTMAN MICHAEL AMANTE MICHAEL AMANIE NEMO /ANGEL STANTON MOORE Flyin' The Koop STUDIO 33257 MEDALIST 23 -. L IE THUMB 549788/VG 3 4 CHARLOTTE CHURCH Enchantment THERE IS LOVE VARIOUS ARTISTS COLUMBIA 89710/CRG WIC BILLIE HOLIDAY Ken Burns Jazz - The Definitive Billie Holiday a, #1 CHORAL ALBUM VARIOUS ARTISTS - BA 549081NG 4 3 DANIEL RODRIGUEZ The Spirit Of America DECCA /UNIVERSAL CLASSICS GROUP MANHATTAN 3756419 15 25 - _ ARTURO SANDOVAL My Passion For The Piano The COPLAND: APPALACHUW SPRING NEW YOM PHIAMMONCIBUIBTBO ,_ _ "- CRESCENT MOON/COLUMBIA 86374 /CRG 5 6 RUSSELL WATSON Voice SONY CLASSICAL DECCA 468695/UNIVERSAL CLASSICS GROUP 6 PACHELBEL CANON VARIOUS ARTISTS 6 5 SOUNDTRACK A Beautiful Mind RCA VICTOR /RCA /UNIVERSAL SECCA 416191 CLASSICS GROUP 4 THE #1 OPERA ALBUM VARIOUS 0R11STS APRIL 27 TOP CONTEMPORARY 7 8 BOND Born DECCA /UNIVERSAL CLASSICS GROUP 2002 MBO/DECCA 467091/UNIVERSAL CLASSICS GROUP 6 -i5 VIOLIN ADAGIOS VARIOUS ARTISTS ECCA /UNIVERSAL CLASSICS GROUP Billboard 8 9 SARAH BRIGHTMAN La Luna Classical Midline compact discs have a wholesale cost between ALBUMS.. NEMO STUDIO 58968/ANGEL JAll &!IB and 12.98. CDs with wholesale price lower than BIB appear 9 7 JOHN WILLIAMS American Journey i on Classical Budget. .. SONY CLASSICAL 89364 3 CI KRONOS QUARTET Nuevo r NONESUCH 79649/AG LABEL Title ARTIST IMPRINT & NUMBER/DISTRIBUTING 11 10 VARIOUS ARTISTS Classical Hits A 27 UNIVERSAL CLASSICS GROUP 89702/SONY CLASSICAL 2R002 Billboard 7 Weeks At Nllmhell ! ?;1-. NUMBER 1 __ 12 11 TAN DUN FEATURING YO -YO MA Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 1 i=L Come Away With Me NORAH JONES SONY CLASSICAL 89347 BLUE NOTE 32088/CAPITOL 19 13 12 BELA FLECK Perpetual Motion TOP KID AUDIO ±i MEDESKI MARTIN AND WOOD Uninvisible SONY CLASSICAL 8981019 BLUE NOTE 35870/CAPITOL 19 CD CINCINNATI POPS (KUNZEL) Celtic Spectacular VARIOUS ARTISTS DISNEY'S SUPERSTAR HITS 2 BONEY JAMES Ride TELARC 80571 WALT DISNEY 860711 ',í WARNER BROS. 44004 15 15 ANDREA BOCELLI Cieli Di Toscana (With Spanish Tracks) KIDZ BOP KIDS KIDZ BOP RAZOR & TIE 86012 4 CHRIS BOTTI Night Sessions PHILIPS 598223/UNIVERSAL CLASSICS GROUP - "..UMBIA 857536/CRG19 SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS ORIGINAL THEME HIGHUGHTS NICK/JIVEOW/ZOMBA 3 PAT METHENY GROUP Speaking Of Now ,RNER BROS. 48025 VARIOUS ARTISTS TODDLER FAVORITES MUSIC FOR LITTLE PEOPLE/KID RHINO 75262/RHINO 9 PAUL ROZMUS On The Funky Side APRI`27 TODDLER TUNES 26 CLASSIC SONGS FOR TODDLERS - "E2FACE0002 c002 ALBUMSTM' BENSON 84056 6 VARIOUS ARTISTS Hidden Beach Recordings Presents: Unwrapped Vol. 1 Bilboard TOP NEW AGE VARIOUS ARTISTS PRINCESS FAVORITES ADEN BEACH 85853' /EPIC ALT DISNEY 860746 Y 7 SOULIVE Next THE COUNTDOWN KIDS 160 SONGS FOR KIDS: MOMMY AND ME JE NOTE 35869 /CAPITOL W HEARTLAND 00831 /TIME LIFE 3 T+ 5 BOBBY MCFERRIN Beyond Words VARIOUS ARTISTS PLAYHOUSE DISNEY JE NOTE/ANGEL 34201 /CAPITOL r= 5 ARTIST IMPRINT & NUMBER/DISTRIBUTING LABEL Title ALT DISNEY 860605 8 JEFF GOLUB Do It Again VARIOUS ARTISTS DISNEY'S GREATEST: VOL 1 70 Weeks At Number ) ALT DISNEY 860693 I:. 1 - P 089564NG "i> NUMBER ' t THE WIGGLES YUMMY YUMMY 10 PETER WHITE Glow 1 1 ENYA 8 A Day Without Rain LYRICH STUDIOS 9201 IMRIA 85217/CRG 19 REPRISE 47426/WARNER BROS. VARIOUS ARTISTS DISNEY CHILDREN'S FAVORITES VOLI 11 THE RIPPINGTONS FEATURING RUSS FREEMAN Live Across America ESTEBAN Live! ALT DISNEY 860605 -«- CONCORD DAYSTAR 8832 17 WALTER BEASLEY Rendezvous 2 SECRET GARDEN Once In A Red Moon ANACHIE 5086 st DECCA548678 VARIOUS ARTISTS DISNEY'S GREATEST: VOL 2 13 JIMMY SOMMERS 360 Urban Groove 3 JIM BRICKMAN Simple Things 'WALT DISNEY B60694 HIGHER OCTAVE JAZZ 10317/VIRGIN WINDHAM HILL 11589/RCA VARIOUS ARTISTS RADIO DISNEY JAMS: VOL4 12 BELA FLECK & THE FLECKTONES Live At The Quick ESTEBAN All My Love WALT DISNEY 860737 DAYSTAR 0022 VARIOUS ARTISTS DANCES SING! -THE BEST OF NICK JR. = COLUMBIA 86355/CRG PIO RHINO 7986a8HINo 15 ANDRE WARD Feelin' You 7 GOVI Mosaico CEDARMONT KIDS CLASSICS TODDLER ACTION SONGS ORPHEUS 7057919 HIGHER OCTAVE 11774 BENSON 80137 Love Songs ESTEBAN The New Flamenco Y Rosas 19 WARREN HILL CEDARMONT KIDS CLASSICS ACTION BIBLE SONGS DAYSTAR 8850 NARADA JAll 11582/VIRGIN BENSON 87117 14 ST. GERMAIN Boulevard 4 YANNI If I Could Tell You READ-ALONG MONSTERS, INC. PIAS AMERICA 10106 VIRGIN 79893 WALT DISNEY NO497 16 DAVID BENOIT Fuzzy Logic 9 9 DAVID LANZ Romantic VEGGIE TUNES VEGGIE TALES: SILLY SONGS WITH IAMB GRP589079NG19 NARADA 11919NIBGIN BIG ADENWORD 6164AYRICK STUDIOS 18 THE JOHN SCOFIELD BAND Uberjam JIIED 10 VARIOUS ARTISTS Best Of Narada-New Age VARIOUS ARTISTS KIDS DANCE PARTY NARADA 12157/VIRGIN EMS SPECIAL PRODUCTS 4670 - VERVE 589356NG 19 CEDARMONT KIDS CLASSICS SUNDAY SCHOOLSONGS Urban Knights Presents The Chicago Project 11 6 YANNI Very Best Of Yanni 23 RON HAYNES, FAREED MOUE, KEVIN RANDOLPH BENSON 82218 WINDHAM HILL 11568/RCA - -_ NARADA JAZZ 11977/VIRGIN Across An Ocean Of Dreams FRED MOWN DISNEY'S LULLABY ALBUM THE BRAXTON BROTHERS Both Sides 12 5 2002 WALT DISNEY 860677 REAL MUSIC 8803 PEAK 8507 /CONCORD VARIOUS ARTISTS PRESCHOOL FAVORITES The Sun 21 VICTOR FIELDS 52nd Street 13 12 TONY LEVIN Pieces Of MUSIC FOR LITRE PEOPLE/KID RHINO 74343/RHINO w' NARADA 11626/VIRGIN REGINA 50517 VEGGIE TUNES VEGGIE TUNES 2 III RIG IDENWORO seGeitYRICK STUDIOS 2. 20 ST. GERMAIN Tourist 14 8 VARIOUS ARTISTS Pure Moods VIRGIN 50838 BLUE NOTE 25114'/CAPITOL 19 GEAR NTHE BIG BLUE HOUSE LIDS SONS NIA NAB N7MN6BLUE ROME Moroccan Spirit 'WALT DISNEY 860739 2! 24 HERB ALPERT Definitive Hits 15 13 VARIOUS ARTISTS HIGHER OCTAVE 11028 A&M 490886/INTERSCOPE Top spring albums compiled from net shipment of 1 million units RIAA certification for net shipment of Albums with the greatest sales gains this week. Recording Industry Assn. Of America (RIAA) certification for net shipment of 500,000 album units (Gold). RIAA certification for (Platinum). time of 100 minutes or more, the RIAA multiplies shipments by the number of discs and /or tapes. RIAA a national sample of retail store mass mer - 10 ir Ilion units (Diamond). Numeral following Platinum or Diamond symbol indicates album's multi- platinum level. For boxed sets, and double albums with a running indicates LP is available. Heatseeker Impact shows albums removed from Heatseekers this week. Latin awards: o Unification for net shipment of 100,000 units (Oro). A Certification of 200,000 units ( Platino). A' Certification of 400,000 units (Multi- Platina). *Asterisk chant alt intemet sales reports collected Affrgr rights reserved. cornea and 19 indicates past or present Heatseeker title. ©2002, VNU Business Media, Inc., and SoundScan, Inc. All lId. Pprovided byV SoundScan.

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NUMBER 1 /HOT SHOT DEBUT >e? 1 Week At Number 1 25 24 - VICENTE FERNANDEZ Historia De Un Idolo Vol. 2 t` :V DNY DISCOS 84282 (10.98 EO /15.981 PATTY GRIFFIN 1000 Kisses 1 6 17 16 INJECTED Burn It Black ÁT02150411798 CO1 xI AND 548878/IDJMG (1298 CD) QUARASHI Jinx .47 26 28 ABANDONED POOLS Humanistic TIME BOMB /COLUMBIA86179/CRG (12.98 ED CD I F)TASY48106/WARNER BROS. (1198 CD)

1 1 ANDREW W.K. I Get Wet JUNIOR VASQUEZ Earth Music ISLAND 586588 /IDJMG 112.98 CD) 0 ! UMMY BOY SILVER LABEL 1551/TOMMY BOY (17.98 CO) INTOCABLE Suenos 29 12 15 MUSHROOMHEAD XX EMI LATIN 37745 (9.98/15.98) 0 11 IVERSAL 018430/UMR6 11298 CD) 2 3 INFAMOUS MOBB Special Edition 30 25 - KURT CARR & THE KURT CARR SINGERS Awesome Wonder )M39209' /LANDSPEED (1198 /17.98) - COSPO CENTRIC 70016/ZOMBA (10 .98/15.981 6 5 - LIL' J All About J r:31 20 18 THURSDAY Full Collapse HOLLYWOOD 162322 118.98 CD) - 'VICTORY 14511698CD) 7 8 4 CASSANDRA WILSON Belly Of The Sun 15 11 CUSTOM Fast [LUE NOTE 35072/CAPITOL 117.98 CD) ARTISTDIRECT 01016 (17.98 CO) '8 7 8 DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL The Places You Have Come To Fear The Most 918 Reincarnated VAGRANT 354 0198 CO) SMUGGLIN 918 (10.98/1698)

9 3 12 FLAW Through The Eyes : 13 20 LOSTPROPHETS thefakesoundofprogress REPUBLIC/UNIVERSAL 014891/UMRG 112.98 CD) ]IlUMBIA 85955/CRG (12.98 ED CD) 0 MEDESKI MARTIN AND WOOD Uninvisible CHOOBAKKA My Time BLUE NOTE 35870 /CAPITOL 117.98 COI WO DADDY 73002 116.98 CD)

? DEAD Source Tags & Codes U$V GAINER S 29 30 AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF GREATEST N TERSCOPE 493236' 112.98 CD) 16 17 RES How I Do 23 27 SIR CHARLES JONES Love Machine MCA 112310' 1898/12.981 ^VARO) GRAS 1060 110.98/15.98) FACE TO FACE How To Ruin Everything ?: $ 6 - THE APEX THEORY Topsy -Turvy VAGRANT 366. 11698 CD) OREAMWORKS 450292/INTERSCOPE 11298 CD)

11 9 CHRIS CAGLE Play It Loud 39 37 29 ?= KASEY CHAMBERS Barricades & Brickwalls :APITOL (NASHVILLE) 341 70110.98/17981 ;. WARNER BROS. 48028 (1898 CD) 10 10 DONALD LAWRENCE & THE TRI -CITY SINGERS Go Get Your Life Back CIDI 43 - ALEXANDRE PIRES Alexandre Pires CRESTAL ROSE 20360/EMI GOSPEL 111.98/1598) .1IilOLA 87883/BMG LATIN 114.90 CD) 14 13 PETE YORN musicforthemorningafter 41 27 14 STARSAILOR Love Is Here COLOMBIA 62216 /CRG 17.98 ED/12.98) CAPITOL 36448 (10.98 CO) THE JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION Plastic Fang 42 47 - LOS ANGELES AZULES Alas Al Mundo MATADOR 542. (16.98 CD) - DI SA 727022(9.98/13.98) 9 21 COURSE OF NATURE Superkala 43 44 34 GINNY OWENS Something More

AVA/ATLANTIC 83526/AG 17.98/1198) - HOCKETOWN/WORD 86189/WARNER BROS. (16.98 CD) WOODY ROCK Soul Music 44 48 33 CHRIS BOTTI Night Sessions G O$PO CENTRIC 70030/ZOMBA 111.98/17981 COLUMBIA85753 /CRG (1298 EO CD) 21 39 KHIA FEATURING DSD Thug Misses 45 31 42 ILL NINO Revolution /Revolution DIRTY DOWN 46(1798 CD) ROADRUNNER 618497/IDJMG (1818 CD) TONEX 02 46 35 23 UNCLE TUPELO 83/93: An Anthology VERITY/JIVE 43177 /ZOMBA (17.98 CD) LEGACY /COLUMBIA 82223/CRG (18.98 ED CD) :- 19 35 CHAYANNE Grandes Exitos 47 38 - ANGELIQUE KIDJO Black Ivory Soul SONY DISCOS 84667 (10.98 E12/16 98) COLUMBIA 85799/CRG 112.98ED COI 18 5 RACHAEL LAMPA Kaleidoscope 48 32 19 DANIEL RODRIGUEZ The Spirit Of America WORD 86182/WARNER BROS. (11.98/16.98) MANHATTAN 37584 11798 CD) 22 6 ZOEGIRL Life 49 39 26 NICOLE C. MULLEN Talk About It SPARROW 51828 118.90 CD) WORD 85822/EPIC 111.98 EQ/17981 4 7 PHANTOM PLANET The Guest 50 30 24 OUT OF EDEN This Is Your Life ...: DAYLIGHT 62066/EPIC (1398 ED CD) fiATFF 7285011698 CD) P tiRBC'Oa dlsmrte n- APRIL 27

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1 JIMMY BUFFETT Far Side Of The World L26 19 17 -:_ JOHNNY VICIOUS Ultra. Dance 01 MAILBOAT 2905 (10.98/1890) ULTRA 1111 119.98 CD) ! 2 3 DEFAULT The Fallout 127 29 44 - ZERO 7 Simple Things IVT2310 PALM5007 (1198 CD)! 4 4 YING YANG TWINS Alley: The Return Of The Ying Yang Twins 28 22 21 PEGGY SCOTT-ADAMS Hot & Sassy COLLIPARK/IN)1.98CO)!'- THE PAINT 8375 /KOCH (12.98/17.98) MISS BUTCH 4019/MARDI GRAS (1098/1698) 3 2 OL' DIRTY BASTARD The Trials And Tribulations Of Russell Jones 29 40 33 THE HIVES Veni Vidi Vicious H39991 /RIVIERA (12.9808.98) BURNING HEART 82005' /EPITAPH (16.98 CD) A r' ?1' JASPERASPER Keep My Shit Clean HOT SHOT DEBUT f NUMBERKY (1S CD) TWIZTID Mirror Mirror , 25 22 DIESELBOY projectHUMAN PSYCHOPATHIC 3001 (13.98 CO) ' HUMAN IMPRINT 78001/SYSTEM 117.98 CD) A STEVE EARLE Sidetracks í2 PAUL ROZMUS On The Funky Side

I SQUARED 751128/ARTEMIS (18.98 CD) A [ ACE 0002 116.98 CO) 6 5 INFAMOUS MOBB Special Edition 26 27 ZAKK WYLDE'S BLACK LABEL SOCIETY 1919 Eternal IM39209'/LANDSPEED (11.98/11.981 A P TLIRE 15176 11798 CD) 8 8 JOHN TESH A Deeper Faith 18 18 RANCID /NOFX The BYO Split Series / Volume Ill FAITH MO 34591 /GARDEN CITY (119807.98) v 1'0 079. 113.98 CD) 7 7 SOUNDTRACK All About The Benjamins 33 - VARIOUS ARTISTS Punk Goes Pop SLI P N -SLIDE 39011 /NEW LINE (1298/18,98) I I ARLESS 053 (1198 CD) 6 5 6 KILLA BEEZ Wu -Tang Productions Present: Killa Beez - The Sting 20 31 BASEMENT JAXX Rooty WU- TANG/IN THE PAINT 8362'/KOCH 113.98/19.98) XL 10423' /ASTRALWERKS (16.98 CD)! 9 9 DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL The Places You Have Come To Fear The Most 32 29 REV. CLAY EVANS AND THE AARC MASS CHOIR Constantly VAGRANT 354 111.98 CD)! MEEK4014 (1098/15.981 10 10 IMX IMx 39 37 PO' WHITE TRASH AND THE TRAILER PARK SYMPHONY Po' Like Dis IUD 39009/NEW LINE (12.98/17.98) POCKET CHANGE 1003 (16.98 COI! FACE TO FACE How To Ruin Everything 39 MOSES TYSON, JR. Music VAGRANT 366. (1698 CD) WORLD CLASS GOSPEL 50007 /ALPINE (998/13.98)

THE JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION Plastic Fang 4 42 46 MEN OF STANDARD Vol. Ill MATADOR 542. 11698 CD)* MUSCLE SHOALS SOUND GOSPEL 8017 /MALACO 110.98 /17.98) 41 - NEW CREATION OF GOD He's All I Need s$` GREATEST GAINER $` AMEN 1502 19.98/14.981 12 20 KHIA FEATURING DSD Thug Misses 36 34 VARIOUS ARTISTS Ultimate Power Of Love: 32 Great Soft Rock Hits DIRTY 46 DOWN 11718 CDI ! MADACY 5372 (18.98 CD) JUNIOR VASQUEZ Earth Music MARK FARINA Connect TOMMY BOY SILVER LABEL 1551/TOMMY BOY 11718 CD) ! DM 30203 (1698 CD) 11 11 THURSDAY Full Collapse 4 LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III Last Man On Earth VICTORY 145 (15.98 CBI* RI D HOUSE 158 117,98 CD) 918 Reincarnated 23 12 DREAM STREET Dream Street SMUGGLIN 918 (10.98/16981! 0 E 18304/EDEL (1298/18.98) CHOOBAKKA My Time 16 - J -LIVE All Of The Above BIG DADDY 73002 116.98 CD)! COUP O'ETAT0001 (1698 CDI! 14 16 SEVENDUST Animosity 4 VARIOUS ARTISTS Da Sak Is Fatt Volume #1 TVT 5810 (10.9511/981 FAIT SAK 0010 11398 CD)

13 15 SIR CHARLES JONES Love Machine 34 I 38 CLINIC Walking With Thee MARDI GRAS 1060110.98/16981 1 UMINO 05 117.99 CD) ESTEBAN Live! 4 DOUG & MELVIN WILLIAMS Duets DAYSTAR 8832 118.90/26981 BLACKBERRY 1631 /MALACO 111.98/1698) 24 24 POWER HOUZE Family Busine$$ 3 ESTHER SMITH You Love Me...Still POWER HOUSE 2/562117.98 CDI! -: DOROHN 13850 (11.98115 981 /NOON - A15 13 BAD RELIGION The Process Of Belief EPITAPH 86635. (17.98 CD)

The Heatseekers chart lists the best-selling titles by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the top 100 of The Billboard 200 chart. When an album reaches this level, the album and the artist's subsequent albums are immediately ineligible to appear on the Heatseekers chart. Top Independent Albums are cur ent titles that are old via independent distribut ion, including those which are fulfilled via major branch dishibutors.Albums with the greatest sales gains this week. Greatest Gainer shows chart's largest unit increase. Recording Industry Assn. Of America lRIAA) certification for net shipment of 500,000 album units (Gold). RIM certification

for net hipment of 1 million units ( Platinum(. RIAA certification for net shipment of 10million units ( Diamond). Numeral following Platinum or Diamond symbol indicates album's multi -p .atinum level. For booed sets, and double albums with a running time of 100 minutes or more, the R) AA multiplies shipments by the number of discs and/or tapes. AAA °Certification Latin awards: for net shipment of 100,000 units (Oro). A Certification of 200,000 units ( Platino). A' Certification of 400,000 units (Multi- Platino). "Asterisk indicates vinyl LP is available. Most tape prices are suggested lists. Tape prices marked EO and most CO prices are equivalent prices, which are projected from wholesale prices. A indicates past or present Heatseeker title. © 2002, VNU Business Media, Inc., and SoundScan, Inc. All rights reserved.

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3WeeksAtNumher1 NUMBER 1 33 Wall At Namm, I -7"Y=- NUMBER 1 e 2 CELINE DION EPIC 86400 ANewDayHasCome 1 1 0 BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? A' LOST HIGHWAY /MERCURY17Xo69n0JME,

NEIL YOUNG REPRISE 48111/WARNER BROS. Are You Passionate? 10 2 THE SCORPION KING UNIVERSAL017155/UMRG

BONNIE RAITT CAPITOL31816 Silver Lining 13 3 3 BLADE II IMMORTAL 12064NIRGIN

3 NORAH JONES BLUE NOTE32688/CAPITOL Come Away With Me 42 4 8 SHREK DREAMWORKS 45030S/INTERSCOPE , 2 SOUNDTRACK 5 LOST HIGHWAY /MERCURY 170069/IOJMG 0 Brother, Where Art Thou? 6 i; 5 4 MOULIN ROUGE INTERSCOPE 493035

THE GOO GOO DOLLS WARNER BROS 48206 Gutterflower 4 6 5 I AM SAM V227119

PATTY GRIFFIN ATO21504! 1000 Kisses 101 17 6 QUEEN OF THE DAMNED WARNER SUNSET/REPRISE 48285/WARNER BROS.

4 JIMMY BUFFETT MAlLBOAT2005 Far Side Of The World 52 7 RESIDENT EVIL ROADRUNNER 618450/10JMG

9. 5 ALANIS MORISSETTE MAVERICK 47988/WARNER BROS. Under Rug Swept 26 9 COYOTE UGLY 3 CURB 78703

1 6 BARRY MANILOW BMG HERITAGE 10600 /ARISTA Ultimate Manilow 41 12 ALL ABOUT THE BENJAMINS SLIP -N -SLIDE 39011 /NEW LINE

4 THE NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND CAPITOL 35148 Will The Circle Be Unbroken 1:;11 10 THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING REPRISE 48110/WARNER BROS

1 STEVE EARLE E- SQUARED 151128 /ARTEMIS Sidetracks 109 x;,12 11 MOULIN ROUGE 2 INTERSCOPE 493228 1; ROC- A- FELWDEF JAM 58667180JMG 1 9 JOHN MAYER AWARE/COLUMBIA85293'/CRG 111 Room For Squares 40 F;13 13 STATE PROPERTY /IDJMG 14 10 CASSANDRA WILSON BLUE NOTE 35072/CAPITOL a Belly Of The Sun 156 X14 14 THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS: MORE FAST AND FURIOUS ISLAND 586631

15 INTERSCOPE 493228 Moulin Rouge 2 165 i0 15 16 THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS MURDER INC. /OEF JAM 548832/IOJMG 7 SOUNDTRACK 8- 16 20 ASHANTI MURDER INC /DEF JAM 586830' /IDJMG Ashanti 1 76 15 A WALK TO REMEMBER EPIC86311

SO SO DEF/COLUMBIA 86025/CRG 17 12 DIANA KRALL VERVE 549846/VG The Look Of Love 99 6511 18 HARDBALL HOLLYWOOD 162346 18 25 JACK JOHNSON ENJOY/UNIVERSAL 880994/UMRG A Brushfire Fairytales 74 r18 17 CLOCKSTOPPERS NICK/JIVE 49500/ZOMBA 19 '' GRATEFUL DEAD GRATEFUL DEAD 14069/ARISTA Postcards Of The Hanging: Grateful Dead Perform The Songs Of Bob Dylan t1í19 20 SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS ORIGINAL THEME HIGHLIGHTS

DISNEY 880731 20 11 INDIGO GIRLS EPIC 86481 Become You 111 '20 21 THE PRINCESS DIARIES WALT

PRIORITY 50213` /CAPITOL 21 24 SOUNDTRACK MILAN35981 Monsoon Wedding 1,21 19 TRAINING DAY ISLAND 548797 /IDJMG 22 19 ALISON KRAUSS + UNION STATION ROUNDER610495/IDJMG New Favorite 124 BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY f.23 22 WE WERE SOLDIERS COLUMBIA 86403/CAG 23 16 U2 3 INTERSCOPE 52453 All That You Can't Leave Behind 55 LOST HIGHWAY /MERCURY 170221 /IDJMG 24 21 SOUNDTRACK INTERSCOPE493035 Moulin Rouge 63 =24 23 DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAIN OREAMWOflK54502781NTERSCOPE 25 JOSH GROBAN 14348154M'ARNER BROS Q Josh Groben 12 0113 ALMOST FAMOUS

Industry Assn. Of Ameri- Top Internet Album Sales reflects physical albums ordered though Internet merchants, based on data collected by SoundScan. Unlike most Billboard album charts, catalog titles are included on the Internet and Soundtrack charts. Albums with the greatest sales gain this week. Recording 10 Diamond symbol indicates album's multi- platinum level. For boxed sets, and double ca (RIM) certification for net shipment of 500,000 album units (Gold). RIAA certification for net shipment of 1 million units (Platinum). RIM certification for net shipment of million units (Diamond). Numeral following Platinum or 200,000 units Platino). Certification of 400,000 units Platino). indicates vinyl available. albums with a running time of 100 minutes or more, the RIM multiplies shipments by the number of discs and /or tapes. RIAA Latin awards: o Certification for net shipment of 100,000 units (Oro.) A Certification of ( 4' (Muro- "Asterisk s indicates past or present Heatseeker title © 2002, VNU Business Media, Inc. and SoundScan, Inc. All rights reserved.

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1 3 Weeks At Number 1 25 23 39 2PAC 9 Greatest Hits t+ NUMBER AMARU /DEATH ROW 490301 / INTERSCOPE 11998/24981

1 1 2 DISTURBED A2 The Sickness 26 22 16 GUNS N' ROSES 15 Appetite For Destruction GIANT 24738/WARNER BROS. 01.98/17.981 PP G EFFEN 424148 / INTERSCOPE 112.98/18.981

4 3 CELINE DION A4 All The Way...A Decade Of Song 27 27 36 GODSMACK 4 Godsmack a 550 MUSIC 63760/EPIC 112.98 EQ/18.981 REPUBLIC/UNIVERSAL 153190/UMRG 112.98/18981¢

3 2 1 CREED .10 Human Clay 28 26 18 DIXIE CHICKS .11 Wide Open Spaces 'WIND -UP 13053' 11198/18.981 MONUMENT 68195/SONY (NASHVILLE) 110.98 EO/17.981it GREATEST GAINER - 29' 25 28 INCUBUS A' Make Yourself .MMORTAL 63652/EPIC 11298 E0/18.981 24 OZZY OSBOURNE A The Ozzman Cometh 0,14 ® PATSY CLINE Heartaches EPIC 67980 (10.98 EO/17.981 'JCA SPECIAL PRODUCTS 420265/MCA 12.98/6981 5 3 4 BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND 5 Greatest Hits 31 30 34 THE BEACH BOYS The Greatest Hits Volume 1: 20 Good Vibrations CAPITOL 3033411098/15.981 APITOE 21860 110.98/17.981 6 7 5 ENYA 2 Paint The Sky With Stars The Best Of Enya 36 25 LYNYRD SKYNYRD The Best Of Lynyrd Skynyrd: 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection REPRISE 46835NVARNER BROS. 112.9818.981 ® MCA 111941 14 1698/11.981 7 6 8 PINK FLOYD Dark Side Of The Moon 33 32 - ALANIS MORISSETTE .1s Jagged Little Pill CAPITOL 48001 (1098/18981 '. MAVERICK 45901/WARNER BROS. 110.98/17.98) H 8 8 7 NICKEL CREEK Nickel Creek @ 38 43 DIANA KRALL When I Look In Your Eyes SUGAR HILL 39 9 116.98 CO) . LEVE 050304NG 112 98/18981 9 10 6 DIXIE CHICKS A9 Fly 35 33 - POISON Greatest Hits 1986 -1996 MONUMENT 69678/SONY (NASHVILLE) (12.98 E0/18981 CAPITOL 533751798/11.981 W 15 11 DEF LEPPARD 3 Vault Greatest Hits 1980 -1995 36 34 32 CAROLE KING .1p Tapestry MERCURY 52871810JMG 11198/18.981 :PIC 65850 17.98 EC/11.98I

11 11 10 KID ROCK 40 Devil Without A Cause 37 31 38 ELTON JOHN 4115 Greatest Hits TOP DOG/LAVA /ATLANTIC 831191/A6 112.98/18981A ROCKET /ISLAND 512532/IDJMG 10.98/11.981 12 9 9 CREED 5 My Own Prison 38 35 - ' 2PAC 9 All Eyez On Me WINDUP 13049 (11.98/18.981H ';. DEATH ROW 63008' /KOCH 119.98/25.981 13 13 13 METALLICA.12 Metallica LYNYRD SKYNYRD All Time Greatest Hits ELEKTRA 61113' /EEG 111.98/17.981 MCA 112229(12.98/18.981 14 5 21 BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS 40 Legend 40 39 FRANK SINATRA Classic Sinatra: His Great Performances 1953 -1960 TUFF GONG /ISLAND 846210 /IDJMG 112.9818.981 CAPITOL 23502 111.9817.981 15 12 14 SYSTEM OF A DOWN System Of A Down 41 37 SADE A° The Best Of Sade AMERICAN /COLUMBIA 68924/CRG 17.98 Ell/11981H EPIC 85287/1298 EQ/18981 Greatest Hits 16 16 23 JAMES TAYLOR " CSO VAN MORRISON A° The Best Of Van Morrison WARNER BROS. 3113 17.98/11.98) POLYDOR/UNIVERSAL 537459/UMRG 11298/1898) 17 18 19 AC /DC 49 Back In Black 43 43 33 QUEEN Greatest Hits EAS1WEST92418/EEG 1119817.981 HOLLYWOOD 161265 111.98/17.981 VARIOUS ARTISTS Body + Soul: Love Serenade 44 41 27 NO DOUBT 1° Tragic Kingdom I!ME LIFE 3397 117.9819.981 TRAUMA 492580' / INTERSCOPE 112.9&18.981H 19 19 26 SUBLIME 5 Sublime 45 40 29 TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS 9 Greatest Hits GASOLINE ALLEY 111413/MCA 112.9816981 MCA 110813112.98/18981 20 20 17 DAVID GRAY White Ladder 46 BON JOVI .19 Slippery When Wet ATO 69351 /RCA 111.98/17.981x MERCURY 538089/10JMG (69811981 21 21 20 SHANIA TWAIN 40 Come On Over 47 THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G. ° Ready To Die MERCURY (NASHVILLE) 536003 112.98 /18.981 BAD ROY 73000' / ARISTA 111.98/18981 43), 29 35 AEROSMITH.10 Aerosmith's Greatest Hits 48 28 - AL GREEN Greatest Hits COLUMBIA 57361/CRG (7.98 EQ/11.98) HI/THE RIGHT STUFF 30800/CAPITOL 1109817.981 23 17 12 U2 A2 The Best Of 1980 -1990 "`'` VARIOUS ARTISTS Toddler Favorites ISLAND 524613/I0JMG 112981898) MUSIC FOR LITTLE PEOPLE/KID RHINO 75262/RHINO 1398/6981 Nevermind 42) 24 22 ABBA 5 Gold Greatest Hits 50 46 - NIRVANA .10 OGC 424425' / INTERSCOPE POLYDOR/UNIVERSAL 517007/UMRG 112.9818.981 . 112.98/18.981

The Billboard 200 and Top Pop Catalog Albums. Recording Industry Assn. Of America (RIAA) certification for net ship- Catalog albums are 2- year -old titles that have fallen below No. 100 on The Billboard 200 or reissues of older albums. Total Weeks column reflects combined weeks title has appeared on Albsms with the greatest sales gains this week. more, RIAA muhiplies for net shipment of 10 million units (Diamond). Numeral Wowing Platinum or Diamond symbol indicates album's mull- platinum level. For boxed sets, and double albums with a running time of 100 minutes or the ment of 500,000 album units (Gold). RIAA certification for net shipment of 1 million units (Platinum). RIM certification of 200,000 units (Platino). Certification cf 400,000 units( Multi- Platine). Asterisk indicates vinyl LP is available. Most tape prices, and CD prices for BMG and WEA labels, are suggested lists. Tape prices marked EU, shipments by the number of discs and/or tapes. RIAA Latin awards: o Certification for net shipment of 100,000 units (Oro).C. Certification A' indicates past Heatseeker title. © 2002. VNU Business Media, Inc., and SoundScan, Inc. All rights reserved. and all other CD prices, are equivalent prices, which are projected from wholesale prices. GreatestGainer Shows chart's largest unit increase.*

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Avant: Bzoo 15; RBA 4; Hioo 28, HA Cher: B200 AC 19; DC DS 1; Hioo HSS Evol: HSS 42; RBH 91; RP9; RS 13 IMx: Bzoo16o; IND 12; RBA44; RBH 84 Chart Codes: 62; 27, 59; 75; ii; 95; RA RBH 9, 17; RS 11 RS 7 Incubus: B200 62; PCA 29; M017, 18; RO 23 -ALBUMS -- 9,14; 65 Exhale: HSS 12; RBH 79; sE Kevin Aviance: DC 2 Kenny Chesney: Bzoo 133; CA 16; CS 2; Hioo 35; IndiaArie: 820o 47; RBA 39; Hioo 71; HA 73; T40 35 The Billboard zoo (Bzoo) Ramon Ayala Y Sus Bravos Del Norte: LA 62; LT HA 33 Indigo Girls: Bzoo 111; INT zo Blues (BL) 25; RMS 6, 32 Mark Chesnutt: CS 36 Lara Fabian: LPS 29 Infamous Mobb: Bzoo 132; HS 5; IND 7; RBA 25 Classical (CL) Steve Azar: CS lo; Hioo 51; HA 5o El Chichicuilote: LA 55 Fabolous: B200 171; RBA 83; RA 43, 71; RBH 45, Injected: HS 26; RO 22 Classical Crossover (CX) The Chieftains: WM z 74; RS 58 Intocable: B2oo 131; HS 4; LA 1, 73; RMA 1; LT 9; Contemporary Christian (CC) Chocolate: LPS 37 Face To Face: Bzoo 178; HS 12; IND 13 RMS 1,8 Country (CA) B2K: B200 29; RBA 14; Hloo 39, 73; HA 48, 72; Choobakka: HS 35; IND 19; RBA 48 Familiar 48: RO 37 Los Invasores de Nuevo Leon: LA 69 Country Catalog (CCA) HSS 8; RA 22; RBH 24; RS 8; T4o 27 Charlotte Church: CX 3 Mark Farina: EA 15; IND 43 Chris Isaak: 8200 141; AC 21 Electronic (EA) Backstreet Boys: Bzoo 182; AC 15 Cincinnati Pops: CX 14 Fat Joe: B200 25; RBA 17; Hloo 2; HA 2; HSS 26; The Isley Brothers Featuring Ronald Isley AKA Gospel (GA) Bad Religion: IND 24 City High: RS 74; T4o 36 RA 3; RBH 3; RP 14; RS 20; T4o 2 Mr. Biggs: RBA 78 Baha Men: Bzoo 57; WM 1, 7; HSS 6 Eric Clapton: BL 3 Fear No M.O.B.: RBA 73 Heatseekers (HS) - s David Ball: CA 58 Patsy Cline: CCA 5; PCA 3o Alejandro Fernandez: LA 52; LPA 17; LPS 15, 22; Independent (IND) Charli Baltimore: Hloo 57; HA 56; RA 18; RBH 19; Clinic: IND 48 LT 19, 36 Alan Jackson: B200 20; CA 2, 48; CCA 12; CS 5; Internet (INT) RP 24; RS 36 The Clipse: RS 38 Vicente Fernandez: HS 25; LA 3, 22; RMA 2, 10; Hioo 33; HA 3o Jazz CZ) Banda El Recodo: LA 7o; LT 22; RMS 4 Tammy Cochran: CA 65; CS 22 RMS 35 Janet Jackson: Bzoo 199 Contemporary Jazz (CI) Banda Tierra Blanca: LT 43; RMS 14 Renan Almendarez Coello: RMS 34 Rachelle Ferrell: JZ 8 Rob Jackson: RBH 99 Latin Albums (LA) Buju Banton: RE15 Kettle Coffey: CS 24 Victor Fields: CJ 23 Michael Jackson: B200 130; RBA 49; RA 31, 7o; Latin: Latin Pop (LPA) Pancho Barraza: LA 57 Cold: RO 36 Jose Manuel Figueroa: LT 5o; RMS 18 RBH 33, 72 Latin: Regional Mexican (RMA) Basement Jaxx: EA 14; IND 36; D515 John Coltrane: JZ 14 Five For Fighting: B200 197; A40 14, 25; AC 3; Jagged Edge: B200 167; RBA 67; DS 16; RA 71; Latin: Tropical/Salsa (TSA) Kathleen Battle: CL 10 Pedro Conga: TSS 31 H10045; HA42 RBH 74,78 New Age (NA) Helen Baylor: GA 3o Harry Connick, Jc: JZ 5, 9 Flaw: B200 164; HS 9 Jaheim: Bzoo 51; RBA 15; Hloo 29; HA 29; RA 8; Pop Catalog (PCA) The Beach Boys: PCA 31 Control: LA 19; RMA 8; RMS 37 Bela Fleck: CX 13 RBH 8 Beanie Sigel: Htoo 63; HA 61; RA 19, 57; RBH 23, Control Machete: LA 54; LPA 18 Bela Fleck & The Flecktones: C] 15 Bishop T.D. Jakes: CC 25; GA 9 R &B/Hip -Hop (RBA) 6o Corey: B200 154; RBA 53; HSS 5; RBH 82; RS 26 Flogging Molly: IND 25 Bishop T.D. Jakes & The Potter's House Mass R &B/Mip -Hop Catalog (RBC) Bear Witnez!: HSS 7o; RP 15; RS 21 The Corrs: B200 123; A40 39 Juan Diego Florez: CL 12 Choir: GA Reggae (RE) 34 Walter Beasley: CJ 13 Course Of Nature: Bzoo zoo; HS 17; RO 14 Luis Fonsi: LA 12; LPA 6; LPS 4; LT 6; TSS 11 Boney James: Cl 3; RBA 74 World Music (WM) The Beatles: Bzoo 146 El Coyote Y Su Banda Tierra Santa: LT 42; RMS 13 Robben Ford: BL 2 Brett James: CS 40 -SINGLES- The Beatnuts: RS 7o Creed: B200 34; PCA 3, 12; A40 5; Hioo 31; HA 31; Kirk Franklin: Bzoo 38; CC 2; GA 1; RBA 18 Etta James: BL 8; JZ 21 Hot loo (Imo) Beelow: HSS 19; RBH 85; RP 7; RS 10 RO 16, 27; T4o 20 Freestylers: DC 24 Jamiroquai: DC 37 Hot .too Airplay (HA) Beki: DC 49 Crimewave: RP 19; RS 27 Freeway: Hioo 63; HA 61; RA 19; RBH 23 Jam & Spoon: DC 28 Hot wo Singles Sales (HSS) Tony Bennett: JZ 3 Cristian: LA 63; LPS 11,14; LT 13,17; TSS 39 Friburn & Urik: DC 27 Joanna Janet: CS 55 Adult Contemporary David Benoit: Cl 19 Sheryl Crow: Ayo 8; DC 21; Hioo 66; HA 70; 140 32 Fulanito: TSA 11; TSS 22 Jars Of Clay: B200 125; CC 7 Adult Top yo (Ayo) Tab Benoit: BL 10 Celia Cruz: TSA 8; LT 32; TSS 8 Fundisha: RA 69; RBH 7o Ja Rule: B200 24; RBA 12; H1oo 3, 21, 25, 57; HA Country (CS) Big Logic: HSS 43; RBH 92; RP lo; RS 14 The Crystal Method: EA 23 Nelly Furtado: B200 78 4, 21, 24, 56; RA 1o, 16, 18, 27, 75; RBH 10, Big Moe: Dance/Club Play (DC) RA 67; RBH 67 Cubanismo!: TSA 14 18, 19, 28, 8o; RP 24; RS 36; T4o 1,19 BigTymers: Hioo 84; RA 40; RBH 40; RS 46 Custom: HS 32 71 Dance/Sales (DS) Jacky Jasper: IND 3o; RBA Bilai: HSS 71; RS 56 Ana Gabriel: LPS 16; LT 24 Jay -Z: Bzoo 11,136; RBA 3, 51, 89; RBC 6,13; Hot Latin Tracks (LT) Bjork: EA 22 Eyra Gail: DS 3; HSS 61 Hloo 85; HSS 48; RA 6o, 74; RBH 41, Latin: Latin Pop (LPS) 37, 57, Clint Black: CA 47 Willie D: HSS 24; RBH 94; RP 11; RS 15 Bill & Gloria Gaither And Their Homecoming 54, 60, 77; RP 17; RS 23, 62, 72 Latin: Regional Mexican (RMS) Mary J. Bilge: B200 22; RBA 8; RBC 19; DC 8; DS Daft Punk: EA 17 Friends: CC37 Jaz-O: RBA 100 Latin: Tropical/Salsa (TSS) 7; Hioo 25, 47, 77; HA 24, 46; RA to, 49; RBH D'Angelo: Hioo 99; RA 59; RBH 61 Garbage: EA 5 Waylon Jennings: CA 44; CCA 14, 22 R&B Hip -Hop (RBH) 10, 47; RS 42, 73 The Charlie Daniels Band: CA 4o, 71; CC 33; CCA Kenny Garrett: JZ 19 Jeremiah Freed: RO 39 R &B Hip -Hop Airplay (RA) Blink -182: B200 117; MO 6 20 David Lee Garza: LA 51 Jewel: Bzoo 89; A40 9, 31; AC 26; T40 33 ¡R&B Hip -Hop Singles Sales (RS) Blue Six: DC 48 Darude: EA 18 Marvin Gaye: RBC 9 Jose Alfredo Jimenez: LA 53 ïltop (RP) Andrea Bocelli: B200 184; CL 3; CX 1,15 Dashboard Confessional: B2oo 157; HS 8; IND 11; G. Dep: RS 52 Jimmy Eat World: Bzoo 56; A4o 17; Hioo 26; HA Mainstream Rock (RO) Michael Bolton: AC 9 MO 26 Georgie Porgie: DC 5o 28; MO 1; T4o 31 Bon Jovi: PCA 46 Craig David: DC Modem Rock (MO) B200 81; RBA 68; HSS 28; RBH 89; Gerardo: 22 J -Live: IND 46 Bond: CX 7 RS 39; 140 28 Stan Getz: JZ 16 Joe: Bzoo 127; RBA 37; RA 3o; 31 Top 40 Tracks (T4o) RBH Bone Thugs -N- Harmony: RBC 14 Miles Davis: RBC 23 Ginuwine: RBA 6o; Hioo loo; HSS 69; RBH 9o; Elton John: PCA 37; AC 13 Bono: A4o 39 Maya Day: DC 5 RS 63 Carolyn Dawn Johnson: CA 34; AC 17; CS 14 Rankings from biweekly charts are listed In Boobakaw And Tha Wild Younginz: HSS 73; RP Daniel DeBourg: AC 3o Godsmack: PCA 27; MO 24; RO 4 Jack Johnson: B200 74; INT 18; MO 28 italics during o chart's unpublished week 22; RS 34 Default: B200 54; IND 2; A4o 16; Hioo 23; HA 22; Tony Gold: RS 59 Joi: RBA92 Chris Botti: Cl 4; HS 44 MO 12; RO 5, 24; 140 22 Jeff Golub: CJ lo Jonell: HSS 14; RP 25; RS 37 Bounty Killer: A4o 22; 140 25 Def Leppard: PCA 10 Jimmy Gonzalez Y El Grupo Mau: RMS 36 Brent Jones + T.P. Mobb: GA 23 Boyz II Men: HSS 53; RA 56; RBH 59 Dennis Da Menace: HSS 55; RP 16; RS 22 The Goo Goo Dolls: 820o 4; INT 6; A4o 4; Hioo Donell Jones: Hioo 83; HSS 67; RA 38; RBH 38; Brancaccio & Aisher: DC t Kevin Denney: CS 18; 78; HSS zo; HA 20; MO 21; RO 16 RS 112: H1oo 87; HSS 74; RS 66 Hioo t6 34; 14o 32 Brandy: B200 21; RBA 7; Hloo 68; HA 71; RA 33, John CCA 17 NA 6 2002: NA 12 Denver: Govi: George Jones: CA 69; CCA 25

42; RBH 36, 42; RS 40 Depeche Mode: DS 25 Grateful Dead: I NT 19 Norah Jones: Bzoo 42; Cl 1; INT 4 2Pac: PCA 25, 38; RBC z, 3, 5, 7 Michelle Branch: B200 39; Hioo 311: MO 20 A40 7; 15; HA 13; Destiny's Child: Bzoo too; RBA 64 Gravediggaz: RBA 90 Roy Jones, Jr.: RBA 97 T4o 5 Franco De Vita: LA 6o; LPA zo; LPS 20; LT 33; TSS Gravity Kills: RO 33 HS 3LW: DS 11; Htoo 74; HSS 4; RA 53; RBH 32; RP 1; Sir Charles Jones: 37; IND 21; RBA 34 The Braxton Brothers: CJ 22 PCA 20 RS 2 28 David Gray: Richard Joo: CL 4 Brian: RS 59 Jeff Deyo: CC32 Al Green: PCA 48; RBC RA 47; RBH 3Pc.: RA 63; RBH 65 lo; 51 Jose Jose: LA 68 B Rich: RBH 81 D -Gotti: RA 3rd Strike: RO 29 67; RBH 67 Green Eyez: HSS 18; RBH 73; RP 5; RS 6 The Judds: CCA 16 Jim Brickman: NA 4 Diamond 8ball: RBA 81 Rio: CA 55; CS 45 Lee Greenwood: HSS 72 Jump 5: CC34 Sarah Brightman: CX 2, 918: HS 33; IND 18; RBA 5o 8 Dido: AC 10; D5 2; HSS 49 Pat Green: CA 41; CS 37 Just -Ice: RS 68 The Bright Star Male Chorus: GA 25 Dieselboy: EA 12; IND 31 CC 99th Affair: DC 17 Steve Green: 36 Juvenile: RBC 18; HSS 63; RBH 97; RP 13; RS 19 Brooks & Dunn: Bzoo 15o; CA 19; CCA 6; CS 19, Joe Diffie: CS 5o Patty Griffin: Bzoo 101; HS 1; INT 7 wr 39; Hloo 75; HA 74 Celine Dion: B200 2; INT 1; PCA 2; A40 21; AC l; Andy Griggs: CS 28 K.,. Garth Brooks: B200 116; CA 13; CCA 19; CS 21 H100 HA 12; INT Aaliyah: B200 69; RBA 36; Hloo 34; HA 32; RA 13, 24; 25; T4o 29 Josh Groban: Bzoo 25; AC 23 Israel Kamakawiwo'Ole: WM 10 The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir: CC 35; GA 13 Dirty South: RBA Grupo Bryndis: LA 40 Anthony Keams: WM 9 41; RBH 13, 44 94 Andrea Brown: DC 13; DS 13 Abandoned Pools: HS 27; MO 31 Disturbed: PCA t; RO zo Grupo Modelo: LA 37; RMA zo Toby Keith: B200 7o; CA 5; CCA 9; CS 1; Hioo 27; Abba: PCA 24 Jimmy Buffett: Bzoo 52; IND 1; INT 8 Dixie Chicks: CCA 2, 4; PCA 9, 28; Hioo 92 Ely Guerra: LA 66 HA 26 Los LA AC /DC: PCA 17 Bukis: 49 DJ Darkzone: EA 24 Guns N' Roses: PCA 26 R. Kelly: Bzoo 11; RBA 3; RBC 22; Hioo 85, 97; HSS Rafy Burgos "El Cupido": TSS 40 DJ Encore: EA 11 11 Yolanda Adams: B200 1S5; CC= GA 2, 33; RBA Buddy Guy: BL 48; RA 37, 60; RBH 41, 54; RP 17; RS 23, 72 Busta Rhymes: 8200 43; RBA 13; Hioo 16; HA 16; DJ Mind -X: EA 24 GZA HSS 58; RS 51 52 /Genius: Tricia Lee Kelshall: DC 29 HSS 21; RA 5; RBH 5; RP Adema: Bzoo 67; MO 22; RO 28 8; RS 12 DJQuik:RA68; RBH 71 Alicia Keys: B2oo 37; RBA 3o; AC 25; Hloo 59; HA Tracy Byrd: CA Ad Finem: DC 19 53; CS 44 DJ Sammy: DC 33; DS 5; HSS 68 -H{... 58; RA 32; RBH 34 Trace Adkins: CA 39; CS 31 DJ Tom: EA 24 Fareed Hague: Cl 21 Khia: HS 19; IND 15; RBA32 Aerosmith: PCA 22; HSS 22 DMX: B200 162; RBA 65; RA 54; RBH 55 George Harrison: HSS 51 KHZ: DC 25 Cabas: LPS 31; LT 35; TSS 25 Afro Celt Sound System: WM 15 Do: DC 33; DS 5; HSS 68 Hatebreed: Bzoo 102 Angelique Kidjo: HS 47; WM 3 Shirley Caesar: GA 28 DC 7 DC Levert Agee: HSS 42; RBH 91; RP 9; RS 13 Dolce: Hawke: 38 Kid Rock: B200 45; PCA 11 Chris Cagle: Bzoo 183; CA 25; HS 13; CS 8; Hioo AC DC Pepe Aguilar: LPS 33; LT 29; RMS 20 Down: B200 1o8 Darren Hayes: B200 174; 22; 12 Killa Beez: 8200 153; IND lo; RBA 33 55; HA 53 David Draiman: RO 31 Ron Haynes: Cl 21 Rhett Akins: CA 75 Killer Mike: Hioo 42; HA 43; RA 5o; RBH 49; RS Maria Callas: CL 6, 13 Dr. Dre: RBC 16, 25; RS 57 Headstrong: RO 17 Ley Alejandro: LPS 35 55; T40 30 The 1; Ali: RBH 98 Calling: 820o 105; A4o AC 27; Hioo 13; HA Dream: DS 24 Ty Herndon: CS 47 B.B. King: BL 3 14; HSS 13; T4o 7 Alien Ant Farm: 820o 163 Dream Street: IND 45 Elder Jimmy Hicks And The Voices Of Integrity: Carole King: PCA 36 Jaime Camil: LPS 28; LT 48 All -4-One: AC 29 Drowning Pool: B200 96; MO 37; RO 19 GA 21 Knoc- Tum'Al: RS 57 Lamar Campbell & Spirit Of Praise: GA 37 DSD: CCA 15; AC Gary Allan: B200 159; CA 21; CCA 8; CS 27 HS 19; IND 15; RBA 32 Faith Hill: 14 Korn: MO 13; RO 7 Cam'ron: Hloo 58; HA 6o; HSS 20; RA 17; RBH 14; Herb Alpert: C) 25 Ricardo "RikRok" Ducent: RS 59 The Hilliard Ensemble: CL 8 Diana Krall: Bzoo 99; INT 17; JZ 1; PCA 34 RP 6; R5 9 Amber: DS 20 Huey Dunbar: TSS 21 Warren Hill: Cl 17 Alison Krauss: Bzoo 124; CA 15; CCA 18; INT 22 Blu Cantrell: HSS 57; RS Americana: DC 22 69 Jermaine Dupri: H1oo 50, 91; HA 49; RA 29, 51; The Hives: IND 29 Lenny Kravitz: B200 176; A4o 20 Jerry Cantrell: RO 32 AMG: RA 68; RBH 71 RBH 30, 48; RS 41 Billie Holiday: JZ 24 Kronos Quartet: CX 10 Capleton: RE4 Jessica Andrews: CA 61 Steve Holy: B200 181; CA 24; CS 15 KRS-One And The Temple Of Hiphop: GA 36 Mariah Carey: HSS 53, 59 -E- Hometown News: CS 46 Erich Kunzel: CX 14 Andy Andy: TSS 32 Vanessa Carlton: A4o 11; Hloo 1o; HA 17; HSS 2; Steve Earle: 8200 109; CA 9; IND INT 12 Hoobastank: B200 And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead: HS 6; 83; H1oo 76; HA 75; MO 8, 29; T4o 10 Earshot: MO 32; RO 18 RO8 36 ÿ4w Kurt Carr & The Kurt Carr Singers: CC 23; GA 8; Eastern Los Angeles Azules: HS 42; LA 6, 26; RMA 4,14; Michigan Gospel Choir: GA 27 Whitney Houston: HSS 41 Lady May: RBH 99 HS RMS 29 3o Eazy -E: Bzoo 143 Los Huracanes Del Norte: RMS 16 Rachael Lampa: CC 21; HS 22 Rodney Carrington: CA 63 Missy Los Angeles De Charly: RMS 19, 31 "Misdemeanor" Elliott: Hioo too; RS 57 David Lanz: NA 9 Jeff Carson: CS 48 El-P: HSS 6o; RS 43 -I Lasgo: DC 45; DS 23 Anny: DC 18 Johnny Cash: CA 52; CCA 10 Emerson Drive: CS 13; Hioo 61; HA 64; HSS 25 Ibiza: DC 16 Marc Anthony: LA 7; TSA 1; AC 5; LT 21; TSS 2,13 Avril Lavigne: A4o 26 Butch Cassidy: RBH 83 Ice The Apex Theory: HS 38 Enya: Bzoo 48; NA 1; PCA 6; AC 6, 16; HSS 29 Cube: RBA 76 Donald Lawrence & The Tri -City Singers: Bzoo Cee-Lo: Hioo 98; RA 58; RBH 56; RS Esteban: IND 22; NA 2, 5, 7 Enrique Iglesias: 8200 28; A40 37; AC 2; DC 4; H1oo Louis Armstrong: JZ 18 54 186; GA 4; HS 14 Kasey Chambers: 32; Aroma: RMS 39 CA HS 39 Faith Evans: B200 95; RBA 38; Hioo 17; HA 15; 12, 49; HA 1o, 44; LPS 2,18; LT 2; T4o 13; ISS 5 Shannon Lawson: CS 32 Manu Chao: LA 72; WM 14 Ascension: DC zo HSS 66; RA 6, 54; RBH 6, 55; RS 44, 45 iio: Hloo 81 Chris LeDoux: Bzoo 121; CA 14 Steven Curtis Chapman: 8200 187; CC13 Rev. 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Tony Levin: NA 13 Mr. Bigg: RBC 1z Pretty Willie: RBA 7o; HSS 27; RS 5o Soulive: CJ 8 Doug Williams: GA 19; IND 49 Glenn Lewis: Bzoo 46; RBA 11; RA 24; RBH 25; RS 71 Mr. Cheeks: RBA 96; Hioo 38; HA 69; HSS 3; RA Kelly Price: RS 61 Britney Spears: B200 50; H1oo 93 Hank Williams III: CA 46 Ramsey Lewis: JZ 4 26; RBH 15; RP 2; RS 3 Project Pat: RBA 93 The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion: Bzoo 196; HS Hank Williams Jr.: CA 49; CCA 7 LaLey: LA 31; LPA 13 Mr. Low Down: HSS 42; RBH 91; RP 9; RS 13 Prophet Jones: RBA 86; RBH 86 16; IND 14 John Williams: CL 5 Uberacion: LA 46; LT 37; RMS 9 Ms. lade: RA 73; RBH 75 Puddle Of Mudd: B2oo 17; A40 6; Hioo 7; HA 7; Laut Sprecher: DS 17 John Williams: CX 9 Lifehouse: A4o 12, 30 Nicole C. Mullen: CC3o; HS 49 MO 2, 27; RO 2, 25; T4o 9 Staind: 13200 87; H1oo 65; HA 62; MO 4; RO 3 Lee Williams And The Spiritual QC's: GA 39 Lifer's: HSS 46; RS 47 Shirley Murdock: GA 24 Puerto Rican Power: TSS io, 19, 20 Brenda K. Starr: LA 29; TSA 3; LPS 38; LT 12; TSS 1 Melvin Williams: GA 19; IND 49 Gordon Lightfoot: B200 173 Keith Murray: RS 61 Puretone: DC 43 Starsailor: HS 41 Pharrell Williams: Hioo 16; HA 16; HSS 21; RA 5; Lightforce: DC 15 Mushroomhead: HS 29 Tommy Shane Steiner: CS 6; Hioo 44; HA 41 RBH 5; RP 8; RS12 Lit Blacky: RBA 8o Musiq: RBA99; H10043; HA40; RA n; RBH li; Ray Stevens: CA 51; HSS 31 Cassandra Wilson: B200 156; HS 7; INT 14; JZ 2 Lil Bow Wow: B200 68; RBA 35;111oo 72; HA 68; RS 6o Quarashi: B200 104; HS 2; MO 30 Rod Stewart: B200 142 Michael Wilson: R 667; RBH 67 RA 23; RBH 21 Mystikal: B200 106; RBA 29; Hioo 96; RBH 83; Queen: PCA 43 St. Germain: C118, 24 Nancy Wilson: JZ 4 Bzoo 147; HS 6; RBA 27; HSS 15; RS 18 RS 67 AB. QuintanillaY Los Kumbia Kings: LA 16: LPA Sting: Bzoo 191; DS 18 BeBe Winans: CC 28; GA u Ut' Romeo: HSS 5; RBH 82; RS 26 8; RMS 23 Rebecca St. James: B200 161; CC12 CeCe Winans: CC 39; GA 14 Lil Ru: HSS 23, 52; RBH 68, 96; RP 4, 12; RS 5,17 Angie Stone: Bzoo 92; RBA 24; DC 3; Hioo 79; RA Andrew W.K.: B2oo 110; HS 3 Lee Ann Womack CA 38; AC 8; CS 25 Limit 21: TSS 35 Nappy Roots: B200 33; RBA 6; Hioo 64; HA 63; -R- 35; RBH 37 Linkin Park B2oo 16; A40 15; H1oo 9; HA 8; MO RA 25; RBH 26; RS 75 Rabito: TSS 37 Stone Temple Pilots: HSS 33 Darryl Worley: CS 29

Bonnie B200 13; I NT 3; AC 18 42; 26 14, 39; RO 9; 140 6 Nas: 8200 35; RBA 9; RBC 8,15; Hioo 69, 7o; HA Raitt: George Strait: Bzoo 166; CA 22, 28; CS u; Hioo Chely Wright: CA CS Little Big Town: CS 42 66, 67; RA 21, 48, 72; RBH 22, 52, 76, 78; RP Rakim: Hioo 53; HA 54; HSS 38; RA 20; RBH 20; 52; HA 51 FinbarWright: WM9 Lo Fidelity Allstars: DC 14 23; RS 35; T40 40 RS 33 Strik Sine: HSS 32; RBH loo; RP zo; RS 3o Jaguar Wright: Bzoo 177; RBA 41 Lonestar: B200 152; CA 20; AC 4; CS 16 Naughty By Nature: DS u; Hioo 74; HSS 4; RA Rancid: IND 34 The Strokes: Bzoo 128; MO 35 Wu -Tang Clan: RBA 75 Loon: Hioo 6; HA 5; HSS 5o; RA 7; RBH 7; RP 18; 53; RBH 32; RP 1; RS z Kevin Randolph: Ci 21 Michael Stuart: LA 75; TSA 7; TSS 33 Keke Wyatt: Bzoo 84; RBA 23; Hioo 62; HA 59; RS 25; 140 15 MeShell Ndegeocello: DC 31 Rascal Flatts: B2oo 44; CA 3; CS 4; Hioo 41; HA Styles: RA 65; RBH 66 RA14; RBH 17 Jennifer Lopez: B200 27, 122; RBA 28; Hioo 3, 69; Frankie Negron: LT 44; TSS 9 37 Sublime: PCA 19 Zakk Wylde's Black Label Society: IND 33 HA 4, 66; RA 16, 48; RBH 18, 52; 140 1, 40 Nelly: Bzoo 114; RBA 72; DS 16; Hioo 5; HA u; Rayvon: RS 59 Sugarcult: MO 40 Lostprophets: HS 34 HSS i; RA 45; RBH 27; RS 1; T4o 8 Los Razos: LA44 System Of A Down: B200 31; PCA 15; Hioo 89; Redd Eyezz: HSS RBH 97; RP 13; RS 19 X-Ecutioners: Bzoo-- 6o; RBA 55; Hioo 86; MO i6; Louchie Lou & Michie One: HSS 47 Willie Nelson: B2o0 134; CA 17; CCA u, 21; CS 25 63; MO io; R013 Patty Loveless: CA 5o N *E *R *D *: B200 90; RBA 43 Dianne Reeves: JZ 15 RO 35 Regency Buck: DC Lyle Lovett: CA 74 Ann Nesby: B200 107; RBA 22; RA 47; RBH 51 39 -T- 22, HA New Creation Of God: GA 18; IND 41 Remy Zero: A4o 34 Tall Paul: DC 44 -y- Ludacris: B200 14; RBA 5; Hioo 50; 23, 49; HSS 39; RA 12, 29; RBH 12, 30; RP 21; RS 31; Newsboys: B2oo 148; CCio Ren: HSS 37; RBH 95; RS 16 Olga Tenon: TSA 12; TSS 14 Yanni: NA 8,11 17o; HS 1i; RBA DC 10 Taylor: PCA 16 Yanou: DC 33; DS 5; HSS 68 T4o 34, 39 Next: Hioo 29; HA 29; RA 8; RBH 8 Res: Bzoo 46; Mo 38; James Lynyrd Skynyrd: PCA 32,39 Joe Nichols: CS 38 Reveille: RO 3o Los Temerarios: LA 3o; RMA 15 Trisha Yearwood: CA 62; CS 21 Nickel Creek: CCA 1; PCA 8; CS 56 Lydia Rhodes: DC 47 The Temptations: RBC zo YingYangTwins: Bzoo 58; IND 3; RBA io; RA34; M WNW Nickelback: 8200 18; A4o 2, 40; Hioo 14, 48; HA Rhyme: HSS 37; RBH 95; RS 16 Tenacious D:13200 172 RBH 35 Yo-Yo Ma: CL 2, 5 12, 47; MO 7; RO i, io; T40 Los Rieleros Del Norte: LA 5o John Tesh: B2oo 144; CC9; IND 8 Pete Yom: B200 192; HS 15 Mackin: RBA47 Tito Nieves: LPS 38; LT 12; TSS LeAnn Rimes: 8200 168; CA 23; Poo 32; AC 20; Thievery Corporation: JZ 10 Neil Young: Bzoo 10; INT 2 Madonna: DS 22 Nine2o: RS 49 DS 8; Hioo 3o; HA 38; HSS 7; T4o 23 Third Day: Bzoo 189; CC 14, 38 wus sr Raven Maize: DC 41 Nirvana: PCA 5o The Rippingtons Featuring Russ Freeman: CJ 12 Cyndi Thomson: CA 36; CS 51 Charlie Zaa: LA n; LPA 5; LPS 19; LT 16; TSS 29 Cheb Mami: DS 18 The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: CCA 13; I NT u Jenni Rivera: RMS 24 Thunderpuss: EA 21 Barry Manilow: Bzoo 41; INT 10 No Doubt: B200 36; PCA 44; A40 22. 36; Hioo 4o; Lupillo Rivera: LA 35, 36, 45, 47; RMA 18,19; LT Thursday: HS 31; IND 17 Zero 7: EA 1o; I N D 27 Zoegirl: CC22; HS 23 Patricia Manterola: LA 59; LPA 19; LPS 23; LT 34; HA 39; T4o 21, 25 23; RMS 5 T.I.: RBA 87 Rob Zombie: 13200 79; MO 23; RO 11 TSS 34 NOFX: IND 34 RL: RBH 88 Los Tigres Del Norte: LA 67; RMS 22, 38 Mantra: DC 47 No Good: HSS io; RBH 57; RP 3; RS 4 Woody Rock CC 19; GA 6; HS 18; RBA 63 Los Tigrillos: LA 25; RMA 13 Victor Manuelle: LPS 38; LT 12; TSS 1 Gabbie Nolen: CS 52 Daniel Rodriguez: CX 4; HS 48 Aaron Tippin: CS 6o; HSS 3o Marie Sisters: CS 59 The Notorious B.I.G.: PCA 47; RBC i, 4; HSS 56, Kenny Rogers: CA 72, 73; CS 53 Tito Y Hector: LA 27; LPA u Bob Marley: PCA 14; RBC 11; RE 2, 8,13 64; RS 48,53 Tho Rojas: TSA 9; T55 36 tobyMac: CC 4o Bob Marley And The Wailers: RE i 'N Sync: Bzoo 118; Hioo 5; HA u; HSS 1; RA 45; Joann Rosario: GA 22 Tonex: CC zo; GA 7; HS 20; RBA 66 Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley: RE7 RBH 27; RS i; T40 8 Rick Ross: RA 64; RBH 64 Tool: MO 33; RO 26 Marsha: DC 36 Mstislav Rostropovich: CL 11 Toya: Hioo 90 aM« Paul Rozmus: CI 6; IND 32 Train: B200 126; A40 10, 23; AC Andrea Martin: DC 34 u All About The Benjamins: Bzoo 149; IND 9; Paulina Rubio: LA 14; LPA 7; LPS 36 Trick Pony: CA 27; CS 23 Brad Martin: CS 34 OC: RS 64 RBA 31; STX io Rubyhorse: A4o Trik Turner: Bzoo 98; MO 9 Rogelio Martinez: RMS 17 The Offspring: RO 40 33 Almost Famous: STX 25 19 Ruff Endz: RA 28; RBH 29 Trina: RA64; RBH 64 Mary Mary: CC 27; G4 io 01' Dirty Bastard: Bzoo 72; IND 4; RBA Amelie: WM 8 Rush: R015 Travis Tritt: B200 115; CA iz; CS 9; Hioo 6o; HA Pepper Mashay: DC 35 Jamie O'Neal: CA 56; CS 43 57 A Beautiful Mind: CX 6 1320o Truth Hurts: 53; HA 54; HSS 38; RA zo; RBH limo Maas: EA 13; DC 9 The Ones: DC 6 Rusted Root: 129 Hioo Big Bad love: BL 9 20; RS Master P: RBA 88 Roy Orbison: CCA 24 33 Black Hawk Down: WM 12 La Oreja De Van Gogh: LPS 26; LT T. Supreme: HSS 52; RBH 96; RP 12; RS 17 matchbox twenty: AC 7 45 Blade II: Bzoo 49; EA 1; RBA 42; STX 3 Sade: Bzoo 137; PCA 41; RBA 69; RBC 17; DS 14 Los Tucanes De Tijuana: LA 13; RMA 6; LT 38; Dave Matthews Band: 1320012o; A4018 Los Originales De San Juan: LA 42 Bridget Jones's Diary: STX 22 Sanchez: RE io RMS Maxwell: B200 80; RBA 26; DS io; Hioo 67; HA Original P: RBA79 Clockstoppers: STX 18 Man Chalino Sanchez: RMS 40 Shania Twain: CCA 3; PCA 21; DC 3o 65; RA 15; RBH 16 Oro Solido: TSA 19 Coyote Ugly: B2oo 91; CA 8; STX 9 Christina Sanchez: HSS 37; RBH 95; RS 16 Tweet: Bzoo 5; RBA 2; H1oo 8, 100; HA 6; HSS John Mayer: B200 40; INT 13; A40 13 Ozzy Osboume: Bzoo 97; PCA 4; RO 38 35; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: CX 1z Raphael Saadiq: Hioo RBH 61 RBH 4, 58; RS 29; T4o 17 Martina McBride: Bzoo 113; CA 11; CS 7; Hioo 54; Our Lady Peace: MO 19 99; RA 59; RA 4, 55; Down From The Mountain: CA 37; STX 24 Arturo Sandoval: JZ 25 Twista: RBC 21 HA 52 OutKast: 8200 61; RBA 45; Hioo 42; HA 43; RA The Fast And The Furious: B2oo 195; STX 15 Santa Rosa: TSA lo; LT 26; TSS 3, 30 B200 103; IND 5 Paul McCartney: AC 24 5o; RBH 49; RS 55;14o 3o Gilberto Twiztid: The Fast And The Furious: More Fast And juelz Santana: Hioo 58; HA 6o; HSS zo; RA 17; Ronan Tynan: WM 9 Delbert McClinton: BL 6 Out Of Eden: CC 31; HS 5o Furious: B200 180; STX 14 RBH 14;RP6;RS9 Steve Tyrell: JZ 6 Donnie McClurkin: Bzoo 194; CC 16; GA 5; RBA 59 Ginny Owens: CC 29; HS 43 Hardball: STX 17 Alejandro Sanz: LA 8; LPA 3; LPS 12; LT 18 Moses Tyson, Jr.: GA 16; IND 39 Mindy McCready: CA 57 I Am Sam: B200 66; STX 6 Savage Garden: HSS John McDermott: WM 11 45 Kissing Jessica Stein: JZ 7 Scanners: DC 42 .w - Reba McEntire: CA 33 Petey Pablo: B200 138; RBA 58; RA 62; RBH 63 The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The GA 12 Scarface: RA 57; RBH 6o U2: B200 55; I NT 23; PCA 23 Bobby McFerrin: C19 Joe Pace & The Colorado Mass Choir: Ring: B200 151; STX u The John Scofield Band: CJ zo U Boo: RE 6 Tim McGraw: Bzoo 76, 139; CA 7, 18; CCA 23; CS Lindsay Pagano: HSS 54 Monsoon Wedding: INT 21; WM 4 B200 112; CA 10; CS 17 Jill Scott: RBA 77 UGK: RBA 57 12, 20; Hioo 56; HA 55 Brad Paisley: Moulin Rouge: B2oo 63; INT 24; STX 5 Peggy Scott- Adams: BL 1; IND 28 Uncle Tupelo: HS 46 Mark McGuinn: CA 68 Los Palominos: RMS 27 Moulin Rouge 2: B200 165; INT 15; STX 12 RA 51; RBH 48; RS 41 Palomo: LA 41; LT 15; RMS Earl Scruggs And Friends: CA 67 Union Station: B200 124; CA 15; INT 22 Brian McKnight: Hioo 91; 3,33 O Brother, Where Art Thou ?: B2oo 6; CA 1; I NT RA 61; RBH 62 Joan Sebastian: LA 23, 32; RMA 11,16; LPS 21; LT Unwritten Law: B2oo 85; MO 3 MDO: LA 43; LPA 16; LPS io; LT 14; TSS 26 Sean Paul: 5; STX 11; RMS Polo Urias Y Su Maquina Nortena: RMS 3o Medeski Martin And Wood: 8200169; CJ 2; HS io Laura Pausini: LA zo; LPA 10 io The Princess Diaries: SD( zo Jon Secada: LT 3o; T55 7 Usher: 820o 23; RBA 16; DS 4; Hioo 4, 6, 36; HA Melody: LA 39; LPA 15; LPS 32; TSS i8 Luciano Pavarotti: CL Queen Of The Damned: Bzoo 86; STX 7 HSS 21, 50; RA 5, 7; Secret Garden: NA 3 HSS 5o, 62; RA 2, 7, 39; RBH 2, 7, Men Of Standard: GA 17; IND 40 P. Diddy: Hioo 6,16; HA 5,16; 3, 5, 35; Resident Evil: Bzoo 88; STX 8 8, 18; RS 12, 25; T4o 15 Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band: PCA 5 RP 18; RS 25, 28; 140 15, 18, 26 Roy D. Mercer: CA 7o RBH 5, 7; RP 43; The Scorpion King: B2oo 7; SD( 2 CC 5 Ezequiel Pena: RMS 21 Selena: LA 61 MercyMe: B200 82; Shrek B200 59; STX 4 Jo Dee Messina: B200 190; CA 26; AC 12; CS 20 Murray Perahia: CL 9 Sensefield: A4o 29 -V- Spongebob Squarepants Original Theme HSS 9 Erick Sermon: RBH 88 Ian Van Dahl: DC 32; DS 6; HSS 75 Metallica: PCA 13 Amanda Perez: Hioo 8o; Highlights: STX 19 Sevendust: IND 2o; MO 36; RO 21 Luther Vandross: RBA 61; AC 28; RA 44; RBH 46 Pat Metheny Group: CI 5 Itzhak Perlman: CL 7 State Property: B2oo 179; RBA 40; STX 13 RE 3; RS Vangelis: CL 14 Method Man: HSS 14; RP 25; RS 37 Pesado: LA 33; RMA 17; LT 39; RMS 12 Shaggy: 59 Tae-Bo Inspirational: Walk By Faith...Not By PCA Shakira: 820o 8; DC 4o; Hioo 19; HA 19; LPS 8, Sergio Vargas: TSS 15 Tanto Metro & Devonte: RE 5; Hioo 88; RA 46; Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers: 45 Sight: GA 29 LT T4o 14, 38; TSS 16 Junior Vasquez: EA 3; HS 28; IND 16 RBH 5o Phantom Planet: HS 24; MO 38 25, 4o; 4, 41; Three 6 Mafia & Hypnotize Minds Presents: Remy Shand: B200 53; RBA 20; Hioo 94; RA 52; Phil Vassar: CS 3; Hioo 37; HA 36 MFF: DC 34 Pharoahe Monch: RA 65; RBH 66 Choices - The Album: RBA 84 RBH Jimmie Vaughan: BL 15 Luis Miguel: LA 18; LPA 9; LPS 24, 27; LT 40, 46 Pimpinela: LA 74 53 Training Day: STX 21 DS Hioo 11; HA 9; Sharissa: Bzoo 94; RBA 21; H1oo 82; RA 36; RBH Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble: BL 7 Christina Milian: HSS 40 Pink B200 9; MO 19, 35; 9; 39 A Walk To Remember: STX 16 SheDaisy: CS 3o Eddie Vedder: A4o 28 Kylie Minogue: 8200 30; A40 24; DS 12; Hioo 18; T4o 3 We Were Soldiers: CA 35; STX 23 Vega: LA 21; RMA 9 HA18; T4o 12 Pink Floyd: B2oo 175; PCA 7 Shekinah Glory Ministry: G4 40 Chuy Vicious: EA 9; IND 26 Mobb Deep: B2oo 185; RBA 56; Hioo 87; RBH 93 Pinmonkey: CS 54 Blake Shelton: CA 43; CS 41 Johnny VARIOUS ARTISTS- LT PCA Alicia Villarreal: LA 15; RMA 7; LT 31; RMS 7 - Moby: MO 25 Alexandre Pires: HS 40; LA 5; LPA 2; LPS 3, 7; Frank Sinatra: 40 on The Billboard 200 Sin Bandera: LA 34; LPA 14; LPS 13; LT zo; TSS 17 Fernando Villalona: LT 3o; TSS 7 Monchy 8. Alexandra: LA 17; TSA 2; LT 27; T55 4 5,10; TSS 23 City On A Hill: Sing Alleluia: 193 SirAdamsmasher: DC 38 David Visan: EA 16; WM 6 Jane Monheit: JZ 12, 22 Play: HSS 36 Disney's Superstar Hits: 188 RP RS 17 Sixwire: CS 57 Vita: HSS 73; RP 22; RS 34 Yolandita Monge: LPS 27; LT 28; TSS 38 P -Lo: HSS 52; RBH 96; i2; Grammy Nominees 2002: 135 Ricky Skaggs & Friends: CA 64 Carlos Yves: LA 38; TSA 4; LPS 9; LT 7; TSS 6 Ricardo Montaner: LPS 39 Plus One: Bzoo 140; CC8 Now 8:93 Katie Skate: DS 17 Pablo Montero: LA 28; LPA 12; LPS 6; LT 8 P.O.D.: B2oo 32; CC 1; H1oo 32; HA 34; MO 5, 34; Now 9:3 HSS 63; RBH 97; RP 13; RS 19 Pilar Montenegro: LA 9; LPA 4; WM 5; LPS 5; LT i; RO 6; 140 37 Slanted Eyezz: -w- Is Passion: Our Love Loud: 77 El Poder Del Norte: LA 24; RMA 12; LT 49; RMS 15 Sleepy Brown: Hioo 22; HA 23; HSS 39; RA 12; The Wailers: PCA 14; RBC 11; RE 2, 8,13 RMS 2; TSS 27 Songs 4 Worship - Shout To The Lord: ii9 RBH 12; RP 21; RS 31; T40 Loudon Wainwright Ill: IND 44 John Michael Montgomery: CA 66 Poison: PCA 35 34 Totally Country:17 New Chart- Topping Hits: Richard Smallwood With Vision: GA 31 Mel Waiters: BL 13 Montgomery Gentry: CA 6o; CS 58 Carlos Ponce: LPS 3o; LT 47 65 Anthony Smith: CS Andre Ward: CJ 16; RBA 95 Gary Moore: BL 12 Christoph Poppen: CL 8 49 WOW Gospel zooz: The Year's 3o Top Gospel Esther Smith: GA 20; IND 50 Latanza Waters: DC 17 Stanton Moore: JZ 23 Power Houze: IND 23; RBA 54 Artists And Songs:158 Symphony: Michael W. 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1 s NLANLI 2 _° +t'Tl- NUMBER BLURRY FLAWIESS/GEFFEN/INTERSCDPE Puddle Of Mudd 2 1 BLURRY FLAWLESS/GEFFENANTERSCOPE Puddle Of Mudd ç 7 SEEIN' RED INTERSCOPE Unwritten Law ç 3 3 FOR YOU FLIP/ELEKTRNEEG Staind ç AIN'T IT FUNNY JENNIFER LOPEZ FEATURING JA RULE 5 FOR YOU FLIP/ELEKtRNEEG Staind ç 4 5 I STAND ALONE REPUBLICJUNNERSAL Godsmack ç EPIC = 3 YOUTH OF THE NATION ATLANTIC P.O.D. 4 ç S WASTING MY TIME Iva Default ç WHAT'S LUV? 2 2 t 6 FIRST DATE MCA Blink -182 ç 6 6 YOUTH OF THE NATION ATLANTIC P.O.D. ç FAT JOE FEATURING ASHANTI TERROR SWAB /ATLANTIC su 8 TOO BAD ROADRUNNEWIOJMG Nickelback ç 7 8 HERE TO STAY IMMORTAI/EPIC Korn DON'T LET ME GET ME 4 CRAWLING IN THE DARK ISLAND/1MJMG Hoobastank 7 IsLANDADJMG ç 8 CRAWLING IN THE DARK Hoobastank ç 3 3 PINK rc'.v 9 FRIENDS & FAMILY RCA Ink Turner ç 9 9 IN THE END WARNER BROS Linkin Park A9 ARISTA

1 0 TOXICITY AMERICAN/COLUMBIA System Of A Down ç 10 10 HOW YOU REMIND ME ROADRUNNER Nickelback ç FOOLISH ASHANTI 13 DOPE NOSE GEFFEWINTERSCOPE Weezer 11 11 NEVER GONNA STOP GEFFEWINTERSCOPE Rob Zombie ç MURDER INCAEF JAM A5JMG 'r2 11 WASTING MY TIME ivr Default 16 ç 12 HOLD ME DOWN MCA Tommy Lee ç ALL YOU WANTED 14 7 HERE TO STAY IMMORTA/EPIC Korn 13 14 TOXICITY AMERICAN/COLUMBIA System Of A Down ç MICHELLE BRANCH MAVERICKAVAMERBROS. ; 12 1,4 IN THE END WARNER BROS. Linkin Park ç 14 12 CAUGHT IN THE SUN LAVNATLANTIC Course Of Nature ç IN THE END 18 FELL IN LOVE WITH A GIRL THIRDMANN2 The White Stripes ç 15 22 ONE LITTLE VICTORY ANTHEM/ATIANTIC AILL DOER Rush LINKIN PARK ;.1t 16 ITS GOIN' DOWN LOUD / COLUMBIA X- Ecutioners ç 16 13 MY SACRIFICE WINDUP Creed A9 WARNER BROS. 17 15 NICE IMMORTAI/EPIC WHEREVER YOU WILL GO TO KNOW YOU Incubus ç 17 15 ADRIANA RCA Headstrong ç THE CALLING ;'118 1/ WISH YOU WERE HERE IMMORTAI/EPIC Incubus ç 18 GET AWAY WARNER BROS. Earshot RCA

30 SOMEWHERE OUT THERE COLUMBIA AA RPopMA I Our Lady Peace 21 TEAR WINO-UP Drowning Pool ç 8 AWAY GIRLFRIEND 22 N SYNC FEATURING NELLY AMBER VOLCANO 311 ç 20 19 DOWN WITH THE SICKNESS GIANT/REPRISE Disturbed ç JIVE 21 HERE IS GONE WARNER BROS The Goo Goo Dolls ç I® 23 LIVE AGAIN NT Sevendust BLURRY 22 1 / THE WAY YOU LIKE IT ARISTA Adema ç 22 20 FAITHLESS ISLAND/WAG Injected ç PUDDLE OF MUDD e3 23 NEVER GEFFEWINTERSCOPE ILA WLESSIG ErFEN nmoeSPAPE GONNA STOP Rob Zombie ç 23 17 NICE TO KNOW YOU IMMORTAUEPIC Incubus ç 24 21 I STAND ALONE REPUBLICANIVERSAL Godsmack ç in 27 DENY TB Default ç A THOUSAND MILES 10 VANESSA CARLTON 35 WE ARE ALL MADE OF STARS W Moby çz 413 25 36 DRIFT & DIE FLAWLESSNEFFENANTERSCOPE Puddle Of Mudd ç ABM ANTERSCOPE St26 SCREAMING INFIDELITIES VAGRANT Dashboard Confessional ç IIED 32 PARABOLA TOOL DISSECTIONAWOLCANO Tool HOW YOU REMIND ME 31 NICKELBACK DRIFT &DIE SAW E55 GEREN /IN ERSCOPE Puddle Of Mudd ç ONE LAST BREATH WINDUP Creed ROADRUNNER ADJMG 25 FLAKE ENJOY/UNIVERSAL Jack Johnson 8 f. 24 THE WAY YOU LIKE IT ARISTA Adema ç CAN'T GET YOU OUT OF MY HEAD RUNNING AWAY ISLAND /IDJMG Hoobastank NO LIGHT HOLLYWOOD 3rd Strike ç KY LIE MINOGUE 29 TIME BOMB/COLUMBIA Quarashi CARROL 401 STICK 'EM UP ç INSIDE OUT (CAN YOU FEEL ME NOW) ELEKTRNEEG Reveille F -31 27 EXTASY ESCAPE THE REMEDY Abandoned Pools ç FORSAKEN WARNER BROS. David Draiman ENRIQUE IGLESIAS 33 GET AWAY WARNER BROS. Earshot ANGER RISING ROAORUNNER/IDJMG Jerry Cantrell INTERSCOPE PARABOLA TOOLOISSECTIONALNOLCANO Tool ONE THING SANCTUARY Gravity Kills UNDERNEATH YOUR CLOTHES BOOM ATLANTIC P.O.D. 4 1 SHAKIRA HERE IS GONE WARNER BROS. Goo Goo Dolls ç EPIC 28 RCA The LAST NITE Strokes ç ITS GOIN' DOWN LouD/coLUMeu X-Ecutioners ç 36 LIVE AGAIN ivi Sevendust I NEED A GIRL (PART ONE) GONE AWAY RIP /GEFÆWINiERSCOPE Cold 15 18 P. DIDOY FEATURING USHER 8 LOON 39 TEAR WIND -UP BAD BOY / ARISTA AWAY Drowning Pool 9 30 THE QUESTION REFUGE/MCA Familiar 48 37 CALIFORNIA DAYLIGHT/EPIC Phantom Planet HERE IS GONE ç 35 DREAMER EPIC Ozzy Osboume ç 16 16 THE GOO GOO DOLLS 6`39 38 PAPERCUT WABNERBROS. Linkin Park ç 37 AGAIN REPUBLIC/UNIVERSAL Jeremiah Freed WARNER BROS. BOUNCING OFF THE WALLS ULTIMATUMIARTEMIS Sugarcult 9 40 DEFY YOU COLUMBIA The Offspring ç OOPS (OH MY) TWEET THE GOLD MINDIELEBTRA /EEG

LI DON'T HAVE TO CALL 20 USHER Á ARISTA .700.L227 A02' Billboard ADULT CoNTEMPORARYTM Billboard ADULT TOP 40 TRACKSTM ALWAYS ON TIME 5 JA RULE FEATURING ASHANTI / M MURDER INCJOEFJAM/NUMB W MY SACRIFICE W} 19 CREED WIND-UP g TITLE IMPRINT /PROMOTION LABEL Artist TITLE IMPRINT /PROMOTION LABEL Artist tx- 5 HELLA GOOD E te` NUMBER 1 `áÉ 5 Weeks AINude I 29 NO DOUBT r.1 r NUMBER 1 TiY 19 Womb At islet INTERSCOPE 1 1 WHEREVER RCA The Calling 1 A NEW DAY HAS COME EPIC Celine Dion ç YOU WILL GO ç WASTING MY TIME 2 26 2 HERO INTERSCOPE Enrique Iglesias ç 2 HOW YOU REMIND ME ROAORUNNEMDJMG Nickelback ç 22 DEFAULT ® NT ? 3 HANDS CLEAN MAVERICK/REPRISE Alanis Morissette ç 3 SUPERMAN (IT'S NOT EASY) AWARE/COLUMBIA Five For Fighting ç CAN'T FIGHT THE MOONLIGHT 5 HERE IS GONE WARNER BROS. The Goo Goo Dolls ç 2 LEANN RIMES 5 I'M ALREADY THERE BNA Lonestar ç 4 MY SACRIFICE WIND -UP Creed ç CURB I NEED YOU clxuMeu Marc Anthony 7I;ç 6 BLURRY OAWLESSOERENMNTERSCOPE Puddle Of Mudd ç HANDS CLEAN 0 22 ALANIS MORISSETTE 4 ONLY TIME REPRISE Enya ç 9 ALL YOU WANTED MAVERICK/WARNER BRon. Michelle Branch ç ® MAVERICK /REPRISE 8 SOAK UP THE SUN AOMANTERSCOPE Sheryl Crow ç 7 6 IF YOU'RE GONE LAVNATLANnC matchbox twenty ç u HEY BABY 23 9 7 STANDING STILL An.NTc Jewel ç NO DOUBT FEATURING BOUNTY KILLER 8 $ I HOPE YOU DANCE MCA NASHVILLE/UNIVERSAL Lee Ann Womack ç INTERSCOPE 1 _ 10 DROPS OF JUPITER (TELL ME) COLUMBIA Train ç U GOT IT BAD 10 =7 ` ONLY A WOMAN LIKE YOU AVE Michael Bolton is 1 13 A THOUSAND MILES ma neimscopo Vanessa Carlton ç 27 USHER MISTA 1/ 9 59 THANK YOU ARISTA Dido ç 12 12 HANGING BY A MOMENT DeEAMWORKS Llfehouse ç 14 UH HUH 1 ; 11 A.., DROPS OF JUPITER (TELL ME) COLUMBIA Train a) NO SUCH THING AWAOE/CDLUMBW John Mayer ç 30 ç 27 02K 14 11 SUPERMAN (IT'S NOT EASY) AWARE/COLUMBIA Five For Fighting ç EPIC 15 Ill BRING ON THE RAIN CURB Jo Dee Messina ç 15 IN THE END WABNERBROS. Linkin Park ç 7 DAYS 28 12 THIS TRAIN DON'T STOP THERE ANYMORE ROCKET/UNIVERSAL Elton John ç CRAIG DAVID 18 `:': WASTING MY TIME Tvr AR P Default ç . 1 own WILDSTAR /ATLANTIC .. -: 14 IIII THERE YOU'LL BE 110LLYWOODM/ARNERBROS. Faith Hill ç ID 21 THE MIDDLE osEAMWOexS AUR P O AM7t ' Jimmy Eat World ç A NEW DAY HAS COME 29 31 CELINE DION 13 III DROWNING JM Backstreet Boys ç `8 16 EVERYDAY RCA Dave Matthews Band ç EPIC 1'i 19 GET THE PARTY STARTED ARISTA Pink ç a 17 WILD CHILD REPRISE AOR P LJ AMIQG3 Enya THE WHOLE WORLD I y1i 22 STILLNESS OF HEART VIRGIN Lenny Kravitz ç 24 OUTKAST FEATURING KILLER MIKE 22 ARISTA NASHVILLE a, SO COMPLICATED Carolyn Dawn Johnson ç ARISTA ® 24 , A NEW DAY HAS COME EPIC Celine Dion ç 11101 20 I CAN'T HELP YOU NOW waft Bonnie Raitt THE MIDDLE 22 17 HEY BABY INTERSCOPE No Doubt Featuring Bounty Killer ç ® -- 38 JIMMY EAT WORLD 16 SONG FOR THE LONELY WARNER BROS Cher ç 25 SHE'S ON FIRE COW MBM Train ç OREAMWOBKS

23 CAPITOL SOAK UP THE SUN 19 CAN'T FIGHT THE MOONLIGHT CURB LeAnn Rimes CAN'T GET YOU OUT OF MY HEAD Kylie Minogue ç ç 2 35 SHERYL CROW 43) 26 EASY TONIGHT AWARE/COWMBA Five For Fighting ç ABM ANTERSCOPE ' 18 LET ME DOWN EASY REPRISE Chris Isaak ç 4531 32 #. COMPLICATED MISTA Avril Lavigne STANDING STILL % '22 21 INSATIABLE COLUMBIA Darren Hayes ç 32 JEWEL 27 20 WRONG IMPRESSION RCA Natalie Imbruglia ç ATLANTIC 23 :é TO WHERE YOU ARE 143/REPRISE Josh Groban 28 28 YOU'VE GOT TO HIDE YOUR LOVE AWAY vs Eddie Vedder E SATURDAY (000HI 0000HI) 4 40 to 25 YOUR LOVING FLAME MR/CAPITOL Paul McCartney Illa 30 SAVE YOURSELF NETTWERE Sensefield LUUACRIS FEATURING SLEEPY BROWN DISTURBING TTIA PEACF/OEFJRM SOUIN ADJMG 30 29 BREATHING oauAMVroeon Lifehouse ç 40) 24 FALLIN' J Alicia Keys . ç VIDEO 33 BREAK ME Anarmc Jewel ç ® INDIA.ARIE 26 26 STANDING STILL ATLANTIC Jewel ç 32 31 CAN'T FIGHT THE MOONLIGHT cuce LeAnn Rimes ç MOTOWN/UNIVERSILL 27 WHEREVER YOU WILL GO RCA The Calling is CARAMEL 4 at 36 SPARKLE ISIAN cowMG Rubyhorse CITY HIGH FEATURING EVE 34 34 VD RATHER J Luther Vandross SAVE ME ELEKTWVEEG Remy Zero ç BOOGA LRSBRITMTERSCOPE DON'T LET ME GET ME ARISTA Pink ç BEAUTIFUL AS YOU AMC All -4 -One ® YOUTH OF THE NATION 7 P.O.D. HELLA GOOD INTERSCOPE No Doubt ç I NEED AN ANGEL DREAMWORLS Daniel DeBourg ® ATLANTIC ESCAPE INTEascoPE Enrique Iglesias 41111 ç WHENEVER, WHEREVER 36 38 l THEY -SAY VISION MCA Res ç SHAKIRA from a national of by Data Radio 101 ell Compiled sample airplay supplied Broadcast Systems' Track service. mainstream EPIC rock stations, 82 modern rock stations, 83 adult contemporary stations and 78 adult Top 40 stations are electronically i® WHEN THE STARS GO BLUE IuuvNATIANOIC The Corrs Featuring Bono ROLL OUT (MY BUSINESS) 24 7 , monitored hours a day, days a week. Top 40 Tracks is compiled from a national sample of Mainstream Top 40 ROADRUNNEMDJMG CEO TOO BAD Nickelback ç 4 LUDACRIS Rhythmic Top 40 and Adult Top 40 stations. The 251 Top 40 Tracks stations are electronically monitored 24 hours a day, 7 DISTURBING IRA PFACEAEE JAM SOUTH ADJMG days a week. Top 40 Tracks awards bullets based on increase in audience impressions. On the remaining detection -based I'M GONNA charts, tracks with increase in detections over the previous week are bulleted regardless of chart movement. A record which has been on the chart for more than 20 weeks will generally not receive a bullet, even if it registers an increase. in BE ALRIGHT Records below the top 20 (top 15 for AC) are removed from the chart after 26 weeks. Airpower awarded to songs appearing in the top 20 on both the BDS Airplay and Audience charts for the first time with increases in both detections ;eh JENNIFER LOPEZ FEATURING NAS and audience (Top 40 Tracks excluded). ç Videoclip availability. ® 2002, VNU Business Media, Inc. All rights reserved. B? EPIC

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www.americanradiohistory.com AX02 7 Billboard HOT 100 AIRPLAYM Y Y Y Y r Y. Y W LU W y W wr. W 3 3 8 3 s s TITLE Y TITLE ^ TITLE ±' s Billboard. g ARTIST (IMPRINT/PROMOTION LABEL) = g 3: ARTIST (IMPRINT/PROMOTION LABEL) I- .5 ARTIST (IMPRINT/PROMOTION LABEL) .Foolish z Wks AtNo.) ED 28 -1 My List ® 57, Living And Living Well TOBY KEITH (DREAMWORKS (NASHVILLE)) SPOTLIGHTS Q 1 ASHANTI (MURDER INC DEFJAMVIOJMGI GEORGE STRAIT (MCA NASHVILLE) 2 What's Luv? ® 42 i Makin' Good Love 52 45. Blessed a /ATLANTIC AVANT MAGICJOHNSONAACA) MARTINA MCBRIDE RCA NASHVILLE( FAT JOE FEAT. ASHANTI RRORSQUAD © 4 12 U Don't Have To Call ED 34 7 The Middle 53 36 I Breathe In, I Breathe Out CHRIS CAGLE USHER ( ARISTA) JIMMY EAT WORLD (DREAMWORKS) (CAPITOL (NASHVILLE)) 4 3 18 Ain't It Funny 29 26 10 Anything m 70 Addictive JENNIFER LOPEZ FEAT. JA RULE EPIC) JAHEIM FEAT NEXT DIVINE MILL/WARNER BROS. TRUTH HURTS FEAT. RAKIM AFTERMATHANTERSCOPE) 55 In © 9 `! I Need A Girl (Part One) 39 7 Drive (For Daddy Gene) 50 The Cowboy Me "" P DIM FEAT USHER & LOON (BAD BOY / ARISTA) ALAN JACKSON (ARISTA NASHVILLE) TIM MCGRAW (CURL) pOops (Oh My) _" 1227 My Sacrifice m 74 Down A** Chick 3 5 DDLF TWEET THE GOLD MIND/EIEKTFWEEG CREED NO -UP JA RULE RAT CHARUBALTIMORE MUIDERINC/OEFJAMADJMG) 7 6 Blurry 22 24 13 More Than A Woman a) 59 Modern Day Bonnie And Clyde PUDDLE OF MUDD IFLAWLESS/GEFFEWINTERSCOPEI AALIYAH IBLACKGROUNDI TRAVISTRTIT (COLUMBIA (NASHVILLE)) ®In The End 33 33 12 Young O 65 ® How Come You Don't Call Me B 7 LINKIN PARK ARNER BROS. KENNY CHESNEY RNA) ALICLA KEYS (J 59 i 1 ® Don't Let Me Get Me 34 30 12 Youth Of The Nation 53 ' Nothing In This World 0 PINK P.O.D. KEKE WYATT FEAT AVANT (MCA) ( ARISTA) (ATLANTIC) 413) 12 Escape 35 35 30 U Got It Bad O - Oh Boy . ENRIQUE IGLESIAS (INTERSCOPEI USHER ARISTA CAM'RON ROC-A- FELUVDEFJAMADJMG) 11 10 Girlfriend O 37 10 That's When I Love You 61 52 Roc The Mic . N SYNC FEAT HOLLY (JIVE) PHIL VASSAR (ARISTA NASHVILLE) p`'" BEANIE SIGEL & FREEWAY )ROC- A-FEWVDEFJAMNDJMG) 112 8 How You Remind Me Qv 41 A I'm Movin' On 62 62 r`4 For You NICKELBACK ROADRUNNER/IOJMG Miaa. RASCAL FLATTS LYRICSTRE STAIND FUP/ELEKTRNEEG

38 =: Can't Fight The Moonlight 73 3 Awnaw ® 16 All You Wanted 32 Can't ® = MICHELLE BRANCH (MAVERICK/WARNER BROS.) It RIMES (CURB( NAPPY ROOTS (ATLANTIC) 14 14 Wherever You Will Go O 66 Halla Good m 67 ? 4 I Should Be Sleeping THE CALLING (RCA) )" NO DOUBT INTERSCOPE EMERSON DRIVE DREAMWORKS NASHVILLE 65 7 This Woman's Work 15 I Love You Q 63 halfcrazy 56 FAITH EVANS (BAD BOY /ARISTA) MUSIC) IDEFSOUTAOJMGI MAXWELL (COLUMBIA) .Pass The Courvoisier Part Il cal 46 What If She's An Angel a) - 1 I'm Gonna Be Alright m BUSTA RHYMES FEAT. P DIM & PHARRELL (J) . TOMMY SHANE STEINER(RCA NASHVILLE) JENNIFER LOPE/ FEAT. NAS EPIC) CE) 19 A Thousand Miles 42 38 III Superman (Lt's Not Easy) m 75 2 One Mic . VANESSA CARLTON IA &M/INTERSCOPEI FIVE FORRGHTING (AWARE/COLUMBIA) NAS (ILLWIWCOLUMBIA) 18 13 Can't Get You Out Of My Head 43 31 III The Whole World O 71 3 Take Ya Home . KYUE MINOGUE CAPITO UK OUTKAST FEAT. KILLER MIKE ARISTA LIL BOW WOW SO SO DEF/COLUMBIA m 21 Underneath Your Clothes 44 44 III Hero 69 64 5 Lights, Camera, Action! SHAKIRA (EPIC) ENRIQUE IGLESIAS (INTERSCOPE) g... MR. CHEEKS (UNIVERSAL) D 20 Here Is Gone 45 43 Hands Clean D 72 3 Soak Up The Sun THE GOO GOO DOLLS ARNER BROS.) ALAN'S MORISSETTE MAVERICK/REPRISE Y' - SHERYL CROW A&MANTERSCOPE 21 17 Always On Timeme 45 40 Family Affair 71 47 `14 What About Us? ® JA RULE FEAT. ASHANTI (MURDERINCJDEFJAMADJMG) MARY J.BUGE (MCA) BRANDY (ATLANTIC) 23 Wasting My Time 51 Too Bad 1 Gots Ta Be ® CD II m ,s; DEFAULT NICKELBACK ROADRUNNERAOJMG) B2K EPIC) ® 22 Saturday (Oooh! O000h!) CD 55 Uh Huh m - 13 Video _. LUDACRIS (DISTURBING THAPEACDOEF JAM SOUTHADJMGI 82K ( EPICI INDIAARIE (MOTOWNNNIVERSAU 27 Rainy Days 49 49 Welcome To Atlanta 74 68 19 The Long Goodbye DEFJAMSOUTWCOLUMBIA BROOKS &DUNN ARISTA NASHVILLE 0 MARY J. SLICE FEAT. JA RULE MCA I JEMAINEDUPRI &WOACRIS 69 9 Crawling In The Dark 29 IIIN A New Day Has Come O 60 pt. I Don't Have To Be Me (ill Monday) 75 ® HOOBASTANK '-' -" CELINE DION (EPIC) _. '. -- STEVE AZAR (MERCURY(NASHVILIE)I (ISLANDflOJMG)

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N SYNC FEAT. NELLY (JIVE) r.. FAT JOE FEAT ASHANTI (TERROR SOUAO /ATLANTICI GEORGE HARRISON (GNOME/CAPITOL) 2 2 ' A Thousand Miles 27 24 Roll Wit Me 52 43 4 Shawty YOU LOVE THAT( VANESSA CARLTON IA &M/INTERSCOPE) - -c.. PRETTY WILLIE W./REPUBLIC/UNIVERSAL) P -LO FEAT. LILRU &T SUPREME (HOW 53 34 3 3 Lights, Camera, Action! U 28 . 7 Days 51 One Sweet Day MR. CHEEKS (UNIVERSAL) CRAIG DAVID (WILOSTAR/ATLANTICI MARIAN CAREY & BOYZ II MEN ICOLUMBIAI 54 33 R Q 8 Feels Good (Don't Worry Bout A Thing) 2S' 31 Only Time 42 Everything U NAUGHTY BY NATURE FEAT 3LW ITVT) ENVA IREPRISEI UNDSAY PAGANO (WARNER BROS.) 5 4 Hush UI' Lady 3C 30 Where The Stan And StripesAndThe Eagle Fly 55 54 30 Buster COREY FEAT UL' ROMEO INOONTIME/MOTOWNNNIVERSAU AARON TIPPIN (LYRIC STREET) DENNIS OA MENACE (1ST AVENUE) Billboard's annual Jazz Music Spotlight delivers 6 6 Move It Like This 31 29 Osama -Yo' Mama m 59 '?54 Big Poppa/Warning BAHA MEN (B)CURVE/CAPITOLI -': RAY STEVENS (CURB( THE NOTORIOUS 8.1.G. (BAD BOY/ARISTA) the latest news in Jazz, with at look at the artists 7 7 Can't Fight The Moonlight 32 15 Dansin Wit Wolvez 57 46 35 Hit 'Em Up Style Mops!)

LEANN RIMES (CURB) -. STRIK9INE IFADEJECMDI BLU CANTRELL IREOZONE/ARISTAI and labels currently making strides in the 8 5 Uh Huh 3: 40 Revolution 58 53 3 Fame B2K (EPIC) STONE TEMPLE PILOTS (ATLANTIC) GZ/USENIUS (MCA) genre. Well recap Jazz on the Billboard charts 9 9 Never 34 35 Gettin' Jiggy Wit It 59 48 18 Never Too Far/Hero Medley MARIAH CAREY AMANDA PEREZ (UNIVERSALI - . WILL SMITH (COLUMBIA) (VIRGIN) over the last year, profile the International 1 D ii Bailin' Boy 35 39 .Oops (Oh My) a) - Deep Space 9mm Association of Jazz Educators' efforts to NO GOOD (ARTISTOIRECT) TWEET (THE GOLDMIND/ELEKTRA/EEG) ea, EL -P (DEFINITIVEJUX) 11 13 Song For The Lonely 76 32 Us Against The World - 1 Heaven promote jazz through educational programs, CHER (WARNER BROS.) PLAY (COLUMBIA) EYRA GAIL (24/7 /ARTEMIS) 12 10 Still Not Over You m 45 Calling My Name m - 1 U Don't Have To Call and provide a special 50th anniversary tribute EXHALE (REAL DEAL/ORPHEUS) "'_`' REN (MUSIC MIND/ORPHEUS) USHER (ARISTA) Q - Wherever You Will Go m - _./ Addictive 63 52 8 Put Yo Sets Up to the pioneering Modern Jazz Quartet. THE CALLING (RCA( : TRUTH HURTS FEA. RAMM (AFTERMATFVINTERSCOPE) REDO EYEZZ (MO) 14 14 /- Round And Round 39 34 ; Saturday (Oooh! O000h!) 64 55 54 One More Chance/Stay With Me (BAD BOY/ARISTA) JONELL & METHOD MAN IOEF SOULJDEFJAMAOJMG) WDACRIS (DISTURBING THA PEACE/DEF JAM SOUTWIOJMGI THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G. 115 12 It's The Weekend 40 27 31 AM To PM 65 60 26 America The Beautiful Make sure your company's message is LIL'J (HOLLYWOOD( CHRISTINA MILIAN MEFSODUIOJMG) ELVIS PRESLEY IRCAI m 19 That's Just Jessie 41 37 43 The Star Spangled Banner CD - 4 You Gets No Love HOUSTON ARISTA) .-. FAITH EVANS (BAD BOY /ARISTA) included in Billboard's highly anticipated KEVIN DENNEY(LYRIC STREET) WHITNEY ( L2 Playin' You Know That I Love You m 21 '; Slow Dance 33 : Stop D - Jazz report. Call now! LOU MOSLEY (JENSTAR) LEVERT AGEE (KNIGHTSTAR) DONELL JONES (UNTOUCHABLES/ARISTA) Hyde Ha Heaven O 23 'ì Mama's Baby, Poppa's Maybe m - '- m - GREEN EYEZ IRIGG MONO BIG LOGIC (GOODINVISIOWORPHEUS) DJ SAMMY& YANOU FEAT SO (ROBBINS) 19 18 Do Ya Thang Girl 44 41 % Foolish 69 63 Differences Issue Date: June 8 BEELOW IBAWN') ASHANTI (MURDER INCJDEFJAM /IDJMG) GINUWINE IEPICI 70 ` Can I That ?!!? 20 17 ì't Oh Boy CD 50 23 Truly Madly Deeply 56 Get BEARWEINEZI )EARGASM) CAMRON (ROC- A- FELIADEFJAMADJMGI SAVAGE GARDEN (COLUMBIA) Ad Close: May 13 71 21 16 Pass The Courvoisier Part II 101 - 1 Tr'3 Wally 61 Love It BEAU BUSTA RHYMES FEAT. P. 0100V & PHARRELL IJ) LIFER'S (ALL OUT) (MOYOANTERSCOPEI 10 72 57 God Bless The USA © 22 T I Don't Want To Miss A Thing 27 38 4 10 Out Of AEROSMITH (COLUMBIA( LOUCHIE LOU &MICHIE ONE IAKESHORE/JAMDOWWINTERSCOPE) LEE GREENWOOD (CURB( 49 Will Destroy 48 36 E Take You Home With Me a.k.a. Body 1gD - Rock Em BOOBAKAW &THA WILD YOUNGINZ o LIL RU (HOW YOU LOVE THAT( R. KELLY &JAY-Z IROC- A- FELLNOEFJAM/IDJMG/JIVEI IWHITESTONEI Contact: Michelle Wright 323.525.2302 24 20 ' Dear God 49 47 7 Thank You 74 66 z'- Peaches & Cream ARISTA) 1121BAD BOY /ARISTA) WILLIE O (RELENTLESS) 0100 ( S I One) Will I? 25 25 I Should Be Sleeping - Need A Girl (Part (D - a IAN VAN DAHL (ROBBINS) 323.525.2395fx mwright @billboard.com EMERSON DRIVE IREAMWORKS (NASHVILLE)) P. OIODY FEAT. USHER &LOON (BAD BOY /ARISTA)

Records with :he greatest sales gains. © 2002, VNU Business Mede, ,nc. and Sou-dScan, Inc. All rights reserved. The top selling singles compiled from a national sample of retail store. mass mer- chant, and internet sales reports collected, compiled, and provided by SoundScan. This data is used to compile the Hot 100.

74 www.billboard.com BILLBOARD APRIL 27, 2002 www.americanradiohistory.com NEW OLD FACES used to have individual promoters; tion in the marketplace is "healthy as man hours developing artists New Players That veteran promoters like now we wonder who will be the for everybody. The irony is, it's bet- than labels or promoters," Martin Slater are resurfacing shouldn't next conglomerate. Besides con- ter for [CCE] if we prosper." says. "The labels don't give acts come as a surprise, some believe. glomerates, we need good, effective two or three records to fail in find- Emerge In "Promoters are cannibals," says buyers and promoters." THE CLOUD OF ANTITRUST ing their voice." Jerry Mickelson, co- president of For its part, AEG Live, backed by Clear Channel has come under Slater adds, "We're working hard Chicago -based independent pro- the deep -pocketed Phillip An- increased scrutiny for alleged to break fewer acts, and we need to Tourin Biz moter Jam Productions. "They eat schutz, has made inroads by nail- antitrust violations, including a suit focus on building careers. It used to g their young, let alone their bosses." ing down such tours as Britney brought last year by Denver inde- be a big deal when an act's second Continued from page 1 More players mean more alter- Spears, Barry Manilow, Neil Dia- pendent promoter Nobody in Par- album came out; now we're seeing natives and healthy competition to mond, Eagles, and select Paul ticular Presents (NIPP). In January, careers ending after the first single. grosses of about $232 million were artists, agents, and managers. "Any McCartney dates. But the company Rep. Howard Berman (D- Calif.) It's a tough time in our business reported to Billboard Boxscores, time, in any business, a monopoly is also being taken seriously for its asked the Department of Justice right now." down more than 7% from the same tries to come in, competition will bid to purchase HOB. (DOJ) and the Federal Communica- Scher stresses that promoters period last year. Far more alarming sprout up around them," observes "We're in on [making offers] for tions Commission (FCC) to investi- "never can lose" by being in the is the attendance of 5.3 million Steve Martin, director of the any major tour that's out there. We gate complaints against CCE and its artist -development business. people to date, a figure that shows Agency Group in New York. "Com- won't get all of them, but we'll get parent, radio conglomerate Clear "Having a club operation, having a drop of more than 25% from petition is healthy, whether it's in our share. So, I guess we are play- Channel Communications. a ballroom situation, taking first -quarter 2001. Touring volume the promotion business, the agency ers," AEG Live CEO Randy Phillips In a Jan. 22 letter, Berman -the chances with artists, and helping business, the record business, or says. "I think we've proved beyond ranking Democrat on the House the oil business." the shadow of a doubt -especially Judiciary Committee's subcommit- While Slater has kept his specific with Britney, Neil Diamond, and tee on Courts, the Internet, and plans close to the vest, he appears Barry Manilow-that we can do a Intellectual Property -asked Attor- very bullish on Metropolitan's tour of arenas as well, if not better, ney General John Ashcroft and FCC growth potential. He doesn't, how- than anybody." chairman Michael K. Powell to ever, think any of the new players As an agent, Martin is thankful "fully and aggressively investigate are making much noise yet. these allegations and vigorously "I still think there are very few prosecute any wrongdoing" (Bill- promoters, and the question is, board, Feb. 2). Among Berman's Which ones can increase market concerns were complaints that share ?" Slater asks. "[The business] Clear Channel has "punished" re- is still very much dominated by one cording artists who have not used Metropolitan Entertainment Group company. We'll work very hard to its concert- promotion arm by deny- change that in New York and the ing them airplay. The NIPP suit rest of the country. There is a raises similar accusations. tremendous opportunity to gain CCE and its parent have long market share." contended they merely use the According to Mickelson, "Mitch tools at their disposal legally. "We has always been a concert promot- for more options. "I'm glad that don't comment on lawsuits," er, and the fact that he's come back Mitch is back, and I'll be happy Zuckerman says, "but we've said `It still comes in is not a surprise. I think we'll see when John [Scher] gets back in the all along that we compete fairly in down to how well `There are others come back in- that's the game," he says. "We need original, the marketplace." nature of the beast. We knew this scrappy promoters." Many don't believe the issue will someone knows certainly players would happen when [SFX /CCE] Arfa agrees. "Besides being disappear any time soon, particular- was rolling up promoters that healthy for the agents, it's healthy ly if CCE the market, which that come and go in acquires HOB. The Agency some would leave and compete for the promoters. It gives the ones Group's Martin says, "I don't think radio stations to this business, and with them. Mitch being one of the already in a conglomerate options this issue will go away as long as first to be bought, you know he when their contracts expire." radio play is tied into concert dates use, where to put things change, as knew it." Clearly, not all CCE execs are in a heavy- handed nature." While acknowledging the exis- looking for an exit. "They treat me Mickelson adds, "I hope the con- the posters, and we all know. [CCE tence of his non -compete with Met- great," says Rick Franks, a former gressman involved stays involved, how to reach doesn't] have much ropolitan, Scher sticks by his inten- Cellar Door Detroit promoter who is pushes this forward, and under- tions to return as a promoter. now a regional director for CCE. stands the business, and it sounds the nooks and to say about the "Non- competes don't last forev- "I'm making a pile of money, and like he is going to. We're being er," he says. "The whole industry is I'm in business with a great group robbed of our livelihood by a model crannies. But they comings and goings in a metamorphosis right now, and of people. They just tell me, `Be that clearly doesn't work and has I believe there is an opportunity for smart, run your business,' and I cost the consumer 65% over the also need to be and changes with a mid -sized promoter to really have couldn't be happier." past five years. It's very tough to get financially viable, [its] competition.' a significant niche. Right now might Slater, a key player in the creation shows, because we're competing on not be a good time [for me] to re- of CCE, knows the going as an inde- one level, and they're competing on and they need to be -IRV ZUCKERMAN enter the concert -promotion busi- pendent won't be easy. "I clearly do a different level -a level that's bla- ness, but six months from now not have the resources to compete tantly illegal." able to take a hit might be a great time." with a company [that has] billions Sources say that if CCE's acquisi- is also down considerably, with When promoters are talking, of dollars in market cap," he says. tion of HOB indeed goes through, without selling their 13% fewer shows reported to date agents are listening. "The agents "But I do have a company that is more legal hassles and DOJ scruti- car or home.' than last year. At least part of the and managers still want individual really good at what it does, and as ny could follow, including a suit reason for that decline is directly attention in each marketplace," long as we continue to stay focused from AEG. -STEVE MARTIN, attributed to last Sept. 11's terror- Martin says. "It still comes down to on the task at hand, we have a Even in limbo, HOB is benefiting THE AGENCY GROUP ist attacks. how well someone knows the mar- chance to succeed. It's going to be from the luxury of skilled, experi- "We feel good about what is in the ket, which radio stations to use, hard, but I really believe this corn - enced personnel; eight major books and what we're working on," where to put the posters, and how pany will persevere." amphitheaters; a club network; and managers and agents break artists Zuckerman told Billboard April 11, to reach the nooks and crannies. While acknowledging the ongo- a history of working well with all [is a good investment]. Some may one day before the axe fell. "The out- But they also need to be financial- ing changes in the business, CCE's promoters. "We are busy, and we break through and go with a look is very positive for the spring ly viable, and they need to be able Zuckerman says CCE is too focused are focused," HOB Concerts execu- national tour, but I think more and summer and even looking good to take a hit without selling their on its own role in the industry to tive VP Alex Hodges says. "I think and more will think twice about heading into the third quarter." car or home." dwell on the competition. that right now the inventory of going that route." Zuckerman does think Sept. 11 Dennis Arfa, president of New "There are certainly players that shows for the summer is still a lit- Zuckerman says CCE is interest- has had a negative impact on tour- York agency Artists Group Inter- come and go in this business, and tle shy, but the shows that are on ed in broadening the scope of the ing, but he believes that it is wan- national, agrees that deep pockets things change, as we all know," sale are selling great." entertainment it offers, including ing. "I think there were certain are a must and isn't convinced that Zuckerman says. "We concentrate investing in newer artists. "We obvious aftershocks and a slow- any new players are currently mak- on our own game plan and [CCE] ARTIST DEVELOPMENT want to be there in the develop- down in the fourth quarter [of ing a difference. "People have being the best we can be. We don't The touring business, along ment of new artists and to broaden 2001] and heading into the first declared themselves as players, but have much to say about the corn - with the music business in gener- our base into a wider variety of quarter [of 2002], but that's just that doesn't mean they are play- ings and goings and changes with al, has struggled with breaking artists and forms of live entertain- making the second and third quar- ers," Arfa points out. "This is a our competition." new talent. "I think the agencies ment. We believe the concert busi- ters look more promising." high- finance business now. We AEG Live's Phillips says competi- probably spend more money as far ness is still very healthy."

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www.americanradiohistory.com nesses," an AOL Time Warner spokeswoman could put the company at risk of losing its believes a pickup in the advertising market says, "and we are focused on creating sustained investment -grade rating. That would raise could go some way toward boosting AOL Can Top and predictable growth for our shareholders." its cost of borrowing money. Time Warner's share price. "It will help the Though its market capitalization -the The AOL Time Warner spokeswoman says perception more than the reality. The issue total value of its outstanding shares -has that "we have the financial capacity and flex- with AOL subscribers going down or not Media/Music declined from some $350 billion when the ibility to execute our strategy." increasing as much as they should is not merger was announced in January 2000 to There also are concerns about the rate at going to be solved in the next three $96 billion, it is still the largest media corn - which America Online is adding subscribers months. But the perception that they're Marriages pany in the world. Viacom is next, at $87 bil- and the degree to which its margins may be kind of on a roll may." lion. Vivendi Universal is worth $38 billion. shrinking as it offers promotions and dis- Yet, as some see it, the vast sprawl of AOL counts to retain them. WHAT IT IS VS. WHAT IT APPEARS TO BE Be Saved? Time Warner's media and entertainment "The real problem with AOL Time Warner At Vivendi Universal, the key challenge is AOL growth what the company says it is. Continued from page 1 businesses is a problem. "The bottom line is is that the service subscription becoming that, along with AOL, Vivendi are in the dog is not there," one New York media invest- Through a flurry of deals in the past two house, as far as market perception is con- ment banker says. Any substantial decline at years, chairman /CEO Jean -Marie Messier formance comparisons have been difficult. cerned," says Nicholas Bell, a media analyst America Online would be serious, as it gen- has transformed a water -utility company Vivendi's picture is further skewed by a with Bear Stearns in London. "These are big erated 23% of the company's revenue and into a media firm that boasts Universal complex shift from French to U.S. account- companies, and the trouble is there's always 30% of its ebitda in 2001. Music Group (UMG), the world's largest ing standards. music company, and Universal's and USA Both companies said earlier this year that Networks' film assets. they would be taking one -time, multi -bil- Yet it remains a hybrid. "It's a complex lion- dollar write- downs-non -cash charges In early February, company," says one analyst who follows the that do not affect the companies' operations firm. "I'm a media analyst, but half the rev- but signal that some of the key assets Vivendi Universal enue comes from the utility business." they've bought are worth less today than Bell says, "The trouble with Vivendi, to they were at the time of acquisition. chairman/CEO an extent, is it still looks like a bit of a con- Vivendi and AOL Time Warner stress that glomerate." AOL Time Warner has its these charges are one -time events. They Jean -Marie Messier America Online Internet service that can stem from a new accounting rule that serve as a focal point for marketing its col- requires companies to record all at once any said Vivendi remains lection of media assets, whereas at Vivendi, declines in the value of goodwill -the dif- "there isn't the obvious glue sticking it all ference between the price paid for an asset "open to good together that gives it the ability on a longer- and its tangible value. Previously, compa- term basis to achieve sustainable growth nies had to write down the value of the opportunities" but rates above the industry average." goodwill on their balance sheets on an annu- is no longer in the While other media companies, including al basis during a set period of time. AOL Time Warner and Viacom, cut their Still, the charges are significant. AOL market for marquee 2001 growth forecasts during the course of Time Warner's $54 billion charge is believed the year, Vivendi did what it set out to do in to be the largest one -time charge in history. acquisitions. "There 2001: grow revenue and ebitda by about 10% Vivendi's charge of 12.64 billion euros ($11.1 and 35 %, respectively. UMG dominates the billion) led to its reporting a 2001 net loss are no `missing market -share charts, and its film studio is of 13.6 billion euros ($11.9 billion), the among the best -mn in Hollywood. largest in French corporate history. pieces' in our Still, Vivendi has seen its share price tum- Are these growing pains for what are ble some 40% so far this year, while Viacom still young companies? Or are there fun- strategy, " he said, is up about 9 %. Part of the concern is that damental issues concerning how they 2002 will be a slower year for the Universal have been put together and how they are adding that "our music and film businesses. More worrisome, meant to operate? though, may be structural concerns with priority for 2002 is Vivendi itself. ONLINE IN THE DOG HOUSE In a recent research note, Merrill Lynch Few can dispute the strength of the media internal growth" analysts noted, "In the post -Enron world, and entertainment assets, including music, investors (rightly so) have placed a height- under the AOL Time Warner umbrella. of at least 10 %. ened focus on debt levels (both on and off bal- Once the dominant record company, ance sheet); financial flexibility, i.e., acquisi- Warner Music Group has been rescued by tion capacity; and free cash flow." Vivendi chairman/CEO Roger Ames from years of something somewhere that's not going quite In a late -March research report, Lehman ended the year with 18 billion euros ($15.7 market -share declines. In first -quarter right. And when you're in the dog house, Brothers new -media analyst Holly Becker billion) -a figure that's expected to rise once 2002, its share of U.S album sales was that's what people focus on." wrote that "the AOL division and advertising Vivendi shifts from French to U.S. account- 16.9% -two percentage points better than At the moment, people are focusing on in particular" is the "single biggest risk to ing standards when it reports its first- quarter a year ago and good enough for second AOL Time Warner's renegotiation of a AOL Time Warner's near -term earnings." She financial results April 29. place behind Universal. cable -TV partnership with the Newhouse indicated that "a surge in intercompany In early February, Messier said Vivendi Yet Warner's success takes place family, owner of Advance Publications. If advertising " -a main driver of AOL's remains "open to good opportunities" but is against the backdrop of declining sales the Newhouse family walks, it could take growth-may be subsiding. Becker lowered no longer in the market for marquee acqui- industry-wide, as consumers turn to the with it 2.3 million of AOL Time Warner's her forecast for the AOL unit's first- quarter sitions. "There are no `missing pieces' in our Internet and CD- burning for the music cable subscribers. advertising revenue to $535 million-25.8% strategy," he said. "Our priority for 2002 is they want. Through April 14, U.S. album Though the price to retain them may be lower than the same period a year ago; with- internal growth [of at least 10 %]." sales are 9.4% behind last year's pace, high -as much as $11 billion- company out the benefit of intercompany sales, she Analysts say Vivendi must focus on reduc- according to SoundScan. observers expect AOL Time Warner will estimates it would be 40% lower. ing debt levels and putting the company in a Currently, AOL Time Warner's highest - make every effort to do so. Late last year, it AOL Time Warner executives point out stronger financial position. That would reas- flying business is movies. Thanks to the lost out to Comcast in a bid for the largest that America Online remains the dominant sure investors of its soundness and pave the the success of two films Harry Potter and company, AT&T Broadband. In 2001, cable Internet service; Microsoft's MSN is a dis- way for acquisitions when the time comes. Stone and The Lord of the Rings: Sorcerer's generated for AOL Time Warner a hefty $3.2 tant second, with 7.7 million subscribers. Vivendi must also address issues with its The Fellowship of the Ring, each the first in in earnings before interest, taxes, They say that the recent decision to put AOL non- entertainment businesses. Vizzavi, the the ongoing DVD boom (its billion a series -and Time Warner co -000 Bob Pittman back in European Internet portal it formed two revenue in 2001 was $8.76 billion), it is depreciation, and amortization (ebitda)- AOL is a that it is taking years ago with British mobile -phone corn - ahead of the flagship America more than any other division. charge of signal slightly pany Vodafone, has yet to catch on. Intend- Online Internet division. Yet the company is also spending $6.75 steps to address any weaknesses there. America ed for both PC -based Internet users and The company says its strength is the billion to reacquire a 49% stake in AOL In an e-mail memorandum to the change, those on mobile phones and hand -held diversity of its brands -from the movie Europe held by Bertelsmann. In early April, Online employees explaining computers, Vizzavi could claim 6.5 million franchises to its Time Inc. stable of maga- AOL Time Warner issued $6 billion of bonds, Pittman wrote that "advertising, which entire media sector, is users at the end of 2001. But in 2001, Viven- zines to its America Online Internet serv- which is expected to raise its debt level to remains soft in the on track is di's combined Internet operations-which ice- which, with more than 34 million $28 billion by the end of 2002. Analysts the challenge. Getting this back highest priority." also include MP3.com and EMusic-pro- subscribers, is the world's largest. speculate that adding another $10 billion or our The New York media investment banker (Continued on next page) "We have a unique mix of diverse busi- so in debt to solidify its cable partnerships

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www.americanradiohistory.com Continued from preceding page America Online's deal for Time Warner mittee of its entertainment CEOs that gath- vation that seems to cut both ways, they were struck during the height of the tech- ers monthly to manage the integration of add: "The current discount implies that the duced a combined $184 million in revenue nology- fueled stock -market boom; the its music, film, TV, games, and education individual businesses would be worth more and an operating loss of $301 million. Early write -downs suggest that each may have assets and further develop cross -divisional on a stand -alone basis than what the com- this year, Vizzavi cut 100 jobs and Evan overpaid for those assets. initiatives. In February, it announced a new bined company trades at." Newmark, its CEO since inception, exited. Yet a write -down can have a positive internal policy that gives its business units Some also wonder how well America Cegetel, the telecommunications com- effect on a company's future reported per- the right of first and last refusal on any Online can parlay its success in the tradi- pany in which Vivendi has a 44% stake, is formance, as both AOL Time Warner and intellectual property created in- house. tional world of dial -up Internet services to profitable, but Vivendi has been criticized Vivendi have acknowledged. Business units will be "incentivized to uti- the nascent broadband market. The slow- for its practice of recording 100% of its "If you take a large write -off, people typ- lize intellectual property resources that are ness with which it is being rolled out and results as its own. While it is allowable, ana- ically tend to ignore that write -off, whether available within the company instead of embraced by consumers is clearly an lysts say it is misleading. it's right or wrong," Mohanram says. "What using third parties." inhibiting factor in the development of On April 12, Canal Plus C00 Denis Oli- they don't realize is by doing this huge new, Internet -based music and video dis- vennes, who had butted heads with Messier write -off, essentially the company is set- FALLING OUT OF FAVOR tribution methods. over the unit's efforts to reach profitability, ting itself up for higher profitability ratios The collapse of Enron has made investors In Vivendi's case, the concerns are even resigned. Four days later, Messier fired in the future." jittery about stocks of all sorts, even those of more apparent. "The whole AOL Time Olivennes' boss, Canal Plus co- founder and Though a casual observer may conclude such long- revered firms as General Electric Warner merger was about merging the chairman Pierre Lescure. that a company is "becoming more lean or (GE). On April 11, when it reported lower- online with the content," says one analyst

`The trouble with A write -down Vivendi, to an is not "a extent, is it still damnation looks like a bit of a of what the conglomerate. There company's future isn't the obvious prospects are," glue sticking it but it is "a all together that recognition of gives it the ability the fact that on a longer -term things aren't basis to achieve worth" what sustainable growth they had been.

rates above the -PARTHA MOHANRAM, industry average.' NEW YORK UNIVERSITY'S LEONARD N. STERN -NICHOLAS BELL, BEAR STEARNS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

Messier admits that Vivendi is complex, efficient, that might not be true. All that than -expected first -quarter revenue along who follows Vivendi. "The Vivendi pitch was, though he and the company are taking might be happening is they've taken a with a $1 billion non -cash charge related to `Well, we've got all these diverse assets, pains to assure investors that it is on solid large write -off for goodwill. They've a decline in the value of goodwill, GE shares we've got this pay -TV platform in Europe, financial footing. When the company reduced their asset base, and therefore closed down 9.3% at $33.75. we've got this mobile platform in conjunc- announced its 2001 financial results March improved their ratios." On that same day, Vivendi shares in New tion with Vodafone, and we're going to cre- 5, it hosted three different conference calls York fell 5.1% to $31.69. AOL Time Warner ate this multi- access portal.' Now, I don't with analysts and the media. It also pub- CAN THE MARRIAGES WORK? closed down 5.3% at $19.60, close to a think there's anyone out there who thinks lished a list of "Ten Important Accounting The big question now for Vivendi and three -year low. Vivendi is going to be strong enough to bind Answers" to assure investors it had no off- AOL Time Warner is whether they can As companies tied to the Internet contin- it all together." balance sheet holdings of the sort that were make cross -divisional initiatives work and ue to fall out of favor, America Online is Messier has gained fame for his acquisi- at the center of Enron's collapse. fulfill the notion of synergy on which they seeking to reposition itself as a media com- tiveness. But the company that he has "The only way you can dispel rumors is were founded. pany. Announcing Pittman's appointment assembled lacks coherence. Vivendi's through transparency," Messier said at the Opinions differ on how well they've done as the new AOL head, AOL Time Warner finances are so complex that it wasn't until time. "The price of the transparency is so far. In a recent research note on AOL CEO -elect Richard Parsons asserted that April 15 that it published details of its 2001 very high, so we have to do a lot of work Time Warner, Goldman Sachs entertain- "our revenue, combined with the total financial performance -including its bal- to get there." ment and new -media analysts wrote that amount of time people spend on our serv- ance sheet-beyond what was contained in Though both companies are now well "revenue synergies that the combined com- ice, makes AOL one of the world's leading a March 5 press release. into their second year of existence, issues pany could achieve have been virtually non- media companies in its own right." In an April 12 research report, Merrill remain from the mergers out of which they existent to date." AOL is adding top executives from the tra- Lynch analysts noted that Vivendi has come were created. Earlier this year, AOL Time AOL Time Warner officials express satis- ditional media world. James de Castro, for- under pressure "from a number of stories Warner and Vivendi both announced that faction with cross -promotions, including the mer CEO of AMFM, was recently named its too numerous to mention." One scenario they would be taking multi -billion -dollar promotion of the first installments of Harry head of interactive services. Pittman -him- has Messier ceding some power or exiting write -downs on intangible assets that they Potter and The Lord of the Rings. Every two self a co- founder of MTV -takes over the altogether. Some analysts are even calcu- carry on their balance sheets. weeks for the past year, Pittman and Parsons leadership of AOL from Barry Schuler, whose lating how high Vivendi shares might rise if Such a write -down is not "a damnation have been gathering the CEOs of all the com- background is mostly in technology. he were removed. of what the company's future prospects pany's divisions to discuss cross -divisional On April 24, Vivendi holds its annual gen- are," but it is "a recognition of the fact that projects. There are also regular councils that BETTER OFF APART? eral meeting in Paris and announces its things aren't worth" what they had been, draw together executives from various divi- Yet it is the Internet service that is being financial results for first -quarter 2002. That says Partha Mohanram, associated profes- sions around such themes as marketing, discounted by Wall Street. Goldman Sachs same day, AOL Time Warner will report its sor of accounting at New York University's advertising, and communications. analysts noted in their report that AOL's first -quarter numbers. For two companies Leonard N. Stern School of Business. In its effort to grow without acquisitions share price is well under "a reasonable sum - that once seemed to have it plotted out, the Vivendi's deal to purchase Seagram and in 2002, Vivendi late last year formed a com- of- the -parts valuation of $32." In an obser- future is increasingly uncertain.

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www.americanradiohistory.com White Stripes' Garage Rock Goes Pop Chart- Climbing Detroit Duo's Latest, `White Blood Cells,' Is Picked Up By V2

BY CARLA HAY carry the imprint of Jack White's label, Third Man. NEW YORK-Don't tell the White Stripes that they're The White Stripes- managed by Los Angeles -based becoming famous. It's enough to send lead singer /gui- attorney Ian Montone -have also built a reputation for tarist Jack White into a fit of laughter or bewilderment. being a strong draw as a live act. Gershon recalls that "I think it's hilarious," White says of the rock duo's one of the turning points in deciding to sign the act growing popularity. 'We never set out for this to happen, was "seeing how 6,000 people turned out for a free show and I'm still not quite sure why it's happening." the White Stripes did last year in New York, even The story of the White Stripes is of a Detroit act with though the show was hardly advertised. When people indie -rock origins that has been propelled into the main- see the White Stripes play live, they understand what stream spotlight via its current album, White Blood everyone is talking about." Cells (Third ManN2). The duo (whose other The White Stripes' U.S. booking is handled by member is drummer Meg White, Jack's ex- San Francisco -based Easy Action Industries, wife) has experienced a groundswell of while the act's booking outside the U.S. is word -of-mouth support, which paved the done by Russell Warby of the Agency Group way for the White Stripes to have their in London. For the remainder of the year, first big radio hit with current single "Fell the White Stripes will be touring North in Love With a Girl." Prior to this com- America, Europe, and Japan. mercial acceptance, the White Stripes "We've gotten more press recently than received widespread critical acclaim in the some bands that sell more records than press, which predicted that the duo was us," Jack White notes. "I really don't under- PET SHOP BOYS: CHRIS LOWE, LEFT, AND NEIL TENNANT poised to hit big (Billboard, Oct. 27, 2001). stand all of the attention. I'm still living life on White Blood Cells (the act's third album) was the road. The only time I feel life is really differ- 11 world, Tennant says Michael released last June on the Sympathy for the Record Indus- ent is when we go to the U.K., where we get recognized Pet Shop Brauer (who mixed Release) summed try label and reissued by V2 after the label signed the on the street a lot more." up the situation best in six words: White Stripes last November. The album debuted on the The guitarist, a self- taught musician, says that "This song is about that now." Ten- Heatseekers chart at No. 44 in the Jan. 19 issue and even- although he finds it difficult to write songs until he Boys nant notes, "People now have a strong tually rose to No. 1 on the chart in the April 6 issue. White takes a break from touring, the White Stripes will desire to be home." Blood Cells reached Heatseeker Impact status in the April record their next album in the midst of their 2002 tour. Continued from page 1 Elsewhere on Release, Tennant and 20 issue, when it rocketed from No. 116 to No. 61 on The V2 is eyeing the album's release for next year, and Lowe-whose songs are published by Billboard 200. The album also earned Pacesetter status White says he has about 20 songs written already. The `Let's just make a Neil and Chris Cage Music/Sony Music Ltd. -deal (the largest sales -percentage growth) in that same issue. White Stripes' songs are published by Peppermint record -one with personal lyrics with contemporary love ( "E- mail," The unique "garage- rock" style of the White Stripes Stripe Music, BMI. and strong melodies.' So that's what "The Night I Fell in Love "), belonging is like nothing currently heard on commercial radio, White is also producing other acts, such as Green we set out to do." ( "Here "), and hatred ( "Birthday Boy "). says Lisa Worden, music director of modern rock sta- Horns ( "a white -soul group from Cincinnati ") and Arriving Tuesday (23) via Sanctu- "Release is a return to form for the tion KROQ Los Angeles. "The White Stripes' music is a Whirlwind Heat, a Michigan avant -garde band, whose ary Records, the self-produced Release duo," says David Shebiro, owner of huge breath of fresh air. It definitely stands out when album White hopes to release on Third Man. -issued April 1 overseas by Par - specialty store Rebel Rebel in New you play `Fell in Love With a Girl' in between Linkin "I have no intention of being rich and famous," Jack lophone- overflows with pure pop York. "The import versions of both Park or Korn. When we started playing the White White says. "But if it happens, at least for now our fans sensibilities, recalling the duo's fourth Release and `Home and Dry' are sell- Stripes, it instantly became one of our top -five requests." can feel like they still own the band." studio album, 1990's Behavior. That's ing incredibly well." V2 president Andy Gershon adds, not to say Release is completely with- Like the import, the domestic Re- "White Blood Cells goes against the out dance elements. "This is a Pet lease will initially arrive in the form of grain. It's a very raw -sounding rec- Shop Boys album, after all," Tennant four limited- edition versions, with ord; it's simple yet complicated. Peo- says with a chuckle. each having different cover artwork. ple are responding to it because they Release-which features contribu- But unlike overseas, the U.S. limited - want an alternative to what you usu- tions from ex -Smiths guitarist Johnny edition will also include a bonus disc ally hear on the radio." Marr and percussionist Jody Lin - featuring extra tracks -including the Meanwhile, the video for "Fell in scott -finds Tennant and Lowe plac- Pet Shop Boys and Peter Rauhofer col- Love With a Girl" (an animation clip ing more emphasis on the songs and laboration "Break 4 Love," which directed by Michel Gondry) has been a less on production. "Production was a topped the Billboard Hot Dance favorite on MTV2 and MuchMusic USA, bit simpler," Tennant acknowledges. Music/Club Play chart last year -and which also gave considerable support "We've been known to overproduce at an encoded video of "Home and Dry," to the previous video, "Hotel Yorba." times, but not this time. notes Meg Harkins, Sanctuary's direc- Being a male /female duo in a sea of "With this album, we wanted to tor of marketing. male four- or five -piece rock bands is bring out the meanings of the songs," On April 12, Sanctuary sent the full - an intriguing quality of the White he continues. "It was the first time length to triple -A radio formats and Stripes, notes Mike Camacho, GM of Chris put chord changes down on gui- the club remixes (courtesy of Blank Tower Records' Broadway location in tar. And usually, the guitar is verboten & Jones) of "Home and Dry" to club Chicago. He adds, "Besides their mu- by Chris in the studio. This gave the DJs. Six days later, Amazon.com sic, the White Stripes are fascinating overall sound more space and kept began offering a stream of the entire because a lot of people don't know if things more focused." album to consumers who pre- ordered they're a married couple or siblings. Included in the proceedings is the it from the Web site. Up until recently, most people heard duo's signature knack for finding Harkins says the label will also be about the White Stripes mainly melancholia in most any situation. servicing sites like AOL with MP3 through word -of- mouth." Tennant explains, 'We always find hap- downloads of "Home and Dry" -as Lead singer White believes that the piness in sadness and sadness in hap- well as streams of the Wolfgang Till- White Stripes' switch to a new label has piness. Life is complicated; it's not a man- lensed video. Not being ignored made a critical difference in improving Hollywood movie. It's about having an is Pet Shop Boys' core audience. the act's sales. 'When we were on Sym- awareness of the fragility of things." Harkins confirms, "There will be pathy for the Record Industry, which Release -the duo's most personal Release parties at gay clubs through- released our other two albums, we'd get album, Tennant says -opens with lead out the country." complaints that people couldn't find single "Home and Dry." Delivered to Managed by Merck Mercuriadis our record in stores. So it feels good to hot AC radio April 5, the noncommer- and Mitch Clark of Sanctuary Artist be on a label that knows how to get our cial single has taken on added poignan- Management (with offices in New records out there." cy in the aftermath of last Sept. 11. "I York and London) and booked by Rick Although the Sympathy for the Rec- wrote the lyrics more than a year ago," Roskin of Creative Artists Agency in ord Industry logo appears on White Tennant offers. "At the time, it was my Los Angeles, Pet Shop Boys will tour Blood Cells, V2 is currently the record - way of dealing with flying at night." North America in May (see Beat Box, label muscle behind the White Stripes. When it came time to mix the page 38). The outing will be followed The duo reportedly has retained rights song, which was done in a post -Sept. by a summer -long European tour. to its masters, and its releases will

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COMING THIS WEEK: Former Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart has expanded his B drum circle once again, collaborating with Japanese taiko drum group Kodo. Along with COM`° playing on and producing the group's new Red Ink album, Mondo Head, the artist's solo career is being celebrated on the Rykodisc collection The Best of Mickey Hart: Over the

Edge and Back. In an interview that will appear exclusively on Billboard.com, Hart

discusses his current endeavors with Kodo, as well as the legacy of the Grateful Dead.

Also this week, read "Gypsy Sunset," the sixth and final installment in Billboard.com's series

of excerpts from Black Gold: The Lost Archives offing Hendrix, the new book by Steven Roby.

Plus, Billboard.com will feature exclusive reviews of former Company Flow rapper /producer

El -P's Fantastic Damage (Definitive Jux), New York rock act Radio 4's Gotham (Gern

Blandsten), and punk -leaning underground rock outfit Midtown's Living Well Is the Best

Revenge (MCA).

MICKEY HART News contact: Jonathan Cohen jacohen @billboard.com

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Stars will shine at this year's Billboard Latin Music Awards where the best in Latin entertainment and special guest star Celine Dion are to gather for an unforget- table evening. The gala event is scheduled to take place May 9 at the Jackie Gleason Theater in Miami Beach.

Some of the big names already scheduled to perform at the show include inter- national recording stars Celine Dion, Marc Anthony, Thalia, Juan Gabriel, Los Tri- o, Jaci Velazquez, Cristian, A.B. Quintanilla y Los Kumbia Kings, Victor Manuelle, Carlos Vives, Olga Tañon, Alexandre Pires, Alejandra Guzman, and Lupillo Rivera. The show will be hosted by Latin television stars Miguel Varoni, Manolo Cardona, and Itatí Cantoral. Additional performers and presenters will Billboard Music Group events & happenings be announced soon.

Now in its 13th year, the Billboard Latin Music Awards has become one of Latin music's most prestigious award shows. The show is produced by Telemundo and will be broadcast on the Spanish language network May 12, at 7p.m. (ET /PT).

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"It shows people that its 22 Paul or Carly 72 Kill flies Poison title possible for us to come together 24 Aerosmith's first 73 Makes up for 38 Tried to get lineup took the stage at hit, #36 in 1975 home safely LIFEbeat's UrbanAID 2 benefit. for a greater good." 28 He shook Down 41 " Arms" ( #2 hit Held April 8 at New York's Beacon In addition to the music, LIFE - his bon -bon 1" Lama Ding for Journey) 31 Unload the day's Dong" (The Edsels' 42 Yes's " Move" Theatre, the concert featured per- beat delivered a message with pub- stresses one hit) 45 Kind of stereo formances by the Roots, Musiq, lic service announcements featur- 32 Famed agent Ness 2 Product launched 48 River in an Alicia Keys, Fat Joe, Ashanti, Ja ing the show's performers, as well 33 Kind of party by Steven Jobs Enya title 35 "And throw away 3 Wake up, in a way 50 Boston and Chica- Rule, P. Diddy & Family, and Jay - as former president Bill Clinton; the forever" 41986 Paul Mc- go, non -musically Z. 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The Roots longtime supporters, including "Rounders" 8 " believe 54 Enjoys liner notes end of March at the Mets' spring training facility in Port St. Musiq activist Maria Davis and actress 44 Reggae star in yesterday" 55 Johnny Rivers hit and fellow Philadelphian who toured with 9 Zero "Secret Man" Lude, Fla. Broderick has just wrapped up his year-long teamed up for a medley of the for - Rosie Perez with the Spirit and Pio- the Stones 10 Sonny & Cher's 56 Gave grub to commitment as a lead in The Producers, for which he was mer's "The Next Movement" and neer Awards, respectively. 46 Patti who hit #8 "The Beat " 60 John, Russified 11 1998 Will hit 61 Hand over nominated for aTony Award. with "Let Me Go, Smith the latter's "The L Is Gone." P. For Def Jam/Def Soul president Lover!" 12 "Taking 62 They're mined Diddy, one of the affair's co- chairs, Kevin Liles, UrbanAID 2 gives the 47 Start of a Britney easy..." 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"I have to make this a better bowed at No. 1 on The Billboard place for my daughter and my son. 200 in the last issue, joined Ja Rule Every person that we affect -that to close his set with the chart -top- 8- year-old, that 6- year-old, that 3- ping "Always on Time." year- old -we have to start educat- Vts/1 TfiQ1S by Mark Parisi Like many of the performers, ing them now. That's not to say a obliga- that you can't teach an old dog host Epps felt personal rrs o,JL-/ 7. WfaFg Po You tion to take part in the event: "I'm new tricks, but we want to start from the neighborhoods, and with the young people." --MIr,IK Yoo'R CjOING? AIDS is in our communities. It's Ja Rule's previous AIDS aware- _ ris, The Corrs Go real tough. I know a few that have ness experience gave him all the gone through it and are now deal- more reason to get involved. r ing with it. I thought I'd be a part "We're bringing an awareness to pTHER To Washington an issue that's very serious," the of this and lend my hand." 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