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Black Music' Historic Wee See Pages 20 and 58 THE INTERNATIONAL NEWSWEEKLY OF MUSIC, VIDEO A MENT www.billboard.com OCTOBER 18, 2003 HOT SPOTS Napster's Bette... New Tune r Legit Service Must Overcome Intimately Its File -Sharing Progeny

Rosemary Clooney BY BRIAN GARRITY and JULIANA KORANTENG

Tribute Provides New On the verge of resurfacing as a commercial service, the once -notorious Napster must face Showcase For Midler its own double -edged legacy. 5 The DVD That Roared The legitimate digital music market that Nap - helped force into Walt Disney Home Video's BY CHUCK TAYLOR ster existence is poised "The Lion Kng" gets deluxe - recalls wak- to go mainstream in DVD treatment and two -year ing from a dream earlier this year with North America and plan. marketing on his mind. Europe. Yet the maj- "It was the 1950s in my dream, and ority of digital music Bette wa: singing Rosemary Clooney consumers in those songs," Manilow says with a smile. territories continue to "Bette and I hadn't spoken in years, but I get their music for free picked u- the phone and told her I had an from Napster -like peer- i for a tribute . I knew there was to -peer (P2P) networks. absolutely no one else who could do this." In Europe, legal and GOROG: GIVING CONSUMERS WHATTHEY WANT Midle- says, "The concept was ab- illegal downloads are on the solutely billiant. I loved Rosemary. I had rise as the number of CD burners, portable devices and a lot of respect for her, and I missed broadband -connected computers per household grows, Barry. And those songs are magical." according to an unpublished report from U.K. -based 5 Rolling Over Retail Jupiter Research. have an CULTIVATED VOCALS Consumption of digital music in the U.S. is on a sim- ilar exclusive END deal with Best The resulting "Bette Midler Sings trajectory. Napster's current own- Buy. Will there be a retailer the Rosemary Clooney Songbook," released Sept. 30 under a one -album er, Roxio, hopes the ap- backlash? deal with Columbia, is a loving trib- peal of the Napster ute to the cherished singer, who died brand will make com- June 29, 2002. mercial digital music It alsc showcases some of the most a mass -market experi- intimate and cultivated vocals of Micler's ence for Windows - (Continued on page 61) based PC users. (Continued on page 62) Bow WowApplies Lessons To His 2004 Clothing Line 37 Startbur Engines NASCAR Images makes a BY CARLA HAY cleaned the line up," says Bow Wow's man- major video- distribution and ager /mother Teresa Caldwell, who is directly marketing deal with Melee NEW YORK -When the spring and sum- involved in Shago's business decisions. Entertainment. mer 2004 collections of Bow Wow's Shago "We have more matching outfits, more clothing line hit retail stores next year, denim, and we cut out sweaters. Colors are they will reflect some business lessons very important, and we emphasized that more $6 95ÚS 38 95CAN learned from Shago's first collection, and had less print patterns," she says. 4 2> which launched this year. Shago is one of an increasing number of Lesson No. 1: Simplify the fashions if fashion ventures that music artists have you have relatively uncomplicated target launched (Billboard, Oct. 4). consumers. Bow Wow, who is 16 years old, tells Billboard I 11 11 For Shago's spring 2004 collection, "We (Continued on page 61) Bow Wow: "I'm still a rookie at this whole fashion business.' o 7 486 02552 8

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www.americanradiohistory.com 6 8 Springsteen Stuart still king Watson of the road resurrects as tour his Swat wraps at team Shea Stadium liplotront TOP OF THE NEWS Best Buy's Stones Deal Irks Retail BY CARLA HAY band's new "Four Flicks" four -disc DVD set (to be released Nov. 11). NEW YORK -It may be controversial The extends at least and annoy the competition, but Best through the end of the year (Billboard Buy's exclusive dealmaking with artists Bulletin, Oct. 3). is here to and it's getting bigger. 'We anticipate that `Four Flicks' will Such privileged , how- be the best -selling music DVD in Best ever, may ignite an industry war if other Buy history," says the chain's senior VP retailers try to outdo each other to se- of entertainment, Gary Arnold. cure exclusive deals. Artists, mean- while, risk losing potential sales when BIGGER THAN BIG? availability is limited to one retail chain. The Rolling Stones' "Four Flicks" The -based chain's most has more than five hours of content, recent deal with the Rolling Stones will including previously unreleased allow Best Buy to exclusively sell the (Continued on page 63) Agency Pairing Breaks Ground Rules Retail BY RAY WADDELL Leary) creates a new At as 'Lion be King' known entity, to BY JILL KIPNIS and STEVE TRAIMAN Walmart.com spokeswoman Cynthia Lin says, 'We did The partnership be- Writers and Artists 80% better in pre- orders than wee did on `Beauty and the tween a New York -based Group International. Retailers are roaring with praise for the Oct. 7 DVD debut Beast,' which was released at the same time last year. `The booking agency and a The partnership was of Walt Disney Home Video's "The Lion King." Lion King' will be a top seller through the holidays." Los Angeles -based talent created to give clients 'We sold more than half of what we thought wö would Paul Gastelum, associate manager for downtown San and literary agency is a at both firms crossover do for the [first] week in the first day," says Laurie Baler, rep- Diego's Sam Goody store, says. "It is on a new -release groundbreaking deal platform opportuni- resentative for Minnetonka, Minn.-based Musiclard. endcap that keeps emptying. It is doing better than geared toward bringing ties, meaning personal "I have a lot of customers calling it a must -have," says anticipated." more clout to both firms. appearances for WAA Rachel Flaherty, sales manager for the Tower Records Buena Vista Home Entertainmen_, under whose The deal between AGI clients and literary, store in downtown New York, who reports se =ling 50 umbrella Walt Disney Viceo fails, reports that the title (Metallica, , ARFA: DEAL WILL OPEN NEW film and TV opportuni- DOORS FOR CLIENTS copies of the two -disc set on release date. "That -lumber sold 3 million units in its first days on sale. Buena Vista Shakira, ) ties for AGI clients. is much higher than most new release titles." (Continued on page 62) and Writers and Artists Agency (Vivi- WAA is run by chairman/CEO Norm ca A. Fox, Darryl Hannah, Denis (Continued on page 63) Sanctuary Expands Beyond Hard Rock Roots

BY WES ORSHOSKI from $30 million in Sanctuary Records' first year. Sanctuary's U.S. record operation is one of the latest Don't talk to Sanctuary Records about downsizing. offspring of the U.K.-based Sanctuary Group, a company In a period of industry contraction, the U.S. label has launched some 20 years ago by Iron Maiden's original been expanding through label deals and artist signings that management team of Andy Taylor and Rod Smallwood. have taken the 3-year -old operation far beyond its original Today, the Sanctuary Group includes international metal and hard rock base. record groups and management companies, as well as pub- Recently, the BMG- distributed label enjoyed its lishing, merchandising and other activities. biggest week ever on The , landing titles "We didn't want to come [to America] as an English by Queensr9che, Superjoint Ritual, Kiss and Lynyrd company beating our chests and telling people what Skynyrd on the chart. we were going to do and hyping ourselves to get atten- Revenues are booming, too. Sanctuary Group CEO tion," Mercuriadis says. Merck Mercuriadis reports the U.S. label "is getting 'We wanted to come in here, set up a solid company and very close to $80 million worth of billing." That's up SUPERJOINT RITUAL: ONE OF SANCTUARY'S CHARTING BANDS (Continued on page 12)

BILLBOARD OCTOBER 18, 2003 www.billboard.com 5 www.americanradiohistory.com Upfront As Tour Ends, Boss Remains King Of Road

BY RAY WADDELL radio and retail were years ago. "There 54- year -old New Jersey native began The Meadowlands rose to the occa- are only a handful of people who have his U.S. run with an unprecedented sion by building a 270 -foot board- In a remarkable display of staying been around as long as Bruce has who 10 sellouts at Giants Stadium in East walk, complete with a Ferris Wheel, power, Bruce Springsteen wrapped can still tour and be at the top of their Rutherford, N.J. That stand grossed carnival games, concessions and per- his career -reaffirming Rising tour game," observes Jon Landau, Spring - $38.8 million and drew 566,560 fans, formances by local Jersey Shore with the E Street Band Oct. 4 at Shea steen's longtime manager. a world record for one engagement. bands. The NJSEA invested $300,000 Stadium in New York. "What we like, and what I think "I don't know if [setting a world in creating the area, and just about The tour grossed $172.7 million in keeps Bruce going, is that these record] means that much to him, but broke even from its share of conces- 2003, playing North American and shows, even though they included I like it," Landau tells Billboard. "I sions sales. Australian arenas in the spring and lots of classic Bruce songs, revolved think Bruce is very proud of this tour, "This was a history- making event, European and U.S. stadiums during around his current creativity," Lan- as he should be. But as far as statis- and we wanted to make it bigger and the summer. dau adds. "The sets included nine or tics, management gets to fuss over better," VanDeVeen says. With last year's barnstorming 10 songs from [recent album] `The that a little more. What he did at The Jersey concerts grossed about arena tour added to the mix, the Rising,' and the audience knew Giants Stadium is a fabulous thing." $1 million per night in merchandise gross comes to $221.5 million from them and reacted just as intensely The Giants Stadium shows were SPRINGSTEEN, LEFT, AND THE E STREET and concessions sales; tour merch 121 BAND'S VAN ZANDT: MAKING HISTORY shows on the Rising tour, to them as the classics. This was not promoted in -house by the New Jersey was by Signatures Network and fea- enough to make this Springsteen's a look back." Sports and Exposition Authority tured individual event- specific T- top -grossing trek in his 30 years of (NJSEA). "It was incredible," says Ron Airlines Arena. "Seeing Bruce in New shirts for each night of the run. The national touring. RECORD ENGAGEMENT VanDeVeen, VP of event booking for Jersey is the ultimate experience. We Giants Stadium stand took Spring - Those are heady numbers for an Following Springsteen's tri- the Meadowlands complex, site of sold tickets in every state, and we had steen's Meadowlands complex total to artist whose most successful days at umphant trek through Europe, the Giants Stadium and the Continental visitors from all over the world." (Continued on page 15) Sony Broadens Target: Pirates Push For SACD Feds Step Up Busts, Prosecutions

BY ED CHRISTMAN BY BILL HOLLAND The pirates in that case have not NEW YORK -After spending almost four years building yet been sentenced. an infrastructure to support a rollout of Super Audio CD WASHINGTON, D.C. -The Depart- Warez scene operations are or- to the masses, Sony Corp. is now taking its message to the ment of Justice and other federal law ganized into three parts, according people with an SACD sampler. enforcement agencies have respond- to DOJ officials. There are suppli- Sony will give the product away with 1.3 million copies ed to lawmakers and the Recording ers, who are able to obtain access to of Rolling Stone magazine. The issue, which will arrive in Industry Assn. of America by ratch- MP3 music files, as well as software November, will feature what the magazine calls the top 500 eting up enforcement efforts. and DVD movies; crackers, who cir- of all time. In late August, the DOJ's U.S. cumvent or "crack" digital copy- The nine -track sampler, which is a hybrid disc contain- Attorney for the eastern district of right protection codes; and couri- ing both SACD and CD versions of songs, will feature cuts Virginia announced a guilty plea in a ers, who distribute the illegal from albums on the list and is tied into retail through a COLUMBIA HAS SHIPPED 700,000 COPIES OFTHE HYBRID criminal case against the former material on the Internet. SACD FORTHE REMASTERED BOB contest that encourages sampler owners to access an SACD DYLAN SERIES leader of an Internet music piracy The defendants were prosecuted player at their local Circuit City. group known as Apocalypse Crew. as part of Operation Safehaven, a 15- In addition to sampling sound quality, consumers can tainment's Radio Networks stations will promote the The group collected prerelease month investigation conducted by see if they won one of 45,000 prizes through an encoded Rolling Stone issue, sampler and contest. CDs from reviewers and DJs, con- the DOJ and the U.S. Immigration message in the SACD layer. Among the prizes are three "This is the biggest promotion we've ever done for verted them into MP3 files and dis- and Custom Enforcement, which has SACD titles and a home theater in a box. SACD," says David Kawakami, director of the Super tributed them online. The leader shut down other warez operations In an effort to drive awareness, Clear Channel Enter- (Continued on page 63) faces a maximum of five years in and seized pirated product. prison and a $250,000 fine. He will Meanwhile, on the hard -goods be sentenced next month. piracy front, on Oct. 8, the RIM sued On Sept. 29, a District of Columbia the owners of a Columbus, N.J., flea judge sentenced an individual found market who repeatedly ignored MAP guilty of criminal copyright infringe- numerous demands to curtail the Seeks More Contributions ment to a six-month jail sentence, the sale of pirated CDs and cassettes. first -ever jail term handed down for RIAA officials say these cases of BY CHRIS MORRIS Jimmie Vaughan and attorney John million. Approximately 82% of that copyright infringement in D.C. piracy are as damaging to the indus- Branca will be honored for their servic- money is consumed by non- administra- The DOJ reported that the man try as the "dorm downloaders" now LOS ANGELES-Witnessing a short- es to MAP. tive expenses -most of them tied to the operated a Web site (empirerecords being sued for civil damages by the fall in funding from a reeling industry, cost of treating uninsured musicians. .com) that illegally offered music trade group. the L.A. -based nonprofit Musicians' Bonnie Raitt, a MAP advisory board compilations of rap and RózB artists "[All] these cases should put music Assistance Program is asking the music member, says the industry must get for sale on CD and cassette. pirates everywhere on notice -traf- business to dig deeper into its pockets. more deeply involved. On Oct. 2, four individuals plead- ficking in pirated CDs and other MAP was founded in 1992 by jazz "Almost every other industry takes ed guilty to criminal copyright forms of copyrighted music is illegal saxophonist and recovering addict care of their own with regards to addic- infringement charges brought by and can come with stiff penalties," Buddy Arnold and his wife, Carole tion, medical and psychological help," the DOJ's U.S. Attorney's office in RIM president Cary Sherman says. Fields. It has supplied treatment for Raitt says. "Our business is way behind Connecticut. Evidence showed they The evidence presented in some of drug and alcohol addiction to 1,536 . .. especially in today's endangered are members of a "warez scene" - these cases shows that pirates can industry clients. Fields says 60% music business, with so many jobs and a name given to underground even enter private chat rooms and remain clean and sober today. Arnold says of the event, "If we net opportunities falling through, it's even communities nationwide whose grab new, unreleased tracks. The organization will hold its main $300,000, that would be almost one - more crucial to step up to the plate." members organize to engage in A pending bill by Rep. Lamar S. fundraising event, the MAP Awards, third of our operating budget. We've Arnold says MAP picks up the entire large -scale illegal distribution of Smith, R- Texas, would extend the Nov. 5 at the Beverly Hills Hotel here. still got to try to get more." cost of treatment "in 96% of the cases. copyrighted works. DOJ's anti -piracy efforts. Steven Tyler of Aerosmith, guitarist MAP's annual operating budget is $1.3 (Continued on page 49)

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www.americanradiohistory.com Upfront Watson Revives Swat NFWSLINE.. Relaunched Company Counts V2, Tommy Boy As Clients THE WEEK IN BRIEF New CD "copy-management" technology being tested by BMG can be bypassed BY GORDON MASSON Pacific and Latin America and will on a Windows computer by holding down the "shift" key, a Princeton Uni- negotiate licensing deals in conjunc- versity student claims. In a posting on his Web site this week, Princeton - Former Zomba Interna- tion with Tommy Boy's business Ph.D. student John Halderman says the SunnComm Technologies software tional managing director Stuart affairs department. embedded on Anthony Hamilton's Arista album "Comin' From Where I'm Watson is relaunching music mar- As well as rights owners, Swat also From" can be overridden without much effort-in some cases by holding keting company Swat as a fully inde- intends to represent artists and artist down the shift key as the disc is loaded into the computer. BMG says the pendent operation. management- arranging artist visits, technology is not intended to be completely secure. A spokesperson says the Watson established Swat in 1994; third -party tie-ups, TV commercials, company's focus is on playability and providing a "speed bump" to discour- he relinquished control of the Singa- synchronization deals and the creation age the average consumer from ripping the CD. The technology isn't recog- pore -based company when he joined of special events to help expand artists' nized at all on most Apple computers, Halderman says, allowing for unhin- Zomba in 1999. record sales and boost other local rev- dered ripping and copying. BRIAN GARRITY But following Bertelsmann's pur- enue streams on their behalf. chase of Zomba last year, Watson saw When Swat performed a similar role Queen Latifah will co -host the first Vibe Awards: Beats, Style, Flavor ceremo- the opportunity for an expanded oper- in the late 1990s, it helped establish ny. Beyoncé heads the list of contenders with nods in four categories, includ- WATSON: ation to cover a broader range of ter- CONCENTRATING RESOURCES Zomba acts Backstreet Boys, Britney ing artist of the year. Other top nominees include , Sean Paul and ritories including Asia -Pacific, Latin Spears and 'N Sync as multimillion - . Produced by Vibe magazine, Flavor Unit Television and White America, Russia, the Gulf states, Again headquartered in Singa- selling stars in Asia- Pacific. Cherry Entertainment, the program will be taped Nov. 20 at the Santa Moni- South Africa and Israel. pore, Swat will co- ordinate all mar- Watson says, "These days, it is im- ca, Calif., Civic Center and broadcast the next day on UPN. Award presenters Watson, who left Zomba Oct. 3, keting and promotion activities for portant for rights owners and artist and performers will be announced shortly. Nominations were determined by reveals that V2 Records and Tommy V2 releases in Asia- Pacific. management to concentrate their Vibe editorial director Emil Wilbekin and his staff. Winners will be selected Boy Records are among Swat's first For Tommy Boy, Swat will be re- resources on the established music by a voting panel of journalists and entertainment executives. For a complete clients. The relaunched company sponsible for identifying suitable markets, such as the U.S., Japan, U.K., list of the nominees, log onto billboard.com. GAIL MITCHELL began trading Oct. 6. partners and licensees in both Asia- (Continued on page 49) Mr. Coffee has named as a spokesperson to appear in TV, print and radio ads starting in November. He will announce the deal at an Oct. 15 press conference in New York. Keith's Mr. Coffee print ads will initially appear in such publications as People and Country Weekly. CARLA HAY

Rice Wins Shortlist Prize Ten recording-artist and trade groups filed a "Joint Statement on Current Issues in Radio" with the Federal Communications Commission and con- BY CHRIS MORRIS The performing lineup comprised gressional leaders Oct. 8. The groups thanked the government and the radio Rice, Chesnutt, Interpol, Cat Power, industry for beginning to focus on the issues of media ownership, payola, LOS ANGELES -The Shortlist Music Bright Eyes, the Black Keys, Floetry low-power radio and vertical integration first highlighted in a May 2002 Prize appears to be working toward ful- and the Streets. Sigur Ros, the 2001 white paper by the groups. The statement also read that those issues still filling its mission of attaining a larger winner, and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs threaten to hurt artists and diminish public access to the airwaves. "We audience for cutting -edge musicians. rounded out the nominees. have access to less music with less diversity, and the music we hear is Irish singer /songwriter Damien This year's Shortlist show, which selected based on crass commercial promotional considerations rather than Rice received the third annual Short- was taped for an Oct. 25 airing on quality or performer artistry," said John Connolly, president of the Ameri- list prize Oct. 5, at the end of a 41/2 MTV2, nearly sold out the 2,400 - can Federation of Television and Radio Artists. Signatories included AFTRA, hour concert at the Wittern Theatre capacity Wiltem. the American Federation of Musicians, the Future of Music Coalition, the in LA featuring eight of the 10 nom- Previous concerts were held at Recording Artists' Coalition, the Artist Empowerment Coalition and the inated acts. smaller Hollywood venues: the Knit- National Assn. of Recording Merchandisers. BILL HOLLAND Karen Pearson, co -owner of re- ting Factory, which holds 700, in nowned LA independent store Amoe- 2001, and the Henry Fonda Music Box For the Record: Last issue's Newsline item regarding the new Sound ba Music, says exposure on a diverse Theatre, which seats 1,200, in 2002. Recording Code negotiated by the American Federation of Television and bill like the Shortlist show will invari- Explaining this exponential growth, Radio Artists with U.S. record companies should have pointed out that ably help a developing act. Yeah Yeahs or Interpol, always helps," Tom Sarig, who co- founded the Short- only recording artists who are AFTRA members are eligible for the AFTRA "Someone like Cody Chesnutt has Pearson says. "The recognition -and list with Greg Spotts, says: "People health insurance. a really big local buzz, and aligning having [lesser -known artists] play want to be at an event where this aggre- him with the other bands that are with those other bands -exposes gation of talent is in one place. It's a having a pop right now, be it the Yeah them to other people." (Continued on page 62) MILEPOSTS.

BIRTHS lings and a stepbrother. Fighting Radio's Bad Rap Boy, Jason Mark, to Erica and Silvio Pietroluongo, Sept. 12 in John Wonderling, 58, of a heart Bronxville, N.Y. Father is director attack, Sept. 17 in . Won- BY SKIP DILLARD and PHYLLIS STARK things that makes radio very special." of charts for Airplay Monitor and derling began his career as a Warner Then Hogan was verbally attacked by journalist Pat chart manager for The Billboard Bros. recording artist but turned to -Sparks flew at the group executives Clawson, who said of Clear Channel, "You people are Hot 100. the production side as studio manag- session during the National Assn. of Broadcasters' utterly shameless about how you are raping our airwaves." er for the Hit Factory in 1969. He Radio Show, held here Oct. 1 -3. Panelists focused on Hogan responded that his company is "trying to do DEATHS became director of creative affairs for ways to overcome radio's negative image, even while the right things, and where we're not [doing so], we're Scott Tiegel, 38, of undetermined in 1978. At the time dodging questions that reinforced that image. very open- minded" to change. causes, Sept. 16 in Santa Monica, of his death, he owned the music Despite Clear Channel's recent marketing efforts One former Clear Channel employee said that in her Calif. A guitarist, he was the old- production and publishing company aimed at changing its industry perception, CC presi- experience, the company had earned its "Cheap Channel" est son of Eliot Tiegel, who was Myth America. Wonderling pro- dent/CEO John Hogan was the target of several point- nickname, claiming that at her former station "there was with Billboard from 1963 to duced, arranged or composed for ed questions from the audience. some discussion of having to bring in our own pens." 1981, most recently as managing such artists as Aaron Neville, Chaka First, Hogan disagreed vehemently with an audience Hogan responded that the company has "aggregat- editor. In addition to his father, Khan and Pat Benatar. He is sur- member's claim that radio is disconnected from its ed" hundreds of radio stations with diverse cultures. Tiegel is survived by his mother, vived by his wife, three daughters communities, saying that connection "is one of the (Continued on page 62) stepfather, stepmother, two sib- and two grandchildren.

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POP / ROCK / COUNTRY / R &B / HIP -HOP / LATIN / DANCE / TOURING Dave Koz Gets 'Saxophonic' Artist Explores New Directions On Capitol Set

BY DAN OUELLETTE phenomenal record. It's my personal favorite of his catalcg." Is DuBois concerned that Koz has been off the smooth jazz map Even though Dave Koz's new album, "Saxophon- for so long? "Absolutely not. The implication is that Davey has been ic," is his first release since 1999's "The Dance" (excluding his 2001 out of the spotlight. But that's not true. He tours, and hes very visi- Christmas disc), the top- selling smooth jazz saxophonist/songwriter ble with his own radio programs." says that he hasn't been kicking back and slacking off. The saxophonist hosts the daily radio show "Dave Koz in the Morn- "I've been busy," Koz says. "I usually take a couple ing" on Los Angeles station KTWV. Koz also -gas a week- of years to make an album, then spend a few more tour- ly smooth jazz program, "The Dave Koz Radio Show," ing it. I don't slap records together. I put a lot of care 'You can listen that is syndicated internationally on 120 stations. into them." to this CD on a DuBois adds, "Smooth jazz is very different from He hastens to add that "Saxophonic," which street - the pop market, where the timing of -eleases is ed Oct. 7, is a special project because it is saxophone - deeper level. I important. The smooth jazz demographi: isn't fick- driven. "I wanted to take my time and let myself go in le. Besides, an artist like Dave Koz can tase whatev- the writing and preproduction stages. Unlike my other really wanted to er time he needs to get the creative juices flowing." albums, which were influenced by songs or singers, give my fans That's just what the saxophonist did with "Sax - this time I wanted to listen to the horn and let the ophonic." He wrote more than 30 songs br the instrument lead me where it wanted to go." something to project, then whittled the number to 13. With his A -team of creative co- producers, includ- "I listened to the tunes, then shaped and ing Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers in New York and chew on.' sequenced them," he says. "I ended up mentor Jeff Lorber and Jeff Koz in his Los coming up with three musical acts that KOZ Angeles home base, Koz set out to explore a range of -DAVE each represent different moods in a rela- moods, from funky grooves to electronica- infused hip- tionship- discovery, adventure and life hop to balladic jazz. beyond the honeymoon." "I got together with co- writers and went in directions I never Act One opens with the funky, lyrical tune "Hone! - would have in the past," he says, noting that he plunged into the Dipped," also the album's first single. It was co -writ- process and avoided a lot of self-editing while working with such col- ten by Lorber, who enlisted Koz in 1985 to be a mem- laborators as Brian McKnight, Bobby Caldwell and Marc Antoine. ber of his band. "That's why the album has a lot of textures I normally wouldn't have "If our lives never intersected, I don't know what I'd thought of on my own." be doing today," Koz says. "At the time, I never Capitol senior director of marketing Tripp DuBois is pleased with thought about playing the saxophone for a living. the results. "Davey is one of Capitol's core artists," he says. "He has Jeff and I have known each other for so long that been with the label for all 14 years of his solo career. He has made a (Continued on page 22)

Touring Still A Delight For Road Warrior Diamond to Diamondville." Ask Neil Diamond at the begin- think I have one or two left in me." Diamond's last tour, which started sampling of songs from concerts as tary, "Welcome accurate ning of a conversation when he Ask him again, after he has talked in late September 2001 and closed far back as 1970 (Diamond began It's a tremendously plans to stop touring and he replies, expansively and lovingly about how New Year's Eve 2002, grossed close touring in 1966 but didn't start tap- portrayal of how mundane life on be for 22 hours of "You do think about stopping. You fulfilling appearing before a live audi- to $80 million, according to Bill- ing shows until four years later), the road can the onstage. do get tired," the 62- year -old says. "I ence is, and the reply is a little differ- board Boxscore. At 117 shows in 89 disc five is a collection of Christmas the day that aren't spent ent: "The reality is cities, it was the longest continuous Additionally, it gives I'm going to keep tour of his career. insight into how doing it until the Like Jimmy Buffett or James Tay- many people it takes audience tells me lor, Diamond still releases albums of to pull off a large - to hang it up," he new material, but he has built such a The scale production like says. "I know strong following that he no longer Diamond's show. that's what the relies on radio play to help him sell For the artist, the bottom line is." tickets. In fact, Diamond was the fifth - Beat. thrill of walking onto He'd better be highest- grossing concert draw in 2002. a stage has never dis- prepared to keep Several highlights from the last appeared. "Every going for a long tour -and from four decades of per- By Melinda Newman show is a delight for time then. Dia- forming -are captured on "Neil mnewman @billboard.com me. It has never mond, who is a Diamond: Stages: Performances changed," he says. "I perennially strong 1970 -2002," a six -CD set released don't know if I'm per- concert draw, just Sept. 30 by Columbia. tunes performed live over the years verted or what, but over the [past keeps getting more The first two discs capture his and disc six includes highlights 371 years, every show has a sense of and more popular Dec. 27, 2002, show in . from a July 2002 show in Dublin mystery to it. You never know how DIAMOND: `EVER" SHOW HAS A SENSE OF MYSTERY' on the road. Discs three and four are a random and a behind -the -scenes documen- (Continued on page 14)

BILLBOARD OCTOBER 18, 2003 www.billboard.com 11 www.americanradiohistory.com 16th Annual l rnational Music bIMIIIø !J;_d IJi o ce runs in a joint venture with Jeff Dozens of Trojan titles- historic Town 5 February 28.28, 200 Country Resort, Sanctuary Travis, founder of the legendary recordings among them -are being : and Convention Center British alt -rock label. In its original issued for this first time both on CD Continued from page 5 incarnation, Rough Trade intro- and in the U.S. , California duced the world to the Smiths, In addition, the label recently ac- among others. quired another key player in the reg- a great environment for artists to Rough Trade's rebirth under gae game -RAS Records. Trojan and If you are in the invest work in, and then let our Sanctuary has produced sets from RAS material will likely be integrat- independent music achievements speak for themselves," such hipster acts as the Kills and the ed in future anthologies and other music..: he continues. Libertines. catalog releases, giving Sanctuary business, here's Sanctuary also has rejuvenat- even more reggae muscle. VETERAN LINEUP ed fabled British ll where you'll find the the Like other indies, the label has PERCEIVED DEMAND It's resources and emerged as a home for veter- Many of the artists signed to an artists who have either Sanctuary have established fan contacts people.. you need for parted ways with or been bases and are still making new your career. Join us for dropped by a major label (Bill- music but are largely considered board, Oct. 11). past their commercial prime. education, Among the acts on the Sanc- Sanctuary scoops up these acts Its ih tuary roster are such familiar and markets their albums care- exploration, names as Blues Traveler, Morris- fully, depending on the per- sey, the Allman Band, ceived demand. nttw networking, Spiritualized, Living Colour and "We can define their base Siouxsie & the Banshees. fairly accurately through a business, and With new titles by Robert Cray mixture of recent record and the Mavericks and the recent [sales], catalog sales and how exhibit hall! signing of RZA. it has even dipped their touring and merchan- into blues, Americana and hip -hop. dising sales have been doing," says In its latest move, Sanctuary pur- reggae pioneer Tom Lipsky, president of Sanctuary's chased U.S. management firm Music label Trojan after purchasing U.S. record group. World Entertainment. As part of the rights to its catalog. "We can see what core fan base deal, Sanctuary is setting up a new Through Sanctuary, Trojan has exists and how large that is, and urban and gospel division to include reissued classic works by the likes of based on that, we come up with an a joint -venture label with BMG Jimmy Cliff, Bob Marley Sr the Wail- arrangement with the band," Lip- fWLWCfd/N.Otg Tel(301)5888185 Ditribution (Billboard, Oct. 11). ers and Toots & the Maytals, all sky says. FOLh LLI1`_ \CL Sanctuary has r1IrY1.1g '.0ä1HAM11ERIC4ti FO.K MUSIC AND P1NCf.-Ll1ANQ.. fax (8U1) 56B6168 also picked up dis- embellished with bonus tracks, Most major labels have no place tribution of Rough Trade, which it essays and slip cases. (Continued on page 13) rrat'hîi 25 * Artìsts Announced! More To Be Announced Weekly!

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Bradford went through contacts to abal and Curt Smith, have reunit- The Beat find them -the group includes two ed after nearly 13 years and have of the founding members who sang signed a worldwide deal with Piracy Showdown with Elvis and two newer singers Arista. The duo release new Continued from page 11 will a who joined after two original mem- album next spring. bers died -it turns out they're list- the audience is going to be. It's an ed in Nashville's Yellow Pages. THE CHOSEN FEW: Six acts have Likely In High Court uncertain quest every time." "They're so accessible," Bradford been chosen by a panel of Bill- For now, Diamond is writing says. "A lot of young artists on their board editors to compete in the A perfect storm is brewing for a Recent news coverage of piracy material for a new album. Not sur- first single and full of themselves Northeast Showcase Finals of the U.S. Supreme Court showdown lawsuits has been unfairly critical prisingly, after its release in 2004, could learn a lot from these old pros." Independent Music World Series over several conflicting piracy of the record industry, according he plans to hit the road again. The song, which is already at AC Oct. 30 at the Lion's Den in New cases in the lower federal courts. to an informal survey of entertain- radio, goes to top 40 Oct. 13. Addi- York. Bio Ritmo of Richmond, Va.; And it's not simply because of ment lawyers. WHO KNEW? The Jordanaires, tionally, a mix featuring pedal steel Christy Riordan of Prides Cross- the explosive constitutional issues And the biased reporting, they best -known as Elvis Presley's orig- may be serviced to country radio ing, Mass.; Elza of Mamaroneck, raised by the lawsuits. contend, is overshadowing the inal backup singers, appear on the since Television aired N.Y.; and New -York based Maura Setting the stage are split legitimate legal reasons why the radio mix of Uncle Kracker's new the video to Kracker's last single, a Fogarty, Queen Esther and the decisions in the federal circuit actions are being pursued. Lava single, "Memphis Soul Song. remake of Dobie Gray's "Drift Away." Omega Project will compete for courts of appeal in three seminal To industry lawyers, that a few The idea to add the Jordanaires $35,000 in gear and prizes from piracy cases involving Aimster, teenagers have been involved in the to the track came from Kracker's TOGETHER AGAIN: Tears for event organizer Disc Makers and Grokster and Napster, according cases is beside the point. The real producer, Mike Bradford. Although Fears, also known as Roland Orz- other sponsors, to industry lawyers. issue is that downloading copyright- In a situation where the federal ed music is stealing, pure and simple. appeals courts reach conflict- ing decisions, the high court is more likely to Legal step in to re- solve the issue. Two years Matters. ago, the Ninth Circuit ruled against Nap - By Samantha Chang ster after schang @billboard.com determining that the serv- ice had induced users to illegally "Nobody criticizes a store owner download music. for stopping a shoplifter, whether A few months later, the Seventh it's a 12- year -old girl or a grand- Circuit shut Aimster down, noting mother," says Stan Soocher, an that the service had rarely been entertainment lawyer and associate used for non -infringing purposes. professor at the University of Col- The Aimster case is now pending orado at . before that court. The Recording Industry Assn. And just six months ago, the of America is portrayed as the same court in the Napster mat- "heavy" because it's seen as repre- ter ruled in favor of Grokster senting a rich and powerful in- after determining that unlike dustry, according to Soocher, who Napster, Grokster did not oper- wrote the book "They Fought the ate a central repository of files. Law: Goes to Court." The case will soon be heard The spotlight should be turned before the Ninth Circuit. back on the real issue, which is No appeal has yet been filed theft, lawyers say. with the Supreme Court in the In response, some journalists Grokster matter, but the circuit maintain that news coverage has court's decision to grant a sum- been on- point. "The press has mary judgment for Grokster has been fair in getting the [record spawned an avalanche of com- industry's] message across," says GET MORE MUSIC BIZ FOR LESS CASH ments from industry watchers. Sam Favate, an editor with a In separate amicus briefs, the financial newswire. 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city of , the Red Sox, projection, the scale of the the first or last show, it's the same [tour director] George screens and the effort put execution, even if it's a high level of Springsteen Travis and Jon Landau." into the direction, Landau execution," he says. "That's one says. Video direction was by approach. But Bruce has the freedom Continued from page 6 Landau adds, "We feel tremendous about the fact Chris Hilson, who also to go anywhere. If the pulse of the we were able to go out to directed Springsteen's "Live show takes him in a certain direction, 60 sellouts, including 44 at the arena. L.A. and San Francisco, as in New York City" DVD. lighting, sound and video is right As big as Jersey was, Landau well as , Boston and "There are so many spon- there with him." found other dates almost as grati- Philadelphia, and do sellout taneous elements in Bruce's Other key touring personnel fying, particularly a two -night business in those stadiums. show," Landau says. "Chris include 30 -year Springsteen agent stand at Boston's legendary Fenway Our success was not limited has worked with us on two Barry Bell, road manager Wayne Park that grossed $5.2 million from to Jersey, but Jersey tends to tours, and there's almost Lebeaux, production manager Lyle two sellouts. overshadow everything." nothing Bruce can do where Centola, sound mixer John Coop- "In a tour of high points, I don't [Hilson] is not on it. If Bruce er, tour accountant Michael know if anything could be any high- THE `A' TEAM does a handstand on the Lorick, security director Jerry Fox er than Fenway," says Landau, who Springsteen's crack tour- mike, Chris is there." Sr. and assistant road manager took the stage with a during ing team, headed by veteran Springsteen and his E Lenny Sullivan. "Dancing in the Dark" at the first tour director Travis, was Street Band worked up more Travis started with Springsteen on Boston show. able to turn large, unwieldy than 100 songs for the tour, 1978's Darkness on of Town Promoter Don Law, chairman/co- sports stadiums into inti- and Springsteen was tweak- tour as a rigger. "You could tell then CEO of Clear Channel Entertainment mate concert halls. Produc- ing the set list right up to he was destined for much more Music and a veteran of numerous tion opted for amps stacked the final shows. "Bruce has sophisticated things," Landau says. Springsteen shows, says the first Fen - onstage rather than the always been completely "We've got a bunch of stars on our way concert "was one of the hottest sleek look many touring loose with the set list, but crew. By our standards, whether it's Springsteen shows I've ever seen. acts favor today. Lights were after he finished the 10 Kevin Buell, Bruce's longtime guitar Bruce was inspirational, and the set- by Morpheus, sound by shows at Giants Stadium he tech, to George, we're looking for ting was magical; it's great when Audio Analysts and set really mixed it up," Landau every person to be the best there is those two things come together." design by Visual Terrain. says. "His concept of what at their position. We're looking for And even though the 91- year-old "From a creative point of he's doing is to make every the A- team." stadium had never hosted a rock con- view, we felt playing out- SPRINGSTEEN: ATOUR OF HIGH POINTS night a unique experience, Despite the high level of perform- cert, the event came off flawlessly, doors was the way to go," for him and the audience. ance, backstage at a Springsteen Law says. Landau says. "It's funny, but at this that people who saw the show in this It's not emotionally repetitive." show is a relatively calm place. "We "It was a huge event," he says, "one point in time, sound quality has now environment heard it in the best pos- Landau says such onstage freedom hate drama," Landau says. "We go for of the biggest I've ever done in 30 progressed to the point where out- sible context." separates Springsteen from many the total pros, who do things in a years. It's miraculous that it came off doors is really better than indoors, Two large videoboards from Per- artists. "Some of the younger artists totally relaxed way. We like execution, so well, much to the credit of every- audio -wise. It's better onstage, and formance A/V helped make the show go with a scripted sort of thing, with execution, execution. The only drama one who worked on it, including the it's better in the house. We all felt more intimate through use of video heavy choreography, so whether it's we want is onstage."

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BILLBOARD OCTOBER 18, 2003 www.billboard.com www.americanradiohistory.com Music Gospel Confab Finds Its Niche homefroh The second annual Cen- Dr. Bobby Jones, Dorothy Billboard Information Group events & happenings tral South Gospel Retail and Norwood and Candi Staton Distribution Conference got -turned out Oct. 10 for under way Oct. 3 in , In The Luther Barnes' seventh and its impressive atten- annual North Carolina Fall dance numbers suggest that Gospel Classic. Rodriguez, Howard Join line Up the four -day confab- featur- ing seminars, showcases Spirit ROLLIN' ON: Brent Jones and industry workshops- (and his T.B. Mobb) has r Film/1V Music Conference has found its niche. parted company with Holy Upwards of 500 retailers By Lisa Collins Director /producer/composer Robert Rodriguez and com- Roller Records and formed turned out for classes focus- eye4gospel @aol.com his own label, Mobb Wor- poser James Newton Howard have joined the exciting ing on all aspects of operat- thy Records. A new release lineup for The Hollywood Reporter/Billboard Film & TV ing a retail store, including innova- held Oct. 25. This is in the works ... Music Conference. The conference, presented by Volvo, tive ways to reach potential new year's inductees BeBe Winans -who will take place on November 19-20 at the Renaissance customers, inventory control and include the Consolers, recently launched his Hollywood Hotel in Los Angeles and will examine the role increasing the bottom line. the Swan Silvertones, own label, the Move- of music in film and television. Newly added workshops keyed in Dottie Peoples, Tyscot ment Group -has on distribution, publishing, licens- founder Dr. Leonard pacted with Santa The multi-talented Rodriguez ( "Spy Kids," "Once Upon a ing and other segments of the Scott and Vickie Monica, Calif. -based Time in Mexico ") will keynote this year's event growing gospel market. "This con- Winans, who is Hidden Beach

RODRIGUEZ Composer Howard, an Emmy winner and multiple Oscar ference focuses not only on innova- pulling out all the Recordings (HBR) tive strategies for the gospel retail stops next week in a and Grammy nominee, will be the subject of this year's for series of proj- outlet but also offers valuable for a star -stud- ects to be released Billboard Q&A session with senior editor Melinda insights for record labels, distribu- ded 50th birthday through HBR's Newman. tors and independent artists within bash featuring per- inspirational music the gospel community," Central formances by Yolanda We'll also take an in-depth look at the use of music in subsidiary Still South Gospel director of distribu- Adams, among others. Waters. The new ven- "The Matrix Reloaded" and "The Matrix Revolutions," in tion Roderick Jemison says. And in Rocky ture will debut with a session that will feature the creative team behind the In Detroit, Do Rohn Records Mount, N.C., more projects from franchise, including music supervisor Jason Bentley and founder David Gough is gearing up than two dozen gospel Winans, including a composer Don Davis. A session titled "Return of the for its Gospel Music Hall of Fame acts -including the CD titled "Dream" Musical" will include such luminaries as Neil Meron and and Museum annual induction and Canton Spirituals, the that is slated for an Craig Zadan, executive producers of the Oscar-winning awards gala. The program will be Williams Brothers, early -2004 release. HOWARD film "Chicago," as well as

Academy Award - winning producer/director Irwin Winkler and actor /composer Michael McKean of "A Mighty Wind." "The Indie Perspective" will include Joel C. High, head of Zschech Readies Solo Project music and soundtracks at Lion's Gate, and others in a discussion of music use in low-budget film projects. Another Darlene Zschech, known world- ferent side of this Australian -born independent pop consultants. session for aspiring songwriters and composers, titled BENTLEY wide as an acclaimed worship artist, with tracks ranging from Michaels says he is pleased "Pitching Music for Flm," will be moderated by Hollywood leader and songwriter of the popu- more personal worship songs to a with what Sony is shipping to attorney Steven Winogradsky of the Winogradsky Co. and lar worship anthem "Shout to the love song written for her husband mainstream retail outlets and will include panelists Christine Russell of Evolution Music Lord," is gearing up for the Oct. 14 ( "Everything About You ") and a that Christian retail has, as release of her first solo effort, "Kiss cover of "Walk On" Partners, Adam Taylor of Associated Production Music and 's (recorded expected, been very responsive. of Heaven," on Nashville -based with Martin Smith of Delirious). "Everyone recognizes that this is Bob Knight of Music Sales Corp. INO Records. "I've always written lots of dif- the `Shout to the Lord' artist, and Among other industry notables participating in the event ferent songs but just haven't had they're doing what they need to to record I are Jeff Brabec of the Chrysalis Music Group, ASCAP's the time them the way do accordingly." DAVIS wanted to record them," Zschech Todd Brabec, Nancy Knutsen and Jeanie Weems, Marc says. "And it really hasn't been my Ferrari of Master Source, "American Idol" finalist RJ Helton, first priority, to be quite honest. producer/songwriter Randy Jackson, music producer/ When you're a mom and pastor at composer Danny Peifrey, Randy Spendlove of Miramax, your church, you sort of do what Higher music supervisor Greg Sill and many more! you can with what you have." INO Records has partnered with This year's conference also will include a bonus track on Sony to distribute Zschech's solo Ground music use in advertising, coordinated by Billboard sister JACKSON effort to the general market. publication SHOOT. Additional sessions and participants Christian radio has already r will be announced soon. jumped on the first single, the By Debra Akins infectious "Pray," and a main- For more information, visit www.billboardevents.com or ZSCHECH: 'WORSHIP IS FIRST AND FOREMOST stream marketing partnership Zschech says the album's pop contact Michele Jacangelo at 646. 6544660. For informa- with Epic has generated plans to direction does not signal a depar- tion on registration and group discounts, contact Kelly While her role as producer and release "Everything About You" to ture from her role as worship pas- worship leader behind 12 gold - pop radio in early 2004. tor of Hillsong Church Australia, a Peppers at 646-6544643. For sponsorship information, certified Hillsong Australia albums "When we first got this record, post she has held for 18 years. contact Cebele Marquez at 646-6544648. HELTON has rightfully cemented Zschech's we knew we had something quite a "Worship is first and foremost," place at the head of the modern bit bigger than what we expected," she says. "That's who I am. There's worship revolution, "Kiss of Heav- INO director of marketing and pro- something in me that wants to LIpMi _S EILINiS en" is not necessarily the solo motion Dan Michaels says. "When communicate the gospel through BILLBOARD /HOLLYWOOD REPORTER FILM & TV MUSIC CONFERENCE album listeners will expect to hear we had the meetings with Epic in my gift. Worship is magnificent November 19-20 Renaissance Hollywood Hotel Los Angeles from this worship pioneer. New York they recognized it too, inside the church, and I really BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS Seasoned with pop- flavored and wanted to put out a pop single. believe that outside of the church, December 10 MGM Grand Hotel Las Vegas hooks and soulful vocals, "Kiss of They're putting together a team when it's done in spirit and truth, For more information: Michele Jacangelo 646.654.4660 bbevents @billboard.com Heaven" offers a glimpse at a dif- and working with some of the it draws everyone in."

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Backstage during opening He contacted clarinetist Paul premiered a commissioned piece night of the 46th annual Mon- Meyer, cellist Matt Haimovitz, featuring vibraphonist Gary Bur- terey Jazz Festival, guitarist John timpani player Bruno Frumento, ton ... Also making his MJF McLaughlin was tuning up for guitarist Philippe Loli and - debut was pianist Jason Moran, the spirited jazz- Indian classical ist Viktoria Mullova and began to who recently released the superb music performance -and already rewrite the score with them in Blue Note CD "The Bandwagon." thinking about his next project. mind. "They're all wonderful play- Trumpeter Dave Douglas made To be released Oct. 14, "Thieves ers who brought enthusiasm to a strong showing with his quintet and Poets" is McLaughlin's first the project." at the Dizzy's Den venue. He new studio album in six years. It McLaughlin notes that classical introduced "The Frisell Dream," a features his buoyant, classical - musicians, especially in Europe, whimsical, lilting song that will tinged three -part suite for are keen to engage with jazz appear on his upcoming Bluebird acoustic guitar and orchestra per- artists. "They have tremendous disc (scheduled for release in Jan- formed with the Deutsche - affection for what we do and how uary 2004), tentatively titled merphilharmonie conducted by we improvise," he says. "They want "Strange Liberation," featuring Renalto Rivolta. to collaborate with us. After all, guitarist Bill Frisell. McLaughlin calls the piece his how many times can you play "The tune came from a dream I long -in- coming "labor of love" and Mendelssohn concertos ?" had about seeing a concert with "a story of my musical journey As for the standards part of the Bill's trio," Douglas told the through life." package, McLaughlin picks up crowd. "He was playing this. I

The Verve release also spot- where he left off a decade ago with McSHANN, LEFT, AND EASTWOOD: PIANIST AND DIRECTOR DISCUSS BLUES DOCUMENTARY called him up to ask him about it, lights the guitarist supported by his 1993 Verve release, "Time but he had never heard it." the Aighetta Quartet and Remembered: John McLaughlin laughed and said, "This was they let themselves loose when Violinist Billy Bang originally bassist Helmut "Hell" Schartl- Plays Bill Evans." meant to be the anti- MTV." they feel it's time to." planned to perform with a sextet mueller performing four stan- "Ever since then, I have dreamed While Eastwood shyly opted not but scaled his band back to a of orchestrating these to play a song on the upright piano MONTEREY THREE -DOT LOUNGE: quintet when tenor saxophonist four beautiful tunes onstage, McShann eagerly Now in its 46th year, Monterey's Frank Lowe took ill. that I grew up with," launched into a rousing blues annual bash is the world's Lowe passed Sept. 19, the he says, referring to number. After he finished, he longest- running jazz festival. night before Bang's show. Back- Jazz "My Foolish Heart" grinned and said, "Some of the Guitarist Ralph Towner per- stage, Bang said, "Frank was my (for Chick Corea), greatest musicians we have don't formed at the festival for the first best friend on and off the band- "The Dolphin" (for get to express themselves. Each time. He played a solo guitar set, a stand. We hung tough and tight. Notes.. Gonzalo Rubalcaba). person has their own voice, and show with the band Oregon and I'm going to miss him." "" (for ) By Dan Ouellette and "My Romance" (for [email protected] Evans). "It was a huge undertaking, but well worth it." THE E JAil COMPILATIONS THAT dards. Each is dedicated to a pianist who has influenced PIANO BLUES: Also at the Monterey McLaughlin in his career. Jazz Festival, actor, film director COULD NEVER EXIST... UNTIE NOW "I started writing the suite 13 or and festival board of directors Jazz fans are used to hearing about the jazz community and sample our offering of a broad spectrum of the best 14 years ago at the request of the member Clint Eastwood made a but that community has only just become a reality music available today in the field of jazz on the orchestra," McLaughlin says, rare spotlight appearance. It came with the creation of Jazz Alliance International, specially -priced Jazz Hear and Now! (D2ND 83507) shortly after finishing his sound after his 92- minute film "Piano a not -for -profit organization with one goal in and Smooth Jazz Hear and Now! (02ND 83508), check with his Remember Shakti Blues" for Martin Scorsese's PBS mind: to expand the audience for jazz, distributed by EMI Music Distribution.Tune in to America's musical treasure. Read all about BET Jazz, the 24 hour Jazz Channel to see artist bandmates, including tabla ace blues series made its world debut the Alliance at our website - www.jazzai.org, performances and more from these exciting CDs! Zakir Hussain, mandolinist U. in the Jazz Theater venue to a

Shrinivas and kanjira, ghatam, capacity crowd of 500. HRAI.:.. nF.R81E HAW., R'vv .-iARGRO VF:' DAVE HOLLAND RAMSEY LM'4i_ maretangham player V. Selva- Eastwood participated on a BILL CHARLAR JOE LOVANO JANE MONH_(f OAS -;nNORq N.LSON ganesh. "We performed the piece panel (that I moderated) with BELA FLECK on a short tour of Europe, and it pianist Jay McShann and Richard was a great experience, but I put it Hutton from Vulcan Productions. on the shelf." McShann is one of the blues McLaughlin revisited the greats profiled in the documen- "Thieves and Poets" suite a few tary who recently released the CD years later and reworked it for a "Goin' to Kansas City" on Stony symphony orchestra. But the proj- Plain Records. rV[ ect did not kick into full motion Eastwood said he strove to keep until three or four years ago, when his film simple and pure. "I want- Jean- Christophe Maillot, the chief ed to tell the story mostly choreographer of the Ballets de through the music. I want the Jazz Hear & Now presents On Smooth Jazz Hear & Now you get Monte Carlo, asked him to write a music to speak for itself. Audi- Diana Krall, Joshua Redman, Norman Brown, Chris Botti, piece for the troupe. ences aren't stupid. They'll learn Herbie Hancock -Michael Brecker -Roy Hargrove, Norah Jones, Peter White, McLaughlin's original idea was as they listen." Harry Connick, Jr., Dave Holland, Joe Sample, Marc Antoine, to create something "crazy and Using interviews and archival Brad Mehldau, Ramsey Lewis & Nancy Wilson, Jeff Lorber, Al Jarreau, electronic," but Maillot wanted a footage, Eastwood showcased Bill Charlap,, Dave Koz (with ), Joe Lovano, Dave Douglas, BWB, Brian Culbertson, work for orchestra. "So I thought such blues and jazz piano greats Jane Monheit, Kenny Werner, Euge Groove, Fourplay again about the three -part suite, as Professor Longhair, Art and Cassandra Wilson and Boney James but by then I had gone through Tatum, , Charles (with Béla Fleck and Regina Carter) so many personal changes that Brown, Pinetop Perkins. Dave the original score didn't seem Brubeck and Marcia Ball. Proceeds from the sale of these unique discs benefit right anymore," McLaughlin says. When lauded for keeping the Jazz Alliance International and its programs. "So, I it up and added hacked camera trained on various Look for both CDs wherever you buy music, or online at www.jazzai.org. JP I JAZZ ALLIANCE more solo parts for musicians pianists for entire songs instead The JAI Samplers are sponsored in part by BET Jazz, the 24 Hour Jazz Channel. INTERNATIONAL other than myself." of quick cutting, Eastwood

BILLBOARD OCTOBER 18, 2003 www.billboard.com 17 www.americanradiohistory.com Music ourin Matchbox Catches On Messina, AEG Live Hit 'Unwell' Helps Nurture Touring Attendance Form Partnership BY SUSANNE AULT Center date in Boston drew 9,146 Cuddy says that WPLJ is holding people, 52% of its 17,511 -seat capac- a contest where the winners will BY RAY WADDELL plan calls for "a combination of LOS ANGELES -Thanks to stronger ity. On May 16, the Continental Air- attend a Matchbox Twenty sound mergers and acquisitions, setting radio support and another big hit, lines Arena in East Rutherford, N.J., check prior to the Garden concert. One month after his non -compete up businesses in different parts of the second leg of Matchbox Twenty's attracted 9,187 people, which is 73% WKSE is rolling out ticket giveaways with Clear Channel Entertainment the zountry and funding them. 2003 tour is pulling bigger crowds of its 12,500 -seat capacity. for the Oct. 8 show at Copps Colise- (CCE) expired, promoter Louis along with strategic alliances with than its spring run. um in Hamilton, Ontario. Messina has entered a joint venture companies that are not Clear Of the 42 shows reported to Bill- WHAT'S CHANGED with AEG Live, the touring sub- Channel -affiliated" ( Billboard. board Boxscore, the band's April - This leg, radio stations are show- JUGGLING ACT sidiary of Anschutz Entertainment March 2, 2002). June installment filled 63% of the ing more support, partly because Matchbox Twenty frontman Rob Group (AEG). Last year, the company nailed overall capacities of the arenas host- they are out of the crunch of their Thomas feels that it is tough overall Through the agreement, Hous- down tours by , ing the band. own spring/summer radio listener to receive the same amount of radio zon-based Messina Group will rep- Eagles and Barry Manilow, and dates Tour organizers admit that those shows, promoters say. Additionally, push that other bands do as concert resent AEG Live in Texas and the on the Paul McCartney ard Neil results were weaker than anticipat- the band has another huge radio hit, dates near. His band impressively Southeast, promoting, producing Diamond tours. In 2003, AEG Live ed. The band's last major arena out- "Unwell," under its belt. earns airplay on a wide range of radio and creating live entertainment snagged tours by , ing in 2001 packed 84% of its venue "When we first announced Match- formats, including mainstream top from the club level to stadiums for capacities, according to the 87 box 'Iiventy, radio wasn't gearing up 40, adult contemporary and adult top all music genres. shows reported to Billboard Box - with the promotion that they should 40. But that makes it tricky to pro- Additionally, he will promote score. Per -show grosses for the 42 have devoted to the band. That was a mote shows on one radio station national country music _reks for shows in 2003 averaged $264,631; in big problem," says Debra Rathwell, sen- without insulting a rival station. AEG Live, including co- promoting 2001, they averaged $318,762. ior VP of AEG Live, who promoted the "It's a blessing and a curse to be a 's upcoming tour. Regarding the May 6 show at the Continental Airlines Arena show and is multi- format band. When three dif- Asked if he was jumping from one Gund Arena in , GM Peter working the upcoming Garden show. ferent stations are playing you, it's corporate- promoter frying pan into Patton says, "We were very surprised Rathwell explains, "There were a hard to be exclusive to anyone," another, Messina says, "This is not a about the soft sales." The date drew lot of radio shows going on. There Thomas observes. corporate frying pan; that's the good 6,046 people -43% of the arena's was [mainstream top 40 WHTZ] Cuddy agrees that "it's difficult thing. [AEG Live] is a private com- 14,195 -seat capacity. "It was very Z100 Zootopia here [June 1]. They being able to do something to please pany, a people company, and I know strong when [the band] last came had their show [to promote]. It all the stations. You have to try not everyone here. This is the perfect to offend anyone." place for me to go. However, Thomas jokes, in "kiss- "Their ideas about the entertain- `It's a blessing ing every radio station's ass at the ment business parallel mine," he MESSINA: THE PERFECT PLACE FOR ME' and a curse to be a beginning of the year, that helped continues. "They're a fan -friendly `Unwell' get to the status that it is." company and an artist- friendly com- Yan-i, Eagles and the Justin Tim - multiformat band. Thomas says that some of the pany, and they believe in the devel- berlake/ outing, When three first -leg shows were not as packed opmental aspect of the business." along with promoting the Celine as he would have liked, where Dion dates at the Colosseum at Cae- different stations "some nights you go into a 8,000 - RAMPING UP sars Palace in Las Vegas. play you, it's hard seat place and can't sell 5,000 tick- The Messina Group deal is the AEG Live reported abort $150 ets. [But] we're just happy out there latest in a series of high -profile per- million in grosses last year, a num- to be exclusive playing. There's enough fans out sonnel moves for AEG Live. John ber iìt will likely surpass this year. The to anyone.' there to justify playing." Meglen and Paul Gongaware, co- company has moved ahead if HOB With some notable exceptions like CEOs of Concerts West (now re- as the second- largest promoter in the -, MATCHBOX TWENTY , the fall leg christened AEG Live /Tours and word, behind CCE. contains more secondary- and terti- Special Events), joined AEG even Messina, a 30 -year veteran of con- ary- market venues than the first run. before AEG Live was founded in cert promotion, says the move to through." (Matchbox Twenty sold wasn't personal. But now they are "It seemed like things had cooled 2002; most company tours take AEC- Live harks back to his early days out its March 5, 2001, show.) being fabulous and really behind off in the first run. But the size place under the Concerts West ban- in the business. But radio stations are backing the [the October show]." building we were looking at and the ner. Next on board was Paul Tollett "I want to re- create what I did act more exten- She is coordinating with four sta- size market [led] to going forward and Goldenvoice. at PACE Concerts," Messina says, sively this fall. That, organizers say, tions in the New York market in giv- [in signing on as promoter]," says Other important hires have in- referring to the concert division is fueling a number of expected sell- ing away Matchbox Twenty tickets Bill Rogers, a promoter with Jack cluded former House of Blues he helmed that was later acquired outs on the 41 -date second leg, multiple times per day. Utsick Presents Northeast. He pre- (HOB) Concerts chief Jay Mar - by SFX and then CCE. "Basically, which kicked off Sept. 24 at the Leon "There was something to that," dicts that the shows he is working - ciano, now AEG Live's chief de- that is to build a concert compa- County Civic Center in Tallahassee, says Dave Universal, PD at main- Oct. 12 at the 9,000 -seat Sovereign velopment officer, and Susan ny with a footprint in this region. Fla., and will wrap Dec. 8 at the stream top 40 WKSE Buffalo, N.Y., Center in Reading, Pa., and Oct. 21 Rosenbluth, a 22 -year veteran of I want to work with bands that Assembly Hall in Champaign, Ill. adding that the station's May 26 Kiss at the 7,000 -seat Wicomico County Nederlander Organization, now wart to work with me." "It already looks like we're going Me Hello show had promotion prior- Civic Center in Salisbury, Md. -will senior VP of booking for South- While Messina says he will still to exceed our sales from the first leg," ity over Matchbox 1Wenty's concert be near-sellouts. ern California for AEG Live (Bill- ope -ate under the Messina Group says Carole Kinzel, Matchbox liven - in the market at that time. "But more Many tour organizers are rooting board Bulletin, Feb. 21). banner, he notes that the AEG rela- ty's booking agent at Creative Artists than anything, `Unwell' became a for Matchbox liventy, as they are one The company created the East tiorship would be ongoing. "This Agency, who cited the war in Iraq as huge hit over the summer." of the few young mainstream rock Coast presence it had wanted when is not a project here, a project part of the reason for the lagging "Unwell" peaked at No. 5 on The bands that have sustained an arena - it opened its New York headquar- there. We're in business together." sales. "I'm anticipating [buildings will Billboard 100 in June, after much of level career. ters, with former Metropolitan The Messina Group has been be filled] at least 80% or more." the initial leg of the tour had fin- "Not everything is going to out- Entertainment executive VP Debra named as promoter, with Varnell Kinzel says that the 14,000 -seat ished. This issue, the song is No. 15 perform year after year. In 1998, Col- Rathwell joining the firm as AEG Enterprises, of the 2004 Strait arena Tweeter Center in Mansfield, Mass., on the chart, and new single "Bright lective Soul, Three Doors Down and Live senior VR tou -. Messina's first concert under sold out Sept. 30. Expected sellouts Lights" is climbing the list, at No. 50. Matchbox liventy [broke through]. All of these industry vets ulti- the new agreement was a Mars Volta include the Oct. 24 show at the "I think more people are respond- Matchbox Twenty are the guys that mately report to AEG Live CEO date at Numbers in . 18,000 -seat Madison Square Garden. ing to the shows this time around. are still around," says Emmanuel Randy Phillips. A former artist "I'm back out on the playing field, Tickets for shows on both legs range `Unwell' has been their biggest song Patterson, talent buyer with House manager and head of the Gasoline with some financial clout and some between $30 and $40. since 'If You're Gone' [from 2000's of Blues Canada, which is promot- Alley and Red Ant record labels, great people behind me," he says. "I During the spring, those markets "Mad Season "]. Their concert base ing a number of first- and second - Phillips told Billboard in an earli- have one goal-to do things right - did not perform as well. According to increased," adds Tom Cuddy, PD at leg dates. "They are very consistent. er interview that his AEG Live and the money will be there." Billboard Boxscore, a May 12 Fleet adult top 40 WPLJ New York. Still a great band."

18 www.billboard.com BILLBOARD OCTOBER 18, 2003 www.americanradiohistory.com OCTOBER 18 zoos BQ)(SCc) R E I.M Bl rA® CONCERT GROSSES Music VENUE/ GROSS/ ATTENDANCE/ ARTIST(S) DATE TICKET PRICE(S) CAPACITY PROMOTER The Colosseum at Caesars $2 ,788,549 20,487 Concerts West Palace, Las Vegas $225/$175/$127.50 /$87.50 five sellouts Sept. 24 -28 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Miller Park, $2,451,588 32,812 Frank Productions Creativity Increases & THE E STREET BAND $75/$55 40,566 Sept. 27

CELINE DION The Colosseum at Caesars $2,242,614 16,436 Concerts West Palace, Las Vegas $225/$175/$127.50 /$87.50 four sellouts Oct. 2 -5 Venue Traffic BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Comerica Park, $2,048,816 27,728 Clear Channel & THE E STREET BAND Detroit $78.50/$58.50 37,437 Entertainment Increasing venue traffic was the creativity. You have to be creative Sept. 21 topic of a panel during the Inter- in your deal structure." KROG INLAND INVASION: THE CURE, DURAN DURAN, Hyundai Pavilion at Glen $1,806,400 47,597 Clear Channel Buyers Moore said that could include HOT HOT HEAT, ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN, VIOLENT Helen, Devore, Calif. $40 sellout Entertainment, KROG national Entertainment FEMMES, DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL & OTHERS Sept. 20 Assn. annual meeting here, IEBA sharing certain revenue streams, JIMMY BUFFETT MGM Grand Garden, $1,747,095 13,620 House of Blues Concerts Live! The session, which featured like parking and concessions, that Las Vegas $200/$100/$65 sellout Sept. 20 building managers and promoters have traditionally been off limits. "I as panelists, was moderated by would encourage buildings to [cut] AEROSMITH & KISS, SALIVA Tweeter Center, $1,309,339 17210 Clear Channel Tinley Park, Ill. $127/$36 28,441 Entertainment John Huie, an agent Sept. 26 with Creative Artists AEROSMITH & KISS, SALIVA Alltel Pavilion at Walnut $1,224,891 18,368 Clear Channel Creek, Raleigh, N.C. $117/$45 20,242 Entertainment Agency in Nashville. Sept. 20 "We all know there FLEETWOOD MAC Madison Square Garden, $1,159,745 11,418 Concerts West are only a certain On The New York $145/$85/$45 13,208 Sept. 30 amount of dates on Twain FLEETWOOD MAC Arena at Harbor Yard, $993,506 8,262 Concerts West, in -house the Shania Bridgeport, Conn. $149.50/$99.50/$49.50 sellout tour, the Dixie Chicks Sept. 27 Road.. tour, the Brooks & JIMMY BUFFETT Coors Amphitheatre, $987284 17230 House of Blues Concerts Chula Vista, Calif. $75/$55/$36 sellout Dunn tour," Huie Sept. 23 said. "And we always By Ray Waddell AEROSMITH & KISS, SALIVA AmSouth Amphitheatre, $889,140 14,411 Clear Channel know there will be a rwaddell @billboard.com Antioch, Tenn. $132/$10 18,606 Entertainment Sept. 22 show in New York,

DAVE MATTHEWS BAND, HiFi Buys Amphitheatre, $859,395 19,050 House of Blues Concerts Atlanta, , etc." DONAVAN FRANKENREITER BAND Atlanta $56.50/$39 sellout Figuring out which secondary the same deal with a promoter or Sept. 20 markets to play and why is "the co- promoter as they would when FLEETWOOD MAC TommyHilfigeratJones $858,980 11,735 Clear Channel Beach Theater, Wantagh, N.Y. $137/$39.50 13,944 Entertainment creative aspect of what I do for a they promote in- house," he said. Sept. 21 living," Huie said. "The bigger acts "We want to eat what you eat. There AEROSMITH & KISS, SALIVA Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, $837,664 13,040 Clear Channel always have more work available are no sacred cows any more." Bonner Springs, Kan. $127/$40.50 18,605 Entertainment Sept. 25 than they're willing to do." Competition is driving this

ELTON JOHN AmericanAirlines Arena, $826,285 11,165 Jack Utsick Presents, Huie cited panelist Carey new paradigm of deal structures, Miami $175/$55 sellout Motorock Harveycutter, director of the Moore said. "It's all about the Sept. 27 Salem (Va.) Civic Center, as a dynamic between the mitigation RADIOHEAD, SUPERGRASS Coors Amphitheatre, $825,102 19,115 House of Blues Concerts Chula Vista, Calif. $46.50/$40 sellout building manager who gets more of risk and the acceptance of a Sept. 28 than his fair share of dates for the marketplace. We need partners FLEETWOOD MAC Wachovia Center, $820,550 12,265 Concerts West size of his venue's market. that are willing to put things on Philadelphia $125/$75/$49.50 15,000 Sept. 28 "We just work at it," Harveycutter the table that are typically not on FLEETWOOD MAC MCI Center, $801,715 10,283 Concerts West said. "We're not going to get Shania, the table, whether it's revenue Washington, D.C. $125/$75/$49.50 12,045 we realize that. But to us, Rascal streams or the elimination of cer- Oct. 2 Flatts is a huge act, a sellout. We do tain expenses. At some point, you BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Darien Lake Performing Arts $796,790 11,951 Clear Channel & THE E STREET BAND Center, Darien Center, N.Y. $75/$55 19,999 Entertainment what we can to make a show work, can take fixed capitalized items Sept. 20 and we will share in the risk." out of the equation, and that can CHER, TOMMY DRAKE Cynthia Woods Mitchell $757,850 12,384 Clear Channel Panelist Doug Kuhnel is VP of directly affect ticket prices." Pavilion, The Woodlands, Texas $127.25/$45.25 15,914 Entertainment Sept. 26 venue operations for Compass Michael Marion, director of the CHER, TOMMY DRAKE Fort Worth Convention $728,439 11,356 Clear Channel Facility Management, which oper- Alltel Arena in North Little Rock, Center, Fort Worth, Texas $79.75/$39.75 12,476 Entertainment 12 Ark., has successfully partnered with Sept. 24 ates buildings in tertiary mar- kets in the Midwest. local churches for contemporary RADIOHEAD Shoreline Amphitheatre, $704,837 21,205 Clear Channel Mountain View, Calif. $47.50/$40.50 22,000 Entertainment "It's terribly tough out there. Christian shows. "Christian shows Sept. 23 We're always in a competitive situ- aren't that big of a payday, but THE DEAD The Gorge, $699,451 12,336 House of Blues Concerts he said. "Staffing is key. they're good PR for a building. so George, Wash. $56.70 13,500 ation," Sept. 21 Everyone from the stagehands on maybe when you bring Marilyn Man- JAMES TAYLOR The Gorge, $675,639 14,018 House of Blues Concerts down needs to ask what can they son in, the churches won't be so George, Wash. $59.85/$38.85 20,000 you," Marion said. Sept. 27 do, not what they have to do." quick to jump on Promoter /producer Steve Moore "And when you do lose money on a THE WHITE STRIPES, YEAH YEAH Greek Theatre, $642,863 17,143 Nederlander Organization, YEAHS, HOT HOT HEAT, Los Angeles $37.50 three sellouts Goldenvoice of TBA Entertainment said, "We're Christian show, you don't lose a lot." SOLEDAD BROTHERS Sept. 22 -24 all looking for ways to grow our In a typical scenario, the building FLEETWOOD MAC DTE Energy Music Center, $631,290 10,581 Palace Sports & takes care of producing the show, Clarkston, Mich. $138/$48 15,202 Entertainment business or stay in business, and Sept. 17 for me, what it boils down to is and the churches get the word out FLEETWOOD MAC SBC Center, $580,414 9,498 Concerts West in the religious community. "We did $99/$75/$48.15 11,529 Oct. 5 four shows last year, made money on two of them, lost on two and made CHER, TOMMY DRAKE Kemper Arena, $570,174 8,520 Clear Channel Kansas City, Mo. 579.75/$34.75 13,514 Entertainment out for a positive year. It helped us Sept. 22 get to 19 concerts last year." ALAN JACKSON, JOE NICHOLS FleetCenter, $531,383 10244 Clear Channel the Boston $59.50/$29.50 17,481 Entertainment Marion pointed out that Sept. 20 church has a different agenda. "The CHICAGO Greek Theatre, $500.780 8,605 Nederlander church is thinking of this in terms of Los Angeles $70/$30 8,937 two shows Organization Sept. 19-20 the message; for them to lose a little money is no big deal. We throw in a TOBY KEITH, BLAKE SHELTON, Blossom Music Center, $496,517 13,451 House of Blues Concerts JUNIOR BROWN Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio $57.75/$27.75 18,500 soft rent, get our hard expenses out Sept. 18 of it and any profit is split." JAMES TAYLOR Amphitheater in Clark $456,881 8,897 House of Blues Concerts County, Ridgefield, Wash. $56.50/$36.50 12,522 Ticket scaling was also discussed Sept. 28 during the panel. "How come we ZZ TOP, TED NUGENT The Gorge, $423,518 8,610 House of Blues Concerts don't see more drastic scaling?" George, Wash. $60.40/$49.90/$39.40 13,500 Sept. 20 Huie asked. Moore responded, "People don't R.E.M., ED HARCOURT , $393,401 6,306 Jam Productions St. Paul, Minn. $73.50/$48.50/$33.50 10,000 want to see 10 different ticket prices, Sept. 16 $30 to $1,000. It freaks 'em out." Copyright 2003, VNU Business Media, Inc. All rights reserved. Boxscores should be submitted to: Bob Allen, Nashville. FOR MORE BOXSCORE RESULTS GO TO BILLBOARD.COM Phone: 615 -321 -9171. Fax: 615 -321 -0878. For research information and pricing, call Bob Allen, 615- 321 -9171.

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U.S. Market Share U.S. Market Share UMYD Gains Market Share, By Distributor: By Distributor: R &B Albums Rap Albums Remains No. In R&B, Rap UNIVERSAL UNIVERSAL l 40.9% 49.8% BY GAIL MITCHELL though it lost a percentage point from the same year- ago period (14 %). Sales standouts in that segment 39.8% 48.2% Universal Music & Video Distribution continues its include the still- strong numbers being generated by BMG INDIES unshakeable reign as market -share leader in R &B and BME /TVT's Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz. rap albums. Though it dropped from the 13.4% it had in the first ME 16.5% 13% UMVD posted a 40.9% share in R &B and 49.8% in half of 2003 to 12.3% for the nine -month period, WEA's 15.5% 14% rap for the nine months ending Sept. 30, according to standing still marks a significant increase over the 7.7% Nielsen SoundScan. The figures represent a gain of one it garnered in the same nine -month period in 2002. The SONY WEA percentage point from the corresponding period one company's current charting acts include Nappy Roots, 14.3% 12.3% year ago (39.8% in R &B, 48.2% in rap). T.I. and Sean Paul. However, when compared with its midyear 2003 shares, Thanks to projects by the Neptunes, Youngbloodz and 17.1% 7.7% UMVD slipped from 41.4% in R &B and 53% in rap - most recently OutKast, BMG posted a 9.6% share in rap WEA BMG reflecting the industry's ongoing sales struggles. (Rap albums. That is up from the midyear number of 7.4% but 12.1% MI 9.6% album sales are also included in the R &B album totals.) off three points from the 12.9% it had in the first nine 1 Pumping UMVD's third -quarter activity was the "Bad months of 2002. Rounding out the rap slate are Sony

MI 12% 12.9% Boys II" soundtrack as well as releases by Geffen's Mary (8.1 %) and EMI Music Marketing (7.2 %), the latter due Roc Ruff in part to Disturbing Tha Peace /Capitol rapper Chingy. INDIES SONY J. Blige, -a- Fella /Def Jam's , Ryders /Def Jam's DMX and Motown's Erykah Badu. Back on the R &B front, the rest of the lineup holds 8.6% a8.1 MI Overtaking WEA as the third quarter's No. 2 rap dis- almost the same as the first half of this year. BMG fin- were independent labels. That group moved ished second with 16.5 %, followed by Sony (14.3 %), WEA 9% Jan. -Sept. AM 11.5% Jan. -Sept. tributor the 2003 2003 up from the six -month 2003 figure of 12.3% to 13 %, (12.1 %), independent labels (8.6 %) and EMM (7.6 %). EMM EMM II 7.6% Jan. -Sept. 191 7.2% Jan. -Sept. 20021 2002. 6.7% 5.6% 111

SOURCE: NIELSEN SOUNDSCAN SOURCE: NIELSEN SOUNDSCAN Black- Music's Historic Week Hot 100 Testres To Mainstreaming Of R&B/Hip-Hop

18 Bilitxxxi, R&B/hip -hop's mainstream popu- has no color," A &M presi- East Side Boyz], wasn't popu- OBER HOT RAP TRACK$TH larity was further validated last week dent Ron Fair adds. "We've obliterat- lar," TVT VP of urban A &R Brian fight. We Airplay monitored by No Nielsen (Oct. 11). That was when the top 10 ed the color line. An awful lot of folks Leach recalls. "It's been a Broadcast Data songs on The Billboard Hot 100 were of all colors worked on these Hot 100 got doors slammed in our faces from Systems all by black artists for the first time in records, black and white artists, pro- radio stations [and others]. We g TITLE IMPRINT /PROMOTION LABEL Artist the chart's history. ducers, label execs. Call it `hip -hop' couldn't blame them. He's not a rap- 1 Week At Number 1 ` NUMBER 1 '` Some may call that feat an or R &B,' but it's the universal lan- per, and we're not selling lyrics. 1 2 DAMN! YoungBloodZ Featuring Lil Jon 5 so s_ DEFARISTA anomaly. After all, this issue's Hot guage of today's music and it's pop. We're selling movement, energy, 1 GET LOW Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz Featuring Ying Yang Twins 9 fashion A lot of people BMETVT 100 chart (see page 60) finds 3 "The most potent music, entertainment. 5 STAND UP Ludacris Featuring Shawnna w Doors Down altering the mix, and cultural trends always seem to weren't ready two years ago. DISTURBING THA PEACE/DEF JAM SOUTH /IDJMG come from the 4 RIGHT THURR Chingy w DISTURBING THA PEACE/CAPITOL urban side. The 3 SHAKE YA TAILFEATHER Nelly, P. Diddy & Murphy Lee 9 [Hot 100 feat] is a BAD BOY /UMRG 7 CAN'T STOP, WONT STOP Young Gunz w huge milestone. ,. ROC- A- FELLA/OEF JAM /IDJMG It's a wonderful 9 HOLIDAE IN Chingy Featuring Ludacris & Snoop Dogg z Rhythm DISTURBING THA PEACF/CAPITOL and healthy 8 6 INTO YOU Fabolous Featuring Or Ashanti w moment that DESERT STORM /ELEKTRA/EEG 8 P.I.M.P. 50 Cent w everyone should SHADY/AFTERMATH /INTERSCOPE &Blues.. celebrate," Fair 0 10 THE WAY YOU MOVE OutKast Featuring Sleepy Brown w ARISTA says. i 11 SUGA SUGA Baby Bash Featuring Frankie J °a For UNIVERSAUUMRG By Gail Mitchell the com- 2 gmitchell @billboard.com plete story THE GOLD MIND /ELEKTRA/EEG behind the num- 3 13 GOT SOME TEETH 5 SHADY/INTERSCOPE bers, see Singles 4 14 WAT DA HOOK GON BE Murphy Lee Featuring Jermaine Dupri w moving from No. 13 to No. 8. Minded (page 58). In the meantime, I FO REEL/UNIVERSAL/MK 5 16 241 T.I. 9 But don't forget to factor in a few asked several industry players with GRAND HUSTLE/ATLANTIC other things. First, 50 Cent and R. top -charting singles about black b 15 IF I CAN'T 50 Cent S HAOY /AFTERMATH /I NTERSCO PE Kelly have logged two of this year's music and its mainstream merging. 12 LETS GET DOWN Bow Wow Featuring Baby w R -hop In hip -hop's BEYONCÉ: BENDING MAINSTREAM'S EAR COLUMBIA/SUM top -selling albums, and &B/hip addition to ongoing t 18 FLY 213 albums have resided at No. 1 on The global influence, 2003 has ushered D PG. Billboard 200 for 14 of the past 17 in growing acceptance for two black "Now the Ying Yang Twins are col- l RUNNIN Tupac Featuring The Notorious B.I.G. AMARU/INTERSCOPE weeks. And second, in a once - music offshoots, dancehall reggae laborating with Britney Spears [on "I

G !, 24 _ BAD BOY THIS BAD BOY THAT Bad Boy's Da Band w unheard-of role reversal, top 40 and crunk. Got That Boom Boom "]. That signi- BAD SOY/UMRG 21 20 PON DE RIVER, PON DE BANK Elephant Man w mainstream radio is playing a heavy "The success of 'Baby Boy' is a tes- fies where crunk has gone and where VP/ATLANTIC dose of R &B/hip -hop these days. tament not only to the remarkable it's going," Leach adds. 22 23 NAGGIN Ying Yang Twins w COLLIPARK/TVT All of which is "confirmation that individual talents of Beyond and Crunk master Lil Jon, who also 23 25 Featuring Missy Elliott the urban hip -hop culture has Sean Paul but to the great strides produced the Youngbloodz's Hot 100 YCLEF /J/RMG

4_ 22 DELIVERANCE Bubba Sparxxx w [become] a major force in mainstream dancehall reggae has made. The hit "Damn!," will soon be celebrating BEAT CLUB /INTERSCOPE America," says Michelle Madison, VP mainstream's ear has opened up to a a milestone of his own. His group's WHERE IS THE LOVE? 5 AUM /INTERSCOPE of urban promotions at Elektra. whole new rhythm and flavor," says "" celebrates one year fil Ror n re, ,.,n 1, Ill nramoa inrroasn in nndienre imnressinns The ran franks audience is cmmniled from 95 R &B /Hin -Hno and And it also signals further blurring Randy Chin, VP of VP Records. on The Billboard 200. So will Paul 'S rhythmic top 40 stations which are electronically monitored 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Songs ranked by number of audi- ence, computed by cross -referencing exact times of airplay with Arbitron listener data. sz Videoclip availability. © 2003, VNU Busi- of color and genre lines. "It means "When I signed Lil Jon [& the (Continued on page 22) Tess Madia, Inc. All rights reserved.

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89030 / Da Unbreakables 2 1 73 OUTKAST ARISTA50133'(22.98CD) Speakerboxxx/The Love Below 1 0 52 38 THREE 6 MAFIA HYPNOTIZE MINDS/COLUMBIA (11.98E0/18.98) 2 67 R. KELLY JIVE 55077/ZOMBA 118.98 COI The R. In R &B Collection: Volume One 2 0 PACESETTER C' CASH KOLA WONDERBOY/NUMILLENNIUM 8001/KOCH 117.98 CDI Li In General 54 4 1 DMX RUFF RYDERS /DEF JAM 063369 /IDJMG 11298/1998/ Grand Champ 1 O 79 - 5 3 OBIETRICE SHADY 001105' /INTERSCOPE118.98 CD) Cheers 3 - I 54 56 KINDRED THE FAMILY SOUL HIDDEN BEACH/EPIC 86491 /SONY MUSIC 113.98ER CO) pi] Surrender To Love 29 6 7 ANTHONY SO SO DEF 52107/ARISTA (12.98 CD) Comm From Where 1m From 6 - HAMILTON 56 56 41 DO OR DIE J PRINCE 42029/RAP-A-LOT 4 LIFE 118.98 CDI Pimpin Ain't Dead 17

7 9 7 DISTURBING THA PEACE 82976 /CAPITOL 111.98/1898) Jackpot 2 CHINGY 57 48 37 MYA ABM 000734/INTERSCOPE(18.98COI Moodring 2

8 5 MURPHY LEE FO' REEUUNIVERSAL001132/UMRG118.98CD) Da Skool Boy Presents Murphy's Law 5 - 58 49 45 LSG ELEKTRA62851 /EEG118.98CD) LSG2 3 9 6 2 ERYKAH BADU MOTOWN000739 /UMRG(14.98CO) World Wide Underground (EP) 2 59 57 47 BLACK EYED PEAS ABM 000699 /INTERSCOPE(18.98COI Elephunk 23

10 8 4 YING YANG TWINS COWPARK merfrvr I17.98CD) Me & My Brother 4 MIA 61 43 F RAYS ERBOY HYPNOTIZE MINDS 3606 /STREET LEVEL 117.98 CD) [N] Gone On That Bay 23

11 11 5 YOUNGBLOODZ SO soDEF50155' /ARISTAI12.98/18.9m Drankin Patnas 1 64 52 A° WEB /AFTERMATH 493290/INTERSCOPE(12.98/19.98) 1 A2 2 10 6 BEYONCE COLUMBIA 86386 /SONY MUSIC (1298ER/18.981 Dangerously In Love 1 62 60 53 VARIOUS ARTISTS VP /ATLANTIC83654 /AG 117.98 CD) Reggae Gold 2003 14 13 11 ARISTASOIS4I16.98col So Damn Happy 11 62 63 51 JOE BUDDEN DEF JAM 000505/IOJM0(10.98/18.981 Joe Budden 2

14 15 SOUNDTRACK MUSIC WORLD/COLUMBIA 90286/SONY MUSIC 11898 ES CD) The Fighting Temptations 14 64 62 50 A3 JIVE4182320MBA 12.98/18.98) Justified 2

' 5 16 13 LIL JON & THE EAST SIDE BOYZ A BME237O[IVT113.98/17981 Kings Of Crunk 2 MERCUflYNNOm009UME116.98CD} The Journey: The Very Best Of Donna Summer 65 16 15 8 MARY J. BLIGE GEFFEN000956 ' /INTERSCOPE(1298/18.981 Love & Life 1 6E 68 54 HEATHER HEADLEY RCA 69376 /RMG112.98/18.98) This Is Who I Am 14 17 17 12 T.I. GRAND HUSTLE/ATLANTIC 83650 /AG19.98/14.98) Trap Muzik 2 (1).'l,,. SOUNDTRACK DISTURBING THA PEACE/DEF JAM SOUTH 000426 /IDJMG 112.98/18.981 2 Fast 2 Furious 1 18 12 3 SHEEK LOUCH D- BLOCK/UNIVERSAL 001042 /UMFG1119818.98) Walk Witt Me 3 6i 69 57 DOTTIE PEOPLES ATLANTA INT'L10279(8.98/13.98) Churchin' With Dottie 49 19 19 14 CALVIN RICHARDSON HOLLYWOOD 162351 (18.98 CO) 2:35 PM 8 mph 71 - SOUNDTRACK RAPROCK/PYRAMID 691015/ARK 21 (18.98 CD) A Hip Hop Story:The Movie 69 20 18 10 VARIOUS ARTISTS STAR TRAK 51295' /ARISTAI11.9818.981 The Neptunes Present... Clones 1 70 65 59 SRC /UNIVERSAL000576/UMRG 112.98 CDI Mississippi: The Screwed & Chopped Album 50 21 20 17 ASHANTI A MURDER INC./DEF JAM 000143'/IDJMG 112.98/18.981 Chapter II 1 71 67 - LATIF MOTOWN000517 /UMRG11296 CO) [N] Love In The First 67 22 24 25 KEM MOTOWN067516/UMRG(9.98/12.98) [HI Kemistry 14 72 73 61 BONE CRUSHER BREAK 'EMOFF/SO SODEF50995 /ARISTA118.98CD) AttenCHUN! 1 23 21 9 BUBBA SPARXXX BEAT CLUB 001147/INTERSCOPE (1298 CD) Deliverance 9 85 64 SOUUA SLIM CUT THROAT COMMITTY/IN THE PAINT 5703/KOCH (18.98 CD) Years Later... A Few Months After 44 24 27 22 R. KELLY A° JIVE 41812/ZOMBAOB.98CD) Chocolate Factory 1 INCOGNITO NARADA 91627 (18.98 CD) Who Needs Love 74 25 28 23 DWELE VIRGIN 8091919.98co1 [N] Subject 22 JOSS STONE S -CURVE 422341998 CD) [rr] The Soul Sessions (EP) 75 26 25 20 LUTHER VANDROSS J 51885/RMG 11298/1 &981 Dance With My Father 1 76 58 - ATMOSPHERE RHYMESAYERS ENTERTAINMENT/FAT BEATS 86690/EPITAPH(17.98CO1 Seven's Travels 58 27 22 19 JUELZ SANTANA ROC A- FELWDEE JAM 000142/IDJMG 112.98/18.981 From Me To U 3 77 66 63 GARY L. WYATT HR 9198/WEW 116.98 CD) IDo Love You 63 28 29 21 50 CENT A5 SHADY /AFTERMATH 493544 /INTERSCOPE (12.98/18.98) Get Rich Or Die Tryin' 1 78 76 65 NELLY A6 FO' REEINNIVERSAL0174 7NMRGI129818.981 Nellyville 1 29 23 16 E -40 SICKWID'IT /JIVE41857/ZOMBA118.98CD) Breakin News 4 74 75 66 TYRESE J20011/RMG(12.98/18.98) I Wanne Go There 2 30 26 18 SOUNDTRACK A BAD BOY 000716 /UMRG(11.98/18.981 Bad Boys II 1 $0 55 55 BIG GIPP GOODIE MOBJIN THE PAINT 8481 /KOCH118.98CD) [N] MutantMindframe 20 31 31 - SILK SILK 12147/1111UID 8 (16.98 CD) Silktime 31 6B Bazooka Tooth 44 $^ 44 - AESOP ROCK DEFINITE JUG 116.98 CDI [N] 32 36 29 THE ISLEY BROTHERS FEATURING RONALD ISLEY DREAMWORKS450409 /INTERSCOPE112.98/18.981 Body Kiss 1 83 80 ATLANTIC 78209RHIN0117.98C01 The Best Of Anita Baker 29 33 30 24 VARIOUS ARTISTS CRIMINAL BACKGROUND/ AOC -AR11A00091T/IDJMG111.98'18.98) State Property Presents:The Chain Gang Vol. ll 1 90 77 INDIA.ARIE MOTOWN064755NMRG(12.9818.98) Voyage To India 1 34 39 32 VARIOUS ARTISTS DEF JAM 001196 /IDJMG 115.98 CDI Presents Music Inspired By Scarlace 32 MARIA OREAMWORKS000890INTERSCOPE19 .98C01[N] My Soul 84 35 33 27 BOW WOW COLUMBIA 8 7103/SONY MUSIC (11.98E0/18.98) Bow Wow: Unleashed 4 85 77 60 LIL' KIM QUEEN BEFJATLANTIC8357r/AGI1Y.98/18.981 Le Bella Mafia 4 36 32 - BABY BASH UNIVERSALOm258/UMRG115.98CDI Tha Smokin' Nephew 32 86 70 62 CAM'RON PRESENTS ROC -A-FEUNDEFJAM 063211/IOJMG112nan Diplomatic Immunity 1 37 34 28 SEAN PAUL A2 VP/ATLANTIC 83620 /AG112.98/18.98t Duffy Rock 4 B2K A T. U. GJEPIC86995 /SONY MUSIC 11298E0/18.981 Pandemonium! 3 38 47 48 VICKIE WINANS VERITY 43214/ZOMBA(11.98/18.98)[11] Bringing It All Together 38 91 74 LIL' BOOSIE AND WEBBIE TRILL 6310(10.98/16.981 Pimp C Presents... Ghetto Stories 56 39 38 40 FLOETRY OREAMWORKS 450313/INTERSCOPE (17.98 CD) Floetic 4

72 VARIOUS ARTISTS GRP OOm 15NG (1838 CD) A Twist Of Motown 72 J (12.98/18.98) - 40 37 31 MONICA 20031/RMG After The Storm 2 86 82 HEZEKIAH WALKER & THE LOVE FELLOWSHIP CRUSADE CHOIR VENDeIx2WMO19101 [N] FamilyARairII :Until Radio City MBsicHall 37 41 42 35 MICHAEL MCDONALD MOTOWN000651N MRG118.98CDI Motown 31 0 THE MANHATTANS LOVE LEE 1501 (17.98 CD) ...Even Now... 83 42 35 26 NAPPY ROOTS ATLANTICB3646 /AG 111.98/18.981 Wooden Leather 9 0 7 . 80 72 VIVIAN GREEN COLUMBIA86357 /SONY MUSIC (1298 E0/18.981 Love Story 14 43 46 34 CECE WINANS PURESPRINGSGOSPEUINO90361 /SONYMUSIC118.98ElCD1 Throne Room 21 92

81 69 J PRINCE 42028/RAP-A-LOT 4 LIFE (18.98 CD) Godzilla 21 44 40 33 DAVID BANNER SRC/UNIVERSAL 00031r /UMRG(1298/18.98) Mississippi: The Album 1 93

93 78 J PRINCE 42024/RAP-A-LOT 11298/18.9B) Balls And My Word 3 _$V GREATEST GAINER -$_ O 4319920MBA112.98/18.98) DonnieMcClurkin...Again 12 45 87 - YAHZARAH THREE KEYS 2225641GHTYEAR(12.98COI Blackstar 45 Call 98 71 DONNIE MCCLURKIN mire

BIRMINGHAM J KOTTAGE BOY 3903(9.90113.901 Da Neighborhood Superstars 96 46 59 44 TYRONE DAVIS FUTURE 1005(10.98/18.98) Come 42 GOAPELE SKVBLAZE230108/HIEROIMPERIUM116.98CD) Even Closer 63 47 53 49 JAHEIM DIVINE MILL 48214/WARNER BROS. (18.98 CD) Still Ghetto 3 89988 MEL WAITERS WALDOSY28 5/MALACO117.98CDI Nite Out 98 48 50 46 SMOKIE NORFUL EMI GOSPEL 20374(9.98/16.981 [e] I Need You Now 26 99 82 68 BOO & GOTFI CASH MONEY/UNIVERSAL 00N42 /UMRG111.98/18.98) [N] Perfect Timing 32 49 43 36 JS DREAMWORKS 450332/INTERSCOPE 19.98 CD) Ice Cream 11

1C(; EPIC 85250/SONY MUSIC (18.98 Ell CD) Greatest Hits: HlStory- Volume1 45 X50 51 39. GINUWINE EPIC86960 /SONY MUSIC 112.98E0/18.981 The Senior 1

OCTOOBOE3R 18 Billboard TOP R&B/HIP-HOP CATALOG ALBUMSM rn W Sales data compiled from a national subset 1l W panel of core R &B /Hip -Hop stores by 6 Nielsen 3 3 3 s ti SoundScan rl a tz ÿ . á 5 ARTIST IMPRINT & NUMBER /DISTRIBUTING LABEL Title 2 C=D P 5 ARTIST IMPRINT & NUMBER/DISTRIBUTING LABEL Title H A=.l

NUMBER / ?,111 110 Weeks At Number 15 A' RUFFHOUSE/ COLUMBIA69o35 /50NY MUSIC (11.98EO/17.98) The Miseducation Of Laurvn Hill 138 1 BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS nor/ GONG /ISLAND54E9D4/IDJMGn298/18981 Legend o 361 14 18 2PAC AAMARU /JIVE41636/ZOMBA(memo Mc Against The World 369 LEGACY MUSIC EO/17.981 Greatest Hits © 4 2PAC A' DEATH ROW 63888/KOCH (19.9825.98) All Eyez On Me 391 15 13 EARTH, WIND & FIRE /COLUMBIA 65779/SONY (11.98 7 © 6 BONE THUGS -N- HARMONY A' RUTHLESS/EPIC 69443' /:tONY MUSIC (10.98EO/15.98) E.1999Eternal 291 16 19 HI/THE RIGHT STUFF 30800/CAPITOL(10.98/17.98/ Greatest Hits 440 BAD BOY 273011/UMRG(19.98:24.981 Life After Death 53 4 2 THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G. 'a 299 - JAY-Z A2 ROC -A- FELLN DEF JAM 5B6396/IDJMG(12.98/19.981 The Blueprint © 5 BARRY WHITE MERCURY522459/IDJMGB1.98/18.981 All me Greatest Hits 258 VI - R. KELLY A' JIVE41527/ZOMBA111.98/17.98) 12 Play 210 Q 12 JANE M A DIVINE MILL 47452' WARNERBROS.111.98/17.981 [Ghetto Love] 133 9 EMINEM A' WEB /AFTERMATH 490629 /INTERSCOPEI12 .98/18.981 The Marshall Mathers LP 137 1! 138 7 7 SADE A' EPIC 85287 /SONY MUSIC 112.98E018.98) The Best Of Sede 396 - TWIST CREATOR'S WAY/ATLANTIC 92 57 /AG Ill98/11.981EH] Adrenaline Rush 8 11 MAKAVELI A. DEATH ROW B3a1rIKUCH112.98/17.981 The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory 277 21 14 R. KELLY A' JIVE 417B52DMBA112.98/18.981 tp -2.com 117

9 3 MICHAEL JACKSON 2fi EPIC 86073 /SONY MUSIC 12.98E0/fa981 Thriller 269 22 17 MARY J. BLIGE A °MCAnnsóo2.9e18.991 My Life 192

FELLA 298 EPIC 85185 MUSIC (1298E0/19.981 Lovers Rock 77 m 16 JAY-Z FREEZE/ROCA- 50040 /CAPITOL 110.98/17.981 Reasonable Doubt 23 20 SADE A' /SONY 11 10 THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G. A' BAD BOY 273000/UMRG (11.98/18.98) Ready To Die 412 24 24 MARY J. BLIGE Aa UPTOWN 110681 /MCA 16.98/11.981 What's The 411? 183

12 8 2PAC A' AMARUNEATH ROW 490301 /INTERSCOPE 119.98/24.98) Greatest Hits 250 25 21 R. KELLY A' JIVE 41625/ZOMBA II9.98 /24.981 R. 106 , al Albums w th the ggreatest 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. Total Chart Weeks column reflects combined weeks title has appeared on the Top R &B /Hip -Hop Albums and Top R &B/Hì -Hop Catalog Albums. Record.ng Industry - Assn. Of America IRIAA1 certification for net shipment of 500,000 album units (Gold). RIAA certification for net shipment of 1 million units (Platinum). RIAA certification for net hipment of 10 million units (Diamond). Numeral following latinum or Diamond symbol indicates album's multi platinum level. For boxed sets, and double albums with a running :me of 100 minutes or more, the RIM multiplies shipments by the number of discs and/or tapes. RIM Latin awards: O Certification for net shipment of 100,000 units (Oro). A Certificaban of 200,000 units (Platino). ,L-Certification of 400,000 units (Muni -Platino). Asterisk indicates LP is available. Most ape prices, and CO 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 pr ces. Greatest Gainer shows chart's largest unit increase. Pacesetter indicates biggest percentage growth. Heatseeker Impact shows albums removed from Heat - seekers this week. ERI indicates past or present Heatseeker title. I 2003, VNU Business Media, Inc., and Nielsen SoundScan, Inc. All rights reserved.

BILLBOARD OCTOBER 18, 2003 www.billboard.corn 21 www.americanradiohistory.com OCT 003R 18 H OT Fulimp.0 muff, Billboarcf HOT Music Y Y y Y J'' W W t le W W W W 3 3 ; 3 3 TITLE TITLE r^ TITLE TV smooth jazz markets, the label has F=- g ARTIST (IMPRINT /PROMOTION LABEL) ARTIST (IMPRINT /PROMOTION LABEL) - g ARTIST (IMPRINT /PROMOTION LABEL) produced a two-hour special about the = ` NUMBER 1 v Dave Koz 1 Baby Boy WM1 AWa l 26 23 Crary In Love ® 55 Find A Way making of the recording that ran on BEYONCE EAT. SEAN PAUL BEYONCE FEATJAY-Z ICOLUMBINSUMI ICOLUMBINSUMI OWELE (VIRGIN( Koz's syndicated radio show the week- 2 Damn! 27 20 Signs Of Love Makin' 62 Down For Me Continued from page 11 vOUNGBL00DZ FEAT. Ell JON ISO SO DEF/ARISTAI TYRESE W/AMGI LOON FEAT. MARIOWINANS (BAD BOYNMRG) end before the release date and a one- 3 Stand Up 28 27 Dance With My Father 54 More & More BET (DISTURBING THA PEACE/DEFJAM SOUTH/RING) LUTHER VANDROSS IJ/AMGI JOE (JIVE) hour on Jazz special about "Saxo- 5 Rain On Me 29 28 Danger 59 Party To Damascus when we get together and write, it's phonic" that will air in November. ASHANTI (MURDER INC/DEFJAM/IDJMGI ERYKAH RADA (MOTOWWUMRG) WYCLEFJEAN FEAT. MISSY EWOTT (YCIEF/J/RMG) like shorthand." To Koz's 4 Get Low 36 Bad Boy This Bad Boy That 55 49 Crazy micromarket tour (begin- LIL JON &THE EAST SIDE BOYZ o (BME/NT) BAD BOY'S DA BAND (BAD BOYNMRGI JAVIER (CAPITOL) Act Two features the title track, a ning in October and running through 8 Thoia Thoing ®34 Wet Da Hook Gon Be 60 U Got That Love (Call It A Nigh) funky, R KELLY (JIVE) MURPHY LEE (FO' REEUUNIVERSALNMRGI GERALD (EVERT (ELLKTRP/EEGI hip -hop number. "It's a totally November), Capitol will service NPR and 11 Step In The Name Of Love 32 29 I Wish I Wasn't 61 I Need You Now new direction for me," Koz says. "This PBS stations with an electronic press kit R. KELLY HEATHER HEADIER (JIVEI (RCAMMG) SMOKIE NORFUL (EMI GOSPEL( is the quintessential 8 9 Right Thurr 33 31 24's 63 Backtight track where the on the recording. A six -minute kit on CHINGY (DISTURBING THA PEACE/CAPITOLI IL (GRAND HUSTLE/ATLANTIC) JAHEIM (DIVINE MILL/ WARNER BROS.) sax becomes like a voice. It sounds like "Saxophonic" and Koz's career will also CD 10 Can't Stop, Won't Stop 34 26 In Those Jeans 59 42 Let's Get Down it's YOUNG GUNZ (ROC- A- FELLA/DEF JAM/IDJMG) GINUWINE (EPIC/SUM) BOW WOW FEAT. BABY (COLUMBIA/SUM) coming through a telephone." be featured in December on 13 interna- 10 6 Frontin' ® 37 I'll Never Leave 13 68 Shake That Monkey The experimentation goes one step tional airlines, including United, North- PHARRELL FEAT.JAY-Z (STARTRAK/ARISTAI R. KELLY (JIVE) /JIVE) (SHORT further in Act Three, which features the west, US Airways and American. 11 7 Shake Ya Tailfeather 36 30 Pon De River, Pon De Bank - Wonderful NELLY. P DIDDY & MURPHY LEE BOYNMEG) ELEPHANT MAN (VP /ATLANTIC( ARETHA (BAD FRANKLIN ( ARISTA) fast -paced "Sound of the Underground," I® 17 Holidae In ® 43 Milkshake Mt 70 This Is How We Do CHINGY (DISTURBING THA PEACE/CAPITOL) KEUS (STAR TRAK/ARISTA) BIG TONERS (CASH MONEY /UNIVERSAUUMRG) based on samples from jazz trumpeter MICKEY MOUSE TIE -IN (Qc] 15 Ooh! ED 48 Fly 63 56 Superstar Lee Morgan's classic tune "Sidewinder." But DuBois stresses that "Saxophon- MARY J.BUGE (GEFFENI 213 (D.P.G.I RUBENSTUDDARD IJ/RMGI 14 14 Come Over 39 39 Officially Missing You 64 50 Where The Hood At? Koz says, "We turned the song side- ic" could well benefit the most from the AALIVAH (BLACKGROUNDNNIVERSAUUMRG) TAMIA IELEKTRNEEG) OMA (RUFFRYOERS/OEFJAM/IDJMG) ways and put a jungle beat underneath. major tie -in Capitol has with Disney, ID 16 Walked Outta Heaven 40 32 Got Some Teeth 65 65 My Love Is Like... Wo JAGGED EDGE (COLUMBIA/SUM) OBIE TRICE (SHADY /INTERSCOPE) MVA IA&M/INTERSCOPEI Chris Botti carne in and played a great which is launching its 75th birthday cel- 16 12 Into You 41 40 Busted lep - Gigolo Harmon mute trumpet solo. This song ebration of Mickey Mouse Nov. 18. :ABOLOUS (DESERTSTORM/ELEKTRNEEGI THE ISLEY BROTHERS (DREAMWORKS) NICK CANNON FEAT. R. KELLY INICK/JIVE) 19 The Way You Move 42 33 Getting Late 67 67 Salt Shaker is both cutting -edge and retro." "Disney is coming up with cus- UUTKAST FEAT. SLEEPY BROWN (ARISTAI FLOURY (SOWAZ/DREAMWORKSI YING YANG TWINS (COLLIPARKJNT) "Saxophonic" ends with the curtain - tomized Mickey Mouses based on dif- 18 13 PIMP. CD 64 Clap Back CD - Gangsta Nations 50 CENT ISHADY /AFTERMATH/ INTERSCOPE) (MURDER INCJOEF JAM/ISJMG) WESTSIOE CONNECTION )PRIORITY/CAPITDL) call epilogue, "One Last Thing," a song ferent personalities," he says. "Davey iED 18 Clubbin 52 Love You More 69 53 Light Your A "" On Fire written with McKnight (who also con- was one of the first personalities select- MARQUES HOUSTON ITS GJELEKTRA/EEGI 0 GINUWINE (EPIC/SUMI BUSTA RHYMES (STAR TRAK/ARISTAI tributes vocal "Love ed, Mickey Mouse will ED 22 Read Your Mind m 58 Stunt 101 lip 74 Just A Dog the number and be featured AVANT (GEFFEN) &UNIT IG- UNIT /SHADY / INTERSCOPE) BIG MOE (WRECKSHOPI Changes Everything" in Act One). The playing a saxophone." ® 38 Pass That Dutch 46 35 Summertime 71 73 Comin' From Where I'm From MISSY ELUOTT (THE GOLD MIND/ELEKTRNEEGI BEYONCE (MUSIC WORLD/COLUMBIA/SUM) ANTHONY HAMILTON (SO SO OEF/ARISTA) tune is a gorgeous, straight -ahead sax- While Capitol is revving up its mar- 22 21 So Gone m 57 Hot & Wet i® - What Is Love? piano . "Brian and I wrote this late keting machine in support of Koz, the MONICA (J/AMG) 112 FEAT. LUDACRIS {BAD BOY/DEF SODUIDJMG) VIVIAN GREEN (COLUMBIA/SUM) 51 Runnin 48 41 Put That Woman First El - Forthenight at night," Koz says. "It's bittersweet and saxophonist has also been actively in- 1UPAC FEAT THE NOTORIOUS BIG. IAMARU /INTERSCOPEI JAHEIM (DIVINE MILUWARNER BROS.1 MUSIO(DEE SODUIDJMG) hopeful, like two guys sitting in a bar volved in the business world the 24 24 Love Calls 49 47 Like A Pimp 74 66 Calling All Girls -as KEM (KEMISTRY/MOTOWNNMRG) DAVID BANNER FEAT. LIE FLIP ISRCNNIVERSAWMRGI ATL INOONTIME/EPIC/SUMI at 2 o'clock in the morning when co- founder of the Los Angeles -based in- 25 25 Knock Knock 50 45 Naggin 75 69 Love At 1st Sight everyone else has already gone home." die record company Rendezvous Enter- MONICA (JAM' YING YANG TWINS (COWPARK/TVT) MARY J. BUSE FEAT. METHOD MAN IGEFFENI Koz hopes that listeners will go tainment. It has released three CDs,

Records with Me greatest impressions increase. T 2003, VNU Business Medl , Inc All rights reserved. Compiled from a national sample of airplay supplied by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems' Radio " 'rack service. 139 stations are electronically monitored 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Songs ranked by gross impressions, computed by Gros.- referencing exact times of airplay with Arbitron listener data. beyond the surface of Saxophonic." He including the Grammy Award-nomi- This cata is used to compile the Hot R &B/Hlp -Hop Singles & Tracks chart. says, "You can listen to this CD on a nated "Golden Slumbers: A Father's deeper level. I really wanted to give my Lullaby," a collection of recordings by fans something to chew on." artists who are fathers and uncles. OCTOBER 18 The saxophonist broke onto the Earlier this year, Rendezvous re- 2003 TM Billboard® HOT R &B/HIP-HOP SINGLES SALES smooth jazz scene as a solo artist with leased Dutch artist Praful's American Y 0:,...:%,,. his self-titled debut in 1990. It has sold debut, "One Day Deep," and it released Y W W more than 329,000 units (this is a par- Antoine's "Mediterraneo" Sept. 23. á3 3 3 3 rW TITLE D. tial sales figure because the album "He's like Moby -meets -smooth jazz," TITLE o, TITLE ARTIST (IMPRINT/PROMOTION LABEL) t- g ARTIST (IMPRINT/PROMOTION LABEL) - .7 ARTIST (IMPRINT /PROMOTION LABEL) carne out pre -Nielsen SoundScan). Koz says. JJ BER 1

1 Walked ou NNa e aven ;-Wks At No. 1 26 30 By The Way Subsequent albums went gold. As for Antoine, Koz says, "Marc is a m 72 I Don't Wanna Hurt You JAGGED EDGE (COLUMBIA/SUMI JESSE POWELL (MONOPOLY/D3/RIVIERAI LATIF IMOTOWN/UMRGI According to SoundScan, the sales fig- one of my favorite guitar players. This 2 - 2 Calling All Girls 27 21 Step In The Name Of Love 52 54 Cadillac On 22's ATE (NOONTIME/EPIC/SUM) R. KELLY (JIVE) DAVID BANNER ISRCNNIVERSAUUMRGI ure for 1993's "Lucky Man" is 394,000, is a beautiful collection of songs he re- - Read Your Mind m 52 Through 53 36 Rain On Me and 1999's "The Dance" moved 398,000 corded in Madrid." o AVANT MARIAH IGEFFENI CAREY IMONARC/ISLAND /IDJMGI ASHANTI MURDER INCJOEFJAM /IDJMGI 8 The Way You Move - Hot & Wet 4201 - Crazy units. The latter yielded five hit con- Has Koz himself thought of jumping o OUTKAST FEAT. SLEEPY BROWN 112 (ARISTA) FEAT. LUDACRIS (BAD BOV/DEF SOUL/IDJMG) JAVIER (CAPITOL( temporary jazz singles and garnered ship and joining the ranks of artists who 17 Gotta Get The Money 30 25 Miss You 55 46 Fire (Yes, Yes tall) o ELLIS HALL (CROSSOVER) AAUYAH (BLACKGROUND/UNIVERSAUUMRG) JOE SUDDEN FEAT BUSTA RHYMES JAM/IDJMG) (DEF Koz artist of the year honors at the Sec- have taken their recording careers into 11 Superstar/ 31 34 Jimmy Mathis in - Flipside ond Annual Oasis Smooth Jazz Awards. their own hands? The saxophonist says 0 IJRLMS) BUBBASPARXXX (BEAT CLUB/ INTERSCOPE) FREEWAY FEAT PEED( CRAKK )ROGNFELLAVEFJAM/IDJMG) - Wat Da Hook Gon Be 32 33 Milkshake - Head Bussa DuBois says past sales figures bode Capitol has nothing to worry about. "I e MURPHY LEE (FO' REEWNIVERSAAUMRGI KEUS (STAR TIiAK/MISTAI LIL SCRAPPY IBMERIEPRISEANMNER EROS.) well for "Saxophonic," which Capitol record with Capitol. I signed with the 4 I Like 33 26 P.I.M.P. 74 I Love You AL (RIPE) 50 CENT ISHADV /AFTVRMATNRNTERSCOPEI DRU HILL (DEF SOVUIDJMGI will target at Koz's core market through label in 1987. I've seen a lot of regimes 3 Soul Shake - Lean Low S9 38 Crazy In Love a multi -pronged initiative. In addition come and go, but I'm very happy with NATHANIEL LAMM (JENSTARI VOUNGBLOODZ ISO SO OEF /ARISTAI BEYONCE FEAT JAY/ (COLUMBINSUMI 7 What Cha Gone Do 35 28 Uh -Oh 80 61 Emaculant to zeroing in on traditional radio and Capitol. It's a great record company." PLAYBOY SHANE FEAT LII'PUP (BALL HAWG) THE PROJECT 2B (NYCE/ORPHEUSI SURVIVALIST (SLAVE) 6 Love At 1st Sight 36 27 Where The Hood At? 61 50 Let Me See U Bounce I MARY J. BUGE FEAT. METHOD MAN IGEFFENI OMX (RUFF 000ERS/DEF JAMRDJMGI VIZ MURKIE FEAT ELEPHANT MAN (TOMMY BOY) 413) 16 Let's Get Down 37 15 Right Thurr 42 32 Cop That Shit! BOW WOW FEAT BABY (COLUMBIA/SUM) CHINGY PISTON INGTHA PEACE/CAPITOL) TIMBALANO &MAGOO (BLACKGROUND/UNIVERSAWMRGI a) 24 Damn! 38 31 Party & Bullsh"t 2003 CD - So Whassup "just reinforces its strength, power and VOUNGBLOODZ FEAT. LILJON SO DEF /ARISTAI DIGGA ISO RAH IFUPMOOE/JRIMGI JONELL FEAT. REDMAN (DEF SODUIDJMGI the influence it has had on all genres 14 10 All Night Long Clil 67 Party To Damascus CD - Stay Real Rhythm & SEDUCTION WITH SADDLER IJENSTAR) WYCLEF JEAN FEAT. MISSY ELLIOTT (YCLEF/J/RMG) BLACK MOON (DUCK DOWN/KOCH) of music," Sony Urban Music execu- 15 12 Stand Up 40 Danger 20 a) - Blue Jeans tive VP Dave '..OACRIS (DISTURBING THA PEACEJDEFJAM SDUTH/1DJMG) ERYKAHBADU (MOTOWNNMRG) YASMEEN (MAGIC JOHNSON/MCA) McPherson says. "It's 435 18 Holidae In CD 63 The Ownerz 86 53 Angel being recognized for its contributions CHINGY (DISTURBING THA PEACE/CAPITOL) GANG STARR IVIRGINI AMANDA PEREZ (POWERHOWSENIRGINI Blues in way it's 17 14 Suga Suga 42 39 Knock Knock 47 66 Put Your Drinks Down a that never been before."

BABY I BASH FEAT. FRANKIEJ UNIVERSAUUMRG I MONICA IJ /RMGI DRAG -UN (RUFFRYOERS/VIRGINI For DRoc, one -half of Ying Yang Ca Continued from page 20 18 5 Light Your A" On Fire - Get It On The Floor 68 47 Stop/Excuse Me Miss Again BUSTA RHYMES (STARTRAK/ARISTA) DMA FEAT SWIZZ BEATZ (RUFFRYDERS/DEFJAWIOJMG) JAEZ )ROC-A- FELLNDEFJAMROJMG) Twins, it's all a blessing. "People 19 9 Na Na Na Na 44 29 Frontin' 49 45 GhettoMusick didn't want to take in rap, calling it 'a 112 FEAT. SUPER CAT WAD BOY/OEF SODUIOJMG) PHARRELL FEAT. JAY-2 OUTKAST ISTARTRAK/ARISTAI (ARISTA) soon after, with "Dutty Rock." trend.' And some still say, 'It's going o 22 Officially Missing You 45 40 Like Glue fri - Hotel TAMIA IELEKTRATEGI SEAN PAUL (VP/ATLANTIC) CASSIDY FEAT. R. KELLY (FULL SURFACE/J /RMGI The success of next- generation rap- to die.' But if that's the case, how 21 13 Grind Right 58 Tonite, I'm Yours 71 42 Anything Goes ( ") SKENT DUKES FEAT SLY FAM (WISE OWL) o ZANE FEAT. TANK IPRIORITY/CAPITOL( CNN. WAYNE WONDER & UXKUS (RED STARNEFJAMAICMDJMGI per Chingy "Right Thurr and other come it's still going? n 19 Let's Get It 47 43 Got Some Teeth 72 59 Naggin newcomers shows "rap/hip -hop isn't "All I've wanted to do is rap to SMOOT )RAPROCK/PYRAMIDI OBIE TRICE YING YANG TWINS (COLLIPARK/NTI (SHAOVRNTERSCOPE) just in the urban communities any- make people feel good," DRoc adds. G - Through The Wire a) 48 Industry IIED - Never Leave You - Uh Ooh, Uh Oooh! )ROC- A- FEU.d/DEFJAM/IDJMG) WYCLEF JEAN (YCLEF /J/RMG) LUMIOEE (UNIVERSAWMRGI more," Priority /Capitol VP of urban "This [chart success] is just extra 24 23 Get Low CD 62 Q)1 - Gigolo UL JON & THE EAST SIDE BOYZ IBMNIVT) DA MSTNENSDNRANPoNGANSSTVISIXMFONOREWDTI IIMYBSAINI 1 NICK CANNON FEAT. R. KELLY INICK/JIVEI promotion Geo Bivins notes. "It's gravy on the mashed potatoes." 423 35 Thoia Thoing 50 41 24's 75 64 My Love Is Like... Wo taken a while, but it's here to stay." TI. MYA )A&M/INTERSCOPEI R. KELLY (JIVE) IGHANDHUSTLE/ATLANTIC) The Hot 100 chart notwithstanding, Additional reporting by Rashaun Records with the greatest sales gains. cv 2003, VNU Business Media, Inc. and Nielsen SoundScan, Inc. All rights reserved. Compiled by Nielsen SoundScan from a national subset panel of core music's mainstreaming York. R &B/Hip -Hop stores. This data is used to compile the Hot R &B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart. black ongoing Hall in New

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Grandes Exitos 1 1 1 Week AtNumberl 50 45 44 48 SHAKIRA L ,e NUMBER / HOT SHOT DEBUT ,v SONY 87611 11698 EQ CDI o NEW 1 LUIS MIGUEL 33 1 51 52 38 9 BELINDA Belinda 28 WARNER LATINA 60873 (18.98 CD) ARIOLA 54141 /BMG LATIN 113.98 C01

El Carnaval De La Vida 26 NEW 1 GRUPO MONTEZ DE DURANGO De Durango A Chicago 2 52 44 43 7 CELIA CRUZ o DISA 724088 11198 CDI LIDERES 950524 113.98 CDI Nuestra Historia 4 3 1 1 72 JUANES Un Dia Normal 1 5:3 51 52 28 CONJUNTO PRIMAVERA SURCO 017532/UNIVERSAL LATINO (1698 CO) [N] FONOVISA 350786/UG (1498 CO) 1H] Estrella Guia 12 NEW I CRISTIAN Amar Es... 4 54 41 36 28 ALEXANDRE PIRES o o ARIOLA 55195/BMG LATIN 117.98 CDI 1H] ARIOLA 50637/BMG LATIN 116.98 COI IN] Memorias 4 3 4 '_ ALEJANDRO SANZ No Es Lo Mismo 2 55 49 53 16 GRUPO BRYNDIS o WARNER LATINA 60516 118 98 CDI DISA 72699511898 CDBVD) [M] [N] De Titanes 12 6 2 2 6 CHAYANNE Sincero 1 5E 47 41 17 PALOMO /CONJUNTO PRIMAVERA Encuentro SONY DISCOS 70627 (16.98 ES CO) DISA 727043 (14.98 CDI [N]

7 4 3 4 SOUNDTRACK Once Upon A Time In Mexico 3 57 57 54 21 GRUPO MONTEZ DE DURANGO El Sube Y Baja 43 MILAN 36038 (1898 CDI SISA 724042 17. 98 /13.981 Bolero 40 8 6 5 10' CELIA CRUZ Exitos Eternos 2 O 69 - 17 GILBERTO SANTA ROSA Solo UNIVERSAL LATINO 000756 (16.98 CDI SONY DISCOS 70371 (15.98 EQ CDI Ni De Aqui Ni De Alla 56 9 5 7 11 CELIA CRUZ Regalo Del Alma 1 59 56 56 3 JAE -P SONY DISCOS 70020 (15.98 EQ CDI HEADLINERS / UNIVISION 310168/UG 114.98 CDI Mas Flow 11 10 9 8 INTOCABLE o Nuestro Destino Estaba Escrito 1 61C 48 34 7 LUNYTUNES & NORIEGA EMI LATIN 90524 (16.98 CDI VI 409429/1498 CDI [N]

11 8 9 9 LOS BUKIS 25 Joyas Musicales 3 61 55 46 45 RICARDO ARJONA L Santo Pecado 3 FONOVISA 355095/U5114.98 CDI 111] SONY DISCOS 84564 11718 ED CD) [HI Soraya 25 12 7 6 7 CONJUNTO PRIMAVERA Decide Tu 3 (3 - RE -EYTRY 10 SORAYA FONOVISA 350875/115 114.98 CDI [N] EMI LATIN 81120 (14.98 CDI 13 11 12 17 AKWID Proyecto Akwid 7 63 58 47 6 OLGA TANON A Puro Fuego 23 HEADLINERS/ UNIVISION 310155/UG 11498 CDI [N] WEACARIBE 60587/WARNER LATINA 117.98 CDI Te La Dormida 14 10 11 1 ä LOS TIGRES DEL NORTE Herencia Musical: 20 Corridos Inolvidables 1 64 63 66 15 LA OREJA DE VAN GOGH Lo Que Te Conte Mientras Hacias 42 FONOVISA 35W71/UG (1498 CDI SONY DISCOS 70451 115.98 ED COI

15 12 10 41 CELIA CRUZ Hits Mix 2 NEW 1 PLACIDO DOMINGO Bravo! Domingo: The Best Of Placido Domingo 65 SONY DISCOS 87607 114.W EQ CDI e': EMI LATIN 57581 116.98 C01

66 59 51 76 CHAYANNE A Grandes Exitos 1 GREATEST GAINER .-.44.Z' SONY DISCOS MAC 110.98 E0/76.981 [X] 27 28 2 POLO URIAS Y SU MAQUINA NORTENA 20Mas...Quinazos!!! 16 67 54 74 3 LALO MORA Mis 20 Exitos Con Banda 54 FONOVISA 350948iUG 11388 CDI [HI DISA 720323112.98 CO) 17 13 - 2 GRUPO EXTERMINADOR Nuestra Historüa 13 68 74 70 53 SELENA o Ones 4 FONOVISA 350969/UG 11398 CDI [N] EMI LATIN 42096 (16.98 CDI Los 30 Corridos Mas Prohibidos 27 18 15 16 57 MANA Revolution De Amor 1 69 64 62 30 VARIOUS ARTISTS WARNER LATINA 48566 (1898/18.98) FONOVISA 350791/UG 11398 CDI

19 16 17 " 5 LOS CADETES DE LINARES 301nolvidables 5 70 53 42 5 LOS HUMILDES 20 Exitos 42 UNIVISION 310127/ÚG 114.98 C0) [M] UNIVISION 310163/UG (14.98 CDI 20 17 14 -8 PANCHO BARRAZA Las Romanticas De Pancho Barraza 12 7' 67 68 13 CARDENALES DE NUEVO LEON 30 De Coleccion 57 MUSART 2713 /BALBOA 16.98 CDI [N] DISA 729026 (9.98 CO) 21 25 23 21 DAVID BISBAL a Corazon Latino 17 72 72 65 32 THALIA Thalia's Hits Remixed 7 VALE 066090/UNIVERSAL LATINO (1398 CDI (NI EMI LATIN 81595 (14.98 CDI on 22 26 27 24 JOAN SEBASTIAN Coleccion De Oro 14 73 61 58 28 PEPE AGUILAR A Y Tenerte Otra Vez 1 MUSART 12887/BALBOA 18.98/13981 UNIVISION 310119/ÚG 11698 CDI [MI Coleccion De Oro 57 23 19 13 '1 BRONCO: EL GIGANTE DE AMERICA Siempre Arriba 1 74 73 69 8 CUISILLOS FONOVISA 350927/UG 11198 CD) MASAR', 12808BALBOA (1298 CDI 24 18 15 7 LOS ACOSTA En Vivo Vol.1 13 75 71 60 27 LOS TEMERARIOS /LOS BUKIS 201nolvidables 1 DISA 726992 114.98 CD /OVDI [N] FONOVISA 350632/UG 11498 CDI 25 20 19 16 LOS ANGELES AZULES /LOS ANGELES DE CHARLY Encuentro De Angeles Vol.1 7 DISA 727044 114.98 CD) 1H1 LATIN POP ALBUMS TROPICAL ALBUMS REGIONAL MEXICAN ALBUMS

4,610t, PACESETTER -4'420-.- S LUIS MIGUEL 1 CELIA CRUZ 1 GRUPO MONTEZ DE DURANGO Tu Tu 36 50 à2 MARCO ANTONIO SOLIS Amor 0 Desprecia DE DURANGO A CHICAGO I DISA) 33 IWARNER LATINA) EXITOSETERN OS I UNIVERSAL LATINO) FONOVISA 350840/U6116.98 CDI

CEDA CRUZ 2 INTOCABLE mNEW '1 EL CHICHICUILOTE Yo Soy La Banda 27 t JUANES 2 LIDERES 950542 (1198 CDI UN DIA NORMAL (SURCO /UNIVERSAL LATINOI REGALO DEL ALMA (SONY DISCOS( NUESTRO DESTINO ESTABA ESCRITO (EMI LATINI

28 22 20 20 RICKY MARTIN A2 Almas Del Silencio 1 CRISTIAN 3 CELIA CRUZ 3 LOS BUKIS SONY DISCOS 70439117.98 ES CDI AMARES.,. IARIOLNBMG LATINI HITS MIX (SONY DISCOS) 25 JOYAS MUSICALES (FONOVISANG)

29 23 29 32 III PRESENTS KUMBIA KINGS 4 1 A.B. QUINTANILLA ALEJANDRO SANZ 4 VARIOUS ARTISTS 4 CONJUNTO PRIMAVERA EMI LATIN 40514 (16.98 COI NO ES LO MISMO (WARNER LATINA) CONSPIRACION IL LA SECUELA IPINABNIVERSAL LATINO) DECIDE TU (FONOVISANG) 30 24 18 6 LOS ORIGINALES DE SAN JUAN 25 Exitos Originales 18 5 UNIVISION 310169/UG 11498 CDI 5 CHAYANNE 5 CELIA CRUZ AKWID SINCERO (SONY DISCOS( EL CARNAVAL DE LA VIDA ILIDERESI PROYECTO AKWID IHEADLINERS/UNIVISION/UGI 31 21 22 LIMITE Gracias 1995 -2003 9 UNIVERSAL LATINO 000964 116.98 CD) MI 6 SOUNDTRACK 6 LUNYTUNES & NORIEGA 6 OS TIGRES DEL NORTE ONCE UPON A TIME IN MEXICO (MILAN) MAS FLOW (VII HERENCIA MUSICAL 20 CORRIDOS INOLVIDABLES IFONOVISANGI 32 29 33 4 SAMURAY Historia Musical 29 DISA 724087 (1198 C0) MANA 7 OLGA TANON 7 POLO URIAS Y SU MAQUINA NORTENA REVOLUCION DE AMOR (WARNERLATINAI APURO FUEGO IWEACARIBEIVARNERLATINAI 20MAS...QUINAZOSIII IFONOVISA/UGI 33 32 30 111 PEPE AGUILAR Coleccion De Oro 30 MUSART 12891 /BALBOA 02 98 CDI 8 DAVID BISBAL 8 HUEY DUNBAR 8 GRUPO EXTERMINADOR 34 14 - .2 OZOMATLI Coming Up (EP) 14 CORAZON LATINO IVALENNIVERSAL LATINO) MUSIC FOR MY PEOPLES (SONY DISCOS) NUESTRA HISTORIA IFONOVISANGI CONCORD PICANTE 2210 /CONCORD 16.98 COI 9 RICKY MARTIN 9 VARIOUS ARTISTS 9 LOS CADETES DE LINARES 35 28 26 7 CONTROL La Historia 9 ALMAS DEL SILENCIO (SONY DISCOS( BACHATAHITS 2003 (J &N /SONY DISCOS( 30 INOLVIDABLES IUNIVISIONNGI EMI LATIN 90878 (14.98 CDI 1H]

110 A.B. OUINTANILLA III PRESENTS KUMBIA KINGS 10 IBRAHIM FERRER 10 PANCHO BARRAZA 37 2 BRONCO La Reconquista 36 PANCHO BARRAZA CO - 4 (EMI LATINI BUENOS HERMANOS (WORLD CIRCUITMONESUCHIAGI LAS ROMANTICAS DE IMUSART/BALBOAI ARIOLA 53874/BMG LATIN 11198 COI

10 ozGMATU 11 MONCHY & ALEXANDRA 11 JOAN SEBASTIAN GO NEW 1 FITO OLIVARES 30 Exitos Inolvidables 37 COLECCION DE ORO ( MUSART /BALBOA( UNIVISION 310174/UG (14.98 CDI COMING UP IEP) (CONCORD PICANTEICONCORDI THE MIX (J &N /SONY DISCOS)

oNEW 1 VARIOUS ARTISTS Conspiracion II: La Secuela 38 12 DON OMAR 12 AVENTURA 12 BRONCO: EL GIGANTE DE AMERICA PINA 270140 /UNIVERSAL LATINO 110.98 CDI THE LAST DON (VII WE BROKE THE RULES (PREMIUM LATIN/AN) SIEMPRE ARRIBA IFDNOVISA/UGI

39 30 25 6 LUPILLO RIVERA De Bohemia Con...Lupillo Rivera 13 13 YANDEL 13 MONCHY & ALEXANDRA 13 LOS ACOSTA SONY DISCOS 70601 115.98 ED CDI [N] QUIEN CONTRA MI IFRESHI CONFESIONES... LAN/SONY DISCOS( EN VIVO VOL I (513A) 40 34 40 21 LOS PLAYER'S Ranchero De 26 114 SHAKIRA 14 INDIA 14 LOS ANGELES AZULES/LOS ANGELES DE CHARLY MUSART2741 /BALBOA 112.98 CDI GRANDESEXITOS (SONY DISCOS( LATIN SONGBIRD: MI ALMA YCORAZON ISONY DISCOS( ENCUENTRO DE ANGELES VOL I (DISA( all 42 35 15 LOS HURACANES DEL NORTE En El Tiempo 4 15 MARCO ANTONIO SOUS UNIVISION 310122/ÚG 114.98 COIN] I 115 BELINDA 15 VARIOUS ARTISTS BELINDA (ARIOWBMG LATINI THE REVENTON: 3D PEGADITAS (MOCK & ROLL/SONY DISCOS) TU AMOR O TU DESPRECIO (FONOVISANG) 42 33 31 11 GRUPO BRYNDIS/LIBERACION Encuentro Romantico 17 DISA 724078 113.98 CDI 116 ALEXANDRE PIRES 16 ELVIS CRESPO 16 EL CHICHICUILOTE ESTRELLA GUTA (ARIOLAJBMG LATIN) GREATEST HITS (SONY DISCOS( YO SOY LA BANDA ILIDERESI 43 35 37 28 SOUNDTRACK Frida 4 DG 474150 /UNIVERSAL CLASSICS GROUP (13.98 CDI 117 GILBERTO SANTA ROSA 17 VARIOUS ARTISTS 17 LOS ORIGINALES DE SAN JUAN o50 55 17 DON OMAR The Last Don 2 SOLO BOLERO (SONY DISCOS( REGGAETONIC VOL 2 IJ &N /SONY DISCOS) 25EXITOS ORIGINALES (UNIVISIONNG) VI 450587 (1598 CO) [M] 118 RICARDO ARJONA 18 FRANKIE RUIZ 18 UMrrE 45 31 21 23 CUISILLOS Las Romanticas De Cuisillos 16 SANTO PECADO (SONY DISCOS) EXITOSETERNOS (UNIVERSALLATINOI GRACIAS 1995 -2003 (UNIVERSAL LATINO( MUSART 2709/BALBOA (6.98 CO) 19 SORAYA 19 SALVADOR 19 SAMURAY 46 40 48 38 ANTONIO AGUILAR Con Tambora 38 SORAYA (EMI LATIN) CON PODER (WORD CUflBANARNER BROS.) HISTORIA MUSICAL IRISA( MUSART 127W/BALBOA 15.98/12WI 20 IA OREJA OE VAN GOGH 20 MARC ANTHONY 20 PEPE AGUILAR 47 39 24 4 YANDEL Quien Contra Mi 24 LO RUE TE CONTE MIENTRAS TE HACIAS IADORMIOA (SONY DISCOS( LIBRE ICOLUMBINSONY DISCOS( COLECCION DE ORO IMUSART/BALBOA( FRESH 9430 (14.98 CDI

48 38 39 "7 BANDA EL RECODO Nuestra Historia 5 +Albums with the greatest sales gains this week. Recording Industry Assn. Of America IRISAI certification for net shipment of 500,000 album units (Gold). RIM certification for net shipment of I mil. FONOVISA 350813/U6114.98 COI [N] lien nits (Platinum). RIM certification for net shipment of 10 million unas (Diamond). Numeral following Platinum or Diamond symbol indicates album's multi-platinum level. For boxed sets, and doublE albumswah a running time of 100 minutes or more, the RIAS multiplies shipments by the number of discs and/or tapes. RISA Latin awards: o Certification for net shipment of 100,000 unas (Oro). A Certifica 34 La Historia 3 49 43 45 INTOCABLE Sin of 200,000 unas (Platino(. A' Certification of 400,000 unas (Mufti- Platinol. *Asterisk indicates LP is available. Most tape prices, and CD prices for BMG and WEA labels, are suggested lists. Tape pote[ EMI LATIN 80818114.98 CDI marked EQ, and all other CDpdces, are equivalent prices, which are Pro acted from wholesale prices. Greatest Gainer shows chart's largest una increase. Pacesetter indicates biggest percentage growth

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17 18 QUEDATE CALLADA JORGE LUIS CABRERA QUIZAS SI, QUIZÁS NO GRUPO BRYNOIS 118 9 Q 50 35 33 SUELTALO Millie DISA DISA R.PERQ- BOTIJA (R.PEREZ- BOTIJAI ARIOLA /BMG LATIN 21 LAGRIMAS DE CRISTAL GRUPO MONTEZ DE DURANGO 33 33 DESOE HOY SUELO o DISA UNIVISION Compiled from a national sample of airplay supplied by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems Radio Track service. A panel of 98 stations (38 Latin Pop, 16 Tropical, 52 20 QUE TERUEGUE QUIEN TE QUIERA BANDA EL RECODO ELAGUILA BLANCA LOS TUCANES DE TIJUANA Regional Mexican) are electronically monitored 24 hrs. a day, 7 days a week. Songs ranked by Audience Impressions. Records showing an increase in audience 0 o FONOVISA UNIVERSALLATINO 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 a bullet, even if it reg 25 MAS QUE TU AMIGO MARCO ANTONIO SOUS CUANTO TE AMO COSTUMBRE isters an increase in audience. Greatest Gainer indicates song with largest audience grcwth. If two records are tied in audience size, the record being played on O FONOVISA O WEAMES TVTA'E R I Ar'. NA more stations is placed first. Records below the top 20 are removed from the chart after 26 weeks. .9 Videoclip avaliability. 02003, VNU Business Media, Inc. All rights reserved.

26 www.billboard.com BILLBOARD OCTOBER 18, 2003 www.americanradiohistory.com g wee Music Underground MTV2 Keeps Beat Survives Downturn, With `Monster Mix' Video production company the Neptunes, the uptempo track Promo Only has created rhythm - recalls such mid -'80s jams as "I Comes Out On Top based music -video programming Wonder If I Take You Home" and for MTV2 in the form of the quar- "Can You Feel the Beat" (both by terly "Monster Mix." Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam). Consider BY MICHAEL PAOLETTA release "Atlantic Breakers," In the May 24 issue, by Dutch DJ /producers we wrote of "Monster Earlier this year, British label/brand Pako & Frederik. Mix": "Perhaps MTV2 Global Underground (GU) was stum- On the same day, GU re- will program a regular- bling. To some, it looked as though its leases the second volume ly scheduled dance/ Beat problems were terminal. in 's Lights electronic video mix. At the time, the London -based com- Out series. Now, that would show pany's release schedule had halted. But GU Music arrives seven real commitment to a Box.. rather than an end, it marked a turning years after GU began releas- genre of music that is point. "Due to the state of the industry, ing DJ compilations. While often treated like a bas- we had to restructure the company," DJ- driven CDs are the com- tard child." By Michael Paoletta GU director Andy Horsfield says. pany's bread and butter, Well, MTV2 is now mpaoletta @billboard.com 'We took a hard look at what worked Horsfield acknowledges showing such com- and what didn't," he continues. "We that to survive in today's mitment. The cable had to find a way to push things for- marketplace, "you have to network is airing a daily edition this track a single -in- waiting. ward. This process gave us the shot in release original music." of Promo Only's "Monster Mix." the arm we needed." In this way, Horsfield will The show, a mix of dance /elec- CH -CH- CHANGES: Geoffrey "DJ Indeed, GU rebounded with Deep be able to secure synch tronic and R &B /hip -hop, airs Geoffe" Colon, formerly of UBL Dish's "." In June, the two-disc, licensing deals for the mu- from 4 p.m. -5 p.m. EST. Music, is now the director of mar- PAKO & FREDERIK: GU MUSK'S DEBUT ACT beat -mixed set debuted at No. 1 on the sic and distribute the vari- "This is certainly an exciting keting for Clear Channel Enter- Billboard Top Electronic Albums chart. ous tracks digitally. time for us," Promo Only video tainment. This position is part of According to Horsfield, "Toronto" With compilations, because the the time is right for Global Under- programmer Nick Allard says. the company's new Radio Enter- has sold 100,000 copies worldwide. music is licensed from other labels, it is ground to branch out. "With this show, we're exploring tainment Division, which livo months later, GU -which also difficult to obtain digital distribution "They have a strong audience from how far we can go with music launched Oct. 1. has offices in Singapore and New York rights for the various tracks. their successful compilation series," video -and how far music video -launched a new DJ- driven series, Later this month, GU will relaunch Frederik Borgesius says. "This is a nat- can take us." 24:7. The first volume, helmed by its Web site (globalunderground ural step to introduce artist albums to , debuted in the top 10 .co.uk). "Now that we have original that audience." MAKEOVER MUSIC: "All Things," of the same chart. material, we can sell it at our site," Upcoming GU Music releases in- the theme song for the Bravo/NBC Now, GU is launching its artist divi- Horsfield says. clude albums by Australia's Lo Step and hit "Queer Eye for the Straight sion, GU Music, with the Nov. 4 album Like Horsfield, Palco & Frederik feel 's Traffik. Guy," has been picked up for release by Capitol Records. This is according to Rachid Wehbi and Ian Nieman (aka Widelife), who penned/produced /recorded the bubbly track. Jaxx Goes Pop On Third Set Remixes of the track should be en route to club and radio DJs by BY MICHAEL PAOLETTA ed its most pop- oriented project to date. hip -hop artist, Rascal recently won the the time this issue arrives. But XL Recordings/Astralwerks issues 2003 Panasonic Mercury Music Prize already, top 40 outlets like Felix Buxton and Simon Ratcliffe, the twosome's new album, "Kish for his debut album, "Boy in Da Cor- WHTZ New York and KIIS Los who collectively record as Basement Kash," Oct. 21. ner." Angeles are playing a two - Jaxx, know their way around interna- "If anything, the new album is more When Basement Jaxx worked with minute edit of the track, which tional dancefloors. classic in feel, more song -based," Rat- Rascal, his album was not yet out, Bux- was created by looping the The British duo's two albums- cliffe explains. "It's more traditional in ton notes. "He was just another Base- show's 58- second theme. "Remedy" and `Booty"-have spawned that respect." ment Jaxx unknown." In early December, Capitol is Catherine Carter, who most several No. 1 club hits, including Ratcliffe continues, "It's also a bit Such timing is not lost on Astral - scheduled to release the "Queer recently handled press and pro- "Where's Your Head At," which also more intelligent, which is a very dan- werks. With Rascal in the spotlight Eye" soundtrack, Wehbi notes. motion at Studio Distribution, made an appearance on Billboard's gerous word to use." around the world, it can only help with Also on the way is the video for has opened Funky Dumpling. Modem Rock Tracks chart last year. Buxton says he and his musical part- the promotion of "Lucky Star," label "All Things." Based in New York, the PR com- Now, with an eye toward dancefloors ner had a strong desire to distance them- GM Errol Kolosine notes. A label rep from Capitol pany is already working with the and top 40 radio, Basement Jaxx- selves from what people thought Base- Later this month, the track will be declined to comment. Global Underground, Yoshitoshi which has remixed tracks for Justin ment Jaxx should be. 'We needed to step delivered to club DJs, as well as spe- Recordings and Distinct'ive labels, Timberlake, among others-has creat- back, take stock and see where we want- cialty and rhythm radio. A commercial ALIAS LOVE: Yes, indeed, that was as well as such artist/DJs as Victor ed to go." single will arrive next month. Blue Man Group's cover of Calderone, Ernie Lake and DJ Enter a handful of This will be followed, in December, Donna Summer's "I Feel Love" Tiësto. Carter can be reached at guest vocalists, in- by a top 40 radio push with follow -up featured prominently in the sea- [email protected]. cluding Meshell Nde- single "Plug It In" (featuring Chasez). son opener of ABC series "Alias." geocello, 'N Sync's With these two tracks, Kolosine says The timing could not be better: FINALLY: A sincere thank you to JC Chasez and the label will spread the news about a Remixes of the Blue Man Group/ all who took part in Billboard's Siouxsie & the Ban- new Basement Jaxx project from hard- Lava track are being embraced by 10th annual Dance Music Sum- shees frontwoman core fans to those in the mainstream. DJs and enthusiasts. mit Sept. 22 -24 in New York. Siouxsie Sioux. "The Jaxx may not sound like pop With the industry experiencing "Kish Kash" also radio, but that's not to say they're not HEARTBEAT: In addition to the an incredibly difficult time, it was spotlights Dizzee a pop band," Kolosine explains. "Don't boogie-down "Milkshake," Kelis' invigorating and refreshing to Rascal on lead single sell Americans short." new album, "Tasty" (Star Trak/ hear words of encouragement "Lucky Star." A 19- Basement Jaxx will commence a Arista, due Nov. 11) includes the from such esteemed participants year -old London - European and North American tour incredibly buoyant and infectious as Angie Stone, BT and D:Fuse, based U.K. garage/ early next year. "Protect My Heart." Produced by among others. I applaud you all.

BILLBOARD OCTOBER 18, 2003 www.billboard.com 27 www.americanradiohistory.com OC TMR 8BiIlboard HOT DANCE MUSIC.. Dance Singles Sales and Sales Breakouts data compiled by . . Nielsen Club Play Dance Singles Sales SoundScan

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rag. NUMBER 1 let 1 Week At Number 1 NUMBER 1 2 3 Weeks At Number 1 SEND YOUR LOVE (REMIXES) 55M PROMO /INTERSCOPE Sting RUBBERNECKIN' ( REMIX) BMG STRATEGIC MARKETING/RCA54218'RMG 0 O Elvis Presley

I LOVE I LOVE VINYL SOUL 124/MUSIC PLANT Georgie Porgie Au 2 1 SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL (REMIXES) ABKCO719666 The Rolling Stones vat

2 1 GET IT TOGETHER (RAUHOFER, HAMEL, SUPERCHUMBO, DAVIS MIXES) WARNER BROS.4145 3 3 (THERE'S GOTTA BE) MORE TO LIFE FOREFRONT52925NIRGIN 0 Stacie Orrico ^

1 2 INTO THE SUN MULTIPLY/FFRR PROMO/WARNER STRATEGIC MARKETING Weekend Players 6 7 THROUGH THE RAIN (HEX HECTOR/MAC QUAYLE REMIX) MONARCJI5LAND063793/IDJMG 0 O Mariah Carey °

9 15 LEI LO LAI ELECTRIC MONKEY 1008 The Latin Project 7 9 STUCK (THUNDERPUSS REMIX) FOREFRONT 38869NIRGIN 0 Stacie Orrico A

7 12 SHELTER ITS TIME CHILD 002 Ann Nesby 4 6 OFFICIALLY MISSING YOU (REMIXES) ELEKTRA 47436/EE6 © O Tamia .2

5 I NEED YOU (REMIXES) MUTE426/LREPRISE Dave Gahan 12 12 ROUND ROUND UNIVERSAL063850/JMRG O Sugababes

10 18 WHAT U DO 2 ME (REMIXES) DREAMWORKSPROMD Boomkat 5 4 HOLLYWOOD (REMIXES) MAVERICK 42638/WARNER BROS 0 O 9

12 16 SOUL SLOSHING GEFFEN PROMO Venus Hum 8 8 I'M GLAD (REMIXES) EPIC 79952/SONY MUSIC 0 O g2

14 19 CENTER OF THE SUN NETZWERK 33204 Conjure One 9 5 PAVEMENT CRACKS (REMIXES) J 558848384 0 Annie Lennox

15 17 A BETTER WORLD GATE 1169/KINGSTREET AgeHa Featuring Jocelyn Brown & Loleatta Holloway 10 10 ALL NIGHT LONG JENSTAR 1384 0 Seduction With Saddler

11 14 YOU ARE MY NUMBER ONE (E. KUPPER & MINGE BINGE MIXES) INTEASCOPE PROMO Smash Mouth 14 TIME OF OUR LIVES MUTE9225 © O Paul Van Dyk Featuring Vega 49

6 3 BLINDSIDED (DANCE MIXES) ATLANTIC 88172 Lucy Woodward 16 15 MURDER ON THE DANCEFLOOR UNIVERSAL065913/UMRG O Sophie Ellis Bextor

16 20 SOUL DEEP (J. VASQUEZ, D. AUDE, RIVA, & H2 MIXES) CURB PROMO Laura Turner 9 THOIA THOING (SILK & PEOPLE'S CHOICE REMIXES) JIVE57038/ZOMBA O R. Kelly'

21 26 FUTURE TOMMY BOY SILVER LABEL 2413/TOMMY BOY Seth Lawrence 11 11 GET IT TOGETHER (REMIXES) WARNER BROS.42645 © O Seal 13 19 22 LONG WAY HOME RADIKAL 99193 ATB 13 THE DISTRICT SLEEPS ALONE TONIGHT sue POP 70614 0 o The Postal Service

27 39 Il THIS BEAT IS TWISTED 50020 Superchumbo JUST FOR TONIGHT (MARK PICCHIOTTI MIXES) FLORA 060094/HIP -0 © O Seiko'S2 24 32 YOU PROMISED ME (TU ES FOUTU) zyx521s In-Grid 15 21 IF YOU'RE NOT THE ONE (REMIXES) ISLANDOW243/IDJMC 0 O Daniel Bedingfield'

23 29 FREETIME (REMIXES) COLUMBIA 79860 Kenna '9 HYPNOTISED SIRE/REPRISE 42661NVARNER BROS. 0 O Paul Oakenfold 31 20 17 25 BRINGIN' ON THE HEARTBREAK (REMIXES) MONARC/ISIANDPROMO /IDJMG Mariah Carey'st NOTHING BUT YOU MUTE 92D4 4 J O Paul Van Dyk Featuring Hemstock & Jennings 9

13 9 OFFICIALLY MISSING YOU (REMIXES) ELEKTRA 47436/EEG Tamia ^a 17 16 DIE ANOTHER DAY (REMIXES) WARNER BROS. 42492 © O Madonna 5,

8 7 MY TIME EFEIN 1002 Dutch Featuring Crystal Waters APPRECIATE ME STAR 61262 © O Amuka Featuring Sheila Brody

18 8 FEEL GOOD TIME (BORIS & REMIXES) COLUMBIA PROMO Pink Featuring William Orbit'? 21 23 CRAZY IN LOVE (J. VASQUEZ & M. JOSHUA MIXES) COLUMBIA7947/SONY MUSIC O Beyonce'z

30 38 THE ONLY THING MISSIN' (REMIXES) ARISTA56474 Aretha Franklin 18 14 NEVER (PAST TENSE) ram Err SILVER LABEL 2401/TOMMY BOY 4äJ O The Roc Project Featuring Arena

17 10 SINNERMAN (FELIX DA HOUSECAT MIX) VERVE000910NMRG '9 19 24 INTUITION (REMIXES) ATLANTIC 88122/AG O O Jewel 9 serg. 31 40 JUST SO YOU KNOW (REMIXES) WARNER Nos Holly Palmer TitLas wits the reatu t 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 Play chan is compiled from a national sample of reports from club DJs. 4 Videoclip availability. Catalog number is for vinyl maxi -single, or CD maxi -single, or CD single respectively, base upon availability. Sales chart: Single available. CD Maxi -Single available. Vinyl Maxi -Single available. Cassette Maxi -Single 29 34 HOT IN HERRE (THE REMIXES) IK7 PROMO Ttga'S2 On O CD © O © availabe. ©2003, VNU Business Media, Inc. and Nielsen SoundScan, Inc. All rights reserved.

20 13 APPRECIATE ME (P. RAUHOFER & AL B. RICH MIXES) STAR 681262 Amuka Featuring Sheila Brody

32 36 ANYTHING (GABRIEL & DRESDEN MIXES) PRIVATE MUSICPROMO /AAL Lili Haydn OCTOBER 18 Billboard POWER PICK 20 03 TOP ELECTRONIC ALBUMS TM 38 FLY AGAIN (SCUMFROG MIXES) TOMMY BOY SILVER LABEL 24251TOMMY BOY Kristine W'? x Sales data compiled by 111 26 28 Nielsen WURKIN' HARLEQUIN 51251 Housekeeperz Featuring Ceevox 3 3 N Ñ ARTIST SoundScan Title 28 23 WE CAN (REMIXES) CURB PROMO LeAnn Rimes z IMPRINT & NUMBER/DISTRIBUTING LABEL 22 11 CRAZY IN LOVE (J. VASQUEZ & M. JOSHUA MIXES) COLUMBIA79947 Beyonce^a

1 NUMBER 1 =', 1 Week At Number 40 46 JALEO (ROGER SANCHEZ REMIX) SONY DISCOS PROMO Ricky Martin 2 t o NEW ENIN A Voyageur 42 MY LOVE IS ALWAYS UNCOMMON TRAx003 Saffron Hill VIRGIGM91929 THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS Singles '93 -'03 45 ROCK WIT U (AWWW BABY) [J. HANNAN LAZY DOG MIX] MURDER INC/DEF JAM PROMO/IDJMG Ashanti ¡ NEW - ' '0 FREESTYLE DUST /ASTRALWERKS 9271V/V IRG IN PAUL OAKENFOLD Perfecto Presents... Great Wall J7 HOT SHOT DEBUT O NEW o C_;... SIRE/REPRISE 4818/WARNER BROS. ATLANTIC PROMO zz STAND (REMIXES) Jewel 4 1 _6 LOUIE DEVITO Louie DeVlto Presents: Ultra.Dance 04 ULTRA 1175 33 27 CAN YOU FIND THE HEART NITEGRO0VES 187/KING STREET Ananda Project Featuring Nicola Hitchcock 5 2 _6 VARIOUS ARTISTS Verve//Remixed2 VERVE 000ssrNG I FEEL LOVE BLUE MAN GROUP PROMO/LAVA Blue Man Group Featuring Venus Hum 6 6 06 THE POSTAL SERVICE Give Up INTUITION U -WATCH 1027/OKE Hall & Oates

7 8 ft J BOND Bond: Remixed LOS TANGUEROS SURCO PRSMOTJNIVEROAL LATINO Bajofondotangoclub MRO /DECCA 001117/UNIVERSAL CLASSICS GROUP ®THE RIDDLER Dance Mix NYC - Vol. 4 37 25 MORNING STAR (THUNDERPUSS, THICK DICK, 29 PALMS MIXES) DREAMWORKSPROMO Cooler Kids TOMMY 8 4 BOY 1575 [N]

JUST ABOUT HAD ENOUGH STAR 691268 Beat Hustlerz Featuring Thee Austin 9 5 PEACHES Fatherfucker KITTY YO/XL 171'/BEGGARS GROUP [NI

DEEP DARK JUNGLE STATRAt 34063/STATRA Victor Calderone 10 3 KMFDM WWIII j SANCTUARY 8463 6 34 21 77 STRINGS UNCOMMON TRAIIeI Kurds Mantronik Presents Chamonix (HOW DID YOU KNOW) 11 9 ç BT Emotional Technology NETIWERK30344 [N] 44 42 SHAKE IT CREDENCE IMPORT Lee -Cabrera 12 7 Fill BAD BOY BILL Behind The Decks h, SYSTEM 1020 [N] 36 33 WHITE HORSE TOMMY BOY SILVER LABEL 2408/TOMMY BOY The Orange Factory 13 10 4 ToHE HAPPY BOYS Trance Party (Volume Three) 39 30 HAREM (M. LEHMAN, R. RIVERA, & H. HECTOR MIXES) NEMO STUDIO PROMO/ANGEL Sarah Brightman ií}71,5 14 12 DELERIUM Chimera 43 37 SUNRISE (LOVE TO INFINITY & ATFC REMIXES) SIMPLYRED.COM PROMO/RED INK Simply Red F NETZWERK 50100 [Cl

15 11 LOUIE DEVITO Louie DeVito's Dance Factory Level 2 35 24 FANATIC (REMIXES) COLUMBIA 19904 Vivian Green 16 3sC::G .. DEE VEE 0006/MUSICRAMA 16 13 ti-1 VARIOUS ARTISTS Best Of House Volume Three . ROBBING 75039

OCTOBER 17 16 1 DEBORAH COX Deborah Cox Remixed 00318 Billboard J 53717/RMG HOT DANCE BREAKOUTS 18 15 VARIOUS ARTISTS 30th Anniversary Collection: Ultimate MADACY 4901

19 14 DJ DAN Mixed Live: Ruby Skye Dance Sales MOONSHINE80210 Club Play Singles 20 17 LORDS OF ACID GreatestT'ts SANCTUARY 84592

VARIOUS ARTISTS Chillout 04: The Ultimate Chillout NETTWERK 3834B 1 MILKSHAKE 1 MY EMPIRE Kelis 57OYTRAK/ARISTA Lula STAR 69 20 27 THALIA Thalia s Hits Remixed Vv EMI LATIN 81595 [Hl

2 PM WA:TING 2 FLY AGAIN 23 18 7 KRAFTWERK Tour De France Soundtracks Aubrey . Johnny Vicious DISH Kristine W TOMMY BOY SILVER LABEL/TOMMY BOY ASTRALWERKS 91709' 24 21 56 VARIOUS ARTISTS Verve //Itemized VERVE 589000'NG 3 HYPNOTISED 3 BABY I'M IN LOVE (BORIS & BECK REMIX) Paul Oalenfold PERFECTO /SIRE/REPRISE Thalia EMI LATINNIRGIN 25 23 22 TIESTO Nyana 4314 [111

4 DON'- ZRUSH IT 4 LONG WAY HOME 4f 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 KoolKei-h TOMMY BOY SILVER LABEL/TOMMY BOY ATB RADIKAL certifi cation for net shipment of 1 million units (Platinum). RIAA certification for net shipment of 10 million units (Diamond). Numeral following Platinum or Diamond symbol ndicates 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 ciscs andnor tapes. RIAA Latin awards: Certification for net shipment of 100,000 units of 200,000 units Platino). of 5 ARE `MU READY FOR LOVE 5 TIL SUNS IN YOUR EYE O (Oro). A Certification ( A Certification +100,000 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 EG, Elton J3bn SOUTHERN FRIED/ULTRA DJ Vadim NINJA TUNE and a I other CD prices, are equivalent prices, which are projected from wholesale prices. [N] indicates past or present Heatseeker title. 02003, VNU Business Breakouts: Titles with [Jule chart potential, based on club play or sales reported this week. © 2003, VNU Business Media, Inc. and Nielsen SoundScan, Inc. AlI rights reserved. Media, :nc. and Nielsen SoundScan, Inc. All rights reserved.

28 www.billboard.com BILLBOARD OCTOBER 18. 2003 www.americanradiohistory.com oun \ Music Billy Ray Cyrus Explores His Gospel 'Side'

BY DEBRA AKINS TV show "Doc" in Toronto, Cyrus was really was meant to be." thing country radio has given Cyrus have made this album years ago. I struggling to find direction in his life. The project's first single to Christ- during the past few years. It is a hurdle should have started singing about NASHVILLE -In a new promotional "We were in the midst of shoot- ian radio, "Tip of My Heart," has been that he and Word/Wamer Bros. hope God's love years ago. Who knows DVD, Billy Ray Cyrus calls the past 10 ing the show, and it was miserably shipped to Christian AC, top 40 and to jump with this album. The infec- where my life would be ?" years of his career "a waste." While he cold," Cyrus says. "One day I literal- inspirational formats. Christian radio tious love song "Always Sixteen" is ten- Cyrus says making music is `what I later admits that's probably an exag- ly got down on my knees and said, tatively slated to be the first country really love; it's my passion. Long after geration, Cyrus still considers this time `God, I'm freezing up here. Are you single, set to go to radio Oct. 14. `Doc' is done, I'll still be making rec- in his life a new beginning. sure this is what you want me to be "There are several great country ords somewhere." After a nine -album country music doing ?' It was a desperate prayer, singles on this record, so we are going But his acting career is working career in which he scored six top 10 and it was answered by a voice that full force after country radio, as we did well for him. Returning for its fourth singles and sold 9.8 million units, said, `Go make the inspirational with Randy Travis," Word Label Group season this fall, "Doc" remains PAX's according to Nielsen SoundScan, album that you've waited your senior VP of marketing Mark Lusk highest -rated program. Cyrus also Cyrus still holds the record for the whole life to make.'' " says. "We have the support of Warner just finished filming "Elvis Has Left longest time spent by a debut artist at Cyrus remembers that moments Bros. Nashville, which is helping to the Building," starring Kim Basinger. No. 1 on The Billboard 200: 17 weeks later, he got a call from Nashville pro- quarterback our country market Lusk says lie-ins are in development with the 1992 album "Some Gave All." ducer Billy Joe Walker Jr., who asked if efforts, and we've hired some amazing for the new album and "Doc." Cyrus' newest offering, "The Other he would be interested in recording a country independents, the same peo- "They're looking at the songs from Side," is a return to his gospel heritage. gospel record. ple who helped us get Travis' `Three the record to include in the programs It's a far cry from the days of "Achy "I heard him choke up on the Wooden Crosses' to No. 1. A lot of during the new season," he says. "We Breaky Heart," the smash hit single phone," Walker recalls. "He said, `I can't money, people and man hours are fully expect a number of the tracks to that catapulted him to international believe you called me about this.' " going behind the country radio effort." be part of the show, and certainly lyri- stardom in the early 1990s. "The Other Side" contains 11 songs cally some of those will apply to the Out Oct. 28, "The Other Side" will that reflect Cyrus' deep-rooted Chris- A COUNTRY HOME? story lines." go to the Christian market through tian faith. Cyrus penned the album's Cyrus admits, "I don't know As a retail incentive, Word will Word Records. It is being worked to the title cut, and he and Walker gathered whether or not I have a home at package a bonus DVD with the first mainstream country market through 10 other songs from a pool of writers country radio. I'm not sure if I ever 100,000 units of "The Other Side." Warner Bros. based in the country (Bob DiPiero, CYRUS: `I'VE GONE FULL CIRCLE' did. [It] might be good for country The DVD includes an interview, "I feel like I've gone full- circle in my Tom Shapiro, Rivers Rutherford, Kelly radio to embrace an act that has a behind -the- scenes footage and three life," Cyrus says. "This record really is Shiver, Victoria Shaw), gospel (Bebo will be new ground for Cyrus, who worldwide following. new music videos. The label also going back to that Pentecostal church Norman) and pop (Richard Man) mar- admitted to being a little nervous dur- "I think the reason country music plans significant Christmas endcap where I grew up. It's a record of a life- kets. The project features guest vocals ing his recent on -air visit to Nashville is shrinking to the point that it is [is] positioning during November and time for me." by Marx, Kim Carnes, Bekka Bramlett, Christian station WAYM (Way -FM). because they need some recognizable December, primarily in mainstream former Anointed vocalist Denise Walls "Everybody loved him. The listener names and faces. Randy Travis having outlets, and circulars with Wal -Mart, HEARING A VOICE and the Jordanaires. feedback we received was positively a No. 1 record [this] year was one of Kmart, Target and others. Perhaps more intriguing than the "I've never worked on a record glowing," WAYM PD Doug Hannah the best things that happened to coun- "The reaction from retailers has fact that Cyrus is releasing a gospel where the songs came together as says. 'The single is a beautiful song and try radio in quite some time. been fantastic," Word Label Group album is his remarkable story of how quickly and easily as they did on this very well done. [I heard] him do it live "Will they play my music ?" Cyrus director of general market sales Jay it all began. album," Walker says. "It was like God a few months ago and was impressed asks. "I think it would be good, and I'd Schield says. "Billy Ray's perform- Late last year, while filming his PAX walked in and put them on our desk. It at how clearly genuine it was and from love to play on the team with them. ance last month for the Anderson the heart. That comes through on the But can I count on that? No, I can't Merchandisers district managers recorded version as well." count on anything." meeting in Amarillo, Texas, brought That kind of attention is not some- Still, Cyrus says, "maybe I should two standing ovations." UMVD First In Country

Universal Music & Video Dis- tribution is once again the top dis- U.S. Market Share tributor in the country market for McCoury Gets Opry Invite the first nine months of this year. By Distributor: Boosted by Shania livain's "Up!," Country Albums While onstage accepting his tro- Oct. 1. She is previewing material ON THE ROW: James Hitchcock which remains at No. 5 on the Top phy for entertainer of the year at the from her next album, due in the joins CMT as VP of creative and Country Albums chart after 46 UNIVERSAL International Bluegrass Music spring. The tour wraps Oct. 26. marketing. He has worked for weeks, UMVD earns a 30.8% share 30.8% Awards in Louisville, Ky., Oct. 2 James Otto will open 16 dates on numerous advertising agencies, 11), labelmate Shania Twain's most recently Ziccardi Partners for the period ended Sept. 30, 28.2% (Nashville Scene, Billboard, Oct. Mercury according to Nielsen SoundScan. Del McCoury was interrupted by current Up! tour. He will he on the Frierson Mee. That's up from a 28.2% share for BMG artists Ricky Katie Gillon, the former senior the same period in 2002 but off 4-ai 20.8% Skaggs and VP of production and creative serv- from the 32.4% share it enjoyed in 1-1111111111 26.4% Sonny Osborne, ices at MCA Nashville, has been the first half of this year. SONY who invited him hired as executive project coordina- BMG remains in second place to become the Nashville tor on a part-time basis for the 116.2% with a 20.8% share for the period, newest member planned Country Music Retirement down sharply from 26.4% in the 15.1% of the Grand Ole Center. She continues to operate first nine months of last year. WEA Opry. McCoury Scene_ her Nashville -based marketing and Boosted by strong -selling greatest - 16.1% will be inducted creative services company, the hits packages from Alan Jackson 15.8% into the venerable Gillon Group, where her clients and Lonestar, plus albums from Nashville institu- include Equity Records, Clint Black INDIES By Phyllis Stark Kenny Chesney and Brooks & tion Oct. 25. pstark @billboard.com and Chely Wright. 8.5% Dunn -which remain in the top In other artist Nan Kelley has been hired as host 20 on Top Country Albums after 7.9% Jan. -Set. news, Steve Azar of " Live," which 76 weeks and 12 weeks, respec- EMM 20031 I has teamed with Jim Beam Brands tour through Oct. 24. Also, Dream- debuted Oct. 4 on Great American tively -BMG made some gains in 7.6% Jan.-Sept. Worldwide for a fall tour sponsor- Works act Emerson Drive, which Country. The show previously was the third quarter, boosting its 2002 ship. Jim Beam is also sponsoring opened some dates early in the telecast on CMT. Kelley was co -host ,, 6.6% share from the 17.4% it notched tours this year from Lynyrd Skynyrd Twain tour, has picked up four more of TNN's "Prime Time Country" for in first half of this year. and . opening slots in December. two years and is currently an on -air the SOURCE: NIELSEN SOUNDSCAN PHYLLIS STARK Sugar Hill artist Allison Moorer Marcel exits the artist roster at presenter for the Nashville -based kicked off an 18 -city acoustic tour Mercury Records. Shop at Home TV network.

BILLBOARD OCTOBER 18, 2003 www.billboard.com 29 www.americanradiohistory.com OC TgB°E3R Billboard TOP COUNTRY ALBUMS.. Sales data compiled by W Nielsen z -. z 3 o 3 o H SoundScan ARTIST Title Y ~ N ARTIST Title Y f gal IMPRINT & NUMBER /DISTRIBUTING LABEL d G IMPRINT & NUMBER/DISTRIBUTING LABEL IL d 37 THE MAVERICKS _` NUMBER 1/ HOT SHOT DEBUT 1 weekAtNumber, The Mavericks ®O SANCTUARY 84612118.98 CD) M MARTINA MCBRIDE Martina 38 JOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY The Very Best Of John Michael Montgomery RCA 54207/ßL6 111.98/18.98 M® WARNER BROS. 73918N/RN 118.98 CDI M GARY ALLAN See If I Care JOE NICHOLS Man With A Memory NASHVILLE 080111 /UMGN 111.98/18.98) UNIVERSAL SOUTH 1 70285111.98/17981 [N] M ALAN JACKSON Greatest Hits Volume II And Some Other Stuff MERLE HAGGARD Haggard Like Never Before 40 ARISTA NASHVILLE 53097/RLG 112.9819.981 HAG 0005/COMPENDIA 118.98 CDI

JOHNNY CASH American IV: The Man Comes Around TRACY BYRD The Truth About Men AMERICAN 063339 /LOST HIGHWAY 11898 CDI RCA 67073/RIG (11.9818981 SHANIA TWAIN Up! RANDY TRAVIS Rise And Shine MERCURY 170314/UMGN -: WORDCURB BROS. ' M (19.98 CO) 86236/WARNER 111.9818.98) VARIOUS ARTISTS Totally Country Vol. 3 DARRYL WORLEY Have You Forgotten? 20 WARNER BROSJBMG /CURB /SONY MUSIC 73955/WARNER STRATEGIC MARKETING 08.98 CO) ® OREAMWORKS 000640/INTERSCOPE 02.9818.981 LYLE LOVETT My Baby Don't Tolerate SHERRIE AUSTIN Streets Of Heaven CURB 001162/LOST HIGHWAY 118.98 CD) ®® BROKEN BOW 75872 08.98 CDI [N] TOBY KEITH 3 Unleashed 40 JIMMY WAYNE Jimmy Wayne ©M DREAMWORKS 450254/1NTERSCOPE111.98118981 DREAMWORKS 450355/INTERSCOPE 118.98 CD) RASCAL FLATTS Melt DWIGHT YOAKAM Population: Me 9 Mill LYRIC STREET 165031/HOLLYWOOD 02.98/18.981 AUOIUM 8176/KOCH (18.98 CD) 10 Stumble Into Grace ® NICKEL CREEK This Side M11 NONESUCH 79805/AG 11898 CD) SUGAR HILL 3941 08.98 CD) VARIOUS ARTISTS CMT Presents: Most Wanted, Volume 1 THE CHIEFTAINS Further Down The Old Plank Road 11 CAPITOL 93166118.98 CDI ® VICTOR 52897/AAL 08.98 CDI KENNY CHESNEY 3 No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems Wildwood Flower 'u.' BNA 67038/ß1G 112.98/18.981 ®® DUALTONE 01142 08.98 COI 13 LONESTAR From There To Here: Greatest Hits BLAKE SHELTON The Dreamer MM RNA 67076/RLG 02.9818.981 WARNER BROS.48237/WRN 02.9818.981 14 10 KEITH URBAN Golden Road CLINT BLACK Ultimate Clint Black 1111 CAPITOL 32936110 NMI RCA 52551/ß1G 118.98 Col 15 Mio. TIM MCGRAW A2 Tim McGraw And The Dancehall Doctors 44 WILLIE NELSON & FRIENDS Live And Kickin' LOST HIGHWAY 000453/UMGN CURB 78746112.9818.98 ) 11111 08.98 CD) 50 GEORGE STRAIT The Best Of George Strait 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection $ GREATEST $' MCA NASHVILLE 170280NMGN CD) GAINER 11 (11.98 JOHNNY CASH The Essential Johnny Cash TOBY KEITH The Best Of Toby Keith: 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection MERCURY 170351 /UMGN J 24 LEGACY /COLUMBIA 86290/SONY MUSIC 117.98 EQ/24.98) 112.98 CDI BILLY CURRINGTON Billy Currington CRAIG MORGAN I Love It BROKEN BOW 77567 (13.98 CD) [HI MERCURY 000164NMGN 19.98 CDI [NI PAT GREEN Wave On Wave GEORGE STRAIT For The Last Time: Live From The Astrodome MCA NASHVILLE 170319AIMGN (12.9818.98) REPUBLIC 000562/UNIVERSAL SOUTH 00 98/17.981 56 ®M >- - Completely DIERKS BENTLEY Dierks Bentley ARISTA NASHVILLE67046 1111 CAPITOL 39814112.98/18.981 © 57 ® /RLG (I 1.98/17.98I FAITH A2 BROOKS & DUNN HILL Cry WARNER BROS. 48001/WRN 112.9818.981 ARISTA NASHVILLE 67078RLG 112.98/18.981 M®. EMI 58 ALAN JACKSON 0 VARIOUS ARTISTS Remembering Patsy Cline 4 Drive ARISTA NASHVILLE 67839/R1G (12.9818.98) 21 ®M MCA NASHVILLE 110297 /UMGN 118.98 CDI MONTGOMERY GENTRY My Town WILLIE NELSON The Essential Willie Neslon LEGACY /COLUMBIA 86740 /SONY MUSIC (25.98 EQ CDI 22 BM COLUMBIA 86520/SONY MUSIC 111.98 EU/17.98) 60 Will 61 DWIGHT YOAKAM ELVIS PRESLEY 3 Elvis: 3091 Hits ©© In Other's Words REPRISE 48342/WRN 0898 CDI RCA 68079/ßM6 112.9819.981 ls ID NM II62 VARIOUS ARTISTS BRAD PAISLEY Mud On The lires I've Always Been Crazy: A Tribute To Waylon Jennings RCA 670M/RLG (11.9818.981 111111 ARISTA NASHVILLE 50605/916 112 981 63 STEVE EARLE Just An American Boy: The Audio Documentary 25 111111 Greatest Hits Collection, Volume I E- SQUARED 51256ARTEMIS CAPITOL 81512 (10.98/18.98 126.98 CD) 64 61 26 CLAY WALKER A Few Questions RODNEY CARRINGTON Nut Sack CAPITOL 36579 08.98 CD) 1111 RCA 67068/RLG 0 1.9818.981 GEORGE STRAIT 65 Fate's Right Hand DMZ/EPIC 89082/SONY MUSIC 02.98 ELI CD) [HI 27 MCA NASHVILLE 080114/UMGN 112.98/18.981 II66 28 BUDDY JEWELL Buddy Jewell SOUNDTRACK Blue Collar Comedy Tour. The Movie WARNER BROS. 48424/WRN CDI ®M COLUMBIA 90131 /SONY MUSIC 02.98 EQ/18981 08.98 67 EARL SCRUGGS /DOC WATSON / The Three Pickers Ia, ' PACESETTER .,A ROUNDER 610526 118.98 CD)

68 LARRY THE CABLE GUY I ALISON KRAUSS + UNION STATION Live Lord, Apologize ARK 21 810076 118.98 CDI ROUNDER 610515 09.98 CDI e ®IN 69 CHRIS LEDOUX Horsepower Chris Cagle CAPITOL 81580110.9818.981 1111 P ITO L 40516 (11.98/18. 981 70 31 Back To The Well SARA EVANS Restless DREAMCATCHER 00811898 CD) RCA 67074/RLG 112.9818 981 Ultimate Dolly Parton 20 32 On Your Way Home RCA/BMG HERITAGE 52008RLG 118.98 CO) EPIC 86620/SONY MUSIC 11198 80/18.981 v 33 VARIOUS ARTISTS Totally Country Vol. 2 JEFF FOXWORTHY The Best Of Jeff Foxworthy: Double Wide, Single Minded 10 EPICIWEANNIVERSAURLG 86920/SONY MUSIC 02.98 EO/11.98) WARNER BROS. 73903/RHINO 110.90 CD /DVD ) M w 73 VARIOUS ARTISTS Classic Country: The '80s 34 20 WYNONNA What The World Needs Now Is Love WARNER SPECIAL PRODUCTS 18905/TIME LIFE 0798 CDI CURB 78811 (12 98/18.98) ® w TERRI CLARK Pain To Kill 30 35 JO DEE MESSINA Greatest Hits MERCURY 170325/UMGN 111 98/18 CURB 78790118.98 CO) A6 The Very Best Of Linda Ronstadt 36 30 DIXIE CHICKS Home ELEKTRA 7610,3/RHINO 07.98 CDI ® MONUMENT /COLUMBIA 86840 /SONY MUSIC 112.98 80/18.981 M

ED Albums with the greats 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 s ipment of 1 million units (Platinum). RIAA certification for net shipment of 10 million units (Diamond). Numeral following Platinum or Diamond sym- bol indicates album's 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 Lahn awards: OCertification for net shipment of 100,000 units (Oro). 0 Certification of 200,000 units (Platino). Certification of 400,000 units Platino). Asterisk 0' (Multi- 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. [H] indicates past or present Heatseeker title. (0 2003, VNU Business Media, Inc., and Nielsen SoundScan, Inc. All rights reserved.

i J111!'tIL i 1jj' 1 JOHNNY CASH LEGACY /COLUMBIA 69739/SONY MUSIC 1798 E0 11.99/ 16 Biggest Hits 235 1 16 JOHNNY CASH 3 LEGACY /COLUMBIA 65955/SONY MUSIC 17.98 EQ/11.98) Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison 96 2 2 CURB 77978112.98/18.981 TIM MCGRAW 3 Greatest Hits 150 15 15 WILLIE NELSON LEGACY/COLUMBIA 69322/SONY MUSIC 17.98E0/11.98) 16 Biggest Hits 265 3 MARTINA MCBRIDE 2 RCA 67012/RLG112.98/18.98) Greatest Hits 107 1731 17 JOHNNY CASH 3 LEGACY /COLUMBIA66017 /SONY MUSIC 1798EQ/11.981 Johnny Cash At San Quentin 60 4I 4 CHESNEY BNA67978/RLG 02.90/18.58) 158 KENNY 3 Greatest Hits 17 14 TOBY KEITH 2 MERCURY558962/UMCN 111.99/17.%) Greatest Hits Volume One 253 5 5 RASCAL FLATTS LYRIC STREET 165011/HOLLYWOOD111.9818.981[N] Rascal Flatta 174 18 19 TOBY KEITH 2 OREAMWORKS450297 /INTERSCOPE112.98/18.981 Pull My Chain 110 6 6 MERCURY536003 /UMGNTN98/18981 3 SHANIA TWAIN 19 Come On Over 309 19 18 SOUNDTRACK CURB 7970301.98/17.90) Coyote Only 165 7 ° 7 JOHNNY CASH LEGACY /COLUMBIA66 773 /SONY MUSIC 15.98EQ/9981 Super Hits 142 20 20 HANK WILLIAMS JR. 5 CURB 776381998/998) Greatest Hits, Vol.1 479 8 10 DIXIE CHICKS 12 MONUMENT 68195 /SONY MUSIC (10.98E0/17991[N] Wide Open Spaces 297 21 21 AMADACY475125.9819.98) The Best Of John Denver 268 9 ' 9 NASHVILLE 18852/RLG112.98/18.981 BROOKS & DUNN 3 ARISTA The Greatest Hits Collection 316 22 23 15 CAPITOL 97424119.98/26.98) Double Live 212 1 I 11 SOUNDTRACK A 7 LOST HIGHWAY/MERCURY 170069/UMGN (12.9819.981 O Brother, Where Art Thou? 148 FP - CURB 779650.98/11.98) Number One Hits 154 11 8 PATSY CLINE A °DECCA/MCA NASHVILLE 000012/UMGN16 .9811.981 12 Greatest Hits 801 24 25 HANK WILLIAMS MERCURY 536o29/UMGN111.90/17.98) 20 Of Hank Williams Greatest Hits 133 12 12 ALAN JACKSON A5 ARISTA NASHVILLE 18801 /RLG 112.98/18.981 The Greatest Hits Collection 415 25 22 JOHNNY CASH AMERICAN 586792 ' /LOST HIGHWAY 11798ESCO) American III: Solitary Man 31 so urns with the greatest sal es gains this week. Catalog albums are 2 -y ar -old ti tles that have fallen below S. 100 on The Billboard 200 or reissues of older albums. Total Ch an Weeks column reflects combi ed weeks title has appeared on Top Country Albums and Top Country Catalog Recording Industry Assn. Of America IHIAA) certification for net shipment of 500,000 album units (Gold). RIAA emficason for net shipment of 1 million units (Platinum). RIAA certificaúon for net shipment of 10 million units (Diamond). Numeral following Platinum or Diamond symbol indicates album's 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.' Asterisk indicates LP is available. Most tape prices, and CD prices for BMG and WEA labels, are suggested lists. Tape prices marked ES, and all other CO prices, are equivalent prices. which are projected from wholesale prices. [R] indicates past Heatseeker title. C. 2903, VNU Business Media, Inc., and Nielsen SoundScan, Inc. All rights reserved.

30 www.billboard.com BILLBOARD OCTOBER 18, 2003 www.americanradiohistory.com OCT 18 O03R Billboard® HOT COUNTRY SINGLES &TRACKS ribm Airplay monitored by W o m a Nielsen z 3 Broadcast Data ° ! la F >< TITLE Artist 49 TITLE Systems ArtEL á 3 PRODUCER (SONGWRITER) IMPRINT & NUMBER/PROMOTION LABEL . g PRODUCER (SONGWRITER) IMPRINT & NUMBER/PROMOTION LABEL d á s i Emerick With Toby Keith t 31 2 Weeks At Numberl 31 33 36 I CAN'T TAKE YOU ANYWHERE Scotty 1 ALBUM CUT vt` NUMBER 'g J.STRDUD,T.KEITH IS.EMERICK,T.KEITHI DREAMWORKS

Josh Turner °a 32 1 1 4 REAL GOOD MAN Tim McGraw .7 1 32 34 35 LONG BLACK TRAIN MCA NASHVILLE 000978 g GAL LIMORE TMCGRAW.D.SMITH A RUTHERFORD,G TERENI CURB ALBUM CUT MWRIGHT,F.ROGERS (J.TURNER) ® O Terri Clark '9 33 2 33 36 39 I WANNA DO IT ALL 2 5 5 TOUGH LITTLE BOYS Gary Allan. ` MERCURY ALBUM CUT B.GALLIMORE ITNICHOLS,R.GILES,G.GODARD) M W RIGHTG.ALLAN (u.SAMPSON,H ALLENI O MCA NASHVILLE 000946 Jimmy Wayne °a 34 1 34 35 38 I LOVE YOU THIS MUCH 3 2 2 WHAT WAS I THINKIN' Dierks Bentley ' 001239 C.LINOSEY,J.STROUD (J.WAYNEC.OUBDIS,D.SAMPSON) O DREAMWORKS B.BEAVERS (D.RUTTAN,B.BEAVERS,O.BENTLEY) ® CAPITOL 779E3 Paisley 35 4 35 37 40 LITTLE MOMENTS Brad 4 6 7 THIS ONE'S FOR THE GIRLS Martina McBride ALBUM CUT F.ROGERS IC.DUBOIS,B.PAISLEYI ARISTA NASHVILLE M.MCBRIOE,P.WORLEY (C.LINDSEYH.LINOSEYA.MAYO) RCA ALBUM CUT Darryl Worley 5, 31 5 31 32 TENNESSEE RIVER RUN 5 7 6 WHO WOULDN'T WANNA BE ME Keith Urban '9 36 ALBUM CUT F ROGERS,J.STROUD ID.WORLEYS.LESLIE) DREAMWORKS K.URBAN (M.POWELLK.URBANI CAPITOL ALBUM CUT Trace Adkins t9 37 1 37 43 46 HOT MAMA 3 1 IT'S FIVE O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett 5 ALBUM CUT S.HENDRICKS,T.BRUCE (C.BEATHARD,T.SHAPIR0) CAPITOL K.STEGALL IJ.BROWN,D.ROLLINSI O ARISTA NASHVILLE 54215 Craig Morgan 38 3 38 41 EVERY FRIDAY AFTERNOON 9 4 3 HELP POUR OUT THE RAIN (LACEY'S SONG) Buddy Jewell v ALBUM CUT C.MORGAN,P.O'DONNELL IN.COTYJ.MELTONI BROKEN BOW C. BLACK IB.JEWELLI O O O COLUMBIA 79885 Sara Evans v 39 Toby Keith 8 , 39 44 47 PERFECT 9 11 I LOVE THIS BAR . RCA ALBUM CUT S.EVANS,P.WORLEY IS.EVANS,T.SHAPIRO,T.MARTIN) J.STR000,T.KEITH (T.KEITH,S.EMERICKI O DREAMWORKS 001238 g' Ryan Tyler 40 8 40 41 43 RUN, RUN, RUN 8 10 I MELT Rascal Flans ALBUM CUT S HENDRICKS (P.HOWELLH.DAVIS,K.KAYLE) ARISTA NASHVILLE M.BRIGHT,M.WILLIAMS,RASCAL FLATTS IG.LEVOX,N.THRASHER,W.MOBLEY) LYRIC STREET ALBUM CUT Trevino °a 41 10 ?41 42 45 IN MY DREAMS Rick Ow 12 12 WAVE ON WAVE Pat Green 5 ALBUM CUT/WRN R.MALO IR.TREVIND,R.MALO,A.MILLERI WARNER BROS. D.MORRIS,T.BROWN IP.GREEN,D.NEUHAUSER,J.POLLARDI REPUBLIC ALBUM CUT /UNIVERSAL SOUTH Shania Twain 42 9 55 SHE'S NOT JUST A PRETTY FACE 1 10 9 A FEW QUESTIONS Clay Walker - ALBUM CUT MERCURY R.J.LANGE (R.J.LANGE,S.TWAINI J. RITCHEY,C.WALKER (P.MOORE,R.SCOTT,A.WHEELER) RCA ALBUM CUT Jc 39 12 43 39 42 I'M ONE OF YOU Hank Williams 2 13 17 WALK A LITTLE STRAIGHTER Billy Currington 5 ALBUM CUT JOHNSON IN.COTY,J.MELTONI ASYLUM-CURB C.CHAMBERLAIN IB. CURRINGTON ,C.CHAMBERLAIN,C.BEATHARD) ® O MERCURY 000972 Nichols 44 13 49 53 COOL TO BE A FOOL Joe 13 15 15 COWBOYS LIKE US George Strait SOUTH 001371 B.ROWAN IJ.NICHOLS,S.DEAN,W.NANCEI O UNIVERSAL T.BROWN.G.STRAIT (A.SMITH,B.DIFIER01 O MCA NASHVILLE 001250 49 HELP ME Wynonna 45 14 18 21 CHICKS DIG IT Chris Cagle ? 14 45 HEAVEN D.HUFF,WYNONNA IC.CANNON,J.D.HICKSI ASYLUM -CURB ALBUM CUT C.CAGLE,R.WRIGHT IC.CAGLE,C.CROWE) CAPITOL ALBUM CUT

50 I THINK YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL Amy Dailey 46 5 11 8 NO SHOES, NO SHIRT, NO PROBLEMS Kenny Chesney 5 2 46 L.MILLER CURB ALBUM CUT BNA ALBUM CUT 0 IA.DALLEV,T.MILLERI N.WILSON,B.CANNON,K.CHESNEY IC.BEATHARDI 53 TEXAS PLATES Kellie Coffey 47 16 14 13 RED DIRT ROAD Brooks & Dunn .2 1 - ALBUM CUT D. HUFF IK.COFFEY,B.JAMESI BNA K.BROOKS,R.DUNN,M.WRIGHT (K.BROOKS,R.DUNN) ARISTA NASHVILLE ALBUM CUT ' Hanson 40 Montgomery Gentry xt 17 48 40 44 HALF A HEART TATTOO Jennifer 17 21 22 HELL YEAH AIRPOWER CAPITOL ALBUM CUT CUT J. HANSON,G.OROMAN (J.HANSON,M.P.HEENEYA.J.MASTERS) U CHANCED W.STEELE,C.WISEMANI t COLUMBIA ALBUM Brian McComas 49 ^a 18 52 58 YOU'RE IN MY HEAD 8 19 18 LOVIN' ALL NIGHT Patty Loveless ALBUM CUT LAEYNOLOS (S.MINOR,J.STEELEC.WALLIN) LYRIC STREET E.GORDYJR.IR.CROWELLI ® EPIC 79954IEMN LIVES James Ono 50 19 20 23 I'M GONNA MOUNTAIN Reba McEntire 9 19 50 56 DAYS OF OUR M WRIGHT IJ.OTTO,B.TERRY) O MERCURY 001402 R.MCENTIRE,B.CANNON,N.WILSON (J.SALLEYM.PEIRCE) O MCA NASHVILLE 001404

17 14 MY FRONT PORCH LOOKING IN Lonestar9 1 =.r: HOT SHOT DEBUT J7` D.HUFF IR.MCDONALD,FMYERS,D.PFRIMMERI BNA ALBUM CUT GOOD LITTLE GIRLS Blue County 51 I Rushlow 21 22 24 CAN'T BE YOUR FRIEND O.HUFF,D.JOHNSON (TSEALS,B.JONES) ASYLUM -CURB ALBUM CUT J. BALOING,C.DINAPOLI,TRUSHLOW IR.CLAWSON,B.CRISLERI O LYRIC STREET 164080 22 48 51 PRAY FOR THE FISH Randy Travis 48 23 26 WALKING IN MEMPHIS Lonestar5 BROS. CHRISTIAN K.LEHNING (P.MOORE,D.MURPH,R.SCOTT) WORD-CURB ALBUM CUT/WARNER D.HUFF IM.COHNI BNA ALBUM CUT The Warren Brothers 51 24 27 STREETS OF HEAVEN Sherrie Austin V 23 51 54 SELL A LOT OF BEER TMCGRAW.B.GAWMORE IB.ANDERSON,B.WARREN.B.WARREN) BNA ALBUM CUT D.HUFF,J.BALDING IS. AUSTIN,P.DUNCANA.KASHA) BROKEN BOW ALBUM CUT Jeff Bates 47 14 25 28 HONESTY (WRITE ME A LIST) Rodney Atkins .2 24 47 48 RAINBOW MAN K.BEARD,D.MALLOY IJ.BATES,HALLENI RCA ALBUM CUT T.HEWITT,R.ATKINS ID.KENT.PCLEMENTSI O CURB 73149 55 30 37 YOU CAN'T TAKE THE HONKY TONK OUT OF THE GIRL Brooks & Dunn 25 57 - YOUNG MAN'S TOWN V GILL IV.GILLI MCA NASHVILLE ALBUM CUT K.BROOKS,R.DUNN,M.WRIGHT (B.DIPIERO,BALLMAND) ARISTA NASHVILLE ALBUM CUT MARTIE, NATALIE (THE CONTINUING SAGA OF...) CledusT.Judd 56 c6 27 31 DRINKIN' BONE Tracy Byrd 26 EMILY& C.TJUDD (C.T.JUDD) AUDIUM PROMO SINGLE B.J WALKER,JR.,T.BYRD (C.BEATHARD,K.K.PHILLIP51 RCA ALBUM CUT Billy Dean 54 7 26 29 PLAYBOYS OF THE SOUTHWESTERN WORLD Blake Shelton 26 =57 . 54 57 I'M IN LOVE WITH YOU B.DEAN,LWHITE IB.DEAN,C.CANNONI VIEW 2 ALBUM CUTM2E T B.BRADDOCK IN.COTYR.VAN WARMER) O WARNER BROS. 16538/WRN _58 56 60 SHE IS Susan Ashton 56 :.8 28 30 I WISH Jo Dee Messina 28 P.WORLEYT.LJAMES ISASHTON,TLJAMES,P.BUNCH) CAPITOLALBUM CUT a. GAWMORE ,T.MCGRAWITL.JAMES,E.HILLI CURB ALBUM CUT Kenny Rogers 59 9 29 34 WRINKLES Diamond Rio 29 HANDPRINTS ON THE WALL K.ROGERS.J.GUESS,J.CHEMAY IN .BLANCHARD,S.P.INNES.C.PARISHI DREAMCATCHER ALBUM CUT M.O.CLUTE,DIAMONDRIO Ifl.SCAIFE,N.THRASHEfl) ARISTA NASHVILLE ALBUM CUT

)11 Brad Wolf 58 32 33 AND THE CROWD GOES WILD Mark Wills .t 29 lio 58 59 STRICTLY BUSINESS T.COWNS,J.KELTON (B.WOLF,P.MOORE) WARNER BROS. ALBUM CUT(WRN C.LINDSEYM.WILLS (J.STEELE,C.WISEMAN) O MERCURY 001152

a service. 128 Country Stations are electronically monitored 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Songs ranked by number of detections. Air- to Records showing an increase in detections over the previous week, regardless of chart movement Compiled from a national sample of airplay supplied by Niels n Broadcast Da Sys ems' adio track number for CD Single, or Vinyl Single d CO Single unavailable. CD Single available. CI DVD Sin to songs appearing in the top 20 on both the BES Airplay and Audience charts for the first time with increases in both detections and audience. Ties below the top 20 are rem ved from the chart fter20weeks. cYdeoclip availability. Catalog ® nc. All rights reserved. q], 4T 1 CD Maxi -Single available. O Cassette Single available. O Vinyl Maxi -Single available. O Vinyl Single available. O Cassette Maxi -Single available 02003, VNU Bus ness Media,

OCTOBER 18 ® HOT COUNTRY Billboard SINGLES SALESTM Sales data compiled by 1lL ati Nielsen Sales data compiled by ill Ñ SoundScan . 410. Nielsen ARTIST IMPRINT & NUMBER/DISTRIBUTING LAEEL Title '' SoundScan NUMBER I -t- 46 Weeks At Number 1 TITLE IMPRINT & NUMBER/DISTRIBUTING LABEL Artist Live g 1 ALISON KRAUSS + UNION STATION WUNDER610515 45 Weeks At Number `é NUMBER 1 3 NICKEL CREEK SUGAR HILL 3941 This Side -t Kid Rock Featuring Allison Moorer 2 JUNE CARTER CASH DUALTONE01142 Wildwood Flower 1 PICTURE UNIVERSAL 550TH 172274 4 WATSON /RICKY SKAGGS ROUNDER610525 The Three Pickers EARL SCRUGGS /DOC 2 LONG BLACK TRAIN MCA NASHVILLE000976NMGN Josh Turner 9 VARIOUS ARTISTS WARNER SPECIAL PRODUCTS 18828/TIMELIFE Bluegrass Today 3 WALK A LITTLE STRAIGHTER MERCURY000972/UMGN Billy Currington 6 THE DEL MCCOURY BAND moony music 0001 /SUGAR HILL MI Ws Just The Night Dierks Bentley 5 RHONDA VINCENT ROUNDER 616497 Do Step Ahead 4 WHAT WAS I THINKIN' CAPITOL n663

8 7 ACOUSFIC DISC 51 Hold On We're Strummin' SAM BUSH/DAVID GRISMAN .; 5 HELP POUR OUT THE RAIN ( LACEY'S SONG) COLUMBIA 79885/SONVMUSIC Buddy Jewell 9 8 VARIOUS ARTISTS SMCMG 18940/TIME LIFE Heaven Bound: The Best Of Bluegrass Gospel 6 6 CAN YOU HEAR ME WHEN I TALK TO YOU? LYRIC STREET16N75/HOLLYWOOD Ashley Gearing X10 11 VARIOUS ARTISTS MADACVCHRISTIAN3241MADACY Best Of Bluegrass Gospel 7 7 (WRITE ME A LIST) CURB 73149 Rodney Atkins 10 RICKY SKAGGS & KENTUCKY THUNDER SKAGGS FAMILY/LYRIC STREET 901W4/HOLLYWOOD [N] Live At The Charleston Music Hall HONESTY 12 NATALIE MACMASTER ROUNDER617056 Blueprint 8 9 BROKENHEARTSVILLE UNIVERSAL SOUTH 000782 Joe Nichols 13 TIM O'BRIEN HOWDY SKIES3978/SUGARHILL Traveler 8 STAY GONE DREAMWORKS W8345/INTERSCOPE Jimmy Wayne 15 VARIOUS ARTISTS UNIVERSAL SPECIAL PROCUCTS 18701/TIME LIFE Time-Life's Treasury Of Bluegrass 10 i0 LANDSLIDE MONUMENT /COLUMBIA79957 /SONY MUSIC Dixie Chicks 4,15, VARIOUS ARTISTS KING 318/IMG Legends Of The Fiddle: 20 Bluegrass Classics present Heatseeker title. © 2013, VNU Business Media, 1 indicated a numeral following the symbol. indicates past or Records with the greatest sales gains this week. Recording Industry Assn. Of America IRIAAI certificabon for net shipment of 500,000 album units (Gold). A RIRA certification for net shipme t of million units (Platinum), with multimillion titles by IHI re., and Nielsen SoundScan, Inc. All rights reserved.

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acknowledges that change is not always necessary. -KK ALBUMS E S S E N T I A L R E V I E W S Edited by Michael Paoletta MATMOS CRISTIAN The Civil War Amar Es PRODUCER: Matmos POP PRODUCERS: various Matador /Beggars Group OLE -590 BMG U.S. Latin 82876 55195 RELEASE DATE: Sept. 23 RELEASE DATE: Sept. 30 Following a string of side projects, BETTE MIDLER Mexican balladeer Cristian's latest including the twisted Soft Pink Truth Bette Midler Sings the Rosemary studio album has a Japanese -motif album, San Francisco -based electronic Clooney Songbook cover, with Cristian in Japanese garb duo Matmos (Drew Daniel & MC PRODUCERS: Barry Manilow, Robbie sipping tea with a Geisha. Is there a Schmidt) returns with something new. Buchanan connection with the album's con- An unexpected stylistic detour from Columbia 90350 tent? No, except that the music is as 2001's medical- technology exploration, RELEASE DATE: Sept. 30 unexpected as the cover. Yes, the "A Chance to Cut Is a Chance to Cure," Standards have never been this much standard sweeping ballads are pres- "The Civil War" is a peculiar concept fun. "Bette Midler Sings the Rosemary ent ( "Te Llamé" and the single "No album. It finds the duo dissecting and Clooney Songbook," a tribute to the Hace Falta"); they are fine showcases rearranging musical genres from vari- late singer's 1951 -1958 heyday, reaches CASSANDRA WILSON for Cristian's landmark voice. But ous periods to create a soundtrack that far beyond the typically maudlin col- Glamoured The Movie Album evokes the spirit of visceral patriotic lection of golden oldies, injecting PRODUCERS: Fabrizio Sotti, Cassandra PRODUCERS: Barbra Streisand, Robbie battle hymns from eras long lost. Using humor and sarcasm into a crafty selec- Wilson Buchanan, modular synthesizers, sound sample tion of chestnuts. The production role Blue Note 81860 Columbia 89018 sources, electronic manipulations and of Midler's original arranger, Barry RELEASE DATE: Oct. 7 RELEASE DATE: Oct. 14 live instrumentation (, dobro, Manilow (with Robbie Buchanan) is During the past decade, Cassandra Projects like this rarely get green - horns and ), Matmos produces a essential, with his persuasive versatility Wilson has become jazz's premier lighted today. The simple reason is sonic minefield. Gaelic jigs and con- showcased on the lush "Tenderly," the singer by pursuing a more expansive cost. For her 60th album, in a career templative pastoral folk meld with bare - album opener and 1952 No. view of the idiom. Instead of re- that spans five decades, the multi- frontier -era country honky -tonk and 1 "You'll Never Know" and the subtly treading the old standards, she has million- selling Ms. Streisand is military-hued drum marches. While folky "This Ole House." But the best sought the new, interpreting with a backed by a 75 -piece orchestra. Sim- the collection retains the duo's trade- moment comes in Midler and jazz sensibility pop and blues tunes ply put, it is a postcard -perfect mark electronic sonic alchemy, the Manilow's duet "On a Slow Boat to she grew up listening to. On her lat- match. Of course, the material addition of "conventional" musical China" (originally recorded with est disc, "Glamoured," Wilson deliv- (songs from films, circa 1935 -1988, instrumentation /arrangements and Clooney and Bing Crosby), which frol- ers another alluring mix of haunting cherished by the artist) is well- suited unnerving Americana overtones will ics like the good old days -Clooney's and percussive originals comple- to such treatment. Films covered undoubtedly confound fans. -CR and Midler/Manilow's. "Songbook" is mented by covers gleaned from con- include "Breakfast at Tiffany's" yet another milestone album in the temporary songwriter songbooks. there is also a classic, tasteful touch ( " "), "Modern Times" career of one of pop culture's most Her best reads include a sober, in the standards "Madrigal"-accom - ( "Smile"), "Best Friends" ( "How Do COUNTRY enduring entertainers. Clooney must heartfelt rendition of Luther panied only by guitar, requinto and You Keep the Music Playing ? ") and be swinging from on high. -CT Ingram's "If Loving You Is Wrong" violin -and "Saudade." Cristian "Reds" ( "Goodbye for Now "). MARTINA McBRIDE and a funk -blues jaunt through sings these songs with an understat- Throughout this lush collection, Martina * Muddy Waters' "Honey Bee." The ed nuance. And his care in phrasing Streisand reveals a range of emo- PRODUCERS: Martina McBride, Paul Worley Doll Revolution highlight is the playful, scamper - is unusual for a pop artist. Cristian is tions. Especially heartfelt are her RCA 54207 PRODUCER: the Bangles, Brad Wood beat "I Want More," a tune Wilson a balladeer, but he is more than will- takes on "But Beautiful" (from "Road RELEASE DATE: Sept. 30 Down Kiddie! /Koch 9515 wrote with producer Fabrizio Sotti ing to go out on a limb. The wacky to Rio ") and "Calling You" (from Martina McBride owns some of the RELEASE DATE: Sept. 23 and drummer Terri Lyne Carring- "Gallito Feliz " -included in rock and "Bagdad Café "); the latter includes a most impressive pipes in any kind of On "Doll Revolution," the Bangles' ton. The singer takes improvisational Mexican cumbia versions -finds the newly penned third verse. With "The contemporary music. And she has first studio album in 15 years, all of flight shadowed by Gregoire Maret's artist poking fun at himself. This is Movie Album," Streisand remains in never been more in control of this the familiar elements are in place. All soaring harmonica lines. DO evolution. Job well done. -LC a league of her own. MP powerful instrument than here. Often four members (, Vicki at her best when she reins things in, Peterson, and Michael the string -laden "She's a Butterfly" and Steele) are present, along with their tured musical landscape. A banjo and synthesizer swirls and general cosmo- arrives with the Wyclef Jean -produced poignant "In My Daughter's Eyes" are warm harmonies, retro jangle -pop and harpsichord sweeten "Loosen Your logical ambience. Standout cuts "Do You Know," which borrows from exquisitely rendered. She still cuts solid musicianship. The set opens Hold," while a harp and cello soften "9 include "There Is Always Madness," ' "Theme From Mahogany loose, though: The hit -to -be "How Far" with a zippy cover of Elvis Costello's Lives." Elsewhere, Manic Street which juxtaposes a Pollyanna airiness (Do You Know Where You're Going impressively builds to a window - "Tear Off Your Own Head." This song Preachers -like harmonies can be heard with an unnerving refrain of the To)." Here, the group's six personalities rattling chorus, and a live version of joins "Ride the Ride" and Steele's in "Silver Sun" (album producer Dave song's title, and the trippy, sunshine completely jell. It looks as if Combs has "Over the Rainbow" is simply stunning. "Between the Two" as the most rockin' Eringa has worked with the Preachers). song "Zero Zero." What makes this done it again.-RH "God's Will" is a perfect showcase for tunes on the set. All of the band mem- The key to South's epic sound is its album special? Three words: different, her range and art, and Celtic instru- bers get time on the 15 -song set. merging of orchestral maneuvers and different, different. AZ mentation helps make the homespun Hoffs shines on the first single -the traditional rock elements. MP DANCE /ELECTRONIC "Magical" just that. Always comfortable delicate, swoony love song "Some- on the pop side of the country fence, thing That You Said." Vicki's "Here APRIL MARCH RIM/HIP-HOP KMFDM McBride conjures a sweet tone on the Right Now" has a knockout chorus Triggers WWIII rocking empowerment anthem, "This and a deliriously happy little beat, PRODUCER: Bertrand Burgalat BAD BOY'S DA BAND PRODUCER: KMFDM One's for the Girls." Versatile, soulful while Debbi's "Ask Me No Questions" Pias America 25 Too Hot For T.V. Sanctuary 46362 and passionate, McBride has never brings to mind the tender ballads of RELEASE DATE: Sept. 23 PRODUCERS: various RELEASE DATE: Sept. 23 been better. -RW Christine McVie. -KC Mon Dieu! Elfin New York -born Fran - Bad Boy /Universal B0001131 With this new release from KMFDM, cophile April March (aka Elinore RELEASE DATE: Sept. 30 industrial -rock fans had best be dust- GARY ALLAN * SOUTH Blake) returns with her second solo Fights, feuds and cheesecake aside, ing off their Doc Martens. "WWIII" See If I Care With the Tides album, the highly literate and insidi- " 2" creation Bad finds the group delivering familiar PRODUCERS: Mark Wright, Gary Allan PRODUCER: Dave Eringa ously addictive "Triggers." A '60s -pop Boy's Da Band really shines on its riffs, beats and vocals. Timely lyrics MCA B0000111 Kinetic 67728 -54732 and futurism mix that seamlessly debut set. "Too Hot For T.V." features and hints of electronica keep the RELEASE DATE: Sept. 30 RELEASE DATE: Sept. 23 merges light and darkness, it nods to the sextet-MCs Babs, Ness, Freddy musical landscape fresh. Although the Gary Allan brought California cool to London -based trio South debuted two French Yé -Yé then goes its own way. Pee and Young City, reggae toaster album lacks the catchiness of such country music like no one since years ago with the album "From Here The artist comes across as part pixie, Dylan and R &B songstress Sara -keep- classic KMFDM tracks as "A Drug Dwight Yoakam, and while he has been on In," which seamlessly merged rock, part Sylvia Plath devotee: As she says ing with the tradition of Bad Boy by Against War" and "Juke Joint Jezebel," consistently excellent, his dues -paying dance /electronic and pop. In the ensu- in "Sometimes When I Stretch," "I concentrating on party joints. Lead new tunes like "Stars & Stripes," is starting to offer both commercial ing months, South toured non -stop. If stretch, hoping to divide." Four tracks single "Bad Boy This Bad Boy That," "Blackball" and "Bullets, Bombs & and artistic returns. Allan knows where the sweeping "With the Tides" is any are sung in French, the rest in Eng- produced by Tony Dofat and Sean "P. Bigotry" are almost as endearing. Per- of he sings on the Buck Owens- inflect- indication, performing live increased lish (plus one instrumental), with Diddy" Combs, is an infectious, flute - haps the band itself sums it up best in ed twangfest "Guys Like Me." He the band's confidence to pump up the guru producer Bertrand Burgalat (he accented, uptempo jam that incites the closing track, the unusually moans with authority on "Can't Do It rock wattage. The result is a richly t e x - really is French) taking care of the head nodding. The set's highlight named "Intro." Here, KMFDM (Continued on next page)

Bradley Bambarger, Jim Bessman, Keith Caulfield, Leila Cobo, John Diliberto, Rashaun Hall, Jill Kipnis, Katy Kroll, Wes Orshoski, Dan Ouellette, Michael Paoletta, Craig Roseberry, Chuck Taylor, Bram Teitelman, CONTRIBUTORS. Philip van Vleck, Ray Waddell, Adrian Zupp. ESSENTIALS: Releases deemed by the review editors to deserve special attention on the basis of musical merit and /or Billboard chart potential. VITAL REISSUES: Rereleased albums of special artistic, archival and commercial interest and outstanding collections of works by one or more artists. PICKS (110.): New releases predicted to hit the top half of the chart in the corresponding format. CRITICS' CHOICES ( *): New releases, regardless of chart potential, highly recommended because of their musical merit. All albums commercially available in the U.S. are eligible. Send album review copies to Michael Paoletta and singles review copies to ChuckTaylor (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) work was an amazing live experience. Finally, we have a recording of at least Today" and "Songs About Rain," then a sequence of highlights from the mas- SINGLES ESSENTIAL REVIEWS turns Springsteen-esque on the stub- sive piece, and the well -annotated, born title cut. Allan excels on the neo- richly recorded set stands as the most Edited by Chuck Taylor classic parental ballad "Tough Little vital Weill document since RCA's cente- BRIThEy SPÉf;F"_:. Boys" and smolders and swaggers in nary "Der Silbersee." On disc, "The fllE RGRI,iSt "Nothing on but the Radio." The sway- Eternal Road" comes across like a dra- POP 611.6011 Hi-) ing "You Don't Know About Me" and matic oratorio, albeit with the distinc- mandolin/organ interplay of "I Can tive harmonic/melodic /textural imprint NELLY FURTADO Powerless (Say What Love You" bespeak taste and versatility. familiar to fans of Weill's cabaret You Want) (3:52) This guy makes great records. -RW music. The direction by Gerard PRODUCERS: Track & Field, Nelly Furtado Schwarz is admirable, and the chorus WRITERS: N. Furtado, G. Eaton, B. West and many vocal soloists discharge their PUBLISHERS: various LATIN roles with skill and spirit. The release DreamWorks 14231 (CD promo) comes as one of the first in a 50 -CD Nelly Furtado's breakthrough, "I'm ATM American Jewish Music series from Like a Bird," was an individual and A Toda Máquina Naxos via the Milken Archive. 8/3 striking song -so much so that the PRODUCER: various Canadian songstress came from behind BRITNEY SPEARS FEATURING MADONNA JOSH GROBAN You Raise Me Up (4:04) Univision 0883 10170 2 to win a Grammy Award for the per- Me Against the Music (3:52) PRODUCER: David Foster RELEASE DATE: Sept. 30 NEW AGE formance. The launch single from her PRODUCERS: Trixster, Penelope Magnet WRITERS: B. Graham, R. Lovland One of the often repeated maxims follow -up album is again a standout - WRITERS: various PUBLISHERS: PeemiusidUniversal, ASCAP regarding regional Mexican music is ENIGMA but for all the wrong reasons. Fore- PUBLISHERS: various 143 /Reprise 101219 (CD promo) that, unlike pop, it is in a state of con- Voyageur most, Furtado's vocal quality is cold, Jive 53701 (CD promo) The best -selling new male artist of stant reinvention. The latest example PRODUCER: Michael Cretu harsh and mighty whineyjust down- In the couple of years since Britney 2002 follows his enormously success- of this is Texas -based group ATM, Virgin 7243 591312 right unpleasant. But the singer /song- Spears' last musical output, she has ful bow with a David Foster -produced which mixes rootsy Tejano music with RELEASE DATE: Sept. 30 writer is also challenging her pop cul- never once left the headlines of the ballad that will thrill those who like rap, soul and pop. The result is both It has been 11 years since Enigma ture allure with a song that sounds like consumer press. In fact, if anything, their pop music melodramatic and urban and folksy; ATM's trademark debuted with an album of chanting it was produced for a country hoe- the one -time teen queen is more their vocalists able to leap tall moun- instrument is a melancholy accordion, monks, panting women and chilled down, complete with a misplaced renowned than ever before. But now tains in a single note. Josh Groban is but its vamps and raps are decidedly beats. The monks are gone and by and plucky banjo mixed with drum loops it's time for Brit to prove that her truly proving himself to be a hybrid edgy. There is also R &B vocalizing - large, "Voyageur," despite the title, and a meandering tempo that ends up provocative state of undress and vari- artist -cute and poppy enough to be "Se Acaba el Amor" (a Spanish cover traverses well -known terrain with trip - nowhere. Low on hooks and lower on ous sexcapades are only sidelines to embraced by mainstream -targeted of "All Out of Love") and "No Te Me hop beats, filtered voices and over- appeal, "Powerless (Say What You her primary purpose here -hit songs. adults, and yet skilled and vocally Vayas" -while "Olvídanos" has a more reaching hooks. The dance anthem Want)" is a fruitless effort and a real "Me Against the Music" is frantically manicured enough to stamp his ele- pop/rock feel. ATM is similar to "Boum -Boum" and the ersatz Duran lemon of a song. -CT busy, with Spears' voice often a mere gant signature on a song like a per- Kumbia Kings in its fusion of sounds. Duran chorus of "Look of Today" suc- accessory amid a swirl of rapid -fire manent tattoo. `You Raise Me Up" The group also pens its own material, ceed at a generic, overwrought pop, lyrics, background vocals and a frenet- opens quietly, like Celine Dion's "All trades off vocalists and aims for a while other songs, like "Following the COUNTRY ic pogo -stick beat. After repeated lis- by Myself" (the comparisons surely trademark group, rather than a solo Sun," attain an infectious, psychedelic tens, however, the party-anthem don't end there), as Groban gently sound. And they pull it off. ATM is a aroma. Producer Michael Cretu, who is TRACE ADKINS Hot Mama (3:19) rhythms sort themselves out and ripen wraps those pure, clear pipes around band to keep an eye on. -LC Enigma, launches some surreal sound PRODUCERS: Scott Hendricks,Trey Bruce into a series of infectious, albeit quirky, a lyric of strength and devotion. designs, including the title track that WRITERS: C. Beathard,T. Shapiro hooks. It's still much more a jam du Curiously, a 30- second fiddle solo takes '60s discotheque music and dis- PUBLISHERS: Sony /ATV Acuff Rose Music/ jour than a song-there's no real then cuts in before the second verse BLUES torts it through time. But the often Tree Publishing /Wenonga Music, BMI -but radio will be licking this and chorus, followed by a no- holds- seductive rhythms and imagistic Capitol 18035 (CD promo) up like a cherry lollipop. The other barred crescendo that will make fans DUKE ROBILLARD moods are undermined by a cut -and- A rock -solid vocalist equally at home shortfall: Madonna. She comes off like applaud from their driver's seats. A Exalted Love paste superficiality. "Voyageur" sounds with ballads and uptempos, Trace a great -aunt poseur, much like the Gap perfect peek into Groban's promising PRODUCER: Duke Robillard like it was constructed from a template Adkins tries a smoldering rocker for ads. , she did it again. -CT second act. -CT Stony Plain 1293 rather than newly conceived. -!D size with this thumpin' ode to appreci- RELEASE DATE: Sept. 23 ation of one's good ole gal, particularly "Exalted Love" has the virtue of being when sleeping kids provide opportuni- and artists in their own right, they've May. "Dreaming" is sure to entrance a typical Robillard album, or, rather, VITAL REISSUES ty. Adkins wraps his muscular baritone never paired on the same track, let pop /rock listeners and to garner Eve 6 typical of Robillard when he cuts an around a bold production and a lyric alone with Kravitz. But then again, increased radio play. -!K album that is pretty much straight NEIL DIAMOND heavy on domestic-life testosterone as that's the power of creativity. "Show blues. The sophisticated blues of "Dou- Stages -Performances 1970-2002 he offers: "Whatta ya say, babe/Ya Me Your Soul" is a powerful hip -hop/ CRACKER Duty Free (3:32) ble X Daddy," with a solid second line PRODUCERS: Neil Diamond, Sam Cole wanna ?" OK, it ain't Shakespeare, but rock affair. Combs, Loon and Williams PRODUCERS: David Lowery, John Morand horn section, has been a favored Robil- Columbia C5K 90540 for all those hot mamas out there who trade verses about the good life, while WRITER: I. Reilly lard groove since he co- founded RELEASE DATE: Sept. 30 may feel a little less than sexy, this Kravitz lends his funky (filtered) voice PUBLISHER: Ike Reilly Music, ASCAP Roomful of Blues in the late '60s. If you cannot get enough of Neil Dia- might do the trick for Daddy. And a lot to the hook. The star power on this Music 01154 (CD promo) Check the Memphis variation on this mond live -and arenas everywhere are of those mamas probably dig Adkins, track should make it a slam -dunk at Cracker's forthcoming, sixth album, theme with "Down Home Country filled with people who cannot -this too, plenty enough to forgive him for both top 40 and mainstream R &B "Countrysides," due Oct. 14, was born Girl." His duet with , "I'll six -disc live set should help. The first delivering lyrics about turning a room radio. A volume -buster. -RH out of the Virginia band's 2002 tour of Never Be Free," is basically hipster two discs span an entire Las Vegas con- into a sauna. Adkins owns one of the honky -tonks and trucker bars. Having rockabilly, while the title track has the cert from last December, complete most recognizable vocals in contempo- always been part rock act and part spooky, funkified feel of with orchestral "Overture" and Dia- rary country music, a more valuable ROCK country band, Cracker -in a genius R &B. A second duet -this one with mond's entrance and exit to "America." commodity now than ever. -RW move -explores its redneck roots on guitarist Debbie Davis -is a lively Longtime fans will especially relish his * EVE 6 At Least I'm Dreaming (3:58) the disc. While lots of Americana and jump blues. "Live Wire" is a down -and- versions of Lulu's minor cover hit "The PRODUCER: Greg Wattenberg alt -country focuses on the more sen- dirty three -chord blues. Typical Robil- Boat That I Row" and ' RiftB/HIP-HOP WRITERS: M. Collins,T. Fagenson, J. Siebels sitive, cerebral side of country, lard blues, in other words, is whatever smash "I'm a Believer." The second pair PUBLISHERS: Fake and Jaded/LessThan "Countrysides" is for "the rednecks, Duke wants to do, because he can do it of discs offers 40 choice songs left out LENNY KRAVITZ, R DIDDY, LOON Zero /Southfield Road, BMI the shitkickers, the drunks, the all. "Exalted Love" is oak -solid work of the Vegas show, including Beatles, AND PHARRELL WILLIAMS Show Me RCA 56611 (CD promo) cranks, the weirdos and the clowns," from a master bluesman. PW Dylan, and R &B covers. Your Soul (5:20) It's not easy getting older, accepting frontman David Lowery says. And for The fifth disc offers holiday fare, and PRODUCERS: the Neptunes responsibilities and coming face -to- Cracker fans, it's complete bliss. the sixth is a DVD, which intertwines WRITERS: R Williams, L. Kravitz, S. Combs, face with your personal faults as you "Duty Free" is a cover of a track from CLASSICAL concert and documentary footage. -l8 C. Hawkins,V. Smith seek out meaning in life. Eve 6 grap- underrated singer/songwriter Ike PUBLISHERS: various ples with these issues and comes up Reilly's 2001 set "Salesmen & * KURT WEILL: The Eternal Road Bad Boy /Universal 21047 (CD promo) with a positive outlook on "At Least Racists." Although twangy and sprin- Various soloists; Berlin Radio Symphony Billboard,com Sean "P. Diddy" Combs has already I'm Dreaming." The second single kled with accordion and steel guitar, & Choir /Gerard Schwarz racked up two successful singles from from its third album, "It's All in Your this is actually one of the more PRODUCER: Wolfram Nehls Also reviewed online this week: the platinum -plus "Bad Boys II" sound- Head," "Dreaming" uses a catchy gui- midtempo, rock -leaning cuts on the Naxos 8.55402 track. So how does the multimedia tar riff and melody to tell today's set. With it's "do- do- do -do" -laden Rachel's, "Systems /Layers" RELEASE DATE: Sept. 16 mogul aim to follow that up? By team- teens and 20- somethings that contin- chorus, it's an absolute sing -along. One disappointment in the centenary (Quarterstick) ing with Lenny Kravitz, Pharrell uing to dream helps you to keep on On tracks like these, the raspy- voiced celebrations for Kurt Weill's birth in Cracker, "Countrysides" (iMusic) Williams and Loon for "Show Me Your living. The tune is more accessible Lowery sounds like he's home again. 2000 was the lack of a recording for his The Fire Theft, "The Fire Theft" Soul." On paper, the combination does than the previous "Think 'Nice," a In fact, "Duty Free" and the other long -lost Biblical pageant "The Eternal (Rykodisc) sound a bit odd. While Combs and darker song that saw some decent cuts on "Countrysides" seem to mark Road," particularly as the theatrical Williams are both credible producers action on modern rock stations in a rebirth for the band. -WO

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MUSIC VIDEO: Scot John Monopoly is named asso- McBride is promot- ciate director of A &R for Jive ed to COO of MTV Records in New York. He was Networks Latin head of producer management America in Miami. for Violator Management and He was CFO. owner of Hustle.

RECORD COMPANIES: Adam DIRECT MARKETING: Grani:e is promoted to VP of Mark Pinkus is finance aid opera- promoted to senior tions for Epic VP of strategic mar- Records in New keting, custom York. .vas senior product and synch cirector cf finance licensing for Warn- Pond Skipping and operations. er Strategic Marketing in Los Laura Curtin is Angeles. He was VP of strategic To celebrate the global bow of her sophomore disc, "Life for ramec VP of rock marketing and custom product. Rent" (Arista), British songbird Dido performed at Virgin and alternative promotion for Megastores in London and NewYork within a 24 -hour span. Arista Records in Los Angeles. HOME VIDEO: Keith Zajic is Some called her trans -Atlantic trip her " day," he was Lead of national alterna- promoted to executive VP of referring to a similar stunt for Live Aid in 1985. After perform- tive rock promotion business affairs for Warner ing a four -song acoustic set Sept. 29 (the album's internation- for DreamWorks Bros. Pictures Music in Los al release date) at the Virgin Megastore on London's Oxford Records. Angeles. He was senior VP of Street, the singer joined 170 guests -including key European Desmond business affairs. media and a slew of U.S. radio -contest winners -on a flight Pringle is named Eric Besner is named VP of to NewYork, where she performed an acoustic set, right, at the director of gospel business and legal affairs for Virgin Megastore in Union Square the next day, which was the A &R for Word Label Home Vision Entertainment in U.S. street date for"Life for Rent." Group -n Nashville. He was a Chicago. He was VP of business TommN Boy record- affairs and general counsel for ing artist. Image Entertainment. Jordan Fiaste is No Hear ¡bis ... SUN Kil MOON named jirector of MERCHANDISING: Nina Freeman Artists to Watch new melia for is named director of licensing Red House Painters frontman Mark Kozelek christens Artemis Records in and marketing for 4Kids Enter- his new band Sun Kil Moon with the album "Ghosts of New York. He was PRINGLE tainment in New York. She was the Great Highway," due Nov. 4 from Jetset. Aside from prAucton'publishing manager for director of global licensing for the recent single "Duk Koo Kim, "which appears here in an getmusic.com/rollingstone.com. Everlast Worldwide. alternative form, "Ghosts" constitutes the first release of new music by the revered singer /songwriter in nearly two years.The album is highlighted by the gorgeous, string - tinged "Gentle Moon "and the bittersweet "Carry Me Ohio, " which ruminates on his childhood in the Buckeye State. Kozelek, who has appeared in the Cameron Crowe films "Almost Famous "and "Vanilla Sky, "will play select solo shows before the end of the year. Early in 2004, Sun Kil Moon will embark on its maiden tour. JONATHAN COHEN

Hallowed Ground It was only fitting that punk rock torchbearers Rancid headed to fabled NewYork Reigning On venue CBGB to tape the video for upcoming single "Red Hot Moon." CBGB is, after all, ground zero for U.S. punk history. After doing some preliminary taping, fans who B.B. King celebrated his 78th birthday Sept. 30 at the grand scored tickets through modem WXRK (K -Rock) NewYork filled the club-which opening of the BB King's Blues Club in Nashville. On hand to played host to the Ramones, Blondie, and Talking Heads in their early days -for a greet the blues icon were country stars Deanna Carter, who full show that featured fan faves spanning the group's career of more than a decade. presented King with a birthday cake, Vince Gill, revered gui- Pictured, from left, are guitarist/vocalist Lars Frederiksen, frontman 11m Arm- tarist Steve Cropper (of Booker T. & the MGs) and strong and Skinhead Bob, who guests on "Red Hot Mooñ." (Photo: Kristin Callahan) actor /musician Steven Segal, who jammed with King.

34 www.billboard.com BILLBOARD OCTOBER 18, 2003 www.americanradiohistory.com 36 37 Randy Beck Melee's Bryan sells Phantom Turner opts Sound & Vision for the largest to Super D for video deal distribution with NASCAR growth Reta i Images MERCHP 'NG / HOME VIDEO / E- COMMERCE / DISTRIBUTION UMVD Still Tops U.S. Album Market

BY ED CHRISTMAN dominance is spread across most gen- res tracked by Nielsen SoundScan. NEW YORK-With a commanding It ranked first in the country, 27.8% share of the U.S. album mar- R&B, rap and Latin genres (see ket, Universal Music & Video Distrib- related stories, this issue) and is ution heads into the fourth quarter on the No. 1 distributor for sound- target to rank No. 1 for the fifth tracks, catalog, deep catalog and straight year. . UMVD leads by more than 10% UMVD was the No. 2 distributor for the first nine months of this year, of classical, hard rock, jazz, music according to Nielsen SoundScan. video and in placing albums on the And this is its biggest holiday release Billboard Top Heatseekers chart. schedule ever, UMVD executives say Meanwhile, the independent sec- (Billboard, Aug. 16). tor collectively displaced WEA to Competitors are expected to keep rank second with a 17.3% share, up close tabs on how Universal's con- from the 16.8% it had at the half- troversial JumpStart program will year mark. impact sales. Indie distributors placed No. 1 in dropped classical, gospel, new age, music front -line wholesale pricing to $9.09 video and in placing albums on from $12.02. Retailers applauded Heatseekers. They were No. 2 in dis- that component of JumpStart but tributing catalog. are complaining about the reduced WEA dropped to third with a 17% THURSDAY: SET TO TAKE THE STAGE AT SOHO STORE IN NEWYORK profit margins under the program. share, above the 15.9% it had last While the 27.8% market share year at the nine -month mark but UMVD held in the first nine months below the 17.6% it had at the half- of 2003 is below the 28.5% it posted way point this year. last year, it is a tick up from the WEA was the No. 1 distributor of Live From Apple Stores 27.7% it held in the first six months hard rock and No. 2 in alternative of 2003. rock, soundtracks and deep catalog. In addition to leading in total and Rounding out the rankings, Musical Performances Drive iTunes Traffic, Provide Content current -album market share, UMVD's (Continued on page 37)

BY BRIAN GARRITY will be available exclusively for pur- Tower Records -is hosting the chase at the iTunes Music Store. event, is expanding the scope and Total U.S. Album Current U.S. Album NEW YORK -Apple Computer is The move is the latest sign that ambition of the in -store concept. Market Share Market Share now hosting artist in-store events nontraditional music sellers are "This is an opportunity to have a at its physical retail locations. playing a larger role in the music promotional event, do marketing By Distributor By Distributor And in a twist to the age -old promotion machine. and advertising for it, and on to of practice of having an artist appear The commerce element, coupled that, we get the opportunity to UNIVERSAL UNIVERSAL and play a handful of songs for the with the fact that Apple -and not monetize the content associated 27.8% _129.6%

crowd, Apple is selling the per- the likes of a Virgin Megastore or with it," Island Def Jam new-media 28.5 °% I 30.6% chief Larry Mattera says. formances online through its INDIES BMG iTunes Music Store. Sire/Warner Bros. teamed with f 17.3% 16.5% Latest case in point: Thursday Apple on a similar initiative for the and Thrice, a pair of new rock acts group Less Than Jake. The band 16.8% 16.8% from Island Records, are hyping an performed an in -store show July 11 WEA WEA

upcoming tour Oct. 15 with Apple at the opening of the Apple Store in Y' 17% 16.2% in-stores on two coasts. Santa Monica. 15.9% 114.1% Thursday will take the stage at the Apple has also hosted in -store INDIES Apple Store SoHo in New York. On performances by BT, OK Go and the BMG the West Coast, Thrice will play at Raveonettes. 14% 15% the Apple Store Third Street Prom- The performance was recorded 14.4% 15.6% enade, located in Santa Monica, and sold as an exclusive four -song SONY SONY Calif. Each performance will be at 7 EP, "Less Than Jake-Live From 13.9% 13% p.m. in their respective time zones. the Apple Store," through ¡Tunes. 16% 15.6% The shows kick off a highly antic- For Apple, such promotions are a Jan.-Sept. Jan.-Sept. 2003 2003 III ipated double -bill from the two way to drive traffic to its stores-which EMM EMM bands -presented by Alternative sell Apple computers and iPods and 10% Jan.-Sept. 19.8% Jan. -Se t. pick up exclusive content for Mines. - 2002 2002111 Press magazine and MTV2-which /I/ 8.5% begins Oct. 17 in Pennsylvania. Exclusives are proving to be a - EXCLUDES TITLES CONSIDERED TO BE CATALOG The music performed at the events THRICE: WILL PERFORM IN CALIFORNIA (Continued on page 37) SOURCE: NIELSEN SOUNDSCAN SOURCE: NIELSEN SOUNDSCAN

BILLBOARD OCTOBER 18, 2003 www.billboard.com 35 www.americanradiohistory.com Retail Import Distributor Sold; Two Veterans To Musicland Phantom Sound & Vision, Phantom, in Huntington Beach, zabek says the company is busy which was acquired Oct. 2 by Calif., imports products from negotiating further deals. National Baker& Taylor is a Super D, is the second U.S. import abroad, mainly "non- parallel" In Miami, Colonomos says MSI movies, distributor of music, distributor to change hands in the imports, which is industry jargon has "mutated into distribution, 3 service and bo)ks with past two months. for products not available here and handling labels such as Wagram centers and the deepest In August, Redux Records, the either officially or unofficially sanc- from France, for exclusive distribu- catalog n the industry. company started by Joe Bianco and tioned by the majors and independ- tion in the U.S. Anil Narang, acquired Musicrama. ent labels for distribution in the U.S. "We are proud of where we have N Customer care second to none. The other company in the tri- Phantom also func- umvirate that dominates this mar- tions as a one -stop for * 200,900 unique music. ket is MSI, which remains inde- certain niche genres, DVDand video SKU's pendent in the hands of owner such as alternative rock, on -hand. Retail Ben Colonomos. dance and metal. The purchase of Phantom, Beck says he was look- * Musk, Movies, Books which has annual sales of $25 mil- ing for a buyer with the from one source. lion, will push Super D's combined right strategic fit. Track.. total sales to about $80 million. 'We were looking for a Call us today at... Bruce Ogilvie, a principal in company with a strong By Ed Christman 1 -800- 775_2600 ext.2151 Super D, says Phantom owner and infrastructure, with an founder Randy Beck will stay on automated warehouse, so echrisfman @billboard.com board after the deal closes, as will that we can efficiently dis- Phantom's current marketing, tribute independent European prod- taken the company. When I sell, I sales and buying staff. uct here," he says. would look for a company with Phantom has about 45 employ- Phantom also has a strong Inter- synergy that can help take us to ,.. ees. Most will eventually move to net fulfillment business. the next level," Colonomos says. BIKER tc TAYLOR ivww.htol.com Super D, although Ogilvie says The Phantom warehouse cur- ì some jobs may be shed. The Phan- rently stocks about 30,000 titles and NEW MANAGEMENT: Musicland has tom warehouse will eventually be plans to expand that to 37,000 by added to its management team, consolidated into Super D. mid -November. Phantom has "the hiring Danny Yarbrough as vice most comprehensive database in chairman and Lew Garrett as pres- the U.S. of indie music from around ident of purchasing. the world. It has 174,000 titles in it Yarbrough, formerly chairman of Sony Music Distribution, has been working at Musicland for a month as a consultant. Yarbrough will be involved in Arc you with such corporate strategic initiatives the as e- commerce and supply -chain ;TOf? management solutions. He will also focus on developing new and AEC k the place to be proprietary products for the chain and will oversee vendor relations, The most experie.leed e. staff in th» rxitlstry according to a company statement. sa Like Yarbrough, Garrett is a Comhective Pricirtg longtime industry player, having spent most of his career at Camelot Over 2-3,000 titles on CE alone Music. From there, Garrett moved that we can source," Beck says. first to Valley Media, where he even- Complete selection c,f DvD and VHS He foresees growth in independ- tually became president, and then ent distribution, a role the compa- to Wherehouse Entertainment. Largest selection cf acc.cSSC.ries from all,' one-St(1i1 ny already plays for some European Garrett previously was the exec- labels. Some label deals are cur- utive VP at Wherehouse Entertain- ward winning weekl. nlag..lzineS -Wed and Z, bush: rently being negotiated, Beck adds. ment, which has just been sold to --- Ogilvie says Super D is mainly Trans World. Electror ic orders With our (e 'clisc, and online with ;®0©P,. servicing independent accounts and With these additions to a team some chains, while Phantom sells that already includes chairman Our Turn-Key lletai Wc't)site ScilutiOrl to such large chains and accounts Eric Weisman and president Mike . as Best Buy, Target, and Madden, as well as executives over- Alliance Entertainment Corp. seeing the three Musicland Super D's ownership structure is chains -Sam Goody, Media Play in a transition phase, as co- and Suncoast -some industry New Accounts C,all. founders David Hurwitz and Jeff execs wonder if Musicland has 800-635-9082 Walker will leave the company. become top -heavy. Pax: 954-340-7641 Ogilvie is in the process of buying But others point out that the or visitas on the wt`h at: out Hurwitz's share. depth and experience of the cur- While both parties declined to rent Musicland management «'ww.aent.com share details of the deal, sources shows that owner Sun Capital is say Super D is paying for Phantom serious in its commitment to the through a combination of cash, music industry. AEC Iccations: CD One -Stop. Bethel, ,T Bassi-i Distributors, Coral Springs, FL Abbey Road, LA Atlanta debt and notes payable to Beck. Some also think that the top - Philacélphia Los AngEles (3) Sacramento T-cuaand Oaks KW Mad son San Diego Charlotta Chicago M Iwaukee Denver Ccu nbus Nally Ile (21 Tampa /St. Pete Lake Tahoe Woodlaid, CA Meanwhile, Musicrama has heavy nature of management could branched out into independent dis- be a preparation for further invest- tribution, and president Mark Jar- ment in the industry.

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Consumers who love the high urban music and comedy titles. year. This deal will be continuing. pendent stores, an increase over UrbanWorks products, a mix of speeds and sweeping turns of The NASCAR deal is its largest "Given their relationship with 2001's $3.05 average. direct -to- video, comedy and chil- NASCAR racing can now drive to video endeavor thus far. Universal, Melee is positioned dren's titles, but will also feature their local Wal -Mart to find home Melee will spend $500,000 mar- very well to make this mass dis- URBAN GETS ATTENTION: Video major studio releases when entertainment titles that will rev keting the line, which Turner says tribution deal successful," rental chain Movie Gallery is turn- appropriate. their engines. will be carried at all major mass NASCAR Images president Jay ing the spotlight on urban videos "We have been working to edu- Thanks to a new distribution and chains. A TV spot touting the titles Abraham says. "We are also get- with the debut of "Urban Exclu- cate retailers on the viability of marketing deal between NASCAR will run on sports networks through ting a lot of positive feedback sives" sections at a group of 125 the urban genre for a while," Images and Melee Entertainment, a January 2004, and Melee is creating from retailers going into the holi- stores this month. UrbanWorks president Jeff Clana- NASCAR- produced line of home day gift -giving season." gan says. The company is in talks videos will be available at mass with several major retailers about retailers for the first time. BIG WIN FOR INDIES: It similar in -store programs. The relationship kicks off Oct. is not just the Block- UrbanWorks will be marketing 14 with the release of "NASCAR buster and Hollywood the sections through radio and TV Winston Cup 2002," priced at Videos of the rental spots and will also create special $19.98 on VHS or as a two -disc world that are reaping in -store display items. DVD set. Three other titles -"A profits because of con- This.. Movie Gallery may also debut Decade at the Brickyard," "Tony sumer demand for Hispanic-themed sections in the Stewart: Smoke" and "NASCAR DVDs. future, according to Innes. Winston Cup 2003" -will be avail- Independent video By Jill Kipnis able Dec. 16. Four to six new rental stores experi- [email protected] ON THE VIDEO BEAT: Disney's videos are expected annually. enced a 5% increase in Moviebeam video -on- demand Distributing a NASCAR line MK All average -store net profits last year, The Dothan, Ala. -based com- service launched last week in appealed to Melee president Bryan TURNER: NASCAR IS MELEE'S according to the 2003 Benchmark- pany has teamed with Urban - Jacksonville, Fla.; Salt Lake City; Turner because the sport has a LARGESTVIDEO DEAL ing Report that the Video Software Works Entertainment to stock and Spokane, Wash. The service "depth of brand penetration with Dealers Assn. released last week. and promote "Exclusives," which allows users to download movies 75 million fans." 1,000 48 -count DVD stand -up The report's conclusions are based will be part of the stores' new - to a set -top box ... Online rental Turner, the former president of displays for retailers. on a survey of more than 100 video release wall. company Netflix has reached Priority Records, formed Melee in A few NASCAR -produced titles, stores in the U.S. and Canada. "This is the first time that we have 1.29 million subscribers, up 74% conjunction with DreamWorks including "NASCAR Winston Cup The independents' increases are broken out a section for a specific since last year's third quarter . Records in February (Billboard, 2002," have been sold directly to a result of the lower wholesale demographic group," says Ted Inns, Pioneer Entertainment officially Feb. 8) to distribute specialty consumers or at specialty retailers cost of DVDs and an increase in senior VP of marketing for Movie changed its name to Geneon videos, films and music through through an existing relationship DVD rental prices, the fifth annual Gallery. "We are trying to address Entertainment after its Oct. 1 Universal Music & Video Distribu- between NASCAR Images and report states. A typical new -release what customers want." acquisition by Tokyo advertising tion. Its roster includes individual Shoreline Media Group in the past rented for $3.29 last year at inde- The sections will include company Dentsu.

It collects data for all formats and in the top half of The Billboard 200. 2.2 million albums; and Avril Lavi- the top spot, but the Warner Music configurations from retailers, rack In current -album market share, gne's "Let Go," which has scanned Group moves into second with UMVD Tops accounts and other merchants, UMVD's dominance is even more 1.65 million units. 18.3% when the Alternative Distri- including mail -order companies apparent. The company finished the No. 3- ranked WEA finished the bution Alliance market share is and online stores. The accounts that latest nine -month period with a 29.6% nine -month mark with a 16.2% included in its total. U.S. Album provide the information generate share, well above the 16.5% that the piece of the current -album pie, Similarly, Sony Music Entertain- 85% of U.S. music sales. No. 2 -ranked BMG accumulated. improved from 14.1% one year ear- ment climbs to No. 3 when RED's Based on this data, Nielsen UMVD also has the top -selling lier but below the 17.1% it had in market share is included in its total. Market SoundScan estimates totals for the album of the year to date, 50 Cent's the first six months of 2003. While EMI Recorded Music remains in last place, its market Continued from page 35 full market. "Get Rich or Die Tryin', " which has The independent sector collec- Nielsen SoundScan calculates scanned 6.07 million copies. tively ranked fourth with 15 %, share jumps to 11% when Caroline's current -album market share by Meanwhile, BMG Distribution while Sony placed fifth with 13% numbers are added. BMG Distribution placed fourth, counting sales occurring only with- has three of the top 10 albums this and EMM rounded out the ranking Excluding ADA, RED and Caro- with 14 %. That is down from in the first 18 months of an album's year: Evanescence's "Fallen," which with 9.8 %. line, the independent sector's mar- 14.4% last year but an improve- release (12 months for classical and has moved 2.5 million units; R. In looking at total market share ket share dips to 13.9 %, moving to ment over the 13.7% it posted in jazz), except for those that remain Kelly's "Chocolate Factory," with by parent company, UMVD retains the No. 5 spot; BMG is No. 4. the first six months of this year. BMG was the No. 2 distributor in current albums and gospel. Sony placed fifth in total album However, Mattera says that Island market share, with a 13.9% ranking, is as interested in building buzz for down more than two percentage Apple Stores the upcoming Thursday/Thrice tour as it is in points from 16% one year ago. Sony Continued from page 35 selling downloads. ranked second in Latin music. To that end, the events will be Finally, EMI Music Marketing videotaped, and the content will be (EMM) placed sixth, with a 10% share, main point of differentiation for streamed in QuickTime and avail- up from the 8.5% it had last year. commercial digital music services as able for free at apple.com/quicktime. White Plains, N.Y. -based Nielsen they compete against each other. In addition, an iPod digital music SoundScan assesses market -share They are also a way to compete player will be given away to one fan rankings based on point -of -sale with the content selection featured at each appearance. information. on free peer -to -peer networks. Island is creating a limited - "At this moment in time where we edition poster for each band /event are trying to kick-start this market, that fans will receive only at the Oct. these types of exclusives are impor- 15 shows at Apple retail stores. tant," Mattera says. "Certainly these performances are TO OUR READERS Mattera observes that the pairing going to appeal to core fans, but The Indies will return next of Thursday and Thrice with Apple hopefully it also helps spread the issue. was a good fit for all parties, given audience base by having these events that the bands have Web -savvy fans. at the Apple stores," Mattera says. THE PERFORMANCE SPACE AT APPLE STORE SOHO

BILLBOARD OCTOBER 18, 2003 www.billboard.com 37 www.americanradiohistory.com OCT200OBE3R18 Billboard® TOP VHS SALES. we W w Sales data compiled by Sales data compiled by 11 Nielsen ó Nielsen y TITLE VideoScan Principal _, p W . VideoScan LABEUDISTRIBUTING LABEL & NUMBER Performers > z s -

1 Week AtNumberl 1 TITLE Principal z 12' NUMBER ?VII HOLES a LABEUDISTRIBUTING LABEL & NUMBER Performers ¢ Shia LaBeouf 2003 PG -13 22.98 E BUENA á VISTA HOME ENTERTAINMENT 31679 Khelo Thomas BIONICLE: MASK OF LIGHT 2 Animated 2003 NR 19.98 NUMBER 1 1 Week AtNumberl BUENA VISTA HOME ENTERTAINMENT 29061 'e -.= SLEEPING BEAUTY 3 1 1959 G 14.98 1 DADDY DAY CARE (SPECIAL EDITION) Eddie Murphy BUENA VISTA HOME ENTERTAINMENT 29756 Animated COLUMBIA TRISTAR HOME ENTERTAINMENT 01713 PG 27.98 6 STITCH! THE MOVIE 4 3 2003 NR 22.98 BUENA VISTA HOME ENTERTAINMENT 27428 Animated HOLES ( WIDESCREEN) Shia LaBeouf 2 PG -13 2398 THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS Elijah Wood BUENA VISTA HOME ENTERTAINMENT 31662 Khelo Thomas 5 4 2002 PG -13 22.98 NEW LINE HOME ENTERTAINMENT/WARNER HOME VIDEO 06234 lan Kellen THE UZZIE MCGUIRE MOVIE 3 HOLES (PAN & SCAN) Shia LaBeouf 6 7 Hilary PG 22.98 PG -13 29.98 BUENA VISTA HOME ENTERTAINMENT 31460 Duff 2003 BUENA VISTA HOME ENTERTAINMENT 31925 Khelo Thomas CHICAGO 7 5 Renee Zellweger 2002 PG -13 24.98 ANGER MANAGEMENT (PAN & SCAN) Adam Sandler Ì:. BUENA VISTA HOME ENTERTAINMENT 30840 Catherine Zeta-Jones 4 1 PG -13 27.98 COLUMBIA TRISTAR HOME ENTERTAINMENT 01490 Jack Nicholson TITANIC (PAN & SCAN) B 8 Leonardo DiCaprio 1997 PG -13 34.98 PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT 54916 Kate Winslet SLEEPING BEAUTY Animated 5 3 G 29.98 PIGLETS BIG MOVIE BUENA VISTA HOME ENTERTAINMENT 29755 9 12 2003 G 24.98 BUENA VISTA HOME ENTERTAINMENT 31175 Animated BRINGING DOWN THE HOUSE ANGER MANAGEMENT (WIDESCREEN) Adam Sandler 0 10 Steve Martin 2003 PG -13 24.98 6 2 PG -13 27.98 BUENA VISTA HOME ENTERTAINMENT 29149 COLUMBIA TRISTAR HOME ENTERTAINMENT 10037 Jack Nicholson Queen Latifah KIM POSSIBLE: THE SECRET FILES 1 9 Animated 2003 NR 19.98 7 A MIGHTY WIND Eugene Levy BUENA VISTA HOME ENTERTAINMENT 31208 PG -13 2738 WARNER HOME VIDEO 77718 Catherine O'Hara SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS: HALLOWEEN 2 25 Spongebob c 2002 NR 12.98 NICKELODEON VIDEO /PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT876903 1 gBbob SQPans 5 THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (PAN & SCAN) Elijah Wood 8 PG -13 29.98 DORA EXPLORER - RHYMES AND RIDDLES NEW LINE HOME ENTERTAINMENT/WARNER HOME VIDEO 06354 Ian 3 14 THE 2003 NR 12.96 cKellen PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT 79053 Animated NEW SCOOBY DOO - SPACE APE AT THE CAPE BIONICLE: MASK OF LIGHT Animated 4 17 WHAT'S NR 14.98 9 4 I,T ARNEfl HOME VIDEO Animated 2003 BUENA VISTA HOME ENTERTAINMENT 29065 NR 29.98 THE WIGGLES: SPACE DANCING 5 13 The Wiggles 2003 NR 14.98 THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS ( WIDESCREEN) Wood HIT ENTERTAINMENT 02520 10 6 Eh PG -13 29.98 NEW LINE HOME ENTERTAINMENT/WARNER HOME VIDEO 06355 Ian McKellen CHEER! 6 19 2003 NR 14.98 VENTURA DISTRIBUTION 81122 Not Listed SMALLVILLE: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON Tom Welling 11 NR 64.98 MALIBU'S MOST WANTED WARNER HOME VIDEO 24255 7 11 2003 PG -13 19.98 WARNER HOME VIDEO 24683 Jamie Kennedy IT'S THE GREAT PUMPKIN, CHARLIE BROWN STITCH! THE MOVIE Animated Animated 1966 NR 12.98 12 7 PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT 153703 BUENA VISTA HOME ENTERTAINMENT 29411 NR 2998 A GIRL WANTS 16 WHAT Amanda 2003 PG 19.98 WARNER HOME VIDEO 24096 Bynes 13 9 A MAN APART Vin Diesel NEW UNE CINEMA/NEW LINE HOME VIDEO 06525 R 27.98 HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS Daniel Radcliffe 1 21 2002 PG 24.98 WARNER HOME VIDEO 23591 Emma Watson FAMILY GUY - VOLUME 2 Animated 14 10 NR 4398 JUNGLE BOOK 2 20TH CENTURY FOX 07939 1 15 2003 G 24.98 WALT DISNEY HOME ENTERTAINMENT/ BUENA VISTA HOME ENTERTAINMENT 22732 Animated DAREDEVIL BULLETPROOF MONK Chow Yun -Fat 23 BenAffleck 2003 PG-13 22.98 15 8 PG -13 26.98 20TH CENTURY FOX 07785 MGM HOME ENTERTAINMENT 04809 Sean William Scott Jennifer Garner LILO & STITCH 24 Animated 2002 PG 24.98 CHICAGO (WIDESCREEN) Renee Zellweger WALT DISNEY HOME ENTERTAINMENT / BUENA VISTA HOME ENTERTAINMENT 23988 16 12 PG -13 29.98 BUENA VISTA HOME ENTERTAINMENT 30700 Catherine Zeta-Jones CITY OF LOST TOYS 2003 NR 12.98 PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT 875413 Dora The Explorer IDENTITY John Cusack 17 13 R 27.98 WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN Meg Ryan COLUMBIA TRISTAR HOME ENTERTAINMENT 00539 Ray Liotta 1994 R 9.98 Lk BUENA VISTA HOME ENTERTAINMENT 54903 Andy Garcia

RIAA gold cert. for sales of 50,000 units or $1 million in sales at suggested retail. RIM platinum cerf for sales of 100,000 units or$2 m Ilion in at ANIMAL HOUSE: DOUBLE SECRET PROBATION EDITION (WIDESCREEN) John Belushi 19.98 sales suggested retail. 18 14 IRMA gold certi ication for a minimum of 125,000 units or a dollar volume of $9 million at retail released least $1 UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME VIDEO 21550 R fortheatricaIN programs, or of at 25,000 units and million at suggested retail fo nontheatrical tides. IRMA platinum certification for a minimum sale of 250,000 units or a dollar volume of $18 million at retail for theatrically released pro- grams, and of at least 50,000 units and $2 million at suggested retail for nontheatrical titles. © 2003, VNU Business Media, Inc. and Nielsen VideoScan. All rights reserved. SIMPSONS - THE COMPLETE THIRD SEASON Animated 19 18 THE NR 4398 20TH CENTURY FOX 06970 CTOBER 16 2003 Billboard T P DVD TM CORE (PAN & SCAN) RENTALS Hilary Swank Rentals" .. 20 15 THE PG -13 29.98 - - TITLE Top Video based on transactional data, provided by the *to Software Dealers Assn from mere than 12.000 wdea rental stores. Principal PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT 56684 Aaron Eckhart r.e _ LABEUDISTRIBUTING LABEL & NUMBER ÌMK 13,SSEMTiALS Performers THE LIZZIE MCGUIRE MOVIE Hilary Duff 21 21 PG -13 29.98 BUENA VISTA HOME ENTERTAINMENT 31491 t NUMBER 1 2 Weeks At Number 1 m ANGER MANAGEMENT Adam Sandler pG 1 1 -13 CORE ( WIDESCREEN) Hilary Swank COLUMBIA TRISTAR HOME ENTERTAINMENT 106137 22 16 PG -13 2198 Jack Nicholson PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT 34674 Aaron Eckhart 2 DADDY DAY CARE Eddie Murphy pG COLUMBIATRISTAR HOME ENTERTAINMENT 01713 CASPER (WIDESCREEN) Christina Ricci 23 pG 19.98 UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME VIDEO 23794 3 HOLES Shia LaBeouf Bill Pullman pG -13 BUENA VISTA HOME ENTERTAINMENT 31662 Khelo Thomas MAUBU'S MOST WANTED (PAN & SCAN) 24 17 Jamie Kennedy CORE Hilary Swank pG WARNER HOME VIDEO 24684 PG -13 27.98 4 3 -13 PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT 34674 Aaron Eckhart

IDENTITY John Cusack R CONFIDENCE Edward Burns 5 2 25 11 R 26.98 COLUMBIA TRISTAR HOME ENTERTAINMENT 00539 Ray Liotta LIONS GATE HOME ENTERTAINMENT/TRIMARK HOME VIDEO 09486 Rachel Weisz A MAN APART 6 5 Vin Diesel R NEW LINE CINEMA/NEW UNE HOME VIDEO 06525 26 23 CHICAGO (PAN & SCAN) Renee Zellweger BUENA VISTA HOME ENTERTAINMENT 32417 PG -13 29.98 Catherine Zeta -Jones BULLETPROOF MONK Chow Yun -Fat 4 PG -13 MGM HOME ENTERTAINMENT 04809 Sean William Scott MALIBU'S MOST WANTED ( WIDESCREEN) Jamie Kennedy 27 20 PG -13 27.98 WARNER HOME VIDEO 279% i8 6 MAUBU'S MOST WANTED Jamie Kennedy pG WARNER HOME VIDEO 27998 -13

4.? FAMILY GUY - VOLUME ONE Animated BRINGING DOWN THE HOUSE Steve Martin 28 28 NR 4198 pG -13 FOXVIOED 2006%I BUENA VISTA HOME ENTERTAINMENT 32238 Queen Latifah

HUNTED Tommy Lee Jones R THE 10 10 29 26 SIMPSONS: TREEHOUSE OF HORROR Animated PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT 39724 Benicio Del Toro 20TH CENTURY FOX 00699 NR 14.98

THE MATRIX Keanu Reeves or 30 R 24.98 CT 18 WARNER HOME VIDEO 17737 Laurence Fishburne Billboard' T VH RENTALS TM ce Top Video Rentals Is based ontransact'oval data provided o y the AdaVid Software Dealers Assn from more than 12 000 video rental stores. SEASON 2 Kiefer Sutherland ' TITLE Principal 31 24 24: NR 69.98 20TH CENTURY F00 07929 á LABEUDISTRIBUTING LABEL & NUMBER QSse I rÁLS Performers

32 ,' SHOGUN (COMPLETE MINI -SERIES) Richard Chamberlain NUMBER 1 -:Vrt 2 Weeks At Number.] PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT 54984 NR 9398 1 ANGER MANAGEMENT Adam Sandler PG -13 COLUMBIA TRISTAR HOME ENTERTAINMENT 10034 Jack Nicholson THE HILLS HAVE EYES Bobby Houston 33 1 R 29.98 ANCHOR BAY ENTERTAINMENT 12577 DADDY DAY CARE Eddie Murphy pG COLUMBIA TRISTAR HOME ENTERTAINMENT 10031

ANIMAL HOUSE: DOUBLE SECRET PROBATION EDITION (PAN & SCAN) John Belushi HOLES Shia LaBeouf 34 31 R 1198 pG -13 UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME VIDEO 11823 BUENA VISTA HOME ENTERTAINMENT 31679 Khelo Thomas T,4 CORE Hilary Swank PRINCESS BRIDE Cary Elwes 3 pG -13 35 PG 1198 PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT 34673 Aaron Eckhart MGM HOME ENTERTAINMENT 02362 Robin Wright A MAN APART Vin R 5 5 Diesel DOWN THE HOUSE (WIDESCREEN) Steve Martin NEW UNE HOME ENTERTAINMENT/NEW UNE HOME VIDEO 06524 36 30 BRINGING PG -13 2198 BUENA VISTA HOME ENTERTAINMENT 32238 Queen Latifah IDENTITY 6 2 John Cusack R COLUMBIA TRISTAR HOME ENTERTAINMENT 00537 Ray Liotta THE BOONDOCK SAINTS Willem DaFoe 37 39 R 14.98 BRINGING DOWN THE HOUSE Steve Martin FO VIDEO 2002807 7 6 PG -13 BUENA VISTA HOME ENTERTAINMENT 29149 Queen Latifah CASPER (PAN & SCAN) Christina Ricci BULLETPROOF MONK Chow Yun -Fat pG 38 PG 19.98 8 4 -13 UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME VIDEO 23795 Bill Pullman MGM HOME ENTERTAINMENT 04807 Sean William Scott 9 MALIBU'S MOST WANTED Jamie Kennedy PG -13 FIDDLER ON THE ROOF Topol WARNER HOME VIDEO 24683 39 G 1998 MGM HOME ENTERTAINMENT 10025E6 THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS Elijah Wood .110 8 PG -13 WARNER HOME VIDEO 06234 Ian McKellen BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE Michael Moore R 26.98 40 33 MGM HOME ENTERTAINMENT 68822 IRMA gold cero, atlon for a minimum ofin/MOunfs or a dollar volume of 6miaun at retail forea,mcal/y released programs, or of at Weft 25.000 - suggested retail for nondseamcal odes. '1,. IRMA platinum ertificagon tar a mmmum sale of 250100 units r a dollar Mote of 618 million at retail for Neatrualty released programs, and of at least 00000 tins and E2 nain a. -Metter Mies n E03, VNU Business Media, Inc All rights r served.

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UNITED KINGDOM / EUROPE /alsa ASIA / JAPAN / AUSTRALIA / AFRICA / CANADA In Canada, Web Expands hole As A&R Resource

BY LARRY LeBLANC divided by musical genre and the type of deals acts are seeking. TORONTO- Canadians are jump- Registrants can listen to streamed ing aboard the Internet bandwagon, MP3 clips and view artist profile seeking new ways to showcase pages. music online. "We primarily wanted to stream- The Canadian Independent Record line the process by which we get Production Assn. (CIRPA) recently music to A &R," says Jason Klein, an launched an A &R "listening booth," associate at the law firm. Music Industry Network Canada "We wanted to allow A &R to go (MINC), at minicanada.com. [into the site] at their leisure as Canadian artists can register on the opposed to sending MP3s around," site for free and upload biographies, Klein adds. "We've had 20 to 25 A &R visual images and people sign up to date; sound clips that can be most are not Canadian." "streamed" from the The site also includes site's A &R Lounge. general business infor- The MINC site will mation. send automated e-mails Canadian artists and to Canadian radio-cur- independent labels gen- rently available only to erally operate online university and college sites where interested radio -notifying music parties can access MP3 programmers of new ad- downloads, music/video ditions every week. streaming or online To date, 1,370 artists ordering of music. A SCENE FROM THE TV ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN THAT USES 'KISSIN' TIME' AS ITS SOLNDTRACK have registered for the Many artists want a service, which began Web site to maintain a in June. competitive marketing "We link artists' Web edge, says Web designer Sony Ericsson Takes sites into the A &R Lounge," Toronto - Kevin Leflar, president of In Dimensions Time' based MINC informational services Entertainment Group in Toronto. coordinator Anna Maria Russo says. "With most artists, their record Faithfull Tune Is Featured In Mobile -Phone Campaign Registered artists have access to an comes out and there's a wave of pub- event calendar and a 12,000 -entry licity that brings people to their site," BY ADAM HOWORTH London-based advertising agency BBH chose the music industry directory. Leflar says. "It's important that you sang as the theme for Sony E °icsson's 50 million euro "There is also a funding 'match- immediately present something peo- LONDON -EMI U.K. subsidiary ($57.47 million; worldwide cam - maker,' which is a starting point on ple are interested in. If they don't find Hut Records and EMI Music Pub- paign. Mike Smith, senior VP of A &R researching [government] funding," what they want, they go away quickly." lishing are banking on the launch at Faithfull's publisher, EMI Music, Russo says. One example of In Dimensions' of a 21st -century mobile -phone ad calls the campaign "the kind of mar - MINC is funded by the Foundation approach is the 4- year -old Blue Rodeo campaign to raise the profile of an keting that woulc cost an enormous to Assist Canadian Talent on Records, home site (bluerodeo.com). It carries artist whose image is inextricably amount of money." which is supported by the state and comprehensive information about linked with the 1960s. Canadian broadcasters. Blue Rodeo but also features discus- "Kissin' Time" by Marianne Faith- WEIGHING SALES IMPACT The site also has the backing of the sion forums and links to some 20 full, who made her recording debut But Lcndon -based Hut managing Canadian Academy of Recording Arts domestic and international acts. in 1964, is the soundtrack to a global director Dave Boyd remains cautious and Sciences, the Canadian Country "Blue Rodeo puts out one record TV advertising campaign for Sony about the sales impact it could have. Music Assn., the East Coast Music every 18 to 24 months, and that's not Ericsson's new T610 mobile phone. "We're waiting to see what's going to Assn., the Western Canadian Music enough activity to keep people corn- The song is the title track from happen," Boyd says. Nevertheless, Hut Alliance and nine provincial music ing back," Leflar says. Faithfull's 2002 album on Hut (re- is lcoking to weigh the odds in its favor. industry associations. "People who like Blue Rodeo share leased in the U.S. on Virgin America). "I've commissioned a remix from Toronto -based law firm Cassels other interests, and we want to facil- It featured collaborations with several Jacknife Lie [who has worked with Brock & Blackwell also recently itate all of those. The fact they may contemporary alternative rock acts, Eminem and Missy Elliott] and Free - launched an A &R- oriented Web also like 0 Susanna or Great Big Sea including Beck, Pulp, Blur and Billy lance Hellraiser [the Strokes, Christi- site. The password -protected site, is relevant. We want to keep them Corgan. Blur's DamonAlbam co-wrote na Aguilera], and _t's fantastic," he says. musiclaw.ca, gives A &R support to [using the site] so that when Blue "Kissin' Time" with Faithfull. FAITIFULL: AD COULD RAISE HER PROFILE (Continued on page 46) its clients. Rodeo's next record comes out, we The A &R section of musiclaw.ca is know how to get to them."

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BY CHRISTIE ELIEZER man of ARIA, says this relationship has been showed that most consumers do not view those important "in light of the rapid changes that activities as illegal. -When this country's music business the industry faces. For instance, further devel- The sales growth of pirated physical CDs to 9% leaders convene Oct. 21 for the annual Aus- opment of digital laws and piracy laws is of the music market, according to ARIA, remains tralian Record Industry Assn. (ARIA) Awards at required in the very near future. Our closer worrisome. The music market also must con- the Sydney Superdome, the conversation will communications have also involved increased front such challenges as the loss of retail shelf likely focus on two topics. direct dialogue with key ministers." space in music retailers and department stores First, will the ARIA Awards prove compelling ARIA's first survey addressing file sharing and (Continued on page 42) enough to boost the morale of the business and CD burning, released in July, bolsters its lure future sponsors to the show? arguments for a review of the digital Second, and more important, will the music copyright legislation taking place this market avoid last year's 10% fourth -quarter year. The association played a key slump that saw sales drop $60 million Australian role three years ago in the pas- ($41 million) compared with the fourth quar- sage of that legislation. The ter of the previous year? survey set off alarm bells as Most label executives say they are taking pre- it showed greater file -shar- ventive action now against mediocre holiday ing and CD- burning sales, such as planning lengthy TV campaigns activity than expected for the Australian summer, which begins Dec.l. among Australian Australian record labels and retailers get a consumers. And it double shot at sales after the Christmas rush. The summer festivals - for indie to chart abroad. New acts have broken through music, Vibes on a Summer Day for dance, Worn - at home, aided by a supportive retail climate and adelaide for world music, the Tamworth Coun- looser playlists at commercial radio. The 2001 try Music Festival and the Port Fairy Folk Festi- launch of Nova, a third major commercial val-are instrumental in breaking new acts. radio network, has prompted greater com- Despite a 4.2% rise in CD sales value during petition to expose new acts. the first six months of 2003, the market has On other fronts, publishers are finding remained flat for the year to date. new songwriters, labels are sharpening "The strength in sales year-to -date was driv- their marketing techniques and dance and en primarily by significant volume of hit releas- urban music has expanded, thanks to inde- es and DVD growth," says George Ash, manag- pendent labels working in those niches. ing director of Universal Music Australia. "The Music DVDs were an important growth mar- strength of Australian artists was a significant ket, worth about 7.1% of the overall DVD factor in this market's relative strength to the market last year, according to research rest of the world." company GfK Marketing Services, gen- Australian talent -, Kylie erating an extra $55 million Australian Minogue, the Vines, Silverchair, Puretones, the ($37 million) for the music industry. Androids, Jet, Holly Valance, Motor Ace, Alex "We've remained positive about Lloyd, Kasey Chambers and George -continues what we're trying to achieve," Warn- er Music chairman Shaun James says about the market's buoyancy. "There is still focus on artist development."

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www.americanradiohistory.com These are not woras wh ch find their way into compositions, written or musical. Special Report But they are cor epts which artists, musicians, actors, sportspeople, and their associated technicians and managers should be mindful of if they Goodrem, who had a series of chart - those acts through 2004. The compa- their incomes wish to maximize and topping singles and an album in Aus- ny cites Kasey Chambers, who has minimize :heir costs and tax obligations. Up What's tralia and the U.K., with releases in sold 500,000 units worldwide of her We have, over tie past 28 years, Continued from page 40 Europe, and Asia. The second album, "Barricades and Brick - established a global network of legal and teen singer /songwriter is currently walls," as an example. Labelmates Alex Accounting accourting specialists who work with us to nonmusic products, particularly receiving treatment for cancer but is Lloyd, the Sleepy Jackson, Gelbison Taxation to address and resolve all financial or taxatior issues which will confront the DVD movies; the closure of live music expected to return next year, and and new garage -rock signing Daugh- Merchandising entertarer or sportsperson during venues; the erosion of the independ- releases are planned for the U.S., Cana- terboy Jao have picked up interest in Royalties his/her career. ent retail sector and heavy discount- da, Japan and Latin America. the U.K. and Europe. Audits Our list of entertainer clients worldwide, ing by mass merchants. The Sony indie crossover trio Some- EMI streamlined its sales, market- in both the music and film industries, is Many executives deride the quick ing and promotional teams and set up Contracts formidable and simply attests to the GST fix of creating pop acts from TV a dedicated team for digital offers and extent of the confidence and trust they shows, a strategy that has temporar- Many execs deride copy control. It plans to launch its own have placed in us over time. ily boosted sales in other markets. the quick fix download site by year's end. We are always ready and able to assist "It puts the industry back 20 years of "We expect profits from its first in protecting your interests while in you and gives the wrong impression of year to be in single digits," managing Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and creating pop acts what we're about," says Michael Parisi, director John O'Donnell acknowl- South East Asia. We wile also refer you to the most approprate professionals to managing director of Festival Mush- from TV shows. edges. "But that income should triple address any fiscal /tax matter which may room Records (FMR). 'The only people as the market expands, with other arise while working in the USA, the UK, who win, ultimately, are TV stations." companies entering." or Europe. thing for Kate, which toured the U.S. Warner Music, which brought its LEADING SUCCESSES and Europe, is another global priority. publishing arm back into its head- Among the majors, Universal Sony had chart success with indie quarters to collaborate on projects, widened the diversity of its domestic acts Lo -Tel, 1200 Techniques, Jerk and remained the market leader for music PP ROSEBY Contact: Michael Roseby roster. It broke such new acts as pop Killing Heidi and debut releases from DVDs. Its acts continued to work the Michael Waters singers Candice Alley, Amity Dry and Pete Murray, Jerk, David Campbell and global market. Hard -rock band Pacifi- KgROSNER Gerarda McKenna Anita Spring and continued its suc- Sandrine. It developed its DVD prod- er toured the U.S., Tim Freedman r YOUNG cess with veterans Powderfinger and uct range, added a fourth DVD -manu- found strong airplay in France, singer/ CERTIFIED PRACTISING ACCOUNTANTS Level 3, 199 Toorak Road, (PO Box 131) Tex Perkins. The company is aiming facturing line, collaborated with Sony songwriter Shane Nicholson toured South Yarra 3141, at international markets with these Corp.'s electronics, movie and hard- Canada and pop singer Sophie Monk , Australia acts and such talents as rock band ware divisions on promotional oppor- and dance duo Pnau saw chart action Telephone: 61 3 9827 3366 and new signing Fur tunities and set up a Sony Expo mid- in the U.K. and Europe. Facsimile: 61 3 9827 7888 Patrol. Universal also opened a new year to attract retailers. Androgynous act Mandy Kane, Email: [email protected] state -of- the -art Universal Music & EMI, whose domestic roster makes which had a top 20 debut, has interest Video Distribution center. up a substantial 26% of its business, from Warner affiliates in the U.S., the Ac=ountants International Taxation Advisors Tax Agents Sony's strong year was led by Delta will continue to seek new markets for (Continued on page 43)

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and outsourced its major campaigns successful DVD division, Kaleidoscope, What's Up to ad agency Dare. and its move into the compilation "It's thinking out of the box," Parisi market paid off: the "Barbie" CD, Continued from page 42 says, adding that its Girls of Summer released in conjunction with Mattel campaign, focusing on six female acts, Toys, sold 500,000 units locally. U.K. and Japan. Urban act Jeremy Gre- will be its biggest to date. As of Sept. 1, This has been a strong year for Aus- gory signed with Warner Bros. in the FMR releases are distributed through tralia's music publishers. Combined U.S., and rock band Magic Dirt will Warner Music, and the company plans revenue for APRA and the Australasian concentrate on the U.S. and Europe a download Web site for early 2004. Mechanical Copyright Owners Society behind its "Tough Love" album. FMR chairman Roger Grierson is (AMCOS) were up 10% to $132.4 mil- BMG strengthened its A &R, mar- spending most of his time abroad to set lion Australian ($90 million). Perfor- keting and promotion. It left behind up overseas releases for FMR acts. The mance income has increased more than the BFM distribution agreement it had Puretones sold 200,000 units in the 5% to $106 million Australian ($72 mil- with FMR and became a client of EDC, U.K. of their No. 2 single, "Addicted to lion), while mechanical income is up an SONY MUSIC AUSTRALIA CHAIRMAN/CEO DENIS HANDLIN PRESENTS the distribution system set up by the Bass," while Machine Gun Fellatio, the impressive 32% to $26.3 million Aus- A SALES AWARD TO DELTA GOODREM other major labels, reducing its own Androids and the Datsuns also cracked tralian ($18 million). sales force as a result. the U.K. charts. Rock bands George and APRA CEO Brett Cottle says the area-worth more than $1 million As the music industry moves into John Farnham remained EMI's Motor Ace have sold 25,000 each in association is also working to keep its Australian ($680,000) this year-is also 2004, the mood remains positive yet biggest local artist, selling 260,000 Japan. Next year, FMR will focus on expenses down. "Our effective payout having a significant impact. cautious. Executives are aware of the copies of his album "The Last Time" breaking debut singer /songwriters rate of 84 cents ($.57) on the dollar for On the broadcasting front, the challenges as well as the opportunities without major radio support. But the Amiel, Daniel Meriwether and Chloe domestic collections is just about the music industry wonders if radio's sup- resulting from new technologies. What company also expects to sell CDs and Lattanzi the daughter of Olivia New- world's best practice and something port for new acts will increase in 2004, is particularly exciting, industry ob- DVDs through its association with the ton-John) in the U.S. we're very proud of." considering that new radio licenses are servers say, is that independent artists local version of the "Pop " TV series. The Shock Music Group reshuffled AMCOS does not collect mechanical up for auction in major cities. One pos- increasingly have as great a chance for its Australian division to include royalties from the majors, under a sibility is that the new Nova radio net- success as those on major labels. Such CURRENT STRATEGIES greater collaborations with such out- negotiated agreement, so it has aggres- work will expand its presence. indie acts as the Whitlams and the Waifs BMG Australia managing director side labels as Rubber Records and Red- sively sought new income sources. For Dean Buchanan, group program can outsell artists signed to the majors, Ed St. John is confident that new sign- line Records. example, it previously negotiated director for Nova parent DMG Radio, inspiring their indie peers. ings Duncan James and Mercury4 will "We are seeing a rebirth in terms of licensing revenue agreements with says the music industry has become Veteran manager/publisher John make waves overseas through 2004: "I great, small independent labels who educational institutions for everything more "reactive and vibrant" as a result Woodruff, who saw his act Gar- want to get them right in Australia are delivering great artists," Shock from the use of music in intranets in of Nova's arrival, with more new tracks den sell 20 million copies worldwide, first, but they've been received well by CEO Charles Caldas says. "Our universities to photocopying in schools. and ideas getting exposed. But Aus- says: "Never before has there been more our overseas affiliates." changes in that regard are an attempt That will produce almost as much rev - tereo CEO Michael Anderson argues of a level playing field for indie acts both Among the market's key indie com- to maximize the success of these labels enue as mechanical revenue from the that everyone will flock to where the here and abroad, and more choices in panies, FMR combined its interna- by supporting and being more in- independent record sector. New busi- revenue is, "so there will be slight terms of distribution and getting an tional and domestic marketing teams volved with them." Shock expanded its ness in the mobile -phone ring -tone alternatives and no true diversity." audience, than there is right now."

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2 2 WHITE FLAG (GUI 10 /03/03 beyond Italy, with Germany and Scan- DIDO CHEEKWARISTA 3 3 NEVER LEAVE YOU-UH 00H, UH OCCH! SINGLES AUSTRIA dinavia as early targets. MARK WORDEN LUMIDEE MCA AICHA 4 4 BREATHE OUTLANDISH ARIOLA BLU CANTRELL R SEAN PAUL ARISTA COOL KIDS OF DEATH GREEK ROOTS: German recording 2 WHERE IS THE LOVE? (AUSTRIAN INS. AUSTRIA TOP 40)10/06103 5 5 PAPA CHULO ... TE TRAIGO EL MMMM BLACK EYED PEAS FEATURING JUSTIN TIMBERUVIE MM LORNA SCORPIO/EPIC WHEN WE WERE WINNING artist Vicky Leandros emphasizes her 6 6 HEY OH BRODER DANIEL DOLORES TRAGEDIE UP MUSIC "Cool Kids of Death 2" reportedly has al- Greek roots on `Vicky Leandros Sings CROSSES 1 WHITE FLAG 7 11 SWEET DREAMS MY L.A. EX JOSE GONZALES IMPERIAL DIDO ARIOLA ready outsold its predecessor.' We're less Mikis Theodorakis" (BMG Ariola RACHEL STEVENS POLYDOR WHITE FLAG 3 WHERE IS THE LOVE? punkish in our attitudes on this one, but Munich). Produced by John Groves, 8 NEW LA BAMBA DIDO ARISTA BLACK EYED PEAS FEATURING JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE ARM STAR ACADEMY MERCURY ALBUMS 2 MARIA (I LIKE IT LOUD) it doesn't mean that we're not still re- the album includes songs in both 9 THE MAGIC KEY SCOOTER VS MARC ACARDIPANE EDEL ONE -TA COOL -T POLYDOR NEW BO KASPERS ORKESTER belling against all the shit made in German and Greek, including the VIIKATROR VI ATT VI AR COLUMBIA NEVER LEAVE YOU-UH OOH, UH 10 I BEUEVE IN A THING CALLED LOVE 6 000H! THE DARKNESS MUST DESTROY PER GESSLE LUMIDEE MCA Poland," singer Krzysztof Ostrowski peace anthem "Inni," which Mikis 111 MAZARIN CAPITOL HOT MOVER SINGLES 4 IN THE SHADOWS says. Largelygely overlooked by Polish radio, Theodorakis wrote in 1947. Leandros 3 NEW STING THE RASMUS PLAYGROUND SACRED LOVE ARM NEW 1 Cool Kids has won apowerful fan base by began singing German songs at age 12 SUNDOWN S CLUB POLYDOR 4 CHER ALBUMS THE VERY BEST OF WARNER SPECIAL MARKETING touring and sharing with fans a critical 13. She won the Eurovision Song 14 17 AB IN DEN SUEDEN 1 NEW ROBBIE WILLIAMS BUDDY VS. DJ THE WAVE WARNER MUSIC AUSTRIA 5 IRON MAIDEN LIVE SUMMER 2003 CAPITOL 111 DANCE OF DEATH EMI attitude toward the 20 28 OCEAN 2 NEW DIE ARZTE THIERRY CHAM POLYDOR GERAEUSCH HOT ACTION political establish- 22 41 UNROCKBAR DIE ARZTE HOT ACTION/UNIVERSAL 3 NEW DIDO ment. 'They certainly SWITZERLAND LIFE FOR RENT ARIOIA 25 36 LIKE GLUE don't compromise, SEAN PAUL ATLANTIC STING SACRED LOVE ARM and that's what has ALBUMS (MEDIA CONTROI SWITZERLAND) I0/0303 Global 3 LIMP BIZKIT made them a signifi- NEW DIDO SINGLES RESULTS MAY VARY INTERSCOPE LIFE FOR RENT CHEEKY/ARISTA 1 WHERE IS THE LOVE? cant force," BMG PEAS t 2 STING BLACK EYED FEATURING JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE ARM head of A&R Pawel SACRED LOVE ARM WHITE FLAG Pulse. DIDO ARIOLA 3 NEW ROBBIE WILLIAMS Jozwicki says. UVE AT KNEBWORTH CHRYSAUS 3 NEVER LEAVE YOU-UH 00H, UH OCCH! BELGIUM/FLANDERS 4 MUSE LUMIDEE MCA ROMEK ROGOWIECKI ABSOLUTION EAST WEST WRAPPED /HOY 3 LIMP BIZKIT GLORIA ESTEFAN EPIC 111 Nigel Williamson, Editor (PROMUV1110/30/03 RESULTS MAY VARY INTERSCOPE BREATHE TOWNSHIP HIT: [email protected] 6 5 NICKELBACK BLS CANTRELL FEATURING SEAN PAUL ARIOLA THE LONG ROAD ROADRUNNER SINGLES Mxolisi Lokwe, aka ALBUMS EVANESCENCE 1 WHERE IS THE LOVE? MXO, a 24-year -old FALLEN WIND -UP/EPIC 1 NEW STING BUCK EYED PEAS FEATURING JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE ARM SACRED LOVE ARM E NEW DIE ARTZE 2 NEVER LEAVE YOU-UK 00H, UH 000H! from the Kwa -dwesi township in Port Contest in 1974 with "Aprés Toi." She GERAEUSCH HOT ACTION/UNIVERSAL 2 NEW GLORIA ESTEFAN LUMIDEE UNIVERSAL UNWRAPPED EPIC Elizabeth, is causing a stir in South has since sold 40 million records 12 R. KELLY 3 MUSE 7 WHITE FLAG THE R IN MB COLLECTION VOL 1 JIVE NEW ABSOLUTION UNIVERSAL DIDO CHEEKY/ ARISTA Africa. With a unique blend of Afro - worldwide and worked with such pro- 6 IRON MAIDEN DANCE OF DEATH CAPITOL 4 NEW NICKELBACK 3 IK WOU DAT 1K JOU WAS THE LONG ROAD ROADRUNNER VELDHUIS R KEMPER CAPITOL centric acoustic folk and hip-hop, ducers as Vangelis, Michel Legrand 5 FLORIAN AST MXO's "Sista Kunjani" -from his EP and the late Mort Schumann. Lean- VOLTRAFFER -THE BEST OF BMG 4 ALLEMAAL WIM SOUTHER ARIOLA "Another Day" (Unity Recordings, dros has upcoming TV appearances i ALBUMS by BMG Africa) distributed -is get- scheduled and a concert with the 1 VARIOUS EUROSONG FOR KIDS CAPITOL ting across -the -board airplay. "I'm Klassik Philharmonie Hamburg. A COMMON CURRENCY 2 HELMUT LOTTI just playing the music that comes European tour covering key German POP CLASSICS IN SYMPHONY PIET ROLLEN MXO 4 DIDO naturally to me," says. The cities, London, Paris, Brussels, Ams- UFE FOR RENT CHEEKY /ARISTA result is a sound that stands apart terdam, Vienna, Zurich and Athens is 3 K3 from the kwaitolurban R &B of most scheduled for early 2004. EWE WEINERT A weekly scorecard of albums simultaneously attaining top 10 chart status OYA LE LE STUDIO 100 in three or more leading world markets. 23 HOOVERPHONIC of his peers. A full -length album is SIT DOWN AND LISTEN TO COLUMBIA Repertoire owner: B: BMG, E: I: due in late 2003. DIANE COETZER PLANET FLAMENCO: EMI Virgin EMI, Independent, Sony, U: Universal, W: Warner i Spain released another wonderful ALICE IN RAIY Alice, aka Carla Bissi, compilation of new flamenco record- ARGENTINA began recording in the 1970s and has ings in September, with crossover ARTIST penned much of her own work. But on appeal to fans of world music and USA JPN UK GER FRA CAN SPN AUS ITA NTH (CAPIF109/30/03 her latest offering, Spanish traditional styles. " Territorio DIDO ALBUMS 1 3 1 2 9 1 2 ' Viaggio in Italia," Flamenco" gathers 10 of the finest Life for Rent (8) NEW ALEJANDRO SANZ NO ES LO MISMO WARNER released by NuN flamenco voices in Spain and covers Entertainment tango, bolero and some improbable LIMP BIZKIT 2 NEW PABLO TAMAGNINI 6 5 PABLO TAMAGNINI UNIVERSAL Results May Vary (U) and distrib- pop songs. Estrella Morente offers 3 LOS NOCHEROS ESTADO NATURAL EMI uted by " Nostalgias," Rancapino sings the MUSE 4 CHAYANNE Edel, Cuban classic "Besame Mucho" and 5 3 6 SINCERO SONY Absokrtio;, .. Alice Diego Carrasco renders "Hello Dolly." 5 BERSUIT VERGARABAT OE LA CABEZA CON BERSUD VERGARABAT UNIVERSAL covers Sting is represented twice, by Angele, NICKELBACK 8 1 8 6 EVANESCENCE 14 15- year-old daughter of renowned The Long Road (U/I) FALLEN SONY guitarist Tomatito, singing "Every 7 EMANUEL ARIAS STING ALMA/CON POSTER WARNER Breath You Take," and La Susi, who 7 4 10 1 5 8 CACHO CASTAÑA tackles "Roxanne." Also included are EN VIVO EPSA MUSIC 9 VICENTICO new tracks by such major flamenco ROBBIE WILLIAMS "^ VICENTICO BMG `` 2 2 3 stars as Miguel Poveda, José Mercé, Live at Knebworth (E) 4 10 ERREWAY TIEMPO SONY Remedios Amaya and Carmen Linares. HOWELL LLEWELLYN

RII IRAADrI AlTARCD 1M -)nn) AL www.americanradiohistory.com Gbbal Italy's SCF Pacts With PPL NEWSLINE. THE INTERNATIONAL WEEK IN BRIEF International Rights Deal Is First Of Its Kind Universal Music Australia shed 22 staffers Oct 1. The BY MARK WORDEN can see how much annual revenue this agreement will move was made to `remain competitive and effi- generate, but indie artists and labels will benefit the cient," managing director George Ash says. Among MILAN -U.K. collecting society Phonographic Perfor- most," Nevrkla says. those axed were product and marketing manager mance Ltd. (PPL) has signed a reciprocal agreement with Bob Croucher, national publicist and promotions its Italian counterpart, Societa Consortile Fonografici (SCF). EYEING SETTLEMENTS manager David Jayes, head of dance A&R Grant SCF will represent U.K. labels in Italy for broadcast and SCF and PPL are considering terms for a settlement of Kearney, national publicity manager Marlene Mifsud monies owed prior to 2003. SCF, which was founded in 2001, and strategic promotions manager Paul Minshull. has been aggressively pursuing settlements through negoti- No cuts are expected from Universal's artist roster. ation and litigation with Italian broadcasters, Chiodaroli says. CHRISTIE ELIEZER "We still have a lot of catching up to do," he says. SCF collected 15 million euros ($17.3 million) in 2002, com- Belgian independent label PIAS has signed a distribution deal with U.K. pared with the 76 million euros ($124 million) PPL col- label Echo, a division of Chrysalis Group. The deal covers continental lected last year. Europe. Echo's catalog was previously distributed in Europe by the But the British market is bigger, and PPL was founded in Netherlands-based Roadrunner group. Echo's catalog includes titles by 1934, Chiodaroli points out. "Broadcasting collection in Italy electronica act Moloko and alternative rock band Feeder. Pinnacle is more or less in place," he says. remains the label's U.K. distributor. LARS BRANDLE "But in public performance -particularly areas like supermarket background music-we still have a lot of work Warner Music U.K has signed a ring -tone distribution deal with Orange, the to do. Our revenue figure could be doubled." U.K.'s leading mobile -phone operator. The agreement initially makes reper- Other societies that have agreements with PPL include toire by Blazin' Squad, Dannii Minogue, the Streets, Morcheeba and the GVL in Germany, AVLA in Canada, PPCA in Australia and Darkness available for Orange customers as monophonic and polyphonic SCPP in France. ring tones. The deal also covers Master Tones, or ring tones that sound like actual recordings. Orange customers can access the tones and related NEW REVENUE STREAM graphics through Internet portals on their handsets. "As technology devel- In the U.S., Nevrkla says negotiations are in progress with ops, we see this important new relationship developing to include more Webcast royalty collection group SoundExchange over rights music formats, such as streaming video and full -length downloads," Warner arising from the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998. Music International media development manager Matt Rennie says. Other CHIODAROLI, LEFT, AND NEVRKLA: REC.'PROCAL DEAL "More traditional performance copyright isn't covered Warner acts are expected to make their recordings available soon. public performance, while PPL will collect royalties in by American law," Nevrkla notes. JULIANA KORANTENG the U.K. on behalf of SCF members. The deal takes effect Both Nevrkla and Chiodaroli view the collection of these Jan. 1, 2004. "neighboring" rights as an increasingly important revenue Ministry of Sound (MoS) has struck a U.K. distribution deal with Universal SCF president Gianluigi Chiodaroli says the pact is the source for the industry. Music U.K. Universal will distribute all MoS labels and joint ventures, includ- first the Italian group has made, but he hopes to develop Nevrkla says, "I see sales [of physical product] as being in ing Data, Decadance, Eat Sleep, Incentive, Inspired and simplyred.com. MoS an international network. irreversible decline. Manufacturing will disappear from had previously been distributed by TEN, a joint venture of Warner Music London -based PPL chairman/CEO Fran Nevrkla was in Europe, and the economy will be based on products of the U.K. and Sony Music Entertainment U.K. MoS sales operations are handled Milan to sign the deal, which is the society's 13th recipro- heart and mind, such as patents, software, design, fashion, in -house and by 3MV. MoS has 13 TV- advertised compilation albums sched- cal international agreement. movies, literature and music ... Copyright is the founda- uled for U.K. release in the fourth quarter. LARS BRANDLE "We have to wait until collection is in place before we tion for that type of economy."

Babylon Zoo ( "Spaceman" on EMI), Sony Stiltskin ( "Inside" on White Water) and Mr Oizo ( "Flat Beat" on F Com- Music DVDs Buoy Oz Sales munications) all reached No. 1 on the singles chart after being featured in BY CHRISTIE ELIEZER 1.5 million units. Value climbed single. It drives albums, and it helps Ericsson ads for Levi's jeans. acts. All TV music shows According to BBH account director 105% to $25.2 million Australian you break - Continued from page 39 SYDNEY-Music on DVD was the ($17.2 million). and most radio programs -base their Richard Thomson, "The TV work for savior of the Australian music market ARIA CEO Stephen Peach describes playlists on the top 40." the T610 campaign was designed to in the first half of 2002. the increase as "a shift in what people An example is the domestic suc- Hut is testing reaction to the remix exude `effortless cool.' The casting, the The overall recorded music market are spending cess of Sony Music Australia teen at U.K. radio and may repack- choreographed movement grew 5.3% in value, to $260.4 million their money on, artist Delta Goodrem. Combined age the album with the remix, of the phone [in the ad] and Australian ($174.4 million), from rather than a shipments of Goodrem's first three one unreleased song-Sly & the music all needed to work $247.3 million Australian ($165.6 mil- growth in the singles hit 430,000 copies. That Robbie's remix of "Sex With together -this track had all lion) in January-June 2002. market" paved the way for the release of her Strangers" -and the promo the elements we needed." The trade shipment figures are for In its report, "Innocent Eyes" album, which video of the latter. The campaign launched the six months ended June 30, which ARIA cites down- climbed to No. 1 on the ARIA sales U.K. release dates for the in Asia in August and is run- were issued by labels body the Aus- loading and file charts and has shipped 420,000 units repackage and single will ning in Europe, the Middle tralian Record Industry Assn. (ARIA). sharing for the since its release in May. The album depend on retail reaction: East and Africa, with Latin Meanwhile, album shipments rose drop in singles was No. 1 on the album charts for the "We're relying on people and North America to follow. 4.2% in volume to 19.6 million units, shipments. But week ended Oct. 4. going into the shops and ask- Neither the label nor the with value up 2.5% to $221 million industry insiders Peach agrees that Goodrem's suc- ing, `What's that song off the publisher would disclose the Australian ($150.6 million). PEACH: `INCREASE are keen to pre- cess boosted local repertoire in the advert ?' " Boyd says. financial details, but Hut will The traditional audio market REFLECTS SHIFT' serve the for- first half of 2003, when domestic titles receive a recording rights fee remained flat, however, as a result of mat "No one in accounted for 18.7% of the market, FOCUS ON THE RECORD while EMI will get licensing a drop in singles sales. Australia makes money out of singles," compared with 16.5% in January- Smith calls the campaign "a good and performance income. Singles were down 17.3% to 4.7 BMG Australia managing director Ed June 2002. opportunity to bring back attention to Thomson says BBH is currently million units in the first half, while St John says. Universal Music Australia man- a terrific record. Advertising in many reviewing its contracts. value fell 25.4% to $14.6 million Aus- "But Australians feel strong attach- aging director George Ash calls the ways now plays the role of radio. There "We are thinking of how BBH can tralian ($9.9 million). ment to singles," he continues. strong showing by Australian are so many TV and radio networks that structure the music deals differently so In contrast, shipments of DVD They're cheap, and you can't replicate artists "a significant factor" in the they fragment the audience." that the label, the client and BBH gain and video music titles rose 126% to the experience of falling in love with a market's performance. BBH has a strong track record in more from the success of the cam- the U.K. with placing music on TV ads: paign," Thomson says.

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BY JEFFREY DE HART fred has started an independent artist man- slack. And the Melodifestival, the Swedish the musical landscape. What's next from agement and consultancy company. Former preselection heat for the Eurovision Song the mystical land that gave the world STOCKHOLM- Trends in music change and Warner Music Sweden chief Sanji Tandan Contest, retains its popularity, providing ABBA and Roxette and Cheiron Studio hits players come and go, but Sweden remains has launched s56 Recordings. Bonnier the industry with a promotional window from Ace of Base, Backstreet Boys and one of the top markets in the world in Amigo Music Group and Border Music Dis- between run -off event and Eurovision. Britney Spears? exporting musical creativity. tribution have picked up some of MNW's But as the marketplace changes, so does How? It delivers songs -in abundance. ROCK LOOKS PROMISING Yet despite the multititude of talent and Industry observers point to continued top -selling albums by such mainstays as the success in Europe and abroad by such acts Cardigans, Roxette's Per Gessle and Tomas as the Cardigans, Robyn, A *Teens, the Ark, Ledin, Sweden's business of late has suffered , Mando Diao, Lutricia McNeal, Esko- along with the rest of the global music bar, Jay -Jay Johanson and Robert Wells. In industry. addition, acts like Kent, Moneybrother and During the first six months of this year, Fireside have had Scandinavian success. Swedish consumers bought 10.9 But the great noise on the interna- million units of music worth tional scene in recent years is com- 560.6 million kroner ($70.2 mil- ing from Swedish rock acts, most lion), a 14.8% decline over the notably the Hives, but also such same period the year before, promising contenders as Sound- according to Grammofonlever- track of Our Lives, Sahara Hot - antörernas Förening (GLF), the nights and the Sounds. local affiliate of the Interna- Tandan, managing director of tional Federation of the Phono- s56 Recordings with two rock graphic Industry. acts -Her Majesty and Thomas In contrast, as recently as Rusiak -on his newly founded three years ago, for the full label, says that such rock acts as year of 2000, Swedes snapped the Hives "are spearheading up 28.8 million units of music what could be the next wave of worth 1.64 billion kronor Swedish export." ($165 million), according to Tandan says the U.S. music the GLF. industry is impressed by the As a result of the downturn, quality of these acts and their labels have shaken up their long -term potential. operations and executives. Uni- "The more the other artists versal Music replaced Gert grow and the more successful Holmfred with M$rten Aglan- they are, the more aware inter- LAMBRETTA. NEW der. MusicNetWork Records Group national A &R executives are of (MNW) slashed its staff from 100 -plus ALBUM WILL Swedish music," he says. employees to eight and dropped its entire FEATURE TWO Some claim this generation of distribution arm. TRACKS BY HITMAKER young rockers are the tip of the MAX MARTIN But some bright spots remain. Holm- (Continued on page EQ -2)

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a major in a small territory than if importance of an escape clause." you are on an independent label or Case in point: Soundtrack of Sweden get direct contract with a major Our Lives. "They are with Warner, Continued from page EQ -1 [label in the U.K. or the U.S.]" and in the U.S. Warner didn't pick Martin Ingeström, managing it up, so Universal did. When they guide proverbial iceberg. "You can go out couldn't get to Warner, we took it every single night in Stockholm, together with their management Malmö or Gothenburg and see a to see what we could do in the BILLBOARD good rock band," says Leif Käck, States," Ingeström says. EUROCHART senior VP/director of A &R for Sony Another local band successfully Top 10 Albums Music Nordic. breaking out into the larger world (Jan 1. to Sept. 26, year to date) He points to two new bands in is Lambretta. Hans Desmond, particular: the 21st Century Noise, managing director of Warner/ 1.Robbie Williams "Escapology" Chrysalis recently signed by Sony, and Chappell Music Scandinavia, 2. Norah Jones "Come Away With Me" Blue Note Sugarplum Fairy. points to this Universal act that 3. Avril Lavigne "Let Go" Arista Sugarplum Fairy, according to scored big in Germany. A new 4. Eminem "The Eminem Show" lnterscope Murlyn Songs managing director album is due this fall with a major 5. Justin Timberlake "Justified" Jive Pelle Lidell, is the subject of a bid- push in that country. 6. Evanescence "Fallen" Wind -up/Epic ding war in the U.K. "Interscope is part of the proj- 7. Linkin Park " Meteora" Warner Bros. "The band is absolutely destined ect right now, and they have heard 8. Coldplay "A Rush of Blood to the Head" Parlophone for big things," he says. "First and the demos, met the band and 9. Christina Aguilera "Stripped" RCA foremost, they can write songs, they're really enthusiastic, but 10. Shania Twain Mercury they know how to perform, they're they haven't committed yet," young and [they] look fantastic." Desmond says. Top 10 Singles Lidell describes the band as the The new Lambretta album, like (Jan. 1 to Sept. 26, year to date) Hives with a Ramones -like attitude its predecessor, will feature two 1. Eminem "Lose Yourself" lnterscope meets Oasis and . tracks by hitmaker Max Martin. 2.T.a.t.u. All theThings She Said" Interscope Käck says another trend is that "Max Martin was in a hard rock 3. Blue & Elton John "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" InnocentNirgin now U.K. industry figures come to band before he went to do pop 4.50 Cent "In Da Club" Interscope him with Swedish demos they have directorNP or Nordic countries for music," Käck comments. He says 5. Evanescence Feat Paul McCoy "Bring Me Life" Wind -up/Epic received. Universal Music Publishing, sees that Swedish production/songwrit- to 6. Robbie Williams "Feel" Chrysalis "That is happening more now," the logic. "It's better to be free and ing powerhouses "can change, do 7. Las Ketchup "Asereje/The Ketchup Song" Columbia he says. "They're going to London sign to another label, or if you different stuff; that's their strength." a DJ Bobo "Chihuahua" Hansa/RCA/DJ BoboNogue and New York to present new stuff signed to a major, have the free- To some, it is obvious that the 9. Alphonse Brown "Le Frunkup" Up Music and getting direct deals. It's hard- dom to sign with another label. pop -based work for ex- Cheiron and 10. Panjabi MC "Mundian to Bach Ke (Beware of the Boy)" Superstar er to break out if you are signed to Everyone is understanding the (Continued on page EQ -4) The guide to the world of Swedish Hit Musk!

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not stuck in specific genres." year, and we're 25% ahead of our People are looking for adventurous Sweden Lidell of Murlyn Songs says the budget estimate this year." and new ideas. I'm happy with it lull isn't affecting his business. Murlyn has a massive team of now. I don't know if the money is Continued from page EQ -2 "My phone still rings with major songwriters; Anders Bagge is at the the same, but I was never in it for labels wanting our songs," he top of the heap. the money anyway." Cheiron- inspired producer /song- explains. `We're in very good Andreas Carlsson, co- founder of Generally speaking, however, writers is drying up. To others, the Location, has been in Los more and more Swedish acts are those producer /writers are moving Angeles writing with Paul Stanley choosing to record in their native on. Tandan observes the teams are `People are looking for for a solo album. Carlsson also tongue. "If you look at the climate in not as busy this year as last. adventurous worked with on the Sweden now, it's dominated by local - Ingeström claims the trend is band's last and upcoming sets, met language product," Käck says. shifting away from pop, and and new ideas.' with for ideas on a "That's common for all of Europe." Desmond says they will focus more new album and has the next Clay A major exception to the trend on Europe. -ANDERS HANSSON Aiken single, "Invisible." will be a new album from former Anders Hansson of Eclectic Stu- ABBA star Agnetha Fältskog, due `NOT STUCK IN SPECIFIC GENRES' shape, and we intend to grow, just dios has Cher's "A Different Kind out early next year. Lars Karlsson, managing director like we've done over the last four of Love Song" on her hits album, Still, Hans Desmond comments, of BMG Music Publishing Scandi- years. We haven't felt a decline as well as four tracks on Alcazar's "Now there is a lot of focus on navia, says, "Swedish songwriters basically because we don't involve recent set and hits with other local talent. If you look at the and producers are very skilled in ourselves too deeply into the teen artists in Germany, Holland and Swedish chart, 65% is Swedish - creating melody -driven songs thing. If I look at an old forecast, France. He is working on a project oriented material, it's not interna- dressed in different styles. They are we had a record- breaking year last with Alexander Bard -the brain- tional. I think it's the same thing in many countries right now. I also child behind and honestly believe that we have had Alcazar- called BWO (Buttocks the peak of the Cheiron -/Max Mar- Without Organs). tin -type of situation." "There was a time when a lot of Sanji Tandan observes: "Music is people were producing following a a cyclical industry, and this is one format invented by Cheiron -by of the many cycles. But what it is, Denniz Pop and Max Martin -and is a good hook irrespective of musi- a lot of people, including us, cal genres, and that's what is going -roc copied that format. You can't do to thrust Swedish production Let's that anymore," Hansson says. teams and songwriters moving for- "The business itself is going ward. Pop is reinventing itself con- through a little bit of trauma and stantly, and it has to. The good the world together! reorganization, and everybody is thing about pop is it's a song -a confused about what's happening. hook -and a voice, and that's what But I feel it's an exciting period. it's always going to be about." Don't miss out on two great events focusing on Swedish music this fall: ExMSHits 10 Years

October 2 8 Tribeca Grand Hotel, New York. It is celebrating its 10th year of Under its managing director, operation, but Export Music Sweden industry veteran Christer Lund - Join us for an informal networking event featuring panel discussions, (ExMS) nonetheless faces an uphill blad, ExMS is basically a one -man cocktail reception and showcases. Moderated by Billboard Magazine. battle in its mission to promote the operation. Yet it has earned a nation's popular music abroad. good reputation for its promo- > Read more and register on www.swedeninfo.com /musicseminar The brainchild of Roland Sand- tional savvy, which includes run- berg, executive director of the ning music seminars with panel Swedish Music Information Center discussions and hosting festivals (part of the Swedish performing - featuring Swedish bands in the November 26"27Mondo, Stockholm rights society STIM) and former U.S., U.K., Japan, France, Canada Come and meet the Swedish music business on its home turf! and at home. The ExMS fall schedule, avail- E A two -day seminar and showcase event featuring 22 hot, able at exms.com, includes a sem- X up- and -coming acts from Sweden and the UK. inar /showcase Oct. 18 in Tokyo P with Swedish bands Melody Club, > Read more and register on www. accessallareas. se o the Whyte Seeds and Ceasars and R a seminar Oct. 28 in New York in T i1i17 A] conjunction with Johan Brunk - M U S i C S W E D E N vist, the Swedish consulate in New York, hosted by Billboard contributor Fred Bronson and To keep presently updated on the Swedish music scene, visit music executive Jonas Sjöström, featuring performances by to -be- www. exms. corn ExMS initially took charge of such announced bands. annual industry trade fairs and On Nov. 26 -27, an event called events as Midem, Popkomm and Access All Areas will be hosted in South by Southwest. Stockholm with the British Coun- It also published quarterly pro- cil, including performances by 17 motional newsletters and provided Swedish acts. EXPORT MUSIC SWEDEN (ExMS) AB the local industry with opportuni- "This is the best that Sweden can ties to export music and the inter- offer right now," Lundblad says. BOX 27 327 SE -102 54 STOCKHOLM SWEDEN TEL. +46 - 8 783 88 00 FAX +46 - 8 783 95 10 e -mail exms @stim.se Web site http: / /www.exms.com national community with the "Many are unsigned bands that can means to access the music itself- be picked up by anyone." tasks that continue today. JEFFERY DE HART

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BY PAUL SEXTON Valencia Biennale in Spain. further international attention is Street Entertainment), when Beyond's penned tracks that closes with a cover EMI has its own Italian star back in beginning to accrue already in Thai- previous deal with BMG lapsed. Blondie of Gil Scott- Heron's "Home Is Where LONDON -Italy's Nek had his "Best active service. Tiziano Ferro-who, land and extending across Europe, has a continuing international fan base, the Hatred Is." Renshaw was born in Of' album released in his home coun- according to the label, sold 850,000 notably with an October TV special in especially in the U.K., where the 1999 Australia but moved to London when try Oct. 10, marking 10 years since the copies of his debut album, "Relativo Poland and a tour early in 2004. single "Maria" reached No. 1. After she was 2. start of his multi -platinum career. Rosso," in Europe and 100,000 more It may be surprising to see Blondie recent tours of Australia and Japan, a Melua, born in Georgia in the for- Each of his albums has not only in Latin America- has just released in a European Quarterly, but the vet- European tour starts late this month. mer U.S.S.R. and raised in Ireland, is been recorded in Italian but also Span- the new single "Perverso" as a taster eran pop new -wave act has a busy quar- Sony puts Blondie's career record sales a graduate of the Brit School in south ish, and WEA Italy estimates world- for his sophomore set, "Ill." It will be ter concentrating on Europe, following worldwide at 40 million. London, where she was noticed by wide sales of the label catalog at close released Nov. 7 in continental and the Oct. 6 release on Epic of its new Two "adopted" Englishwomen on veteran English writer /producer Mike to 4 million units. The retrospective eastern Europe and in Latin America. album, "The Curse of Blondie." At press indie labels with notable fourth -quar- Batt. National AC broadcaster BBC includes two new singles, "Almeno Swedish -based indie Playground time the set did not have a confirmed ter releases are Fiona Renshaw, on Radio 2 has been supporting her Stavolta" and "L'Anno Zero," plus Music is enthusiastic about the U.S. release, but it falls under the terms Sirkus/Square Peg, and Dramatico's jazz and blues- inflected album, progress of Finnish rock band Negative. of a deal struck by Sony Music Inter- teenage discovery Katie Melua. Ren- "Call Off the Search," due Nov. 3, Founded late in 1997, the quintet's sin- national in 2001 with the now -defunct shaw's "Love in a Bubble," released and Melua has already been signed gle "Moments of Our Love" is certified Beyond label, headed by Allen Kovac Oct. 6. in the U.K., showcases her un- for U.S. live representation by the gold there (5,000 units sold), and the (now the band's manager, at 10th usual, smoky tones on a set of self- William Morris Agency. album "War of Love," released locally in March, arrives in Sweden, , Denmark and Russia Oct. 29. The label sites comparisons of Negative to Hanoi Rocks and Social Distortion. "Negative [has] the elements of being the next big rock act from Fin- land," says Playground head of inter- national John Cloud, who believes the band could echo the success of HIM NEK: MARKS 10-YEAR ANNIVERSARY or the Rasmus. He adds that Play- ground is seeking a licensing partner three rerecordings from his early for the world outside Scandinavia, Latin Grammy Winner Fonit repertoire. Russia, Italy and Japan. "International has always been a pri- In an ever-crowded U.K. pop mar- mary focus in the development and ketplace that includes fourth -quarter Best New Artist Awarc promotion of Nek's records," says Paolo releases from InnocentNirgin's Blue De Toma, GM of WEA Italy. De Toma and Atomic Kitten, BMG's Westlife adds that the album has been released and Will Young, V2's Liberty X, Poly - in Germany, France, Austria and dor's S Club 8 and others, Universal Switzerland -all supported by promo- Island's flagship is the second album tional appearances by Nek -and there by Busted. is a confirmed European tour in Janu- ary/February 2004. A focus on Latin territories will follow, with a Spanish version of the set due in March. George Dalaras, a major star in his native Greece for some 30 years, has overseas activity this month, which will include a live appearance at the celebrated London Palladium Oct. 12, then shows in Australia. As he contin- ues to promote Hellenic culture abroad, Dalaras will build on career sales that EMI estimates to be 11 mil- lion albums -some 2.5 million of them in the U.S. and Canada-with an ambitious new album being prepared for 2004. To be recorded in Africa, The male trio became a chart resi- probably in Senegal in Youssou dent with its self-titled debut, which N'dour's studio, it will have an inter- produced four top three singles and is national flavor, with guest musicians now triple -platinum for shipments of and artists from around the world. 900,000, prompting Universal to claim Dalaras is not the only Greek star Busted as the second -best -selling taking international strides this quar- British band of 2003 so far, behind ter. Academy Award -winning com- Coldplay. Its second album, untitled poser /instrumentalist Vangelis has at press time, is due Nov. 24, preced- "Odyssey- Definitive Collection" set ed by the single "Crashed the Wed- for release Oct. 27 by Universal. The ding." Busted has a 21 -date arena tour 18 -track retrospective covers his solo of the U.K. set to start Feb. 26. career during the past 30 years, Swiss -born Patrick Nuo crossed The Rcwarc For A Harc Jo including such signature themes as the border to the German charts in "Chariots of Fire" and "Blade Runner." March with his debut single "5 Days," The album also contains the new com- following it with "Reanimate" in Congratulations::: position "Celtic Dawn" and the previ- August and a recent top 15 sales ously unreleased theme from the debut in Germany for his album "Wel- UNIVERSAL. Greek movie "Cavafy." In the lead -up come" (Warner Music). The title track p. to the retrospective, Vangelis had 70 will be Nuo's next single, to be of his paintings exhibited as part of the released in December. Meanwhile,

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46A www.billboard.com BILLBOARD OCTOBER 18, 2003 www.americanradiohistory.com f ro ' udio Lancken Back To Lead RtÎrlight DREAM Team BY CHRISTOPHER WALSH DREAM array of products, opted to continued. Obviously, a lot of the de- DREAM Series software version 3.1, also multi -format audio brings into the post - exhibit at the 111th AES in Decem- velopment was lingering from the introduced at AES, including enhanced production, music and film industries," NEW YORK-Australia -based Fair - ber 2001 after the Sept. 11 terrorist old company, but you will see user interface and additional file format Lancken says. "One of our key objectives light, revitalized by returned CEO attacks forced the convention's post- that a reinvigorated company gets up and system openness, such as fader con- was to develop our products so that mul- John Lancken, will unveil several ponement and dramatically dimin- and starts to move quickly. We're trol of the Pro Tools and Nuendo plat- tiple formats can be produced simulta- new products at the 115th Audio ished exhibitor participation. neously. It was a central design feature Engineering Society Convention Lancken, displeased with what he in the DREAM family when it started. Oct. 10 -13 at the Javits Convention described as a disconnect between "Broadcasters are now having to Center here. the company and its customers, had produce programs that need to be An early participant in the develop- left Fairlight in December 2001. simulcast in both stereo and 5.1," he ment of digital audio equipment, Shortly after that the company was adds, "with a production budget Fairlight, founded in 1975, will exhib- placed under control of administra- which is still the same. Our tech- it the DREAM Constellation, a large - tor Giles, Woodgate and Co., and nology has been specifically de- format digital console. Its price starts Lancken acquired the company's signed to cope with that problem. at approximately $110,000. intellectual property. Constellation is branded specifically DREAM Constellation is the lat- Earlier this year, under the admin- for that purpose." est addition to the DREAM (Digital istrator's control, most of the staff was In addition to the DREAM family Recording, Editing and Mixing) fam- dismissed (Billboard, May 3) and of integrated products, Fairlight ily of digital audio workstations, Lancken returned as CEO. continues to offer the Merlin digi- mixer /editors and consoles. The Since then, the recently reinvigo- tal multitrack recorder, the Prodi- DREAM Constellation replaces the rated Fairlight moved into new head- gy2 post -production system and DREAM Console, introduced two quarters May 19 in a Sydney suburb. MediaLink audio server. years ago at the 111th AES Conven- Products, Lancken says, were ship- The DREAM Station, an editing and tion, also in New York. ping one week later. FAIRLIGHT'S DREAM CONSTELLATION CONSOLE mixing system, is now known as Fairlight's recent history illustrates "We're actually ahead of projec- DREAM Station Plus. the indomitable spirit of the company tions," he says. "We're really happy. adding developments to the DREAM forms. The console is also 7.1- channel Lancken says, "We've taken its capa- and its CEO. The important thing for us is, whilst family, in particular the new prod- surround sound -ready. bilities from 56 channels to 144. In The manufacturer, which rein- we've been shipping the existing uct, Constellation." "One of our objectives is to find clever every [product], we have increased vented its product line with the product family, development has The Constellation console features ways to deal with the challenges that channel capacity."

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An abundance of new hardware introduction is the announcement nificantly adds to a system's pro- announced Impact, a plug-in opti- Pro Tools 6.2 TDM software (which and software products will be of the first installation, at Galaxy cessing power. Digidesign has also mized for the Accel PCI cards with now ships with all HD systems). unveiled at the 115th Audio Engi- Studios in Mol, Belgium. Galaxy neering Society Convention Oct. also took delivery of the first con- 10 -13 at the Javits Convention sole specifically made for DSD Center in New York. (Direct Stream Digital) produc- OCT Most of these products, if not tion -the process employed for 001a .3 BSI ... :..D .ÇTIQP C ! EDITS the Super Audio PR

CD- earlier BILLBOARD'S NO. 1 SINGLES (OCTOBER 11, 2003) this year. Also at AES, CATEGORY HOT 100 R &B COUNTRY RHYTHMIC TOP 40 MAINSTREAM TOP 40 Studio Sennheiser and TITLE BABY BOY BABY BOY REAL GOOD MAN BABY BOY SHAKE YA TAILFEATHER Neumann Artist/ Beyoncé Beyoncé Tim McGraw/ Beyoncé Nelly, P. Diddy & Murphy Producer Featuring Sean Paul/ Featuring Sean Paul/ B. Gallimore, T. McGraw, Featuring Sean Paul/ Lee/ microphones (Label) S. Storch, B. Knowles S. Storch, B. Knowles D. Smith S. Storch, B. Knowles J. Bridges Monitor will be used in (Columbia) (Columbia) (Curb) (Columbia) (Bad Boy/UMRG) hourly demon- RECORDING STUDIOIS) HIT FACTORY HIT FACTORY ALLAIRE STUDIOS (Neve HIT FACTORY BASEMENT BEATS strations of 5.1- (Location, (New York) (New York) Room) (New York) (St. Louis, MO) Engineer(s) SOUTH BEACH STUDIOS SOUTH BEACH STUDIOS (Shaken, NY) SOUTH BEACH STUDIOS DADDY'S HOUSE By Christopher Walsh channel record- (Miami) (Miami) Julian King (Miami) (New York) - ing techniques Pat Thrall, Carlos Bedoya Pat Thrall, Carlos Bedoya Pat Thrall, Carlos Bedoya Jason "Jay E" Epperson, [email protected] Stephen Dent by Denver radio KUVO's CONSOLES)/ SSL 9000 J, Pro Tools SSL 9000 J, Pro Tools Neve 8068 SSL 9000 J. Pro Tools Neve VR, SSL 4000 G, station DAWIS) ProControl ProControl ProControl Pro Tools specifically designed for the chief engineer Mike Pappas, using MULTITRACK Pro Tools Pro Tools Pro Tools Pro Tools Pro Tools application, will address sur- Count Basie Orchestra recordings RECORDERISI/PLAYBACK round -sound recording and mix- he made in February. MEDIA ing, a well -established medium Digital audio workstation (DAW) RECORDING Pro Tools Pro Tools Glyph hard drive Pro Tools Pro Tools among audio professionals if not product announcements are sure MEDIA consumers. to be plentiful. Guitar Center, a MIX DOWN STUDIOSI HIT FACTORY HIT FACTORY RECORD ONE HIT FACTORY DADDY'S HOUSE Digital Theater Systems (DTS) musical instrument/pro audio (Location) (New York) (New York) (Sherman Oaks, CA) (New York) (New York) Engineer(s) Tony Maserati Tony Maserati Mike Shipley Tony Maserati Paul Logus, P. Diddy will demonstrate and discuss the chain, will announce a new part- technology company's CAE -5 nership Oct. 10. Given the rate at CONSOLE(S)/ DAMS) SSL 9000K SSL9000K SSL 8000G+ SSL 9000K SSL 4000G and CAD -5 encoder/decoder for which recording, editing and mix- MIXDOWN Studer A820 Studer A820 Ampex AIR 100 Studer A820 Pro Tools DVD authoring and broadcast, ing software-and their respective RECORDERIS) /MEDIA for example. hardware interface products -are MIX DOWN EMTEC 900 EMTEC 900 Ouantegy900 EMTEC 900 Seagate hard drive MEDIA Meanwhile, API Audio, known flying off the shelves of such retail- STERLING SOUND SOUND MASTERLING LAB STERLING SOUND STERLING SOUND for analog consoles, will debut its ers, Guitar Center's announcement STERLING - (Location) (New York) (New York) (Los Angeles, CA) (New York) New York) Vision surround mixing console on will likely concern the DAW realm. Engineer Tom Coyne Tom Coyne Doug Sax, Robert Hadley Tom Coyne Chris Athens the exhibit floor. The Vision con- And Digidesign, manufacturers CD /CASSETTE SONY SONY WEA SONY UMVD sole combines API's analog circuit- of the Pro Tools DAW platform, will MANUFACTURER ry with new multichannel features. exhibit HD Accel, a new PCI card 20 3. VNU Business Media, Inc. All rights reserved. Hot 100, R &B & Country appear each week; Mainstream Rock, Modern Rock, Rap, Adult Contemporary. Dance Club Play, and Dance Simultaneous to the console's for Pro Tools HD systems that sig- Sales rotate weekly. Please submit material for Production Credi s to Keith Caulfield,Telephone 323-525 -2297, Fax 323 -525 -2394 or 323 -525-2395, kcaulfield @billboard.com.

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Call now to receive your send your best 3 -song demo (CD only, non- tainly never had the cash to do it with. that agree to grant academic credit To position your luxury real estate property FREE information. returnable) and photo to: Most of the people who come here, when to students in return for program partici- Crossover Entertainment for sale, rent or commercial lease call: Talent 2000 pation for one semester. We seek candi- they get here, they've burnt out every- P.O. Box 1678 dates with proven records of leadership They have no place else to go." 800 -499 -6395 a Atlanta, GA. 30371 Mark Wood Real Estate Manager at body. and achievement who demonstrate the In recent years, much of MAP's sup- capacity for continuous development. (661) 270- 0798/18001 223 -7524 Candidates should be comfortable with port has come from the Recording quantitative analysis and take a creative you can also fax (6461 654 -4612 Industry Assn. of America. The trade yet pragmatic approach to problem HELP WANTED or email Billboard @musician.org group contributed a $2 million grant solving. Also important is the ability to in 1996, and in 1999 it gave the organ- work collaboratively. Additionally, candi- Reach all the movers & shakers every dates must have strong computer skills in- ization another $500,000. RIAA, Director, Entertainment Industry cluding Word, Excel, Access and week through the pages of Billboard Fields says of the "They still We are seeking candidates for a unique, high visibility, director level position PowerPoint. If this sounds like an oppor- work really hard for us, but they tunity you are interested in exploring, for our client in the entertainment industry. - A force in the music /entertainment couldn't guarantee the funding." please send your resume to: pro- Ideal candidate will possess a BA /BS degree with an MBA a plus. Will be a [email protected] industry for over 100 years MAP also received 25% of the Award seasoned team oriented professional with proven management and supervisory EOE. Due to the large volume of ceeds from the annual Grammy resumes received, we will only contact To review rates and nominees CD. The total derived from skills, diplomacy and the demonstrated ability to interact well with staff, visit billboard.com candidates of interest. No calls, demographics those sales ranged from a high of senior management and outside entities. The ability to influence others, build no agencies please. and click classified $786,000 to a low last year of $248,000, strong and lasting relationships and act as a strategic partner to the senior according to Arnold. management team. The work is very exacting and requires analytical skills Anonymous industry donors have with focused attention to details and accuracy. Music industry experience a NOTICES /ANNOUNCEMENTS also floated MAP, but contributions definite plus. ebb and flow through the years. For consideration, please email your resume to: infoll @wentco.com As a result, MAP has been forced GET READY FOR THE HOTTEST ISSUE OF THE YEAR! to downsize. Fields says, "We've cut back this BILLBOARD'S "YEAR IN MUSIC" 2003 year, in terms of our staff [and] rent. Top of the Charts Sales Executive Wherever we could cut back, we cut Billboard magazine, the international newsweekly for the music, video and home entertain- It's the issue the industry has been waiting for all year long, featuring back. We haven't stopped taking in any ment industries, has an immediate opening for a creative, seasoned, revenue driver to year -end charts in every genre and the expanded coverage of the year's clients. We've asked the [treatment] oversee the strategic development, direction and implementation of the sales and most notable artists and events. facilities to cut their rates. We've got- marketing teams for Billboard magazine and its branded extensions. ten free beds when things have gotten THE YEAR IN BUSINESS - A COMPREHENSIVE RECAP As the Vice President, Integrated Sales and Brand Marketing for a respected entertainment really squeaky- bad." brand about to celebrate its 110th anniversary, you will develop near and long -term integrated TOP TOURS OF 2003 While the majority of MAP's clients sales, marketing, promotional and PR strategies in addition to driving business and are in LA, the organization maintains ON NEWSSTANDS FOR 2 WEEKS - AN ANNUAL COLLECTORS ISSUE sponsorship development and integration of new account acquisitions. reps in 12 U.S. cities and London. reps year to work The ideal candidate will have an established record of success in increasingly responsible A DONT MISS ISSUE FOR SERIOUS CLASSIFIED ADVERTISERS 'We asked the this positions as a sales, marketing and business development executive at a cross -platform pro , because we had to cut back THROUGHOUT THE MUSIC INDUSTRY. YOU'LL GET TREMENDOUS media business. Candidates will have substantial experience in acquiring and growing in budget," Fields says. customers, will have contributed to increased revenues and will have a strong profit and EXPOSURE FOR YOUR PRODUCT /SERVICE IN THIS MAP would still like to establish a loss orientation at the company from which he /she originated. Strong analytical as well as "MOTHER OF ALL ISSUES" full -time office in New York, where pragmatic, tactical sales and creative marketing skills are required. only 30 clients were served in 2002. Must bring previous team building and management acumen, which will enable you to ISSUES DATE: DECEMBER 27TH * AD CLOSE DECEMBER 15TH provide leadership throughout the group, planning and executing the future strategy of END 2003 WITH MORE BANG FOR YOUR BUCK! overall group performance. 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We consultancy that can recommend suit- Established national independent dis - CELEBRITY OUTREACH spotlight noteworthy developments affecting the independent able music and artists dependent on tributor seeks commissioned sales COORDINATOR FIRM IN L.A. sector. Plus, we get online for a look at third -party individual briefings," Watson continues. reps in following locales: Texas, Los distribution Policy "Too much time is currently being Angeles, Rocky Mountains. Must Sought by Marijuana be online distribution companies competing with the Musicnet/AOL wasted chasing around the major com- experienced self starter with the ability Project. Salary /Fee nego. to cold call both in person and by pho- www.mpp.org /jobs partnership as digital music sales rise. Deliver results by panies trying to identify who has what ne. All musical genres involved. available, instead of relying on one party 202 -462 -5747 x104 placing an ad in this HOT special! Send resume with references to: to come up with a list of options from Box Billboard 689, call me TODAY - Jeff Serrette across the industry in a quick and effi- 770 Broadway. 6th Floor cient manner." New York, NY 10003 1- 800 -223 -7524 local - 646- 654 -4697 Swat's operations in Latin America I CAN HELP YOU... [email protected] will be headed by Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - LOOKING TO HIRE THAT IDEAL CANDIDATE TO FILL based Martin Davis, previously manag- A RECENTLY OPENED POSITION...I CAN HELP YOU VOLUNTEERS NEEDED ing director of Zomba Records Brazil. ARE YOU TRYING TO GENERATE NEW BUSINESS Poss- If you will be in the Los Angeles area from Swat will also work with John FOR THE COMPANY r CAN HELP YOU Nov. 18 -20 and would like to volunteer for man in Japan and Paul Paoliello in the The Hollywood Reporter/Billboard Film LET ME HELP YOU... CALL JEFF SERRETTE TOLL FREE For Classified Advertising Rates Australia. 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OCTOBER 18 so 2003 II Billboard® ,11,11 k_ a. THE MOST- PLAYED CUPS AS MONITORED BY NIELSEN BROADCAST DATA SYSTEMS For week ending Anastacia Rocks New Ons" are those clips with six or more plays for the first time in the chart week. OCTOBER 5, 2003 For i Cancer Funds CTT, ...... 111.11. ,.. 3 1234 W. Street NE, Washington, D. C. 20018 330 Commerce Street Na hville, TN 372t1 1515 Broadway, New York, NY 10036 1515 Broadway, New York, NY 10038 When international pop star Ana- ers recorded complex medical terms 1 ELEPHANT MAN, PON DE RIVER 1 PAT GREEN, WAVE ON WAVE 1 LUDACRIS, STAND UP JOHN MAYER, BIGGER THAN MY BODY 2 LUDACRIS, STAND UP 2 MARTINA MCBRIDE, THIS ONES FOR THE GIRLS 2 HILARY DUFF, SO YESTERDAY JASON MRAZ THE REMEDY II WON TWORRY) stacia signed on to perform at the for a talking dictionary available 3 CHINGY, HOUDAE IN 3 ALAN JACKSON&JIMMYBURRT.OS RHO CLOCKSDABM6E 3 BEYONCE. BABY BOY FOUNTAINS OFWAYNE STACY'S MOM 4 OUTCAST, THE WAY YOU MOVE 4 KEITH URBAN, WHO WOULDN'TWANNA BE ME 4 OUTCAST, HEYYA BLACK EYED PEAS, WHERE IS THE LOVE Women Rock! Songs From the online at breastcancer.org. 5 BEYONCE, BABY BOY 5 TIM MCGRAW. REAL GOOD MAN 5 DA BAND, BAD BOY THIS. BAD BOY THAT NICKELBACK, SOMEDAY

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39 ANTHONY HAMILTON, CUMIN' FROM WHERE I'M FROM 36 SCOTTY EMERICK, I CAN'T TAKE YOU ANYWHERE 36 JASON MRAZ, THE REMEDY II WON'T WORRY! 36 GAVIN DEGRAW, FOLLOW THROUGH YAHZARAH, WISHING 37 JOHN MELLENCAMP, TEARDROPS WILL FALL 37 T.I.,24'S 37 UFEHOUSE HANGING BY A MOMENT on female - SEAN PAUL LIKE GLUE 38 LONESTAR, WALKING IN MEMPHIS 38 SCHOOL OF ROCK. SCHOOL OF ROCK 311 PINK, DON'T LET ME GET ME

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She's very passionate G -UNIT, STUNT WI JIMMY WAYNE, I LOVE YOU THIS MUCH PINK, TROUBLE JEWEL STAND it BENZINO& THE UNTOUCHABLES, UNTOUCHABLES MINDY SMITH, JOLENE HOWIE DAY, PERFECT TIME OF DAY time premieres the two -hour special about reaching out to people, partic- Oct. 23 at 10 p.m. ET. ularly young women, Lifetime has also about this cause." named Anastacia the Lifetime has also spokesperson for the added the Anastacia MUCHMUS/C network's Stop Fund, part of the ¡ Mint Breast Cancer for Breast Cancer 2 CANADA j Life public- aware- Research Founda- New York, NY 10036 299 Guerin St West, Toruntn. 200 Jericho Quadrangle,Jericho, NY 11753 9697 E Mineral Ave., Englewood, CO 80112 1515 Broadway, ness campaign. tion, to the net- 1 THURSDAY, SIGNALS OVER THE AIR 1 MARTINA MCBRIDE, THIS ONES FOR THE GIRLS 1 LUDACRIS, STAND UP 1 RNGER ELEVEN, ONE THING 2 2 2 2 EVANESCENCE, GOING UNDER DIERKS BENTLEY. WHAT WAS I THINKIN' WHITE STRIPES, THE HARDEST BUTTON TO BUTTON PINK, TROUBLE This year's con- work's group of part- 7 A PERFECT CIRCLE, WEAK AND POWERLESS 3 GARY ALLAN. TOUGH LITTLE BOYS 3 ELEPHANT MAN, PON DE RIVER 3 THE WHITE STRIPES, THE HARDEST BUTTON TO hi 4 4 THE WHITE STRIPES, THE HARDEST BUTTON TO BUTTON 0 ALAN JACKSON &JIMMY BUFFETT, ITS FIVE O CLOCK SOMEWHERE DM. WHERE THE HOOD AT 4 NICKELBACK. SOMEDAY cert lineup included ner organizations. 5 YELLOWCARD, WAY AWAY 5 KEITH URBAN, WHO WOULDN'T WANNA BE ME 5 AF.I., THE LEAVING SONG PT II 5 GOOD CHARLOTTE GIRLS & BOYS H 6 311, CREATURES (FORA WHILE( G TOBY KEITH, I LOVE THIS BAR BEYONCE BABY BOY 6 BILLY TALENT, TRY HONESTY host Mandy Moore, Meanwhile, 7 DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL HANDS 00WN 7 TIM MCGRAW, REAL G000 MAN 7 DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL,HANDS DOWN 7 HAWKSLEY WORKMAN, ANGER AS BEAUTY 6 SMILE EMPTY SOUL BOTTOM OF A BOTTLE H BUDDY JEWELL HELP POUR OUT THERAIN ILACEYS SONG 8 CHINGY, HOLIDAE IN I FEFE DOBSON, BYE BYE BOYFRIEND , Anastacia is writing 9 ATARIS, THE BOYS OF SUMMER 9 PATTY LOVELESS,LOVIN' ALL NIGHT 9 FOUNTAINS OFWAYNE. STACY'S MOM 9 ATARIS, THE BOYS OF SUMMER i0 FUEL FALLS ON ME 10 SARA EVANS, PERFECT 10 OUTKAST, THE WAY YOU MOVE 10 50 CENT PI,M.P. Dolly Parton, Alison songs for her next 11 RANCID, FALL BACK DOWN 11 MONTGOMERY GENTRY, HELL YEAH 11 YOUNG GONG. CANT STOP. WONT STOP 11 BUSTA RHYMES, LIGHT YOUR ASS ON FIRE + 17 STAIND, SO FAR AWAY 12 SHERRIE AUSTIN, STREETS OF HEAVEN 12 A PERFECT CIRCLE WEAK AND POWERLESS 12 SIMPLE PLAN, PERFECT Krauss Union /Sony 13 UNKIN PARK, FAINT 13 PAT GREEN, WAVE ON WAVE 13 HOWIE DAY PERFECT TIME OF DAY 13 HILARY DUFF SO YESTERDAY Mya, 14 NICKELBACK, SOMEDAY 14 DARRYL WORLEY, TENNESSEE RIVER RUN 14 PETE PORN, CRYSTAL VILLAGE 14 BEYONCE, BABY BOY Station, Bon- album; she tells Bill- 15 AUDIOSLAVE, SHOW ME HOW TOUVE 15 TRACE ADKINS, THEN THEY DO 15 YOUNGBLOODZ. DAMN 15 EVANESCENCE GOING UNDER 16 nie Raitt, Debbie board that the first 16 A.F.I., THE LEAVING SONG PT. II SCOTTY EMERICK. I CAN'T TAKE YOU ANYWHERE 16 OBIE TRICE. GOT SOME TEETH 16 KESHIA CHANTE, UNPREDICTABLE 17 THRICE, ALL THAT'S LEFT 17 MARK WILLS, AND THE CROWD GOES WILD 17 JET, ARE YOU GOING TO BE MY GIRL 17 UNKIN PARK NUMB Reynolds and Ann single may be "Left 1$ GOOD CHARLOTTE, GIRLS & BOYS ID CHRIS CAGLE, CHICKS DIG IT 18 R. KELLY, STEP IN THE NAME OF LOVE 18 SWOLLEN MEMBERS, WATCH THIS 19 CHEVELLE, SEND THE PAIN BELOW 19 BILLY CURRINGTON, WALK A LITTLE STRAIGHTER 19 OUIKAST HEYYA 19 JACYNTHE, LOOK WHO'S CRYING NOW Wilson of Heart. Outside Alone." ZO FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE, STACY'S MOM 20 JIMMY WAYNE, I LOVE YOU THIS MUCH 2D NICKELBACK, SOMEDAY 71 SALADS, THE ROTH KUNG FU DI THREE DAYS GRACE,II HATE( EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU 11 SHANIA TWAIN. FOREVER AND FOR ALWAYS 21 UL JON & THE EAST SI, GET LOW 21 JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE, SENORITA Several reviews of Anastacia con- n ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS, TIME STANDS STILL 71 BILLY RAY CYRUS, BACK TO MEMPHIS 22 MURPHY LEE, WAT DA HOOK GON BE 22 JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE, I'M MIN ET a1 SWITCHFOOT, MEANT TO LIVE n JOE NICHOLS. SHE ONLY SMOKES WHEN SHE DRINKS 21 AUEN ANT FARM, GLOW 23 LUDACRIS. STAND UP the show singled out cludes, "If there's any 24 50 CENT, PI. M.P. 20 CHRIS LEDOUX. HORSEPOWER 24 WILSHIRE, SPECIAL 24 NELLY, P. DIDORA MURPHY LEE SHAKE YATAIUEATHER 25 BILLY TALENT, TRY HONESTY 25 BILLY DEAN, I'M IN LOVE WITH YOU 25 THURSDAY, SIGNALS OVER THE AIR 25 BLACK EYED PEAS, WHERE IS THE LOVE Anastacia as one of the highlights. message I'd like to get out, it's what I've 78 BRAND NEW, THE QUIET THINGS THAT NO ONE EVER KNOWS 26 RHONDA VINCENT, YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU 26 DWELE FIND A WAY 75 RANCID, FALL BACK DOWN 27 OUTCAST, HEYYA 27 BROOKS Dr DONN, RED DIRT ROAD 21 KINGS OF LEON, MOLLY'S CHAMBERS 27 CHRISTINA AGUILBRA Ill: KM,MYA &FINKIAOYMARMALADE Although the artist has performed learned from this experience: Educate AUEN ANT FARM. GLOW 28 CRAIG MORGAN, EVERY FRIDAY AFTERNOON 211 CHEMICAL BROTHERS, THE GOLDEN PATH 28 JANE'S ADDICTION, TRUE NATURE SOMETHING CORPORATE, SPACE 29 JESSICA ANDREWS, GOOD TIME 59 YELLOWCARD, WAY AWAY 29 OUTCAST, HEYYA at all -star concerts before, she tells yourself, realize that we're not perfect

JET ARE YOU GOING TO BE MY GIRL 30 ASHLEY GEARING, CAN YOU HEAR ME WHEN I TALK TO YOU 3I JOHN MAYER, BIGGER THAN MY BODY 30 OUTCAST, THE WAY YOU MOVE NEW ONS NEW ONS NEW ONS NEW ONS Billboard that this show was the and that [cancer] can happen to any of AUEN ANT FARM, GLOW COWBOYS, HEYJUANICA HOWIE DAY, PERFECT TIME OF DAY PINK, TROUBLE most intensely personal for her. us. Be honest with yourself, and appre- SOMETHING CORPORATE, SPACE THE DEL MCCOURY BAND, ITS JUST THE NIGHT PETE PORN, CRYSTAL VILLAGE UNKIN PARK, NUMB S.T.U.N., ANNIHILATION OF THE GENERATION S.T.U.N., ANNIHILATION OF THE GENERATION JANE'S ADDICTION, TRUE NATURE "A lot of people in the audience ciate what's good in your life." 1 JEWEL STAND SWITCHFOOT, MEANT TO UVE OUTCAST, HEY YA! . SAVES THE DAY, ANYWHERE WITH YOU UNKIN PARK. NUMB MVO, EVERYTHING SUCKS (WHEN YOU'RE GONE( were breast cancer survivors, and C. BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, STILLBORN DAVID BANNER, CADILLAC ON 22'S THE ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS , TIME STANDS STILL ' THE RAVEONETTES, THAT GREAT LOVE SOUND BLACK EYED PEAS, SHUT UP that really affected me. I never ex- IN BRIEF: Nic Harcourt music i OUTCAST, THE WAY YOU MOVE THE DISTILLERS, DRAIN THE BLOOD -the pected all of this to come out of my directort'Morning Becomes Eclectic" A SAMPLING OF PLAYLISTS OT OCAL VIDEO experience with breast cancer." host at public radio station KCRW It-HE CLIP LIST FOR THE WEEK R 118a2U0 Anastacia-who says perform- Santa Monica, Calif.-is the host of a ing with Bebe Winans was one of new TV interview program titled "In her personal high points of the Studio With Nic Harcourt," which pre- 11wc,AE114M concert-sang "I Don't Want to mieres Oct. 26 at 9 a.m. ET on A &E. CALIFORNIA MUSIC CHANNEL i IeT1N AAIERIGI LJVAAURBAN N- PRESSIRNS Miss a Thing," a medley of "Satur- R.E.M. will be the subject of the 15 hours weekly Continuous programming 2 hours weekly VIVA,Conenuous programming 10227 E 14th St CA 94603 1111 Oakland, Uncoln Rd, Miami Beach, FL 33139 3900 Main St Philadelphia, PA 19127 Inn Media Park 2, 50670 Koln, Germany day " songs and her program. A&E says it has not corn - 1 OUTKAST, HEY VAI EVANESCENCE, GOING UNDER BOW WOW, MY BABY DIDO, WHITE FLAG own "Heavy on My Heart." mitted to additional episodes of the BABY BASH, SVGA SVGA LIMP B12KR, EAT YOU ALIVE PHARRELL FRONTIN' BLACK EYED PEAS, WHERE IS THE LOVE?

NICK I YOU BEYONCE, BABY BOY CARTER, GOT FLOETRY. GETTING LATE LUMIDEE, NEVER LEAVE YOU - UH 00H, UH 000H! "Even though it's not a movie show, but Harcourt's reps say they 1 HILARY DUFF, SO YESTERDAY 50 CENT, PIMP OUTCAST, HEY YAI DIE ARZTE. UNROCKBAR SIMPLE PLAN, PERFECT SIMPLE PLAN, ADDICTED BAD BOY'S OA BAND, BAD BOY THIS BAD BOY THAT BLU CANTRELL, BREATHE song," Anastacia says, "I sang are in discussions with A &E to ' ASHANTI, RAIN ON ME AVRIL LAVIGNE. LOSING GRIP RAH DIGGA, PARTY & BULLSH'T 2003 CHRISTINA AGUILERA, CANT HOLD US DOWN DIDO, WHITE FLAG COLOPLAY, GOD PUT A SMILE UPON YOUR FACE LUTHER VANDROSS, DANCE WITH MY FATHER NO ANGELS, FEEL000D LIES 1 `Heavy on My Heart' because the make the show a series. STACIE ORRICO, (THERE'S GOTTA BEI MORE TO LIFE CHRISTINA AGUILERA CAN'T HOLD US DOWN BIG TYMERS, THIS IS HOW WE DO BEFORE FOUR, I WILL BE THERE FLAG i t KELLY CLARKSON, LOW DIDO, WHITE BUSTA RHYMES, LIGHT YOUR A" ON FIRE BLUE, GUILTY - i JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE, SENORITA ELAN, MIDNIGHT LOON, DOWN FOR ME WONDERWALL SONG FOR YOU lyrics are like the movie of what Liza Minnelli will guest star as a 4 GOOD CHARLOTTE, GIRLS AND BOYS BLACK EYED PEAS, WHERE IS THE LOVE? SHEER LOUCH, MIGHTY D -BLOCK 12 GUNS UPI CHINGY. RIGHT THURR BEYONCE CRAZY IN LOVE JUELZ SANTANA, (SANTANA'S TOWN( breast cancer is about." rich, widowed socialite in multiple PHARRELL FRONT IN ALEJANDRO SANZ. NO ES LO MISMO SICK OF IT ALL, RELENTLESS TIMBALIND & MAGOO. COP THAT SHY! 060, NO MAS JHENE, NO LO.V.E. Lifetime VP of advocacy and pub- episodes of the new Fox comedy DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL HANDS DOWN STACIE ORRICO, ITHERE'S GOTTA BEI MORE TO LIFE BLACK MOON, STAY REAL RADIOHEAD, GO TO SLEEP DAVE HOLLISTER, NEVER GONNA CHANGE lic affairs Mary Dixon says, "Anasta- "Arrested Development," which pre- i LA LEY MAS ALLA T.I., BE EASY GOOD CHARLOTTE GIRLS AND BOYS JAGGED EDGE. WALKED OUTTA HEAVEN cia's voice and personality were felt mieres Nov. 2. "Arrested Develop- I UNKIN PARK, NUMB JACKI -0, NOOKIE IREAL 50001 SEAN PAUL GET BUSY GRAN, BANG OUT in full force. Everyone at the concert ment" is Minnelli's first screen acting NICK CANNON, GIGOLO THE ISLET BROTHERS. BUSTED really felt why she was there." gig since 1995, when she co- starred BRIAN MCKNIGHT, ALL NIGHT LONG Backstage, many of the perform- in TV movie "The West Side Waltz."

50 www.billboard.com BILLBOARD OCTOBER 18, 2003 www.americanradiohistory.com 52 58 Da Band's Hip -hop's fast album scores track at Top Hot Shot 40 lifts Nelly Debut on The and peers on Billboard 200 Charts The Hot 100 SALES / AIRPLAY / TRENDS / ANALYSIS Album Sales Market Watch Casablanca, A Weekly National Music Sales Report Spike Again WEEKLY ALBUM SALES The Sequel 35 Best -yet Nielsen SoundScan weeks for a Rock and Roll Hall of We'll always have Paris, but now we'll always have Casablan- label founded by Neil Bogart in 1973 and Famer, two country artists and a resident diva help yield anoth- 30 1 ca too. The legendary er growth week for music stores. Although album volume is - 2003 reactivated 30 years later by Tommy Mottola has a place on 25 The Billboard Hot 100 for the first time since June 1986. And down 6.5% from the prior frame, which yielded last issue's EA 2002 - lady Casablanca is back on chart fireworks, the numbers do beat album sales of the same in a chart coincidence, the first of week in 2002 for a fourth con- ó= 20 The Billboard 200 with a CD of her greatest hits from her days secutive time. cto on the imprint. Whereas year-to -date album .2 15 Casablanca's first important signing was Kiss, during the label's sales trailed last year's by 8.5% tenure with Warner Bros. In 1977, PolyGram bought a half-inter- 10 in the Sept. 20 issue of Bill- est in Casablanca for $10 million. The Universal/PolyGram merger board, four-week win streak in 1998 brought Casablanca under the Universal umbrella. the 5 has closed the gap to 7.1 %. The song that brings the label back to the chart is "Roc Ya Body `Mic 1,2' " by M.V.P. (Most Valuable Playas) Featur- Now, you might scratch your 0 Check chin and scoff, 'Well, isn't that Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec ing Stagga Lee, a new entry at No. 94. The last Casablanca sin- just because of all the big gle to grace the Hot 100 was Animotion's "I Want You," which a W __:111.111,5 albums coming out for the hol- peaked at No. 84 the week of May 31, 1986. 'is Weel 11,667,000 his Week 2002 11,131,000 iday season ?" To which I would Meanwhile, some of Casablanca's greatest hits- including retort, "Yeah, Genius. But, we st Weel- 12,475,000 Change 44.8% "Hot Stuff," "Bad Girls" and "MacArthur Park" -can be found had big superstar releases during the last four months of 2002, too, 6.5% on "The Journey: The Very Best of Donna Summer," released and none of those blockbusters were able to close the gap. on the Mercury/UTV label. The collection of Summer tunes, 2001 widened fourth- quarter tied in with a new autobiography, opens at No. 111. It is the In fact, the deficit from during 199,000 205,000 2002, from 10.5% two weeks before Thanksgiving to 10.7% by first title by the disco diva to chart in this century. She was last year's end, despite blockbusters from Shania Twain, Jay-Z and 207,000 . -. *--'2 9% on the survey in 1999 with "VH1 Presents Live & More the soundtrack from the Eminem movie "8 Mile." 3.9% Encore!," which peaked at No. 43.

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Over the 2003 437 m 2003 9.3 m Chart Counter. 2002 471 m 2002 9.8 m Beat. 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 0m 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 By Geoff Mayfield YEAR-TO -DATE OVERALL UNIT SALES By Fred Bronson [email protected] 2007 2003 [email protected]

Total 480,874,000 446,760,000 ( 7 1%)

Albums 471,028,000 437,461,000 I 7.1 %) This issue's honor roll for best career Nielsen SoundScan WHERE IS THY STING? With the No. 3 opening of "Sacred Love" weeks comprises Sting (No. 3,195,000 copies, beating "Ten Sum - Singles 9,846,000 9,299,000 ( 5.6 %) (A &M/Interscope), Sting has his highest- debuting and highest - V4 moner's Tales" with 149,000 in 1993), Martina McBride (No. 7, ; -1.1.i r ifji iArilill A -1íf r asTi T_ dill ranking album on The Billboard 200 in 10 years. "Ten Summon - 123,000, over 102,000 for "Greatest Hits" in 2001), Bette Midler 2002 2003 er's Tales" debuted and peaked at No. 2 in March 1993. is second -ranked release of Sting's (No. 14 at 71,000; topping 64,000 for "Bette of Roses" during CD 446,475,000 422,401,000 ( 5.4%) "Sacred Love" the -highest Christmas week of 1995), Gary Allen (No. 17, 57,500, over 31,000 post -Police career. "The Dream of the Blue Turtles," "The Soul Cassette 23,369,000 13,709,000 ( 41.3 %) for "Alright Guy" in 2001) and rock band Ill Niño (No. 37, 28,000, Cages" and "Ten Summoner's Tales" all peaked at No. 2. Other 1,184,000 1,351,000 (414.1 %) besting 4,500, last year's high for "Revolution/Revolucion "). by Big openers by an emerging singer /songwriter and TV's lat- YEAR -TO -DATE CURRENT ALBUM SALES YEAR -TO -DATE CATALOG ALBUM SALES.1w. THE BIG `DRIFT': "Drift Away" (Lava) won't go away. The song est contribution to pop's annals also stir the pot. Uncle Kracker Featuring Dobie Gray is No. 1 on the Adult Con- The 191,500 units that place Dido's "Life for Rent" at No. 4 is temporary chart for the 20th week. not her best week. Her first album sold a few hundred more dur- 2003 277 m 2003 161 m That's the second -longest run in pole position in the history ing Christmas week of 2001 (192,000). But, to put her new of the AC list, bested only by the 21 -week reign of Celine Dion's her freshman "A New Day Has Come." album's opener in proper perspective, consider that 2002 291 m 2002 181 m album sold about 2,000 units when it first hit stores in June 1999. "Drift" has the airplay strength to equal the "Day" run next Yet, as impressive as all the above -mentioned fast starts are, issue, and it could surpass it in two weeks. an MTV vehicle spawns The Billboard 200's Hot Shot Debut. 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 0 20 40 60 80 100 '20 140 160 180 200 Bad Boy's Da Band, assembled on the P. Diddy series "Making YEAR -TO -DATE SALES BY ALBUM CATEGORY RYAN SEES CREST: The impact of Simon Fuller's "Pop Idol" fran- Idol" the Band 2," roars in at No. 2 on 204,000 copies. There's a 2002 2003 chise continues to reverberate around the world. "Canadian 13.6% gap between its "Too Hot for TV." and the top spot, winner Ryan Malcolm debuts at No. 1 on the Canadian singles Current 290,500,000 276,574,000 (c 4.8 %) retained by OutKast (235,000, down 54 %). chart with his first release, "Something More" (V kBMG). Da Band handsomely exceeds the start by its predecessor, O- Catalog 180,528,000 160,887,000 ('-10.9 %) Malcolm is just one of three "Idol " -related acts in Canada's top Town, which was assembled in 2000 when the original "Making 10 this issue. American Juniors are No. 7 with "One Step Closer" Deep Catalog 125,798,000 114,147,000 (c1.3%) (19 second -season "American Idol" finalist the Band" aired on ABC. 0 -Town started at No. 5 with a first - Nielsen SoundScan counts as current onlq sales within the first 18 months of an album's /Jive/Zomba), and Da Band's opener. release (12 months for classical and jazz albums). Titles that stay in the top halfof The Bill- debuts at No. 10 with "The One" (OTB). week take of 144,500 -29% less than board 200, however, remain as current. Titles older than 18 months are catalog. Deep cata- log is a subset of catalog for titles out more than 36 months. This is the first week since it debuted that the single "Bridge Is the Night" by is not MORE COALS: The chart fires will stay warm next issue, thanks For week endin 10/5/03 Compiled from a nationalonal saep le of retail store and V: Nielsen Over Troubled Water" /"This (Continued on page 54) Rounded figures rack sales reports collected and provided by SoundScan in the Canadian top 10.

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50 ` Mt-- NUMBER 1 412a 2 Weeks At Number 1 45 34 GOOD CHARLOTTE A.' The Young And The Hopeless 7 DAYLIGHT/EPIC 86486/SONY MUSIC (18.98 EO CDI i 1 - OUTKAST Speakerboxxx/The Love Below i 51 41 49 STAIND 14 Of 1 ARISTA CO) ® Shades Grey 50133. (22.98 FLIP /ELEKTRA 62882/EEG 118.98 CDI -4;' HOT SHOT DEBUT 4ag 52 43 35 SEAN PAUL A2 Dotty Rock 9 VP/ATLANTIC 83620/AG 112.98/18981 lilt BAD BOY'S DA BAND Too Hot For T.V. 2 59 CHRISTINA AGUILERA BAD BOY 001II8IUMRG (78.98 CO) ® 42. Stripped 2 o ` RCA 68037/RMG (12.98/1898) ' 0' -NEW 1+ STING Sacred Love 3 54 39 GLORIA ESTEFAN Unwrapped 39 o A &M 001141 /INTERSCOPE 116.98 CD) -. EPIC 86790 /SONY MUSIC 11898 CDI O NEW DIDO Life For Rent 4 55 47 36 LUTHER VANDROSS Dance With My Father 1 ARISTA 50137 (18.98 CDI J 51885 /RMG (12.98/18.98) 5 2 DAVE MATTHEWS Some Devil 2 56 52 40 BLACK EYED PEAS Elephunk 26 RCA 55167/RMG (18.98 CD) SUM 000699/INTERSCOPE (1898 CDI 6 3 LIMP BIZKIT Results May Vary 3 57 53 39 SHANIA TWAIN Up! 1 FLIP 001235 / INTERSCOPE 11898 CDI MERCURY 170314/UMGN (19.98 CD) NE MARTINA MCBRIDE to Martina 7 58 37 - VARIOUS ARTISTS Totally Country Vol. 3 37 RCA /OLG (NASHVILLE)54207 111.98/18.98) WARNER OROS. INASHVILLEI/OMG /CURB /SONY MUSIC 73955/WARNER STRATEGIC MARKETING 178.98 CDI 8 4 R. KELLY The R. In R &B Collection: Volume One 4 59 65 48 AUDIOSLAVE Audioslave 7 JIVE 55077/ZOMBA 118.98 CDI INTERSCOPE/EPIC 86968` /SONY MUSIC (18.98 Ell CD) 9 6 NICKELBACK The Long Road 6 60 35 9 SHEEK LOUCH Walk Witt Me 9 ROADRUNNER 618408/IDJMG 118.98 CD) D- BLOCK/UNIVERSAL 001042 /UMRG 111.98/1898)

10 5 OBIE TRICE Cheers 5 61 63 45 THE WHITE STRIPES Elephant 6 SHADY 001105 / INTERSCOPE (18.98 CD) THIRD MAN 27148N2 (18.98 CDI

11 9 4 JOHN MAYER Heavier Things 1 AWARE/COLUMBIA 86185 /SONY MUSIC 118.99 ED CD) iV= GREATEST GAINER $-,

12 100 96 I 10 5 HILARY DUFF Metamorphosis 1 O VARIOUS ARTISTS Worship Together: Could Sing Of Your Love Forever 39 BUENA VISTA 861006/HOLLYWOOD 118.98 CO) EMI SPECIAL MARKETS 63201/TIME LIFE (19.98 CO)

13 7 1 ili DMX Grand Champ 1 LYLE LOVETT My Baby Don't Tolerate 63 RUFF RYDERS /DEF JAM 063369 /IDJMG 112.90/19.981 CURB 801162 /LOST HIGH WAY (18.98 CDI BETTE MIDLER Bette Midler Sings The Rosemary Clooney Songbook 14 64 68 49 TOBY KEITH 3 Unleashed 1 COLUMBIA 90350 /SONY MUSIC 11898 ED CD) .. DREAMWORKS (NASHVILLE) 450254/INTERSCOPE 111.98 /18.98) 12 65 15 BEYONCE 2 Dangerously In Love 1 56 38 T.I. Trap Muzik 4 COLUMBIA 86386 /SONY MUSIC 112.98 E0/I8.981 GRAND HUSTLE/ATLANTIC 83650/AG (9.98/14.98) o 16 III CHINGY Jackpot 2 66 55 56 RASCAL FLATTS Melt 5 DISTURBING THA PEACE 82976/CAPITOL 111.98/18981 LYRIC STREET 165031 /HOLLYWOOD 0298)18.98)

NEW 1 GARY ALLAN See If 1 Care 17 67 74 47 MAROONS Songs About Jane 47 m MCA NASHVILLE 000111 /UMGN (1198/18.98) OCTONE/J 50001 /RMG 111.98 CO) [N] 18 14 2 3 A PERFECT CIRCLE Thirteenth Step 2 68 70 50 ® MERCYME Almost There 37 VIRGIN 80918A 11898 CD) NO 86133/CURB 11898 CDI [N] 19 8 13 8 ALAN JACKSON Greatest Hits Volume II And Some Other Stuff 1 69 42 22 ® WARREN ZEVON The Wind 12 ARISTA NASHVILLE 53097/RLG 112.98119.98) ARTEMIS 51156 (18.98 CDI 20 8 - 2 MURPHY LEE Da Skool Boy Presents Murphy's Law 8 70 38 - PANTERA The Best Of Pantera: Far Beyond The Great Southern Cowboys' Vulgar Hits 38 FO' REEL/UNIVERSAL 001132/UMRG (1898 CD) EL EKTRA 73932/RHINO 11898 CD /DVDI 31 21 18 14 EVANESCENCE 2 Fallen 3 71 67 62 JOHN MAYER 3 Room For Squares 8 WINDUP 13063118.98 CDI - AWARE /COLUMBIA85293/SONY MUSIC (798 EQ/18.98) [N] o 21 21 47 3 DOORS DOWN Away From The Sun 8 72 64 43 BOW WOW Bow Wow: Unleashed 3 REPUBLIC/UNIVERSAL 064396/UMRG 112 98/18 981 COLUMBIA 87103/SONY MUSIC (11.98 05/18.98) 23 11 - 2 ROB ZOMBIE Past, Present & Future 11 73 58 - EMMYLOU HARRIS Stumble Into Grace 58 GEFFEN 001041 /UME 118.98 CD /DVDI NONESUCH 79805/AG 118.98 CD)

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26 23 19 49 LIL JON & THE EAST SIDE BOYZ Kings Of Crunk 14 76 79 75 -' SIMPLE PLAN No Pads, No Helmets...Just Balls 36 BME 2370/TVT 113.98/17.981 LAVA 83534/AG 17,98/12.98) [N]

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- 24 27 20 58 COLDPLAY 2 A Rush Of Blood To The Head 5 79 46 7 THURSDAY War All The lime 7 CAPITOL 40504.112.98 /18.98) VICTORY/ISLAND 000239 /IDJMG 115.98 CD) 30 22 15 6 MARY J. BLIGE Love & Life 1 Q NEW 1' VARIOUS ARTISTS CMT Presents: Most Wanted, Volume 1 80 GEFFEN 000956 /INTERSCOPE 02.98/18.981 CAPITOL INASHVILLE19316E (18.98 CD) 31 19 26 4 SOUNDTRACK The Fighting Temptations 19 81 54 57 ' KIDZ BOP KIDS Kidz Bop 4 14 MUSIC WORLD /COLUMBIA 90286 /SONY MUSIC (1898 EQ CD) RAZOR & TIE 89074111.98/18.98) 32' 32 25 6 YOUNGBLOODZ Drankin' Patnaz 5 82 77 37 STEVE MILLER BAND Young Hearts: Complete Greatest Hits 37 SO SO DEF 50155/ARISTA (12.98/18.981 CAPITOL 90509118.98 CO) 33 26 11 3 YING YANG TWINS Me & My Brother 11 106 91 .111 VARIOUS ARTISTS Del Jam Recordings Presents Music Inspired By Scadace 83 COLLIPARK 2480-/WT CD) Q 117.98 DEF JAM 001198 /IDJMG (1598 CD) 84 48 2 34 25 24 28 LINKIN PARK 3 Meteora 1 - BABY BASH Tha Smokin' Nephew 48 WARNER BROS. 413186. (19.98 CD) UNIVERSAL 001258/UMRG (1598 CDI

35 28 17 12 SOUNDTRACK Bad Boys II 1 90 68 4 CECE WINANS Throne Room 32 Q PURESPRINGS BAD BOY 000716/UMRG 1113808.98) GOSPELIINO 9036I/SONY MUSIC 118.98 ES CD)

36 31 28 14 ASHANTI Chapter II 1 86 71 61 KELLY CLARKSON Thankful 1 MURDER INCJOEF JAM 000143 /IDJMG 11298/18981 RCA 68159/RMG 118.98 CD) 1 ILL NINO Confession 37 87 NEW 80 64 KENNY CHESNEY 3 No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems 1 m ROADRUNNER 618391 /IDJMG (1298 CDI BNA 67038/RLG 112.98/1898) o 41 30 38 JOHNNY CASH American IV: The Man Comes Around 22 Q NEW t GRUPO MONTEZ DE DURANGO De Durango A Chicago 88 AMERICAN 063339 /LOST HIGHWAY08.98 CDI DISA 724088113.98 CDI 39 36 33 3 ARETHA FRANKLIN So Damn Happy 33 89 78 66 JESSICA SIMPSON In This Skin 10 ARISTA 50174 118.98 CD) COLUMBIA 86560 /SONY MUSIC 11290 ES CD) 40 15 - 2 FUEL Natural Selection 15 Q 94 82 ,., SOUNDTRACK The Cheetah Girls (EP) 82 EPIC 86392/SONY MUSIC 08.98 CDI WALT DISNEY 860126 0.98 CD)

41 29 16 ;7,, VARIOUS ARTISTS The Neptunes Present... Clones 1 91 76 53 SOUNDTRACK Freaky Friday 19 STAR TRAK 51295 /ARISTA (11.98/18.981 HOLLYWOOD 162404 11398 CO) 42 33 - ANTHONY HAMILTON Comin' From Where I'm From 33 121 131 SOUNDTRACK Martin Scorsese Presents The Best Of The Blues 92 SD SO OFF 52107 /ARISTA (12.98 CDI UTV 000704 /UME (18.98 CD)

NEW LUIS MIGUEL 33 43 93 92 67 R. KELLY 2 Chocolate Factory 1 o WARNER LATINA 60873 118.98 CO) III JIVE 41812/ZOMBA (18.98 CD! 44 40 31 SOUNDTRACK The Lizzie McGuire Movie 6 Q ENIGMA Voyageur 94 WALT DISNEY 860080 (1898 CD) VIRGIN 91929 118.98 CO)

45 34 10 BUBBA SPARXXX Deliverance 10 95 62 81 LONESTAR From There To Here: Greatest Hits 7 BEAT CLUB 001147 / INTERSCOPE (12.98 CDI BNA 67076/RLG 112.98/18381 51 55 MICHAEL MCDONALD Motown 46 96 60 - RUFUS WAINWRIGHT Want One 60 Q MOTOWN 000651 /UMRG (18.98 CD) OREAMWORKS 000896/INTERSCOPE (1898 CD)

NEW BONNIE RAITT The Best Of Bonnie Raitt 1989 -2003 47 97 98 89 KEITH URBAN Golden Road 11 Q CAPITOL 98491 (1898 CD) CAPITOL (NASHVILLE) 32936 (1098118.98) 48 50 44 46 MATCHBOX TWENTY More Than You Think You Are 6 98 93 71 r,, LYNYRD SKYNYRD Thyrty: 30th Anniversary Collection (Limited Edition) 16 _.... MELISMAIATLANTIC 83612/AG 112.98/18.981 MCA/UTV 000284 /UME (21.98 CD)

49 14 32 11 VARIOUS ARTISTS Now 13 2 99 69 29 = DAVID BOWIE Reality 29 UNIVERSAL/EMI /ZOMBA/SONY MUSIC 000556 /UME (18.98 CDI ISO COLUMBIA 90576 /SONY MUSIC (18.98 al CD)

52 www.billboard.com BILLBOARD OCTOBER 18, 2003 www.americanradiohistory.com Y G7 Z y C7 z w lll a G Z Y a C. o V] ÿ Ñ -' vi , Y i- N I- Y ARTIST Title < 5 _ ÿ w ARTIST Title < ó 3 W 3 w; 5 3 IMPRINT & NUMBER/DISTRIBUTING LABEL d o.°° , IMPRINT & NUMBER /DISTRIBUTING LABEL - o- 150 83 2 ATMOSPHERE Seven's Travels 83 100 99 83 45 TIM MCGRAW 2 Tim McGraw And The Dancehall Doctors 2 - RHYMESAYERS ENTERTAINMENT/FAT BEATS 86690' /EPITAPH 117.98 CDI CURB 7874611298/18.98) 101 87 63 31 FABOLOUS Street Dreams 3 151 142 125 17 JUANES Un Dia Normal 110 DESERT STORM /ELEKTRA 62191" /EEG 112.98/18.981 SURCO 017532/UNIVERSAL LATINO 11698 CO) [N] Stages: Performances 1970 -2002 152 ®i 126 159 4 JOHNNY CASH The Essential Johnny Cash 102 1® NEW 1 NEIL DIAMOND LEGACY /COLUMBIA INASHVILLEI 86290 /SONY MUSIC 11798 al/24.961 COLUMBIA 90540 /SONY MUSIC 156.98 ES CDI

103 88 78 -29 JASON MRAZ Waiting For My Rocket To Come 55 153 127 107 25 JIMMY BUFFETT Meet Me In Margaritaville: Jimmy Buffett The Ultimate Collection 9 067781 (25.98 CDI ELEKTRA 62829 /EEG 112.98 CDI [NI MAILBOAT /MCA /UME

_ ll 6 104 97 92 4 CALVIN RICHARDSON 2:35 PM 65 154 113 98 8 VARIOUS ARTISTS State Property Presents: The Chain Gang Vol. HOLLYWOOD 162351 (1898 CDI CRIMINAL BACKGROUND/ROC-A -FELLA 000971' /IDJMG III 98/1898)

RONALD ISLEY Body Kiss 1 105 91 65 .38 SOUNDTRACK 2 Chicago 2 155 140 130 22 THE ISLEY BROTHERS FEATURING EPIC 87018 /SONY MUSIC 118.98 ES CDI OREAMWORKS 450409/INTERSCOPE 112.98/18981 One Heart 2 106 81 80 ''15 MICHELLE BRANCH Hotel Paper 2 156 146 124 28 CELINE DION 2 MAVERICK 48426/WARNER BROS.11898 CDI EPIC 87185/5069 MUSIC 112.98 E0/18981 4 ARTISTS Remembering Patsy Cline 71 CD NEW 1 BILLY CURRINGTON Billy Currington 107 157 122 79 VARIOUS 118.98 COI MERCURY 000164 /UMGN 19.98 COI [N] MCA NASHVILLE 170297/UMGN My 26 18 TRAIN My Private Nation 6 159 151 48 MONTGOMERY GENTRY Town 86520/5069 MUSIC 05/17.981 - COLUMBIA 86593/SONY MUSIC 118.98 ED CDI COLUMBIA INASHVILLEI 111.98 76 THE ATARIS So Long, Astoria 24 159 147 133 26 GINUWINE The Senior 6 COLUMBIA 86184/SONY MUSIC 11898 EO COI EPIC 86960/SONY MUSIC 112.98 05/18.981 105 94 '12 PAT GREEN Wave On Wave 10 160 144 132 4 VARIOUS ARTISTS Radio Disney James Vol. 6 195 REPUBLIC 000561/UNIVERSAL SOUTH 11098/17.98/ WALT DISNEY 86008811298 CDI Elvis: 30 #1 Hits 1 NEW 1 DONNA SUMMER The Journey: The Very Best Of Donna Summer 111 173 167 49 ELVIS PRESLEY 3 ® MERCURY /UTV 001009 /UME 11628 CDI RCA 68079' /RMG 112.98/19.981 Mud On The Tires 8 112 102 88 7 DIERKS BENTLEY Dierks Bentley 26 162 134 137 11 BRAD PAISLEY NASHVILLE 50605/RLG CAPITOL INASHVILLEI 39814112.98/18.981 ARISTA 112.98/18.981 113 75 52 NAPPY ROOTS Wooden Leather 12 163 153 142 38 UNCLE KRACKER No Stranger To Shame 43 ATLANTIC 83646' /AG (11.98/18.981 LAVA 83542'/AG 112.98/18981 Stacie Orrice 59 164 143 126 13 TRACE ADKINS Greatest Hits Collection, Volume I 9 (10 120 111 ;. STACIE ORRICO 81512110.98 /18.981 FOREFRONT 32589NIRGIN II2 .98/18.981[X] CAPITOL (NASHVILLE) Deja Entendu 63 115 105 87 YO -YO MA Obrigado Brazil 58 165 145 128 16 BRAND NEW TRIPLE CROWN 82896/RAZOR & TIE CO) SONY CLASSICAL 89935/SONY MUSIC 11898 ED COI 113.98 SOUNDTRACK School Of Rock 166 116 101 74 METALLICA 2 St. Anger 1 QM ATLANTIC 83694/AG 118.98 COI ELEKTRA 62853" /EEG 118.98 CDI Amar Es 167 NEW t MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER Halloween 117 CD NE CRISTIAN ARIOLA 55195 /BMG LATIN 11798 CDI ® AMERICAN GRAMAPHONE 1031 118.98 COI [N] 118 57 - 2 ELVIS COSTELLO North 57 168 GS :A':A Nellyville 1 DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 000996/UNIVERSAL CLASSICS GROUP 11898 CDI FO' REEL/UNIVERSAL 01774711/UMRO112.98/18.981 The Soul Sessions (EP) 169 119 89 85 11 MYA Moodring 3 RE -ENTRY 2 JOSS STONE C S -CURVE 42234 (998 CDI [N] A &M 000734 /INTERSCOPE 118.98 CDI WOW Worship (Yellow) 44 130 144 50 ROD STEWART It Had To Be You ... The Great American Songbook 4 170 139 134 29 VARIOUS ARTISTS EMI CMG/WORD /PROVIDENT 80198/ZOMBA 11998/2298) e J 20039 /RMG 11298/18.981 171 161 Holes 80 121 111 100 26 GODSMACK Faceless 1 - SOUNDTRACK WALT DISNEY 860092 118.98 COI REPUBLIC/UNIVERSAL 067854/UMRG 112.98/18.981 A Few Questions 23 122 104 90 17 The Very Best Of The Beach Boys: Sounds Of Summer 16 172 137 86 . CLAY WALKER RCA (NASHVILLE) 67988/RLG 111.98/18.981 CAPITOL 82710 11898 CO) 163 THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS Singles '93 - '03 123 173 164 163 DWELE Subject ® FREESTYLE DUST /ASTRALWERKS 9271411/VIRGIN 11898 COI . VIRGIN 80919' 19.98 CDI [N] GAITHER VOCAL BAND A Cappella 174 124 118 50 SANTANA 2 Shaman 1 ® SPRING HOUSE 42516 (18.98 CO) ' ARISTA 14737112.98/18.981 Dance Of Death 18 119 JEWEL 0304 2 175 124 72 ¡' 4 IRON MAIDEN COLUMBIA 89061 /SONY MUSIC 118.98 ED CDI ® 118.98 COI ATLANTIC 83638/AG Liz Phair 27 I The Eminem Show 1 176 166 156 15 LIZ PHAIR 126 117 ,. EMINEM 8 CAPITOL 83928 (18.98 COI WEB /AFTERMATH 493290'/INTERSCOPE (12.98 /19.981 16 NEW 1 BIG DADDY WEAVE Fields Of Grace 177 127 95 5 4 E -40 Breakin News ® SICK WID' IT/JIVE 41857lZOMBA 11898 CDI FERVENT 30040 (18.98 COI [NI 150 iWorsh!p A Total Worship Experience Vol. 2 134 128 123 4 30 AFI Sing The Sorrow 5 178 165 4 VARIOUS ARTISTS MUSIC CD) , + "U MARANATHAI /INO/INTEGRITY 90362/SONY 119.98 NITRO /DREAMWORKS 450380' /INTERSCOPE 19.98 CDI Floetic 19 129 61 VERTICAL HORIZON Go 61 (ED 176 176 ! FLOETRY RCA 68121/RMG (18.98 COI DREAMWORKS 450313/INTERSCOPE 117.98 CDI 0 169 130 96 JUELZ SANTANA From Me To U 8 CD 174 195 ` DAMIEN RICE 48507/WARNER BROS. 118.98 CD) ROC -A- FELLA /DEF JAM 000142' /IDJMG 112.98/18981 DRMNECTOR In] In Reverie 27 131 116 KEM Kemistry 90 181 115 27 ! SAVES THE DAY 001115' /DREAMW DRKS CDI MOTO W N 067516/UMRG 18.98/12981M VAGRANT 115.98 182 155 118 ' MICHAEL BOLTON Vintage 76 ®`r PACESETTER ='®` PMG 7397311998 CDI Living The Gospel: Gospel Greats 154 197 SOUNDTRACK 2 Fast 2 Furious 5 CD RE -Elie VARIOUS ARTISTS MUSIC SPECIAL MARKETS 80601/TIME LIFE 118.98 C01 DISTURBING THA PEACE/OEF JAM SOUTH 000426' /IDJMG (12.98/18.981 UNIVERSAL " The Eyes Of Alice Cooper 184 133 85 MEAT LOAF Couldn't Have Said It Better 85 NEW ALICE COOPER el EAGLE 20028118 98 CDI SANCTUARY 84653118.98 CO) Honkytonkville 5 134 114 93 r 12 BROOKS & DUNN Red Dirt Road 4 185 170 154 GEORGE STRAIT ARISTA NASHVILLE 67070/RLG 112.98/18981 MCA NASHVILLE 000114 /UMGN 112.98/18.981 Jewell 13 185 - 2 LUCIANO PAVAROTTI Ti Adoro 135 186 172 153 BUDDY JEWELL Buddy /SONY MUSIC (12.98 E0/18.981 ® DECCA 001096 /UNIVERSAL CLASSICS GROUP 118.98 CD1 COLUMBIA (NASHVILLE) 90131 138 135 15 FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE Welcome Interstate Managers 130 187 151 141 20 DAVID BANNER Mississippi: The Album 9 /UMRG (12 98/18 981 S -CURVE 90875/VIRGIN 118.98 COI [H) SRC /UNIVERSAL 000312" Live 36 132 122 95 JOSH GROBAN 3 Josh Groban 8 RE -ENTRY 42 ALISON KRAUSS + UNION STATION ® ROUNDER 610515 119.98 CO/ 143/REPRISE 48154/WARNER BROS. 118.98 COI [X] 0 Chris Cagle 15 138 129 113 70 AVRIL LAVIGNE 8 Let Go 2 am 192 185 20 CHRIS CAGLE CAPITOL (NASHVILLE) 40516 (11 .98/18.98) ARISTA 14740 (17.98 CDI Restless 20 135 123 98 KID ROCK 4 Cocky 3 190 158 145 7 SARA EVANS RCA INASHVILLEI 67074/RLG 112.98/18981 LAVA 83482'/ÁG (12.98/18.98) On Your Way Home 77 140 110 97 22 JACK JOHNSON On And On 3 191 171 77 3 PATTY LOVELESS EPIC (NASHVILLE) 86620/SONY MUSIC (11.98 ED /18.981 JACK JOHNSON/UNIVERSAL 075012' /UMRG (1838 CDI 192 149 108 7 RANCID Indestructible 15 141 108 115 ;j RADIOHEAD Hail To The Thief 3 HELLCAT 48529'NJARNER BROS. 118.98 CDI CAPITOL 84543.11818 CO) 187 183 27 MERCYME Spoken For 41 142 84 60 ",'' SOUNDTRACK Underworld 55 © INS 86218/CURB 117.98 CDI LAKESHORE 33781 118.98 C01 5 The Best Of Jeff Foxworthy: Double Wide, Single Minded 76 148 148 ' SWITCHFOOT The Beautiful Letdown 85 194 167 114 JEFF FOXWORTHY 118.98 CD /DVDI COLUMBIA 71083 /RED INK 19.98 CD) WARNER BROS. 73903/RHINO 40 144 131 101 SMILE EMPTY SOUL Smile Empty Soul 94 195 154 138 6 CHER Live: The Farewell Tour 73953NJARNER MARKETING CDI THROBACK/LAVA 83639/AG 112.98 CD) [N] WARNER BROS. STRATEGIC 11598 196 163 168 21 COLD Year Of The Spider 3 145 125 117 - MONICA After The Storm 1 FLIP /GEFFEN 000006/INTERSCOPE 118.98 CDI J 20031 " /RMG 112.98/18.981 146 133 119 YELLOWCARD Ocean Avenue 99 197 150 139 9 WYNONNA What The World Needs Now Is Love 8 CAPITOL 39844112M COI CURB 0811 112.98/18.981 Casting Crowns 198 147 107 69 GRATEFUL DEAD The Very Best Of Grateful Dead 69 CD NEW 1 CASTING CROWNS 10723/REUNION CO) WARNER BROS. 73899/RHINO 11898 CDI BEAT STREET 118.98 [X] Different Kind Of Free 149 148 128 102 ANNIE LENNOX Bare 4 199 184 149 3 ZOEGIRL SPARROW 80666 118.98 CD) [N] J 52350/RMG 118.98 COI The Artist In The Ambulance 16 149 136 106 35 THE ALL -AMERICAN REJECTS The All- American Rejects 25 200 169 112 11 THRICE ISLAND 000295' /I0JMG 112.98 CDI DOGHOUSE/DREAM WORKS 450407/INTERSCOPE (18.98 CDI [N]

of 10 million units (Diamond). Numeral following Platinum or Diamond Albums with the greatest sales gains this week. Recording Industry Assn. Of America (RIAA) certification for net shipment of 500,000 album units (Goldl. RIAA certification for net shipment of 1 million units Platinuml. RIAA certification for net shipment o of 100,000 units Certification of 200,000 units (Platino).. Certification o 400,000 symbol indicates album's multi -platinum level. For boxed sets, and double albums with a running time of 100 minutes or more, the RIAA multiplies shipments by he number of discs and or tapes. RIAA Latin awards: Certification for net shipment (Oro). 0 Y from wholesale prices. Greatest Gainer shows charts largest unit increase. Pacesetter indicates biggest 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 EU, and all other CD prices, are equivalent prices, which are projected percentage growth. Heatseeker Impact shows albums removed from Heatseekers this week. [N] indicates past or present Heatseeker tide. 2003, VNU Business Media, Inc., and Nielsen SoundScan, Inc. All rights reserved.

BILLBOARD OCTOBER 18, 2003 www.billboard.com 53 www.americanradiohistory.com OCTO20BER03 18 OCTOBER 18 2003 Billboard TOP INTERNET ALBUM SALES. TOP

Biboard SOUNDTRACKSM Sales data and Internet sales reports compiled by 11 lI, Nielsen Sales data compiled by r Y Nielsen SoundScan Z mó 3 SoundScan IMPRINT & NUMBER/DISTRIBUTING Iii. J ARTIST LABEL Title m ó Q TITLE IMPRINT & NUMBER/DISTRIBUTING LABEL

1 1 1 2 1 t- NUMBER 1 f Week At Number 1 , NUMBER , Weeks At Number DIDO ARISTA50137 Life For Rent 4 1 1 THE FIGHTING TEMPTATIONS MUSIC WORLD /COLUMBIA90286 /SONY MUSIC

BEN FOLDS EPIC 90663/SONY MUSIC Sunny 16(EP) - 2 2 BAD BOYS li BAD BOY 000716' /UMRG

STING A&M 001141 / INTERSCOPE Sacred Love 3 3 3 THE LIZZIE MCGUIRE MOVIE WALT DISNEY 860080

DAVE RCA 55167/RMG MATTHEWS Some Devil 5 Q 7 THE CHEETAH GIRLS (EP) WALT DISNEY 860126

NEIL DIAMOND COLUMBIA 90540/SONY MUSIC Stages: Performances 1970 -2002 152 5 4 FREAKY FRIDAY HOLLYWOOD 162404

2 OUTKAST ARISTA50133' 1 Speakerboxxx/The Love Below Q 8 MARTIN SCORSESE PRESENTS THE BEST OF THE BLUES UTV000704 /UME

9 JOHNNY CASH AMERICAN 063339/LOST HIGHWAY American IV: The Man Comes Around 38 7 6 CHICAGO EPIC 87018/SONY MUSIC

4 JOHN MAYER AWARE/COLUMBIA 86185' /SONVMUSIC Heavier Things 11 Q 12 2 FAST 2 FURIOUS DISTURBING THA PEACE/DEFJAM SOUTH 000426'/IDJMG b SEAL WARNER BROS 47947 Seal IV 25 9 5 UNDERWORLD LAKESHORE33781

p 3 WARREN ZEVON ARTEMIS 51156 The Wind 69 411) SCHOOL OF ROCK ATLANTIC 83699/AG 7 SENSES FAIL DRIVE THRU 000155 /MCA [X] From The Depths Of Dreams (EP) - 11 9 HOLES WALT DISNEY 860092

BETTE MIDLER COLUMBIA 90350 /SONY MUSIC Bette Midler Sings The Rosemary Clooney Songbook 14 12 11 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL WALT DISNEY 860089 13 MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER AMERICAN GRAMAPHONE 1031 Halloween 117 Is 17 LOST IN TRANSLATION EMPEROR NORTON 7068' 10 EMMYLOU HARRIS NONESUCH 79805/AG Stumble Into Grace 73 THE LION KING.° WALT DISNEY 860124'

3 MICHAEL MCDONALD MOTOWN000651 /UMRG Motown 46 15 10 CHARMED PRIVATE MUSIC 52130/AAL

BIG DADDY WEAVE FERVENT30040 [HI Fields Of Grace 177 16 14 AMERICAN JUNIORS: KIDS IN AMERICA 19/JIVE 55973/ZOMBA

5 JOHNNY CASH LEGACY/COLUMBIA (NASHVILLEI86290 /SONY MUSIC The Essential Johnny Cash 102 17 13 ONCE UPON A TIME IN MEXICO MILAN36038

LYLE LOVETT CURB 001162/LOST HIGHWAY My Baby Don't Tolerate 63 18 15 FREDDY VS. JASON ROADRUNNER 618347/I0JMG

MARTINA MCBRIDE RCA (NASHVILLE) 54207/RLG Martina 7 CO BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER: RADIO SUNNYDALE VIRGIN 93750

'3 LIMP BIZKIT FLIP /INTERSCOPE001235' /UNIVERSAL Results May Vary 6 20 16 0 BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? A7 LOST HIGHWAY /MERCURY 170069/IDJMG

6 NORAH JONES B BLUE NOTE 32088' [N] Come Away With Me 27 21 18 8 MILE A4 SHADY 493508' / INTERSCOPE 11 RUFUS WAINWRIGHT OREAMWORKS000896 /INTERSCOPE Want One 96 al MARTIN SCORSESE PRESENTS THE BLUES: A MUSICAL JOURNEY HIP -0 /LEGACY/COLUMBIA 000393 /UME 20 THE EARLY NOVEMBER DRIVE.THRU 060081 /MCA For All Of This (EP) - 23 21 LIZZIE MCGUIRE BUENA VISTA 860791/WALT DISNEY

24 19 DISNEY'S WALT PINK FLOYD ° CAPITOL WWt Dark Side Of The Moon KIM POSSIBLE DISNEY 860097 22 EVANESCENCE A2 WINDUP Fallen 21 25 23 THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS WMG SOUNDTRACKS/REPRISE 48379/WARNER BROS.

Top Internet Album Sales reflects physical albums ordered through Internet merchants, based on data collected by Nielsen SoundScan. Unlike most Billboard album charts, cata og titles are included on the Internet and Soundtrack charts. Albums with the greatest sales gain this week. Recording Industry Assn.

Of America (RIAA) certification for net shipment of 500,000 album units (Gold). RIM certification for net shipment of 1 million units (Platinum). RIAA certification for net sh pment of 10 million units (Diamond). Numeral following Platinum or Diamond symbol indicates album's 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. RIM Latin awards: O Certification for net shipment of 100,000 units (Oro.) A Certification of 200,000 units (Platino). A' Certification of 400,003 units (Multi- Platino).'Asterisk indicates vinyl available. [1[1 indicates past or present Heatseeker title ©2003, VNU Business Media, Inc. and Nielsen SoundScan, Inc. All rights reserved.

THE BILLBOARD 200 A -1 (LISTED BY ARTISTS)

3 Doors Down Fabolous 2/ Chris Cagle lä9 101 Toby Keith 64 Bette Midler 14 Saves The Day 181 Thrice 200 Worship Together: I Could Sing Of 50 Cent 28 Johnny Cash 38,102 Floetry 179 R. Kelly 8, 93 Luis Miguel 43 Seal 25 Thursday 79 Your Love Forever 62 Casting Crowns 198 Fountains Of Wayne 136 Kern 131 Steve Miller Band 82 Trace Adkins 164 Sean Paul 52 T.I. 65 WOW Worship (Yellow) 170 The Chemical Brothers 123 Jeff Foxworthy 194 Kid Rock 139 Monica 145 AFI 128 Sheek Louch 60 Justin Timberlake 78 Vertical Horizon 129 Cher 74, 195 Aretha Franklin 39 Kidz Bop Kids 81 Montgomery Gentry 158 Simple Plan 76 Train 108 Christina Aguilera 53 Rufus Wainwright 96 Kenny Chesney 87 Fuel 40 Alison Krauss + Union Station 188 Jason Mraz 103 Jessica Simpson 89 Trapt 75 The All- American Rejects 149 Clay Walker 172 Chingy 16 Mya 119 Smile Empty Soul 144 Obie Trice 10 Gary Allan 17 Gaither Vocal Band 174 Avril Lavigne 138 The White Stripes 61 Kelly Clarkson 86 Shania Twain 57 Ashanti 36 Ginuwine 159 Murphy Lee 20 Nappy Roots 113 SOUNDTRACK Cold 196 CeCe Winans 85 The Ataris 109 Godsmack 121 Annie Lennox 148 Nelly 168 2 Fast 2 Furious 132 Uncle Kracker 163 Wynonna Coldplay 29 197 Atmosphere 150 Good Charlotte 50 Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz 26 Nickelback 9 Bad Boys II 35 Keith Urban 97 Alice Cooper 184 Yellowcard 146 Audioslave 59 Grateful Dead 147 Limp Bizkit 6 The Cheetah Girls (EP) 90 Elvis Costello 118 Stacie Orrico 114 Luther Vandross 55 Ying Yang Twins 33 Pat Green 110 Linkin Park 34 Chicago 105 Baby Bash 84 Cristian 167 OutKast 1 YoungBloodZ 32 Josh Groben 137 Lonestar 95 The Fighting Temptations 31 VARIOUS ARTISTS Bad Boy's Da Band 2 Billy Currington 107 Grupo Montez De Durango 88 Patty Loveless 191 Brad Paisley 162 Freaky Erykah Badu 24 Friday 91 CMT Presents: Most Wanted, Warren Zevon 69 Dashboard Confessional 77 Lyle Lovett 63 Pantera 70 Holes 171 1 David Banner 187 Anthony Hamilton 42 Volume 80 Zoegirl 199 Neil Diamond 152 Lynyrd Skynyrd 98 Luciano Pavarotti 135 The Lizzie McGuire Movie Def Jam Recordings Presents Music Rob The Beach Boys 122 Emmylou Harris 73 44 Zombie 23 Dido 4 A Perfect Circle 18 Martin Scorsese Presents The Best Inspired By Scarface 83 Dierks Bentley 112 Yo-Yo Ma 115 Celine Dion 156 Ill Nino 37 Liz Phair 176 Of The Blues 92 iWorshlp A Total Worship Beyonce 15 Mannheim Steamroller 117 DMX 13 Iron Maiden 175 Elvis Presley 161 School Of Rock 166 Experience Vol. 2 178 Big Daddy Weave 177 Maroon5 67 Hilary Duff 12 The Isley Brothers Featuring Ronald Underworld 142 Living The Gospel: Gospel Greats Black Eyed Peas 56 matchbox twenty 48 Radiohead 141 Dwele 173 Isley 155 Bubba Sparxxx 45 183 Mary J. Blige 30 Dave Matthews 5 Bonnie Raitt 47 Staind 51 The Neptunes Present... Clones 41 Michael Bolton 182 E -40 127 Alan Jackson 19 John Mayer 11, 71 Rancid 192 Rod Stewart 120 Now 13 49 David Bowie 99 Eminem 126 Jewel 125 Martina McBride 7 Rascal Flatts 66 Sting 3 Radio Disney James Vol. 6 160 Bow Wow 72 Enigma 94 Buddy Jewell 186 Michael McDonald 46 Damien Rice 180 Joss Stone 169 Remembering Patsy Cline 157 Michelle Branch 106 Gloria Estefan 54 Jack Johnson 140 Tm McGraw 100 Calvin Richardson 104 George Strait 185 State Property Presents: The Chain Brand New 165 Evanescence 21 Norah Jones 27 Meat Loaf 133 Juelz Santana 130 Donna Summer 111 Gang Vol. II 154 Brooks & Dunn 134 Sara Evans 190 Juanes 151 MercyMe 68, 193 Santana 124 143 Jimmy Buffett 153 Metallica 116 Switchfoot Totally Country Vol. 3 58

Sevendust seems on course for its of the Blues" sees a 35.5% gain over Top Blues Albums is up 40% over board 200 at No. 166 (7,000 copies). Over The best -ever Nielsen SoundScan week, prior -week sales, good for a 121 -92 the previous week. estimated in the range of 75,000 or romp on The Billboard 200 and an NEAT FEATS: With the recent Out - more. Its previous two albums, 8 -6 move on Top Soundtracks while MATINEE: The DVD debut of "The Kast and Dido sets alone accounting which came in 1999 and 2001, each tightening its grip at No. 1 on Top Lion King" (see story, page 5) makes for more than 426,000 copies, Arista Counter had first weeks just above 60,000. waves on Top Pop Catalog. The leads all labels in album market Continued from page 51 "American Idol" darling Clay soundtrack has been enhanced with share for the tracking week that Aiken's first album hits stores Oct. two additional tracks, and the ended Oct. 4 with a 5.97% share of 14. It will ship at least 1.2 million. album's sales soar from practically overall albums and a 7.85% chunk of to the Oct. 7 slate that brought the nothing to 5,000 copies. current titles. It is the first time new Ludacris album and a new Elvis BLUES AND GREEN: If you remem- That rally causes it to re -enter the Arista has had the top current share Presley compilation to market. Retail ber the impact that the PBS mini- catalog chart at No. 25 and to make since the week ended March 12, chains' first -day numbers make the series "Ken Bums' Jazz" had on Top its first appearance on Top Sound- 2000, when Santana's "Supematur- former a lock to exceed 400,000 Jazz Albums in 2001, you won't be tracks. Billboard did not publish the al" was No. 1 with 343,000 and Black copies in the first week, with a surprised to learn that this fall's soundtracks chart in 1994, when Rob started at No. 3 with 178,000 ... chance to do as much as 435,000. "Martin Scorsese Presents the Best "The Lion King" began a 10-week Grupo Montez de Durango, which Presley's "2nd to None" will be a dis- of the Blues" has begun to dominate reign over The Billboard 200. peaked at No. 43 with an earlier title tant second to last year's "Elvis: 30 #1 Top Blues Albums. And, is it coincidence that "School during a 20 -week stay on Top Latin Hits," as that album had both a more Show -related compilations from of Rock" starring Jack Black rules the Albums, bows at No. 2, second only appealing song lineup and more "The Blues" lock down 11 of 15 slots box -office chart in the same week that to veteran star Luis Miguel, who advertising dollars behind its launch. on this week's blues chart, which Blues Albums. Black's comedic recording act, Tena- debuts on top with his fifth No. 1 on Still, "2nd" looks good for a No. 2 start, appears weekly on billboard.com, A longer compilation bullets 4 -2 on cious D, re- enters the catalog list at that chart. By entering The Billboard with chart watchers estimating it will every other week in the magazine. the blues list with a 58% spike that No. 40 on a 38% increase? We think 200 at No. 88, Grupo Montez bypass- begin in the range of 185,000 -200,000. A single -disc, multi -act sampler, dents the soundtracks chart at No. 22. not. The film's album enters Top es Top Heatseekers. Miguel starts at Meanwhile, crunchy rock band "Martin Scorsese Presents the Best The volume of units for titles on Soundtracks at No. 10 and The Bill- No. 43 on the big chart.

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1, 3 2 3 TIM MCGRAW A9 Greatest Hits CRISTIAN Amar Es 4 4 5 DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL A Mark, A Mission, A Brand, A Scar " CURB 77978 1 12.98/18.981 ARIOLA 55195 LATIN CDI VAGRANT 0385 118 98 CDI A2 /BMG 117.98 8 4 MARTINA MCBRIDE Greatest Hits RCA (NASHVILLE) 67012/RLG 112.98/18981 ($E GREATEST GAINER ($1 =$5 GREATEST GAINER °$E i 5 3 2 COLDPLAY Parachutes 21 13 JOSS STONE The Soul Sessions (EP) 15 - MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER Halloween r NETTWERK 30162/CAPITOL 111.98/17181M S-CURVE 42234 98 CDI o AMERICAN GRAMOPHONE 1031 118.98 CO) o 19

1. 6 4 5 BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS (IV Legend 6 6 6 DWELE Subject 6 6 6 SOUNDTRACK Underworld TUFF GONG /ISLAND 548904 /IDJMG (1298/13981 VIRGIN 80919' 19.98 CDI LAKESHORE 33781 (1898 CO) ¡' 7 5 7 THE BEATLES A9 1 BIG DADDY WEAVE Fields Of Grace 7 5 ATMOSPHERE Seven's Travels APPLE 29325 /CAPITOL / - 112.98/18.98) 86690 /EPITAPH CDI o FERVENT 30040 118.98 CDI RHYMESAYERS ENTERTAINMENT /FAT BEATS 11798 A6 6 BOB SEGER THE SILVER BULLET BAND Greatest Hits 8 6 & 7 12 O 8 8 4 SAVES THE DAY In Reverie CAPITOL 30334 110 98/15.981 DAMIEN RICE 13 o DRMNECTOR 48507/WARNER BROS. (18.98 CDI VAGRANT 001115NDREAMWORKS 115.98 CDI 9 9 8 METALLICA Metallica CASTING CROWNS Casting Crowns 9 9 7 MICHAEL BOLTON Vintage ELEKTRA 61113 /EEG 111.98/17.98) PMG 73973 CO) o BEAT STREET 10733/REUNION 11898 CO) 119.98 1O 11 17 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN A4 Greatest Hits COLUMBIA 67060' /SONY MUSIC (10.98 E0/17.98) 10 9 4 ZOEGIRL Different Kind Of Free 4r HOT SHOT DEBUT .-7- SPARROW 80668 118.98 CD) A6 Alice 11 12 13 CELINE DION All The Way...A Decade Of Song ALICE COOPER The Eyes Of Cooper 10 Ride Home o EAGLE 20028 (18.98 CDI 550 MUSIC /EPIC 63760/SONY MUSIC 112,98 EQ/18.981 11 8 JOSH KELLEY For The HOLLYWOOD 162377 1198 CD) 12 14 11 KENNY CHESNEY A3 Greatest Hits 11 11 - SILK Silktime UNA 67976/RLG 112.98/18.98) 13 8 ALEJANDRO SANZ No Es Lo Mismo SILK 12147 /LIQUID B 116.98 CDI ® WARNER LATINA 60516 (18.98 CDI .19 OID 15 20 AC /DC Back In Black 12 7 - AESOP ROCK Bazooka Tooth Soul DEFINITE JUK 68. 116.98 CDI [N] LEGACY /EPIC 80207/SONY MUSIC 118.98 E0 CDI .. MARIA My ® DREAMWORKS 000890/INTERSCOPE (9.98 CDI 14 13 15 BARRY WHITE All Time Greatest Hits 22 24 SOUNDTRACK Lost In Translation ® EMPEROR NORTON 7068- 117.98 CDI MERCURY 522459/IDJMG 111.98/18.981 14 12 18 THREE DAYS GRACE Three Days Grace JIVE 53479/ZOMBA 11298 CO) 15 10 10 LINKIN PARK A8 [Hybrid Theory] 14 13 11 THE PETER MALICK GROUP FEATURING NORAH JONES New York City KOCH 8678 11398 CDI WARNER BROS. 47755 112.98/18981 15 5 1 STORY OF THE YEAR Page Avenue MAVERICK 48438/WARNER BROS. 112.98 CDI 16 16 14 RASCAL Rascal Flatts 15 19 14 SIMPLY RED Home SIMPLYRED,COM 0001 /RED INK 118.98 CDI 6FLLAAToTSWOÓD (11.98/18.981[ X] 16 1 - AESOP ROCK Bazooka Tooth 19 DEFINITE JUx 68 (16.98 CO) 17 17 16 SHANIA TWAIN Come On Over 16 10 - THEESTR SN1G CHEESE INCIDENT Untying The Not MERCURY 536003 /UMGN 112.98/18.981 17 17 SMOKIE NORFUL I Need You Now ® EMI GOSPEL 20374 19.98/ 16.981 20 19 DISTURBED A3 The Sickness 17 16 9 LOUIE DEVITO Louie DeVito Presents: Ultra.Dance 04 o GIANT 24738IVVARNERBROS. 11118/17.981M 7 ULTRA 1175 11998 CDI 18 10 MY MORNING JACKET It Still Moves ATO /RCA 52979/RMG (12.98 CDI i!19 18 18 Classic Sinatra: His Great Performances 1953.1960 18 18 13 HOT HOT HxE A Make Up The Breakdown 61 CAPITOL 23502 (11.98/17.981 THOUSAND FOOT KRUTCH Phenomenon Ìx] o TOOTH & NAIL84799 11898 CO) 42 DIDO A4 No Angel 19 14 8 PENNYWISE From The Ashes - EPITAPH 86664. 11198 CD) T ARISTA 19025' 11298/18981M 20 4 - THE STRING CHEESE INCIDENT Untying The Not SCI FIDELITY 1015 11798 CO) 21 22 12 JOHNNY CASH Super Hits MERLE HAGGARD Haggard Like Never Before , HAG 0005/COMPENDIA (1198 CD) LEGACY /COLUMBIA (NASHVILLE)66773/SONY MUSIC 15,9850/9.981 o 34 30 GAVIN DEGRAW Chariot ® J 20058/RMG (11.98 CD) 30 21 SHERRIE AUSTIN[N] Streets Of Heaven ¡'22 19 21 QUEEN 7 Greatest Hits ® BROKEN HOLLYWOOD Ss111se n981 22 16 16 HOT HOT HEAT Make Up The Breakdown SUB POP 70599. 112.98 CDI 22 21 16 EVA CASSIDY American Tune X 21 23 JOURNEY 10 Journey's Greatest Hits . OLIO STREET 10079 (17.98 CDI :}23 COLUMBIA44493 /SONY MUSIC (1I.98 E0/17.98/ 23 15 5 SHELBY LYNNE Identity Crisis CAPITOL90508 (18.98 CDI 23 22 ABBA A6 Gold -- Greatest Hits 23 26 20 IANT ERPO Turn On The Bright Lights ADOR 54r 8.98 cDl [x] POLYDOR/UNIVERSAL 517007/UMRG 112.98/11981 KJ -52 Its Pronounced Five Two 0 UPROK 84260/BEC (1198 CDI ED 34 17 VARIOUS ARTISTS Get The Blues Vol. 2 47r HOT SHOT DEBUT NARM 50009 11.98 CDI 31 23 VICKIE WINANS Bringing It All Together SOUNDTRACK ,10 The Lion King o VERITY 4321420M8A 111.98/18.981 25 27 18 DWIGHT YOAKAM Population: Me is WALT DISNEY 860124' (18.98 CDI AUDIUM 8176 /KOCH 118,98 CO) 26 18 9 KINGS OF LEON Youth & Young Manhood 28 33 PHIL COLLINS A2 ...Hits RCA52394/RMG 112.98 CD) 26 12 - THE FIRE THEFT The Fire Theft o FACE VALUE/ATLANTIC 83139/AG 110.98/17.98) RYKODISC 10642 (1798 CD) [N] 27 20 19 LOS BUKIS 25 Joyas Musicales 27 24 26 SIMON & GARFUNKEL The Best Of Simon & Garfunkel FONDVISA350895/UG 114.98 CD) 27 25 10 FROM AUTUMN TO ASHES The Fiction We Live LEGACY /COLUMBIA 66022/SONY MUSIC (1898 E0 CDI VAGRANT 386 114.98 CDI 28 19 15 CONJUNTO PRIMAVERA Decide Tu 28 26 29 ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST RECORDING Mamma Mia! FONOVISA 350875/UG 11498 CD) 41 30 NICKEL CREEK This Side l,: DECCA BROADWAY 543115 (18.98 CDI 0 SUGAR HILL 3941 118.98 CDI 29 28 SHERRIE AUSTIN Streets Of Heaven 33 31 MADONNA .I° The Immaculate Collection o BROKEN BOW 75872 118.98 CDI 29 24 15 JUNE CARTER CASH Wildwood Flower o SIRE 26440/VVARNER BROS. 113.98/18.981 DUALTONE 01142 118.M CDI CHRIS BOTTI A Thousand Kisses Deep 430 35 - SADE A4 The Best Of Sade 0 COLUMBIA 90535/SONYMUSIC 118.98 EQ CDI 30 29 19 TAKING( BACK SUNDAY Tell All Your Friends EPIC 85287 /SONY MUSIC (12.98 EQ118.98) 31 23 24 AKWID Proyecto Akwid 131 27 24 JACK JOHNSON Brushfire Fairytales HEADLINERS /UNIVISION 310155/UG 114.98 CDI 31 20 - UUNDER[N] Bringer Of Blood ENJOY /UNIVERSAL 860991' /UMRG 11398 CDI [N] SIXLFEET AB 32 24 22 THE STARTING LINE Say It Like You Mean It 132 25 28 EMINEM The Marshall Mathers LP DRIVE-THRU 060063/MCA (12.98 CD) 32 36 31 THE POSTAL SERVICE Give Up WEB /AFTERMATH 490629' /INTERSCOPE 11298/18.981 SUB POP 595 (14.98 CD) [N] 33 26 26 INTERPOL Turn On The Bright Lights L33 34 35 TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS A9 Greatest Hits THE HIT CREW DJ's Choice Kids Halloween Party Music MATADOR 541( (16.98 CD) 49 - MCA 110813 112.98/18.981 e TURN UP THE MUSIC 1341 1898 CO) 34 25 11 BILLY TALENT Billy Talent 34 36 40 KID ROCKIc Devil Without A Cause ATLANTIC 33614/AG (12.98 CD) 45 12 LOS LONELY BOYS Los Lonely Boys DOG/LAVA o OR 80305 nzselesel[x) 113.98 CDI [N]

1 35 36 48 KINDRED THE FAMILY SOUL Surrender To Love -35 32 44 GUNS N' ROSES Appetite For Destruction HIDDEN BEACH /EPIC 86491/SONY MUSIC 113.98 ES CDI 35 37 22 VARIOUS ARTISTS Vans Warped Tour 2003 Compilation GEFFEN 424148/INTERSCOPE (12.98/18.981 SIDE ONE DUMMY 71237 1898 CDI POLO URIAS Y SU MAQUINA NORTENA 20 Mas...Quinazos!!! 40 EARTH, WIND & FIRE Greatest Hits 36 42 27 CRAIG MORGAN I Love It 36 - o FONOVISA350948 /UG (13.98 CD) LEGACY /COLUMBIA 65779/SONY MUSIC (11.98 E0/17.981 BROKEN BOW 77567 113.98 CDI [N] 47 46 A3 37 11 - THE FIRE THEFT The Fire Theft SYSTEM OF A DOWN Toxicity RYKODISC 10642 117.98 CO) YAHZARAH Blackstar AMERICAN /COLUMBIA 62240 /SONY MUSIC 112.98 50/18.981 0 THREE KEYS 22256/LIGHTYEAR (12.98 CD) 38 31 FAIL From The Depths Of Dreams (EP) VARIOUS ARTISTS A2 Songs 4 Worship Shout To The Lord 38 SENSES 47 25 FRAYSER BOY Gone On That Bay - DRIVE -THRU 000155/MCA 18.98 CD) 38 INTEGRITY 61001/TIME LIFE 119.98 CO) HYPNOTIZE MINDS 3606/STREET LEVEL 0798 CDI [NI .39 30 32 GOOD CHARLOTTE Good Charlotte 41 33 JEREMY CAMP Stay JOAN BAEZ Dark Chords On A Big Guitar Q BEC 40456 116.98 CO) DAYLIGHT/EPIC 85845/SONY MUSIC 113.98 E0 CD) 0 KOCH 8622 118.98 CDI (N] TENACIOUS D Tenacious D 40 28 25 TAKING BACK SUNDAY Tell All Your Friends 40 31 MATCHBOOK ROMANCE Stories And Alibis VICTORY 176 112.98 CO) - 0 EPIC 862344/SONY MUSIC 118.98 ES CD) EPITAPH 41 38 47 DIXIE NCHICKS Open Spaces 41 39 - GRUPO EXTERMINADOR Nuestra Historia 41 40 32 DARYL HALL Can't Stop Dreaming Wide FDNOVISA 350969/UG 113.98 CD) M.IC no.986vn.9e1[x] RHYTHM A GROOVE I2109/LIQUID 8 (18.98 CDI 42 29 RADIOHEAD OK Computer 42 22 - SIX FEET UNDER Bringer Of Blood 42 50 28 PANCHO BARRAZA Las Romanticas De Pancho Barraza - METAL BLADE 14444 (1818 CDI CAPITOL 55229 11198/17.98/ MUSART 2713/BALBOA 16.98 CDI [NI 43 48 ENYA A2 Paint The Sky With Stars - The Best Of Enya 43 40 41 THE POSTAL SERVICE Give Up 43 46 23 PRETTY GIRLS DMA]MAKE GRAVES The New Romance - SUB POP 595 CD) REPRISE 46135/WARNER BROS. (12.98/18. 98) 114.98 44 37 27 ROBERT RANDOLPH & THE FAMILY BAND Unclassified NYC Vol. 4 44 37 37 BROOKS & DUNN 3 The Greatest Hits Collection 44 ? 32 - THE RIDDLER Dance Mix - ARISTA NASHVILLE 18852/RIG 112.98 /18.981 DARE 48475/WARNER BROS. 118.90 CD) TOMMY BOY 1575 119.98 COI [x] 45 41 38 SOUNDTRACK A' O Brother, Where Art Thou? SHIRLEY CAESAR Shirley Caesar And Friends 4 STEVE WINWOOD About Time LOST HIGHWAY /MERCURY 170069/ ® WORD -CURB 86008/WARNER BROS. (18.98 CD) W INCRAFT0001 /SCI FIDELITY CD) IDJMG 112.98:19.981 11798 46 31 25 PATSY CLINE 9 12 Greatest Hits 48 14 LOS LONELY BOYS Los Lonely Boys 461 JOAN SEBASTIAN Coleccion De Oro DECCA/MCA NASHVILLE 000012/UMGN (6.98/11.98/ o OR 80305 113.98 CDI MUSART 12887 / BALBOA 18.98/13.981 ZZ TOP A3 Greatest Hits 47 43 36 CRAIG MORGAN I Love It 4 ARTISTS Punk -O- Rama 8 o WARNER BROS. 26846 111.98/17.98) BROKEN BOW 77567 113.98 CDI EPITAPH 86673 (7.98 CD)

48 43 42 NICKELBACK A5 Silver Side Up o/` ' KEB' MO' Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: Keb' Mo' 45 BLACK LABEL SOCIETY The Blessed Hellride ROADRUNNER 61R485/ISJMG 112.98/18.981 DKEH/LEGACY 90496 /SONY MUSIC 112.98 ED CD) SPITFIRE 15091 118.98 CDI 49 44 39 ALAN JACKSON A5 The Greatest Hits Collection 49 32 20 THE RAVEONETTES Chain Gang Of Love 49 GEORGE LOPEZ Team Leader ARISTA NASHVILLE 18801 /RIG 112.98/18.981 COLUMBIA 90353/SONY MUSIC 112.98 ED CDI OGLIO 89133 (15.98 CO) [N] 50 39 41 METALLICA A6 Master Of Puppets 50 49 35 SHINEDOWN Leave A Whisper SC TYRONE DAVIS Come To Daddy FUTURE 1005 ELEKTRA 60439 /EEG 111.98/18.98) ATLANTIC 83566 /AG 11298 CO) 110.98/18.981

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Dist., PARTY & BULLSH`T 2003 (Rah Digga, ASCAP/F.O.B., ASCAP/Dirty Works, BMI /5o Cent, ASCAP/Universal, ASCAP/N.Q.C., ASCAP /Curtis A tones, ASAP) RBH 81 ASAP), HL /WBM, RBH 47 24'S :Ya Majesty's Music, ASCAP, Toompslone, BMI) EN REALIDAD (Maximo Aguirre, BMI) LT 46 I'M IN LOVE WITH YOU (Haneli, BMI/Wacissa River, PARTY TO DAMASCUS (Sony /AN Tunes, ASCAP/Huss SUELTALO (Elix, ASCAP) LT 5o Hioo 78; RBH 36 ESO DUELE (Ser -Ca, BMI) LT9 BMI) CS 57 Zwingli, ASCAP/EMI Blackwood, BMI /Te -Bass, BMI /Mass SUGA SUGA (Latino Velvet, BMI /SoulSick Muzik, ESTOYA PUNTO (Ser-Ca, BMI) LT 13 I'M ONE OF YOU (blamer- Tamerlane, BMI /Melanie Confusion, ASCAP/WB, ASCAP), HL /WBM, Hioo 9o; RBH BMI /Amaya- Sophia, BMI /Jumping Bean, BMI) Hioo 20; -A- EVERY FRIDAY AFTERNOON (Murrah, BMI /Melanie Howard, ASCAP), WBM, CS 43 51 RBH 74 Howard, ASCAP), WBM, CS 38 I NEED YOU NOW (Smokie's Song, BMI) RBH PASS THAT DUTCH (Mass Confusion, ASCAP/WB, ACA ENTRE NOS (LGA, BMI) LT 35 59 SUMMERTIME (EMI April, ASAP /Justin Combs, ASCAP Beach, ASCAP), WBM, H1oo48; RBH 21 ADDICTED (Warner Chappell, SOCAN /Wet Wheelie, IN MY DREAMS (Mundo, BMI /EMI Blackwood, /Virginia ASAP /Phoenix Ave, ASCAP/EMI Blackwood, BMI /Janice SOCAN/High-Maintenance, SOCAN/Stinky Music, F. BMI /Rumbalo, BMI /TotoTunes, ASCAP/Winning Circle, PERFECT (Copyright Control /Sony /AN Tree, Combs, BMI /Marsky, BMI /Beyonce, ASCAP), HL, RBH 48 . BMI), HL, CS BMI BMI Watch, 39 SOCAN/Drop Out, SOCAN /Slutty, SOCAN /Lanni Tunes, FAINT (Zomba Songs, BMI /Chesterchaz, ASCAP/Big ASCAP/Bluewater, ASAP), HI, CS 41 /Wenonga, /Gold SUPERSTAR (Embassy, BMI /Young Carney, ASCAP) PICK UP THE PHONE (Zomba Songs, BMI / R.Kelly, SOCAN), WBM, Hioo 77 Bad Mr. Hahn, BMI /Nondisclosure Agreement, BMI /Rob IN THOSE JEANS (Music Of Windswept, ASCAP/Hand RBH 6o BMI HL RBH AMAZING (Dudeski, ASCAP) Hioo 79 Bourdon, BMI /Kenji Kobayashi, BMI/Pancakey Cakes, In My Pocket, ASAP/Harvey The Rock" Hester, ASCAP), /Ludacris,ASAP /EMI April, ASAP), /WBM, WBM, Hioo 7o; RBH 38 88 AMOR BESAME (Sotmar, SESAC) LT 33 BMI), WBM, Hloo 55 INTO YOU (J Brasco, ASCAP /Desert Storm, BMI /Mr. P.I.M.P. (High On Life, ASCAP/EMI April, ASAP /Derry -T- AND THE CROWD GOES WILD (Gottahaveable, A FEW QUESTIONS (Noble Vision, ASCAP/Green TE METISTE EN MI CAMA (Edimonsa, ASCAP) LT 3o Manatti, BMI /EMI Blackwood, BMI /Duro, BMI /Songs Of Works, ASCAP/5o Cent, ASCAP/Universal, ASCAP/FBC, BMI /Songs Of Windswept Pacific, BMI /BMG Songs, Dogg, BMI) CS 11; Hloo 74 TE NECESITO (Karen, BMI /Elyon, BMI) LT 3 DreamWorks, BMI /Time For Flytes, BMI /EMI April, ASCAP), HL/WBM, Hioo lo; RBH 19 ASCAP/Mrs. Lumpkins Poodle, ASCAP), WBM, CS 3o FIND A WAY (Modat, ASCAP /916, BMI) Hioo 99; RBH TENNESSEE RIVER RUN (EMI April, ASCAP/Pittsburg ASAP /Plus 1, ASAP/D. 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Hloo 40 wood, BM ASCAP /Carter Boy ,ASCAP), HL, ASCAP /Minneapolis Guys, ASAP/li Branda, ASCAP), HL ASCAP/ClearMind, ASCAP /Famous, ASAP /Clear Heart, ASCAP), HL /WBM, Hioo 1; RBH 1 I THOIATHOING (Zomba Songs, BMI / R.Kelly, BMI), HIoo7; RBH 9 RBH 37 BMI /Ensign, BMI) LT 36 BACKTIGHT (Hood Classics, ASCAP/E-Ballad, WBM, Huso 17; RBH 6 QUE TE RUEGUE QUIEN TE QUIERA (LGA, BMI) LT 45 ASCAP /WB, ASCAP/Young Beggah, BMI /Mother Drake, THROUGH THE WIRE (Ye World Music, ASCAP/Dyad, QUIEN TE DIJO ESO (Brantunes, ASCAP/Maximo ASCAP /lasane Drama, ASCAP /Warner -Tamerlane, BMI), -G- -J- BMI /Warner -Tamerlane, BMI /Neropub, BMI), WBM, RBH JUST A DOG (Ottanowear, BMI) RBH 73 Aguirre, BMI) LT 31 WBM, RBH 58 GANGSTA NATIONS (Gangsta Boogie, ASCAP/Hoo 89 QUIERO PERDERME EN TU CUERPO (Kike Santander, BAD BOY THIS BAD BOY THAT (Tony Dofat, Bangin' Music, ASCAP/DreamWorks Songs, ASCAP /Bass TOUGH LITTLE BOYS (EMI April, ASAP/Sea Gayle, BMI /Ensign, BMI) LT14 BMI/Rounder, BMI/Copyright Control) RBH 32 Pipe, ASCAP /Karam's Kid, ASCAP /Nate Dogg, BMI) RBH ASCAP/Cobum, BMI), HL/WBM, CS 2; Hioo 32 -K- ROPA QUITEMONOS LA (World Deep, BMI /Sony /AN BIGGER THAN MY BODY (Specific Harm, 71 KNOCK KNOCK (Mass Confusion, ASCAP/WB, TROUBLE (Pink Inside, BMI /EMI Blackwood, Latin, BMI /Btueplatinum, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Discos, ASCAP /Sony /AN Tunes, ASCAP), CLM /HL, Hioo 33 GET LOW (TVT, ASCAP/Swole, ASCAP/Da Crippler, ASCAP /Ye World Music, ASCAP/Abc-Dunhill, BMI), WBM, BMI /How About A Bunch Of Trouble Music, ASCAP), HL, THE BOYS OF SUMMER (Wild Gator, ASCAP/Warner- RBH 5 ASCAP) LT 10 BMI / ColliPark, BMI /DWC, BMI) Hioo 3; Hioo 81; RBI-124 Hloo 71 Tamerlane, BMI /Woody Creek, BMI), WBM, Hioo 41 GETTING LATE (Marshmellow, BMI /Perfect, TU AMOR 0 TU DESPRECIO (Crisma, SESAC) LT 42 BRIGHT LIGHTS (Bidnis, BMI /EMI Blackwood, BMI), ASCAP/SPZ, BMI /Aboukir, BMI /Universal, BMI /Double -R- HL, Hioo 5o -L- Oh Eight, ASCAP/Touched By Jazz, ASCAP/EMI April, RAINBOW MAN (Warner- Tamerlane, BMI /Smith LAG R I MAS DE CRISTAL (Zomba, ASCAP) LT 44 BRING ME TO LIFE (Zombies Ate My Publishing, ASCAP), HL, RBH Haven, BMI /Coburn, BMI), WBM, CS -up. 35 54 LA PAGA (Peermusic III, BMI /Camaleon, BMI) LT 32 GOT THAT LOVE (CALL IT A NIGHT) (Divided, BMI/Forthefallen, BMI /Dwight Frye, BMI), WBM, -11oo 42 GIGOLO (Zomba Songs, BMI / R.Kelly, BMI /Nick- RAIN ON ME (Pookietoots, ASAP /Baeza, U LET'S GET DOWN (Shad Moss, BMI/Warner- Tamer- BMI /Universal -Songs Of PolyGram, BMI /Ramat, BUSTED (Zomba Songs, BMI /R.Kelly, BMI), WBM, elodeon, ASCAP /N-Can -N, ASCAP /Famous, ASCAP), ASCAP/Universal, ASCAP/Famous, ASCAP /Soldierz lane, BMI /Bubba Gee, BMI /Noontime Tunes, BMI /R.O.C., BMI /Warner -Tamerlane, BMI), WBM, RBH 57 RBH 41 HL /WBM, RBH 67 Touch,ASAP /Ensign, BMI /DJ Irv, BMI /Colgems -EMI, BMI /INB, BMI /Ya Majesty's Music, ASCAP), WBM, Hloo UNA EMOCION PARA SIEMPRE (Universal -Musica GIRL I'M A BAD BOY (Jelly's lams, ASCAP /Joseph ASCAP), HL /WBM, Hloo 13; RBH 4 65; RBH 56 BMI /EMI Blackwood, BMI) LT49 Cartagena, ASCAP/Dade Co. Project Music, BMI /Bubo, READ YOUR (Tuff Huff, BMI /Grindtime, Unica, -C- LIGHT YOUR ON FIRE (Starbus, BMI /Ensign, MIND A". PARA LA HISTORIA (Universal Musica, ASCAP /That's Up, ASCAP/New Columbia Pictures, BMI Town, BMI) 6o; RBH 20 UN AMOR CADILLAC ON 22'S (Crump Tight, ASCAP) RBH 84 What's BMI /The Waters Of Nazareth, BMI /EMI Blackwood, /Pay Hioo ASCAP /Sony /AN Tunes, ASCAP/Colpix, BMI/Sony/ATV REAL GOOD MAN (Universal, ASCAP/Memphisto, ASCAP/Unique Hits, ASAP) LT 26 CALLING ALL ANGELS (EM I April, ASAP /Blue Lamp, BMI /Chase Chad, ASCAP /EMI April, ASCAP), HL, RBH 66 Songs, BMI), HL RBH 94 ASCAP /Zomba Songs, BMI /Teren It Up, BMI), WBM, CS 1; UN SIGLO SIN TI (Muziekuitgerverij B.V. BUMA, ASCAP), HL, Hioo 27 LIKE A PIMP (Crump Tight, ASCAP/Lucky, BMI / W B, GIRLS AND BOYS (EMI April, ASCAP /21:1, ASCAP), HL, H100 36 ASCAP/WB, ASCAP) LT 2 CALLING ALL GIRLS (Zomba Songs, BMI /R.Kelly, ASCAP) RBH 5o Hioo 97 RED DIRT ROAD (Sony/AN Tree, BMI /Buffalo Prairie, UNWELL (Bidnis, BMI /EMI Blackwood, BMI), HL, Hloo BMI/ Bubo, ASAP /That's What's Up, ASCAP/Dangerous LIKE GLUE ( Dutty Rock, ASCAP/EMI April, GOOD LITTLE GIRLS (Mike Curb, BMI /Kiss My Cash, BMI /Showbilly, BMI), HL CS 16 15 Words, ASCAP), WBM, RBH 61 ASCAP /Tony Kelly, BMI /Universal -Songs Of PolyGram, BMI /Ensign, BMI /Fuzzy Dice, BMI) CS 51 THE REMEDY (I WONT WORRY) (Goo Eyed, CANT HOLD US DOWN (Xtina, BMI /Careers -BMG, BMI /VP, BMI), HL /WBM, í11o0 84 GOT SOME TEETH (Obie Trice, ASCAP/Eight Mile ASCAP/BSM, ASAP/Warner- Tamerlane, BMI /Hollylodge, BMI/Scott Storch, ASCAP /TVT, ASCAP/Logrhythm, BMQ, LITTLE MOMENTS (EMI April, ASCAP/Sea Gayle, -V- HL, Hioo 16 Style, BMI/laceff, ASCAP/Resto World, ASCAP /Universal, BMI /Scott Spock Songs, BMI /BMG- Careers, BMI/Graham VIVE LA VI DA (Rubet, ASCAP/Universal Musica, ASCAP), HL, CS 35 ASCAP /Universal -PolyGram International, ASCAP /Buffalo, Edwards Songs, ASCAP/BMG Songs, ASCAP/Rainbow ASCAP/2000 Amor, ASCAP) LT 22 CAN'T STOP, WON'T STOP (Copyright Control /Six LONG BLACK TRAIN (Sony/AN Cross Keys, ASCAP /Bughouse, ASCAP/UnforgettableMusic, Fish, BMQ, HL /WBM, Hioo 24 Figga, BMI) Woo 14; RBH Io ASCAP /Drivers Ed, ASCAP), HL CS 32 CARMELINA (EMOA, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Discos, PRS /Almo, ASCAP), HL/WBM, Hioo 54; RBH 33 RIE Y LLORA (Sir George, ASCAP/WB, ASCAP) LT 15 LOVE AT 1ST SIGHT (Mary J. Blige, ASCAP/Universal- RIGHTTHURR (Turk Starz, ASAP /Almo, ASAP/Irv- -w- ASCAP) LT 20 MCA, ASCAP/Gloria's Boy, ASAP /Justin Combs, WAITING FOR YOU (Perfect Songs, BMI/Bat Future, ing, BMI), 4; RBH 8 CAUSAME LA MUERTE (TN Ediciones, BMI /Los Com- ASCAP/EMI April, ASCAP /Wu -Tang, BMI /Careers-BMG, HL Hioo BMI) Hioo 98 ROC YA BODY "MIC 1,2" (Robert Clivilles, positores, BMI) LT 57 HALF A HEART TATTOO (Son TV Acuff Rose, BM!), BMI /Marsky, BMI /Janice Combs, BMI /EMI Blackwood, CHECK WALKA LITTLE STRAIGHTER (Universal, ASCAP/Off ASCAP/Mighty One, SESAC) CELEBRITY (EMI April, ASCAP/Sea Gayle, ASCAP), HL, HL, CS 48 BMI /Danger Zone, ASCAP/Zomba, ASAP/lass Merchant, ASCAP/Dontana, Hioo 94 My Rocker, ASCAP /Universal -Songs Of PolyGram Interna- H1oo 85 ROSAS (Sony/AN Discos, ASCAP) LT HANDPRINTS ON THE WALL (White Car, BMI /Scott P. ASAP), HL /WBM, RBH 7o 43 tional, BMI /Everything I Love, BMI /Sony/AN Acuff Rose, ROUN'THE GLOBE (Nappy Roots, BMI /Mike City, CHICKS DIG IT (Mark Hybner, ASCAP/Cagle Blue, Innes, BMI /Bug, BMI /Early Bird, BMI) CS 59 LOVE CALLS (Kem, BMI) RBH 25 BMI), HL /WBM, CS 12; H100 68 CS 14 BMI /Warner-Tamerlane, BMI), WBM, RBH 95 ASCAP/Casey Donovan, BMI), WBM, HARDER TO BREATHE (BMG Songs, ASCAP /Valentine LOVE YOU MORE (Hand In My Pocket, ASCAP/Music WALKED OOTTA HEAVEN (WBM, SESAC /Babyboy's CLAP BACK (Slavery, BMI /Songs Of Universal, RUNNIN (EMI April, ASCAP/Justin Combs, ASCAP/Big Valentine,ASCAP /Careers -BMG, BMI /February Twenty Of Windswept, ASAP/ Famous, ASAP /BIG JAMES, Little, SESAC /Noontime South, SESAC /EMI April, Poppa, ASCAP/EMI Longitude, BMI /Bee Mo Easy, BMI/Scott Storch, ASAP /DI Irv, BMI) RBH 46 Second, BMI), HL Hioo 23 ASCAP /Casino Room, ASCAP/Hutspa, ASCAP), HL RBH ASCAP/Black Baby, SESAC /Them Damn Twins, ASCAP /Air CLUBBIN (R.Kelly, BMI /Zomba Songs, BMI/Joe Bud- ASCAP/G.1. ASCAP), HL Woo 75; RBH 26 HEAD BUSSA (Headbussa, ASCAP/Swole, 43 Control, ASCAP), HL /WBM, Hloo 28; RBH 12 ASCAP Top, ASCAP), RUN, RUN, RUN (Songs Of Scream, ASCAP/There's den, /On ASAP /Universal, WBM, Joe, BMI) RBH 85 LOVIN'ALL NIGHT (Sony/AN Cross Keys, ASCAP), HL, WALKING IN MEMPHIS (Famous, ASCAP), HL CS 22 Hioo 51; RBH 17 One Music, ASAP/MCS, ASCAP/Deston, ASCAP/Boat HEADSTRONG (WBM, SESAC /Traptism, SESAC), CS 18; Hioo 88 WAT DA HOOK GON BE (Shaniah Cymone, ASCAP/EMI COME OVER (Naked Under My Clothes, Money, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Cross Keys, ASCAP/Humidity, WBM, Hloo 3o LOW (Whorgamusica, ASCAP/EMI April, ASCAP), HL April, ASCAP /Young Dude, ASCAP /Universal, /Chrysalis, ASCAP Babyboy's Little, SESAC /Noon- ASCAP), HL CS 40 ASAP / HEAVEN (Loco De Amor, BMI /Audible Sun, BMI), H1oo 63 ASAP /SoulaJamba Songs, BMI /Air Control, /Warner-Tamerlane, BMI /Kevin Hicks, time South, SESAC WBM, Hioo 59 ASAP /Basajamba, ASCAP), HL H1oo 67; RBH 23 BMI/Bubba Gee, BMI /Noontime Tunes, BMI), WBM, Hioo HEAVEN HELP ME (Wacissa River, BMI /On The Man- -s- WAVE ON WAVE (Greenhorse, BMI /EMI Blackwood, 44; RBH 55 tel, BMI /BPJ, BMI) CS -M- (TVT, BMI ColliPark, BMI /EWC, BMI /Da SALTSHAKER / 45 MARTIE, EMILY & NATAUE (THE CONTINUING SAGA BMI/Cooke's Trust, SESAC /Bug, BMI /Justin Pollard, COMIN' FROM WHERE I'M FROM (Tappy Whyte's, HELL YEAH (Gottahaveable, BMI /Songs Of Windswept Crippler, BMI /C'Amore, BMI /Me & Marq, ASCAP) RBH 68 OF...) (Copyright Control) CS 56 SESAC), HL CS 10; Hloo 62 BMI/Songs Of Universal, BMI /Bat Future, BMI) RBH 72 Pacific, BMI /BMG Songs, ASCAP/Mrs. Lumpkins Poodle, SAY HOW I FEEL (DKG, BMI) RBH 79 SESAC) LT 38 THE WAY YOU MOVE (Gnat Booty, ASCAP/Chrysalis, COOL TO BE A FOOL (Foray, SESAC /MR2, MAS QUETU AMIGO (Crisma, ASCAP), WBM, CS 17 SELLA LOT OF BEER (Sony/ATV Tree, BMI /Mr. Bubba, BMI /Carl Mo, BMI /Organized Noize, BMI / Hitco, BMQ, SESAC /Bethar, BMI /Still Working For The Man, BMI /Wil ME CANSE DE MORIR POR TU AMOR (Zomba Golden HELP POUR OUT THE RAIN (LACEY'S SONG) (My Little BMQ, HL CS 53 WBM, Hloo 25; RBH 18 Nance, BMI /ICG, Sands, ASCAP) LT 21 BMI) CS 44 Jewell, BMI /Reveille B, BMI /Sony /AN Tree, BMI), HL, CS SE ME OLVIDO TU NOMBRE (F.I.P.P., BMI) LT 25 MIENTES TAN BIEN (Sony /AN Discos, ASAP) LT 16 WEAK AND POWERLESS (Transfixed Music, COWBOYS LIKE US (Almo, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Songs, 7; 1-loo 52 SENORITA (Tennman Tunes, ASCAP/Zomba, MIGHTY D -BLOCK (2 GUNS UP) (SheekLouchin, ASCAP/Harry Merkin, ASCAP/EMI April, ASCAP), HL Nitro BMI /Love Monkey, BMI), HL, CS 13; Hioo 66 HERE WITHOUT YOU (Escatawpa, BMI /Songs Of Uni- ASCAP/EMI April, ASCAP /Chase Chad, ASCAP/EMI Black- CRAZY ASCAP /Justin Combs, ASCAP/EMI April, ASCAP/DI Green 64 (Songs Of Universal, BMI /Bayjun Beat, versal, BMI), WBM, Hioo 8 wood, BMI /The Waters Of Nazareth, BMI), HL /WBM, Hioo Latern, BMI), HL RBH 96 WHATA GIRL WANTS (Zomba Songs, BMI / R.Kelly, BMI /Javier Cake, ASCAP), WBM, Hloo loo; RBH 55 HEY YA! (Gnat Booty, ASCAP /Chrysalis, ASCAP), HL, MI LIBERTAD (Not Listed) LT 47 58 BMI), WBM, RBH 82 CRAZY IN LOVE (Beyonce, ASCAP /Hitco South, Hioo 57 SHAKE THAT MONKEY (Zomba Songs, BMI /T. Shaw, MILKSHAKE (The Waters Of Nazareth, BMI /EMI WHAT IS LOVE? (Sony /ATV Tunes, ASCAP/EMI April, ASCAP/Music Of Windswept, ASAP /EMI Blackwood, HOLE IN THE WORLD (Cass County, ASCAP/Wild BMI /Lit 00017 Music, BMI), WBM, RBH 62 Blackwood, BMI /Chase Chad, ASCAP/EMI April, Ion ASCAP/Blue Erro Soul, ASAP /Yoruba Peoples Music, BMI /Richcraft, BMI /Damrich, BMI /Carter Boys, Gator, ASAP/ Red Cloud, ASCAP), WBM, Hioo 91 SHAKE YATAILFEATHER (Jackie Frost, ASCAP/BMG ASCAP /Raynchaser, BMI /Careers -BMG, BMI /Issy & Nemo ASCAP/Chrysalis, BMI /VSG Tunes, ASCAP), HL RBH 75 ASCAP /EMI April, ASCAP /Music World, ASCAP /Unichap- HOLIDAE IN (Almo, ASCAP/Trak Starz, ASCAP /Irving, Songs, ASAP /Bubo, ASCAP /That's What's Up, Tunes, ASCAP), HL Hloo 8o; RBH 40 WHAT WAS I THINKIN' (Sony /AN Tree, pell, BMQ, HL /WBM, Hioo 19; RBH 3o BMI /jackpot, ASCAP/Ludacris, ASAP/EMI April, ASCAP), ASCAP/Young Dude, ASAP/Universal, ASAP/Jason THE CROWN (Slavery, BMI MINUTOS (Sony /AN Discos, ASCAP/Arjona Musical, BMI /Sony /AN Cross Keys, ASCAP), HL, CS 3; Hloo 35 /Songs Of Universal, HL Hloo 18; RBH 13 Bridges, ASCAP/Hitco South, ASAP), HL/WBM, Hioo 2; BMI /Soldierz Touch, ASAP /DI Irv, BMI /Zaboughabi, ASCAP) LT 27 WHERE IS THE LOVE? (will.i.am, BMI /Nawasha Net- HONESTY (WRITE ME A UST) (Sony /ATV Acuff Rose, RBH 11 ASCAP MORE & MORE ( R.Kelly, BMI /Zomba Songs, BMI), works, BMI /leepney, BMI /Tenman Tunes, BMI /Zomba ASCAP/Roynet, /Royalty Network, ASCAP/Crage, BMI /New Works, BMI), HL, CS 24; Hloo 93 SHE IS (EMI April, ASCAP/Zorro Roja, ASAP /Still ASCAP /STB, ASCAP), HL, RBH 91 WBM, RBH 54 Songs, BMI /Printz Polor, BMI /Tuono, BMI /EI Cubano, HOTEL (Larsiny, BMI /Swizz Beatz, ASCAP /EMI April, Working For The Man, BMI /ICG, BMI /Tommy Lee James, CUANDO TU NO ESTAS (Not Listed) LT 40 MY FRONT PORCH LOOKING IN (Sony /AN Tree, BMI), CLM /WBM, Hioo 12 ASCAP / R.Kelly, BMI /Zomba Songs, BMI /Warner-Tamer- BMI /Pat Price, BMQ, HL CS 58 BMI /Sixteen Stars, BMI /HoriPro, BMI /Cosmic MueL WHERE THE HOOD AT? (Boomer X, ASCAP/Universal, lane, BMI /Sony /ATV Songs, BMI), HL /WBM, RBH 76 SHE'S NOT JUST PRETTY FACE (Universal -Songs Of ASCAP /Don Pfrimmer, ASAP), HL CS 20 ASCAP/Live To Prove, ASCAP/Mafia Music, ASCAP/Songs HOT MAMA (Sony /AN Acuff Rose, BMI /Wenonga, PolyGram International, BMI/Loon Echo, BMI /Out Of -D- MY LOVE IS LIKE... WO (Mass Confusion, ASCAP/WB, Of Marl, ASCAP /Cold Chillin', ASCAP/EMI April, ASCAP), DAMN! (Drugstore, ASCAP /Lil Jon 00017 Music, BMI), HL, CS 37 Pocket, ASAP /Zomba, ASCAP), WBM, CS 42 ASCAP/C Sun, ASCAP/Wet Ink Red, ASCAP/Black Soul HL /WBM, RBH 63 BMI /White Rhino, BMI /Lit' Buddy Dewberry, BMI) Hioo 5; HOT & WET (Da Twelve, ASCAP/Justin Combs, SHOW ME HOW TO LIVE (Disappearing One, Connection, BMI /Wet Ink Blue, BMI), WBM, Hloo 21; RBH WHITE FLAG (Warner Chappell, PRS /WB, RBH 2 ASCAP /EMI April, ASCAP /Danger Zone, ASCAP /Ludacris, ASCAP/Melee Savvy Music, BMI /Me 3, BMI /LBV Songs, 69 ASCAP /Future Furniture, ASCAP /EMI April, ASAP /BMG DANCE WITH MY FATHER (Uncle Ronnie's, ASCAP /EMI ASCAP) Hioo 89; RBH 44 BMI), HL Hioo 69 MY NAME (Eight Mile Style, BMI /Hennessey For Songs, ASAP), HL /WBM, Hioo 61 April, ASCAP/Chi-Boy, ASCAP), HL/WBM, Hioo 46; RBH HOY (Estefan, ASAP) LT4 SIGNS OF.LOVE MAKIN' (Zovektion, ASCAP/BMG Everyone, BMI /Alexandra, BMI /Nate Dogg, BMI) RBH loo WHO WOULDN'T WANNA BE ME (Universal, 28 HOY EMPIEZA MI TRISTEZA (Edimusa, ASCAP) LT 18 Songs, ASCAP /First Avenue, ASAP/Demis Hot Songs, ASCAP/Lanark Village Tunes, ASAP /Coburn, BMI), WBM, DANGER (Rexamillons, ASCAP /Divine Pimp, ASCAP/Edmonds, BMI /EMI April, ASAP /E Two, ASCAP), CS 5; 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Him 73 ASCAP /Jack Knight, Combs, WBM, RBH 39 STACY'S MOM (Monkey Demon, BMI /Vaguely Famil- -Y- April, /EMI ASCAP/Marsky, BMI /Janice Combs, BMI Black- I LOVE THIS BAR (Tokeco Tunes, BMI /Sony /ANTree, iar, ASCAP) Hioo 38 YA NO ES IGUAL (SoulSick Muzik, BMI /Logictone, wood, BMI / Harve Pierre, BMI /Shannon Lawerence, LT BMI /Big Yellow Dog, BMI), HL, CS 8; H100 45 -o- STAND UP (Ludacris, ASCAP/EMI April, ASCAP/Ye BMI /lumping Bean, BMI) 24 SESAC /Featquo, SESAC /The Writing Factory, ASCAP), HL I LOVE YOU THIS MUCH (Nashville DreamWorks OFFICIALLY MISSING YOU (Aurelius, ASCAP/Famous, World Music, ASCAP), HL Hioo 6; RBH 3 YO LAAMO (Semia, ASAP) LT 34 RBH 53 Songs, ASCAP/Paper Angels, ASCAP /Sunchaser, ASCAP), HL Hioo 92; RBH 31 STEP IN THE NAME OF LOVE (Zomba Songs, YOU CANT TAKE THE HONKY TONK OUT OF THE GIRL DRIFT AWAY (Almo, ASCAP), HL, Hioo 26 ASCAP /Cherry Lane, ASCAP /EMI April, ASCAP /Sea Gayle, THE ONLY THING MISSIN' (Kharatroy, ASAP /October BMI / R.Kelly, BMI), WBM, Hioo 22; 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(EMI April, ASAP /Art Official, BMI /Justin Songs, ASCAP), HL RBH 86 Minor, BMI /Gottahaveable, BMI /Songs Of Windswept EN LOS PURITOS HUESOS (Edimonsa, ASCAP/Siem- I'M GONNA TAKE THAT MOUNTAIN (Foray, Combs, ASCAP/Bohannon Music, ASCAP/Universal-MCA, STREETS OF HEAVEN (Magic Mustang, BMI /Write Em Pacific, BMI /Songs Of Bud Dog, ASCAP/Music Of pre, ASCAP) LT 19 SESAC /Sea Keeper, SESAC /Chatawa, ASCAP) CS 19 ASCAP /Mary J. Bilge, ASAP), HL, Hioo 29; RBH 14 Cowgirl, BMI /Annie And Clyde, ASCAP/Anthology, ASCAP) Windswept, ASCAP), HL/WBM, CS 49

BILLBOARD OCTOBER 18, 2003 www.billboard.com 57 www.americanradiohistory.com Charts Format Shifts Help R &B /Hip -Hop Dominate Hot 100

Last issue, R&B/hip -hop tracks A look at the current 40- position shift that meant its peak on the Hot the rules that govern the Hot 100 are song might reach an audience of 150 owned the entire top 10 of The Bill- Mainstream Top 40 chart versus one 100 Airplay chart happened as it always subject to review -especially million-plus. board Hot 100, a first in the 45 -year from four years ago this week shows moved from one format to the other. now, when the top -selling single in For now, though, the Hot 100 history of the chart. "Here Without that the amount of charted R&B/hip- In 702's case, that was in August 1999. the U.S. can move less than 10,000 proves beyond doubt that R &B/hip- You" by 3 Doors Down breaks the hop titles has more than doubled That window between formats no units per week while the No. 1 radio hop pounds radio's beat. monopoly this week with its 13 -8 (17.5% to 37.5%). More telling is that longer exists. This week's No. 1 Main- jump, even as last issue's chart con- hip-hop accounts for half of this stream Top 40 track, "Shake Ya Tail - DATA air tinues to reverberate in the media issue's top 10, compared with one of feather" by Nelly, P. Diddy & Murphy PROVIDED BY (see Rhythm & Blues, page 20). 10 in 1999. Lee, reached the top 10 of that chart In response to several market Not only are mainstream top 40 sta- one week before it did so on Hot MAINSTREAM TOP 40 RHYTHMIC TOP 40 forces, Billboard revamped the tions now playing more hip -hop R&B/Hip -Hop Singles & Tracks. NEW RELEASES WITH TOP 10 CALLOUT POTENTIAL NEW RELEASES WITH TOP 10 CALLOUT POTENTIAL methodology of the Hot 100 in tracks, but they're also doing it sooner. With R &B/hip -hop songs rising NO HEW SONGS SHOWED NO NEW SONGS SNOWED December 1998 concurrently at these formats TOP 10 CALIOUT POTENTIAL TOP 10 CALLOUT POTENTIAL Because labels (including rhythmic top 40, which THIS WEEK THIS WEEK RECENTLY TESTED SONGS WITHTOP 10 CALLOUT POTENTIAL were releasing has evolved from dance/pop into pri- 1 MICHELLE BRANCH 79.5 RECENTLY TESTED SONGS WITHTOP 10 CALLOUT POTENTIAL fewer major marily hip -hop), the audience reach Breathe WARNER BROS 2 FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE 79.o VniilinAallmG 76.2 radio hits as SinglesMinded is maximized to its fullest potential, Stacy's Mom S- CURVE/EMC 1 3 CIOILDP Y 76.0 2 retail singles, we especially since these formats domi- CAPITOL WYCLEF JEAN 68.0 Silvio Pietroluongo Party To Damascus J /RMG allowed radio - nate the Arbitron ratings in major 4 *RAPT [email protected] Headstrong WARNER BROS 15.4 markets and contribute more listener only songs to 5 STACIE ORRICO 74 4 MODERN ROCK Minal Patel (There's Gotta Be) More To Life VIRGIN chart on the Hot impressions than stations in other 6 LIZ PHAIR NEW RELEASES WITH TOP 10 CALLOUT POTENTIAL mpatel @billboard.com 14 2 100. Further, we markets and formats. Why Can't I CAPITOL NO NEW SONGS SHOWED 7 NICK Wade Jessen LACHEY 72.0 TOP 10 CALLOUT POTEIy1IAL expanded our While the lag time varies for adult This I Swear UNIVERSAUUMRG wjessen @billboard.com Pills WEEK audience -based and rock songs to cross from those ADULT TOP 40 RELEASES POTENTIAL radio panel to core formats to mainstream top 40, NEW WITH TOP 10 CALLOW* RECENRYTESTED SONGS WITHTOP 1O CALLOUT POTENTIAL NO NEW SONGS SHOWED incorporate previously excluded for- This week in 1999, the highest - they don't migrate as fast as R &B/hip- 1 LINKIN PARK 91.8 mats: R &B, country and mainstream charting R&B/hip -hop song on the hop titles. Thus, those songs rise TOP 10 CALLOUT POTENTIAL Numb WARNER BROS PHIS WEEK 2 REVIS rock and, soon after, Latin. Mainstream Top 40 chart was 702's more slowly on the Hot 100. RECENTLY TESTED SONGS WITHTOPIOCALLOUTPOTENTIAL Seven EPIC 85.4 The inclusion of R&B stations to "Where My Girls At," which was hold- The number of times that adult and 1 SARAH MCLACHLAN 89.0 Fallen ARISTA 3 FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE 83.6 the mix immediately furthered the ing at No. 14 on its way into the top 10. rock stations play current songs also S- CURVE/EMC 2 SHANIA TWAIN 76.2 Stacy's Mom exposure of hip -hop tracks on the A full five months passed from the time hinders their lot on the Hot 100. Most Forever And For Always IDJMG FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE 14.8 4 (Hattee)) 83.5 Hot 100, but the balance has shifted it reached Hot R&B/Hip -Hop Singles & stations from these formats spin their 3 TAMom SNS E erryytthhingAboRut YouJIVE 4 13.2 even more during the past two years, Tracks' top 10 in May to the week when biggest titles between 30 and 50 times Górig Under WIND-UP 5 AUDIOSLAVE 79.4 I Am The Highway EPIC as mainstream top 40 stations more it hit Mainstream Top 40's top 10. per week, compared to the 60 to 90 5 STACIE ORRICO 72.6 (There's Gotta Be) More To Life VIRGIN 6 ROONEY readily have adopted R &B/hip -hop That lag between formats was not times per week that mainstream top 6 HOWIE DAY I'm Shakin GEFFEN /INTERSCOPE l5.ó Perfect time Of The Day EPIC 72.3 tracks. In short, stations that were uncommon at the time. On an audi- 40, rhythmic and R&B/hip -hop sta- 7 7 JASON MRAZ 72.0 CHEVELLE 15.0 heavily playing 'N Sync and Back- ence -based chart, the listeners picked tions typically play their power songs. You And I Both ELEKTRA/EEG Closure EPIC street Boys three years ago are now up at top 40 were negated slightly by Sooner or later, mainstream top 40 Songs are blind tested online by Promosquad using multiple listens and a nationwide sample of carefully profiled music consumers. Songs are rated on a 1 -5 scale; final results are based on weighted positives. Songs with a score of 65 or more are judged to have top 10 callow potential, spinning lots of Chingy and 50 Cent. decreasing plays on the R&B side, a will migrate to another flavor. And al hough that benchmark number can fluctuate based on the strength of available music. 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I -- 1 'r`' -C- NUMBER 1 ,L,- NUMBER 1 - .- NUMBER -'0- -0- NUMBER 1 '- NUMBER I Baby Boy A WLaAtNu.l I 2 Wks Atm, 1 1 Shake Ya Tailfeather 3 wits AtNM.1 Why Don't You & Drift Away 20 Wks At Na.l So Far Away 5 UNNNo.I BEYONCEFEAT. SEAN PAUL (COLUMBIA) FFATALEX NELLY, P DIDDY B MURPHY LEE (BAD BOYNMRG) SANTANA BAND OR CHAD KROEGER IARISTA) UNCLE KRACKER FEAT. DOBLE GRAY LAVA SIAIND IRIP/ELEKTRNNEEG) 4 Here Without You Get Low Unwell Forever And For Always 3 Weak And Powerless* © LIL JON THE EAST SIDE BOYZ BME/TVT MATCHBOX TWENTY (ATLANTIC( A PERFECT CIRCLE 3 DOORS DOWN IREPUBUCNNIVERSALNMRGI a w SHANIA TWAIN MERCURYADJMG (VIRGIN) 5 Baby Boy Suga Suga Calling All Angels Unwell 3 2 Faint © BABY BASH FEAT. FMNKIE J (UNIVERSAL/UMRU) TRAIN (COLUMBIA) LINKIN PARK BROS.) HV BEYONCE FEAT. SEAN PAUL (COLUMBIA) ©. MATCHBOX TWENTY (ATLANTIC) WARNER Q 3 Can't Hold Us Down Shake Ya Tailfeather Heaven 4 Have You Ever Been In Love 4 4 Someday LIVE CHRISTINA AGUILERA FEAT Lit KIM IRCNRMGI IE NELLY P DIDDY & MURPHY LEE BAD BOYNMRG (RADIOACTIVEGEFFEN) itr CELINE DION EPIC NICKELBACK IROADRUNNEMOJMG) AAA 5 2 Where Is The Love? Holidae In 1 Bigger Than My Body Dance With My Father 5 Going Under it BLACK EYED PEAS CHINGY (DISTURBING THAPEACLCAPITOLI JOHN MAYER (AWARE/COLUMBIA) LUTHERVANDR0S5 (JARMGI EVANESCENCE IWINO'UP) w (A&MUNTERSCOPEI DIM 6 Harder To Breathe Right Thum The Remedy (I Won't Worry)* 6 gill Big Yellow Taxi 6 Show Me How To Live .1 © CHINGY DISTURBING THA PEACE/CAPITOL JASON MRAZ (ELEKTRNEEG) COUNTINGCROOSFFAT VANESSACAALTON AUDIOSLAVE AAE MAROONS (OCTONE/J/RMG) GEFRNRNTERSCOPE) BNTERSCOPE/EPICI 7 Why Don't You & I Damn! Why Can't I 7 If You're Not The One 8 Still Frame la YOUNGBLOODZ FEAT. LIL JON ISO 50 DEF /ARISTA) LIZ PHAIR (CAPITOL) DANIELBEDINGFIELO *RAPT BROS.) E SANTANA FEAT AIR BAND OR CHAD KROEGER ¡ARISTA) (ISLAND/MG) (WARNER t 8 My Love Is Like... Wo Stand Up Bright Lights '1 0 The Game Of Love 9 Hands Down LIIOACRIS DISTURBING THAPFACEDEF MATCHBOX TWENTY 8O. 0 MYA (A&ANINTERSCOPE) JAMSOUTNOJMG (ATLANTIC) w SANTANA FEAT. MICHELLE BRANCH ARISTA) LASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL NAG&wTANTEMCOPE) itr

12 P.I.M.P. Can't Stop, Won't Stop White Flag 10 I Can Only Imagine 11 The Hardest Button To Button* YOUNG GURU (ROC-A- FELLA/DEFJAMADJMG) 0100 (ARISTA) THE 50 CENT ISRADY /AFTERMATHANTERSCOPEI MERCYME (INO/CURB) WHITE STRIPES (THIRD MANNZ) 9 The Remedy (I Won't Worry) FroEnin' Amazing Calling All Angels 12 Serenity PHARRELL JOSH KELLEY (HOLLYWOOD) JASON MRAZ (ELEKTRNEEG) FEAT. JAY-Z (STARTRAK/ARISTA 111. TRAIN COLUMBIA GODSMACK (REPUBUC/UNIVERSALNMRG) 10 Crazy In Love Deliverance Here Without You 11 Hole In The World 14 Falls On Me 3 DOORS DOWN BEYONCE FEATJAY-Z (COLUMBIA) BUBBA SPAR)OO( (BEATCLUB/INTERSCOPE) IREPUBUCNNIVERSAUUMRGI A^L © EAGLES (ERC(DRD STREET) FUEL (EPIC) 16 Headstrong 4. P.I.M.P. Are You Happy Now? Sunrise 13 (I Hate) Everything About You,, *RAPT 50 CENT SHADY RMATH/1NTERSCOPE MICHELLE BRANCH (MAVERICIVWARNER BROS.) H SIMPLY RED THREE DAYS GRACE WNEI (WARNER BROS.) MI I ®®. SIMPLYRED.CU 'ED INK 11 RightThurr Got Some Teeth Drift Away 13 ®5 Can't Stop Loving You 13 7 Seven Nation Army UNCLE 'CRACKER FEAT DOBLE GRAY AVAI CHINGY (DISTURBING THA PEACE/CAPITOL) OBIE TRICE (SHADYANTERSCOPE) H AaA PHILCOWNS (ATLANTIC) THE WHITE STRIPES (THIRD MANNS) 17 (There's Gotta Be) More To Life The Way You Move Bring Me To Life 14N. Don't Know Why 14 10 Bottom Of A Bottle STACIE ORRICO OUTKAST FEAT. SLEEPY BROWN ARISTA EVANESCENCE FEAT. PAUL MCCOY (WINO'UP) A NORAH JONES BLUE NO URGIN SMILE EMPTY SOUL (THROBACK/LAVA) IFOREFRONTNIRGINI * 13 Senorita Into You Fallen Look Through My Eyes 21 Will You JUSTIN TIMBERLAUK (JIVE) w FABULOUS (DESERT STORMÆLEKTRA /EEG) SARAH MCLACHLAN (ARISTA) 1r PI° 111111 PHIL GOWNS (WALT DISNEVMOLLYW005) PO 0 (ATLANTIC) 18 Low If I Can't The First Cut Is The Deepest, Peace (Where The Heart Is) 17 Are You Going To Be My Girl SHERYL KELLY 50CENT SHADY/AFTERMAT INTERSCOPE CROW (A&M/INTERSCOPEI JIM BRICKMAN FEAT. COWN MYE NDHAM HIWAALI 0 JET (ELEKTRNEEG) CLARKSON (RCA,/RMG) i- ®. 7 15 Into You Where Is The Love? Another Postcard (Chimps) FLO 20 When I Fall In Love 17 15 Headstrong BLACK BARENAKED LADIES FABULOUS (DESERTSTORM/ELEKTRNEEGI EYED PEAS (A &M/INTERSCOPE) (REPRISE) MICHAEL BOLTON (PMG) TROT (WARNER BROS.) 14 The Boys Of Summer* Ooh! I'm Still Here ,8 We Can CD 22 Meant To Live VERTICAL HORIZON I HEATARIS (COLUMBIA) MARY J. BUSE GEFFEN (RCA/RMG) 111. LEANN RIMES REPRIS URB SWITCHFOOT (RED INK/COLUMBIA) 20 Get Low Let's Get Down 'd Miss Independent This Is The Night 19 16 The Leaving Song Pt. II BOW WOW FEAT BABY (COLUMBIA) AaE KELLY CLARKSON (RCNRMG) CLAY AIKEN R 'MG AFI JNITRO/DREAMWORKS) . L JON &THE EAST SIDE BOYZ RBME/IVT) L'i9 EMI 21 So Yesterday My Love Is Like... Wo* Amsterdam (Gonna Write You A Letter) 120 One 20 20 Send The Pain Below MYA IA &M/INTERSCOPEI OUSTER IILARY DUFF (BUENA VISTA/HOLLYWOOD) (PALM/REPRISE) ®M WARNER BROS.) HEVELLE (EPIC)

Compiled from a national sample of data supplied by Nielsen Broadcast Dat Sys ems. 120 mainstream top 40,59 rhythmic top 40, 88 adult top 40, 91 adult contemporary and 90 modern rock are electronically monitored 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Songs ranked by umber of detections. Songs with an increase in detections over the previous week are bulleted regardless of chart movement. A song which has been on the chart for more thin 20 weeks will generally not receive a bullet, even if it registers an increase in detections. Songs below the top 15 on Adult Top 40 and Adult Contemporary are removed from the chart after 26 weeks. All five radio charts run at deeper lengths in Airplay Monitor, Billboard Information Network, and billboard.com. Ft indicates title earned HitPredictor status in research data provided by Promosquad. © 2003, VNU Business Media, Inc. All rights reserved.

58 www.billboard.com BILLBOARD OCTOBER 18. 2003 www.americanradiohistory.com bathhouses to an Academy Award - man with a clear vision: "I put the `p' "I didn't want to annoy anybody by album but is scheduled to cover her nominated role as a drug- addled blues in prepared," he says. taking on these songs," she says. "But career history in the near future. Midler rocker in 1980's "." His design for "Songbook" began these arrangements are more contem- In addition, lifestyle, women's and Continued from page 1 From there, it was double Grammy with demos, which Manilow would porary. The tempos are quicker. And I gay Web sites were targeted for stream- Award wins for song of the year with take to Midler's house: "Little by little, added my own humor and sarcasm." ing and contests. power ballads' " we began to crawl into it." Manilow adds, "There is only one "There is a void in the marketplace lengthy career. (1989) and "" (1990). "He knew exactly what he was Bette. She's just as inventive and for this kind of music," says Rocco The set has obviously connected In all, Midler has earned four Gram - doing," Midler continues. "Barry would creative and as talented as ever. She Lanzilotte, VP of creative marketing with fans, too. "Songbook" debuted mys, three Emmys, a Tony, three Gold- say, 'This is how I hear it,' and then I'd can act a song and make it her own. for Columbia. at No. 14 on this issue's Billboard en Globes and nine American Comedy say, 'I would add two more bars here, She was able to interpret these "From the first moment I heard it, I 200, boasting her biggest opening awards and has been nominated for two the brass is too early here.' " songs so uniquely that you always knew it was a pot of gold, the way it was week ever, with 71,000 copies sold, Oscars. Her worldwide album sales With co-producer Robbie Buchanan, know she's there. orchestrated, the production, the choice according to Nielsen SoundScan. total more than 14 million, according Manilow then assembled an 84 -piece "And her voice sounds so beautiful of songs and Bette's voice," he says. For Midler, the timing couldn't have to Columbia. orchestra in Los Angeles and record- on this album. There's a maturity since Midler will bring the "Songbook" to been better. Her longtime contract ed the bulk of the instrumentals in we last worked together that's energetic life with her upcoming Kiss My Brass with Atlantic ended in 2000, and Midler FULL CIRCLE three days. and fun." tour of North America. It opens Dec. hadn't made a record in a couple of The new project brings Midler full Midler rehearsed and then stepped For Midler, there was also the self - 10 in Chicago and is scheduled to run years. "It was time," she says. circle. Manilow was her arranger in the in to record her vocals in only two days. conscious edge that came from being through February. The tour, her first "I'm a big believer that coincidences early New York days, and he produced "livo days!" Midler exclaims. "I tell friends with Clooney. The two met in the extended run in four years, comprises happen for a reason. I just decided it her first two albums: "The Divine Miss you, Barry took all of the agony out of early 1980s at the Fairmont in San Fran- 40 dates so far, including two nights at was meant to be; there was no reason M," which won her the first Grammy it. He chose the material, hired the cisco, where the latter was performing. New York's Madison Square Garden. to pluck the idea to death and think it for best new artist in 1973, and "Bette band, called the arrangers, booked the Midler remembers, "She was kind to dust," she explains. Midler," the platinum follow -up. studio, did the mixes. It was like I was enough to see me backstage, and we DIVA DEVOTION Shifting easily from reverent elegance "Barry was with me for the whole the girl singer-like Rosemary was at just sat down and started talking and For Manilow, the creation of "Song- to a loose, frolicsome swagger, the 11- ride up," Midler says. "We didn't talk one time. kept on for a couple hours. She was book" with Midler is a dream come true track disc-Midler's 19th -covers about what was happening to us at the "Truth be told, it was a great relief," as lovely as they came -generous, and marks the latest in a line of creative Clooney's heyday, from 1951 to 1958. time. We just kept doing this date and she adds. "Barry is a very musical man, warm, affectionate, with no attitude. endeavors with some of the world's It includes her No. 1 Hot 100 hits that date. We never once stopped to say he has great taste and he's a tremen- She put me at ease immediately." most-prized divas. "Hey There" and "This Ole House," how amazing it all was." dous arranger and piano player. And Manilow also knew Clooney; they Previous collaborations with Dionne along with "Sisters," originally record- The two perfectionists also gained he's lots of fun." met at a surprise birthday party for her Warwick and Nancy Wilson garnered ed with Clooney's sister Betty and now infamy for their fuel- injected disagree- After the experience, Midler says she hosted by Midler. She dueted with him Grammy nominations. a jamming big -band duet between ments. Midler smiles, remaining at never again intends to agonize over a on "Green Eyes" for his 1994 album, Just before reteaming with Midler, Midler and Linda Ronstadt. ease, and recalls, "Epic battles. Very recording note by note. "Singin' With the Big Bands." he produced (with Eddie Arkin) Diane For Clooney's pairing with Bing stressful times. We argued a lot, espe- "It's just not that precious. It's mu- To share the experience, Columbia Schuur's "Midnight," an album of orig- Crosby on "On a Slow Boat to China," cially during the live shows. sic, not cancer research. It's meant to is executing a marketing campaign to inal songs co- written by Manilow for Manilow sings playfully with Midler. "There were also some wonderful give joy and to have a certain amount open "Storybook" to adult consumers. the jazz great. She also daintily covers "White Christ- times, but we ended badly. He sort of of spontaneity and fun behind it. I think In the midst of filming Paramount's Manilow is pleased with this latest mas," from the 1954 film starring stomped off-really to start his own I had gotten uptight, and Barry kind of anticipated remake of the 1970s cult experience. "Bette is still funny as hell Clooney and Crosby. career -and I said, `Ah, let him go,' " told me off until I was able to let it all classic "The Stepford Wives" (co -star- and inventive and just a doll to work "These are great songs to sing, with she adds, waving her hand. hang out, to swing along with the ring Nicole Kidman, Matthew Broder- with," he says. "We laughed, and we really good lyrics, great charts and fun "I was pissed off, and I didn't want to band," she says. ick, Glenn Close and Faith Hill), Midler learned a lot from each other." melodies," Midler says. "It was a won- confront what had happened," Midler made stops at "Today," "The View" and And, he adds with a wink, 'We're still derful experience." says. "I figured that if Barry was irre- ONLY ONE BETTE "Late Show With David Letterman" talking to each other afterward." "Songbook" opens a new chapter for placeable, I couldn't go on." Of course, a central goal was to con- during release week. Manilow accom- Midler says,' We had a fabulous, fun- the world -class entertainer. Her 35- Manilow adds, "We're both high - jure the magic of Clooney's original panied her on piano. filled time. This album makes me very year sojourn in show business has strung and passionate and opinionat- songs while gently stamping them with The label also relaunched bettemidler happy. If Rosemary could hear it, I taken her from New York's bawdy ed." And 30 years later, he remains a Midler's signature. .com, which currently promotes the think she'd say, 'Nice try, kid.' "

that is initially focused on print ads. In- person promotions at retail Bow Wow stores are also essential to the suc- Continued from page 1 cess of a clothing line. But the best kind of promotion, Bow Wow notes, is "wearing your clothing line a lot that he launched a fashion line for kids in public." his age and younger because "I had so Lesson No. 5: It helps if the artist is many of my fans saying they wanted a success in areas other than music. to look like me." An artist that sells millions of Innovo Azteca Apparel, a sub- records doesn't necessarily translate sidiary of Los Angeles -based compa- into success in the fashion business, ny Innovo Group, has signed on to Guez says. design, manufacture, distribute and It helps to work with artists who are market the Shago clothing line. Such in the public eye, whether through a retailers as Macy's, Burdines, Gold- new album, touring or acting in smith's, City Blues, Cookies, Jimmy movies or TV, he adds. Jazz and Lazarus are carrying Shago. Multimedia success comes in Lesson No. 2: Lower prices ifmany handy when the artist can wear their in the target audience are from mid- own fashions in their projects. dle -class or lower-income families. For example, the Shago line will For Shago's spring 2004 collection, Shago's spring 2004 collection includes Shago Shot Callers back court pants and back court jackets get high visibility when Bow Wow the average retail price of a full -piece wears the clothes in a WB sitcom outfit was cut to $69 from $82. Innovo Azteca COO Danny Guez Lesson No. 3: Diversify into cloth- vigorously promote it. debuting next year. He has a starring "We got a lot of feedback from par- says, "We heard loud and clear ing for both sexes if there is a de- Caldwell does not expect Shago to role in the series. ents who thought the prices in the from parents that the prices need- mand for it. compete with Jay -Z's Rocawear or P. For musicians, branching out into first collection were too high," Cald- ed to be lowered. Parents who have Shago's first collection consisted of Diddy's Sean John clothing lines. fashion is a sound business move. well explains. kids of a certain young age often fashions for boys only, but the sum- Rather, the business is focusing on "Music will always come first with "A lot of kids who are interested in don't want to spend a lot of money mer 2004 collection will debut a longevity. Bow Wow," Caldwell says. "But a lot Shago clothes may come from single - on clothes, because the kids so clothing line for girls. "I know I'm still a rookie at this of the music industry is like slavery. If parent households that can't afford an quickly outgrow them." "Many of Bow Wow's core fans are whole fashion business," Bow Wow you're an artist, you work your butt $82 sweat suit," she adds. "I know Caldwell doesn't expect the price cut girls, so we wanted to give back to says. "There are Sean John commer- off for nickels for every dollar that the what it's like to be a struggling single to hurt the bottom line. 'We probably them by starting a clothing line," cials and billboards, and that's what I record company makes off your parent, so I made sure that the price can make up for it in volume since Guez says. aspire to have for Shago." music. In the fashion industry, you points had to be just right, and that's more people are likely to buy some- Lesson No. 4: Give the new busi- To this end, Shago has embarked can make a lot of money, but you have why we lowered the prices." thing they can afford," he says. ness time to grow but have the artist on an aggressive marketing campaign to do it right."

BILLBOARD OCTOBER 18, 2003 www.billboard.com 61 www.americanradiohistory.com than positive, there is an incredible corporate America. file sharing, Sneed said. "I've had a opportunity [for us]." "We're at a crucial stage of the phe- chance to know some of our DJs that Radio's Bad Noting that there are 3,800 other nomenon," he said. "Rap has been co- have become artists, and they're radio station owners other than his opted by mainstream America. Some really hurting right now" because of dominant company, Hogan said, "The cultures have lost their 'voice of the file sharing. Rap consolidation of radio is an opportuni- people' because of this. But hip -hop's Mays expressed a different take on Continued from page 8 ty for the industry to continue to grow." advantage is that race has not been a the issue. "Downloading is being used Prior to the 1996 Telecommunications factor. Hip -hop has united a generation as an excuse at times by record com- Act, he said, "it was a pretty dark time of people. panies to cover up other issues," he It's my sense that while many people for the industry." "The danger is that hip -hop could be said. "Hip -hop is being investigated, in Clear Channel struggle with the Asked how it felt to compete against watered down with so many companies and the revenue of many of these rap changes, there is a much more posi- several major groups in a market as having shifted toward it," Mays contin- artists is down. Iry Gotti is a creative tive feeling about working for Clear consolidated as Minneapolis, Hubbard ued. "If you're in the business of hip - genius in the biz. He has changed lives, Channel [now]." Radio president Ginny Morris admit- hop, you must respect the culture, the helped people turn their lives around, Radio's overall bad image in the con- ted there have been "stages along the community and where it's from. Some and now he's being investigated by the sumer press was a subject of some con- way that we've been terrified, but at [firms] hire people in the culture, while FBI. It's costing his reputation and lots cern among panelists. Infinity Broad- the end of the day business has been SIMMONS: 'HIP -HOP HAS REMAINED other businesses have no respect." of money. Downloading ranks lower in casting president/C00 Joel Hollander very sound." THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE' Simmons added, "Anyone who's hip -hop's problems right now." repeatedly made the point that "one of really educated about this format Simmons disagreed. "I know there the things we [in the radio industry] THE POWER OF HIP -HOP in hip -hop. Like blues and jazz -even should have no problem selling it. On are some people that would like to do don't do a good job of is talking about The power of hip -hop as a format the writings of Shakespeare-hip -hop the corporate side, look at how without an Iry [ Gotti], but that's not the good things we do." and a cultural phenomenon took cen- has remained the voice of the people. Tommy Hilfiger used hip -hop to the point. Downloading was meant to Radio never gets "credit for all the ter stage at a packed session titled What Kurtis Blow was to hip -hop back expand his company." market music. The issue is people want charitable work we do," Hollander said. "Admit It: You Don't Get It." then, 50 Cent is now. Murder Inc. founder Iry Gotti "re- all the music all the time now. Jailing "They want to talk about voice- track- "Nothing else has had the impact" of Simmons continued, "I don't know cently got a new deal almost none of them is only a short-term solution. ing and all the negatives." hip-hop, Radio One COO Mary Cather- how it can get much bigger. You've got his counterparts in the record business "People thought radio would kill Still, panelists were overwhelmingly ine Sneed said. "Hip -hop has replaced 40-year -old parents that have grown up could get," Simmons continued. music, then MTV," Simmons contin- positive about the business. pop [music]. Look at fashion. How on it now." "From Master P to the Cash Money ued. "50 Cent was so special, kids want- "The underlying fundamentals many rappers have clothing lines now? Addressing hip -hop's social respon- crew, there are no better [record deals] ed the entire package. 50 Cent was so remain exceptionally solid, and radio is You don't see Garth Brooks or Limp sibility, Simmons said, "Today, the trail- than rap deals. Even with an industry relevant, they were buying it rather holding our own against other medi- Bizkit with their own clothing lines." er parks and the projects are more con- in a downturn, they're still getting - than stealing three songs. This culture ums," Susquehanna Radio presi- Hip -hop pioneer/activist/entrepre- nected than ever before. The common ter opportunities." has shifted. [Record labels need to] shift dent/C00 David Kennedy said. neur Russell Simmons said hip -hop's thread is poverty. We must use hip -hop with it. We're cutting commercials A few years ago, Hogan said, publi- power lies in its consistency. to address those who have been locked DOWN ON DOWNLOADING with our artists, for instance, to remind cations like "The first record I worked on was out of opportunities." File sharing was also a hot topic dur- people [downloading] is stealing. We've rarely covered radio. Now, `while a lot Kurtis Blow's 'X -Mas Rap' in 1979," he Source magazine founder David ing the hip -hop panel. got to find a way to pay our artists and of [press] coverage lately has been less said. "Since then I haven't seen a shift Mays questioned hip -hop's embrace by "People ought to be put in jail" for make money."

had the opportunity to buy the film on A DVD collector's gift set, which format/IMAX release of the film arrived Retailers expect a number of titles DVD. It was released on VHS in 1994, includes five character portrait draw- last year, and inserts and trailers were to rival "The Lion King" in sales this Lion King when it went on to become the ings signed by the original animators included with more than 40 million hit season. Among their picks are "Scar - Continued from page 5 biggest -selling release of all time, and a special "Lion King" book, retails Disney DVDNHS items this year. face" (Sept. 30, Universal Studios according to Ho. He claims the VHS for $49.99. A new, remastered VHS ver- Consumer promotions involving Home Video), "The Matrix Reloaded" version sold more than 30 million sion is available for $24.99. Kellogg's, Keebler, Dodge Caravan and (Oct. 14, Warner Home Video), the senior VP of marketing Gordon Ho units in North America, a record in the A $150 million marketing campaign Pioneer Consumer Electronics will be "Indiana Jones" boxed set (Oct. 21, says, "This will be one of our biggest home video industry. will help the DVD rack up top sales, evident through the fourth quarter. Paramount Home Entertainment), shipments of all time." Disney is Gastelum believes that the "Lion retailers say. Further, a Disney- sponsored "Lion "Finding Nemo" (Nov. 4) and the spe- expected to announce first -week sales King" DVD could ultimately surpass Disney's two -year plan included pre - King" sweepstakes is offering 10 cial edition of "The Lord of the Rings: numbers on "The Lion King" Oct. 14. its prior VHS sales. "People are so into sale programs at Toys "R" Us, the Disney grand -prize vacations to Orlando, Fla.'s The Two Towers" (Nov. 18, New Line The current first -day and first-week DVD now that they are replacing what stores and Disney theme parks. A large Walt Disney World resort. Home Entertainment). record -holder is Columbia TriStar they have on VHS," he says. "Also, you Home Entertainment's "Spider -Man." didn't get all of the extra features on The title sold 7 million combined the VHS." (VHS/DVD) units on its first day on Indeed, the two -disc Platinum Edi- sale last November and 11 million tion "Lion King" DVD contains a Roxio unveiled a new co- branded the result of the recording industry's combined units in its first week, wealth of extras for its $29.99 suggest- Napster Napster digital music player from litigation efforts against individual according to the studio. ed retail price. The film can be viewed Samsung Electronics, designed to go consumers using P2P networks. Nev- Retailers say the first -day sales suc- in its original theatrical version or with Continued from page 1 head -to-head with Apple Computer's ertheless, traffic on such networks is cess of "The Lion King" is largely the inclusion of the new song "Morn- line of iPod devices. The 20 GB play- still strong. because of strong consumer aware- ing Report" by songwriters Elton John er-which can hold more than 5,000 In Europe, file sharing has been ness. It was the highest- grossing ani- and . Roxio chairman/CEO Chris Gorog songs and includes an FM radio less of an issue than CD burning. mated film in history until the Disney/ Disc two offers background on the says the company is intent on "rein- tuner-will cost $399. It will go on "The music burner has become Pixar movie "Finding Nemo" sur- film's story and music and the creation venting" online music in part by giv- sale Oct. 19 at Best Buy stores. firmly established as a main- passed it this summer. "The Lion of the Tony Award- winning Broadway ing consumers what they want most: Starting later this fall, Napster also stream device," notes Mark Mul- King" has grossed $328 million in the stage production. A new remix of 99 -cent grab- and -go downloads. will come pre -installed on all Gate- ligan, Jupiter's London -based sen- U.S., while "Finding Nemo" has earned John's "Circle of Life" music video is The revamped Napster, set to way desktop PCs and include 150 pre - ior analyst. $336 million, according to imdb.com. also included, as is a virtual safari fea- launch Oct. 29, will also offer sub- loaded songs. In a survey of consumers in six Additionally, consumers have not ture that mimics a theme -park ride. scription access to unlimited tethered Napster returns at a time when in- major European markets -the U.K., downloads and on- demand streams terest in paid digital music is rising. France, Germany, Spain, Italy and for $9.95 per month. Apple Computer has sold more Sweden-Jupiter found that 76% of It will stress such "community" than 10 million downloads through those polled owned a home comput- The prize -which carries a $5,000 elements as message boards, e-mail its iTunes Music Store for Mac. The er with a CD burner, while 50% also cash award presented by Sirius Satel- and the ability to view the music col- company is set to announce a Win- had more powerful DVD burners. Shortlist lite Radio- honors left -of- center per- lections of other subscribers. dows version of the service Oct. 16. The more digital devices per Continued from page 8 formers whose nominated albums Users will be able to burn individ- Meanwhile, MusicNet says the AOL respondent, the greater the con- have sold fewer than 500,000 units. ual tracks an unlimited number of version of its service has more than sumption of digital music, Jupiter Nominees and the winner are times, but the same playlist can only 140,000 subscribers. And RealNet- found. fantastic collection of artists." determined by a group of "listmak- be burned five times. works' Rhapsody, which does not dis- "For file- sharing networks [such Sang says that after three years in ers," which this year included Dave Napster will offer users its own close subscriber figures, says users of as Grokster and Kazaa], things like LA, the award concert could move to Matthews, Flea of the Red Hot Chili software client through napster.com. its service streamed more than 21 multiple devices are music to their New York. He says the Shortlist may Peppers, Erykah Badu, Perry Farrell The service also will be accessible million on -demand songs in Septem- ears," Mulligan continues. "They also go on the road, with concerts fea- of Jane's Addiction, of through Microsoft's latest jukebox ber, up from 16 million streams in know legitimate services can't com- turing three or four acts in 15 or 20 Coldplay and directors Cameron software, Windows Media Player 9. August. pete with the amount of content major U.S. markets. Crowe and Spike Jonze. As for other Napster partners, Those numbers are at least partly they provide [for] these devices."

62 www.billboard.com BILLBOARD OCTOBER 18,2003 www.americanradiohistory.com sidiaries Future Shop, Geek Squad fans who aren't able to get the product" should be explored and encouraged." and Magnolia Hi -Fi. Cohl defends the exclusive nature "Trouble No More," named after Best Buy Longtime Rolling Stones tour pro- of the Best Buy deal. "I sympathize Mellencamp's latest Continued from page 5 moter Michael Cohl, who represented with other retailers-especially the album of the same name, will be the Rolling Stones in the "Four Flicks"! smaller, independent ones-but if we released by Redline Entertainment. Best Buy deal, says the Stones went to hadn't done this deal with Best Buy, The one -hour documentary premiered concert footage. Best Buy because of its marketing clout we wouldn't have been able to keep Oct 4 on entertainment channel Trio. To take top music -DVD sales honors, "Music videos and music DVDs are the retail price of `Four Flicks' as low As part of the deal, Best Buy is offer- it would have to beat Atlantic Video's often treated like a comer category at as $29.99. ing an exclusive "2 for $20" promotion, "Led Zeppelin DVD," which shattered retail. But Best Buy had the best "If other retailers are dissatisfied which allows buyers to purchase the music -video sales records during its machine in place to get behind us and with Best Buy's exclusive deals, I "Trouble No More" CD and DVD first week (Billboard, June 14). treat the release of 'Four Flicks' the ROLLING STONES would tell those other retailers to get together for $20. "Led Zeppelin DVD" has sold way it deserves to be treated: like a FOUR FUCKS together and work something out so TNT ULTIMATE ROLLING FEATURES more than 442,000 copies since its major event." ' OVER 50 SONGS - GEMS °"LtEFOR THEEE, they can put their own unique offers SPECIAL ;MST TIME EVER - SONGS ER PLAYED BEFORE: May 27 release, according to Nielsen "Four Flicks" will be released on the table." The first three discs of the Stones' SoundScan. through TGA Entertainment, a multi- Earlier this year, Best Buy made an "Four Flicks" set will include three con- The Recording Industry Assn. of faceted entertainment company that exclusive deal to carry the Eagles'"Hole certs from the Licks world tour: Paris' America has certified "Led Zeppelin served as the tour promoter for the STONES DVD: AVAILABLE ONLY AT BEST BUY in the World" single -a combination Olympia Theatre, New York's Madison DVD" as 10 -times platinum, equaling Rolling Stones' 2002 -2003 Licks world DVD /CD package- during its first Square Garden and London's Pwicken- shipments of more than 1 million tour. Best Buy is selling "Four Flicks" the industry and consumers. month on sale (Billboard, June 21). ham Stadium. copies. (A retail music video must ship at $29.99 -a remarkably low price for "Exclusive deals are a disservice And Best Buy has struck a similar The fourth disc will have two previ- 100,000 copies to be certified platinum a new four-disc DVD set. to customers, because they result in arrangement with John Mellencamp ously unreleased documentaries: "Tip by the RIAA.) In addition to TV, radio, print and disappointed customers who can't for his DVD documentary, Billboard of the Tongue," which chronicles the At least one retailer doubts that billboard campaigns, Best Buy plans to find the product anywhere else," has learned. "Trouble No More: The band's preparation for the Licks tour, "Four Flicks" will match or surpass the market "Four Flicks" through its says Dave Alder, Virgin Entertain- Making of a John Mellencamp Album" and "Licks Around the World," which Led Zeppelin DVD's sales. "Coming Attractions, Volume 1," a ment Group North America senior will be released Oct. 28. takes a behind-the- scenes look at the "They may sell a lot of the 'Four two -hour promotional DVD that spot- VP of product and marketing. "It's a "It's a competitive world, and it takes tour in progress. Flicks' DVD, but not as [many] as it lights upcoming DVDs, CDs, video - short -sighted approach to market- a lot of energy and resources to make In addition, "Four Flicks" will could if it were available everywhere," games and movies. ing a new release." an impression on a customer," says have such special DVD features as says Kathy Faust, head DVD buyer at The "Coming Attractions" DVD To take a stand against exclusive Best Buy's Arnold, who cut the deals band commentary, a custom set list Tower Video in downtown New York. will be distributed throughout this deals, the Virgin retail chain has a pol- with the Stones and Mellencamp. and "Select -a- Stone" camera zoom- "There are a lot of people who don't month (while supplies last) to Best icy to temporarily avoid stocking the 'With 'Four Flicks,' we're offering an ing capabilities. live near a Best Buy store, and they Buy customers who purchase any CD, releases after the exclusive ends. exceptional price and DVD event to the Representatives for the Rolling can't or won't order the DVD online. DVD or videogame. Alder continues, "It's very hard to fans, and this helps consumers get Stones say that other countries will get All those fans will be left out because of explain to customers why you're not excited about music DVDs," he adds. "I the "Four Flicks" DVD set within two this exclusive deal." `EXCLUSIVES ARE A DISSERVICE' carrying a certain product because the think there will be more exclusive deals weeks of its Nov. 11 U.S./Canada release. The exclusive Best Buy deal covers Still, with all the fanfare that Best Buy artist only made it available to one like this in the future." Mellencamp manager Hoffman says only the U.S. and Canada. Best Buy says it can deliver, other retailers remain retail [company]. Mellencamp's manager, Randy Hoff- he is looking for retail partners in says it has nearly 700 stores in those unconvinced that exclusive retail deals "It reflects badly on the artists, too, man, says "aggressive marketing other markets that might be interested countries, including Best Buy sub- will have a positive, long-term effect on because it shows a disregard for many strategies and out -of-the -box thinking in the "Trouble No More" DVD.

end of the market but has since low- brewing between SACD and DVD - ventional CD player and its superi- album and nearly 2 million units of ered the price of SACD players to about Audio, the distraction of the dead -end or sound give it the edge. the Rolling Stone hybrid SACDs. SACD $200 on the low end. Dataplay format and the emergence of It appears that sales of both formats For the week ended Oct. 5, Sting's Continued from page 6 Kawakami says there are some 35 unauthorized digital file- sharing has have been meager so far, though defin- "Sacred Love" sold 194,000 copies, of manufacturers with approximately 100 left the consumer confused. itive numbers are not available because which some 3,400 were SACD, accord- SACD models available worldwide. He Proponents of DVD -Audio say that Nielsen SoundScan does not track sep- ing to Nielsen SoundScan. Audio Project at Sony Corp. of Amer- projects that by year end, the SACD the DVD base of hundreds of millions of arate sales data for either carrier. In the beginning, the audiophiles ica. "It was timed to come [before] player base will reach 2 million units. players (when videogame consoles and But Kawakami points to healthy "bought everything that came out on the fall holiday [selling] season and In terms of software, there are nearly computers are included) gives the for- shipment numbers for some releases the new formats, but now they are designed to reach a lot of people." 1,500 titles available on SACD world- mat an advantage over SACD. as proof of SACD's gains. more selective," says Ish Cuebas, direc- In addition to turning on the con- wide and about 1,000 in the U.S. They also cite the video and graph- For instance, Columbia has ship- tor of merchandising operations at sumer to SACD, the promotion fo- Operating from the view that the ics capability of DVD -A and say there ped 700,000 copies of the hybrid Trans World Entertainment "But some cuses on boosting catalog sales, industry is healthiest when it is selling are about 550 titles available so far. SACD for the remastered titles do very well. It is artist- specific." Kawakami says. music on at least two carriers, retailers But SACD enthusiasts say that series, while Universal Music Group For the two formats, Trans World Before driving sales to the main- have been clamoring for a new format the backward compatibility that has shipped 600,000 copies of the for- carries about 250 titles in some 70 stream, Sony began working the high to bolster sales. But the format war enables the disc to play in a con- mat worldwide of the new Sting stores, all in a separate section.

pendently in their respective areas of tions and L.A. -based Endeavor (Ben publishing or theatrical opportunities partnership can bring is a new book Deal expertise, with Writers and Artists Affleck, Vin Diesel) announced an for recording artists, or conversely, per- deal in the works for Metallica. Both Agency Group International serving as the par- affiliation last year. sonal- appearance possibilities for companies think the partnership will Continued from page 5 ent company; the new entity will be But, Arfa tells Billboard, "this is a actors, comedians or lecturers." please current clients and help bring jointly run. Both firms will maintain true partnership between two compa- But Buddy Lee Attractions presi- new ones into the fold. offices in New York and Los Angeles. nies with similar philosophies. This dent Tony Conway says his company's AGI has been aggressively signing Aladjem and partners and principal Such mega- agencies as Creative allows us to offer our clients some affiliation with Endeavor has produced acts of late, including Meat Loaf, shareholders Marti Blumenthal and Artists Agency, Agency for the Per- opportunities in areas where we might limited results and affects "less than Rod Stewart, Slipknot and Fuel. Arfa William Craver. forming Arts and the William Morris not have had the expertise." 10 %" of BLA clients. says, "All the managers I've had con- Founded as QBQ Entertainment Agency have long offered clients broad - Aladjem adds, "Both Dennis' and my "An actor can make millions of dol- versations with see this as a positive in 1986, AGI is an independent book- based platforms. company are very successful in what lars doing a movie, so it's very unusu- relationship." ing agency once affiliated with SFX Similarly, booking agent Rob we do. There are a lot of areas where al for them to go out and do a personal Aladjem says, "This gives us the op- Entertainment, run by president Prinz joined United Talent Agency as we could have new opportunities for appearance for $10,000- $15,000," portunity to pursue a type of client we Dennis Arfa. head of its new music division, and our clients by joining forces. Conway says. otherwise wouldn't go after, one with Both entities will still operate inde- Nashville -based Buddy Lee Attrac- "That means more television, film, Arfa says an example of what the a personal appearance component."

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BILLBOARD OCTOBER 18, 2003 www.billboard.com 63 www.americanradiohistory.com `There Is Either A Very Good Future Or There Is No Future' BY GORDON MASSON rest of the business-in other words the independents, the pro- duction companies, the artists -to be part of another business Rob Dickins is no stranger to ceremony. that runs alongside. It's a good move for independents, and I The U.K. industry veteran has collected an honorary doctorate believe it is wrong that [European indies body] Impala is trying from Loughborough University and been recognized for his con- to block [consolidation]. tribution to music in the 2002 Queen's Birthday Honours List. But he admits to being more nervous than ever about his latest Q: Where do you stand on the £1.99 [$3.371, two -track single? accolade -the 2003 Music Industry Trusts' Award. The annual award for lifelong contributions to the U.K. music A: I think it's a big mistake ... When you run a major record industry will be presented Oct. 21 during a charity dinner in Dick - company, singles are pretty much irrelevant. Your costs are so ins' honor at London's Grosvenor House Hotel. huge that unless you [move] an album, you don't have a busi- Previous recipients include George Martin, John Barry, Ahmet ness. I can understand why the majors are doing it- they're Ertegun, Andrew Lloyd Webber and, last year, Bernie Taupin and Sir preparing for a download single, and you cannot charge £3.99 Elton John. "It's a team I'm happy to be a member of," Dickins quips. [$6.67] for a download track. Born in east London in 1950, Dickins has been surrounded by If you look at dance labels that survive on singles sales, it is music all his life. His late saxophonist father, Percy, was a co- going to kill them. founder of The New Musical Express magazine and launched the first British pop charts. Q: Did you have a mentor? Dickins spent most of his career at Warner Bros. and was chair- man of Warner Music U.K. until 1998. He also served as chairman A. Not really. It seemed to be that every time someone left at of the British Phonographic Industry for a record four terms of [Warner] I would get the job. I was head of publishing at 23, office. He now runs indie label Instant Karma. head of international at 29 and head of the record company at "Rob is the Renaissance man of the record industry," says David 32, which was quite unusual at that time. But I suppose the per- Munns, CEO of EMI Music North America and chairman of the son throughout it all was Nesuhi Ertegun. He was an inspiring Music Industry Trusts' award committee. "He's covered all bases, personality, an inspiring achiever and a very funny man with always prepared to get stuck in, whether it's working with Enya in great stories. the studio, advising on album artwork and videos or A&Ring Rod

[Stewart], the Corrs and Cher." Q. What motivated you to initiate the televised classical awards show, the Classical Brits? Q: How do you feel about being the guest of honor at this year's award dinner? A: I thought classical needed a direction. When I was running the industry I could see the classical part of it flailing around. I A: It's fantastic. But I'm really nervous. I'm so used to organiz- liked the people in classical music, and at Warner I helped set up ing events for the industry, it's actually quite hard not to be the classical department, so I paid attention to it. involved in this. The Last When someone played me the "Emperor Concerto" by [The organizers] are keeping everything from me; the only Beethoven, I hated it, but when they got me to listen to just the thing I know about is Rod [Stewart] playing live at the event, second movement, I adored it. If you said that to someone pas- because he called me and asked if it would be OK for him to play. sionate about classical, then they'd think you were a philistine. Who is going to say no to that? But there are parts of classical music that everyone will love if they are exposed to it, and that was my basic thinking behind Q: When you started Instant Karma five years ago you had ord the Classical Brits. funding from Sony. Now that deal is off. What went wrong? I have this view that if I like something, why shouldn't a mil- lion other people? When I put together the Classical Brits, I just A. Nothing went wrong. I was trying to build a company from wanted to put together a TV show that I could relate to, being scratch and they were looking at their costs. I needed longer than A Q &A With Rob Dickins someone not necessarily into classical music. they could afford to give me. If I had been in Sony's shoes, I would have done the same thing. And it's certainly more stimulating and Q. How do you see the future of the business? it makes you more focused when it's your own money at stake. Rob Dickins: Career Highlights A: I'm optimistic about the future, because the industry Q: You had a lot of success in the U.S. with British acts. Why 2002: Receives title of CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List has to get it right. There is either a very good future or there aren't as many enjoying that now? for his contribution to music is no future-there's no in- between. The problem is, if you 1998: Departs Warner Music to establish his own entertainment want to pay for a download and dump that onto your iPod- A: They do enjoy success when they are not formulaic. Radio - company, Instant Karma be it the current No. 1 album in the U.K. or a track that head does very well, Coldplay is doing very well. When you go 1986: Starts first of an unprecedented four terms as chairman of came out in 1972 -you can get it but not pay for it. If you back to traditional British acts-the Police, the Beatles, the the British Phonographic Industry want to pay for it, you can't get it. It's the only business that Led Zeppelin, Who, have all well Stones, the Queen -they done 1983: Appointed chairman of Warner Music U.K. does that. because they were not formulaic. But the labels are in a great position. If they digitize 1979: Appointed internationalVP of Warner Publishing their It also works when you have a flamboyant frontman-Seal, last 50 years of catalog and put it on a fast server, then they 1974: At the age of 23, appointed managing director of Warner Boy George, David Bowie. We are very good at [producing] flam- could offer several services -you could download an individ- Bros. Music Publishing boyant artists that write their own material and who are very ual track; for a little more money you get the artwork and the involved in their own progression. That will work in America, in 1971: Graduates with a degree in politics, sociology and Russian video. Some fans would want everything, so you could sell Australia, in Japan. When it doesn't work, it's when those coun- and joins Warner Bros. Music Publishing them an entire package-say the "Sgt. Pepper" album, the tries can do it themselves. film on the making of the sleeve, [an] interview with George Martin about the making of the record. All that stuff exists. Q: Do you think the majors are still equipped to source that knock at the door. it makes things difficult. People go to pirates because they cannot find a track legit- kind of repertoire? imately. So the way you deal with that is you digitize every- Q: There's a lot of merger talk at the moment; what are your thing that you own the copyright to. It's an expensive A: There is no reason why any company cannot land a great thoughts on consolidation? process, but it will pay itself back fairly quickly. So digitizing new act, whether you are a two -man company or a 1,200 -man everything has to happen, and then I think there will be a company-it all depends on who comes to your door. There is A: It's a fantastic thing, because you consolidate all the prod- combination of the mobile phone and the iPod, and that'll be no gateway to entry, but if an artist is not developed when they uct into mind -sets that only understand that, and that allows the the way people really start to access music.

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