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THE INTERNATIONAL NEWSWEEKLY OF MUSIC, VIDEO, AND HOME ENTERTAINMENT r OCTOBER 6, 2001 WAR AND REMEMBRANCE Concerts And Charities Raise Music Industry's Bottom Line Millions For Disaster Relief Feels Terrorism's Aftermath

BY BRIAN GARRITY BY MATTHEW BENZ NEW YORK -In an unprecedented wave of NEW YORK -The entertainment industry, charitable contributions, music- industry- which moved quickly to lend its voices and related companies and events have gen- muscle to relief efforts, has also been busy erated more than $170 million in assessing its own uncertain financial pledged donations to organizations aid- future in the wake of the Sept. 11 ter- ing in the relief effort of the Sept. 11 rorist attacks. terrorist attacks in The short -term fallout from the attacks and Washington, D.C. was clear enough, as media and enter- The majority of that figure, $150 tainment stocks plunged alongside million, stems from a single fund- those of most other markets during raising event, America: A Tribute the following week. From Sept. 17 to Heroes -a Sept. 21 telethon to Sept. 21, AOL Time Warner stock that was carried on more than 35 dropped 13.3 %, while Viacom's fell broadcast and cable TV networks and 8,000 17.55 %. A number of companies, especial- radio stations in the U.S.- featuring performances ly those more reliant on advertising revenue, have since and /or appearances from more than 20 artists, lowered their financial targets for the rest of the year. (Continued on page 91) (Continued on page 91)

BY STEVE SMITH When she learned that German NEW YORK- Cecilia Bartoli Christoph Willibald Artists & Lawyers Decry Contract Clause couldn't wait to catch her breath. Gluck had also collaborated exten- The renowned Roman mezzo - sively with Metastasio, the prospect BY BILL HOLLAND soprano barely paused to bask in was too exciting to put on hold. WASHINGTON, D.C. -Lawyers for the tremendous success of 1999's Released Sept, 25. on Decca, recording artists call the controlled - The Vivaldi before em- Dreams & Fables: Gluck Italian composition three -quarter -rate barking upon two rigorous years Arias features the mezzo in eight clause in contracts unfair and possi- of detective work in preparation selections from Gluck's Italian bly illegal. But possibilities for reform for her new project. operas -works that are virtually are hindered, because few people While recording Vivaldi -a unknown today, including six other than transaction -minded dazzling collection of rarities by world -premiere recordings. Bar - music- industry attorneys even the popular Italian Baroque mas- toli is accompanied by the understand the phrase or the con- ter that has sold 500,000 copies Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, tractual clause it describes. worldwide -Bartoli had fallen in a leading German period- instru- Simply put, the controlled- compo- love with the poetry of Metasta- ments ensemble. Musicologist sition clause permits the record com- sio, the great 18th -century Ital- Claudio Osele, with whom Bar - pany to lower or put a cap on the ian poet and librettist who had toli collaborated on The Vivaldi (Continued on page 90) collaborated with Vivaldi. (Continued on page 94)

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www.americanradiohistory.com Patriotic, CharitableTitles Swell Billboard BY MELINDA NEWMAN alog chart this issue. The title carries a sug- portion of the proceeds will go to the Twin -As Americans yearn for a gested list price of $11.98. Towers Fund. "God Bless America" was made Editor in Chief: TIMOTHY WHITE sense of community following the Sept. 11 'We've shipped more than 200,000 units," digitally available to radio stations Sept. 24. EDITORIAL Executive Editor: BRADLEY BAMBARGER terrorist attacks, many are finding refuge in says Gene Rumsey, executive VP of sales and "We Are Family" (Tommy Boy Records/ Bureau Chiefs: Leila Cobo (Miami), Bill Holland (Washington, D.C.), Melinda Newman (Los Angeles), Phyllis Stark (Nashville) music that celebrates their sense of patriot- marketing for EMD Music Distribution. SumThing Else MusicWorks, $3.99, release Deputy Editor Wayne Hoffman ism. A new wave of charity- oriented projects 'We're not advertising it just respond- date yet to be determined). The track is a Senior Editors: Ed Christman (Retail), Larry Flick, ChuckTaylor -we're Senior Writers: Chris Morris (Los Angeles), Ray Waddell (Nashville) in response to the disasters is also being ing to demand as quickly as possible." remake of the Nile RodgersBemard Edwards - Special Correspondent/Music Publishing Editor: Jim Bessman Art Director: Jeff Nisbet rushed into production. Universal Music Enterprises and WEA Dis- penned Sister Sledge hit that features more Associate Editors: Andrew Boorstyn, Eileen Fitzpatrick (Home Video, Los Angeles), LaBelle Brian Garrity (Merchants & Marketing /New Media), Carla Hay (), "[Patriotic] songs really pull us together tribution also have versions of the song on than 75 celebrities, including Patti Gail Mitchell (R &B, Los Angeles), Wes Orshoski, Michael Paoletta (Dance), as a nation, at a time when it's so important their own Greenwood collections -both and . Proceeds are to be split Deborah Evans Price (Country/Christian, Nashville) Staff Writers: Matthew Benz, Rashaun Hall, Jill Pesselnick for us to be strong and be as one," says Anto- priced at $5.99 -that are seeing tremendous with the American Red Cross and outreach Assistant Editors: Christopher Walsh (Pro Audio), Emma Warby, Chris Woods Art Assistant: Raymond Carlson nio "L.A." Reid, president/CEO of Arista increases in sales, according to the labels. programs promoting tolerance. Contributors: Scott Aiges, Fred Bronson, Ramiro Burr, Lisa Collins, Steve Graybow, Records, which is rereleasing Whitney Hous- Curb/WEA will release a commercial sin- What's Going On (Columbia, $11.98, Marti Kenon, Larry LeBlanc, Moira McCormick, David Nathan, Matthew Robinson, Steve Smith, Christa Titus, SteveTraiman ton's 1991 renditions of "The Star Spangled gle of "God Bless the USA" Oct. 10, as well Oct. 23). This five -track EP features versions INTERNATIONAL () Banner" and "America the Beautiful." as LeAnn Rimes' version of "God Bless of Marvin Gaye's classic tune and includes Editor In Chief: ADAM WHITE Deputy Editor: Thom Duffy America." Curb is also compiling a collec- International Editor: Tom Ferguson News Editor: Gordon Masson tion of previously recorded inspirational Bureau Chiefs: Christie Eliezer (Australasia /), Kai R. Lofthus (Nordic/Oslo), songs by Rimes that it will release Oct. 16 Steve McClure (Asia /Tokyo), Wolfgang Spahr (Germany/Hamburg) Contributing Editors: Sam Andrews, Nigel Hunter, Kwaku, Paul Sexton, Nigel Williamson under the title God Bless America. But none SPECIAL SECTIONS (Los Angeles) are charitable efforts. Director of Special Sections: GENE SCULATTI Associate Director: Dalet Brady Although unavailable commercially, Faith Assistant Editor: Katy Kroll Coordinator: Marin Jorgensen Hill's version of "The Star Spangled Banner" CHARTS & RESEARCH from 2000 has also been flooding the air- Director of Charts: GEOFF MAYFIELD Chart Managers: Keith Caulfield (Pop Catalog, Soundtracks, Production Credits), Anthony waves. The song is No. 41 on this issue's Hot Colombo (, Spotlight Recaps) Ricardo Companioni (Dance, Latin), Steven Graybow (, Blues, Modem Rock), Wade lessen (Country, Contemporary Christian, Gospel), Country Singles & Tracks chart. Jonathan Kurant (Adult Contemporary,AdultTop 40), Geoff Mayfield (The Billboard 200, Hill "To Heatseekers), Gordon Murray (Electronic), Minal Patel (R &B /), says, think that people are turning Silvio Pietroluongo (The ,Top 40Tracks), to my rendition [of the national anthem] for Marc Zubatkin (Video, Classical, Kid Audio, , New Age, ) Chart Production Manager: Michael Cusson comfort, encouragement, or to pay tribute to Archive Research Manager: Adam Koelsch Associate Chart Production Manager: Alex Moults the heroes of Sept. 11 is the highest praise I Administrative Assistant: Mary DeCroce (Nashville) believe I can be given." SALES Associate Publisher /Worldwide: IRWIN KORNFELD According to Arista, the label has shipped Sales of patriotic marches have also soared Bono, Destiny's Child, , and Group Advertising Director (East & Telemarketing): Pat Jennings Advertising Directors: Andy Anderson (Urban), Ian Remmer (West) 750,000 copies of the single, which went on (see Declaration of Independents, page 66). Fred Durst. First slated to benefit AIDS relief New York: Evan Braunstein, Joe Maimone Los Angeles: Aki Kaneko, Darren Strothers, Michelle Wright sale Sept. 27 for $3.99. The wholesale cost "There's been an amazingly weird variety organizations worldwide, the project will Nashville: Phil Hart Advertising Coordinator. Eric Vitoulis is $2.20. Houston and Arista are donating of things people are looking for," says Eric now share its proceeds with the United Way's Advertising Assistants: Julie Crider, Loreto Genco, Allison Farber their royalties and net proceeds to the New Keil, VP of purchasing for South Plainfield, September 11th Fund. Classified /Directories: Jeff Serrette Associate Publisher /International: GENE SMITH York Fraternal Order of Police and the New N.J. -based Compact Disc World. 'We've had "What More Can I Give." Penned and Advertising Director (): Christine Chinetti Northern Europe /UK: Frederic Fenucci, +44-207- 420 -6075 York Firefighters 9/11 Disaster Relief Fund. to do a lot of scrambling to meet demand." spearheaded by , this project Asia-Pacific/: Linda Matich, 612 -9440 -7777, Fax: 612 -9440 -7788 Destiny's Child, Marc Anthony, Brian Japan: Aki Kaneko, 323 -525-2299 But perhaps no patriotic song has been features : Francois Millet, +33 (0) 1-4549 -2933 embraced during this tragedy as much as NEW EFFORTS McKnight, Tom Petty, and Seal, among others. Latin America /Miami: Marcia Oliva!, 305- 864-7578, Fax: 305- 864-3227 /West Coast Latin: Daisy Ducret, 323 -782 -6250 "God Bless the USA" by Lee Greenwood. "All The tragedy has spawned a number of new Jackson has yet to announce a label, release Caribberan: Betty Ward, 954-929 -5120 for MARKETING & LICENSING the other patriotic songs deal with tradition, releases that are donating proceeds from sales date, price, or charity the release. Associate Publisher: HOWARD APPELBAUM whereas `God Bless the USA' is a modern to various charities. The following are a hand- "El Ultimo Adiós" (Sony, $9.99, release Promotion Director: Peggy Altenpohl Director of Rights & Clearances: Susan Kaplan approach to patriotism," says Greenwood, ful of upcoming projects: date yet to be determined). This single features Associate Art Director: Melissa Subatch Promotion Coordinator: Alexandra Merceron who wrote the song in 1983 following the America: A Tribute to Heroes. Sources more than 30 Latin artists, including Director of Conferences & Special Events: Michele lacangelo of a say Interscope is negotiating to release a Chayanne, Thalia, and Gloria Estefan, on a Special Events Coordinator. Phyllis Demo downing Korean commercial airliner that Sponsorship Coordinator: Cebele Rodriguez over Russian airspace. "It says something set compiled from the Sept. 21 telethon of the new song penned by Emilio Estefan and Gian Circulation Director: JEANNE JAMIN Group Sales Manager: Katia Ducheine that none of the other songs say, which is same name. Proceeds will go to the United Marco. The disc also includes an English - Circulation Promotion Manager: Stacy Wahl " tage ren- Circulation Assistant: Jason Acosta 'I'm proud to be an American.' The song Way's September 11th Fund. langl version, as well as an additional International Circulation Marketing Director: Ben Eva is No. 25 on this week's Hot Country Sin- God Bless America (Columbia, $13.98, dition in Spanish. Proceeds go to the Ameri- Circulation Marketing: Stephanie Beames, Paul Brigden PRODUCTION gles & Tracks chart. Oct. 16). This new compilation features a can Red Cross and to the United Way. Director of Production & Manufacturing: MARIE R. GOMBERT Advertising Production Manager: lohny Wallace American Patriot, one of many Greenwood number of previously released patriotic or Advertising Manufacturing Manager: Lydia Mikulko catalog titles available that feature the song, appropriately themed songs. The sole new Additional reporting from Leila Cobo Advertising Production Coordinator: Chris Dexter Editorial Production Director: Terrence C. Sanders soars to No. 1 on the Billboard Top Pop Cat- track is 's "God Bless America." A in Miami. Editorial Production Supervisor/QPS Administrator: AnthonyT. 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BLUES 80 VARIOUS ARTISTS Get The Blues! Top of the News International 76 The Eye:The Billboard Music Video Conference spotlights out- IL 8 The musk world mourns the 59 A challenged economy and 80 standing film work at its first Music P.O.D. Satellite death of violinist Isaac Stem. continued piracy threaten Asia's international retailers. Video /Short Film Showcase. MARTINA MCBRIDE Greatest Hits 49 Artists & Music 60 Hits of the World: debuts atop the Euro- Features BJORK 48 8 Executive Turntable: Luigi - chart singles chart. 6 Market Watch Theo Calabrese is promoted to pres- Works: Par- DONNIE MCCLURKINLive In London And More... 80 ident of Walt Disney Records World- 61 Global Music Pulse: Peter 64 Update /Good wide and Disney Music Publishing. Gabriel assembles Spirit of for tial proceeds from a Bellamy Broth- 81 Mercury Phoenix Trust. PROPHET JONES Prophet Jones 12 k.d. lang teams withTony Ben- nett, issues Reprise live set. COO COO CAL Disturbed 81 Merchants & Marketing 12 The Beat: James Taylor's re- 65 The holiday season will see a 82 cent summer tour scores, thanks The Look Of Love bumper crop of kids' audio titles. i; to attractive ticket pricing. 66 Declarations of Indepen- RICARDO ARJONA Galeria Caribe 53 14 Boxscore: Michael Jackson dents: Patriotic speciality label tributes earn $10 million. Altissimo! Records sees sales spike LEE GREENWOOD American Patriot 82 42 Words & Deeds: Ghostface Killah returns with his third solo album. following terrorist attacks. 45 Retail Track: National Rec- JAY-2 The Blueprint 46 In the Spirit: Gospel acts 67 ord Mart I° '. are rattled, but not deterred by the creditors eye takeover of struggling chain. BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS One Love The Very Best Of. recent terrorist attacks. + Digital - 47 Beat Box: Empire Records' 68 Sites Sounds: GLITTER music Gay Classics-Outrageous software companies contin- raises questions about what really ue to battle for supremacy. AFRO CELT SOUND SYSTEM Volume 3: Further lnTime merits the term "dassic." 69 Home Video: Disasters trig- 48A Country: ger revamping of fourth -quarter pro- ARTIST TITLE PASE and celebrates his 10 years with Atlantic. motional advertising campaigns.

ALICIA KEYS Fallin' 51 Higher Ground: A two -part a) TV special honors Dr. Billy Graham. Programming ers concert will benefit victims of the Sept. 11 tragedies. MATCHBOX TWENTY If You're Gone 52 Latin Notas: EMI Latin's 75 Radio stations look to new VP /GM of its regional Mexican and programming strategies in the 72 Classifieds C 85' Tejano division, MiguelTrujillo, dis- wake of terrorist attacks. 77 Between the Bullets: Ginu- cusses the direction of his sector. 50 wine's "Differences" tops Hot CYNDI THOMSON What I Really Meant To Say 55 Jazz Notes: The David S. R &B /Hip -Hop Singles &Trades. 14 Continental Drift: KPWR a. Ware Quartet experiments with a Billboard.com: What's 48 Los Angeles DJs Romeo and DeJai 95 synthesizer for its latest AUM online this week. team for 3 Deep project. 48: Fidelity release. JAGGED EDGE WITH NELLY Where Thu Pang At 96 The Billboard BackBeat 17 The aassical Score: ECM's 56 & Publishers: Morimurillustrates the melody and Sanctuary Music Publishing presi- SHAK IRA Suo rie 54 harmony of the works of Johann dent/CEO Deke Arlon builds on Sebastian Bach. past business experiences. Differences 43 Reviews & Previews: Ryan At a Glance 18 57 Studio Monitor:The New 42 Adams and Elton John are spotlighted. Chart Index PETEY PABLO Raise U York City -area pro audio communi- 83 Artist 41 R &B /Hip -Hop: Rhino and ty donates to The New York Times' 88 Chart Song Index NICKELBACK How You Remind Me VH1 celebrate black music in the U.S. 9/11 Neediest Fund.

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o 70 TWENTY PLUS 22: Some records weren t meant to last very long. MAINSTREAM R.O.C.K.: 20 years, six months, and two veeks Just last issue, Enya set a new record on the Adult Contemporary ago that an Indiana native with the stage name of John Cougar made 71 chart by making the longest climb to No. 1 in that chart's history. his first appearance on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, with Bolstered by increased airplay in the wake of the terrorist attacks "Ain't Even Done With the Night." Eventually adding his real last SCOOBY DOO: SPOOKIEST TALES 71 on the , "Only Time" (Reprise) reached pole position name and then later dropping the stage name he hated so much, in its 33rd chart week. That broke the old record of 26 weeks, which continued to chart with No. 1 songs like "Get a BAND: THE VIDEOS: 1994-2001 is how long it took Sophie B. Hawkins to reach the summit with "As Leg Up," "Again Tonight," and "What If I Came Knocking." I Lay Me Down" in November 1995. This issue, 2001 Billboard Century Award honoree Mellencamp WWF: INVASION 2001 Seven days after establishing a new record, Enya gives up her title and guest artist India.arie enter the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart to matchbox twenty. With only its second AC chart entry, the group at No. 39 with `Peaceful World" (Columbia). It's Mellencamp's 45th BLOW moves to No. 1 with "If You're Gone" (Lava/Atlantic) in that title's entry on the Mainstream chart, solidifying his record as the artist with 42nd chart week. The only other matchbox twenty song to make the most entries on this chart. There's a tie for second place, as both ARTIST ALBUM the top 20 was "3 A.M.," which peaked at No. 25 in April 1998. Van Halen and U2 have collected 43 Mainstream chart entries apiece.

YO-YO MA Classic Yo -Yo TWO HUNDREDS: There's other news on the Adult Contemporary THREE FOR THE MONEY: A trio of artists who debut in the top 10 of chart. Until now, Savage Garden had the only AC song to remain The Billboard 200 have their highest- charting of their VARIOUS ARTISTS Classical Hits on the chart for more than 100 weeks, as "Truly, Madly, Deeply" had careers. Martina McBride, whose previous best was the No. 19 peak a 123-week run. Now, Savage Garden is the only act in history to have of Emotion in 1999, enters at No. 5 with Greatest Hits (RCA). Ger- DIANA KRALL The Look Of Love two songs remain on the AC chart for more than 100 weeks. "I Knew ald Levert, whose solo personal best was the No. 8 peak of G in 2000, I Loved You" (Columbia), which may seem like an oldie- but -good- opens at No. 6 with Gerald's World (Elektra). And Diana Krall, who ie to those who recall that it went to No. 1 on The Billboard Hot 100 went to No. 56 with When I Look in Your Eyes (Verve) in 2000, is in January 1998, is at the 104 -week mark-or exactly two years. new at No. 9 with The Look of Love (GRP). SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS Orinal Theme Hi i hli i hts Remarkably, "I Knew I Loved You" moves 20 -14 this issue, giving the song a chance to match or outperform "Truly, Madly, Deeply." More Fred Bronson each week at www.billboard.com. ENYA A Da Without Rain

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www.americanradiohistory.com LLL:LLaLt House Of Blues Focuses On Core Concert Business BY RAY WADDELL offices. Among those to exit are Lou otic ad campaign. And our investment about a looming HOB acquisition have NASHVILLE -Amid much speculation Mann, formerly president of media is not tossed out the window. We have been "99% inaccurate." on its future, House of Blues (HOB) has properties for HOB. HOB.com attracting a lot of viewers, For his part, HOB Concerts presi- announced a reorganization that will HOB president/CEO Greg Trojan and it allows us to sell a lot of tickets." dent Jay Marciano is pleased with the focus the company's resources on its tells Billboard, "There is a lot of confu- Trojan stresses, "This isn't a story performance of his division. "We're core club and concert businesses. sion as to our ability to raise capital vs. [about how] we're not ever going to selective in our talent-buying, careful Despite healthy revenues in these how we're doing on an operating basis." be in this [new -media/content] busi- with our overhead, and we try to be core areas of $410 million in the U.S. Fiscal 2001 saw HOB increase its ness and we'll walk away from our creative in the sponsorship and pre- and Canada for fiscal 2001, the com- club business by 34% and concert vision of what the media side of this mium- seating areas of our industry. pany says `weak capital markets" have business by 5% in a tough year; business will be some day. We still We hope some of the cash that was prevented growth. In response, HOB according to Trojan, concert business believe content -capture in a branded used to subsidize digital media will has opted to downsize its content and has grown 27% since HOB acquired way and [Internet] distribution [of now become available for growth digital ventures, expand Internet tick- promoter Universal Concerts and its that content] make sense, and we have opportunities, including touring and eting, and seek joint -venture financ- multiple shed properties for $190 mil- a great brand." new venue development." ing for venue projects. lion in 1999. Trojan notes, "The good The reorganization comes amid According to Trojan, HOB "is not The reorganization results in pink news is we're performing well; the bad ny will pursue upcoming growth speculation about whether the compa- for sale, and we're not going through slips for 39 employees, primarily in news is the capital markets stink, and opportunities "on a project -by- project ny- including HOB Concerts, HOB's the sale process." But he stops short new media at HOB's Hollywood we haven't been able to raise the kind level." He adds that venue growth had concert promotion armwas destined of saying an acquisition is unlikely in of money we needed to grow the way been the highest priority in HOB's for acquisition. Talk of potential buyers the foreseeable future: "We're owned we wanted to." Such growth includes attempt to raise capital. first centered around Clear Channel by private equity investors, and at acquisitions, presumably including an Trojan says portrayals of HOB's dig- Entertainment and then Anschutz some point in time, the company will unsuccessful attempt to acquire ital business bleeding money are mis- Entertainment Group subsidiary Con- go public or be sold. Right now, we're In The News Northeast promoter Metropolitan leading: "We spent less than $25 mil- certs West. Trojan insists that reports focused on profitability." Entertainment Group earlier this year. lion over the history of our digital A federal judge has ruled that Trojan says that since HOB was business. Over six years, that's a chunk (UMG) "unsuccessful in raising a lot of capi- of capital, but there are companies that erred when it allowed the electron- tal at the company level," the compa- spend that on one AOL deal or an idi- ic transmission of thousands of Market Watch songs on its now -defunct Farm - A Weekly National Music Sales Report club.com venture without obtain- ing permission from copyright Cream Inks Distribution YEAR-TO -DATE NIT SALES owners (Billboard Bulletin, Sept. 2000 2001 27). A group of songwriters and Total 551,404,000 528,808,000 (a4.1 %) music publishers filed suit in De- Albums 509,732,000 503,033,000 (a1.3 %) cember 2000, disputing UMG's Deal With Kinetic Singles 41,672,000 25,775,000 (x38.2 %) claim that its mechanical rights to BY MICHAEL PAOLETTA tion teams make it an ideal partner." manufacture and distribute record- NEW YORK -After nearly a decade, The first release from the venture is YEAR -TO -DATE SALES BY ALBUM FORMAT ings of copyrighted material also the U.K.'s internationally revered DJ Sandra Collins' Cream, due Oct. 23. 2000

allowed it to transfer the recordings dance/electronic brand Cream is final- According to Lau, this will be the year's CD 452,753,000 466,232,000 ( Q3.0%) to its computer servers and stream ly infiltrating the U.S. marketplace, sole U.S. Cream release. He says to Cassette 55,781,000 35,825,000 (a35.8%) them to subscribers. The summary thanks to its newly inked North Amer- expect around three Cream compila- Other 1,198,000 976,000 (a18.5%) judgment by Judge John Martin in ican promotion and distribution deal tions in the U.S. next year. U.S. District Court of the Southern with Kinetic Records. Created in 1992 when Barton 11111111111 District of New York concluded that Under the opened the 12,452,000 is .cuk;ii 13,583,000 UMG's arguments were an attempt agreement - Cream club ast Week 11,952,000 Change 2000 a8.3a/a to "limit the payments due from which was in Liverpool, Q4.2% them for the streaming of record- signed by the Cream JIM ALBUM SALES ings of copyrighted works." UMG New York brand now his Week 12,089,000 This Week 2000 12,562,000 says it will appeal the decision. City -based encompasses Kinetic presi- a clothing ast Week 11,580,000 Change 2000 -7> 3.8 °/n Zomba Recording/Jive Records dent/founder line, festi- hange 4% has acquired Mojo Records. The Steve Lau vals (Cream - label has served as home to Gold - and London - fields), and a finger, Reel Big Fish, and Cherry based Cream founder James Barton - . Barton says the Cream his Week 363,000 This Week 2000 1,021,000 Poppin' Daddies, among others. Kinetic will handle marketing, manu- brand will bring in $28 million this _ast Week 372,000 Change 2000 Mojo was formerly affiliated with facturing, and distribution tasks for all year, "a nice increase over the $1 Change a2.4% Universal Records. Cream com- million we pilations is- made our YEAR-TO -CATE CD SALES BY STORE TYPE 2000 2001 's 143 Records, sued in North BILLBOARD EXCLUSIVE first year." Chain 257,027,000 258,219,000 formerly a America. Until last joint venture that went through Kinetic, which entered into a November, Barton wasn't sure about Independent 68,929,000 64,744,000 Atlantic Records, has been pur- worldwide joint venture with BMG entering the U.S. market, but then he Mass Merchant 118,066,000 128,263,000 chased by Warner Bros. Records for earlier this year (Billboard, March 17), "began seeing major changes in the Nontraditional 8,732,000 15,007,000 an undisclosed sum. Although the will tap some of the DJs on its roster dance/electronic scene in America," he deal has not officially closed, to create beat -mixed Cream compila- says. "Interest in DJ culture has inten- YEAR-TO -DATE CD SALES BY ALBUM CATEGORY sources say Warner Bros. Records tions aimed specifically at the Ameri- sified in the past two years in the U.S. 2000 2001 chairman Tom Whalley sent out an can marketplace. It feels like the right time to utilize our Current 300,377,000 298,959,000 (a0.5 %) internal memo to staffers Sept. 20 "This is a very special deal, because events to sell records and vice versa." Catalog 152,376,000 162,273,000 (Q6.5 %) welcoming Foster to the label, both parties will be actively involved in For many, including Lau, Cream is where he will hold a senior execu- every step," Lau explains. "From incep- the blueprint for the "club culture Deep Catalog 104,471,000 113,375,000 (Q8.5 %) tive title. The first release on the tion and early ideas to creative deci- branding" that has made major in- Footnote: In calculating current market share, SoundScan counts only album sales that have occurred with- in the first 18 months of a title's release (12 months for classical andjazz albums), except for titles that 143/Warner Bros. imprint will be sions like the choice of DJs to cross - roads into the U.S. (Billboard, Oct. 21, in the top half of The Billboard 200, in which case sales continue to count as current until a title falls below from 19- year-old opera singer Josh promotional activities, we'll all be 2000). "As far as brands go, Cream is No. 100. Catalog market share counts sales generated by titles out for more than 18 months, excluding the exceptions noted above. Deep catalog is a subset of catalog, which reflects titles that have been out for more Groban. 143's best- selling act, the working as a team." at the top of the list," Lau says. "The than 36 months. Corrs, was a joint venture with Barton says it was important to link Cream name is synonymous with ROUNDED FIGURES FOR WEEK ENDING 9/23/01 Atlantic's Lava Records imprint and with a U.S. label as connected as Kinet- quality music and events around the Compiled from a national sample of retail store and rack sales reports collected, compiled, and provided by ndScanq will remain on Lava. ic is: "Kinetic's distribution and its world. Now's the time to bring Cream strong sales, marketing, and promo- to the U.S. in a major way."

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BY BRADLEY BAMBARGER group that saved the venerable venue Publishing Hurdles NEW YORK -With the Sept. 22 pass- from demolition. He served as presi- ing of violinist and Carnegie Hall pres- dent of the Carnegie board of trustees BY BRIAN GARRITY The publishers' deal with Napster ident Isaac Stern at age 81, the per- until his death, galvanizing the Hall's NEW YORK-Publishers and devel- is a preliminary agreement that effec- forming arts community lost one of its restoration in 1986 and its centennial opers of digital music subscription tively ends their longstanding class - prime patriarchs, a and lead- celebrations in 1991. Even with all his services say they are making headway action lawsuit against the file -shar- er of rare commitment and energy. recordings and many educational ef- in the licensing log jam that has been ing service. Under terms of the Cellist Yo -Yo Ma, a longtime Stern forts, it is a forward- minded Carnegie threatening to derail the fall launch multiyear settlement, Napster will collaborator, notes the man's key char- Hall that remains Stern's greatest lega- of a number of new online consumer pay publishers $26 million for previ- acteristic: "To me, Isaac Stern was de- cy. The main concert room bears the product offerings. ous unauthorized use fined, both as a musician and as a per- name Isaac Stern Auditorium. MusicNet-the new of their work and son, by his great generosity of spirit Speaking to Billboard in 1999, Stern subscription offering another $10 million as and incredible love of life. Isaac Stern remarked not only on the mission of from Warner Music an advance toward fu- dared to dream big, and he challenged Carnegie but also the responsibility Group, BMG Enter- ture royalties generat- others to do likewise." ence he recounts in his 1999 autobi- that those with experience have toward tainment, EMI Record- ed from its new sub- Born July 21, 1920, in Kremenetz, ography, My First 79 Years (Knopf). emerging generations: "We have the ed Music, and Real Net - scription service. Russia, Stern grew up in San Francis- One of the most enduring relation- most fantastic collection of raw talent works-confirms that a A publishing rate for co, where he debuted at age 16 in the ships in record -business history was ever in our country today. But young tentative deal is in place Napster has not yet Brahms Violin Concerto. In a six -dec- Stern's with the label known as Co- people must be taught not only 'the between publishers and been determined, but it ade -plus career, he went on to play lumbia Masterworks, then CBS, then how' of playing but 'the why' ... The the major record labels will be in accordance with some of the world's greatest con- Sony Classical. His 54 -year tenure with diminution of standards in the name that would allow for the with the Audio Home ductors, orchestras, and instrumen- the firm yielded more than 100 record- of the monthly bottom line is one of launch of major -label Recording Act, which talists; he also premiered vital new ings of some 200 works by 63 com- the problems of our time. But the core subscription offerings. allocates 30% of song works by such as Leonard posers. Sony's 44 -disc edition Isaac values of music don't dissipate. And But MusicNet special adviser Richard royalties to music publishers and Bernstein, George Rochberg, Henri Stern: A Life in Music documents the that's our job: to always remind peo- Wolper cautions that despite signifi- 70% to the record industry. Dutilleux, and Krzysztof Penderecki. violinist in a great range of repertoire, ple of how beautiful things can be." cant progess in the negotiations, "it More specific is the publishers' deal Always devoted to putting his art in most recently via a quartet with Ma, Stern died of heart failure at New has not been finalized at this point." with Dallas-based Streamwaves, an service of his political and human- pianist Emanuel Ax, and violist Jaime York Hospital. He is survived by his Meanwhile, the National Music on- demand streaming service pro- itarian ideals, Stern undertook good- Laredo. It was with this group that wife, Linda Reynolds Stern; three chil- Publishers' Assn. (NMPA) and the vider. Under that agreement, they will will tours to Russia and China during Stern gave his last public performance, dren from a previous marriage, Shira, Songwriters' Guild of America have be paid a 10 cent "fixation fee" for the Cold War. An indefatigable Zionist, on Feb. 27, 2000, at Carnegie Hall. Michael, and David; and five grand- announced licensing deals with the each rendition of a licensed musical Stern played for Israeli troops during Stern famously came to the rescue children. Carnegie memorial events revamped Napster and upstart composition included in Stream - the 1973 Yom Kippur War, an experi- of Carnegie Hall in 1960, leading a were being planned at press time. Streamwaves.com. Those agreements waves' master database. Streamwaves are expected to clear the way for at will also pay a royalty of either 10% of least a limited rollout of both servic- its gross revenues or $1 per subscriber es later this year. per month, whichever is greater. Storms Expected On Capitol Hill Industry Braces For Hearings Over Licensing Agreements, Copyright Office Report

BY BILL HOLLAND bill throughout four sessions of Con- to require record companies and other WASHINGTON, D.C. -For music -in- gress, but Sensenbrenner played hard- content providers to offer their prod- dustry groups, the clouds are gather- ball, effectively blocking all copyright ucts to all Internet-delivery companies ing on Capitol Hill, and insiders are legislation from coming to votes in on the same "nondiscriminatory" bracing for an expected heavy storm committee until performing right soci- terms. It would also exempt Internet before the House Judiciary Committee. eties withdrew opposition to his bill. services from paying royalties to music Informed sources say committee In related news, spokespersons for publishers for ephemeral copies and chairman E James Sensenbrenner, R- the House Judiciary Committee and archival "back -up copies" (Billboard Ill., a long -time critic of U.S. perform- its Subcommittee on Courts, the Bulletin, Aug. 3). The Copyright Office ing right societies, is considering over- Internet, and Intellectual Property also recommended some of the sight hearings to review his ongoing say it is unclear when a hearing will changes in its August report to Con- inquiry of the recently approved mod- be scheduled to gress on Internet issues. ification of ASCAP's consent decree by review a recent MOCA has garnered opposition the Justice Department. A committee Copyright from some legislators. In a Sept. 14 let- spokesman did not have any comment. Office report ter to colleagues, Rep. Howard Berman "It's not going to be pretty," one that rejected (D- Calif.), along with Reps. Henry insider says. "He's out to kick butt." music pub- Hyde (R- I11.), Robert Wexler (D- Fla.), RECORD COMPANIES. Luigi -Theo sulting VP of new media for the It's no secret that Sensenbrenner lishers and John Conyers (D- Mich.), and Elton Calabrese is promoted to president Beggars Group in New York City. does not like the music licensing agree- performing Gallegly (R- Calif.), say the bill is "pre- of Walt Disney Records Worldwide He is also CEO /new -media consult- ments of U.S. performing right soci- right societies' mature." The lawmakers think it is too and Disney Music Publishing in ant for Toolshed in Nyack, N.Y. He eties, especially those that ASCAP claims that ephemeral soon to consider those changes to the Burbank, Calif. He was senior VP of was senior director of new media employs under a 1941 Justice Depart- copies of digitally transmitted music digital marketplace. Webcasters and Walt Disney Records Europe, Mid- for the Beggars Group. ment consent decree. He has referred are subject to royalties. other Internet companies support the dle East, and Africa. Tony Martinez is promoted to to the societies and other businesses Because of the recent terrorist bill; the Recording Industry Assn. of BMG Entertainment promotes national marketing manager of sales within the music industry as "cartels." attacks, two tentative hearing dates, America opposes the measure. Juan Carlos Bernardez to senior VP for Elektra Records in New York City. Sensenbrenner has made it a mis- Sept. 22 and Oct. 4, have been MOCA contains a provision to en- of strategic projects and Kevin Hag- He was regional marketing director. sion to strip performing right groups scrubbed. Congress is expected to sure direct payment of the 50% split gerty to VP of financial reporting of some of their power because of what adjourn at the end of October. Also, it of compulsory license Webcast royal- and analysis in New York City. They RELATED FIELDS. Wayne Pederson is he views as their unfair advantage over is unclear what Sensenbrenner's re- ties to recording artists. Berman and were, respectively, VP of finance for named president/C00 of the Nation- music users in licensing. His views cul- sponse will be to the as- yet -undebated the other lawmakers don't want to BMG Europe and VP of financial al Religious Broadcasters in Manas- minated in the Fairness in Music Music Online Competition Act consider the artist payment issue as reporting and control. sas, Va. He was executive VP for Licensing Act of 1998, a law that carves (MOCA). Some sources say he may part of the controversial, multi-pro- Danny Ornelas is promoted to VP Northwestern Radio. out a substantial exemption in the law support the bill if the rights of creators vision bill. "On the issue of direct of field marketing for Columbia Jeff Castelaz is named manager to allow tavern and small mall -shop and consumers are given even footing artist payments," Berman says, "what Records in New York City. He was for 3 Artist Management in Los venues to play background music with- with content providers. I want is to find the most efficient way senior director of field marketing. Angeles. He was founder of Cast out paying licensing fees to the per- Introduced by Reps. Rick Boucher, to get artists the money due them, Dick Huey is promoted to con- Management. forming right societies. (D -Va.) and Chris Cannon (R- Utah), and I'm open to any and all avenues to ASCAP and BMI fought to defeat the MOCA would amend the copyright act accomplish that."

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BY WES ORSHOSKI sues head on," he explains. "I always need gious beliefs -although we were still Tibetan Freedom Concerts, recalls in a language that is spoken in every NEW YORK- Amnesty Internation- some sort of metaphor to veil it in, some- seeing that. [But also] we were seeing watching the Giants Stadium show. country-the language of music." al's Curt Goering recalls the night he how. And the metaphor for me was the mass violations in the context of armed Inspired by the stories of torture and witnessed probably the most dra- women dancing, which you could un- conflict in such places as the former imprisonment recounted during the PROTESTING WITH CIVILITY matic display of popular derstand emotionally even if you did- Yugoslavia, as it split up, and the geno- telecast by actual former prisoners of In Sting's estimation, Amnesty and championing human rights that he's n't know what it meant specifically." cide in Rwanda in 1994. So I think the conscience, and especially by a per- the '80s concerts reaffirmed the power ever seen. human rights movement as a whole formance by U2 (her favorite band), of the written word. "For me," he ex- It was Oct. 13, 1990. Tens of thou- RETURN TO MUSICAL FORM was having to re- adjust. What we have she joined Amnesty the very next day. plains, "Amnesty was one of the more sands of had packed 's Goering is reflecting on Amnesty's now is more and more identity-based Potts says, "It's a pretty empowering civilized organizations in the world National Stadium to attend an Amnesty relationship with popular musicians abuses, where people are targeted for experience when your favorite band is and also one of the most civilizing in concert featuring Sinéad O'Connor, during a time when Amnesty is not their ethnicity, their orientation-for saying, `You can make a difference.' I that its modus is to write letters. And , Rubén Blades, only celebrating its 40th anniversary, who they are." was sitting there saying, `He's talking in the writing of letters and the receiv- Wynton Marsalis, Jackson Browne, but also when the human rights to me. Bono just told me I could make ing of letters, ideas can become very , and -most important to organization is looking to re- establish SECRET NO LONGER a difference and I'm calling.' " powerful, much more than shouting the concert-goers-Sting. a strong bond with the socially con- Amnesty was still "pretty much a In 1988, Sting, Gabriel, and Spring - in the street. The buildup of well - Just months earlier, the people of scious artists of the day. secret," notes Goering, until 1986, steen headlined the Human Rights thought -out letters and cogent think- had ended 's when Sting, Gabriel, U2, Bryan Adams, ing is a way to embarrass the powers - dictatorship, under which the very Lou Reed, and the Neville Brothers that-be into behaving properly. It arena they were standing in was used joined together for the Conspiracy of works. There's something about the as a concentration camp. During Hope tour. It hit six major U.S. cities written word." Pinochet's nearly 30 -year rule, thou- Although interest in Amnesty sands of these people had fathers and waned in the '90s -when the organi- brothers, friends and neighbors who zation saw its number of U.S. students were killed and beaten here -for being groups and overall worldwide mem- "unpatriotic." Many others -among bership decline-Goering says the those known by Chileans as the "dis- organization is still feeling the impact appeared" -had entered the stadium of its concerts in the '80s. Thousands walls and were never heard from again. of those who attended those events are But, on this night, the concert- still members and donate to Amnesty goers weren't there to mourn, each year. although they would remember the Amnesty's relationship with the "disappeared." The people were real- music world hasn't ended, either. In ly there to celebrate Chile's rebirth. and raised more than $2 million before in 1998, Springsteen, Gabriel, Three years earlier, Sting had ending with a 12 -hour finale at Giants and Chapman were joined by the Dalai released "They Dance Alone ( Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. Lama, Alanis Morissette, Radiohead, Solo)," a song about the wives, daugh- Until that point, Amnesty's in- Robert Plant and , and ters, and mothers of the victims who formation on human rights violations, Shania Twain to celebrate the 50th an- publicly performed the cueca solo (or however compelling, was simply not niversary of the signing of the Univer- "dance alone ") as a way to protest Pino- enough to motivate people to help the sal Declaration of Human Rights. chet's abductions. In the song, Sting Goering says that Amnesty hopes group pressure the governments of the Now! world tour, which commemo- Morissette says she jumped at the sings: "They're dancing with the miss- to return to the entertainment realm world to liberate those being perse- rated the 40th anniversary of the sign- opportunity to take part in an Amnesty ing/They're dancing with the dead/ within the next year with possibly a cuted for their beliefs, race, or religion. ing of the Universal Declaration of event. "[Amnesty's] level of conscious- They dance with the invisible ones/ major concert or even a tour, de- The trek, held to commemorate the Human Rights. The bill also featured ness and their level of care and level of Their anguish is unsaid." pending on interest from the artist 25th anniversary of Amnesty, raised Tracy Chapman and Youssou N'Dour. courage -to have courage to speak up At about 3 a.m. on this night, more community. He adds that the organ- awareness. In the six weeks after the The tour-which touched on five on behalf of what they believe in, and than 20 sisters, daughters, and moth- ization has just hired a director of Giants Stadium concert alone, 35,000 continents in six weeks-was a bit of an on behalf of what they consider to be ers of the "disappeared "-with photos artist relations, Los Angeles -based people in the U.S. joined Amnesty. emotional roller coaster ride, says Shel- injustices-I resonate with that level of their lost loved ones in their hands Bonnie Abaunza. The events would By the beginning of the new school ley I azar, who handled the ticketing at of belief, that kind of courage, and that or pinned to their clothing joined be held in part to celebrate Amnesty's year in 1986 - following the tour -the each concert for Bill Graham Presents. kind of commitment to contributing. Sting onstage for "They Dance Alone," birthday four decades ago, but more number of Amnesty groups on high "People would be moved from smiles So, taking part in it felt really right the final song of the evening. important-and as always -to once school and college campuses in the and hugs to tears within split seconds." with me." "When they walked out, there was again shine a light on the varying U.S. had leapt from 200 to about 2,000. She recalls Springsteen, Chapman, dead silence," says Goering, now types of human rights violations that "It really brought a new generation and the others standing in hallways NEW CAUSES deputy executive director of Amnesty's Amnesty battles. of activists to the movement; it reju- practicing their concert-opening ren- With much more work to be done - U.S. branch. "Then someone lit a cig- The partnership hasn't been as venated Amnesty," Goering says. "And dition of Bob Marley and the Wailers' especially regarding "economic free- arette lighter, a flashlight, or candle, strong in recent years as in the '80s, it was very inspiring. It gave all of us "Get Up, Stand Up," and her embracing doms, like the right to health care, the and a second later, thousands did the when Sting, Gabriel, U2, Bruce Spring - who had already been in the move- of the late Bill Graham as 100,000 fans right to economic security" -Potts same. Everyone was completely ab- steen, and others took part in the Con- ment awhile tremendous hope." in Barcelona joined Gabriel in singing says there's no question that Amnesty's sorbed in the moment." spiracy of Hope and Human Rights At the six concerts, the stories of six the chorus of "Biko." She watched as pacts with popular musicians will con- As Sting started the song and the Now! concerts. The lesser activity stems "prisoners of conscience " -including Sting moved Costa Rican soldiers to lay tinue to be powerful: "It's a proven women began to dance the cueca solo, from dramatic changes on the human a Soviet woman sentenced to a 15 -year down their guns and begin dancing. strategy for raising awareness, espe- "you couldn't help but hear the sob- rights landscape in the early '90s. prison term for organizing a human "It's one thing to play a show in cially in the cynical age that we're in bing," Goering says. "There wasn't a "The Cold War had more or less rights group and a Vietnamese man Chicago," Lazar says, "and it's another right now ... And the music sort of dry eye in the place." ended, and the ideological world had sentenced to 53 years for writing to play a show in a place like Zimbab- lightens the load, too." Sting says "They Dance Alone" was more or less disappeared -at least in poems his country deemed unpatriot- we, where only the white citizens of For information on Amnesty, visit intended to bring attention to Pino- the way that we knew it," Goering says. ic -were featured as part of the event. South Africa were allowed exit visas to amnesty.org or aiusa.org. For infor- chet's crimes by expressing a sadness "And we were seeing not so much indi- Within months of the concert, some attend the show, or playing Abidijan mation on Amnesty's future concert that each of us who have lost loved ones vidual prisoners of conscience being of the six had been liberated. [on the Ivory Coast] and seeing people plans, call Josephine Ciallella, Amnesty could appreciate. picked up and put away for long peri- Thirteen years old at the time, Erin who've walked for days just to come to U.S. national events coordinator, at "I usually never approach [such] is- ods for their ethnic background or reli- Potts, one of the organizers of the the show. These artists generated hope 212 -633 -4252.

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BY LARRY FLICK the room. When the label suggested NEW YORK -When various artists releasing it as an album, I surprised compare how they spent the sum- myself by saying yes. I wanted as mer of 2001, k.d. lang is likely to be many people as possible to share the source of widespread envy. After this experience." Beat.. all, she spent it with one of her The artist's decision is proving to idols: the legendary Tony Bennett. be a popular one with her diehard THAT'S WHY HE'S HERE: In a sum- still holds the same thrill for him "Originally, I had no intention of fans and some retailers. mer season that produced few sure as it always has. "My reasons for leaving my home this summer," she "This record is a must -have for things, James Taylor's concert tour touring haven't changed at all," he says with a smile. "But when Tony k.d. lang collectors," says James proved to be one of the stronger says. "What makes it so doable is Bennett calls and asks you to go on Lonten, manager of a Borders outings. And no one could be more the audience is good. I like them as tour with him, you don't do more Books & Music in New York, who pleased than Taylor. people; they treat me well. I some- than say `thank you' and find out adds that the set has triggered "We really worked hard on this times think I like the audience too the date of the first gig." renewed interest in lang's catalog. tour," says Taylor, who is booked by much. I lust after the audience. My The season -long trek closes in "So far, the sales flow has been Trident Media Group. "This time, we audience probably knows me pret- two weeks, after a brief pause fol- steady. But this is only the tip of the have a relatively, for us, sophisti- ty well. I've been, in a sense, a pro- lowing the Sept. 11 tragedy. iceberg. This record has the poten- cated stage set -up, with projected fessional autobiographer for a long Bennett and lang have been tial to be a major holiday release." images that we're really excited period of time." inching toward working together That's precisely what the label is about. I think we've done the right Given, as he says, that he's "in the since 1994, when they appeared on 'About midway through, anticipating for the project. "This amount of promotion to let people business of being as much myself as a TV special singing the pop stan- I remember thinking that album is a wonderful chance to have know it's there." The tour, which possible onstage," Taylor says the dard "Moonglow." a lot of k.d.'s most beloved songs on started in early thought of stop- "I'll never forget that night," says something unique was one disc -and yet it's not a best -of June and has ping doesn't lang (who is managed by Martin release," says Rich Fitzgerald, sen- logged a number occur to him. Kirkup and Steve Jensen of the Direct happening. This wasn't ior VP at Warner Bros. "It's a unique of sellouts, has "Why does one Management Group in Los Angeles just another concert.' way of exploring what has been a been extended want to continue and booked by Fred Bohlander for remarkably rich career so far." until the end of to perform ?" he Los Angeles' Monterey Peninsula -K.D. LANG Actually, lang says trekking back October. asks rhetorically. Artists). "As the music began, my in time was one of the true treats of Undoubtedly, "What is it that knees were literally shaking. But doing Live by Request. one key to Tay- continues to once we started to sing, I relaxed formed on Live by Request, the singer "It certainly has been a long and lor's success is make performing enough to savor the moment and says she felt a special energy in the winding road," she says with a his reasonable ad- compelling? recognize that we had chemistry." room as she played a set that includ- laugh, adding that a live recording mission prices. In Some people Bennett returns the compliment, ed the Grammy-winning "Constant allows her to review her career on a a year that has don't find it citing lang as one of his favorite Craving," as well as her country-era CD without doing a greatest -hits seen tickets soar endlessly com- vocalists: "She's an extraordinary gems "Big Boned Gal" and "Pullin' album. "Looking back, some periods as high as $250 pelling. They say, performer. She has one of the best Back the Reins" and more current certainly worked better than others, for , 'I used to have voices I've ever heard." pop tunes like "Summerfling" and but they were all completely honest Taylor's highest my self -worth Touring with Bennett has been a "The Consequences of Falling." and real for me. I have no regrets prices are generally between $45 determined by what people fine complement to lang's current "About midway through the eve- about anything I've ever done." and $65. According to Taylor's man- thought of me, but no longer.' Reprise release, Live by Request, a ning, I remember thinking that She continues, "There are times ager, Gary Borman, the average Clearly, I haven't reached that point. sterling concert recording captured something unique was happening," when I look back on my career, and ticket price for the tour is $36. I care very much what they think of by the A &E TV series of the same lang notes. "This wasn't just I feel like it's someone else. I prefer "We're mostly playing outdoor me and how they're reacting." name. Released Aug. 14, it's the kind another concert." to remain humble and focused on sheds and some arenas," Taylor says. Taylor also loves the routine of of project the artist says she never Although the artist says she can- the craft of making music." "I just think there's something being on the road. "Being on the anticipated releasing. not identify the intangible element Lang's current publisher is wrong with paying more than basi- road is very functional, very fo- "Quite frankly, I've never been a that sets this performance apart Thumb Print Music, administered cally $50 -$60 bucks a ticket for that cused," he says. "You move big fan of concert albums," she says. from others she has given, lang by Universal /Songs of PolyGram evening out; I can't see it. Basically, through the land, just leave every- "In my experience as a listener, I've notes that it was "incredible good International. Several of her early I don't think the show is worth it. If thing behind that happened on that never felt like they fully illustrate fortune" that it was recorded. songs on Live by Request are pub- you're playing in a small theater in last day. By contrast, civilian exis- the intimacy or the energy of being "I listened to the show, and I was lished by Jane Hathaways Other Co., the center of New York or London or tence is more baffling and tena- in the room as a show unfolds." totally pleased. You truly can feel also now administrated by Univer- Paris or Chicago or L.A. and you see cious and indecisive." But on the night that lang per- the emotion and the electricity in sal /Songs of PolyGram. what an evening at the theater costs For anyone who hasn't experi- you, then you can let your ticket go enced one, a James Taylor concert up, but to sit on the lawn at some provides the same wonderful sensa- great remove from the stage, no ... tion as being wrapped in a familiar "All I know is our [ticket price] security blanket while eating your seems right," continues Taylor, Bill- favorite comfort foods. Bolstered by board's 1998 Century Award honoree. 10 musicians and back -up singers, "It seems I'm making the right the show pivots around Taylor's amount, the musicians are making warm vocals; genial, self- deprecat- the right amount, the people are ing storytelling; and gentle, astute paying the right amount." playing. As usual, Taylor does not have an Although Taylor's next album for opening act. Or, if you ask him, he Columbia Records won't be out until says he's the opening act. "I usual- the late spring /early summer of ly start at eight, and it's finished by 2002, he is already testing some new quarter to 11. It's as if we're opening songs on the road: "Fourth of July," for ourselves. That allows us to do "Raised Up Family," and "Whenever We Are Pleased to Announce The Opening Of the most obscure stuff. We can treat You're Ready" get rotated into his the first half like it's an opening act set. "The response has been good," and then get down to delivering a he says. "Occasionally, someone will lot of the songs that people have to yell, `Get back to work!' and I don't hear in the second half." know if that means it's not good Taylor has been touring for a liv- enough or they're anxious for me to ing since 1969, and yet playing live finish so they can get it."

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MICHAEL JACKSON 30TH Madison Square Garden, $10,072,105 34,884 David Gest, World ANNIVERSARY TRIBUTE New York $2,500/$1,500/$500/$45 35,427 two shows Events LLC, Clear Sept. 7, 10 Channel Entertainment

BACKSTREET BOYS, SISQÓ FleetCenter, $2,461,278 34,871 Clear Channel Sept 8 -10 S124 50/$38 50 39,058 three shows Entertainment one sellout Drift TM BACKSTREET BOYS, KRYSTAL, Continental Airlines Arena, $1,934,533 29,407 Clear Channel DEEP IN RHYTHM: Like , far not, `OK, let me get paid.' " SISQÓ East Rutherford, N.J. S124 50/338.50 two sellouts Entertainment Sept. 6 -7 too many DJs have a hankering to 3 Deep is nearing completion of be recording artists -regardless of an eponymous debut that DeJai says JIMMY BUFFETT & THE CORAL Nissan Pavilion at Stone $887,592 25,059 Clear Channel whether they have any actual musi- effectively ranges from "freaky to REEFER BAND Ridge, Bristow, Va. S59 50iS27 25,149 Entertainment cal talent. With that in mind, we ap- sentimental." Most of all, Todd notes Sept. 8 proached "MVPz," the single debut that the set's material -which JAMES TAYLOR Red Rocks Amphitheatre, $875,230 17,132 Clear Channel of 3 Deep (which features KPWR includes the infectious midtempo Morrison, Colo. $55/$45 17,270 two shows Entertainment Los Angeles jocks Romeo and gem "You Keep Telling Me" and the Sept. 1 -2 DeJai, along with singer Todd), romantic, radio -ready ballad "Knock- with apprehension. out"-is honest. "You can't help but JIMMY BUFFETT & THE CORAL Tweeter Center at the $853,908 25,300 Clear Channel REEFER BAND Waterfront, Camden, N.J. S59.50/S26.50 sellout Entertainment The pleasant surprise is that the write what you feel. You're dealing Sept 6 track is a remarkably strong slice of with everyday life, not fiction." hip- hop- flavored R &B. Produced by And that philosophy is the fuel AEROSMITH, FUEL Riverbend Music Center, S764,470 20,479 Clear Channel Cincinnati $77/S30 20,500 Entertainment the act, the track has a skittling that the act thinks will keep them Sept. 7 groove that's embellished with rolling beyond time -sensitive trend plush keyboards and tasty retro- -not to mention that they inten- BACKSTREET BOYS, KRYSTAL, Nassau Veterans Memorial $754,543 11,891 Clear Channel . Most important, tionally mine a musical style that is SISQÓ Coliseum, Uniondale, N.Y. S124.50/$38.50 14.091 Entertainment Sept 4 though, is the confidence and tech- largely trend -free. "I don't believe 3 nical prowess with which the trio Deep will be a fad," Todd says. "We JIMMY BUFFETT & THE CORAL Post- Gazette Pavilion at Star $751,240 23,079 Clear Channel performs. They have undeniable have the elements that reflect R &B, REEFER BAND Lake, Burgettstown, Pa. S53 50/S25 23,194 Entertainment skills, as both harmonizers and rap- Sept. 4 both today and tomorrow." pers, and they have the flair to be a Plus, Romeo insists, "We can still

JIMMY BUFFETT & THE CORAL Tweeter Center for the Performing $751,191 19,309 Clear Channel formidable pres- grow together. In REEFER BAND Arts, Mansfield, Mass. $61/$28 19,800 Entertainment ence in the R &B three or four Sept. 1 field. In fact, years, we believe "MVPz" has the that you'll be Copyrighted and compiled by Amusement Business, a publication of Billboard Music Group. Boxscores should be submitted to Bob Allen, Nashville. Phone: 615 -321 -9171. Fax: 615 -321 -0878. For research information and pricing, call Bob Allen, 615 -321 -9171. kind of sticky, able to accurate- pop -inflected ly say that you've hook needed to watched this make the cross- group grow up, over into the top and see the real- "Italian composer 40 arena. ness in us." The members GIOVANNI VENUSIA For more in- of 3 Deep come from different parts formation, contact Steve Smith at has created of the country. Romeo and DeJai grew the Creative Talent Management

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and South American heat ". Before connecting with Todd to ASHER GROWS UP: College campuses become 3 Deep, Romeo and DeJai have given birth to countless bands, [Andrew Neech /MuslcFromtheMuslc cool opened for R. Kelly, Keith Sweat, few of which live beyond graduation. the Clark Sisters, and the Winans, But for Asher, the good news is that Music composed by among others, in their hometown. its members have survived the tran- "We did gospel rap," DeJai recalls. sition from the University of Michi- GIOVANINI "We had a song called `7 Days of Cre- gan to the so- called real world. ation,' and maybe because it was rap, Actually, the Ann Arbor, Mich. VENUSTA people thought we were the devil quartet -which consists of Brian back then. We'd do the rap, and Cohen (vocals/guitars), Brian Egan A film directed by they'd run out of the auditorium!" (bass /keyboards), Antonio Garza HENRIQUE Despite the initial crowd reac- (drums), and Chris Brezina (gui- tion, "we became the Jacksons of tars) -has blossomed immeasurably, GOLDMAN St. Louis," Romeo says with a as evidenced by the fine five -song disc, smile. "That's why we're so appre- This Is a Demo. As with their past ciative of what we have right now, material, the tunes here crackle with because most people don't realize unshakable alt -pop hooks and sturdy how hard we've worked." mod -rock instrumentation. Lyrically, Meanwhile, back in Seattle, Todd the band meditates on decidedly more first recorded with an act called grown-up issues, with "Radio, You Let .ft s.mmI M GIOVANNI Kreators of Kutz. He was later a pro- Me Down" (which weighs high expec- VENOSIA r...01. tégé of MC Hammer, performing tations against reality) standing out HENRIQOE with the Hammer -guided group as the disc's truly stellar moment. GOIOMAN Pieces of a Puzzle. Asher is branching out beyond its Now that they've found each local club scene, hitting a variety of other, the members of 3 Deep feel as cities in the Midwest. Gigs in the though they've found the right West and East are being planned chemistry-one that elevates them for later this season. A &R execs Click &hear. above the competitive ranks. "A lot shouldn't wait for the band to come www.CamOriginalSoundtracks.com of what sets us apart from other to town -hunt these lads down. groups is our vocal delivery," Ro- For more details, contact Brian meo notes. "You can feel that when Cohen at 734 -945 -3810 or Darrell we're singing, we really mean it. It's Thompson at 310 -358 -3373.

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BY JONATHAN COHEN tually nothing," Anastasio says. "I first step was the launch of the NEW YORK -Few people could think we had a total of four songs Claypool- maintained Oysterhead have predicted that an impromptu to sit down and play. That ends .com, which provided ticket on- ore.. April 2000 New Orleans jam ses- pretty quickly. I don't think we did sales two days before the general sion among Trey Anastasio, Les more than three takes of any song. public and is also hosting four MP3 NUMBERS GAME: Johann Sebastian Orchestra. When Eicher offered to Claypool, and Stewart Copeland So, that's 20 minutes a song, and downloads from the album. Bach's ability to create a tremendous record the work, Poppen suggested would lead to a 13 -track studio re- we're done with that. Now we're The college market is being body of work -as elegant and finely that the Hilliard Ensemble would be cording and a tour under the band faced with a month. We had to just especially targeted; radio got a wrought as it is massive -is so ex- ideal collaborators. Eicher arranged moniker Oysterhead. But these are start making stuff up." three -song sampler in early Au- traordinary that it already seems to for them to meet. no ordinary musicians, and this is On paper, Anastasio, Claypool, gust, and Claypool has given border on the mystical. Morimur, a "Their first reaction," Poppen re- the extraordinary situation in and Copeland are not the most like- scores of interviews with college new project recently released on calls, "was that it looked interesting, which the veterans of Phish, Pri- ly of collaborators; Copeland has media to get the word out. From ECM, adds a new dimension to that but that they couldn't do it. It re- mus, and the Police find them- rarely played in a group setting in there, the label went to triple -A, overwhelming oeuvre, suggesting quired a soprano, and it didn't give selves as they near the Oct. 2 re- the past 10 years, instead focusing modern, active, and heritage rock that Bach composed his works with them enough to sing." Not content to lease of their Elektra debut, The his attention on film scoring. But with "Mr. Oysterhead" in mid -Sep- even more than melody, harmony, take no for an answer, Poppen drove Grand Pecking Order. with Anastasio and Claypool on tember. While the band is on tour, and the art of fugue in mind. The disc, across Germany to a Hilliard per- Early word -of -mouth on the indefinite hiatus from their primary members will do phone and live recorded by violinist /conductor formance to ask the quartet to recon- project has reached a fever pitch, bands, the yearning to stretch their radio interviews in several mar- Christoph Poppen with early -music sider. "They said, `Well, since you as curious fans gobbled up tickets own creative boundaries with new vocal stars the came all the way collaborators quickly translated Hilliard Ensem- here, let's just try into compelling music. 'I've never felt the ble, seeks to illus- a little bit of it.' We Indeed, The Grand Pecking chemistry that I felt with trate hidden layers went back to their Order is a challenging but often of meaning in little hotel and fascinating listen, with Anastasio Trey and Stewart. I was Bach's music, em- played the entire and Claypool splitting vocal duties. bedded in the no- thing through, The set touches on everything from always the lyricist [in tation and re- and then they the simple, pop- tinged rock of Primus], but here we vealed through said, `We've got to Phish's recent studio sets ( "Radon numerology. do this.' " Balloon," "Birthday Boys ") to trip - were finishing each In the Baroque ECM has just py jams ( "Pseudo Suicide," opener era, composers released the re- "Little Faces "), self -referential other's sentences.' sometimes used sulting disc, Mor- groove fests ( "Mr. Oysterhead," "Oz -LES CLAYPOOL the ancient meth- imur -the title for a 20 -date concert trek that Is Ever Floating "), and abstract ods of gematria, a being a reference launches Oct. 21 in Seattle. sound collages ( "Shadow of a Man," kets, while Elektra approached sta- type of numerolo- to the scriptural Oysterhead was formed after "Wield the Spade "). The group's tions to sponsor win-it- before -you- gy, to plant hidden messages in their verse "In Christo Morimur" (In Christ Claypool invited Anastasio and songs are published by various can- buy -it contests the weekend works. They might, for , we die). A typically lovely ECM pack- Copeland to play with him at BMI- affiliated companies. before street date. assign number values to the names of age includes a remarkable 80 -page Superfly Promotions' 2000 Super "I've never felt the chemistry At retail, special bin cards were the notes, i.e., A =1, B =2, and so on. booklet explaining the project's Jam, held during New Orleans' that I felt with Trey and Stewart - made to be placed in the Phish, Musicologists discovered that Bach methodological impetus. The disc annual Jazz Fest. They weren't especially with Trey -with the Primus, and Police sections of had incorporated complex systems of presents individual movements of the total strangers; Claypool had pre- lyrical thing," Claypool admits. "I stores. Venable adds, "We pur- liturgical references-as well as his Partita in D minor in alternation with viously played live a few times with was always the lyricist [in Pri- chased listening stations for Octo- own name -in the notes, durations, chorale movements, concluding with Phish, and he enlisted Copeland to mus]. But here we were finishing ber at most all major accounts, and rhythms of his sacred music. the Chaconne as played by Poppen produce one track on Primus' 1999 each other's sentences. It was because no one is quite sure what In her own studies, Professor while the Hilliards sing the related albumAntipop. For his part, Cope- pretty incredible." Adds Copeland this is going to sound like." Helga Thoerne of the University of chorales. The effect is ghostly -more land admits he had "heard of" with a laugh, "I haven't got any in- That anticipation is definitely Dusseldorf asserts that Bach planted than one commentator has likened it Phish but never "heard them." dividuality to express. I just enjoy being felt at retail, according to such deeper meanings in his instru- to being inside Bach's head as he con- As sparks flew among the trio banging away on those drums Coalition of mental works as well. In particular, ceived the work. during pre -show rehearsals, fans again, which I'd forgotten all Stores president Don Van Cleave. she found numerous references to Allowing people to hear the music were spending up to $2,000 to get about for a decade." "People are fighting over the [Oys- Bach's chorales hidden in the six is the most potent means of persua- into the group's maiden perform- All three artists are even more terhead] promos," he says. "I Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin. sion, according to Sarah Humphries, ance at New Orleans' Saenger enthusiastic about the upcoming think it's going to do well, espe- Thoerne uncovered a wealth of refer- ECM's U.S. label director. "Manfred Theatre. The 150 -minute show in- tour, booked by Hooper at cially since Phish is such a major ences to the liturgy, as well as played us the Chaconne over the tele- cluded offbeat covers and em- Monterey, Calif. -based Monterey indie -store band." Lutheran chorales, in the virtuosic phone many months ago," she recalls, bryonic originals, some of which Peninsula Artists. Copeland says he Fans who don't have the chance Chaconne that concludes the Partita "and we knew immediately that this were later cut for The Grand Peck- is particularly intrigued to dispense to see Oysterhead live will be treat- in D minor. She interprets the work was something really special. It is ing Order. Recordings of the gig with such pop traditions as stan- ed to the band's appearance on a to be a musical epitaph for Bach's deeply affecting music, and this con- spread quickly on the Internet, dardized setlists, in favor of the Nov. 21 episode of HBO's new live - first wife, Maria Barbara, who had viction only grew once we had the thanks in part to rabid tape -trad- more free -form shows Phish fans music series, Reverb. Footage will died unexpectedly in 1720, the year opportunity to hear the record in its ing by Phish's fanbase. have come to expect. be drawn from an Oct. 27 show in that Bach compiled the works. entirety." Accordingly, ECM plans to Having never expressly intended "Oysterhead is going to play by Los Angeles; plans are afoot for the Thoeme shared her findings with emphasize the placement ofMorimur Oysterhead to exist beyond the Phish rules: the ticket prices are band to chat with fans live on AOL Poppen, a Dusseldorf faculty col- on retail listening posts wherever pos- show, group members went their low, and [fans] can tape the shows," after the broadcast. league. "One day I met up with her, sible. The label has also sent out an separate ways. But the more Clay- Copeland says. "I'm not used to The recent Phish live releases and she said, `I've discovered some- unusually large radio mailing, Hum- pool reflected, the greater his de- walking onstage and not knowing (see story on Billboard.com this thing that I'd like to show you, be- phries notes, "to every radio station sire grew to take the project fur- the entire setlist from front to week) and The Grand Pecking cause it's so frightening,' " he recalls. in the country that has any classical ther. He says, "I've been in the back, but I'm going to learn how to Order will give fans, particularly Poppen began to help Thoerne illus- programming at all." studio enough times with enough do it a different way. Something those of Anastasio, much to enjoy. trate her findings at lectures, playing Poppen and the Hilliard Ensem- people to know when you have that that Oysterhead has taught me is But the guitarist says any future the Chaconne while a second violin- ble will undertake a brief U.S. tour kind of chemistry, it can be the that getting out of my comfort Oysterhead plans will be taken one ist played the chorale tunes implied in April 2002, performing in Los most amazing thing." zone is a real good thing." step at a time. by her research. Angeles, San Francisco, Cincinnati, In April, Claypool got his wish, Although there is a strong em- "My feeling is, `Let's go out and Poppen soon made a recording of Chicago, Boston, and Washington, as the group convened at the Barn, phasis on positioning Oysterhead play some shows,' which we're the Chaconne with a pair of vocalists D.C. The project comes to New York Anastasio's studio in Vermont, for a as "a complete separate entity," about to do," he says. "I wouldn't from a local boys choir actually City a year later. Although that month of sessions. Lengthy jams Elektra's marketing plan will ben- plan on doing another Oysterhead singing the chorale tunes. He shared might seem far off, Poppen does not resulted in a potent stew of eclectic efit from the draw of three distinct album yet. But if we have a great this demo with Manfred Eicher, expect to tire of Morimur. "I listen rock, rarely going too heavy on one pre- existing fanbases, according to time, and if it's just slammin', head of ECM, for whom he had to it again and again," he says, "and member's particular style. Dane Venable, the label's VP of then I'm definitely going to want recently made his label debut con- I hear completely new things each "We walked in the door with vir- marketing/artist development. The to keep going." ducting the Munich Chamber time. It's just amazing."

BILLBOARD OCTOBER 6, 2001 www.billboard.com 17 www.americanradiohistory.com "Ticket to the World" kicks things off P 0 T G right with the artist's octave- leaping, ALBUMS siren -like voice, underscored by David Sutton's nimble bass work. Other Edited by Michael Paoletta VARIOUS ARTISTS SONGS FROM THE WEST COAST standouts include "Low Life" -one of Labour of Love: The Music of the set's relatively spare pieces of elec- POP Nick Lowe tronica -and the moody, intense PRODUCER: Randy Labbe - "Under Ether," on which Orzabal dis- Nit Telarc 83538 plays unusual vocal restraint.- WH OYSTERHEAD It's tough not to skip the first eight fi' 41. F- 4 4, The Grand Pecking Order cuts on Labour of Love and go straight lI`. ORIGINAL CAST RECORDING PRODUCERS: Oysterhead for Marshall Crenshaw and Christine Tick, lick . .. Boom! Elektra 2A -62677 Ohlman's take on "Cruel to Be Kind." Producer: Jeffrey Lesser Oysterhead -Phish's Trey Anastasio Not only is the song what most of us RCA Victor 09026 -63862 (guitar), Primus' Les Claypool (bass), know the lauded artist/producer for- Before the late composer Jonathan and ex- Police man Stewart Copeland as it was his biggest U.S. hit-but it Larson created Rent, he was working (drums)- largely sidesteps the clichés makes for a wonderful interpretive on Tick, Tick ... Boom! Larson's of rock supergroups on its studio de- match, with Crenshaw's voice as rumination on turning 30 is now but. The album is challenging but smooth as ever and Ohlman's bitter vo- enjoying a posthumous off-Broadway offers a fairly even balance between RYAN ADAMS ELTON JOHN production and its first recording. bizarre, art -rock indulgences ( "Shad- Gold Songs From the West Coast Rent fans will find familiar themes: ow of a Man ") and groove Pests both PRODUCER: Ethan Johns PRODUCER: Patrick Leonard reconciling artistic integrity with self -referential ( "Mr. Oysterhead") and Lost Highway 088 170 235 Rocket /Universal LABOUR TIM MUSIC OF 58633 financial reality, juggling love and per- down -to -earth ( "Radon Balloon "). 7Wenty-six -year -old former Whiskey - OF LOVE NICK LOWE It has been so long since EJ has of- sonal ambition, coping with sex in the Elsewhere, 11n0 Mse Day Devi( Graham helm. things get trippy on open- town frontman Ryan Adams contin- CJ. (heni.. Woo MM And.. Pe fered a recording that didn't have a age of AIDS. Musically, too, the rock - lee Clay ..(i, W..' (iÁÑxMn.err er "Little Faces" and the frantic ues to rl.l.(os,.11e blossom brilliantly with Gold, heriie.....i..r. r liter cloying context that it's hard not to inflected score is similar to Rent, albeit Mr.heO (ree..e. (h.isi i.e ;Almee Der WiI1Mea "Pseudo Suicide." The three mem- his follow -up to Bloodshot's Heart- be initially skeptical of the earnest smaller in scale. Larson's humor is evi- bers' individual personalities shine - breaker (Music to My Ears, Nov. 4, tone of West Coast. Is it too late for dent on such numbers as "Therapy" particularly that of octopus -armed 2000). The disc's 16 songs (and the the artist to return to the pensive and "Sunday," while his grasp of his Copeland, who doesn't seem to have additional five on the free EP given but vital tone of such classics as generation's underlying angst comes lost a beat since his Police days. Clay - away with the first 100,000 copies) Madman Across the Water? The through in the anthemic "Louder pool's outlandish singing can try document Adams' life over the past kneejerk reaction may be unfortu- Than Words" and wrenching "Why." one's patience, especially on the title two years, during which he moved nate, but close inspection of West Amy Spanger soars on "Come to Your track, which sounds like a Primus from New York City to Nashville and Coast could change the mind of the Senses " -a ballad borrowed from Lar- leftover. Overall, though, this is the finally to Los Angeles. The set is a most jaded listener. Producer son's even -earlier, never-produced rare star -studded combo that seems mix of Beggars Banquet- inspired Patrick Leonard keeps the studio show, Superbia. The disc closes with a capable of some staying power. -lC rock ( "Tina Toledo's Street Walkin' cals giving the song's second verse gloss to a minimum, allowing the rare treat: Larson himself singing the Blues "), strummy, California -influ- even more bite. Tom Petty and his songs of John and longtime lyricist later- dropped "Boho Days," on a 1993 * DARYLL -ANN enced midtempos ( "La Cienaga Just Heartbreakers nearly rival that fun Bernie Taupin to take organic shape; demo made during the development Happy Traum Smiled "), and some of his best bal- with a wild, gritty version of "Cracking this approach also empowers the of Tick, Tick ... Boom! -WH PRODUCERS: Jelle Paulusma, Anne Sol - lads yet, including the beautiful Up." Charlie Musselwhite adds a smoky artist to sing with more passion daat, Coen Paulusma, and Frans Hagenaars "When the Stars Go Blues." A joy "Faithless Lover," and Dar Williams than he has in years. He's most Excelsior Recordings US 0101 from beginning ( "New York New gets the 13-track set started with the effective on the Matthew Shepard - R&B/HIP-HOP Finally, one of Holland's finest prod- York," Adams' fairwell to schools -out fun of "All Men Are Liars." inspired "American Triangle" and on ucts gets exported to the U.S. The and the "love of his life ") to end (the , for whom Lowe (who "The Ballad of the Boy in the Red p. PROPHET JONES star Lowlands rock quintet Daryll- melancholy "Goodnight, Hollywood just issued his 11th album, The Con- Shoes," a heartbreaking tale of a bal- Prophet Jones Ann's third full -length studio al- Boulevard"), Gold offers a longer, more vincer, on Yep Roc) produced six let dancer recalling past glories as PRODUCERS: various bum -and second for Dutch indie- exciting glimpse at Adams' mainstream albums, turns in a take on the reflec- AIDS -related illness claims his body. University / 4551 rock leader Excelsior Recordings, potential and the likelihood that he will tive "Egypt." Graham Parker, C.J. Che - Such well- wrought material could University Records' Prophet Jones following the 1996 masterpiece be making great records for a very long nier, Levon Helm, and G.E. Smith also herald a creative resurrection of a proves that it's ready to graduate at the Daryll -Ann Weeps -Happy Traum time to come.-WO join the party. -WO much -missed master. -LF top of its R &B class with this debut set. finds the band continuing to channel Group members Hollywood, P. Rowe, the verities of late -'60s /early -'70s K.D., and Goldee range from uptempo (à la and an ensemble tone that's warm but ROLAND ORZABAL rock set may not be as distinctly tracks like "Woof' to ballads -al- Neil Young) in a subtle, individual vulnerable like an Indian Summer Tomcats Screaming Outside groundbreaking as his former band's though the latter appear to be the manner high on heart -breaking day, the Daryll -Ann sound comes as a Producers: Roland Orzabal and seminal debut, The Hurting, but it's group's forte. For proof, listen to the melodicism. The poetic vocals of lelle rare gift in the current rock climate. Alan Griffiths solid, consistent, and accessible. lush "Lifetime," the set's current sin- Paulusma and live -wire guitar of The band plays New York City dates Gold Circle 50013 While the producers prefer slick gle. The church -honed harmonies rise Anne Soldaat drive such highlights as in early October, and the Amsterdam - Best -known as half of the hit -making arrangements that favor power over and fall with emotion that belies the pop starter "Surely Justice," doleful based Excelsior Recordings is newly '80s British duo Tears for Fears, subtlety, they largely manage to avoid members' ages. The same can be said gem "Everybody's Cool," and hook - racked in the U.S. by the Boston - Roland Orzabal comes into his own on the overproduction that plagued later heavy rocker "When You Cry." With based Sure Fire Distribution. -BB his latest solo effort. This modern Tears for Fears releases. Album opener (Continued on page 20)

V I T A L R E I S S U E S BLONDIE ORIGINAL PRODUCER: Mike Chapman best, while The Hunter remains a dismal Letters also includes the band's first two Blondie Chrysalis /Capitol 72435 -33597 listening experience), Blondie's creative U.K. hits: "(I'm Always Touched by Your) REISSUE PRODUCER: Kevin Flaherty control resulted in, ironically enough, Presence, Dear" and "Denis." The global ORIGINAL PRODUCER: Richard Gottehrer Autoamerican mainstream success. The arrival of these hit that was "Heart of Glass" appears on Chrysalis /Capitol 72435 -33596 REISSUE PRODUCER: Kevin Flaherty discs marks the first time the band's the picture -perfect Parallel Lines, which ORIGINAL PRODUCER: Mike Chapman Chrysalis catalog has been wholly reis- now also features live versions of "Hang- Plastic Letters Chrysalis /Capitol 72435-33595 sued, replete with the latest digital ing on the Telephone" and "I Know But REISSUE PRODUCER: Kevin Flaherty remastering and enhanced packaging I Don't Know." Live covers of Johnny ORIGINAL PRODUCER: Richard Gottehrer The Hunter (with each disc's informative liner notes Cash's "Ring of Fire" and David Bowie's Chrysalis /Capitol 72435 -33598 REISSUE PRODUCER: Kevin Flaherty penned by its producer). Each album "Heroes" are fab additions to the posi- ORIGINAL PRODUCER: Mike Chapman also comes with previously unreleased tively soaring Eat to the Beat. Auto - Parallel Lines Chrysalis /Capitol 72435 -33670 material. The exuberant Blondie in- american is home to chart -toppers REISSUE PRODUCER: Kevin Flaherty For many, this fan included, Blondie (as cludes the original Private Stock single "The Tide Is High" and "Rapture," as ORIGINAL PRODUCER: Mike Chapman well as acts like the Talking Heads) de- versions of "X Offender" and "In the well as the special mix of "Rap- Chrysalis /Capitol 72435 -33599 fined the genre- bending and -blurring Sun," while the rocking (yet brooding) ture" and the original long version of era (1976 -'82) when punk gave way to follow the beat of its own drum, rarely Plastic Letters includes "Once I Had a "Call Me" (culled from the American Eat to the Beat disco then morphed into new wave. giving in to corporate demands. (aka the Disco Song)," an obvious Gigolo soundtrack). Essential music REISSUE PRODUCER: Kevin Flaherty Throughout, Blondie always managed to most part (Autoamerican is spotty at early version of "Heart of Glass." Plastic from a vital era.-MP

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www.americanradiohistory.com rtLyLL'i's . L'Ln:TLLy (Continued from page 18) embraced the set's U.K. crossover hits, leased "Una Noche," recorded by Ale- including the David -fronted "Re- jandro Sanz and the Corrs) dating as N I N T for their cover of the O'Jays' "Cry Rewind," "Think About Me" (featuring far back as 1995 could be easily P R Together." Hollywood takes the lead on Michelle Escoffery), and "1Wentyfour- labeled a ploy, if it weren't so consis- this soul stirrer. The group also loosely seven" (with All Saints' Melanie Blatt). tently good. Based on excellent songs NEW YORK IS NOW! The New his nights at the local cinema. interprets 's All I Do" But there's more good stuff where and a deliberate mishmash of genres, Wave of Free Jazz With Freeman having recently with toe -tapping results. RH these came from. The string -laden "I Duetos highlights obvious (Miguel By Phil Freeman discovered his subject (in '98), it's Can't Give It Up" and the hip -hop- Bosé and Ana Torroja performing The Telegraph Company remarkable that he was able to craft VARIOUS ARTISTS fueled "R U Ready" featuring, respec- "Duende ") and not -so- obvious (Café 214 pages; $16.95 such an informative book. His The Goodlife tively, Nadia and MC Alistair, are as Quijano and Amparo Sandino per- sketches of the various musicians PRODUCERS: various dancefloor -ready as they are radio - forming "Ven y Bésame") pairings LIKE YOUNG: Jazz, Pop,Youth, and populating his neighborhood pres- FB Entertainment /Universal 4859 friendly. Fans of David take note: In that for the most part feed off each Middle Age ent a scene that is vibrant; still, an With rappers like Jay -Z, Nelly, and P. addition to "Re- Rewind," the British sen- artist's strengths. Take note of Fito By Francis Davis aura of sadness permeates the pro- Diddy, among others, getting into the sation appears on "Woman Trouble" and Paez and Joaquín Sabina's postcard - Da Capo Press ceedings, as the financial rewards for fashion industry, it was only a matter "What Ya Gonna Do ? " -MP perfect fit in "Llueve Sobre Mojado" of time before fashionistas got into the and how Chavela Vargas and Ana 328 pages; $26 its main practitioners are slim. music business. The brothers behind Belen's drastically different styles Truly, these are people making the hip- hop -inspired FUBU clothing COUNTRY and timbres blend beautifully in It's no secret that for the past 20- music for the love of it, a rare occur- line have done just that with their FB "Sombras." If many of these tracks odd or more years, jazz has been a rence in a business in which money Entertainment. The first fruits of the BRUCE ROBISON sound new, it's because they were genre in decline in the hearts of the -not art-can often be the driving Universal -distributed imprint is The Country Sunshine either not released in the U.S. or dif- average music consumer. The mix- force. Freeman's interest in the edgi- Goodlife The 19 PRODUCER: Bruce Robison ficult locate Yet compilation. -track to here. that they ture of an aging fanbase with an art est of jazz scenes makes for some compilation mixes established artists Boars Nest Records EBN25 were previously recorded, as opposed that is often challenging, even dif- lively writing fact, this reader with newcomers from the FB Enter- A scene favorite, Bruce Robison to being commissioned for this proj- -in ficult, all the most diehard enjoyed the author's profiles with- tainment roster. Nas, Nate Dogg, and steps out in a big way with this effort on ect, allows for their organic, feels - to but FB Entertainment's JS of the 54th Pla- his own Boars Nest imprint. It's an right nature. -LC aficionado has contributed to the out previously having heard a note toon team on the title track. The result impressive, if somewhat meandering, genre's marginal place in today's from any of the featured artists. is an impressive hybrid of West Coast work. Propelled by subtle organ and greater popular music scene. Gone Although Davis seems mainly groove and East Coast edge. Other Mickey Raphael's harp, "Can't Get There WORLD MUSIC forever it seems are the days when interested in writing about the older highlights include a dancehall of From Here" is a soothing workingman's India.Aire's feel -good "Video," which lament, and "Bed of Ashes" and "Friend- * SHABAZ features Supercat. -RH less Marriage" -both featuring first-rate Shabaz vocals from Robison's wife, Kelly Willis PRODUCERS: various * LINA -are new stone -country classics. In Mondo Rhythmica /Ark21 186 850 030 Stranger on Earth lighter fare, the perky Tin Pan Alley The creative spark that makes Shabaz PRODUCERS: Lina,Travis House, and Jeeve tempo and a clarinet line on "Devil May such an intriguing musical proposi- Atlantic 83436 Care" well -serve a clever lyric, and the tion is generated by Sukhawat Ali If you're anxious to sink your ears into funny "What Would Willie Do" is the Khan, his sister Riffat Salamat, and something other than music's usual ultimate tribute to that cosmic cowboy. Richard Michos. Sukhawat and Riffat cookie -cutter quicksand, then check out "The First Thing About Mary" is a are the living embodiment of a Lina's fine debut. This young old -soul superbly crafted character study, and Qaawali family tradition that dates singer fuses R &B, hip -hop, big band, "Sixteen" hits the mark where so many back to the 16th century. Michos' and jazz, resulting in a Cotton Club vibe have failed. If Robison has a fault, it's a musical connection may not reach also explored by Arista's Blu Cantrell. tendency to occasionally drift off lyrical- back that far, but the breadth of his But Lina voice recalls of ly and melodically. But a small interests is impressive. On its -whose that that's equally a living, breathing jazz artist of the jazz artists, his book ranges nicely one of her influences, Billie Holiday complaint, and overall, this record solid- Mondo Rhythmica debut, the act has - caliber of a Miles Davis or Dave among jazz, pop, and rock. He dis- definitely holds her own, whether pair- ifies Robison's standing as one of the fashioned a compelling intermin- ing with Boobonic of Philly's Most best of a new breed of singer /songwrit- gling of Qaawali singing, Indian tra- Brubeck could cross over to the pop sects Sinatra, Presley, and Bacharach Wanted on the playful lead single "It's ers, in Texas and beyond. Distributed by ditions, and industrial -strength charts with original material. And and includes a bizarre interview with Alright" ("You don't even drive a Southwest Wholesale. -RW dance beats, resulting in one of the all the fanfare surrounding Ken the late big -band leader Sun Ra, in Rover/You ain't rockin' no Jehovah "), most notable Asian underground Burns' hit PBS documentary Jazz which the musician makes all kinds seriously emoting on Dinah Washing- titles of the year. The distinctive -while definitely boosting sales of of fantastic claims-including an ton's "Stranger on Earth," or rappin' to LATIN sound is a lyrical Qaawali/- classic jazz discs, particularly prod- alleged alien encounter. He closes females about falling for the wrong vibe hybrid, typified by such tracks uct affiliated with the program - the book with a 1989 piece on early - males on "Batches." Given radio's nar- I EL GRAN SILENCIO as the groove -rich "Chhalia," "Jewleh was countered by jazz critics be- '60s heartthrob Dion DiMucci, a rowness, the album's bluesy/jazzy feel Chúntaros Radio Poder Lal," and "Raga." When the band - moaning various omissions and compelling portrait of a man deter- won't be something PDs immediately PRODUCERS: El Gran Silencio mates move away from this sound, it's what they saw as the film's failure mined to make one last stand in the embrace. And after the retro- meets -con- EMI Latin 243 53188023 for something more free -form, like temporary novelty wears off, it will be Mexican rockers El Gran Silencio are "Queenie's Jam" or the darker shad- to deal with the music's more -re- pop music jungle. interesting to hear what Lina can do the equal parts whacky, kitschy, folksy, and ings of "Bhoal. " -PW cent past and its future. Of course, both men have their next time around.-GM musical on this whimsical, often rivet- Among the eulogizing and in- own bones to pick with Burns over ing album, where various genres make MAMA SISSOKO fighting in jazz, Phil Freeman and Jazz. For Davis, the director's their way into a simulated norteño Soleil de Minuit Francis Davis bring very different many omissions are a problem, DANCE/ELECTRONIC radio cast. Although the basis of Chún- PRODUCERS: Mama Sissoko and credentials and perspectives to the while Freeman questions the film's taros Radio Poder is Mexicanized Michel Zacha subject. Freeman, a 30- year-old for- point of view that the entire mod- ARTFUL DODGER norteño is how it's Tinder Records 860982 * (freestyle mer punk/metal journalist, chron- em form can largely be traced back It's All About the Stragglers referred to in the opening track, "Beat Sissoko, like his countryman Habib icles his immersion in the New to a single begetter -Louis Arm- PRODUCERS: Artful Dodger, Romina John- Box Cazoo "), which is repetitive by Koité, is a polished, innovative gui- York City -based free -jazz scene strong. As in other criticisms of the son, Crash & Burn, and the Dreem Team nature, the album gains dimension tarist and a fine songwriter. He is as ffrr /London -Sire 40652 with touches of lyricism ( "Tonta Can - celebrated in Mali as Koité, although through profiles of several of the series, artistic consultant Wynton When this debut album was recorded ción No. 4. Se Cursi), rap ( "I Like to he doesn't enjoy the same level of music's major players, while Davis, Marsalis comes under fire from and released in its homeland, pioneering Live en Mi Tierra "), ( "La Kalaka"), recognition among U.S. world music a 50- something jazz writer who has both writers as an elitist who has U.K. garage act Artful Dodger was a duo, and authentic Colombian cumbia fans. The exciting Soleil de Minuit been at it for decades, collects his used his position as artistic direc- comprising Mark Hill and Pete Dev- ( "Canto de la Serpiente'). Beyond that, shares many of the same qualities work from the past 10 years or so. tor of the Lincoln Center jazz pro- ereux. Earlier this year, Devereux ended Chúntaros is a disc designed to catch that have gained Koité an interna- Both men write with great pas- gram to exclude avant -garde musi- his musical partnership with Hill to pur- you off balance. Get comfortable with tional following. Sissoko comes sion about their subjects. Freeman cians. Arguments can be made to sue his DJ career, leaving songwriter/ the fusion of feel -good sounds and then from the Manding griot tradition, at times will infuriate older readers the contrary, obviously, but both producer Hill -who helmed Craig discern the often -piercing lyrics. Al- and he is master of the elements (this included) with mean - Freeman and Davis see the trum- David's award-winning debut album, though a shorter album might have that comprise the Manding rock writer Born to Do It (and who is collaborating been a better album, the digressions sound. He's also a very astute fan of spirited swipes at rock's sacred cows peter's conservative stance as one with David on his follow -up, due next here never fail to entertain. -LC Cuban music, and this influence (specifically, and Grate- that could help jazz eventually go year) -to carry the Artful Dodger ban- plays a larger role in his repertoire ful Dead), but there is no mistaking the way of the dinosaurs. ner solo. All of which doesn't -and VARIOUS ARTISTS than it does in that of Koité. "Safia- his love for the New York scene. If you have an interest in the New shouldn't -tarnish It's All About the Duetos tou," "Iri," and the title track are Meanwhile, Davis presents himself York scene, Freeman's book is a fine Stragglers, which is one R &B -con- PRODUCERS: various imbued with the rhythmic spirit as the very model of the music crit- bird's -eye view. As for Davis, even his scious, club- rooted, classically WEA Latina 88442 that rules Afro -Cuban music, while ic/fan: He is a man who would like most mundane pieces speak to the Muso" offer a arranged album. American fans of the WEA Latina's compilation of duets "Boma Ma" and "Jarabi nothing better than to spend his days reader in a voice that every real British 2 -step sound (or extracted from a wide variety of definitive take on the ebullient vibe decidedly haunting record and book stores and music lover will recognize. garage as it's also labeled) have already albums (save the previously unre- of Manding rock. -PW MIKE VILLANO

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Tooth /EMI /Future Furniture, ASCAP 1 Records 21107 (CD promo) N. CELINE DION God Bless America Atlantic 300606 (CD promo) R &B newcomer Jimmy Cozier smooths (3:46) Since her 1995 debut, Jewel has things out with the second single from PRODUCER: David Foster amassed worldwide sales of 23 million his eponymous set. The follow -up to the WRITER: I. Berlin units-but will that buy her a cup of nagging woman ode "She's All I Got," "So PUBLISHER: ASCAP coffee in the eyes of programmers? Much to Lose" turns the relationship (digital download) Here in the post-Lilith era, about the tables a bit. This time out, Cozier is the Among the many moving moments only two female singer /songwriters one doing wrong- hanging with the from the recent two -hour America: A garnering radio favor seem to be Dido guys and then lying to his lover so he Tribute to Heroes TV broadcast is and . The first single won't lose her. Cozier's West Indian Celine Dion's soaring rendition of Irv- from Jewel's fourth album-This ancestry can be felt throughout the spicy ing Berlin's classic patriotic anthem, BRIINEY SPEARS I'm a Slave 4 U CLINT BLACK WITH LISA HARTMAN track, and that should help the single "God Bless America." As radio search- (3:23) BLACK Easy for Me to Say (3:18) stand out at mainstream R &B radio. es for ways to offer comfort and sup- PRODUCERS: the Neptunes PRODUCER: Clint Black Although "So Much to Lose" doesn't have port following the Sept. 11 tragedy, WRITERS: C. Hugo and P. Williams WRITERS: C. Black and H. Nicholas the bite of Cozier's previous hit, it should Sony has digitally issued Dion's per- PUBLISHERS: EMI Blackwood obo PUBLISHER: Clint Black /Hayden give his debut set a second wind.-RH formance to stations nationwide. This Waters of Nazareth, BMI; EMI April obo Nicholas, BMI first televised performance from Dion Chose Chad Music, ASCAP RCA 69076 (CD promo) since she announced her semi- retire- Jive Records 42967 (CD promo) The most effective displays of emo- ROCK ment at the end of 1999 brings to The problem with establishing your- tion are often those expressed in mind what has made her one of the self as pop music's virginal kewpie doll straightforward fashion. Clint AMERICAN HI -FI Another Perfect Day celebrated vocalists of our time: the is that there comes a time when you Black's "Easy for Me to Say," which (3:25) ability to render emotion that shakes grow up and have to make a dramatic he sings with wife Lisa Hartman PRODUCER: Bob Rock the soul. There has never been a - about -face, leading to statements like, Black, says "I love you" so simply, WRITER: S. Jones ter time. Affecting, meaningful, and "All the people look at me like I'm a so melodically, that listeners are PUBLISHERS: Disciples of Judra /BMG filled with grace, this is a musical little girl/Well did you ever think it'd bound to stop whatever they're Songs, ASCAP reflection to share with all of us still be OK if I want to step into this doing and take a moment to reflect. Island 15361 (CD promo) searching for ways to cope. -CT world," or even dropping adult phras- Produced and co- written (with con- Following the breakout success of the es like "What the hell." Lead single Way, due Nov. 13 -and the first sistent partner Hayden Nicholas) by top five Modern Tock Track "Flavor of * MANDY MOORE Crush (3:42) from ' impending Brit- since "Jupiter (Swallow the Moon)" the long -lived chart champion, the the Weak," Boston's American Hi -Fi PRODUCERS: Sheppard & Kenny Gioia ney set, "I'm a Slave 4 U," serves as grazed the charts more than two song opens with the gentle lilt of a shows that the group has more range WRITERS: Sheppard and K. Gioia her take on Madonna's "Erotica "; at years ago, is a jaunty but sophisticat- and progresses to the than its lightning -bolt logo suggests, PUBLISHERS: Martybags, ASCAP; Noise first, it's such a radical step that it ed outing, rich in its evolving tex- perfect fit of this longtime couple's pulling off a ballad, and with a string Dog Productions, BMI raises suspicions of being more of a tures and guitar- fueled folk-pop harmonies as they sing, "I love arrangement at that. The chorus is full Epic Records (CD promo) gimmick than a stepping stone to base. The song certainly feels like a you /Quiet and loud /Alone in a of optimistic, if depressed, denial: "I Mandy Moore's previous "In My Pock- musical maturity. But with repeated visit from an old friend, as Jewel crowd/In a thousand little ways /It's still believe it when you say/It's another et," the first single from her current listens, the Neptunes-produced/ -writ- weaves her voice from girly vulnera- easy for me to say." Like their pre- perfect day." The particularly notable Mandy Moore album, was a surprising ten track has a way of seducing, of bility-singing the chorus lines "Do vious collaboration, the No. 1 video features Carl the Corn Dog in the stiff at top 40 radio, despite the artist's becoming a true guilty pleasure, until you love me like I love you/Or am I (Grammy- nominated and Academy amusing -and often touching -story high profile with the MTV TRL crowd. her chants of "kitty, kitty" and the standing still ?" -then soars with of award -winning) of a 6 -foot tall human corn dog's fall While that song dared to stretch the background groans become just plain conviction as harmonies take the "When I Said I Do," "Easy for Me from stardom. Eight years ago, Blind boundaries of top 40 with its Eastern entertaining. Singing along to a tribal reins and carry her skyward. Jewel to Say" is oozing with emotion, Melon's "No Rain" video used a similar influences, "Crush" returns the ap- beat box and -inspired rhythms, called in some powerful names for destined to be sung at a thousand mascot to skyrocket to success on MTV; pealing teen to the safe confines of her "Slave" is no more of an artistic "Standing Still," writing the song weddings, and it marks another perhaps Carl is destined to be the Bee peppy pop - which, in this case, is per- triumph than was 'N Sync's recent with Rick Knowles and producing it steady step in a career that remains Girl for the millennium. -EA fectly suitable. The track has a general "Pop." But like that song, it needed to with Dan Huff (, , inspired. This is certainly a fitting ease about it, with an ambling percus- happen so that Spears can spread her Peter Cetera). Mainstream top 40 is a entry for Black's upcoming Great- sive roll and a confident vocal from wings and not simply recycle herself temperamental beast these days; est Hits II (which includes the sat- RAP Moore as she ponders whether her to death. With "Slave," the artist however, adult top 40, at the least, isfying 5:10 original version at secret crush might feel the same way. seems to have mastered her transition should welcome back this deserving 5:10, which is nearly epic- length DMX Who We Be (4:16) Certainly, it's a theme for the younger to womanhood. -CT talent with instant approval.-CT for a country track). -CT PRODUCER: Black Key side of her core audience, while the WRITERS: E. Simmons and M. Davis flow and vocal maturity of the song- PUBLISHERS: Boomber X /Dead Game much like her "I Wanna Be With of glossy production can smother the relationship unraveling and the disil- success of Steers & Stripes and the Publishing /Kold City, ASCAP You" -could make the grade with earnest emotion Ronnie Dunn brings lusionment and heartache that Neon Circus tour have warmed things Def Jam 15397 (CD promo) older listeners and at AC radio. With to a lead vocal performance. Penned accompany a long goodbye. Dunn's up for the veteran duo, and this Few MCs are able to deliver the emotion this shiny, simple song delivered ever by Paul Brady and Brit pop star Ronan performance exudes quiet desperation affecting ballad should keep the irons of a hip -hop track like DMX. For "Who We so effectively, Moore remains a bright Keating, the lyric paints a picture of a mixed with knowing acceptance. The in the fire.-DEP Be," the second single from his forthcom- spot on the pop horizon. -CT ing The Great Depression, the Yonkers, N.Y., native uses a military-styled cadence to deliver the single's intensity. Produced N E W N O T E W O R T H Y by Black Key, the musical track is simple COUNTRY enough, but DMX's gruff vocals elevates it ELAN I'm in Love With You, Girl and on his album, Elan amply demon- to another level. Lyrically, DMX takes it to 10. BROOKS & DUNN The Long Good- (3:27) strates an artistic breadth as his reper- the streets for more tales of hardship and bye (3:38) PRODUCERS: Michael Mangini and toire moves from light pop to darker lost souls. Unfortunately, "Who We Be" PRODUCERS: Kix Brooks, Ronnie Dunn, Matrix Music Works reggae. This single is an airy, fun pop does bear similarities to "We Right Here," and Mark Wright WRITERS: Elan, D. Lee, and N. Holland tune with guitar licks that initially his previous single. However, following a WRITERS: P. Brady and R. Keating PUBLISHERS: Hashem's Music Publishing/ scream Sugar Ray; yet "I'm in Love recent hiatus, radio is likely to welcome PUBLISHERS: WB Music, ASCAP, Universal D. Leetunes /Nicky Holland, ASCAP -PRS With You, Girl" is no carbon copy. The the star back with open ears. -RH Island Music, PRS London 500048 (CD promo) artist's voice effortlessly floats through Arista 69101 (CD promo) 1\venty-five-year -old Los Angeles the melody, but when he shifts to his For the third single from their potent native Elan is set to release his debut gruffly authentic ragga -voice for the FOR THE RECORD Steers & Stripes collection, Brooks & disc, All Roads, later this year, but he final verse, it's hard to believe that it Dunn slow it down and deliver a gor- has already built up a world of experi- comes from the same pipes (much less Rive Droite Music should have been geous power ballad. With the duo ence during a three -year stint touring the pacified guy staring from the CD included as a publisher in the Sept. 22 working with co- producer Mark as the Wailers' lead singer. Successful- booklet). If can land consecu- Spotlight review for "Hero" by Enrique Wright, this single definitely has more ly following in Bob Marley's footsteps tive No. 1 singles, then the U.S. should Iglesias. In addition, the correct pub- of a pop flavor than many of their pre- for thousands of fans is no small feat, be friendly to Elan.-EA lisher for Jamie -Lynn Sigler's "Cry vious tunes. Nevertheless, no amount Baby" is Slice of Sicilian/Desmone.

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T.M. At 10: Everyman Appeal, Superstar Stage- craft And A Dazzling Way With Songs Have Wo Him A Place In The Sun BY JIM BESSMAN It's hard to believe, but it wasn't t ng ago that label staffers were promoting then newcomer Tim McGraw as the son of star base er Tug McGraw -even though the young country artist's biological father's identity was kept from him throughout his childhood. But Tim McGraw-who grew up Samuel Timothy Smith and has since become friends with Tug - hardly needed his real father's p.r. hook beyond those iritial press interviews and industry meet -and- greets. His eponymously titled 1993 Curb Records debut album sold a respectable 400,000 copies, but his follow -up, 1994's , fueled by its breakthrough single "," hit the 6- million sales mark, topping Billboard's Top 200, as well as outselling all other country albums that year. Indeed, it was the fifth biggest album of the year, period, as well as the Academy of Country Music's Album of the Year. But Not a Moment Too Soon only paved the way for *hat would become one of the biggest i.UHil7/flP11 ui Page 26

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success stories of the '90s -in any genre of music. At this writing, McGraw has sold almost 25 million albums, notched 16 No.1 hits (22 top -10s), twice copped both the Country Music Assn.'s Album of the Year award (1997's Everywhere and 1999's A Place in the Sun) and the ACM's Male Vocalist of the Year honor, and grabbed a Grammy for Best Country Vocal Collaboration for "Let's Make Love," his hit duet from last year with wife and fellow country crossover superstar Faith Hill. Five of his albums have gone multi-platinum, and his concerts have grossed over $80 million -more than half BY RAY WADDELL coming from last year's Soul 2 Soul tour with Hill. Tim McGraw has what some might consider ponies. Hank Williams, Jr., was our hero, and we'd crank EXHILARATING DELIVERY an idyllic life as country music's reigning him up. Nobody ever got in any trouble. We shot the video But McGraw was already an established arena act in his own for that song down around there, with some of my frater- right, thanks to his exhilarating concert delivery of his many male superstar, family man and husband to nity brothers in it. hits, his masterful back-up musicians and high -energy, high - one of the genre's top female stars in Faith Hill. You were 11 when you found out [Major tech stage show. Indeed, his summer tour behind his latest But, before the 25 million albums sold, the hit sin- League baseball great] Tug McGraw was album, Set This Circus Dawn, employed a 60 -feet long, 30-feet- gles, industry accolades and huge concert grosses, your father. What impact did that have on high video screen bordered by six long thin screens, with smoke you? McGraw was just another hopeful singer with big pouring across the stage to sophisticated video accompaniment I was digging in my mother's closet and found my birth The superstar stagecraft, though, was really only a sidelight dreams, teaching himself how to play guitar one certificate that had that on it. That was the first I knew of to the fact that McGraw had honed his showmanship to supe- summer break from college. Ten years into a still- it, so there was a mild freakout, I guess. But it was proba- rior levels well before his recording career first took off. The skyrocketing career, McGraw talked with Bill- bly less traumatic for me than for the people who were Louisiana native began plying the regional club circuit in around me, like my mother, who 1987, board on the eve of his tour-ending sold -out show had been living with this incorporating unrecorded material like "Indian Out- for 11 years. law" into his act way ahead of release-thereby priming his in Nashville, with the always-outspoken favorite What's your relationship with Tug McGraw audience in advance for his albums. It's a strategy that he con- son of Start, La., weighing in on his first decade like now? tinues to exploit to this day. in the business, record labels, family life and how We talk a lot, and I'm close with him and his kids. I'm Another mark of McGraw's abili- all things change. even closer with Horace Smith, my daddy. ty to appeal both to the mainstream What led you to Northeast Louisiana country crowd and the bigger pop University [now Louisiana Monroe]? marketplace is signified by his con- You were raised in Start, La. What kind of We didn't have a whole lot of money, and I had schol- cert intro music -Elton John's "Tiny town is Start? arship offers away [from home], but I didn't want to go Dancer." McGraw has long been Not much of one. It's just a farming community- live in a dorm. I had a lot of friends that went [to North- able to bring nontraditional fans to cotton, beans, rice. No red light, just a flashing yellow east Louisiana]. It's a great school, with a ratio of 8 -to -1 the country side by incorporating his light, couple convenience stores and a cotton gin. But girls to guys. Nine out of 10 Miss Louisianas went there, Early Tim own broad musical influences, there's a lot of good, salt-of -the -earth people there who so it was really a pretty easy decision. which likewise reach farther than value family. It's one of those places where, if you were When did you first seriously consider the hardcore country music by Charlie Pride, Merle Haggard over at somebody's house and you messed up, their par- making a living in music? and Charlie Rich that he listened to on 8 -track tapes while haul- ent would take you out and switch you. It was a great My first year of college, I lived in a house with a few ing cottonseed across Louisiana during his childhood. He also place to grow up. other guys, and that summer they all went home, and I absorbed the music of Tammy Wynette and Tanya Tucker What were you into, musically and other- was stuck there for the summer. I spent a lot of time in the through his mother's influence and took in, too, the sounds of wise, growing up? house with a guitar, watching CMT, thinking, "I could play R &B and blues and the other music styles that he heard on Groing up in Northeast Louisiana, you have to be into this thing, there's only six strings." Over that summer, I the radio during his formative years. music. My stepdad, who I consider my dad, drove an 18- taught myself how to play guitar, and I learned about 12 No surprise, then, that McGraw found a middle ground wheeler, so, from the time I was 4 or 5 years old, I spent songs and started playing for tips around town. Come to between the country and rock genres, both in concert and on time with him, hauling cottonseed across Texas and find out now, thank God I did pick it up, 'cause what else record. And, while he exuded an Everyman appeal, he also Louisiana, listening to Merle Haggard, George Jones, could I do? brought a sense of rugged individualism to his musical Charley Pride and Merle Travis. My mother loved music, You first came to Nashville in 1989. In ret- approach and output. "I don't think that you can be suc- too. She's from Jacksonville, and she was more into the rospect, that seems like a pretty good time cessful as an artist if you're not being true to yourself," he Beach Boys, the Beatles. And, of course, I loved rock 'n' to have given it a shot. said on the eve of 's release. "If you start roll, Rush, Styx, like every kid in junior high in the '70s. 1 I wish 've done it a little earlier, actually. You doing things according to what the critics say or start chang- liked what was on the radio. And huntin' and fishin' was know, when you come to town that you've got some years ing what you do because of what people say, then you're a second nature to all us boys that grew up down there; I ahead of you trying to make it, and the stuff I wanted to puppet. What do they want you to be if you're not doing it the played Little League baseball. do was already happening biggest when I got to town. I way you want to do it ?" "Down on the Farm" seems like a song you just kept plugging away, making music the way I wanted He could well have been referring to the relative com- relate to particularly well. to. I knew I had to find a way to make my niche, so I just mercial letdown of his first album, for which he listened to the It was a lot like that. I had a driver's license at 15; some kept working at it, played the clubs and kept the band suggestions of others instead of following his own heart cre- people got 'em at 13 or 14 if they worked on farms. All the together. atively. It was a mistake he would not repeat, and his uncan- police knew you. We used to go to what we called bar pits, How did you end up on Curb Records? ny artistic instincts would be rewarded by such huge No.1 hits out in the country, where you dig all the topsoil out, and That was the first label I went to. I had a demo of a cou- as "I Like It, I Love It," "It's Your Love" (the most-played sin- we'd steal tires from the co -op, build a big fire to keep the ple of songs that I didn't think were very good, but I got gle since Billboard began monitoring airplay) , "Everywhere," mosquitoes away, back the trucks up and drink Miller Continued on page 28 Continued on page 38

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a meeting with Mike Curb. kiStlitT How did you get in to see him? 'lug. Mike Curb is a huge baseball fan, and he found out Tug McGraw had a son in town who wanted to be a singer, I A Decade of Nits so got a meeting with him, and he liked the music. Tug made a whole helluva lot of payback with that one ineeting. The first couple of singles didn't do too On The much. Was that discouraging? Charts: Yeah. I thought we had a good record, but I also knew it wouldn't blow anybody's skirt up. It was my first time in A Record the studio, and I had to work to find the songs at that -Breaking Career stage. It took a while to get my feet wet and develop some sort of idea about what I was doing. BY WADE JESSEN Did you ever consider giving up? I didn't, but 1 was pretty sure the record label would, He arrived in Nashville in the spring of 1989 to SoundScan. and they probably would've if Mike Borchetta hadn't been with empty pockets, no contacts on Music Row in there beatin' 'em over the head. He went to bat for me, and a dream. To merely call Tim McGraw's "INDIAN" GOLD and we went ahead and did that second album. decade of chart success a rags -to- riches story under- As Curb readied McGraw's sophomore set, the Which leads us to "Indian Outlaw." That states the slim -to -none odds of it ever happening in insinuatingly erotic Native American anthem "Indian song stuck out like a sore thumb at the the first place. Outlaw" was chosen as the lead single, and radio time, and even now it seems like a long McGraw's first single was issued amid America's quickly anointed McGraw with the benefit of any col- shot. How do you feel about that song newfound infatuation with Garth Brooks -and a lective doubt. Although a handful of Native Ameri- now? can tribal leaders cried foul, the single I'd been doing that song probably since the first week climbed to No. 8 in 12 weeks on the radio I moved to town. Tommy Barnes wrote it, and I wanted to chart and collected a gold certification from put it on the first album, but I couldn't talk anybody into the RIAA. it. It's funny; a lot of the things people don't like about The impact made by an accompanying that song are the same things that other people do like video clip helped set the stage for Not a about it. Moment Too Soon, McGraw's first triumph on Since then, it has been one hit after anoth- . It bowed at No. 1 on er. You were picking winners as songs long the country chart and opened at No. 19 on before you had a shot at the cream of the The Billboard 200 with a more -than- crop. Can you describe the process and respectable 56,000 units. Within five weeks what you look for in a song? of its release, the album was selling six fig- I look for songs I like, and not necessarily ones that ures. It spent 29 weeks at No. 1 on the were written yesterday. Some of them are two or three country list and two weeks at No. 1 on the \ears old. Sometimes it's the lyrics, and sometimes I'm big chart. drawn to the melody. It also has to be something I can han- Unaware of his debut effort, Not a Moment Too dle well- that's a big concern. You can't just cut it 'cause Soon was almost invariably cited by consumer - it's a great song and then go in and butcher it; that's like press writers as his first. It may not have been one step forward, two steps back. You like it to be good his first album, but it definitely signaled his lyrically, but sometimes I just loved the groove, the way it arrival. According to SoundScan, the five - felt, and had fun singing it and didn't care what it said. A times platinum set has scanned approximately hit record comes from a great song, a great track, good 5.6 million copies. interpretation and a little magic that who knows where it On Hot Country Singles & Tracks, McGraw comes from. You can't analyze a hit song. At these radio scored the first of 13 No. 1 songs to date with seminars, they have meetings about what makes a hit song. "Don't 'Täke the Girl." At press time, all but one of I.et the artist cut what they like, and then the audience will McGraw's decide what a hit song is. The artist has to make their kind No. 1 radio of music and make it sound the way they want it to sound, singles has instead of the way somebody else wants it to sound, or it's claimed mul- not an artistic ended5 or aliFmore. newfound obses- tiple weeks at the Even though you've toured for years and sion along Music Row with videogenic young male top. developed a reputation as a dynamic per- singers who wore hats. Other new acts were meet- At the end of former, you achieved major success at ing with immediate success, but McGraw's climb 1994, the previous- radio and retail before you matched that from obscurity only seems to have happened ly unknown singer level at the box office. Now you're one of overnight. was named Bill- country music's top ticket sellers. Why was Although the first radio track from McGraw's board's top new the touring thing a tougher nut to crack, eponymously titled debut set didn't impact Hot country artist and and what do you think put you over the top Country Singles & Tracks, it made its share of the year's only new as a headliner? impressions in early 1992. Reflecting on that single, act to finish in I've been playing for about 14 years now, and you've "What Room Was the Holiday In ?," former WSM country's top 10 artists. He claimed top -five status on got to pay your dues, I guess, and stand in line. Then Nashville music director Larry Pareigis (now VP of the year's list of top country album artists and "Down you've got to live up to it when it's your time. I always just promotion at Monument) says, on the Farm" finished fifth among lead fun playing music; that's what works for us when we "What drove us to add the record country radio's most played singles. go up there. If you go to a concert and [the artist] isn't was the undeniable promise [which Tim McGraw having fun, why should the fans? We're just a bunch of was] implicit in the grooves of that INTERRUPTING SHANIA guys that everybody in the audience feels like they can disc. It goes without saying that the Album Discography As a string of radio hits began pil- relate to, go to a bar and have a beer with. We're not so fulfillment of that early promise is (All titles are on Curb Records) ing up, McGraw's third set, All I overly talented that anybody looks at us and thinks they his current stature among the for- Want, scanned 110,000 units with couldn't do what we do. 1993 Tim McGraw mat's biggest male stars." Hot Shot Debut honors at No. 4 on Musically, you've continued to grow, but Curb released Tim McGraw in 1994 Not a Moment Too Soon the Billboard 200 in October 1995. also managed to stay true to the "Tim June of 1992 with predictably dis- On the radio chart, "I Like It, I Love McGraw sound." How would you describe appointing results. The second sin- 1995 All I Want It" grabbed a record -tying five weeks your sound? gle, "Welcome to the Club," turned 1997 Everywhere at No. 1 and rode the top on Top I don't know if I can. Staving true to my sound isn't an enough heads at country radio to Country Singles Sales for an effort or something I sit down and try to do; it's just me. 1999 Place in the Sun spend 15 weeks on Hot Country unprecedented 19 straight weeks. So I cut it the way I want to hear it. I don't say, "This ought Singles & Tracks, where it peaked 2000 Greatest Hits far, the double -platinum title has to be more country" or "This ought to be more pop." I at No. 47 in December. Still in sold roughly 2.5 million copies. can't sing any other way; Lord knows I've tried. There's no print, Tim McGraw has sold approx- 2001 Set This Circus Down McGraw closed 1995 in fifth place effort in staying true to what you do, and if you don't, peo- imately 319,000 to date, according Continued on page 34 continued on page 36

28 BILLBOARD SALUTE BILLBOARD OCTOBER 6. 2001 www.americanradiohistory.com CURB RECOR i:S CONGRATULATES

TI cGRAW ON 10 YEARS OF 1 ITS

NUMBER 1 ALBUMS

Not A Monent Too Soon

All I Walt

Everywhere

A Place In The Sun

Greatest lits

Set This Circus Down

NUMBER 1 SINGLES

"Don't ake The Girl"

"Down In The Farm"

"Not A Moment Too Soon"

"I Like tt I Love It"

"Can't le Really Gone"

"She Never Lets It Go To Her Heart"

"It's Yoir Love"

"Everyvifre"

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"One Of These Days"

"Where The Green Grass Grows"

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"My Best Friend"

"My Nett Thirty Years"

"Grown Men Don't Cry"

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G G m has been an extremely good friend to me and my founda- 13 tion. He has demonstrated how important his commitment is to children time and again. Any time I have asked him to help me with the benefit concert, Tim has been there. It is his commitment and caring that makes positive changes in consecutive Q PAMOvti , the lives of children." -Andre Agassi GL hen we first saw Tim live, he #1 videos a for us for Crook L Wdid show & Chase. We taped it at the Grand Ole Opry House. It was a special show for the Metro [Nashville] education system, f441Q over the SP past

From the top: Byron Gallimore, Trace Adkins, Reba, Mike Curb, Thankyou Tracy Lawrence a salute to teachers, students and things of that nature. He had just started out, 9 years and, when he performed on the stage for that night, it was so unusual, because when Tim performed, there were peo- E ple starting to gravitate toward the stage. It was unusual and interesting to watch. They just felt they had to come up and get a closer look at this guy. He's got a special charisma that allows choosing us him to relax and give everything he's got when he's on stage. We saw that early on when he performed there. We weren't expecting it, but, when he started performing and they started reacting to him, it was kind of cool. A few years later, we were as your backstage shooting the breeze at the Rocky Gap Country Music Festival in Maryland. That night, he had 30,000 people waiting for him, and the thing that struck me is that he was just relaxed backstage. He was having fun. He was his normal self. To have trucking the luxury of having all that confidence when you walk on stage to work makes everything else in life a little bit easier." -Charlie Chase Director/Producer G G im McGraw is not only a great friend, but an artist who company. makes friends with everyone who hears his music." - Coming Soon: 1 GG is very easy to trust Tim's production instincts. He knows a Angel Boy Video Ihit song when he hears one, and he knows how to bring that song to life." Filmed on Location -Alan Clark, lead singer of The Clark Family Experience www.paramounttour.com G G im is perhaps the most dedicated, hard -working friend 800.642.1798 Tand hitmaker I know. Knowing him as long as I have and watching him grow and evolve into the top recording artist in 157 S. Los Angeles, CA 90036 agents for country music is no surprise to me. I learned early on that his 323.931.9080 323.931.9185 FAX Suddath Transportation Services greatest gift is the ability to find songs that speak to his audience; songs that he believes in. He also has a God -given instinct for email: info @halseyrecords.com Continued on page 32

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WHAT THEY SAY TIM McGiw Continued from page 30 turning those songs into hit records as well. As a writer and artist myself...it really just makes me sick...1 hate him." -Mark Collie ln arrrst who refuses to be Oufábed GL he one thing that immediately struck me about Tim McGraw was his incredible ability to interpret a song and instantly make it his own. At the time we signed Tim, his unique sound and ability to bring a song forward made him stand out Rusty Jones from the crowd. Those rare qualities are still strong and are the reason he's still on top. Many artists openly admit to imitating his style, yet, when a McGraw song comes on the radio, you immedi- ately know who it is. There is only one Tim McGraw, and we're very proud of him." -Mike Curb, chairman, Curb Label Group

GORDON GG Ost people probably wouldn't realize that Tim not only ...VI. likes sports, but played sports and was good at it. His MARTIN dad, Tug [McGraw], was a great pitcher, and Tim played baseball, basketball and football. Had he been bigger, he probably would JONES & Suite 600 have had a chance to play professional sports. We talked about Music Square West that, and I asked him, 'How do you leave sports and get into HARRIS 49 music ?' He said he had a little band in college, and they'd play A I}OfeSS.Oodl ASSOCietlon of Attorneys Nashville, Tennessee 37203 beer joints here and there. People kept telling him he was pretty good at it, but he didn't see himself leaving to pursue . Finally, enough people told him that, so he decided to leave and give it a chance...Tim has done my charity golf tourna- ment the past four or five years. Every year, he packs the place, and people just go crazy. He appeals to the fans. The fans feel like he's one of them, and it could easily be them up there doing the same thing, just by the way he handles himself and the things he says on stage. He moves around and gets the women going. He just doesn't get up on a stool and sing a song. He dances around and sings [songs by] Willie Nelson and the Steve Miller Band. McGraw With Tim, when people buy a ticket for a show, they know they

Timt are going to hear something different or see something different, ! jjl.ri tit A:r 2. a., :sr;ëïìtr,ï.fvty and they do. That's why they keep coming back." (;E'i(`brafl` my -Brett Favre, quarterback for the Green Bay Packers Ending t),I'!-1 "C'"t.l, and G L think that Tim has a rare ability to sell a song, a very emotion - hie t'Lf.rfl.ra ÿ 1x R'> Ial way that he sings, particularly ballads, but he is also just great at uptempo things. His interpretation of songs is always amaz- Now Zt'S¡l.t;Jf,' tt1Jf."ttS. TIM - ¡ ing. He also has a lot of ideas and wants to do things a little differ- rl f1 o(1, 17 f..'r CONGRATULATIONS ent on every record. When you couple his desire to keep recording Lord T.L£tf('jyü?yf.211,'ri wiry)1! ditffÌ different things with the fact that he is able sell different styles of ON 10 YEARS songs so well, you end up with an artist who is bringing something .." 1"f'f,', OF SUCCESS new to the table every time. He's not stuck in one place doing one thing. There's a continual growth happening with Tim and an evo- lution with him that is always something unique. I'm amazed at at years what he continues to bring to the party. He just has a rare ability to get inside a song and deliver it on an emotional basis." of music -Byron Gallimore, producer BEST WISHES FROM BOB ROMEO GG a was one of the first people I met when 1 got to STEVE MOORE 11Nashville. He had a record deal, and me and Kenny Chesney didn't. I remember nights of us running around and G I L C U N N I N G H A M hitting the nightclubs and things. We were running buddies F R A N ROMEO early on. I used to go over to his apartment, and we'd sit AND ALL YOUR around, play guitar, sing to each other and write songs. Of '11 course, I don't remember where any of them are. They've all t10},1,} rg; I Mtimrw1:; ít? F R E N D S AT T B A E N T E R T A I N M E N T gotten lost. That's a waste, isn't it? But I'm really proud of the the ones that I hold three of us. For three kids to come to Nashville and run across In air y next each other and become friends-to see us all make it profes- sionally, I think that is really a very cool thing. I've always mar- veled at that-how we used to sit around and talk and dream Congratulations about what we wanted to achieve. Even though Tim had a record deal, he had an album that came out and didn't do any- thing. He wasn't burning up the charts either. He was strug- gling. It's really cool to see how we've all grown and evolved and how our music has taken shape. Even now, I hear ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION threads throughout all of our music. I think there are things Entertainment Marketing, Inc. each one of us does that reflect on the other one a little bit." www.tbaent.com www entertainment marketing corn -Tracy Lawrence Continued on page 36

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among his country peers and ranked third among From your friends at country's top male performers. He also ranked among the five best album sellers in the genre, and Not a Moment Too Soon was the fifth best -selling coun- try album. Although McGraw didn't release a new XL Video. album in 1996, Billboard's annual Year in Music issue saw him finish in the top five in every eligible category except the album recaps.

McGRAW EVERY- WHERE Led by the record - TIM McGRAW breaking six-week radio GREATEST HITS chart- topping duet "It's Your Love" with Faith XL Hill, McGraw's fourth VIDEO set, Everywhere, broke all of McGraw's first-week benchmarks, with 224, 000 copies sold in June 1997. SUPPLIERS OF CONCERT TOURING VIDEO EQUIPMENT, CREWS, AND EXPERTISE. His third consecu- tive No. 1 debut on Top Country Albums, Everywhere also established a ATLANTA LONDON LOS ANGELES new career high -water mark by entering the Bill- board 200 at #2, his best start on that list. Curb www.XLVideo.TV released seven radio singles from the album, includ- ing "Just to See You Smile," which matched chart longevity benchmarks set in the 1950s. The album, now quadruple -platinum, has totaled just shy of 4 million sales at SoundScan. McGraw celebrated Christmas with 1997 year -end Billboard accolades, including top -10 or top -five rankings in all categories. Again, there was no new album in 1998, but other year -end recaps duplicated the pre- vious year's successes. 10 grey In May 1999, A Place in the Sun notched yet another We've had improvement for Here s to first-week sales, with ears together.,, 251,000 copies sold, y good enough for a cars'i No. 1 start on Top oy, Ne t 30 Country Albums and his first No. 1 open- er on The Billboard 200. Altogether, the album claims 3.1 million scans and a Productiohs triple -platinum sales award. Five hit singles were released from Sun, and McGraw and Hill had another top -10 duet, "Just to Hear You Say That You Love Me," from Hill's Faith album. The five singles from McGraw's set helped increase his country artist rank to No. 2. Congratulations Tim McGraw He topped the male country artist tally and the Hot Country Singles & Tracks artist list. Thanks for letting us play a part. TRIPLE- PLATINUM HITS McGraw's Greatest Hits landed his biggest opener '1111110..: and overall single -week sales with more than 304,000 copies in December 2000. Later that month, he again took top honors as Billboard's No. 1 country male. The hits package has scanned 2.5 million I Adif copies. In the May 12 issue, Set This Circus Down bowed at No. 1 and 2, respectively, on the country chart and The Billboard 200, with 223,000 copies. HEMPHILL BROTHERS COACH COMPANY On Hot Country Singles & Tracks, McGraw boasts A VECTOUR COMPANY 34 charted titles, including the aforementioned 13 No. 1 songs and 11 other top -10 singles. According (615) 876 -9000 www.GoHemphill.com to SoundScan, his seven albums represent total sales of more than 19 million copies.

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www.americanradiohistory.com has done a lot for the state of country music. Onstage, he looks THE BILLBOARD INTERVIEW and sounds great, and he gives the audience more than the Continued from page 28 4 piq\e\t)i could ever expect." -Reba ple will know it. A Decade of Nits 46 orking with Tim McGraw is always a wonderful I remember when I first came to town, before they were WHAT THEY SAY VVexperience. I've had the pleasure of working with criticizing people for wearing a hat -which by the way, I ( mille ed from page 32 Tim on every album he has recorded and have seen him think is ridiculous. You look at any genre, and that's going grow to be one of the top recording artists in the business, as on; people dress a certain way and look a certain way. well as a great producer. With each new album, Tim contin- That's an inherent part of music. In the '60s, they wore He has real energy that transfers to his fans. It always ues to raise the quality of his music taking him to a higher Nudie suits. But, when I first came to town, before they LL blows my mind to see how the audience reacts to his level of success." were talking about everybody sounding the same, I was show. Just when you think they can't get anymore enthusiastic, -James Stroud, co- producer with McGraw and taught that people have to recognize your voice or you're they do. His shows always make for a great time." Byron Gallimore on Tim's albums and principal not going anywhere. That was true then, it's still true, and - executive for DreamWorks Records Nashville it always will be. You obviously work very well with produc- only do I like to listen to Tim's music, I like to visit GG Tim has great songs. He delivers them live and gets the ers Byron Gallimore and James Stroud. with him. He's a great person. He's a hard -working 1 crowd going like no other artist in country music What makes the artist /producer relation- entertainer, loving father and husband and has a great sense of today." ship work for you? humor. Those are great characteristics in a human being. Tim -The Warren Brothers They let me -even from the beginning, when I was scared -be involved in making my records. They under- stand that it's my record and I have ideas, and I know what I want it to sound like. Their job is to get as close as they can to what I hear in my head. It's a combination of us being great friends and their understanding how hard- headed I am. You've been outspoken about your opin- ions regarding label issues. Would you like to be in a situation where you had more control? The only thing I can say -or the only thing I want to Tin iicGraw say -about that is the way I built my career, from the 10

Great Years With Faith first album, and the second album, nobody at the label got it. They didn't think I was going to make it, and, when I did make it, they didn't understand why. They stayed out of my projects, they didn't do A &R for me, Together they didn't hear any of my projects until they were done and mixed. We even did all our own artwork. I turn in a completely finished, packaged product to the label. Now, all of a sudden, when things aren't going so great, they start wanting to put their arms around my stuff and be involved. So you're saying you would like to have more control? I'd like to have the same control I always had. Money is money and, sure, everybody wants more of it. [Record contracts] are inherently unfair to artists, but an artist talk- ing about things being unfair is not an argument you're going to win. So how much time do you have left on your contract at the label? I'll he there 'til I'm (lead. Moving on, you've tried your hand at pro- ducing, most notably and successfully with Jo Dee Messina. Can we expect more of A Class Act all the Way! this? I love producing. It's probably my biggest talent -pro- ducing, hearing stuff and getting down what I hear in my head. I learned from the best in Byron and James. I'd like Thanks Tim, Mark, Scott, Doug, Rod to do more of it, produce on other labels and not neces- sarily where I'm at. and everyone at RPM It CAA You seem to take up the "country vs. pop" debate on your song "Things Change." Your music is decidedly less "pop" than a lot of other country artists, so why make a statement? Continued on page 38

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How can anybody tell an artist how to Yeah. and NvC didn't even know it. platinum and entered the Billboard pop album chart at No. cut their music? You're selling out if you do it the way Now that you're married with children, how 2, with the first single, "Grown Men Don't Cry," customarily someone tells you to, and then, if you do it your way, it's do you manage to keep this relationship capping the country chart. The acclaimed album also showed "How dare you do that ?" The best thing to do is make your rewarding with the obvious distractions of a reflective sense of maturity (even in the publicity photos, music, put it out there and let the people who buy records two hugely successful careers? which showed the receding father of two young daughters - decide. To us, we're in our own little world, and we know how and the National Fatherhood Initiative's Father of the Year The people that want to go back -well how far is far things work. We're never apart for more than a couple of last year-for the first time without his hat) , as well as a broad- enough? Go back to where your records sell again? Go days, and, if we go somewhere, we pull up the family and ened musical palette that included Latin touches, dance- back to where there's no drums on the Opry, no electric take them along. We created our own universe, and we music sound effects, and the songwriting of such cutting - guitars? Or do you just want to go back far enough to keep ourselves in it, as far as family goes. We go in our edge, roots -country artists as Mark Collie and Bruce Robison. where it fits you? Back to 1960? Well, this is not 1960. own direction, and when school starts, we'll start backing Meanwhile, McGraw became a doctor of humanities in Any other pet peeves about country music off and heading in that direction. May, when he was given an honorary doctorate from the Uni- today? I hear Faith is pregnant again, and I heard versity of Louisiana -Monroe, which he once attended. He No. I love country music. Where would I be without it? you say on TV the other day that you want also remains active in philanthropic activities, supporting Lit- I'm a country singer, just one that was brought up in the to have even more kids. tle League in Rayville, La., and the Friends of the Jackson '70s and was influenced by '70s music. Oh, yeah. I can't stay away from her. Zoo in Jackson, Miss. You just completed a highly successful Family seems to be of prime importance to tour with your friend Kenny Chesney. You you both. FIELD OF DREAMS know I can't do an interview without ask- Family is absolutely No. 1. People are always asking how Additionally, McGraw has spread his musical golden touch ing you about the infamous horse incident we balance career and family. Well, you don't. If you try to to the production side with projects for Jo Dee Messina and [last June, McGraw and Chesney were balance career and family, you're screwing up to begin with the Clark Family Experience. "I'm sure that there will come arrested in Buffalo, N.Y., following Ches- and you're doing your family a disservice. Career or any- a time when the records aren't as good as they should be or ney's joy ride on a police officer's horse; thing else isn't on the same level as family. Family is first, when I'm just not feeling it anymore, and I'll just back off charges were later dropped]. You came and everything else is way down the line. and let somebody else do it for awhile," he said when asked out of that thing all right, didn't you? One of your more powerful performances is how he could continue to dream after selling 25 million Sure. The truth came out in the courtroom, with the 's "Please Remember Me." albums. "It's the music," he answered. "You just dream about judge listening to folks. Before that, we kept our mouths How would you like to be remembered? making music." shut and let them hang themselves. [The police] were As someone who had a strong sense of what he wanted It's a dream that has taken Tim McGraw to the pinnacle of showing off for us; they just didn't realize it was us they to do, [was] dedicated to his family and a good friend that contemporary country music, where his view and grasp con- were showing off to. It was actually pretty scary. could be counted on. What else is there? tinue to extend in all directions. iti.thi1/4 You, Rock

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"It gives artists a chance to passion and care that went into the BMI RESCHEDULES: BMI's upcoming New York's Hip -Hop Has Heart Foun- and financial impact of R&B, hip -hop, show we're touchable people with feel- boxed set, I believe people will come urban awards show, slated for Oct. 3 dation (to which Dr. Dre has donat- soul, gospel, blues, and jazz that is ings, not just statues to be worshiped." away feeling this was all done right." at Miami's Loews Miami Beach Hotel, ed $1 million), and the New York Fire told from artists' firsthand perspec- The accompanying six -CD Say It Besides tying in with local and joins the list of industry events that Department are the beneficiaries of tives, premieres Sunday, Oct. 7, on Loud! boxed set spans eight decades national radio, TV, cable, print, street will be rescheduled for a later time in donations from rapper Jay -Z and VH1 (10 p.m. ET). It is accompanied (1916 -1999) via 110 tracks; it lists for marketers, online sites, and VH1's Save the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist Roc -a -Fella Records. In addition to $89.98. The collection is packaged into the Music campaign, VH1 group VP of attacks. The show was slated to feature $45,000 personally donated by Jay -Z, a portfolio that is supplemented by a consumer and affiliate marketing Jes- a tribute to President's Award winner a dollar from each ticket sold for his 100 -page bound booklet featuring sica Heacock says the marketing push Curtis Mayfield, as well as perform- nationwide Blueprint Lounge Tour essays by Jones and others. There's also also includes an in -store campaign ances by Avant, Bilal, Charlie Wilson, (which kicked off Sept. 23 in Wash- SAY IT a soundtrack (Oct. 2, $17.98) culled with Best Buy, including promotion via and BeBe Winans, with Rodney ington, D.C., and wraps Oct. 13 in from the documentary, featuring 20 the retailer's in -house TV network. Jerkins serving as music producer. Los Angeles) will benefit the above - tracks. Rhino is targeting Black Histo- Advance screenings are slated next named organizations, as will funds LOUD! ry Month as the release date for DVD week in four markets: Chicago, Detroit, UNITED WE STAND: In addition to the raised through sales of a specially and VHS versions of the documentary. New Orleans, and Washington, D.C. multi -network America: A Tribute to designed Roc -a -Wear shirt. A BLACK Heroes telethon (Sept. 21), which Celebration raised more than $150 million in KEEP AN EAR OUT FOR: The Oct. 9 Of MUSIC pledges for United Way's September release of Haitian -born rapper Won - N'Dambi Releases Second Disc 11th Fund, the music industry is aid- G's third album. No Better Than In America ing relief efforts by donating sales pro- This features collaborations with DJ ceeds from various projects, including Quik, Da Brat, the Outlawz (on the On Own Indie Label Cheeky-I the rerelease of 's noteworthy "This Is Your Life Kid "), BY ALIYA S. KING tunes up, and the members co- sign." "The Star- Spangled Banner" and all - Bone Thugs -N- Harmony's Layzie by a six -CD boxed set from Rhino that NEW YORK -When Dallas native N'Dambi says she chose to make a star covers of such songs as Sister Bone, and Yukmouth. Coming will be released Oct. 9. Initially Chonita Gilbert graduated from double -album to "keep those who Sledge's "We Are Family" and Marvin simultaneously with the album's announced last February (Billboard, Southern Methodist University with a know interested" and to find new fans. Gaye's "What's Going On." Now release is that of rhythmic lead sin- Feb. 10), the documentary is a co -pro- degree in creative writing, she planned Several tracks are borrowed from her comes word of a forthcoming nation- gle "Nothing's Wrong," with DJ Quik duction of VHl, Quincy Jones Media to publish a collection of short stories. debut, but the major change from the al urban radiothon that will donate and James DeBarge. Group, and Rhino Entertainment in "An agent told me to start with a novel first album is N'Dambi's use of live the money it raises to the United Way's Produced primarily by Won -G's association with Highway Films. instead," says Gilbert, known profes- musicians. On her debut, noted pro- fund. Planned for Oct. 11 (the one- brother Dubble -M, the new album While the network did consider sionally as N'Dambi. "But I continued ducer Madukwu Chinwah gave a live - is the follow -up to his 2000 release delaying the premiere in light of the writing short stories, which slowly music feel to the tracks. The lead single on BMG- distributed Happy World, recent terrorist attacks, VH1 executive became song lyrics. I knew I couldn't from 71min Up and Cosignin, a spare, Royal Impression. In fact, No Better VP of programming Fred Graver says, run from the music anymore." wispy love song called "Black Star," was Than This is a reworked version of "It all comes back to the word 'cele- N'Dambi's double -CD sophomore set, produced by Kenneth Crouch. an album originally slated for release bration.' This is a powerful American Tunin Up and Cosignin, arrives Oct. 2 Besides the live band, N'Dambi through BMG. However, Won -G story about injustice, inequality, and on her own independent notes this album has "a says, "We brought the record back pain, but also about pride and triumph. label, Cheeky -I Produc- bit more of a gospel and refurbished it, adding seven new So we thought it was completely right tions. Her first album, feel." Indeed, tracks original songs." He also signed on to go ahead as scheduled. The cumu- Little Lost Girl Blues, like "Sunshine" and with Beverly Hills, Calif. -based TNO lative effect of watching this-the pow- was released in 1999. the languid "Ode to Entertainment, which is distributed erful forces that have shaped black Playing the dual Nina" give a hymnal AMERICAN through the Eagle Music Group. music and the equally powerful effect roles of artist and element to the blues. "This album is a lot more me," says of black music -is impressive." label owner are chal- Marketing N'Dam- URBAN RADIO the artist, who also raps in French, Divided into five themed rather than lenging, but N'Dambi bi's album is a down - NE 1 WORKS Spanish, Creole, and Patois. "I got the chronological episodes, the documen- wouldn't have it any home, word -of-mouth chance to relax and be an artist. I'm tary will run on successive nights, other way. "It keeps effort. "As an independ- still the Haiti boy, but I have a better bracketed by two Behind the Music me on point," she ent label, we take on month anniversary of the terrorist plan and destination, moving in a pos- specials: Sean "P. Diddy" Combs (Oct. says. "I don't have the much of the responsi- attacks), Operation We Care will itive direction with feel -good music." 7) and Aaliyah (Oct. 14). Part one, titled luxury of spending a bility ourselves," engage American Urban Radio Net- "Keep on Pushin'," chronicles black lot of time in the stu- Cheeky -I president works' (AURN) nearly 400 radio affili- INDUSTRY BRIEFS: Singer /song- music's relationship with politics, dio. When I go in, I Odis Johnson explains. ates in cooperation with, among other writer /producer Patrice Rushen is protest, and the civil -rights movement. know exactly what I Major distributors, firms, Access One Communications, scoring Showtime Films' upcoming That is followed by "Pursuing the want to do, and by the second take, including Wherehouse, Tower, and Inner City Broadcasting, the National production Just a Dream, which is the Dream" (Oct. 8), which tracks the it's usually ready for the album." Virgin, will be carrying the album. Assn. of Black -Owned Broadcasters, directorial debut of Danny progress of black artists from exploita- After paying dues on the Dallas "We also have quite a few independ- Sheridan Broadcasting, American Glover ... Comedian/actor Steve Har- tion to ownership; "Can I Get a Wit- open -mike circuit, N'Dambi caught ent retailers who have always been Blues Network, Sheridan Gospel Net- vey, who recently celebrated his one - ness" (Oct. 9), which examines black a break as a background vocalist for incredibly supportive of N'Dambi, out- work, and Urbaninsite.com. Quincy year anniversary as host of KKBT Los music's spiritual pulse; "Let's Get It On" fellow Texan . In addi- lets like Sound City in Dallas and Jones, Wonder, and Los Angeles Laker Angeles' morning show, is now a (Oct. 10), a look at sexuality in black tion to appearing on Badu's critical- Dusty Grooves in Chicago," Johnson Shaquille O'Neal are among the con- recording artist, thanks to signing a music; and "Express Yourself' (Oct. 11), ly acclaimed debut, Baduizm, and the says. He's also planning showcases in firmed participants. long -term contract with MCA which focuses on black artists' past and Live follow -up, N'Dambi has gar- Atlanta and Washington, D.C., for "We're calling on everyone in the Records. His first release-slated for present influence on popular culture nered praise and fans while accom- N'Dambi in the weeks immediately urban radio industry to become Feb. 12, 2002 -is the R &B /hip- from fashion to language. panying Badu on several tours. following the album's release. involved," AURN president Jay hop /gospel compilation Steve Har- In lieu of a narrator, more than 70 7irnin Up and Cosignin highlights "It's a grass -roots effort," N'Dambi Williams says. "We encourage lis- vey's Hit List: Welcome to the Ride. artists were interviewed. Among both N'Dambi's jazzy sensibilities and says. "Maybe one day I'll go to a major teners to show their caring for all Among those who'll be contributing those relating their perspectives and her gospel roots. The title is a tribute label for distribution. But if you're will- Americans." For more information, tracks are MCA duo K -Ci & JoJo and personal experiences are James to her upbringing as a preacher's kid. ing to work hard, being an independ- contact Dawn Hill at 212 -883 -2100. Harvey himself; additional artists will Brown, Queen Latifah, George Clin- "That's one of the things we say in ent artist can be very lucrative. And, The American Red Cross, WQHT be announced at a later date. ton, Chuck D, Macy Gray, Isaac church," N'Dambi says. "The minister most importantly, I'm in control."

BILLBOARD OCTOBER 6, 2001 www.billboard.com 41 www.americanradiohistory.com O'Jays Sing'ForThe Love .. . Veteran Group Still Growing Musically On MCA Debut BY GAIL MITCHELL hit was 1967's "I'll Be Sweeter Tomor- Thunder Speck Music (ASCAP). LOS ANGELES -Few groups can row (Than I Was Today)" on Bell. Featuring a mix of R &B, pop, and boast that they've been together 40- Current O'Jays members Levert, Latin -edged flavors, the album pri- plus years -and are still recording. Williams, and Eric Grant -man- marily features midtempo tunes, led One that can is the O'Jays. Now part aged and booked by Andy Gibson of by the cha -cha beat of first single &Deed SnM of the MCA family after a string of Cleveland -based AG & Associates- "Let's Ride." Written and produced R&B /crossover hits by Steve "Stone" BULLETPROOF: Ghostface Killah says on Philadelphia Huff, the song was he's looking for big things from his International sent to radio in third solo CD, Bulletproof Wallets, due ( "Love Train," "For July. Rounding Nov. 13 on Starks Enterprises/Epic the Love of Money") out the album are Records. The Wu -Tang Clan member and EMI ( "Have several ballads - explains, "I want [fans and other rap- You Had Your Love an O'Jays' specialty pers] to recognize real talent that just Today "), the trio is showcased on comes from the heart. It's time for anticipating the such tracks as "I'm them to recognize the real." Oct. 9 release of its Ready Now" and The album's first single, "Never Be latest album, For "Sounds Like Me." the Same Again," features an appear- the Love .. . "We wanted to ance by Bad Boy R &B singer Carl "We're just try- bring something Thomas and is produced by Car - ing to keep the to the ball game pedeum (Montell Jordan's "Get It on O'Jays tradition of this time to at- Tonite "); Wu- Tang's Raekwon guests family vibe both on camera and behind good beats and tract new fans on the album version. Bulletproof the scenes. Working with the crew and great love songs," says Eddie Levert play a prominent role in For the but also not lose our fan base," Lev- Wallets also features production by cast wasn't like work. It was family. I Sr., who, along with Walter Williams, Love ... With Matthew Rose, the ert says. "We're still the romantics Ghostface Killah, Wu- Tang's RZA, especially liked working with the kids. was a member of the Triumphs, the threesome co- wrote, produced, and and groovers talking about rela- Alchemist, Carlos Broady, and Chris They were so professional. As far as the O'Jays precursor established in 1958 arranged the bulk of the 12 -song tionships. Love is the message, and Liggio with Tally Galbreth. show, it's important for people to have in Canton, Ohio, with William Pow- set, published through Walter Music that's what we're trying to preach." Ghostface Killah says the album's different images of black families." ell, Bobby Massey, and Bill Isles. Company (BMI) and Baby's Daddy Williams adds, "It was a great title was inspired by his perception of With a list of acting gigs to his cred- Christened the O'Jays by Cleveland DJ Music (ASCAP), both administered experience doing this album our- his music and career: "Everything I it and iicons, the new Naughty by Eddie O'Jay, the group's first major by Cleveland's Own Publishing and selves- something we needed to do do is straight up and down bullet- Nature album due in February, )beach to help us grow musically." proof. When I write my rhymes, that's is juggling careers, but doesn't feel Tina Simpkin, marketing director how thoughts come at me. There are compelled to choose one over the at MCA, says the label began initiat- other. "That's for the people to decide,"

OCTOBER 6 ing radio and retail promotional tie - he says. "I don't consider it. I strive to 2001 JBillboard lot Rap Singles,. ins just before the album's street date. give fans my best either way."

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I stops as KJLH Los Angeles, which FROM Q -TIP TO KAMAAL The release inducted the group -which surpris- date for Q -Tip's Kamaal the Abstract, á 3 TITLE Imprint & Number /Distributing Label ARTIST ingly has never won a Grammy-into originally scheduled for Oct. 23, has itii NUMBER 1 E' 4 Wyk Mllrbal the station's own R &B hall of fame. been pushed back to February. Accord- Q RAISE UP Petey Pablo V .0 Additional plans -including a re- ing to Arista Records publicist Liz Q! 6 2 JUMP UP IN THE AIR Original P Introducing Hyped Up Westbound Soljaz lease party at the Cleveland-based Rock Morentin, Q- Tip now known 1555 0 -who's

e- 2 17 MY PROJECTS Coo Coo Cal 9 and Roll Hall of Fame, the selection of as Kamaal-wanted the date changed Infinite 2225'/Tommy Boy l'Z O a second single, and more touring (the because he's working on a short film Q, 4 2 BUSTER Dennis Da Menace I, A - ..m 0001 e group recently wrapped one leg of a that he wants to release before the 3 2 HOW WE DO Big Lew BKA Popeye Reds Featuring Nonchlant 9 schedule that included album hits the streets. Cu-5, st 22170 performance 5 6 PO' PUNCH Po' White Trash And The Trailer Park Symphony stops in Seattle and L.A.) -are on hold The nine -track set, marked by its P.,, Fe, Caenye 2121 0 until early November, when Levert is a lot of rappers out there, but a lot of blend of hip -hop, rock, jazz, and funk, Q 9 5 GRIPPIN GRAIN The Young Millionaires Urban Spears 0002/11rben Dreams 0 expected to receive a clean bill of brothers can't touch what I do. My is produced by Kamaal and features 7 3 IZZO (H.O.V.A.) Jay -Z °_ health after suffering a broken foot wallet is bulletproof." performances by jazz artists Kenny Roc A- Fella/Del Jam 588701'/1DJMG 0 Q 13 9 LET'S BE FRIENDS TaTa + Brando Featuring Larry Poteat Of The Donz that required surgery and pins. The rapper says he's also working on Garrett, Gary Thomas, and Kirk Heartless 1272e getting his start-up label, Starks Enter- Rosenwinide. The artist says, "This is 's 10 9 ALL MY THUGS Young Phantom .i itlnss 17426 0 `LIVING LEGENDS' prises, up and running. "I'm getting music I always wanted to create, 4 BOUNCE Survivalist 9 "We're excited about having living that off the floor right now. After I drop something that allows me to explore to' I J7 3567,4reydee 0 ® MAKE IT VIBRATE Rising Son legends on the label, Simpkin says. this album, big things are gonna hap- all sides of myself. You can't name 1'0o "They're still doing what they love pen because I can [then] spread my something after yourself unless it rep- 23 3 CUT THROAT John Got'ti Ç Big Pocket 70563/Orpheus 0 and are incredibly committed. I don't wings and make other moves." resents a part of you. This is ulti- 14 12 4 LIVIN' IT UP Ja Rule Featuring Case = a of mately new and Mmdet In7 /Del Jam 566741.1 IDJMGO think lot young groups today about beginnings 715 20 4 UGLY Bubba Sparxxx V could do what the O'Jays have done." IT'S SHOW TIME: A guest- starring [bringing] back real music." BeatClub497130211tnterscope O Returning with its first new album role on the Showtime series Soul G' 11 16 PURPLE HILLS D12 v ,;,,d, 497583 /Inlerscope 0 O since 1997's Love You to Tears on Food has turned into a recurring VOODOO MUSIC: and 16 4 TRUNK FALL OFF Jailbird Global Soul (a label established by role for 's . Missy Elliott will take the stage dur- Ghana Savvy 1000.0 iiED 24 4 FUNK Empty Mynd Levert's son Gerald), the O'Jays say The rapper portrays the street -wise ing the third annual Voodoo Music 17,. Real 42070564.0,0eus O the only real disappointment in its Philky, a friend of Lim (the charac- Experience (Oct. 27) in New Orleans' 14 2 BALLIN' OUT OF CONTROL Featuring Nate Dogg 9 So So Del 79590' /Columbia O four -decade -plus career is the current ter played by Darrin Henson). City Park. The event is coordinated r 15 11 50 PLAYAZ DEEP Drunken Master Featuring Lola Damone state of radio. "The relationship be- Treach says, "Philky is an old friend by Rehage Entertainment, a man - Fe 015111, urlversal 0 0 ail NEW NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN Ghostface Killah Featuring Carl Thomas & Raekwon ç' tween radio and artists has changed of Lim's from his street days who agement/marketing /production com- Wu-Tang/Ram Sharp 79650' /Epic O drastically," Levert says. "It's become helps him through some tough sit- pany with offices in New York City 17 4 WE RIGHT HERE DMX Nutt RydersDet Jam 588746'rIDJMG O more mechanical than personal. Not uations. He's the rough edge that and New Orleans. Tool, the Black 19 2 BECAUSE I GOT HIGH Afrontan '9 being heard, not being able to be in the show needed." Crowes, and Gov't Mule will also per- Universal 0153,0' O O

21 5 GHETTO GIRLS Lil Bow Wow 1 the radio game is a low point. But we Treach-who also operates his own form. The show will be Webcast live so S ì]et79612' /Columbia © O think we've written material that will company, Illtown Films -says he on rollingstone.com, rocknrollsta- 18 2 FATTY GIRL Ludacris, LL Cool J, Keith Murray FB 015283' /Universal O produce some attention. enjoys working on a series because tion.com, and voodoomusicfest.com. Hec Ids with the g eatest sales gains this week. T Videoclip availability. Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certification "And besides," he says with a laugh. "you stay in people's homes on the reg- for net shipment of 500000 units (Gold). RIAA Certification for net shipment of I million units (Platinum), with additionalmillion indicated by num- ber following the symbol. O CD Single available. O DVD Single available. © CO Maxi -Single available. O Cassette Single available. U Vinyl "We aren't going anywhere until you ular." He especially enjoys the atmos- Rhonda Baraka can be reached at maxi -single available. O Vinyyl single available. Q Cassette maxi-single available. Catalog number is for 0.* Indicates O unavailable, in which is or respectively, based on availability. ©2001, Billboard /BPI Communications and SoundScan, Inc. case, catalog number for , 0, 0, 0 Q all hear us out." phere on the Soul Food set. "I like the [email protected].

42 www.billboard.com BILLBOARD OCTOBER 6, 2001 www.americanradiohistory.com OCTOBER. E Compiled by SoundScan from a national subset 2001 Billboard I Top R. H Ho Albu panel of core R &B /Hip -Hop stores. Y O C 2 W Q O z 3 G O 3 n o ARTIST TITLE á Ñ I- ARTIST TITLE ¿ (7 -' 3 M P R I N T & NUMBER /DISTRIBUTING LABEL á ° g S IMPRINT & NUMBER /DISTRIBUTING LABEL á rs°

_-t NUMBER 1 % := 2 WAIMhadia1 50 37 23 JANET v:rum 10144.11298/18981 All For You 1

1 59 3 JAY -Z RorA- Fella /Del Joel 586396' /IGJMG112.98/1998: The Blueprint 1 47 42 12 LIL' ROMEO Saulja501981/F1mM,(1198/1798) LB. Romeo 5

#' HOT SHOT DEBUT # 45 35 8 GANGSTA BOO Hypnotize Minds/Loud 19z5/CRG112.93E0/17981 Both Worlds, *69 8

1 GERALD LEVERT Elektra62855/EEGnz9aId98, Gerald's World 2 © 52 41 65 NELLYA' Fo Reel 157743 /Universa1It2.9w1a98) Country Grammar 1

2 2 FABOLOUS Duo, Storm/110ton132b79' /LLG11298119981 Ghetto Fabolous 2 53 43 27 112 P,nr Boy 53039 /Arslau298/IB991 Part Ill 1

34 2 KILLARMY Wu- Tang /Loud19Z7/CRG(ts- SOE0/17.98) Fear Love & War 34 4 3 6 MAXWELL A Columbia 67136/CRG11298ED/18981 Now 1 -

Roc- ell 3 1 4 MARY J. BLIGE MCA 112616.11298/1898) No More Drama 1 51 46 13 BEANIE SIGEL AF a /0et.1 ant 549538 /IDJMG11298/18NI The Reason 2

7 4 4 BRIAN MCKNIGHT Motowo014743+Universal(12.98 /18.981 Superhero 4 55 44 7 SOUUA SLIM No Linda South 2001p198/1798I The Streets Made Me 42

5 2 1C AALIYAH A En:c+.g,ound10082'11298/1899I Aaliyah 2 58 52 50 JA RULE A M, u der Inc /Dot Jam 542934./IDJMG1129w18.98) Rule 3:36 1

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12 10 7 USHER Arista 14715'112.98/18981 8701 3 40 56 38 6 VARIOUS ARTISTS Del Jam 586239/IDJMGlt98n891D The Source Hip -Hop Music Awards 2001 34

64 66 8 MR. SPITFLAME Spn7 Fame 70810 /Stoney Burke 11 1 98/17981 e Tangle Wit Me Vol. 1 62 8 - 2 BABYFACE An,1a14567111298/16981 Face2Face 8 6 - 2 Vegm10797'N98,Ia98/ Glitter (Soundtrack) 6 57 40 8 SOUNDTRACK Ord Jam585216.7IDJMGU298/19981 Rush Hour 2 11

41 9 Legal Hustle 9203 /Landspeed(11.98/18.981i The 10 6 7 FEATURING RONALD ISLEY AKA MR. BIGGS DrearnWerk ,45F29umrar :rapen29arle9) Eternal 1 33 CORMEGA Realness 24

11 7 5 JUVENILE c,,l, Money 86o913/Urwerseluz98 /18381 Project English 2 48 48 10 BAD AZZ Doggy Style 5Dm6/Prior:n Ill 98/17981 Personal Business 16

62 11 DEZ Des9n9 7702(1098J1698)o Sing For Me 57 13 8 8 JADAKISS Ruff Ryders493011/Inier,eopeuz.98 /18.981 Kiss Tha Game Goodbye 2 (5 83

1 COO COO CAL Inbnite1466 /Tommy Boy 111 98/17.981 Disturbed 16 66 55 8 THA DOGG POUND Death Row 33353/0311298/17 981 Death Row Presents: Tha Dogg Pound 2002 15

71 74 70 C2/ Columbia63740/Cß0110.98E0716.981 Thankful 22 lD 15 13 25 GINUWINE Epic 69622'112.98EO/18.98I The Lite 2 CD

14 9 4 AFROMAN rersal01497911298/18981 The Good Times 9 61 51 8 DA BEATMINERZ Rawkus26158 /Prmnty11098/1699)a Brace 4Impak 38

Llektresz374/EEG1129 8/ 16 12 35 JENNIFER LOPEZ A' Epic 85985112.98ED/18981 J.Lo 1 67 60 13 LIL' MO /lo Based OnA True Story 6

17 11 4 RZA AS BOBBY DIGITAL wu.Tang11n The Pamt8782 /Koch III 98,117981 Digital Bullet 9 65 56 45 MUSIQ SOULCHILD A nei Soul 548289/IDJMG111.98/17981 Aijuswanaseing (I Just Want To Sing) 4

19 15 27 TRICK DADDY slap- N- Slide/AUantr83432 /AG (It 98 /17.981 Thugs Are Us 2 63 54 27 PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT RCA 69310110.98/16.98) Don't_Hold_Back 30 TT11 89 87 40 SNOOP DOGG vu L: mn2322s/Prmrdyu298118.981 Tha Last Meal 1 20 14 8 SNOOP DOGG PRESENTS THA EASTSIDAZ TUT 2230.11ose 7981 Duces 'N Trayz --The Old Fashioned Way 2 et

IPIN 22 2 Pruriry50213.02.98 82 70 18 CITY HIGH Oooga Basement 490890 /Interscopent.98717961 City High 23 - SOUNDTRACK /18981 Training Day 22 a 59 45 V,olaror/ Loud/Colur too85790 .1CRG11298EO/18981 V2.0 5 . 9 The 27 28 28 JAHEIM nit: M9147452/warnerBros 111.98/17 981 [Ghetto Love] 2 VARIOUS ARTISTS Violator Album

Dmturbing . 21 19 62 A Wdden Beech 62137 /Epic11198EN17.9814 Who Is Jill Scott? Words And Sounds Vol. 1 2 69 63 49 LUDACRIS 4' Tha Po,c e/ Det Jam South 548138 /IDJMG(12.98/18.981 Back for The First Time 2

70 65 26 2PAC Amaru/ Dea, h Row 490840/Inter,,ope119.9824981 Until The End Of Time 1 23 16 12 P. DIDDY & THE BAD BOY FAMILY Bad Boy 73o45 /Ar:staOneness) The Saga Continues... 2 ' 77 82 15 SILK Elektre6264VEEG11298)18.98) Love Sessions 2 18 - 2 VARIOUS ARTISTS Lake 9204 ' /Lendspeed111.98/18.9BI The 41stSide 18

18 14 LUTHER VANDROSS J20007(129an8981 Luther Vandross 2 68 61 18 PASTOR TROY MADDSoc:ew014173/Umversal11298 /18981 Face OH 13

1 PROPHET JONES un: varsity/ Motownm4551 /umversar1129ene.981. Prophet Jones 29 78 69 45 SADE A' Epic 85185 (12.98 TO/18.98) Lovers Rock 2

26 22 10 i.'Jam548834noJMG(1298/1898I Broken Silence 3 73 77 30 PROJECT PAT Hypnobre%nds /Loud 1950,LFG11298Ea179e1 Mista Don't Play Everythangs Workin 2

92 67 7 PHILLY'S MOST WANTED Atlantic 83358 /AG0198/17981 Get Down Or Lay Down 20 38 31 21 DESTINY'S CHILD A' Columbia 61063 /CRG(1298E0/1898) Survivor 1 C

32 20 8 VARIOUS ARTISTS A EMI/Um, rer ,ausony /zomba1m49/Vrgm11298/18981 Now 7 3 76 76 16 THE LOVE DOCTOR Mard, Gras 1055 110 98 /76 9810 Doctor Of Love 47 . 75 28 26 13 JAGGED EDGE So SoDet/ Columbia85046 /CRG11298EQ/18.98) Jagged Little Thrill 2 75 9 G'FELLAS Hit A Lick 51282/TripleXXX(16.98CD) Gangster 4 Life 67

20 DJ CLUE Roc- o- Fe11a/DA Jan, 542325 /IDJMG11298/18981 DJ Clue? The Professional 2 1 Q14 2 SOUNDTRACK So So0ef/Celumb :x86025 /CRG11398 ES COI Hardball 34 In

31 21 4 KRAYZIE BONE Ruthless/ Loud/ Colombia85784/CRG(12.98E0/18.98) Thug On Da Line 13 80 64 29 EVE A Ruff Ryders 4908451interscope02.98 /18.981 Scorpion 1

62 53 "9 JIMMY COZIER J20004111.98/17.98I Jimmy Cozier 15 29 25 20 MISSY "MISDEMEANOR" ELLIOTT The GumM :nd/Elekna62639. /EEG1129915981 Miss E...So Addictive 1

36 27 26 INDIA.ARIE Motowno13770/umver,enn.98/18.91 Acoustic Soul 3 88 85 33 LIL' WAYNE cash Money 8G0911 /Universal(1298/18.98) Out 2

79 71 18 REDMAN Def Jan, 548381 /IDJMG112.98 /1898m Malpractice 1 37 36 46 R. KELLY ' Jude 41705 "]amba 11298/1888F tp -2.com 1 Del 30 29 8 - BILAL Moyo49300wlntersrope 172.98/18.981 1st Born Second 10 84 83 22 CASE sord548626/IOJMG112.98/18.98) Open Letter 2

1 All.,m:r83436/60098 /11 981 24 17 8 BLU CANTRELL nedZonr14703vArs,a11198 /17 981 So Blu 5 LINA Stranger On Earth 91

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40 32 18 & THE EAST SIDE BOYZ BME222O VtFr098ilt9 Put Yo Hood Up 6 8 CECE WINANS woe, p, mg Gospel 51826/Sparrow112 98 1 /98 CeCe Winans 48

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u w xy[ M W x 3 3 t7 ti y á Fa-Q ,.. ARTI fT Imprint & Number /Distributing Label TITLE 2 , 5 ARTIST mprint & Number /Distributing Label TITLE ° t A by ,': NUMBER 1 4 Weeks Ai Number I ; 13 '::13 Virgin 105 ' 110.98+76.981 janet AALJYAH A 819ckgruund 10753 11 7.981 One In A Million .72+ 14 12 DMX C R r 50,090 Ja n sseznnDJMC u29ene9e1 Its Dark And Hell Is Hot 170 AALYAH BIeekgrornd7Jbe 41533'Romba 11098nb 98/ Age A Ain't Nothing But Number 45 15 - YOLANDA ADAMS emkna 62439/BEG (1298718981. Mountain High...Valley Low 95 1 4 JAY -Z .., ;nor A Fella5059r/Prorty11098/1698) Reasonable Doubt 198 16 15 SNOOP DOGGY DOGG ' Dee, Row 63002' II 98/17981 Doggy Style 250 .. 3 AL GREEN HI/The Hight Stuff 30800 /Cepeau098/17 9B1 Greatest Hits 343 17 14 2PAC A AllIrrii 41636/.1,e(1198,F198) Me Against The World 270 LOST SOULS LV,,0n:de54030(1198/1698) Let It Ride 4 - IS 23 THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G. ' 13,1c1 Boy 73000T,An,ra1998/16981 Ready To Die 317 S` 5 JUVENILE A` Cash Moneyt53162/Universel(11.98/17.881 400 Degrees 150 (T - TEDDY PENDERGRASS Philadelphia International/The Right Stuff 36994/Cepaa11998/1698) Greatest Hits 21 7 8 MAPY J. BLIGE ' uptown 110681/MCA16 98/11 981 What's The 411 87 20 10 MARY J. BLIGE ''F A II619.11298/18981 Share My World 88 3 6 Death Row MAF :AVELI A' 63012.111:9w17.98Ì The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory 174 21 20 JODECI ' Uptown t1a1967MCA1898/11.981 Forever My Lady 111 7 2PAC: -9 9Row63008.11898n4981 All Eyez On Me 286 22 17 JA RULE Mnr drain cnc r,i,n,53897onDJMG112 9818 981 0 Venni Vetti Vecci 47 10 11 SADE Epic 85287112.99Em18s81 The Best Of Sade 355 .- PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION Warner Bros.2511017.98/1t981 Purple Rain 119 11 16 BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS Tuff Gong/Island 84621o'/r0JMG(1298/18981 Legend :+n:,,,, 'nsal Going On '° 262 2+ 19 MARVIVGAYE What's 59 112 9 2PAC ' Aera, 8/O, erh Row 490301 /1otersrope(1998/24981 Greatest Hits 144 1 - MAZE FEATURING FRANKIE BEVERLY t 1r,n Stuff 35885/Capnn11FI98/17 98) Anthology 28 Albums with the yreatest 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 /H1 -Hap Catalog Albums. Record ng Industry

r ASS', Of America IRIRAI :ertdication for net shipment of 500,000 album units (Gold). RIAA certification for net shipment of 1 million units (Platinum). RIAA certification for net shipment of 10 million units (Diamond). Numeral following Platinum or Diamond symbol indicates album's muhi- platinum level. For boxed sets, and double albums with a runninc time of 100 minutes or more, the RIAA multiplies shipments by the number of discs and /or tapes, RIAA Latin awards. Certification for net shipment of 100,000 units Ors). A Certification of 200,000 amts (Platino). :T' Certification of 400,000 units (Multi -Platino). 'Asterisk indicates LP is available. Most ape prices, and CD prices for BfsTG and WEA labels, are suggested lists. Tape prices marked ER, and all other CO prices, are equivalent prices, which are protected from wholesale prices. Greatest Gainer shows chart's largest unit increase. Pacesetter indicates biggest percentage growth. Heatseeker Impact shows albums removed from Heat - sa&rers this week. a indicates past Heatseeker Ortie. © 2001, Billboard/BPI Communications, and SoundScan, Inc.

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1 : 1 15 Differences Fire, 25 14 Dance With Clk, 58 2 Don't Stop (Punkin' 4 Jamaica) -_- Ginuxxne (Epic) II? (Bad Boy /Artaal March Carey Feat Mystikal (Vrgin) 2 3 12 Family Affair ®' 31 12 Raise Up ®'i 64 3 We noggin' Mary J. Beige IMCAI Petey Pablo IJivel Fat Joe Feat H Kelly (Terror Squad /Atlantic) 2 16 I'm Real 27 29 Peaches & Cream 48 17 Brown Skin ,uner Lopez Feat Je Rule lEplcl 112 (Bad Boy/Ansta) f o,a Ar (Motown) Spirit.. 7 9 Rock The Boat 26 15 Bad Boy For Life Cr) 157 10 Gangsta (Love 4 The Streets)

Aalryah (Blackgroundl ¡ P Diddy, Black Rob& Mark Curry (Bad Boy/Arista) nl' Mo (Elektra/EEGI IN THE SHADOW OF BLACK TUESDAY: Stewart says. `rIt only stands to reason 5 5 12 Izzo (H.O.V.A.) m 36 4 Who We Be 19 9 Fast Lane

-Z - ,: á 'ay (Roc/A- Fella /Oaf Jam /IDJMG) OMX I Ruff Ryders/DeI JOMIDJMGI Alai Feat. Dr, Ore & Jadakas IMoyo /Interscopel Sales were down in gospel, as well as that the nation's economic downturn 4 23 Fallin' 29 11 Girl Next Door Qj 75 2 Diddy the whole of the record industry, as a will least for the moment-cause = Aiiuz P -at Keys IJI MusigSoulchild Feat Ayana(Del Soot/IGJMn Biddy Feet The Neonates Iliad Boy /Arista) 9 9 Livin' It Up ®, 60 2 Girls, Girls, Girls CD 61 2 Emotion result of terrorists' "Black Tuesday" things to be tighter and could lead to h., Rule Fear Case (Murder Inc Urc. Joy Z( Roo-A-Fella/DefJaMIDJMG) Destiny Child (Columbia/ attack on the World Trade Center, with more consolidation." Ë); 8 14 I'm A Thug 28 21 Music a) 55 12 ILuvlt beck ti-t Daddy(Sip- N- Side/Atlanucl - Erick Sermon INVIA/Del Squed/Interscopel ' Snoop Dogg Presents Tha Eastsidez(Doggy wow) the exception of top- seller Donnie 6 16 Contagious 42 3 Caramel 54 7 Candy McClurkin, who was up 300 units from BACK TO SCHOOL: The latest from ,.u. ISley Brothers lDreamWorksl : Ley High feat Eve (Bongo Basement/Intent( Foxy Brown Feat. Kelis (Del Je IDJMGI 13 7 Ugly 34 22 Take You Out tom,. 59 4 Formal Invite the 8,500 -unit sales registered the Nashville -based EMI Gospel is a com- ' Bubba Sperms (Bea ClubAnterecopel Luther Vendross (J) Hay J (Atlantic/ week before to maintain the No. 1 slot pilation from urban -oriented gospel 14 30 Feelin' On Yo Booty .. 39 . What If Cif, - 2 I'm Hot R Kelly lJrvel Babylace IAristal I,,/ k Sermon Feat Mervin Gaye IJI on the Top Gospel Albums chart. artists targeting the college set. The 12 11 12 Lifetime ®( 35 10 Knock Yourself Out 50 8 - Because 1 Got High McClurkin, who founded Perfecting album, College Survivor, is intended Maxwell (:.Co Jedekis /Ruff Ryders/Interscopel Ahomen (Universal) 12 18 One Minute Man t- 32 28 Can't Believe m 'i5 6 Do U Wanna Roll (Dolittle Theme) for students looking for a positive 51 '.1 say 'Misdemeanor" Eli rl IThe Gold y)t? Ieah Evans Feat Carl Thomas (Bad Boy /An='... R I Snoop Dogg & lil' Kim (JI musical is 14),: 16 5 - 40 34 Get Ur Freak On 62 2 Brotha alternative and expected to - Mchael Jackson (Epic) ter(. Msy'Misdemeanor Elliott (The Gold Mìnd/Ea=.'.', - Angie Stone (J) receive heightened visibility on 100 10 21 Where The Party At 33 21 John Doe CI3 67 7 We Right Here Edge Wrth Nelly Public black college campuses = Ined (So So Det /Cou,,.,h, Announcement Feat LeLe (RCA/ DMX (Ruff Ryders/Det Jam/IDJMG) around the J 16)! 15 16 Can't Deny It 56 4 : #1 Q' 68 6 We Gonna Make It country through the label's long- ° Fabulous Feet Nate Bugg (Desert Stomt/Flektra /EEG( 'Z NeIt IPriorityl Jadakiss Feat Styles )Ruh Ryders /Interscopel ,57) 18 11 Love Of My Life 38 i1N' Shine 69 8 Something In The Past standing relationship with Campus - - :,n McKnight IMotownl - LI Wayne (Cash Money/Universah Jesse Powell ISilas/MCAI Crusade for Christ. (110 20 22 Just In Case m'ï 45 9 Made To Love Ya - 2 ' Cash, Money, Cars, Clothes ;aheem NM/Warner Brost Leven The recently released album fea- (Divine Gerald (Elektra/EEGI . Run Endz Feat Memphis Bleak (fuel 49 24 5 You Gets No Love 41 37 Fiesta 6 3'': Weekend tures Sharon Riley & Faith Chor- Faith Evans IBM Boy (Ar stal H Kelly Feat Jay.? Woe) Kenny Let/more (Arista) - ale, Brent Jones & the T. P. Mobb, 20 21 22 The Way ° 37 21 What It Is - 1 What's Going On Jill Scott (Hidden BeecNEplcI Vdletor Feat Busta Rhymes (Volamr/Loud/Co ' o ' All Star Tribute (Columbia) Stacie Orrico, Londa Larmond, `211 30 5') U Got It Bad 44 13 Slowly 3 6 -. You Can't Touch Me

Usher (Anstal '.Ink lBlackgroundl -- Royce Da 5B (Game /Rawkus /Columhoal Darwin Hobbs, the Katinas, Lamar - 22 19 15 Area Codes 47 52 6 Lights, Camera, Action! 70 5 ' Let's Ride Campbell & Spirit of Praise, Out of .r cr,n Feat Nate Dog IDlsrurbmg Tha Peace/DefJanABJMGi Mr Cheeks Nmversal) The ()'Jays (MCA)

23 17 20 U / Me 48L+ 72 2 Goodbye 3 4 Grimey Eden, LaJeune Thompson, and i.,. .. Jagged Edge (So So Det/Columbia) Violator Feat Noreaga (Violator /Loud/Columbia) Montrel Darrett. 23 8 What Am I Gonna Do 49:- 51 24 She's All I Got P -- 1 Hardball i se IRCAI Jimmy Cozier IJI I) Bow Wow,DlWeyne. Sammie &uilam lSoSADeKComndei The label released the recording -25 22 17 Set It Off 50 L 53 4 Bailin' Out Of Control iiiiii /1 16 Round & Round debut of Bishop Dennis Leonard & the Juvenile (Cash Money /Unversai) ) j Lerman` Doan Feat Nate Oogg (So So Del, Columelal HI -Tek Feat Jonell (Rawkus) Faith Church (a branch of Marvin Heritage Christian Center Mass Choir e Records with the greatest impressions Increase. c 20ùi, Billboard BPI Conm trace (Oils and SoundScan, Inc. Compiled from a national sample of airplay supplied by Broadcast Data Systems' Radio Winans' church in Detroit) in Free- Sept. 25. Send It Down features live - rice service. 142 stations are electronically monitored 24 hours a day, 7 days a week Songs ranked by gross impressions, computed by cross -referent ng exact times of airplay with Arbitron listener data. - h s data is used to compile the Hot R &B /Hip -Hop Singles & Tracks chart. port, N.Y., earlier this year, witnessed performances captured at the 18,000 - the explosion upon his departure from strong, Denver -based ministry's annu- ') LaGuardia Airport en route to Chicago al Fire in the Rockies Conference, fea- OCTOBER 6 and is still reeling from it. turing special guest vocal appearances 2001 TM Billboard Hot R &B/Hip -Hop Singles Sales "They made us land in Detroit, and from Tata Vega, Beverly Crawford, Lisa Y x X Y I had to drive back home to New York Paige -Brooks, Byron Cage, and Der- W tYU W Z W Z W Z City," he says. "We have people at our rick Brinkley. Bishop Leonard has o 3 oy 3 3 0 ÿ TITLE }` TITLE en church that worked at the World Trade reached national prominence in recent Q Y _ x TITLE -, 3 ARTIST (IMPRINT /PROM ¿ _J 3 ARTIST (IMPRINT/PROMOTION LABEL) 1- g 3 ARTIST (IMPRINT /PROMOTION LABEL) Center. It's unbelievable how this whole years through his nationally televised "" NUMB ktt 1 13 Where The Party At 27 It's Over Now 1 54 13 Love It thing has shaken our way of life." ministry on BET and TBN. Jagged Edge Weh Nally (So So C f/CC.umil a) I 12 (Bad Bay/Arista) Baal (Moyo/Interscopel McClurkin will team for a 23 -city 3 9 Raise Up 23 18 Fill Me In ® - 1' Brown Skin el can 'u . Craig David (Widget/Atlantic) _ India Arie (Motown) Victory tour with CeCe Winans, who BRIEFLY: It seems Mary Mary had a 7 Someone To Call My Lover 27 29 Fiesta ® - 2 Rolla Man was, incidentally, stranded in Chicago change of heart and plans after sud- .. a Kelly beat Jay -Z IJiuel ,,,, Goni (Strong Arm) _ 0 6 2 AM To PM 61 13 Make It Vibrate 54 ' - 1 You Can't Touch Me during the attacks, returning by limo denly exiting Dallas -based ALW En- Chnstina Milian (Del Soul/IDJMG) I Rising Son IDerksrde) Royce De ST IGame/Rewkus/Columbial to Nashville. The tour officially gets tertainment's second Sisters in the Q 14 2 Jump Up In The Air Ea 55 4 Cut Throat 62 28 Missing You '., al P (Westbound) John Gott (Big Pocket/Orpheus) Lase IDef SouVIDJMGI under way in San Diego Oct. 17. Spirit tour. The duo has consented to 4 17 My Projects 30 4 Livin' It Up EC) ` - 4 Candy As to how secure he feels going Oct. 14. No coo co. Cal Ilnhdte/Tommy Boy) Ja Rule Feat Case (Murder Inc/Del Jam'IG P.1,: Foxy Brawn Feat Kola Met JeMIDJMGI out participate through word 01 13 7 Enjoy Yourself ® 46 5 Ugly d 47 7 Everyday s A Party on the road and flying again, McClurkin yet on who will take over for them ...!e IMCAI B,ibba Spasm (Bear Club /Interscope) ,ozel IMCAI replies, "This catastrophe has shaken when they do leave the 45 -city trek ... Q 9 4 Chillin' In Your Benz 19 4 I'm Real m` - 1 Worst Comes To Worst Exhale (Real Deal/Orpheus) Jennifer Lopez Feet Ja Rule lERcl Dilated Peoples ICepitaVABBI me and depressed me, but I will not be Bishop Andrew Merritt, pastor of Buster :35 10 0 2 Used To Love 71 46 Soul Sista fear, I `nits Da Menace (1st Avenue) Poke Wyatt IMCAI Bilai (Moyo /Interscopel paralyzed with and can't be afraid Straight Gate Church, recently 7 12 Bootylicious 28 14 Purple Hills 44 7 Feelin' On Yo Booty to fly. I have hope to bring to people." announced the launching of a new stu- I esOnys Child 512 R. Ke1N IColumbiat IShady/Interscapo) IJrve) Indeed, Jazzy Jordan, VP of black dio and record company. The new ven- 8 2 How We Do 36 4 Trunk Fall Off 58 5 Lights, Camera, Action! I ew BKA Popeye Reds (Col- Beasrl Witted (Gheno Savvy) Mn Cheeks (Universal) music marketing for Verity and Jive tures Straight Gate Studio and Baja - 12 21 4 Bye -Bye Baby ®e 40 19 !Doll 53 19 Fallin' Br Idy MOSS-Scort (Heavenly) Toya (Arista) Alicia Keys IJI Records, is optimistic about the da Records-will serve as an avenue 4 5 11 Loverboy D6 57 4 Funk 49 9 I'm A Thug strength of the gospel industry in the for Christian artists to record and fur- ,y real. Da Brat & Ludacns . Empty Mynd (The Real 020/Orpheur. Trick Daddy ISIip-NSIP /Anantio) face of the nation's economic crisis. gospel in 1 18 8 Give K 32 3 Bailin' Out Of Control 56 6 There H Is ther share the song with the - The Bono (Heartless) Jermame Clopre Feat. Nate Dogg (So So DetCi. Ilinswio (Epic) He says, "Overall, I believe that gospel masses ... Due Oct. 9 from Verity 1 i 6 Po' Punch 34 7 50 Playaz Deep - 1 Who We Be - .mite Trash And The Trailer Park I. -.e,,. Dr IFB 0 '.1X music might its very is - Sy J'ry unken Master Feat Lola Damon` /Uni. IRufl Ryders /Det JeMIDJMGI trend up due to Records the newest release from 16 25 5 Grippin Grain 37 9 Family Affair 66) - 1 Boottee nature, so we're not scaling back in John P. Kee's Victory in Praise Music The Young Millionaires (Urban SpeersNrban Brea,. Mary J.Bkge (MCA) Benzine Feet Mr. GzasAnd Teddygiley /Mmpvnl (Surrender either our marketing or promotional & Arts Seminar Mass 17 15 4 lzzo (H.O.V.A.) 42) 63 2 Never Be The Same Again 67) - 54 One More Chance /Stay With Me Choir, titled Jay -Z )Roc- A- Fella/Der Jam /IDJMGI Ghosdace Klllah lWuTang/Razar Slarpl i;.: ï._ The Notorious B.I.G. (Bad Boy /Arista) efforts. People are now seeking music Mighty in the Spirit ... In the spirit of 18 17 20 Keep It Real 43 33 17 She's All 1 Got = 69 10 Can't Deny It ME Mack (Rising Hi) Jimmy Cozier IJI Fabolous Feet Nate Doge IDesertStenn/Elektra/NEG) that offers comfort." the unity that has enveloped the nation `49 20 12 Take You Out 44 38 4 We Right Here - 12 Area Codes Insiders, however, believe that pro- since the Sept. 11 attacks on the World I nher Vandross WI MX (Ruh Ryders/DefJam/IDJM,'. rcns Feet Nate Dogg IOaurbing Ma Peace O iLen IDJMG) motional and marketing dollars will Trade Center and the Pentagon, gospel 20 ; 31 9 Let's Be Friends 45 43 27 Stranger In My House - 4 The Gospel Slide (Jesus Apostles March) - - Tam. Brando Ieatless) Tana (Elears/EEG) t Good Fridays Presents Dana Divine (Goad Fridays Produchool become leaner in the short term. The acts Richard Smallwood, Kim Burrell, 2? 12 21 There She Goes 46 29 12 Don't Mess With The Radio "lfi' 59 16 Y'all Don't Wanna - Babylace (Anna) Nuea IJivel ,,,, i Eastern Conference /Rawkus) fact is, in a move not related to the Desiree Coleman, , Wal- 22 26 9 All My Thugs 47, 42 3 Because I Got High 72 : 41 13 Cluck Cluck Sept. 11 attacks, Air Records released ter Hawkins, Tramaine Hawkins, De- Young Phantom (Heatless) Airman (Universal) Tha Product G &B Feat Wyclif IA I )iii 23 16 4 Bounce 48) 50 31 Separated 73',,, - 10 Bad Boy For Life all of its marketing and promotional Leon Richards, Fred Hammond, . sahst (Fó lde/Treydenl Avant (Magic Johnson/MCA) P Biddy, Black Rob & Mark Curry staff last month. Word Records had Dawkins & Dawkins, Brent Jones, 24 24 12 This Is Me 49 48 5 Ghetto Girls 1:1 : 74 51 24 Hit'Em Up Style Mops!) Dream (Bad Boy/Ann Lil Bow Wow )So So Det/Columbial :fit ., Blu Cantrell lfledZone/Ariste) already slashed its gospel division. and Trin -I -Tee 5:7 took part in a star - 25 22 15 U Remind Me $0 39 2 Fatty Girl 75 - 12 Get Up "People had already been more studded remake of "We Are Family." ,, na Usher IAustal .. / - hurray (ER/Universal) Broueo (Rawkus) closely monitoring their budgets," Proceeds of the recording will benefit Recorus w.br the greatest sales gains. g 2001 8 uI ,e., . _r,mmuivcatiorr. 6 I ,,,.m., ,Jt Jed by SoundScan from a national sub 1 une. of core R &B /Hip -Hop stores. This data is rvsen to Compile the Hot R &B /Hlo-Hop Singles & Tracks chart. Wellspring GM Demetrus Alexander- victims of the tragedies.

46 www.billboard.com BILLBOARD OCTOBER 6 -2001 www.americanradiohistory.com DANCE/ELECTRONIC Talkin' Loud MR Head Martin

b Michael Paoletta Helms Interfearence Album

BY TAMARA PALMER sounds, all done without the use of ket. But in the U.S. -and without SAN FRANCISCO -Paul Martin, samples. All tracks were written by the benefit of videos or commer- Box.. label manager and head of A &R at Tyrrell and Martin (published by cial radio play- Ubiquity is also Talkin' Loud (a subsidiary of Mer- Momentum Music and Deconstruc- looking toward the vital grass- DONTTHINK SO: "Way before Queer as tracks like Nathan Haines' "Earth Is cury/Universal in the U.K. that is tion Songs/BMG Music). roots support of club DJs to help Folk, before it was fashionable to have the Place," Blaze's "Elevation," and affiliated with Island/Def Jam in the "I haven't done that much [music] propel this release. mix CDs and gender- oriented compi- Trent's remix of Amel Larrieux's U.S.) has an undeniably skilled ear. -that is, to the point that it's over- In June, the label issued a 12- lations, the Gay Classics series made "Get Up" (which was never com- In his five -year tenure as A&R direc- taken my job," Martin says. "I just do inch single ( "Dinheiro ") to taste - its mark in the world." So begins the mercially released). Consider this tor, he has signed several of the it where I can. It's my way of giving making club and radio DJs. This press release for Gay Classics -Out - music with a conscious. label's more successful acts, in- was followed by the title track in rageous (Empire, distributed by BMG). "For me, it's important for the cluding , MJ Cole, and Roni August. The lively pace of "Din- While this may, indeed, be valid, one records I play to have good musical Size /Reprazent (winners of the heiro" was a pleasant surprise, par- can't help but wonder what it is that's and sentimental content," Trent U.K.'s Mercury Music Prize in 1998). ticularly for club DJs who don't being sold with this latest volume in explains. "Music that touches a place Martin is also helping to devel- expect such straight -up dance - the series-music or what the press fits my personality and character. Also, op the debut albums of such floor- primed music from Ubiquity. release calls "striking artwork." the music I'm fond of has a certain promising talents as Dynamite MC Often, the label is improperly Sorry, but just because a song is sense of sophistication, tends to be (of Reprazent) and Elisabeth Troy viewed as primarily an acid jazz played in a gay club does not a classic timeless, and comes from the soul." (a featured vocalist on Cole's imprint, a pigeonhole the label make. Which makes this longtime Like the much -revered and album Sincere). consciously tries to avoid. card- carrying member of both the club -missed Larry Levan, Trent makes sure But one may also credit the ear of "Dinheiro" also hints at the pos- and gay communities wonder, If the that the songs in his DJ sets tell a another A &R director-Ubiquity Re- sibility of Interfearence generating CD cover artwork didn't feature a well - story-either lyrically or musically. cordings' Andrew Jervis -for tap- wider appeal outside of the dance muscled "construction worker," would "The songs should interact with each ping Martin himself for the fruits of community. "People love the sort of this disc sell on track -list power alone? other; there should always be a corn- Martin's own personal musical col- Brazilian fusion that is going on, No disrespect to any of the artists laborations: Beatless (a duo with and a lot of Interfearence's music featured on the collection, but are Alex Attias) and Interfearence (with something to the people." has that in it," says Mike Battaglia, a PJ.'s "Luv Will Make It Right," 3 the multi -instrumentalist Tyrrell). On To guarantee that "the people" club and radio DJ (KUSF San Fran- Hard Way's "Joy Ride," Diva Factor's Oct. 23, Ubiquity will release Inter - know about Take That 73-ain, Ubiq- cisco) who daylights in the elec- "Love Zone," Cyre's re- interpretation fearence's Take That Train as well as uity, for the first time, is working tronica department at retailer of Madonna's "Holiday," and Dirty Beatless' Life Mirrors in North with independent publicity and Ameba Music in San Francisco. Mind's "Rip It Up" truly gay classics? America and Europe. radio promotion firms in the U.K. "They're not just layering some con- If so, I'm living under a rock. Take That Train is the second "We're trying out this [new mar- gas atop beats. They're actually Except for three tracks (33 1/3 album for Interfearence and the keting strategy] with the hope that doing a lot with samba and batuca- Queen's "Searchin'," DSK's "What first to be released domestically (the the album meets the expected sales da rhythms and sticking them in Would We Do," Third World's "Now act's eponymous debut emerged in potential that it should in Europe," with what was traditionally an early - That We've Found Love ") -four if 1999 via the U.K. arm of ffrr /Lon- notes Jamie Strong, director of '90s kind of vibe. you're feeling extra -giving and want don). Of Martin's two current album sales and marketing at Newport It's all very melodic but driving. It to include "Stoned Love" (here offerings, Take That Main is the one Beach, Calif. -based Ubiquity. has the potential to open up on a titled "Stone Love ") by Jean, Scher - that seems most primed to seduce "We're definitely expecting some much bigger scale." rie & Lynda (Formerly of the American dancefloors. big results in our international At press time, Interfearence was Supremes) -the bulk of this set has The Interfearence album is a fast - market, which will hopefully then in discussions about a possible nothing to do with "classic." munication going on," he says. "Too paced and eclectic -yet startingly translate well in the U.S." North American DJ tour in Novem- "Born on dancefloors of under- many DJs today simply play records. cohesive journey across several Coupled with the services of ber. MIR Media's Asya Shein in Los ground clubs whose main clientele They're forgetting what it means to be modern electronic dance genres comparable promotional outlets Angeles and Concert Clinic's Jon were people seeking an alternative a DJ. When this happens, the music (, downtempo, house, bro- in the U.S., Ubiquity believes that Slade in London handle the act's lifestyle, these classics found a home becomes self-centered, not people -ori- ken beat) as well as a considered the interest generated overseas bookings in, respectively, North and were instantly accepted," the press ented. It's all about playing music that take on Brazilian and other Latin will stimulate the American mar- America and all other territories. release also states. "Whether they were communicates with the people, not played in the streets of New Orleans or trying to be 'the man.' " the rooftops of Manhattan nightclubs, all agreed that they were the hippest FINDING STRENGTH: In the aftermath Freezone -Seven Is Seven Is La Voile Rouge 2-St. Deopez dance tracks on the planet." of Sept. 11, we need to revisit Pussy (SSR/ Belgium al- (atoll Music /EMI Music France Perhaps I'm simply not classic, gay, 2000's global smash "It's Gonna Be bum). A true pioneer of the chill - album). Lush ambient grooves are or outrageous enough. Please. In the Alright" (V2). The track -which places out compilation series concept, Hot Platt at the core of this collection, future, don't insult our intelligence. the vocal track of Sterling Void & Paris Freezone returns with its seventh which has been lovingly com- Brightledge's '87 house classic "It's All volume in as many years, and it's reworking of Holiday's signature piled/mixed by DJ Richard Arthur THE ESSENCE: For 11 years, we've been Right" atop the percussive funk of the a winner. Compiled by DJ Mor- track from the Broadway smash Dero. Most gorgeous moment: happily grooving to the lively and Clash's '82 hit "Rock the Casbah " - pheus, the two -disc set is awash musical Dreamgirls. Up- and -corn- Josh Abraham's sparse, - vibrant parties coordinated/promoted couldn't be more timely. in moody rhythms (Fauna ing club divas who need direction fueled remix of John Paul Young's by Giant Step. Last year, the New York Consider the following lyrical bits Flash's "Coast to Coast "), '60s in how it should be done need look classic "Love Is in the Air." Dis- City -based independent marketing and pieces: "Dictation being forced in sensibilities (World of Apples' no further than this. tributed in the U.S. by Musicrama. company and record label welcomed Afghanistan/Revolution is a South "Prairie Oyster "), and melancho- Ben Shaw Featuring Herbert, "Audience" (K7 sin- producer Ron Trent to its fold as the African taking a stand /People in lia (Companion Featuring Nico- Holness, "So Strong" (Groovili- gle). The third single culled from resident DJ at its weekly Giant Step Eurasia on the brink of oppression/ la Hitchcock's "All or Nothing "). cious /Strictly Rhythm single). Herbert's riveting album Bodily Sessions soiree at the Shine club. On But it's gonna be all right/'Cos the Rosabel Featuring Jennifer Progressively rugged in its origi- Functions -with vocals by Dani Tuesday (2), Giant Step Records issues music plays forever /On and on and Holliday, "And I Am Telling You nal house dressings -with smol- Siciliano- beautifully leans to the Trent -mixed Sessions Volume One. on/All right/Generations will come I'm Not Going" (Tommy Boy Sil- dering vocals by Holness -"So the left. House purists with fond Soulful and jazzy, Sessions spot- and go /But there's one thing for ver Label single). Rosabel (aka Strong" becomes mind -altering memories of DJ Larry Levan and lights Giant Step's ever -growing cata- sure/Music is our last foundation/And producers /DJs Ralphi Rosario & and disco- ravaged via by the Paradise Garage should not log (Jiva's "Stars," Donnie's "Holiday," shall succeed all the nations to come/ Abel Aguilera) team up with Sander Kleinenberg and Soul let this one slip by. and 's "Saturday Night And it's gonna be all right." singer /actress Holiday for a Mekanik, respectively. MICHAEL PAOLETTA Experience," among others), as well as May the healing begin.

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BILLBOARD'S O N G O I N G C O V E R A G O F T H E L A T I N M U S I C I N D U S T R Y Among Chanuinu Face OF New Rhythms Latin Radio Invigo ratin With More Stations. Coming On Board, And Its Audience Growing, Reg ex Market Regional Mexican Music la An Emerging Force from Rock To Tejano, Fusion Is Expanding BY RAMIRO BURR The Genre's Popularity The regional Mexican les' KSCA, at No. 2; San Anto- six stations -soon to be seven - market is flexing its nio's KXTN, No. 3; Houston's dedicating the majority of their muscles with more radio KLTN, No. 6; San Diego's programming to regional Mex- ATallenato's mix of col- Molotov, Alex Lora from stations, larger audi- KLNV, No. 8; Chicago's WLEY, ican music." orful accordion runs and others," says KLEY PD ences and greater record sales. No. 10; Dallas -Fort Worth's That seventh station, 'jam- and tropical percus- Danny Garcia. "One band mix- The music's increasing domi- min' Oldies" KXYZ 98.5, was sions are among the ing these two genres well is nance has been confirmed by purchased by Liberman Broad- new rhythms attracting follow- [rock band] El Gran Silencio." RIAA sales and Arbitron reports casting in July. The new owners ers in the ever -expanding Meanwhile, other labels bol- that reflect the impact of shift- changed the format to RM and stering their vallenato ing demographics and unabat- the slogan to "La Raza." Bob rosters include Disa, ed immigration. Perry, VP of programming at El which increased its val- "I was very pleased that it's Dorado Communications, own- lenato acts from one in now out in the open, and that ers of RM station KLTN and 1993 to seven this year, there are a lot more eyes on this Tejano/ norteño KQQK, says the including Los Angeles genre," says Malú Elizondo, GM switch is logical. "Most of the Azules, Los , La of BMG U.S. Latin West Coast Mexican immigrants coming to Tropa Vallenata, Chon operations. "That only makes Houston come from the Mon- Arauza and Los Askis. the market greater and terrey area. They love norteño. Fonovisa's Los Angeles stronger. There are a lot more That causes the format in Hous- de Charly are also on the doors that you're able to open ton to lean very norteño," he charts with the title track because of this awareness. Peo- says. to their latest album, Un ple are now believing more in In Santa Rosa, Calif., the Sueño. this market." 114th-largest radio market, with In recent months, officials M¢lú Elizondo a 12.9% Hispanic population, TEJANO FUSIONS report changes in radio at three the Sinclair Telecable company Vallenato's expanding levels: New stations coming on KLNO, No. 12; and San Fran- took its AC KGRP -FM "The regional Mexican market. popularity has influenced sev- line, existing stations switching cisco's KSOL, No. 14. Driving Grape" station and flipped to Other fresh currents include eral Tejano groups, including formats and many stations, the format changes are popula- RM KXTS "Exitos 100.9" on the cumbia -rap of Los Chicos Peace Rock's Pete Astudillo y mostly Tejano, blending their tion growth and ratings. Aug. 1. "We're pretty excited, de Barrio and Los music with norteño, banda and "It's a factor of numbers. Sta- because there has not been a Kumbia Kings. other regional Mexican styles. tions are going to gravitate to local FM Spanish commercial One interesting new the highest audience possibility, station here for years," says strain is the vallenato- RADIO INROADS and, in the areas where His- KXTS GM Michael T Reichert. rock of -based Every year, more regional panics of Mexican descent are "It's long overdue, and it is newcomer Celso Piña, Mexican stations are among the vast, you'll see more stations try- going over great guns. Our whose collaboration with top -rated in the country's major ing to stake their claim on that phones are ringing off the Control Machete has had markets. The following RM sta- audience," says El Dorado hook." regional chart success. dons are the highest Arbitron- Communications VP and sta- Locally, KSAH -AM, formerly Piña's WEA Mex/MCM ranking Latino stations in their tion manager Gil Romero. a grupero station, was changed CD Barrio Bravo features respective markets: Los Ange- "Here in Houston, we now have Continued on page LM -3 the single "Cumbia Sobre el Rio (Suena)," with guests Control Machete and King Chango's Blan- quito Man. The rock- flavored Futuro and Tejas Records' Los cumbia reached No. 1 on San Desperadoz and Ramiro Her- Antonio's regional Mexican rera. It also pops up on "No KLEY-FM. Puedo Vivir Sin Ti," the new MERCHANTS "We are seeing fusions single from Fonovisa's Mata- AR1ISTS 5 PROGRAM- INDIES & MUSIC MARKETING MING between vallenato and rock, like moros, Mexico based Grupo LM -3 LM-4 LM -6 LM-10 Celso Piña's recording with Mojado. Mexico's legendary rockers Continued on page LM -10

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LATIN RADIO practices such as research," he Continued from page LM -1 says. "I believe that research is good if it is used as a tool, not as a to "Norteño 720" in January. "We final answer as whether to pro- switched to norteño and banda, gram or not to program a song. Emergence OF Indies and the results have been very We need to focus on making positive, going from worst to first music they can't afford not to Smaller But Potent, Independent Latin Labels Maintain Chart Presence in time spent listening in the play." whole market," says KLEY-FM By Ramiro Burr and KSAH -AM PD Danny Garcia. GROWTH DRIVES CHANGES Joey Records VP Joey López is All these changes are being driv- While the indies have on artist development and dis- ed the No. 4 single "No "Ie Podias not surprised at the station shuf- en by impressive numbers tallied only a fraction of the covering new talent that is later Quedar." The -based fling. "The regional market is def- by the U.S. Census, RIAA and majors' enormous signed to major labels, or the GMP's roster also includes Los initely growing as more station Arbitron. These numbers can only marketing and promo- major labels buy out the little guy Colombinos, Bugarin, Grupo l'Ds are willing to make the help RM ratings go higher, says tional power, over the past 12 once the indie has a recognized Zeus and Pirámide. change," he says. "Anywhere you months they have managed to stable of artists." For example, Meanwhile, Corpus Christi's find big radio not responding to beat the odds with breakout tri- Sony recently signed Tejano/ Hacienda Records has enjoyed the RM format, just wait a while umphs by the likes of Palomo, norteño artist Michael Salgado, regional success with y and a small John Doe will open Rogelio Martinez and El Chichi - who in 1994 scored the chart - sus Chikos and Peligro, whose such a station." cuilote. These acts prove that topping single "Cruz de Madera" respective songs "Prepárate" and indie labels like Disa, Cisne and after struggling for a few years on "Marisol" have charted on Tejano MIXING IT UP Lideres still have the ability to San Antonio-based indie stations. Hacienda president On a different front, format push artists onto the charts. In the Joey. Gilbert Andrew Garcia argues that blending has become another tool. Tejano market, the scaling back of Rosario, a former Sony Discos indies' success makes them choice For example, at KLEY -FM, pro- major -label rosters has provided executive, has made a little noise picks for P & D deals and /or an opportunity for indies like with Seven Rivers, which Fonovisa acquisitions. "We see a continued Freddie, Tejas and Hacienda to distributes. His acts include La consolidation of the business, as find new gold. Conquista, Implakable, Andrea, large media conglomerates look Rudy Trevino, producer of the Lupita Imperial, Lupe Barrera, for Latin music content. Indies syndicated radio program Tejano and indie catalogs will be prime Gold, points to the respectable sales acquisition targets," he says. and airplay notched by Freddie act Another veteran indie, Joey Jimmy Gonzalez y el Grupo Mazz, Records, has sparked interest with Miguel Trujillo which was signed to EMI for 11 years. "Now they're doing very Perry. With the fall 2001 book, well with the granddaddy of Arbitron will be using new Census indies, Freddie Records," Trevino data that shows a 58% increase in says. "While some industry insid- the U.S. Hispanic population ers consider this a down slide, it's between 1990 and 2000, to 35 mil- really a good sign that the inde- Joey López lion. "Since the Census is only pendents are a nice little profitable done once every 10 years, we have enclave." Gonzalez's 2000 CD, grammers mix Tejano, norteño and to wait for that 10 -year report to Quien Iba a Pensar, was nominated banda freely. Bands are also mor - get an accurate read," Perry says. for best Tejano album at this year's phing their sounds. "Groups like "And, in many markets, they are Grammys and is nominated for a Intocable and Masizzo led the way discovering that the percentage of Latin Grammy, and won album toward the regional norteño sound, Hispanic listeners is much higher honors at the 2001 Awards. Former La Mafia guitarist "From the latest [Census] reports we've heard, Mexicans Leonardo Gonzales' new group, account for 58% of the 35.3 million Latinos [in the U.S.], Los Magnificos, was also signed by Gilbert Andrew Garcia so, consequently, regional Mexican music has a Freddie and received a Grammy guaranteed audience, virtually anywhere in the U.S." nod for Siempre Cuenta Conmigo, Los Garcia (also billed as Cuatro which spun off the hit cumbia Vatos Locos), who won Most -Joe Trevino, Hollywood Records Latin "Que Vas a Hacer." Meanwhile, Promising Band and Best Con - Freddie's Ramon Ayala is also a junto Album for Los Garcia de perennial chart contender. Jimmy Garcia at the 2001 TMAs. and now even the hardcore Tejano than anyone guessed." Perry Among indies posting impres- acts like David Lee Garza and believes that, as more Hispanic sive chart positions in Billboard SMALLER IS BETTER Emilio are putting out the region- households will be part of the are Disa's Grupo Bryndis, with Others maintain that indies will al sound," says Garcia. Meanwhile, sample, their music preferences Historia Musical Romantica; Palo - Jose Rosario thrive because they are leaner and Mexican groups like Control, will be better reflected in the Arbi- mo, with Fuerza Musical; Lideres' more nimble. Tigrillos, Atrapado and others are tron ratings. Chichicuilote, with 12 Chichicuilota- Martin Mendez and former Mari - "A smaller company can pro- fusing their norteño rhythms with A recent U.S. Census Bureau zos con Banda; and Discos Cisne's achi Vargas singer Manuel Vargas, mote these artists and still make a a Tejano-ized sound. report indicated approximately Rogelio Martinez, with the single who is nominated for Best New profit," says Velasquez Productions Despite the good news, conser- 44% of the nation's immigrant "Amame." Disa was formerly dis- Artist at the Latin Grammys. producer /engineer Gilbert vative playlists remain a bane for population of 30.5 million arrived tributed by EMI Latin, but the GMP Music Inc. president Jesus Velasquez. "These labels are pick- promoters. in the United States in the 1990s. departure of EMI Latin president Guillen says indies have more ing up the pieces where some of EMI Latin RM division VP/GM More of these immigrants came Jose Behar precipitated a P & D flexibility: "We don't have the the bigger labels have dropped off. Miguel Trujillo says with RM sta- from Mexico than anywhere else. deal with the new Univision Music large payroll of those companies. For example, Tejas Records tions' ratings success comes the Also, nearly 29% of the foreign - label, which Behar heads. An independent company can picked up Ram Herrera, Latin increased rigidity of mainstream born population, or 8.8 million, open and close whenever it wants Breed, Shelly Lares and Desper- top 40 practices. With increased came from Mexico, the survey esti- THE INDIE ADVANTAGE to. Also, you can negotiate with adoz. They were dropped because competition, "it has become more mated. Urban Institute demogra- Seven Rivers Music Corpora- any large company." they just weren't selling [enough]." and more difficult to have spaces pher Jeffrey Passel told MSNBC tion president/CEO Jose Rosario Primavera's latest CD, Ansia de Gil Romero, VP and station available, especially for new talent, that the illegal immigrant pop - says independents are like farm Amar, reached No. 1 on the Top manager with El Dorado since nowadays radio has adapted Continued on page LM -13 teams: "Indies tend to focus more Latin Albums chart and generat- Continued on page LM -12

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Developing Young Talent Is An Investment LOS TIGRES TRIBUTE: Blending 'S LAUNDRY: Colombian Brazil," he says. "But my priority rock and alternative Latin music pop /rock chanteuse Shakira came now is the international market." for The future with regional Mexican is in up with more than just the title vogue, following Celso Piña's for her upcoming English - FERNHNDEZ ON THE RISE Mexican couting for new artists is a most of his 21 -year career has latest release, Barrio Bravo (WEA language debut on Epic, Laundry singer Pedro Fernández has been constant priority for record been an obscure figure in region- Latina), on which he collaborates Service. "The real reason for the performing non -stop in Mexico, labels who see young acts as al Mexican music, is enjoying an with the likes of El Gran Silen- name is, during this entire year, I where he's playing at palenques important investments. incredible breakthrough with his cio, Control Machete and Café was dedicated to my two passions: three to four times a week. The Most label executives believe 2001 release Barrio Bravo. A lavish Tacuba. Now, Fonovisa is ready- music and love," says Shakira. former child star has seen a resur- today's raw talent can become production by reg Mex standards, gence in his popularity, thanks to tomorrow's heavy hitters. "You the album includes liner notes his Latin Grammy- nominated always have to be looking for new, from noted Mexican author Car- album for Best Album and especially young, artists to los Monsivais and guest appear- and for the single "Yo No Fui." develop," says Abel De Luna, sen- ances /production from Control While the song didn't hit No. 1 in ior VP of Sony Discos' regional Machete, Café Tacuba, El Gran the U.S., it has carried Fernández Mexican division. "We need to Silencio, Jose Guadalupe Esparza to unprecedented success in mar- and La Firma. kets such as Chile and Colombia, gaining sales of 600,000, accord- EL ORIGINAL DE LA SIERRA ing to Universal. (Univision) "It was a double -edged sword," Also billed as Jessie Morales, lie's says Fernández of the single once not from La Sierra-he was born Los 'Cigres popularized by Pedro Infante. and raised in L.A. The norteño/cor- "You don't know if the audience is rido singer's first CD, Homenaje a ing a rock tribute to Los Tigres "And I felt it was a sort of rebirth going to take it as an insult." In

Chalino Sanchez, debuted at No. 1 del Norte, featuring acts like that cleansed me. It's the best fact, it's done so well, Fernández is on Top Latin Albums in July. , Café Tacuba, combination -love and music - exploring the possibility of record- Morales explains the appeal of Maldita Vecindad, Los Lobos, El just like a laundry service." ing an English -language version. Sanchez, who was gunned down Gran Silencio, Botellita de Jerez, The album, which executives after a 1992 concert in Culiacan, Ely Guerra, Titán, La Barranca, expect to sell in the millions, INSTRUMENTS AND D CAPELLA: Sinaloa: "He was very simple, and Los Fabulosos Cadillacs and includes four Spanish -language Brazilian boy band "Twister is had a tremendous voice. No one Molotov. All bands are recording tracks, including a Spanish ver- hoping to replicate its success covers of Los Tigres originals, sion of the single "Wherever, north of the border with the maintain the ones who with the exception of Café Tacu- Whenever," as well as an English Spanish -language release of its are already at the top, ha, which is contributing a new version of Shakira's Spanish hit eponymously titled debut, put but it's very important to track. "Ojos Así" (Eyes Like Yours). out in the U.S. and Mexico by develop new talent, Although the album will be Melody, Fonovisa's new pop because they're the stars released before year's end, Tigres NEXT BIG THING: Yes, you may imprint. Released in Brazil by of tomorrow." leader Jorge Hernández says, call him the new Roberto Carlos. indie Abril music, the group was Miguel Trujillo, VP/ "We're planning a launch concert That's what Carlos himself is say- conceived by Abril chairman managing director of for January or February in Mexi- ing about Alexandre Pires, the Marcos Maynard, who launched EMI Latin's regional co." The show would feature Los front man of the hugely successful a nationwide search to find versa- Mexican division, agrees. Tigres with some of the bands Brazilian band So Pra Contrariar, tile musicians. "That's what will keep us Grupo Control that play on the album. who is now branching out on his "Each one plays an instrument, alive and in business, In other Los Tigres news, the own, in Spanish. "To me, it's a and they don't use a single back -up from record companies to radio paid him any attention until he band will play a Christmas con- great honor to be compared to singer. All the harmonies are stations and everything in between. died. Later, people recognized that cert in Korea for the U.S. Armed Roberto," says Pires, whose theirs," says Christian De Walden, This is the only way to keep the he was a great singer." Forces. "This is our third year eponymously titled Spanish - who produced the Portuguese- and music business going forward, not doing this," says Hernández, not- language debut was released by Spanish -language albums. "You only for regional Mexican music, GRUPO CONTROL ing that the group played last BMG this fall. "He's our king, and know how they broke in Mexico? but for every genre," he says. (EMI Latin) year in Italy and Germany, and in a great musician and composer." They played an a capella showcase Following is a sampling of the Incorporating choreography Japan previous to that. Pires garners comparisons at the Café. Everyone freshest and most promising new into a fast-paced norteño show was thanks to his velvety voice and was shocked." In fact, Twister was artists on the scene. the inspiration of this seven -man GOING CLASSICAL- Cuban romantic repertoire. If he suc- the group chosen to perform on group. Based in the Rio Grande pianist Chucho Valdés was nomi- ceeds, he will be the first Brazilian the soundtrack to the upcoming ATRAPADO Valley but originally from the town nated for a Latin Grammy in the since Carlos to truly make a big soap El Juego de la Vida, which start- (Freddie) of Control in the border state of jazz category, but his next proj- impact on the Spanish- language ed airing on Televisa in September. The grupo's 2000 CD, Atrapan- Tamaulipas, Mexico, the group has ect will be of the classical kind. market. "This will work because The track will be added to a new do Tu Corazon, was nominated for a been a top draw with both norteño Valdés has said he plans to he's already sold over 800,000 pressing of the album. Grammy and reminded people and Tejano audiences, opening for record an album of his own clas- units in the Latin region," says that the tropical cumbia genre still fellow crossover stars Intocable at sical works to be released on Vir- Jorge Lopez Doriga, VP market- HONING HIS SKILL :Ater showing had life. The group is heavily the 2001 Houston Livestock Show gin. Stylistically, they range from ing BMG, Latin region. "He has the world just how well he can do influenced by Rigo Tovar, whose & Rodeo. Control's sophomore set, impressionistic ( "I love Debussy," great awareness in all parts of the as a bandleader, as evidenced by "Como Será la Mujer" was suc- Fuera de Control, is a raucous set of he says) to romantic and mod- territory, and this album is full of the extraordinary success of the cessfully reworked by Atrapado. uptempo and ern. Valdés will premiere his hits -Latin hits. We really believe Kumbia Kings' latest album, led by the title track. As musical works with the Buffalo Sympho- he's the next big [Latin] artist." Shhh..., A.B. Quintanilla is now CELSO PIÑA director Jose Guadalupe Degolla- ny Orchestra in October. "It will As for Pires, he says he's willing expanding on his production (WEA Mex/MCM) do explains, "We're norteño- be a world premiere," says the to sacrifice his popularity in skills, as well. Quintanilla, who This 47- year -old accordionist progressive-progressive because musician, who arranged the Brazil -at least for the time has produced for several artists in from the working -class Monter- of the show we do, and for our way works for piano quartet (piano, being -if it helps take him to the the past, just finished an album rey, Mexico, barrio of Colonia of dressing." bass, drums, percussion) and next level. "I know I'm not as for Los Guardianes del Amor Independencia, who throughout Continued on page LM-6 orchestra. important abroad as I am in who record for Fonovisa.

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www.americanradiohistory.com NEW PLAYERS . Continued from page LM -4 LUPILLO RIVERA MERCHANTS MARKETING LA CONQUISTA (Sony Discos) (Seven Rivers) Born in L.A., this charismatic This is one of a very few norteño 29-year -old singer is the most suc- MID YEAR FIGURES: The Record- Mexico, it may eventually Raul Vásquez, regional director groups in which not only is the cessful of the many West Coast ing Industry Association of expand to other areas in the of IFPI Latin America. "This vocalist female, but the musicians artists strongly influenced by the America's (RIAA) mid -year statis- Latin region. recognizes the rights of record are, too. The Monterrey quintet's late Chalino Sanchez. Pedro tics for Latin music indicate the companies. And, because of the debut, Entre la Espada y la Pared, fea- Rivera, his father, founded inde- genre experienced a tiny decline MOCK 'N' ROLL GOES WEST: New advent of the Internet, this type tures the bright cumbia title track. pendent label Cintas Acuario and in the number of net shipments indie label Mock 'N' Roll, which of revenue stream will be recorded several of Sanchez's compared to mid -year 2000. opened operations earlier this extremely important for record LA COSTUMBRE albums. Rivera's latest CD, Des - However, the dollar value of year and has released El Gener- companies." According to (Hollywood) preciado, is a banda -style album shipments increased from al's new album, is opening Vásquez, negotiations are under Fusing norteño instrumentation that reached No. 1 on Top Latin $324.9 million at mid -year 2000 offices in Los Angeles with hopes way to determine fees. with intelligent lyrics and pop Albums and whose title track to $329.3 million at mid -year of expanding its regional Mexi- melodies, this quartet from Zapa- reached No. 1I on Hot Latin 2001. can repertoire. Mock 'N' Roll ABSOLUT LATINO: Absolut Vodka ta, Texas (Intocable's hometown) Tracks in August. A look at the music -format L.A. will be headed by former has announced its first major has been doing well with the breakdown indicates that net Universal executive Rogelio foray into the Hispanic commu- cumbia "Y Ya Despues," the first shipment numbers fell due to a Macín, who has already signed nity with a two -concert series single from its sophomore set, sharp decline in cassette and its first act: Norteño artist Joel dubbed Absolut Latino. The Dejame Ser. "Our harmonies on the video sales. However, demand Elizalde. first, which took place Aug. 29 album give it a unique sound. We for CDs grew, from 76.6% of the "I think there's a shortage of in New York City, featured trop- show a lot of feeling and emotion Latin music market at mid -year professional people providing ical artists Huey Dunbar and in the songs," says vocalist/accor- 2000 to 84.5% at mid -year 2001, good promotional strategies and Toño Rosario. "This is the dionist Manuel "Edgar" Lujan. an 8% increase. The dollar value artist development in the region- beginning of our efforts to mar- for CDs grew accordingly, from al Mexican field," says Macín. ket to the Hispanic community," LA FIRMA $269.9 million to $292.4 million. "And we're going to put together says Absolut marketing director (Sony) The RIAA's genre breakdown a team of professionals who will Jim Schleifer. "We will continue Vocalist Luis "Louie" Padilla has shows that regional Mexican deliver." marketing our brands through written songs for Grupo Limite, La and tejano music are, once various public -relations events Mafia and Bobby Pulido, all acts again, at the top of the heap, as we move forward into 2002." that have had true success on both representing 52% of all ship- Schleifer wouldn't specify what sides of the border. So it's not sur- MANUEL VARGAS ments for the first half of 2001. those events were, or even if prising that Padilla was able to cre- (Seven Rivers) Pop and rock followed with a they were musical. "I will tell ate some of his own crossover A former member of the leg- reported 33% of the dollar value you this," he says. "We are com- magic on the Monterrey -based endary Vargas, this 29- of Latin shipments and tropical mitted to this marketplace." group's 2000 debut, Para Recordar, year-old singer from Tecalitlan, with 14 %. which contains a pop and a Jalisco, received a 2001 Latin LIDERES' TRAVELING CIRCUS: norteño version of the hit ballad Grammy nomination for Best GgETS ON THE Líderes Entertainment Group, "La Llamada." According to Padil- New Artist on the strength of his DANCE FLOOR:MEXICO Inc., whose holdings include the la, "We have accordion and bajo debut, Por Amor. sees as a burgeoning market for Líderes record label, will launch sexto that are instruments for a , Universal Music a multi- entertainment celebra- norteño, regional group. We have PALOMO Mexico has launched Asterisco, a tion in conjunction with Total the keyboards, which are heavily (Disa) label dedicated exclusively to Compass Entertainment, LLC used in Tejano, grupero and trop- Breaking big with the No. 1 dance and . called Circo Fantástico! begin- ical groups." regional Mexican airplay hit, the "The idea is to release a lot of ning in November. Ciro Fantásti- romantic polka "No Me Conoces material that's released in RaulVáaquez co! is a traveling show that will LEONARDO GONZALES,ÿ Aun," this six -man, Monterrey - Europe but is not readily avail- feature music, comedy and other LOS MAGNIFICOS based norteño outfit is also mov- able in Latin America," says RMANCE RIGHTS IN (Freddie) ing up the Top Latin Albums Pablo Camarena, A &R and M Starting in mid -August, After an acrimonious split with chart with its second release, marketing manager for Univer- Somexfon has been recognized La Mafia in 1998, Gonzales put Fuerza Musical. sal Mexico's dance division. as the official record companies' together a new group of experi- "Most of the music is dance and performance- rights association enced musicians, including for- SOLIDO electronica, most of it isn't in in Mexico. As such, Somexfon mer La Mafia bass player Adolfo (Freddie) Spanish." will be responsible for monitor- Alonzo. Not straying too far from Delighting Tejano audiences ing and collecting per- his former group's Tejano -pop with its vocal harmonies and formance rights for all sound, he scored with the ethere- norteño fans with its rural bajo the record labels in the al cumbia "Que Vas a Hacer" sexto and accordion -rooted country -both major and from his Grammy- nominated sound, Solido picked up a Gram- independent-from vari- debut, Siempre Cuenta Conmigo. my nomination for its debut CD, ous distribution channels. entertainment that will travel Hasta la Cima del Cielo. The five - The creation of Somex- throughout the U.S. and be per- LOS GARCIA/4 VATOS man group is based in the border fon came about after a formed in a 2,500 -seat tent. The LOCOS town of Roma, Texas. three -year joint effort show will go to predominantly (JOey) between Amprofon (rep- Latin communities for a 30 -week Decked out in zoot suits, this VICTORIA ÿ SUS CHIKOS resenting the majors) and period and, at each stop, will conjunto from Eagle Pass is (Hacienda) "There's a growing taste for Pronafon (representing inde- partner with charitable organiza- known for its rhythmic polkas, The 15- year -old singer and dance and electronica in Mexi- pendents). It also has the bless- tions aimed at helping children. retro -conjunto sound, bottom - accordion player Victoria Galvan, co," he adds, explaining the ing of Inda Autor, the organiza- A portion of proceeds, as well as heavy grooves and vocal har- from Corpus Christi, has been choice of market. "DJs are tion that represents authors' tickets to the show, will be donat- monies that recall Tony De La getting good reviews for her increasingly important, with performance rights. ed for a total value of more than Rosa and Conjunto Bernal. La debut, Preparate, which spun off a labels actively seeking them out, "It's significant because, in $1 million. Rayita, the band's most recent regional hit with the romantic title and Mexico has become an Mexico, which is a huge territo- release, features the single "Los cumbia. Galvan appears in the important door for this move- ry, record labels have never Dos Carnales." The group won new PBS documentary Accordion ment." Although Asterisco will exercised the right to collect Carla Hay, Leila Cobo and Jill Most Promising Band at the 2001 Dreams. -R.B. initially be marketed only in from public performances," says Pesselnick contributed to this report.

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It just cap- Mexican urban centers in the the growing needs of the Latin Hispanics are a growing popula- U.S. Although CIE Entertain- tivates you and makes you want to early 1980s, when other artists, marketplace. Beginning Oct. 1, tion sector that also has increas- ment USA has been operating in dance." such as Los Angeles Azules and MTV -S has been renamed MTV ing buying power. New York, its Miami offices will Celso Piña, began emulating Español and will implement a "There's nobody really target- allow it to more specifically tar- Molilna. Azules was formed in the campaign to reposition itself as ing that audience," says Abud. get the Hispanic market. The impoverished Ixtapalapa area of an essential channel to reach a "We had a great platform to start company is gearing up to devel- , which was recently in Spanish- speaking audience, say with, and we went for it." Mun2 op what senior VP of marketing the news as the scene of the Mex- network executives. According specifically boasts an array of and sponsorship Hernand V. ican capital's first mob -vigilante to the network, MTV-S is avail- music programs that range in González Jr. calls "entertainment killing in years. Piña comes from able in about 3 million U.S. format and scope, with different properties." These include con- Monterrey's working -class Colo - households, primarily on digital shows targeting different genres, certs, events and sponsorships in nia Independencia and has been cable and satellite TV. from regional Mexican to folk. the U.S. "The most important dubbed "El Cacique del Cerro de The difference between MTV-S thing here is sponsorships," says la Campana," which literally and MTV Latin America is that POP ORT EXPONDS: While the González, who was previously in means the strongman of a squat- the latter is seen outside the Argentine record industry floun- CFA and helped secure Mazola ters' barrio. U.S., and a great deal of MTV ders in the midst of an economic as a sponsor of Christian's latest Thanks to Carlos Vives' 1993 Latin America's playlist consists depression, concert-promotion U.S. tour. "My expertise is get- landmark CD, Clasicos de la Provin- of Anglo artists and English - company Pop Art Agency has ting corporations to use music as cia, the vallenato movement was language videos. By contrast, the flourished thanks to a series of a vehicle to reach the Hispanic thrust into the mainstream as programming on MTV -S is major international concerts consumer." Pete Astudillo Vives' single "La Gota Fria" almost entirely of Hispanic (Backstreet Boys, Aaron Carter, cracked the Billboard charts. artists and Spanish -language The Cult) and major local shows. 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Plenty more promotion is Mercury Records. And with no recorded Due Oct. Twitty, Clay rence in a typically traditional coun- ting Back Up" and the tear-jerker planned, including TV advertising, a new product due from Twain until Carter, Conway Andy Griggs, Cyndi try mode. Simple, uncluttered pro- "What a Memory," with the latter fea- Chevy promotion, e-mail blasts, syn- next year, Toronto -based Lime- Davidson, duction bespeaks what the artist turing what might come to be regard- dicated radio interviews, and time - light Records is hoping to appeal Thomson, and Peter Cetera. himself hails as a fresh career start, ed as a career vocal from Lawrence. sensitive Internet downloads. to her fans with the Oct. 23 ARTIST NEWS: The Garth Brooks particularly in light of his longtime "We're committed long term to release of The Complete Lime- press conference that was origi- label home's absorption by Warner this artist," Palmer says. "We love light Sessions. nally for Sept. 17 to Bros. earlier this year. being in business with Tracy Law- Limelight, owned by veteran scheduled his new single -canceled Lawrence was just about to enter rence, a gifted traditional stylist. producer Harry Hinde, has inked launch and in wake of the terrorist the studio when the Warner deal went Radio has been very receptive. Be- a distribution deal with Koch the in the U.S. been down, and he says he was pleased to sides handing them a great piece of its Nashville label, Audium Rec- attacks -has It rescheduled for Oct. 9. The first be able to proceed with his recording music, our calling card [with ords, to distribute the album. single, originally set to be "Beer project on schedule: "I could have radio] has been '10 and 10 -10 contains 17 tracks that producer Run," will instead be "Wrapped Up been shelved for two years, but in- years and 10 million albums sold.' Hinde recorded with Twain in Mer- in You." In a prepared statement, stead I've got a single and album out Look at what this guy's meant to 1989 before she was signed to still known as Brooks said, "I just can't find it in this year. There was no way I could let country music as a format. They cury, when she was my heart to feel that 'Beer Run' is this opportunity go by. This put me want him to succeed, and they appropriate for right now." "Beer in a position to gain momentum and want him to have a hit." Run," a duet with George Jones, will find order in chaos." One early believer in Lawrence's be on Jones' album The Rock: Stone Chris Palmer, GM /senior VP of "My friend Kenny Beard wrote leadoff single is Kevin O'Neal, PD at Cold Country 2001, due Oct. 2. marketing for Warner Bros. Records that song, and it's all true," Law- WSOC Charlotte, N.C. "Tracy is Martina McBride has pledged a in Nashville, is enthusiastic about rence says. "It took all his life to huge in Charlotte -every time he portion of the proceeds from her just - bringing Lawrence into the Warner write it, and it's one of those songs plays here he sells out. The guy's one Eilleen Twain. the released Greatest Hits album to the fold, especially given his track record I just had to do and had to do with of the classic traditional country The Limelight tracks are of American Red Cross. The donation is and a new album on tap. "This was as much integrity as I could." singers," O'Neal says. "I like the original masters of some the to be at least $50,000. good timing for all of us," Palmer Lawrence praises writers Bobby record, and I've been on it since the same sessions used for the album expected released Radney Foster has pledged to says. "Tracy was ready to go in and Pinson, Larry Boone, and Paul Nel- beginning. It tells a story we all need Beginnings 1989 -1990, in 1999. Hinde donate a portion of his CD and make a great traditional country son for their "It's Hard to Be an Out- to take notes on right now." on Jomato Records release. merchandise sales for the remain- album, and that's what we were look- law," a sentiment Lawrence seems For his part, Lawrence doesn't was not involved with that is of re- der of the year to the American ing for. Everybody here has fallen in to relate to particularly well. "That hold any false hopes and faces the Hinde in the process in some Red Cross to aid in the rescue and love with the guy." song was written specifically for me, future realistically. "I think I've got mixing the tracks and, and those guys just nail me from a three- to five -year window to cases, overdubbing musicians for relief efforts in New York City and Washington, D.C. LESS IS MORE time to time," he says with a chuck- make another mark, and I'm just The Complete Limelight Sessions, Dixie Chicks performed a new Tracy Lawrence stays true to the le. "They used to hit me right be- looking to gain momentum. I want which contains more songs than Singles are song, "I Believe in Love," during traditional, hook -laden style that tween the eyes with stuff I was going to build consistency back in my the Jomato release. the Sept. 21 America: A Tribute to brought the singer success with such through at the time, and now they career and re- establish myself with planned for both the country and is telethon that aired on singles as "Sticks & help me reflect back." my audience. If I can do that, I feel pop markets. The country single Heroes chart -topping television networks. Stones" and "Alibis." The artist In total, Lawrence says, he is I can go somewhere else [musical- expected to be the ballad "The numerous single will The song was written by Natalie believes his style fills an under-served proud of the record, including his ly] or stay where I'm at." Heart Is Blind." The pop Maims, Martie Seidel, and Marty niche at radio: "Not only am I a tra- and co- producer Flip Anderson's Lawrence is already looking ahead. be "It's Alright." Stuart prior to the tragedy. ditional artist, and that's where I've production efforts. "This was not an "If the single does well, the catalog has Marty Stuart will host a black - had my success, [but] with the album Flip and I were in 100% comes to life, and then we follow up ON THE ROW: Abbe Nameche tie ceremony Oct. 4 in Nashville to industry chasing in the pop direc- agreement on," he says, "but I with another single, then another been promoted from co- creative and induct the previously announced tion, the only real traditional [con- believe it's exactly the right album 'sophomore' album. I'm already manager to creative director 12 members of the Country temporary] artists out there right at exactly the right time." preparing for the next album, and I Brandon Hamilton to creative new Music Music Hall of Fame. Raul Malo will now are me, Alan Jackson, and Brad know exactly what the style is." manager at DreamWorks lead an ensemble of top musicians Paisley. If you look at it from a busi- NEW BACKING And even though traditional is his Publishing Nashville. a selection of songs rep- ness perspective, that's the smartest The Warner Bros. team appears personal preference, Lawrence Steve Pritchard has formed through City Artists resentative of the inductees. The place to be. It may not sell platinum, to be ready to put some muscle doesn't believe full-blown tradition- booking agency Music are musical tribute is being put but it will sell enough." behind Lawrence's project, and the al country music will ever dominate in Nashville. His first clients & Ree, as together by producer Don Cook. The stripped -down production on synergies of WB's corporate the contemporary country airwaves, comedians Williams Pritchard Willie Nelson has teamed with the new album is indicative of what brethren came into play via a pro- at least in the near term. "I don't well as James Gregory. -shoe manufacturer New Lawrence seems to view as a new motion with Warner Consumer think that will happen across the previously was senior VP of the athletic Balance for a 10- kilometer race lease on his career. "Musically, I'm Products and Looney Tunes, TNT, board because certain facets are hav- Jim Halsey Co. and later formed Pro Events. Oct. 21 in Austin, Texas, to benefit starting over, and this is my fresh- and AOL during the Richmond 400 ing too much success going pop and his own company, in Farm Aid. Nelson will perform a man album," he says, adding that, NASCAR race weekend culminat- crossing over," he says. "Country may George Mallard joins Pritchard also a post -race concert for participants. with new maturity and a growing ing Sept. 9. Lawrence performed, be evolving into two distinct formats, his new venture. Mallard, Halsey Co., later Grammy-winning player family, he is far more prepared for conducted meet-and -greets with and if that happens, so be it." former VP of the at ICM. Earl Scruggs will be a presenter success than he was 10 years ago. "I radio, and generally received Lawrence handles his manage- held a similar position Karen Staley has signed a pub- at the Q Awards Oct. 29 in Lon- think I can handle it better now. I'm broad -based exposure to a highly ment in -house with his brother with Acuff -Rose don, followed by an Oct. 30 older, more mature, and well - valuable country demo. Laney Lawrence at TLE and owns lishing deal SLL Music. Staley's hit songs include appearance on the U.K. TV show grounded. I take care of my family Palmer says Lawrence is very his own publishing through by Buddy Lee Tracy Byrd's "Keeper of the Later With . He will better, and I definitely take care of involved in career decision -making: Music. He is booked Faith Hill's "Let's Go To then perform a live concert Nov. my business better." "In the marketing meetings he asks Attractions and plays about 120 Stars," and "Take Me as I Am." 3 for BBC Radio 2. While simple in production, the tough questions, and that's a good dates annually. Vegas"

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2001 Top The top selling albums compiled a Country Albums,. from national sample of retail store, mass {'I B illboard I II merchant, and Internet sales reports collected, compiled. and provided by ,,

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Y 43 43 3 JEFF NUMBER 1 / HOT SHOT DEBUT 1 kt 1 Week At Number 1 D CARSON Real Life 38 - Cum 7793/111 98:119814

1 MARTINA MCBRIDE e Greatest Hits 1 35 - 2 RICKY SKAGGS History Of The Future 35 RCA 6/012/131.13 112 98/18.981 Sk. 61., { n cis I ., e '. col 9010031Hollywood 111.98 /17 981

1 1 42 SOUNDTRACK 0 Brother, Where Art Thou? 1 41 38 86 Keith Urban 17 Mc [pre y 17006911198/18981 Capitol 97591 110 98 16 981* 2 2 4 Pull My Chain 1 40 35 13 PATTY LOVELESS Mountain Soul 19 hle:uW, ,02919 1rr c 91I;IF'1,11 EoIc 85651 Lure; ill 981 111 /':181 4 4 22 TIM MCGRAW Set This Circus Down 1 39 37 83 Phil Vassar 23 Curb 78711 112.98/19 981 Ans. Nashville 1889PRLG 11098 16 981 6 3 3 60 SOUNDTRACK A Coyote Ugly 1 42 39 20 BILLY GILMAN Dare To Dream 6 1nh /8103 111 98 11 981

1 Fur 8 Y L I 198I B O EaE G I19,I 5 5 6 ALISON KRAUSS & UNION STATION New Favorite 3 38 40 9 TRACY BYRD Ten Rounds 12

1 Rounder 6 O495II)JMG I l l 98'17 981 RCA 61009; MG I 1 198; 17 981 7 8 52 KENNY CHESNEY Greatest Hits 1 BUDDY & JULIE MILLER Buddy & Julie Miller 45

B'ilA 6/9MeIR n 1 90'11981 G nyhmlo- 6115 GP IL, n; 9s CH 6 6 13 LONESTAR I'm Already There 1 44 46 66 BILLY GILMAN One Voice 2

1 1 1 RNA 6 ] 0 , RLG 1 2 98/18 981 EpC 62082 Sruly I l l 98 E0. 17 981 8 7 70 I Hope You Dance 1 - 49 53 101 ANNE MURRAY What A Wonderful World 4 MLA N,IrprIle (/0099' I1: 19 I, 981 SII,yr1W: 711 {1 II97N I998i 9 9 44 TIM MCGRAW Greatest Hits 1 45 45 81 Latest Greatest Straitest Hits 1 Cnih 179/811298IB 9BI MCA NashvJIIe 110100111981/981 11 16 23 BROOKS & DUNN Steers & Stripes 1 48 50 58 RODNEY CARRINGTON Morning Wood 18 m1,1,. aa.,I ,.9. B /nu3'RUil n:r 92x169BI L. 34sv ,09b1/,E,o os GREATEST GAINER 'S` 46 42 17 MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER Time Sex' Love" 6 Columbia 85178 Sony 112 98 Eli 18 981 15 eJ 12 108 DIXIE CHICKS A` Fly 1 52 44 47 Inspirational Journey 34 Monumem 69678/Sony 11298 E0118981 et B't1. 418931VRN II9B 1.. 981 IC) 13 11 8 CYNDI THOMSON My World 7 53 49 61 AARON TIPPIN People Like Us 5 Capitol 26010110.98 /17 981 Tyne Street 165014. Hollywood 110 98:16 981 12 10 8 BLAKE SHELTON Blake Shelton 3 47 41 4 VARIOUS ARTISTS Earl Scruggs And Friends 41 I1uI 11 7- W.0 BBB 74I31r4VRN 9N,17981 MCA Ni1sl' c1Ile 170189111981898! 14 14 46 ALAN JACKSON When Somebody Loves You 1 51 47 20 MARK MCGUINN Mark McGuinn 18 An... Nashville 693351184E Ill 981/ 981 VFR 734757110.98/169814 16 13 50 6 10 SOUNDTRACK Driven 16 RCA lil9ti4'RLG 198,11981 Q II Ca!11 78 /15 117 98 :18981 21 23 98 FAITH HILL Breathe 1 55 52 100 ALAN JACKSON Under The Influence 2 47373/WAN Warner Bros. 11298/18981 Ar!na Nashville 18492,RLG 110 98;17 981

17 18 7 CAROLYN DAWN JOHNSON Room With A View 8 " t '' 56 51 18 ROY D. MERCER Roy D. Mercer Vs. Yankees 24 A.isl1 n s l l v N e 59336 HO 98 /I13 981 nunu1 32515 110 98 ,6 981.

18 17 51 TRAVIS TRITT Down The Road I Go 8 SB 58 56 74 ROY D. MERCER Greatest Fits: The Best Of How Biga Boy Are Ya? 26 Columbia 62184 /Sony III 98 E0/17.991 Vu01n 49785/Có p11n1 110 98 16 981 20 19 28 TRICK PONY Trick Pony 12 99 54 48 49 DARRYL WORLEY Hard Rain Don't Last 33 Wa. n co Bras 4/971/WRN 11198/17-981 OrnalnWniks 450042 :Ir,esC!!u9111198.169814 F 25 25 42 NICKEL CREEK Nickel Creek 17 60 67 - 3 STEVE HOLY Blue Moon 60 Sugar MI 390911698001* Curb 77972111.98/17981 19 15 9 SOUNDTRACK Down From The Mountain 10 61 57 54 38 VARIOUS ARTISTS Everlasting Love Songs 19 Lost Highway 170221 /Me,cury112.98/I8.981 IITV 17013711198:17981 23 21 99 TOBY KEITH How Do You Like Me Now ?! 9 .? PACESETTER Oreainworo 450209 / Intu,scope 110.9&716.981 22 20 16 Inside Out 1 Q'. 74 59 54 SOUNDTRACK Where The Heart Is 18 MCA N ashvlae 1/02D0111 9811 7 981 BNA 67963/141.6 11 1.98/17.981

24 22 30 JESSICA ANDREWS Who I Am 2 ,,,, 1 VARIOUS ARTISTS Cool Country Hits, Volume 3 63 450248 OreamWorks /Interscc pe 11098 /16981 t_, Curb 7872114 98/5 981 10 - 2 ROBERT EARL KEEN Gravitational Forces 10 61 65 3 RANDY TRAVIS Live - It Was Just A Matter Of Time 61 lost Hiyllwy 170198 Mercury III '3N ¡1/98)4 ç.R. t' Image /4A 1196 CM 26 24 5 MARK WILLS Loving Every Minute 10 7 62 57 28 DELBERT MCCLINTON Nothing Personal 20 1702091119B Mercury /17981 ` New West 8024117.98 COI 27 31 21 TAMMY COCHRAN Tammy Cochran 27 63 62 35 DOLLY PARTON Little Sparrow 12 [1 111 6973GSiny 1198 115914 FD; A F Segal H1II3921I1O 38116981 31 36 33 DIAMOND RIO One More Day 5 '' 59 60 95 JEFF FOXWORTHY Greatest Bits 17 Arista Nashv lie 67999181G ,r 11, III 98/17981 S Warner Bros. 47427AN18N 11098/16.98) 30 30 DEE 60 JO MESSINA Burn 1 64 64 19 CLAY WALKER Say No More 14 Curl, H97/111 981/ 9,1I 4 - 61a11174/59/8989 III 98x17981 32 29 17 Part II 3 60 55 14 SOUNDTRACK Songcatcher 42 67008 Arista Nashville 161611198/17981 Vanguard 79586116.98 CD1 28 28 21 MONTGOMERY GENTRY Carrying On 6 = 50 - 2 THE DERAILERS Here Comes The Derailers 50 Colurob, 6216] Sony III 98 6111 7 981 he Ty Dog l ,a 8 5793, Sony1119000/17 -981 34 33 43 CHRIS CAGLE Play It Loud 20 71 71 90 REBA MCENTIRE So Good Together 5 Cacao, 70 0.98/17981 III II Lß MCA Nashville 110119111 98, 17981 29 26 68 Rascal Flatts 14 .ì 70 68 25 TRAVIS TRITT Super Hits Series Volume 2: Travis Tritt 50 l y r e woad 111 98.1l9014 Wang, BIOS 47666 WRN 19981'111 33 27 47 JAMIE O'NEAL Shiver 14 -mine 10 THE DEL MCCOURY BAND Del And The Boys 50 1 1 1 1 1 1 Mercury 0 3 2 1 9 8 / 7 9 8 1 * ° C Ir/Lync Srcet 902006 /Hollywood 1109816981 36 32 100 GARY ALLAN Smoke Rings In The Dark 9 'NEW 1 The Best Of Don Williams:20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection 74 MCA Naa11v 11: 170101111 98117 9111 0 MLA NeLhvr1 .e 11225016 98'11 981 37 34 34 LEANN RIMES I Need You 1 Ç -ENTRY .85 LEANN RIMES LeAnn Rimes 1 Curb 7797911198/17.981 il Curb 77947 111 9811 7.981

Albums wi h the greatest sales gains this week. Recording Industry Assn. Of America certification for net 61111pmenl of 500,000 album 1111116 (RIAA) (Gold). RIAA certificat on for net shipment of 1 n1,lbon units (Platinum) RIAA certification for net shipment of 10 million units (Diamond). Numeral following Platinum or Diamond sym- tol indicates album' 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 tapes. RIAA Latin awards: 'Certification for /or net shipment of 100,000 units (Oro).. Certification of 200.000 units ( Platino). A' Certification of 400,000 unit (Me'oi- Platìno). *Asterisk indicates LP is available. Most tape prices, and prices for CD BMG and WEA labels, are suggested lists. Tape prices narked HI, 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. A indicates past or present Heatseekertitle. © 2001, Billboard/BPI Communications, and SoundScan, Inc.

OCTOBER 6 2001 Top Country Catalog Albums,.

ARTIST Imprint & Number/Distributing Label TITLE ARTIST Imprint & Number /Distributing Label TITLE

.1 NUMBER 2 Weeks At Number 1 13 PATSY CLINE MCA Special Products 420265/MCA 13.96/6.981 Heartaches 145 LEE GREENWOOD Capitol 98568111 98 Cm American Patriot 4 17 ALAN JACKSON ' Anaa Nashville I880iERLG11098/16981 The Greatest Hits Collection 309 5 DIXIE CHICKS Mormm4m 68195/Sony (1098 Ea/17.981s Wide Open Spaces 191 ' 18 TRISHA YEARWOOD MCA Nashville 170611111.98/17.981 (Songbook) A Collection Of Hits 178 4 Me!!!IIi 536003112 98118 99) ' SHANIA TWAIN Come On Over 203 15 PATSY CLINE Mr-ANasholle 320n1216.9ó/11981 12 Greatest Hits 750 3 TOBY KEITH Mercury S5891ì2 n19Bn90] Greatest Hits Volume One 147 20 GARTH BROOKS i' Capitol 97424119.98/26.98) Double Live 149 6 THE CHARLIE DANIELS Epic65694 BAND /sonyn.96ED/n9e1 A Decade Of Hits 580 21 THE JUDDS l..1, n965í798 /11981 Number One Hits 71 8 BROOKS & DUNN nnsla Nasayluc 18e62/RLG (12.99/1898) The Greatest Hits Collection 210 24 LEANN RIMES curb nefisnl9enn.96) You Light Up My Life - Inspirational Songs 144 7 ' Epir 64182/5r.0598E0/ó961 CHARLIE DANIELS Super Hits 337 22 FAITH Warner Bros 46790ÁVeN s8 HILL ' Ill /17 981 Faith 179 11 JOHNNY CASH legacy /Columbia 69739/Sony (796 EQ/11.981 16 Biggest Hits 129 19 SHEDAISY Lyric street 165002/Hollywood (12.98/18.9914 The Whole Shebang 124 9 LONESTAR RNA 67762/RLG (10.96/17 991 121 2 LEE GREENWOOD Legacy /Columbia 67572/Sony15 98 00/990) Super Hits 2 16 WILLIE NELSON Legacy/Columbia 69322/Sony 17.98 E0/11.981 16 Biggest Hits 159 25 VARIOUS ARTISTS Madacy 1326115.98 CD) The Best Of Country 44 10 HANK WILLIAMS JR. Curb n63815.98/9.98/ Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 381 ' ALISON KRAUSS Rounder 616325 /IOJMG (11.98/17.9814 Now That I've Found You: A Collection 245 14 JOHN DENVER Madecy475015.t0/9.9e1 The Best Of John Denver 170 1 GEORGE STRAIT ° MCA Nashville 110651 110.98/17.981 Pure Country (Soundtrack) 402 Ab.1ms with t e greatest sales gens this week Catalog albums are 2-yoarald titles that have fallen below No. 100 on The Billboard 200 or reissues of older albums. Total Chan Weeks column reflects comb net weeks title has appeared an Top Country Albums and Top Country Catalog Recording Industry Assn 01 America IRMA1 certification for net shipment el 500.100 album 411 - net shipment of I million units (Platinum) RIAA certalcation for net shipment 10 units (Gold) RIAA certillca- of million ands 'Diamond). Numeral following Platinum or Diamond symbol md,cales album's mufti- plat,num level. Far Insed sets. and double albums with a runnm time of 100 minutes or more, the RIAA multiplies shipments by the number of discs and/or tees RIAA I ate, awards Certincahon for rte shipment I 0.00 units (Oro / .'. Certification of 700,000 1111, IPlatme7 ; Certlhcahon of 400.000 units Indicates IMulb-Platino).'Asterisk LP is available. Most tape prices. and CD roes lux BMG and WEA labels are sl gçs toil hst Tape paces marked OCT and all other CO prices, are equivalent prices, which are protected from trot :mundAeer Ii, wholesale prices *indicates past Heatseeker title r 2001 .Billboard /BPI Communications.

BILLBOARD OCTOBER 6, 2001 www.billboavd.com 49 www.americanradiohistory.com Compiled hum a national sample of airplay sup- plied by Broadcast Data Systems' radio hack Hip service. 150 Country Stations are electronically J,J. OCTOBER 6 24 hours a day, days a week. Songs & Tracks monitored I BDS 2001 Billboard Hot Country.. Singles ranked by number of detections.

Z z a o o rssz ARTIST Y ÿ 3 rn ,- Y W TITLE H Y W TITLE ARTIST ¿ ó 3 PRODUCER (SONGWRITER) IMPRINT & NUMBER /PROMOTION LABEL á °a t 3 2 g 3 ° g $ PRODUCER (SONGWRITER) IMPRINT & NUMBER /PROMOTION LABEI t David Ball 31 3 Weeks AlNnmlml1 34 37 5 RIDING WITH PRIVATE MALONE NUMBER 1 1' ALBUM CUT ® W Newton IT.Shephe',.,.. Dualtone

31 Cyndi Thomson 1 BEAUTIFUL Steve Holy 1 1 I MEANT TO SAY 9 32 31 10 GOOD MORNING 28 WHAT REALLY &SOUNDTRACK CUT -0 58987 T Curb ALBUM Capitol Roles tZ Lyle Carney. PWOHey,T.L. James (C.Thomson,CWeters,T.L.Jamesl et 9 177 Clay 31 Jackson 2 31 32 13 IF YOU EVER FEEL LIKE LOVIN' ME AGAIN Walker I FROM Alan 2 4 15 WHERE COME 9 :u1,.1 K,gpc. a ei Bros Arsta Nashville ALBUM Walker rJ Ste," O' o r Stegall (A.Jacksun) CUT. Dunn 3 se/ 3 6 16 ONLY IN AMERICA Brooks & 9 HOT SHOT DEBUT r° ALBUM CUT e K.Brooks,R.Dunn,M. Wright (K.BrookC,D.Caoh,R.Rogers) Arista Nashville THE EAGLE FLY Aaron Tippin 34 Yearwood 4 r 1 WHERE THE STARS AND STRIPES AND Trisha 9 4 5 27 I WOULD'VE LOVED YOU ANYWAY ;. Lyric Street PROMO SINGLE A.1lppin,M B' ..v -B Watson (KBeard,C. Beathard,A.Tippm) O MCA Nashville 172201 o . ,..,. Yea ;:.uh rh1 Dauu:, TVroosi McGraw 33 Tins McGraw 5 33 44 4 Jo Dee Messina With Tim 6 7 11 Curb ALBUM CUT 44 I B. Montana,H.Darlingl Curb ALBUM CUT 9 B. Gallimore,TMcGraw B Galhmore,JStroud,l.McGraw IB.Robisol Joe Diffie 34 Blake Shelton 9 1 36 34 11 IN ANOTHER WORLD 5 3 24 AUSTIN Monument ALBUM CUT 43 O O Giant 16767/WRN D.Cook,L.Wi Icon IT,Shapiro,WWilson,J Yearyl R l O. Manual e a Braddock Kent,K Jamie O'Neal 37 1 39 39 5 SHIVER 7 2 20 JUST TALKIN' ABOUT TONIGHT TobyKeith9 I'M a K.Stegalt Mercury ALBUM CUT o DreawWorks ALBUM CUT IJ:0'Neal,LDrew,S.Smhhl J Stroud,T.Keith IT.Keith,S.Emerickl Gentry 38 Carolyn Dawn Johnson 9 8 38 38 7 COLD ONE COMIN' ON Montgomery 9 8 10 25 COMPLICATED Columbia ALBUM CUT Arista Nashville 69050 0 Scahe IM Gtheer,W M 11,M Huffman) O o PWorley,C.D Johnson (C.D John, - S Ste,. 45 11 THERE WILL COME A DAY Faith Hill 39 13 12 23 A NIGHT LIKE THIS Trick Pony 9 9 t,D - ON Warner Bros. ALBUM CUT/WRN Warner Bros. 16751/WRN Id Gallimore,l.Hul lOLume;A.Mayo,C.Ltnesey! Q C Howard (K.Staley,D.Kahanl O e O 40 Travis Tritt 9 10 41 47 4 SAINTS & ANGELS Sara Evans 10 14 17 LOVE OF A WOMAN tC) RCA ALBUM CUT Columbia ALBUM CUT S.Evens,P Worley IV.Benksl 9 B J Welker,Jr T.Tris IK.Brandt) Faith Hill 35 Tammy Cochran 9 35 2 THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER 9 15 28 ANGELS IN WAITING 9 - PROMO SINGLE/WM! Warner Bros. Epic ALBUM CUT D.Fdster IFS.Key) w B.Chancey IT.Cochran.J.McBride,S.Harrisl 23 Reba 11 37 25 15 HEARTBREAK TOWN Dixie Chicks 11 13 11 I'M A SURVIVOR Monument ALBUM CUT O MCA Nashville 172212 B Chancey .PWO, ID Scc:, e T.Brewn R. McEntee IS Kennedy,P.Whee, Jeffrey Steele 39 BLUES Martina McBride 9 11 42 41 6 SOMETHIN' IN THE WATER 9 15 11 15 WHEN GOD- FEARIN' WOMEN GET THE O 0Monument 79625 CUT J.Steele,S.Baggett ( J.Steew,A.Anderson,B.DPieroi e M.McBride.P.Worley ILSatcher) RCA ALBUM Tracy Lawrence 44 Phil Vassar 9 9 50 51 6 LIFE DON'T HAVE TO BE SO HARD 14 9 19 SIX -PACK SUMMER Atlantic ALBUM CUT7W RN o T. Law rence,F.Anderson IC.Beatherd,K.OWest) Ariste Nashville 69084 o B.Galhmore,PVasser IPVasser,C.Bleck,T Roc c,. O Jessica Andrews 9 31 Keith Urban a9 3 40 35 18 HELPLESSLY, HOPELESSLY 12 8 26 WHERE THE BLACKTOP ENDS OreamWorks 450918 Capitol 58992 B.Gallimore (B.James,T.Verges) M. Rollings,K.Urban IS WarinerA.Shen blinl O 40 Trace Adkins 9 16 43 40 9 ALWAYS WAS Aaron Tippin 19 19 14 I'M TRYIN' Lyric Street ALBUM CUT O Capitol 77667 A.nppin,B Watson,M- Bradley lT.Cohon,B.R.Woodl o O Huff IC. Well Stu.. -1 sr-, 47 Lonestar 17 GI 49 50 4 CARRY ON Pat Green 21 21 8 WITH ME 1 rvl (h%D L.Maines Republic ALBUM CUT /Universal BNA ALBUM CUT IPGreen,W.Wilkinsl 0 D.HUR IBJames,TVerges) Faith Hill .9 11 Jeff Carson 9 18 46 42 20 THERE YOU'LL BE 20 20 20 REAL LIFE (I NEVER WAS THE SAME AGAIN) O Werner Bros. 16739/WRN ALBUM CUT 0 T Horn,B.Gellimore (D.Warren) Curb e J.Niebank IN.Thrasher,J.Jenoskyl TAKE THAT FROM ME Collin Raye 9 43 Lonestar 9 1 44 43 9 AIN'T NOBODY GONNA 18 16 26 I'M ALREADY THERE Epic ALBUM CUT 0 BNA 69083 o J.Stroud (R.Rutherford,S.Tate,A.Tetel e D Huht IR.McDonald,G.Baker,FMyers l Chad Brock 47 Jamie O'Neal c 1 47 48 8 TELL ME HOW 17 17 28 WHEN I THINK ABOUT ANGELS Si/ Bettis.LStewartl Warner Bros ALBUM CUT/WRN O Mercury 172202 N Wilson,B.Cannon (J.Beere,J. K Stegall IJ.O'Nea1,R.Deen,S.TiII1s1 Brian McComas 45 Toby Keith 9 21 51 45 7 NIGHT DISAPPEAR WITH YOU 25 29 7 I WANNA TALK ABOUT ME ID Lyric Street ALBUM CUT ED ALBUM LMedica (B.McComas) J.Stroud.TKeim (B.Braddockl oreamWorks CUT Tun Rushlow 43 Andy Griggs 22 52 46 12 CRAZY LIFE 22 22 21 HOW COOL IS THAT Scream ALBUM CUT O RCA 69062 9 D Malloy (K.Fìsher) 9 D. Malloy IA Griggs,N.Thrasher,W.Mobley) Shannon Brown 52 Kenny Chesney 9 23 53 52 4 BABY I LIED ED 23 24 11 THE TIN MAN R. M.Bourke,0 Allen/ BNA ALBUM CUT 9 B Delmore (R.Van Hoy. B Cannon,N Wdson,K. Chesney (K.Chesneo.O.Lowe,S.Slatel Black With Lisa Hartman Black 54 Mark Wills 9 23 54 56 3 EASY FOR ME TO SAY Clint 24 23 24 LOVING EVERY MINUTE cra RCA ALBUM CUT ED Mercury 172204 C Black (C. BIack.H. Nmholasl C. Chamberlain n.Shepiro,M.Criswell,M.Whael Confederate Railroad 54 Lee Greenwood 9 7 e) 55 54 5 THAT'S WHAT BROTHERS DO USA Audium ALBUM CUT 16 19 GOD BLESS THE B. (ASmi h,C.Wallin) - MCA Nashville 90226 Backett.D.Shirley J.Crutchheld (LGreenwoodl O Chris Cagle 9 56 Brad Paisley.? 26 57 58 3 I BREATHE IN, I BREATHE OUT 29 30 6 WRAPPED AROUND Capitol ALBUM CUT MI Arista Nashville ALBUM CUT C. Lindsey (C.CBgie,J.Robbin) F Rogers (It Paisley. C. ToBois,K.Lovei o l pSteveAAzar 57 a 1 I DON'T HAVE TO BE ME ('TIL MONDAY) 26 28 14 MAN OF ME Gary Allan 9 26 ID MCA Nashville 172213 e RVan Hoy IS .User.J Young. R. C.Bannonl O T. Brown M. Wright (RRoth,Hord,6.Teren) Rogers 47 27 48 49 8 BEAUTIFUL (ALL THAT YOU COULD BE) Kenny 9 YOU ENOUGH 9 ALBUM CUT 27 27 19 NEVER LOVE R. M. Reid) Dreemcatcher MCA Nashville 172206 B. 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RIM certification for net shipment of million units III Records with the greatest sales gains this week. Recording Industry Assn. Of America (RIAA) and intemet sales reports collected, compiled, and provided by SoundScan. ear,ll and SoundScan, Inc. licntitiOs indicated by a numeral following the symbol. © 2001, Billboard /BPI Communications, BILLBOARD OCTOBER 6, 2001 50 www.billboard.com www.americanradiohistory.com Trace Adkins Polishes `Chrome' For Capitol Ground.. HONORING DR. GRAHAM: For years, Berlin Wall, and Northern Ireland. BY DEBORAH EVANS PRICE folks when they gave him a devel- The songs run the gamut from Dr. Billy Graham has made music "Hearing Russ singing, 'You're my NASHVILLE -With all the upheaval opment deal early in his career, and the heartbreaking intensity of "Help an integral part of his services. Now brother, you're my sister, take me by on Music Row in the past few years, he's married to former Arista publi- Me Understand" to the playfulness the acclaimed evangelist and his the hand,' " Gaither says, "the music many artists have seen their careers cist Rhonda Forlaw Adkins. So in of the title cut. "I've been looking musical cohorts are being saluted in speaks very loudly." adversely affected by label closings, many ways, the new regime feels for a long time for a song where I a two -part TV special. A Billy Gra- Gaither enjoyed spending time changes in executive staff, and other like a homecoming. could speak some of the lyrics," ham Music Homecoming is the with those at the heart of Graham's turmoil. Trace Adkins admits his Additionally, former Arista Nash- Adkins says. "Then Dan came with newest installment of the Gaither organization. "His wife Ruth is quite tenure on Capitol Records has been ville president Tim DuBois has part- this song and I just liked it. It's fun Family Music series. Part one of the a character. She's a fun -loving gal, "a weird ride," but as he prepares for nered with Adkins' manager, Gary and totally lighthearted." program will air Oct. 6 on PAX -TV's and just to hear her talk about the the forthcoming release of Chrome, Borman, to form a new manage- Another of Adkins' favorites on Gaither Family Music Hour. Part people they've had on the program he's optimistic. ment company. "The whole thing Chrome is "Scream." "I think two will air Oct. 13. The project will through the years and the joy That positive attitude is admir- has come back full circle," Adkins 'Scream' would be a good single be- also be released Oct. 9 on VHS, DVD, [they've had], that was fun," he says. able, considering that since Adkins says. "Everybody that I was dealing cause it's another Trace Adkins song CD, and cassette. "Bev Shea is 93 years old chrono- first joined the Capitol roster in with then at Arista is back in my life about sex," he says. "I'm a scream- The project is incredibly inform- logically, but he's got to be a 40- 1996, there have been three label in some way now. It's just really ing heterosexual, and I have to do ative as well as entertaining-corn- year -old at heart -maybe even chiefs: Scott Hendricks, who signed strange, but it feels so comfortable those songs. 'Scream' was written by bining great music, heartfelt senti- younger. He loves life, great music, him to the label, followed by Pat and so good, so warm." a good buddy of mine, Jim Collins, ment, and insightful historical great literature. In fact, he just drove Quigley and current president/CEO who was doing the same [nightclub] perspective. The programs feature up to Canada to pick up a boat that Mike Dungan. Though his career got circuit as I was in Texas. When I'd reminiscences from Dr. Graham's somebody has given him. He put off to a strong start when his debut have a night off, sometimes I'd go wife of 58 years, Ruth Bell Graham; that boat on the back of his car and single, "There's a Girl in Texas," see Jim play. So we have some his- George Beverly Shea, soloist with drove it back to North Carolina." peaked at No. 20 on the Billboard tory there. There are two songs on Graham's organization for 54 years; Gaither thinks "integrity" has Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart this album that Jim co- wrote." Cliff Barrows, music and program been the cornerstone of Dr. Gra- in 1996, the transitions at the label A Warner /Chappell writer, Adkins director for 52 years; and Graham's ham's distinguished career. "He has have taken a toll on Adkins' career. co -wrote just one cut on the album son, Franklin Graham, CEO of the been quite a good spokesman for the "I look back at it and think, 'Wow, ( "I'm Payin' for It Now "). "I'm much Billy Graham Evangelistic Assn. cause of Christ. He is very articulate, the door was wide open, and we more critical of my own stuff," he and his humility comes through. were right there at the threshold, says. "Songs get pitched to me, and Just to be around him, you know you ready to step through it to that next they are so good. This town is full of are in the presence of a holy man." level,' " the Louisiana native says. the best songwriters anywhere." "Then the wheels fell off. The whole Adkins says he looks for songs he IN OTHER NEWS: Bill Gaither re- thing just fell apart. I don't think it Adkins appreciates the concern can become "completely absorbed by" cently canceled four Canadian tour was my fault or my management for his career. "Mike Dungan called and hates it when someone else lands dates in the wake of the terrorist company's or my booking agent's or me one night at home," recalls the one he wishes he'd recorded. "I love attacks. "We were taking about 10 my producer's fault. It wasn't the six- foot -six former oil field worker. that song Alan Jackson did, 'Between buses over, about four trucks, and people at the label's fault. It was just "He said he couldn't sleep at night. the Devil and Me,' " says Adkins, who about 30 -40 people," he says of his a thing that happened. I could be It was keeping him up, worrying is booked by William Morris. "I would multi -artist concerts. "We weren't bitter if I wanted to be, but that's about what the first single was have gut shot a Girl Scout to have afraid of the security of the build- not going to do any good, because going to be, and he kept thinking been able to cut that song." ings, it was simply [concern over] you aren't going to pay your bills off that he could ruin my career. I told crossing the border and getting back of people's sympathy. You have to him, "You can't ruin my career - CORE AUDIENCE A Billy Graham Music Home- in case that other shoe fell. It would keep on going." that damage has already been done. According to Foster, the market- coming was taped at the Billy Gra- be tough for family people if they Adkins saunters on admirably All you can do is save it. So just look ing thrust will target Adkins' core ham Training Center, the Cove, were gone during another attack." with Chrome and says he really at it like that and be happy. Let's audience, alerting them he has a new located in the Blue Ridge Moun- No upcoming U.S. dates have doesn't view it as being any more or just move forward and stop worry- release. The label plans to concen- tains outside Asheville, N.C. More been canceled, and new Gaither less of a critical release than his pre- ing about that stuff.' " trate on Adkins' top 10 markets: Dal- than three dozen acts are featured Vocal Band member Russ Taff has vious three albums. "Every one of Soon after, Dungan announced las, Houston, Los Angeles, Atlanta, on the two -part show, among them already replaced longtime baritone them was critical to my career for the first single would be "I'm Try- Nashville, Chicago, Indianapolis, CeCe Winans, Ricky Skaggs, Russ Mark Lowry [Billboard, Sept. 1]. some reason or another at the time," ing," which is currently at No. 16 on Cleveland, Phoenix, and Washington Taff. Michael W. Smith, Andraé Gaither comments, "Mark said, 'I he says. "On the first album, it goes Hot Country Singles & Tracks. D.C. "We're doing the majority of Crouch, Gaither Vocal Band, Ray don't want to be a lame duck bari- without saying, it's critical. It has to "We're getting a really good, solid those and some secondary markets," Boltz, Avalon, and Vestal Goodman. tone.' So, we've turned it over to be good. The second album, the response," KMPS Seattle music di- Foster says. "We're going in and Of the music featured early on in Russ. Russ is all heart. He loves the sophomore record, that's a lot of rector Tony Thomas says of the sin- micro -marketing using in- stores, TV, Graham's crusades, Bill Gaither Lord, and he is so gracious." pressure to perform and to repro- gle. "The song was terrific before radio, and print through advertising says, "They used Stuart Hamblen, The Gaither Vocal Band, which duce the success of the first one. the tragedies happened -not that as well as publicity." who wrote 'It's No Secret What God also includes David Phelps and Guy The third album, I'd gone through everything has to tie into the bad Originally slated for the end of Can Do' and 'This Old House' and a Penrod, is going into the studio in the executive changes at the label, news that we've gone through -but October, Chrome has been moved lot of big songs like that. In the '60s, November with producer Michael and the second album had not sold it fits. Boeing has announced up to an Oct. 9 release date. At retail, Ethel Waters was an important part Sykes to work on the group's next as well as the first album for what- they're laying off 30,000 people, and Foster says, they plan to utilize bin of the broadcast every time. Of Spring Hill release. Fans can con- ever reasons. So that one seemed most of those people are in our lis- cards, vinyl banners, two- foot -by- course, Bev [George Beverly Shea] tinue to see Gaither's weekly show like it was critical, and now this one tening audience. That message [in one- foot flats, and listening posts. is now 93. He's been on every broad- on TNN. "We've been moved from is a new regime again." the song] is relatable: Things may Capitol also plans special club pro- cast they've ever done. He's still in Saturday night to Sunday," Gaither not be working out perfectly, but motions. "We're putting together great health and still sings well." says. "A lot of music programs did A FRIENDLY REUNION I'm trying. That's a very powerful Trace Adkins weekends," Foster says, In fact, one of the highlights of not survive. We did for some reason, Although it may be a new regime message, and Trace sounds great on "giving away autographed CDs and the project is Shea delivering a pow- and we are very thankful for that." at Capitol, the faces are familiar to it. He has a distinct voice that car- posters the weekend before and after erful rendition of "How Great Thou Like everyone else in America, Adkins, because Dungan, senior VP ries it through." the release date." Art." There's also a great segment Gaither has simply been trying to of marketing Fletcher Foster, sen- Indeed, it's Adkins' deep, reso- Adkins' fans will be able to down- with Boltz's signature song, "Thank carry on in the wake of the Sept. 11 ior director of media and public nant voice that takes center stage load samples of the new album via You," that incorporates clips from tragedies. "God is good, and this relations Vanessa Parker-Davis, and on this collection of songs. Pro- the Web site traceadkins.com. Foster Graham's crusades. There's a pow- country is good," he says. "There other Capitol staffers were previ- duced by and Trey Bruce, says they are also looking at doing erful version of Taff's "We Will are a lot of good people around the ously with Arista Nashville. Adkins Adkins calls the project the most special promotions with NASCAR Stand" that includes stirring footage world who are standing with us, and became familiar with the Arista diverse he has recorded. and Future Farmers of America. from the civil -rights movement, the right will eventually win."

BILLBOARD OCTOBER6,2001 www.billboard.com 51 www.americanradiohistory.com BY ENRIQUE LOPETEGUI singer/songwriters, thanks to his LOS ANGELES -In 1998, Argentine own work and the work he did for singer /songwriter Alejandro Lerner Universal 's others. For those in the U.S. who released an album titled Volver a don't know him, this is a good Empezar (Starting Over). Actually, chance to discover not only his new it was pretty much a remake of Lerner material, but [his] impressive lega- Magic Hotel, an album he'd released cy, both musically and sales- wise." in 1997, only it had been reproduced To date, Lerner is scheduled to and re- packaged after a painful tran- launch his tour in Octo- sition between labels. But now, in Speaks Of ber, and there are plans for per- the wake of his most recent release, formances in the U.S. and Mexico Notas.. Si Quieres Saber Quién Soy (Uni- in October. versal), and with two Latin Grammy Lerner says, "Well, it's happening. POINTING THE WAY: As part of the EMI will be presented with their awards is nominations to his name, it can be Love And The idea was to do a very interesting Latin restructuring, new president/ expected soon. Nationwide, cancella- said that Lerner is truly starting launch [of the album in the U.S.], CEO Jorge Pino has appointed Miguel tions and reschedulings are still being over-at least in the U.S. -with a with a massive press and radio cam- A. Trujillo VP /GM of EMI Latin's announced. Among the casualties is message of love and peace, but also Justice paign. But reality forced us to take regional Mexican and Tejano division. the Irakere U.S. tour, which promot- of vengeance. care of the right to live first, leaving Los Angeles -based Trujillo faces the ers say was impossible to reorganize. The man who sold 5 million flight to Buenos Aires. other things for later." albums worldwide and earned two With the Latin Grammy results There are no signs that, whenev- TOPICAL CHART-TOPPER: In a startling Martin Fierros and five Carlos still uncertain, Universal Music will er Lerner does embark on heavy U.S. chart resurgence, Ricardo Arjona's Gardel awards in his native Argenti- go on with the planned campaign - promotion, he will have lost any Galería Caribe (Sony), which was na is on a roll and busier than ever. utilizing U.S. Spanish -language momentum. He enjoys the affection released last year, re- entered the Top Yet his larger- than -life status in radio, print, and TV, starting with and respect of both the public and Latin Albums chart last issue at No. Latin America contrasts with virtu- Miami in late October. his peers. Producer Gustavo San - 10 and this issue jumped to No. 1. One al anonymity in America. Referring to the songwriting and taolalla says, "Alejandro is one of my possible reason for such renewed Some think that has to do with producing work Lerner has done for soul mates, one of those persons you interest may lie in the lyrics to one of the fact that in the U.S. -unlike in take inside you wherever you go." its tracks, " Mesías," which alludes to Argentina -Lerner's music hasn't It was as a member of Santao- a millionaire "messiah" in New York been featured in any soap operas or lalla's band on the album Soluna City who has partners in Afghanistan TV shows. But by the time a Lerner (1977) that the young keyboardist and speaks to God via the Internet. song was used in the first TV show Alejandro Lerner first recorded The song's lyrics include: "He pur- in Argentina, he was already an one of his own songs. "And, as a chased CNN and is using its space with established artist who'd sold 2 mil- musician, his talent never ceases speeches that invite us to remove our lion albums. Instead, according to to amaze me. He invented a style immediate task of giving direction to veils /Chaos reigns and the planet is Lerner, he's unknown in the U.S. for that is still being copied, and a department that has been leaderless fearfulVA magnate has committed sui- other reasons. that's why he deserves to win a for the past six months. cide in the Big Apple/You can read it in "I just never tried to develop my [Latin] Grammy." "My biggest challenge is to take care the front page of The New York Times! music in the U.S.A.," Lerner says. In October, Lerner will be recog- of our artists," 7Yujillo says. 'We have a And a of doubt casts shadows "I gave a lot of time to my country, nized by UNICEF for the work he great roster that had no direction, and over the sun." not only musically but socially. I did with tengounsueño.com (ihave- we will give it direction." Although Tru- Arjona, who is understandably wary never tried to make it in the U.S. adream.com), a project that advo- jillo has plans to expand that roster in of discussing the subject, said to the as an artist because my energy was cates for children's rights. It is one the future, he cites ensuring results for press during a stop in Peru: " ` Mesías' put elsewhere." of many he's undertaken through the company's existing acts as the ini- is a surreal song I wrote, and like all But with the Sept. 11 stateside the years. tial priority. These include Intocable other surreal things, it leaves many release of Si Quieres Saber Quién "These are times to generate the and Kumbia Kings, whom the label is doors open to interpretation." Soy, which earned Latin Grammy the likes of Paul Anka, Celine Dion, best possible vibes," Lerner says. "I hoping to work more aggressively on nominations for best male pop vocal , Gino Vanelli, David want to participate in as many sig- the West Coast and East Coast. NEW LATIN -MUSIC SHOW: Latin music album and song of the year, Lerner Foster, and others, Latin artists nature collection drives as possible, "I'm dedicated 100% to the region- videos have a new space on Los Buenos was getting closer to breaking into marketing director for Universal for peace and justice, which go al Mexican and Tejano genres," adds Días de HTV, which has started airing the country than ever. And then, on Music Latin America Robbie Lear together. I don't think the answer is Trujillo, who plans to expand his divi- on the Univision network Saturday and the brink of glory, the man who has says, "Lerner is one of Latin Amer- a massive war but punishment of sion in coming months. "It's one of Sunday mornings. The 90- minute earned a living singing about love ica's most successful and respected those guilty through justice." the reasons I joined this company. I show, hosted by Miami -based DJs became just another horrified spec- know I'll have the support needed to Guillermo Sauceda and Jessica Fox, is tator of that day's events. make this division grow." produced by Venevision International "The magnitude is such that per- and HTV, the 24 -hour cable music sonal stuff shrinks a lot," Lerner says BLAIR EXITS ARISTA: Jerry Blair has channel that airs Latin music videos on the phone from Buenos Aires, exited as executive VP of Arista and music -content based program- where he is co- producing the up- Records (Billboard Bulletin, Sept. ming. HTV will also air the program. coming album by Argentina's folk 21). Aside from being a stellar pro- The show's format is that of a music sensation, Soledad. "You even feel motion executive, Blair was instru- magazine, featuring mostly pop and ridiculous talking about personal mental in creating a strategic mar- tropical videos. HTV Programming things. Right now, what we can do is keting alliance with BMG U.S. Latin chief Luis Mérida will be responsible adopt a totally pacifist and construc- to develop and market alternative for the show's daily programming. tive attitude, no matter what your Latin acts. The first to benefit was situation is. Humanity is [on] a Colombian band Aterciopelados, IN BRIEF: Shooting of Alejandro Sanz's precipice, but each of us can do good with its release Gozo Poderoso. MTV Unplugged has been rescheduled and believe in a world where good Blair, who does not have any imme- for Oct. 2 at the Gusman Center for the things still can happen. That's why I diate plans, tells Billboard he'll Performing Arts in Miami ... Mexican came to Argentina [to work with "absolutely" continue to champion pop /rock band Maná will join Pearl Soledad]: to work on a project that Latin music. "We've only begun to Jam, R.E.M., and Alanis Morissette to will inspire and heal other people." scratch the surface." co- headline the Groundwork Hunger It wasn't easy to get there. With Awareness and Fundraising concert U.S. airports shut down, Lerner, CASUALTY OF WAR: As expected, the Oct. 22 in Seattle. The show, scheduled Uruguayan pop superstar Natalia National Academy of Recording Arts as part of World Food Day (Oct. 16), is Oreiro, and Oreiro's BMG team and Sciences and the Latin Academy organized by the Food and Agricul- a From of Recording Arts and Sciences have tural Organization of the United rented van to Tijuana. Friendly Visit. Mexican pop star Juan Gabriel traveled to Spain to shoot the Nations and raises funds for farmers in there, the group took a Mexicana video for his single "Inocente Pobre Amigo" from the album Por los Siglos officially canceled the second annual Airlines plane to Mexico City and (BMG U.S. Latin). The video was filmed in Toledo and directed by Pablo Croce. Latin Grammys telecast. An an- developing countries. Maná is, to date, Sao Paulo, and from there a Varig nouncement about how the winners the only Latin act that will perform.

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22 21 16 MANU CHAO Proxima Estacion...Esperanza 8 Venin 10321 117 98 CBI* Ricardo Arjona OlgeTaoon Los Angeles Azulas 63 66 VEGA Y LOS NUEVOS CADETES Una Pagina Mas: Lo Mejor De Los 70's Y 80's 27 3 CHUY ALERTA Ye TI WEALatina I8ST0RIA MUSICAL Dise ilnn rior, :;19001 ,098.1',981 CARIBE Sony Discos POR

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27 24 7 LOS TEMERARIOS Joyas 13 A.B. Oaintanilla Y Los Kombi. Kings Various Artists amps Bryrdla SHHHI EMI Latin BACHATAHITS 2001 J &N /Sony Discos HISTORIA MUSICAL ROMANTICA Dua En Y Su 13 31 40 42 RAMON AYALA Y SUS BRAVOS DEL NORTE Vivo..El Hombre Musica Paulina Rubio Marc Anthony Thalia Freddie 7181515 98.'14 981 PAULINA Universal Cellos DESDE UN PRINCIPIO FROM THE BEGINNING RMM Bony Discos THALIA CON BANOA'GRANDES EXITOS EMI Lag^ 25 23 7 GRUPO EXTERMINADOR Reunion De Perrones 22 ,nnvi ra 9139 r1(I7H I) 'la, Marco Antonio Solis Frankie Neuron Warne Fernandez MAS DE MI ALMA FonoelCo POR TU PLACER WEAceribeDWEA Latina HISTORIA OE UN !DUO VOL I Sony Discos 32 31 30 INTOCABLE 14 Grandes Exitos 15 EMI L aran 3141218 98,17 981 La Ley El General Lupillo Rivera MN UNPLUGGED WEA Rock /WEA Latina EL GENERAL IS BACK Mock &Roll /Adores DESPRECIADO Sony Discos 29 26 14 EL ORIGINAL DE LA SIERRA Homenaje A Chalino Sanchez 1 1111ív ropa 9 /6061 / 9813 98, a Jeci VeMaqusz Meline Leon Joan Sebastian MI CORAZON Sony Discos CORAZON OE MUJER Sony Discos ENYIVO-0EaOE LA PLAZA EL PROGRESO DE GUAOAUJNU 011e 33 27 22 RICARDO MONTANER Sueno Repetido 16 La hila 868411I0 981 Wry 98115 Los Tri -o Huey Dunbar Palomo SIEMPRE EN MI MENTE Prisme /Arlola /BMG Latin YO Si ME ENAMORE Sony Discos FUERZA MUSICAL D,sa 35 30 57 AZUL AZUL El Sapo Son, [44,, 8418111111 98 711 16 99,. Cristian Cabana Lopez Los Originales De San Juan tr,ole/BMG DE MI MADRE EMI Latin 34 42 11 JOSE ALFREDO JIMENEZ Las 100 Clasicas Vol.1 34 Latin CACHAITO Nonesuch /AG RECADO Arlola 79005,5M5 Latir, 11898 CDI Various Anises to Juan Luis Guerra NO 10 Alicia Villareal 44 38 22 GILBERTO SANTA ROSA Intenso 13 2081 LATIN GRAMMY NOMINEES Grammy /Columbia /Sony Discos COLECCION ROMANTICA Karen /Universal Latino SOY LD PROHIBIDO Universal Laceo

., ny Dscos 57291,,.0911 111' I /9914 Manu Chao 11 Fears Jewellell 11 Pepe Aguilar 40 34 30 RICKY MARTIN La Historia 1 PROXIMA ESTACION._ESPEnANzA Virgin MULTIPLICAME BCI Music LO MEJOR OE NOSOTROS Musen/Balboa Sony Discos 84300111 98 EEL/18 981 Jaguares 12 Trio Rolas 12 Vicente Fernandez s' HOT SHOT DEBUT #" SUANDO LA SANGRE GALOPA RCA /BMG Latin AUTENTICAMENTE EN VIVO M.P /Sony Discos MAS CON EL NUMERO UNO Sony Discos Ricardo Montaner 13 Various Mists 13 Ceelwrto Primavera 1 LOS TIGRILLOS Fiesta Privada 39 SUENO REPETIDO WEALatina MERENHITS 2101 JAN /Sony Discos ANSIA DE AMAR Fono sa W EAMex 8741 117 W EA Latina 18 98.13 Uhl Azul Azul 14 Grupo Niche & Joe Arroyo 14 Banda El Recodo 41 50 11 JOSE ALFREDO JIMENEZ Las 100 Clasicas Vol. 2 40 r L SAPO Sony Discos LOS GIGANTES DE LA SALSA Were, CONTIGO POR SIEMPRE Fanovlsa A90 e 79008I3MG I ah' 110 98 CDI

Ricky Martin 15 Various Artists 15 Choy Vega Y Los Nuevos Cadetes 45 37 44 VARIOUS ARTISTS Bachatahits 2001 7 LA HISTORIA SALSAHITS 2001 J &N /Sony Discos UNA PAGINA MAS. LO MEJOR OE LOS 70'S Y SO'S Unmsion J &N 82754/Sony Discos 19.98 E0/13 981 Sony Discos

Christina Aguilera 16 Victor Manuelle 16 Las Temerarios 39 32 54 CHRISTINA AGUILERA Mi Reflejo 1 RCA 69323'BMG Latin (10.98/16.981 REFLEJO RCA /BMG Latin INSTINTO Y DESEO Sony Discos JOYAS F9440.44

36 41 6 Fijate Bien 36 Juana 17 Son By Four 17 Ramon Ayala Y Sus Bravos Del Norte Surco 159563 /Universal Latino (16.98 CDI EIJATE BIEN Surco /Universal Latino SALSA HITS Sony Discos EN VIVO El HOMBRE Y SU MUSICA Freddie

52 49 52 GIPSY KINGS Volare! The Very Best Of The Gipsy Kings Gipsy Kings 11 Celia Cruz 11 Grupo Exterminador Nn,n.9r,, /9541/AG 116.98/24.981 or ARE, THE VERY BEST OF THE GIPSY KINGS Nonesuch /AG CELIA CRUZ & FRIENDS: A NIGHT OF SALSA RMM REUNION DE FERRONES Tonovrsa

42 35 26 Live, The Last Concert- Houston, Texas February 26, 1995 2 Selen 19 Varióus Mists 19 Mtocable EMI Lelia 32119110.98/17.981 "VE, THE LAMCONCDR- HOUSTON, RYAS R8ROAm28 1995 BM Late TODO EXITOS PE BACHATA tiderot 14 GRANDESEXITOS EMI Latin

MARC Desde Un Principio From The Beginning 1 57 33 98 ANTHONY - Ricardo Arjona Son By Four El Original De La Sierra HMNI 83590 Son. (I 'sr os (5 43 E 0: 10981 RICARDO ARJONA VIVO Sony Discos SON BS FOUR Sony Discos HOMENAJE A CHALIND SANCHEZ Un,vísion 38 29 4 JUAN RIVERA El Abandonado 29

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1 10 million (Diamond). Numeral following Platinum or Diamond symbol indicates album's mufti- level. For 72 49 RICARDO Ricardo Arjona Vivo ment of million units IPlatinuml. RIAA cerification for net shipment of units platinum ARJONA trued sets, and double albums with a running time of 100 minutes or more, the RIAA multiplies shipments by the number of discs and/or tapes. RIAA Latin awards: o Certification for net shipment 981 Si, Discos 83592 110 98 1 03 / a of 00,000 units (Oral..'. CeTIhcahon of 200,000 amts (Platino). Certification of 400,000 units (Multi-Platinol.'Asterisk Indicates LP is available. Most tape prices, and CD prices for BMG and .TEA labels, are suggested lists. Tape prices marked ES, and all other CD are equivalent prices, which are protected from wholesale prices. Greatest Gainer shows chart's largest unit TIGRILLOS Que Lo Baile Bien 23 prices, +.D 55 61 28 LOS nmease Pacesetter Indicates biggest percentage growth. Heatseeker Impact shows albums removed from Heatseekers this week. I indicates past or present Heatseeker ntle.'t 2001, BIIl- WEAMe* 87412IWEA Latina (8.98 /12 981 somdlBPl Communications, and SoundScan, Inc.

EdE- LBOARD OCTOBER 6. 2001 www.billboard.com 53 www.americanradiohistory.com OC2001R6 Billboard Latin Pop Airplay

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17 SI QUIERES LOS TRIG 29 ARRASANDO THALIA laa 21 8 17 CON CADA BESO Huey Dunbar 5 Q Prisma/Ariola /BMG Latin EMI Latin S.George OsorloP.Thornue Sony Discos IF 25 TU CONVENCELA LEY ALEJANDRO COMO OLVIDAR TOMMY TORRES /Líderes Q Sony Discos Q Mock & Roll CID) 12 10 10 NO VALE LA PENA Nyclia Con Juan Gabriel 9 C. Cabral'Junlor' (J.Gao Hollywood 22 - 2 TANTITA PENA Alejandro Fernandez 15 &Campos (K.Campos,F.Riva Sony Discos Tropical/Salsa Airplay 16 14 34 DESPRECIADO Lupillo Rivera 9 11 PRivera IJ.Noverrate Curie]) Sony Discos ID 13 23 7 DERECHO A LA VIDA Conjunto Primavera 13 J.Guillen (C.Sanchen) Fonovisa w wY TITLE ARTIST á> TITLE ARTIST 4( HOT SHOT DEBUT 4` g Imprint/Promotion Label Imprint/Promotion Label

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15 ME LIBERE El Gran Combo 11 ® Combo 34 32 8 CARTAS MARCADAS Cuisillos De Arturo Macias 32 Regional Mexican Airplay o A. Macias (C.Mengel Mosert /Balboa ED 29 38 8 SUERTE HE TENIDO Alegres De La Sierra 26 frog Listed (FMezaI Infinity 41 30 18 SE LO EXPLICO AL CORAZON Victor Manuelle 9 13 w COMO - TITLE ARTIST TITLE ARTIST o J M,Lugo (H.Riveral Sony Discos Imprint /Promotion Label ? O Imprint/Promotion Label 7 QUISIERA Juan Luis Guerra 440 35 ® J L Karen /Universal Latino Guerra IJ. L.Gueriel 1 NO ME CONOCES AUN PALOMO UNA MUJER COMO TU LOS RIELEROS DEL NORTE Sisa Fonovisa 1 IT'S AlihJay 38 OK 2 CASA VEZ TE EXTRANO MAS BANDA II. Prom 31 TANTITA PENA ALEJANDRO FERNANDEZ Not Listed (Not Listed) Universal Latina Q Forimmi Q Sony °sana

3 EL AYUDANTE VICENTE FERNANDEZ 25 NO VALE LA PENA NVDIA CON JUAN GABRIEL 1 ESTAS TE PELAS Intocable 39 QUE Q Sorry Discos Hollywood 0r R. M artinez, R. A. Perez,C. Reyna Jr.l EMI Latin Munoz IM. a 5 DERECHO A LA VIDA CONJUNTO PRIMAVERA ... LOCO PESADO Fonovrs Q WEAMex/WEA Leona 40 - 2 MENTIRA La Ley 9 40 0 H.Gatica (B.Cuevesl WEA Rock /WEA Latina Q 4 ME VAS AEXTRANAR PEPE AGUILAR Q 36 LA NINA QUIERE CERVEZA GERMAN ROMANY SU BANDA REPUBLICA MusartBelbaa Dise CD 32 35 7 SERA PORQUE TE AMO Tigrillos 32 7 DESPRECIADO LUPILLO RIVERA Q 40 VAS A SUFRIR GRUPO BRYNDIS R Saone Charon IF Da SdvaL.O. Forte) WEAMex ANEA Latina Sony Dlsces D,sa -- QUISIERA INDUSTRIA DEL AMOR 39 EL MALQUERIDO LOS HURACANES DEL NORTE Henrik 42 Q Fonovisa Ca 43 - 2 TRIANGULO DE AMOR Fonovisa Not Listed (Not Listedl Thump 8 MI FANTASIA LOS TIGRES DEL NORTE Q 74 POR EL AMOR DE UNA MUJER LA FIRMA CON RICKY MUNOZ e Sony Discos Fonovisa 36 48 17 TE HE PROMETIDO El Original De La Sierra 28 10 LA CALANDRIA RAMON AYALAYJUDYFARIAS 20 PORAMARASI JULIO PRECIADO V SU BANDA PERLA DEL PACIFICO o -, .arlo (L Dan/ Z Q Freddie RCABMGLaòe II NO TE PODIAS QUEDAR CONJUNTO PRIMAVERA 21 SOLEDAD BANDA EL LIMON 1 UNA MUJER COMO TU Los Rieleros Del Norte 44 Fano a Fonovisa 0 Na. Morales (G.Morelenl Fonovisa 14 TU RECUERDO Y YO LOPILLO RIVERA Q 27 Y YA DES PUES COSTUMBRE CE) 6 TU ERES AJENA Eddy Herrera °° 34 Sony Discos Hollywood Not Listed (A. Montero) JAN ¡Sony Discos 9 O ME SOY O TE VAS MARCO ANTONIO SOL.' 35 AQUI ESTOY YO ROGELIO MARTINEZ Fnnovis: Discos Cisne

, 28 6 PENA DE AMOR Puerto Rican Power - 12 YLLEGASTETU BANDAELRECODO Q 28 SUENO SU BOCA GRUPO MOJADO 0 TVIlarnry (J.Cabrerrel AN /Sony Sisees Fonovisa Fonovisa b LA GRAN NOCHE LOS TUCANES DE TIJUANA Q 33 SHHH AS OUINTANILIA Y LOS KUMBIA KINGS 33 .11 7 COMO LLEGO A TU AMOR Tito Nieves 33 Universal Latino EMI Latin L. Garcia IJ. L Piloto) WEAcaribe (SHEA Latina 13 AMORCRO MIO JOAN SEBASTIAN Q UNIDOS PARA AMAR NOS PANCHO BARRAZA Masan/Balboa MusartBalboa 26 PERO NO ME AMA Gilberto Santa Rosa 7 18 CARTAS MARCADAS CUISILLOS DE ARTURO MAGIAS POR BIEN DE LOS DOS POLO URIAS Y SU MAQUINA NORTENA J.M-Wgo,G.Sente Rosa IF.Monclovel Sony Discos Q Musart /Balboa Fonovisa SUERTE HE TENIDO ALEGRES DE IA SIERRA APUNTO OE CARAMELO SOCIOS DEL RITMO 1 SE QUE ME VA A DEJAR Marco Antonio Solis 49 Q CD Fonovrsa Infinity IM B Silvetti IM A. Solis/ o1 29 ESTAS QUE TE PELAS INTOCABLE 2E DIMELO LOS TEMERARIOS ®_ 10 SECRETO DE AMOR AngelitoVillalona 24 Q EMI Lam Fonovisa AVillalone (J.Sabastianl Latino /Sony Discos 17 SERA PORQUE TEAMO TIGRILLOS Q 38 AMAR DE NOVELA LOS ANGELES DE CHARLIE Q WEAMax/ WEA Latina Fonovisa

19 TE PROMETIDO EL ORIGINAL DE LA SIERRA ';I CUMBIA DEL SOL CONTROL Colnpietl from a national sample of airplay supplied by Broadcast Data Systems' Radio Track service. A panel of 91 stations (32 Latin Pop, 16 Tropical /Salsa, 54 Region HE EMI Latin a 7 Audience showing an increase in audience over th I Mexican) are electronically monitored 24 hrs. day, days a week. Songs ranked by Impressions.ISRecords revicus 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 registers a being played on more ncease In audience. Greatest Gainer indicates song with largest audience growth. If two records are tied in audience size, the record station The most popular singles and tracks compiled from a matronal sample of Broadcast Bata Systems indio playlists. s planed first. Records below the top 20 are removed from the chart after 26 weeks. 2Videoclip availability. 4(2001, Billboard /BPI Communications and SoundScan Inc. BOS

54 www.billboard.com BILLBOARD OCTOBER 6. 2001 www.americanradiohistory.com Bocelli Aims For Latin Favor With Sugar Disc BY LEILA COBO region release of Romanza in 1997 that, Bocelli won't speculate on just MIAMI -How does one explain the included five Spanish tracks, while what it is about him that Spanish - success of Andrea Bocelli with Latin 1999's Sueño included two. speaking audiences like. "Record audiences? The Italian tenor does "I've recorded in Spanish because sales are not my problem," he says Notes.. not speak Spanish (unlike Laura Italian songs work well in Spanish, with a laugh. "They're the record Pausini) and has yet to record an en- given the similarities between the label's problem. When [artists] dwell FREEDOM: Throughout the course of Although free jazz remains the tire album in that language (unlike two languages," Bocelli tells Bill- on that, it [leads] to problems." a dozen recordings as a leader of the underground side of jazz music, Pausini, Eros Ramazotti, and Nek). board, speaking on the phone from According to Robbie Lear, direc- David S. Ware Quartet, saxophonist Ware is confident that there is an Yet Bocelli's past two albums his home in Italy. In choosing what tor of Latin artists' marketing for untapped and unlimited audience have sold millions of copies in the songs from Cieli to translate into Universal-which will work Cieli in for the sounds he creates. This was Latin region on the strength of Spanish, including the single the Latin region -Bocelli's Roman - brought to bear last year when he merely a few Spanish tracks each. "Melodrama," Bocelli says he za. sold half a million copies in opened a show for Sonic Youth, the And he is expected to repeat that focused on those "which lent them- Argentina, 900,000 in Brazil, and veteran alt -rock band whose music feat with the upcoming Cieli di selves better to Spanish and those 120,000 in Chile. gives more than a cursory nod to the Toscana (Sugar /Polydor), due Oct. that had a more significant text, a "It was interesting because he hit disjointed harmonies of Sun Ra. 15 worldwide. richer content." first in Argentina, then Brazil, and "We've been hearing for some time The version being released to the Singing in Spanish, he says, is finally Mexico," Lear says. "It took that this audience Latin region, including the U.S. essentially no different from singing quite a few months for Mexico to is open to music like mine, but now Latin market, will include four in Italian, because "inspiration react to Bocelli, but once it did, I've seen it in person, and it is true,"

Spanish- language tracks. The Latin- comes from the melody." Beyond [ Romanza] sold over 650,000 copies says Ware, stressing that the jazz there. The album really crossed over and rock industries "should unite to to all generations." organize similar events." It's not surprising that Bocelli Ware, Shipp, Parker, and others are entered the Latin consciousness via the focus of the book New York is Aifle ri caLatina .. Argentina, a country with an enor- Now -The New Wave of Free Jazz mous population of Italian descent. (newly published by the Telegraph Moreover, Lear says, there was Company). Author Phil Freeman dis- In Argentina: Warner Music artist Fito Páez has announced a tour of nothing even comparable in the cusses his initial introduction to avant - Argentina and Latin America beginning Oct. 31 to promote his multi -Latin market at the time. Nor is there David S. Ware has established himself garde jazz via a performance by the Grammy- nominated album, Rey Sol (Warner). Stops on the tour include now -which partly explains a mar- as one of today's preeminent free -jazz Ware quartet and gives an observer's Uruguay, Venezuela, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, keting campaign that relies less on musicians and bandleaders. Ware's lat- run -down of significant artists and Santo Domingo, and Miami. Highlights include shows at the 2,200 -seat radio than other media, including est release, Corridors & Parallels (AUM clubs currently shaping New York Opera theater in Buenos Aires Nov. 16 -17. MARCELO FERNANDFZ BITAR the Internet. Fidelity, Sept. 18) again features his City's free jazz scene, along with a taste An initial campaign with Univi- quartet of longtime pianist Matthew of the movement's history. In Chile: Ten years after disbanding, - arguably the most sion.com launched two weeks prior Shipp and bassist William Parker with popular, influential, and commercially successful of all Chilean rock -pop to the album release will specifical- drummer Guillermo E. Brown (who NOTEWORTHY: Fusion fans will get a groups-are back on track. Jorge González (bassist/vocalist /main com- ly reach out to the Latin consumer recently replaced Susie Ibarra), but it kick out of Chicago -based the All-Rec- poser), Claudio Narea (guitar), and Miguel Tapia (drums) recorded during explores new territory by having Shipp tangle, which combines jazz im- late August and early September a new version of their song "Las Sierras perform exclusively on synthesizer, an provisation with drum'n'bass, rock, and Eléctricas," an outtake from 1989 included for the first time on the posthu- instrument that Ware has never before classical sensibilities on Ke Ala Mano mous anthology album Ni por la Razón Ni por la Fuerza (EMI Chile, 1996). utilized on a recording. (The Way of the Shark) (New Polypho- Though it has not been officially confirmed, it is expected that the trio will The inclusion of the electronic ny Music, Sept. 18, distributed by Thrill perform a concert Dec. 1 at Chile's largest arena, the Estadio Nacional in instrument adds a wealth of mysteri- Jockey). Formed last year to back elec- Santiago. Sources say the venue has been reserved for that date with the ous sounds to the quartet's frenetic tric trumpeter Mark Kirschenman, the purpose of serving as a double show by Los Prisioneros and world -music musings, many of which do not ini- trio (bassistAlana Rocklin, keyboardist group Inti Illimani. "Las Sierras Eléctricas" has benefited from generous tially register as coming from a single Bradley Kaliula Bowden, and drummer airplay on Chile's largest rock/pop radio stations. SERGIO FORTUÑO source. Shipp uses the synthesizer to Derek Crawford) create music that color the music with howling wind - Rocklin says is "open -ended in a lot of In Colombia: Dozens of bands have already been tapped to play this year's tunnel effects and dramatic sound ways, especially in that we leave room Rock al Parque, the most important meeting of Colombian and foreign beds, such as the larger -than-life per- for other artists to join us when we per- rock bands in the country. Organizers have made public the list of 28 cussion sounds found on "Superim- form." Kirschenman guests on the disc, Bogotá -based bands that are scheduled to play, which includes Rueda de la posed" and the disjointed video -game as do guitarist Fareed Hague, saxo- Fortuna, Ingrand, Sna-I, Occisor, Batuka, Evermind, Insane, and Noize. effects on "Jazz Fi -Sci." If the synthe- phonist Frank Catalano, and saxo- This year, as in the past, Bogota's Institute of Culture and Tourism-which sizer appears to be the sonic and spir- phonist/pianist Ari Brown. "I come coordinates the event-will invite bands from other Colombian cities, as itual antithesis of Ware's powerful, from a jazz background," says Rocklin, well as six international acts yet to be confirmed. The group that gets the organic fare, the saxophonist treats the who was recently a publicist at Del - highest marks from judges during the event will also represent Colombia through special downloading and new sounds as both catalyst and adver- mark Records. "Brad studied classical in the New Band Festival slated to take place in Caracas, Venezuela, next year. streaming offers. And although sary. He blows against the jarring tones piano, and Derek loves Buddy Rich as GUSTAVO GOMEZ "Melodrama" will be released to with purposeful intent, as if to res- well as (Detroit punk icons) MC5. The radio, "this is very much a TV-cam- olutely express himself above the combination sounds like the Tony Wil- In Mexico: Within hours of each other, pop group OW and crooner Enrique paign artist," Lear says. "All the cacophonous maelstrom. liams' Lifetime, but with a contempo- Iglesias arrived for the first time at network TVAzteca. Both acts have part- countries will be going with a TV "The synthesizer creates certain rary, dance feel." ed ways from giant network Televisa and have begun promotion deals with campaign because he's such a ambiences for me to play against, Guitarist Jim Hall is joined by other broadcasters. "It's incredible that in Mexico, you can only choose to household name, and we have to which are different from what the various star bassists -Scott Colley, work with one [network] or the other," Iglesias said during a press confer- announce to everyone that there's a piano might come up with," Ware Charlie Haden, Dave Holland, Chris- ence. Iglesias-who enjoyed initial success in Mexico partly because one of new album by Bocelli." explains. "That inspired a lot of ideas tian McBride, and George Mraz-on his tracks was used in a Televisa soap opera-is now lending his new single, Bocelli will host a release party in me that I might not have come up Jim Hall & Basses (Telarc, Sept. 25). "Héroes," to a new TV Azteca soap, Lo Que es el Amor. "Héroes," in its Eng- Oct. 4 in Venice, Italy. The tenor with otherwise." Unlike previous Hall makes a rare appearance on 12- lish and Spanish versions, is the new single from Iglesias' English -language will also be touring the U.S. in Ware releases, the saxophonist did string guitar on "End the Beguine!," album, Escape. The singer also said he already has 10 tracks for a new Span- November and December, and he not rehearse his quartet prior to a duet with Holland. ish- language album due out in April 2002. TERESA AGUILERA plans to tour Latin America start- recording. "Everything on this record Mosaic Records compiles classic ing next March. was completely spontaneous," he tracks by Sonny Stitt on The Com- In Panama: Colombian radio chain Radio Caracol has closed pop/ballad sta- Still, it's not likely that Bocelli says. "I decided from piece to piece plete Roost Sonny Stitt Recordings tion Oxígeno 91.5 due to low ratings barely a year after its launch. Oxí- will be fluent in Spanish by then. what we would try to capture, and we (Sept. 25), a nine -disc set that finds geno was replaced by Radioactiva, another brand -name station from Cara- "I'd like to learn Spanish, but it just went for it. I just wanted to be the saxophonist in orchestral, piano col, which plays rock and pop. Its staff has experience in stations like Radio won't be easy," he says. "I'd like to completely loose and see what we trio, and settings in record- 10, Mix, and Rock and Pop. Radioactiva will bring Mexican electronica learn in order to be able to read could come up with on the spot. Most ings spanning the '40s through the band Moenia to Panama Oct. 6. ANASTACIO PUERTAS CAICEDO Borges, instead of to promote and of it worked, just because we have '60s. Fifteen of the 148 tracks were sell an album." worked together for so long." previously unreleased.

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Arlon Looks To The Past For The Future Of Sanctuary by Jim Bessman BY JIM BESSMAN ly remembers from his stints at April not a good way to run a business." &MUSÍCTM NEW YORK- Music- business veteran and his first publishing job at Chappell Mon notes that, "in the old days," Deke Arlon, who became president/ Music under the tutelage of Teddy Hol- songwriters and publishers each CEO of Sanctuary Music Publishing in mes, as well as from his preceding ca- owned a half-share of a song for the full GOD BLESS AMERICA: Anyone Berlin, he was also the hottest young January, is setting up a creative envi- reer as a recording artist with legendary life of the copyright. doubting the power of song may songwriter in the country. ronment at the company's London producer Joe Meek and his later career "That's changed -of course, quite contact Clear Channel Communica- Indeed, Yaphank yielded such offices patterned on April/Blackwood as manager/publisher for such artists rightly," Arlon says, noting, for one, tions for its list of 150 blacklisted songs as the Berlin standard "Mandy." Music-one of the many companies as Ray Davies and Sheena Easton. that many songwriters weren't per- tunes in the wake of the Sept. 11 ter- "God Bless America," though, was for which he worked previously. forming artists in the era of the 50 -50 rorist attacks or marvel at the preva- shelved in favor of We're on Our Way "April /Blackwood had writers' split. "Now the norm is 75 -25 for 10 or lence on the airwaves of "God Bless to France," and if Kate Smith's man- rooms with a piano and coffee mach- 15 years when you start with a new America," which led the predictable ager Ted Collins hadn't asked Berlin ine," says Arlon, who became manag- writer-and most of them are record- patriotic -song resurgence. for a patriotic number for her to sing ing director /senior VP of the compa- ing artists, which is why they ask for Unforgettable renditions of Irving on Armistice Day, 1938, we'd be ny's U.K. counterpart April Music in 75. Since the publisher's old job of get- Berlin's classic were turned in by marching to another tune today. 1968. "Now, artists sit isolated at home ting them a cover recording rarely Celine Dion at the A Tribute to Heroes But as we return to a semblance with their Pro Tools- wonderful for applies, they deserve itno question. telethon, Diana Ross at the resump- of normalcy, I suggest radio stations recording, but not for co- writing." "But then after 10 to 15 years, the tion of New York Mets baseball at move beyond playing understand- Arlon recalls April's rooms were publisher loses his business," Arlon con- Shea Stadium, Marine Corps. Maj. ably knee -jerk, ego /ethno- centric used by such '70s British pop groups tinues. "And remember: 10 to 15 (per- Rose -Ann Sgrignoli at the reopening fare. How about Woody Guthrie's as the Sweet. Their hits were penned cent) of his 25 is spent on overhead." of the New York Stock Exchange, and all- inclusive "This Land Is Your there by Chinn & Chapman, the Arlon recognizes that many pub- even members of the U.S. Congress Land" or, better yet, Ashford & writer/producer team also behind lishers today are "purely administra- on the steps of the Capitol. Simpson's "Reach Out and Touch Smokie, Suzi Quattro, and Mud. tors and not publishers in the true Next month, Alfred A. Knopf pub- (Somebody's Hand) "? As the next Sanctuary now boasts seven writers' [sense] -not where there's an artistic lishes The Complete Lyrics of Irving line of that compassionate song rooms that are fully equipped with Pro "We're not just a bank," Arlon says, and business relationship with a writer Berlin. The massive tome, which implores, "Make this world a better Tools. The facilities serve both the seeing his function as more than mere where [the publisher would] aid in get- contains the lyrics to Berlin's 1,200 - place, if you can." company's publishing and record com- administration -and as meriting a ting synchronization and introducing plus tunes, is co- edited by Robert pany divisions. "But we also have greater cut in copyright earnings than other writers for them to work with. Kimball and Berlin's daughter Linda REMEMBERING JANE SIMPKIN: grand and guitars and every- what has become the industry's norm. "As publishers, we have to do some- Emmet and recounts how "God ASCAP has set up the ASCAP Em- thing needed for creative people to just "My philosophy is to persuade artist thing more for the writers than just Bless America" was first published in ployees for Relief fund in memory of meet with each other, without execu- representatives that it's worthwhile to collect mechanical royalties," Arlon licensing manager Jane Simpkin, tives getting in the way," he says. allow publishers a decent length of continues. "If we don't help them cre- who was on board one of the hijacked Sanctuary's creative environment copyright," Arlon continues. 'We're a ate relationships where their songs can planes. The fund is strictly for Simp- goes beyond the actual songwriting set- public company, and suddenly finding improve and get major covers and fur- kin's fellow ASCAP workers, though ting. It also features the kind of pro- that we don't own our assets after 10 ther develop their careers as writers, the society may establish an addi- ductive partnership that Mon so fond- years because we've given it all back is then we don't deserve to administer a tional memorial program for ASCAP song for a long period of time. But if members at a later date. ASCAP is we do create something special with a matching employee contributions writer and achieve success together, dollar for dollar, and a designated then it's fair we keep a song for longer employee team will distribute the than the current industry norm." donations to families of the victims. FOR SALE At Sanctuary, then, Arlon looks to retain the publisher's share for as long FIRST NIGHT OUT: I hadn't gone nine PUBLISHING & as contractual "achievement levels" are days without live music since I was met. "We've signed two writers with a teenager, so it was a special joy to huge futures and negotiated their con- witness Betty Buckley open the tracts with two major music law 1938. Berlin set up the God Bless fourth season of Lincoln Center's firms," he says, referring to Martin America Fund shortly thereafter, and American Songbook series at Alice Sutton-an English writer currently since then more than $6,000,000 in Tully Hall. working in Nashville -and Sharon royalties has been collected for the As the name suggests, the series Wolf, lead singer of hit U.K. acts Girl Scouts and the Boy Scouts. The is dedicated to American songs, 7 original albums from R &B band Doolally and Shanks & Bigfoot, who is fund's current trustees are now songwriters, and singers. In this now working with the European pro- working with the New York chapters regard, Buckley excelled on songs Bloodstone and approximately 85 duction teams and Joe and of both organizations to establish including Jason Robert Brown's compositions. Includes platinum single Phats and Small. programs for the children affected by title track to her new Concord "I'm delighted to say that we've the World Trade Center disaster. album Stars and the Moon, along "Natural High" and 5 other hit songs. found a very suitable and happy com- Berlin actually wrote "God Bless with varied fare from the likes of mercial compromise that gave me America" in 1918 as the finale of Yip, Rodgers & Hart, James Taylor, what I required -so it can be done," Yip, Yaphank, a rousing Ziegfeld -like , Joni Mitchell, and Arlon says. "I'm not talking about the vaudeville show that was staged Buckley herself. writer's share, the publisher's: Why briefly that year at New York's Old And, in saluting fellow Texan Lisa For an information and earnings packet contact: but do I want to give away my business if Century Theater. It was during Loeb ( "Falling in Love "), Mary Randall Wixen at Wixen Music Publishing, Inc. we achieve success together? There World War I, and Yaphank was a Chapin Carpenter ( "Come On, Come has to be a way that's fair for publish- town in Long Island that was the On "), and Rufus Wainwright ( "Ciga- 24025 Park Sorrento, Suite 1 30 ers to control the copyright for longer home of Army training camp Camp rettes and Chocolate Milk "), Buckley Calabasas, CA 91 302 than 10 to 15 years if they helped cre- Upton. Berlin, who was born in Rus- showed how even contemporary rock ate and exploit a song's value. Other- sia in 1888 and had only just become singer/songwriter material can sound Phone: (818) 591 -7355 5,7, Fax: ( 8 1 8 ) 591 -71 78 go to a new a U.S. citizen, had been drafted and like traditional pop fare when per- rwixen @wixenmusic.com wise an artist can publish- email er who unfairly benefits from all the was stationed there. But as Laurence formed by such a master interpreter. work that we've done during our past Bergreen noted in his biography As How great it was to be back out period of ownership." Thousands Cheer: The Life oflrving on the town-this wonderful town.

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BY CHRISTOPHER WALSH verters from dB Technologies, a dios, it's really easy to hear what you Monitor.. Studio B at Marcussen Master- Prism Sound Maselec MEA -2 stereo need to hear. You don't have to make ing, the Hollywood facility owned equalizer, a Manley Variable -Mu any mental compensation." LENDING A HAND: On Sept. 20, Times' Neediest Cases Fund sup- by mastering engineer Stephen compressor /limiter, Weiss digital In addition to such recent stereo New York City -area members of ports seven New York City social Marcussen, is up and running, equalization, and Waves L2 limiter. projects as the soundtrack to Jay & the Society of Professional Audio services agencies. The special 9/11 reports engineer Dave Collins. Silent Bob Strike Back, Collins mas- Recording Services (SPARS) gath- Fund will additionally support three Formerly chief mastering engi- tered a 5.1 project for jazz artist ered, as previously planned, at foundations that aid New York City neer at A &M Recording and Mas- Yuko Maruyama. "I wasn't sure, ini- Gallagher's Restaurant on 52nd firefighters, police officers, and san- tering Studios, Collins joined Mar- tially, what to expect from an aes- Street in Manhattan. Instead of itation workers. The New York cussen Mastering following A &M's thetic point of view," Collins admits. hosting a sponsor who would Times' 9/11 Neediest Fund will col- transition to its current standing "How is it supposed to hit you? I make a presentation at the event, lect money until Oct. 11. as Henson Recording Studios, know how stereo is supposed to the luncheon /meeting served as On Sept. 20, SPARS collected which included the closing of its strike me, and how to identify prob- an opportunity for local audio pro- approximately $2,300 for the fund, mastering division. lem areas, and things that are good fessionals to share their thoughts Teig reports. He also read aloud Marcussen Mastering's Studio B or bad. Surround is really the same, was designed by Collins and Mar- though there's not the same 'level cussen with acoustician George war' as in stereo. For one thing, you Augspurger; the result, Collins just don't want five speakers scream- explains, is an acoustic environment ing at you-the fatigue factor goes sonically surpassing any of his for- up tremendously." mer mastering suites. A rigorous approach to design "Augspurger brings a tremendous and wiring, Collins says, has yielded amount of practical experience and an exceptional acoustic environ- thinking to it," Collins says. "But it's The suite was built and equipped for ment, satisfying clients as well as really nothing unconventional. It's 5.1 mastering and features five engineers. "My philosophy is just to basically a combination of absorp- B &W Nautilus 802 speakers and get the [signal] path as clean and tion and reflection. We didn't go into Velodyne subwoofers. quiet and pure as you can," he any of these high -tech diffusers-it's "There's either some kind of syn- explains, "especially trying to get it pretty old- school." ergy between these speakers and the as quiet as possible, with the possi- Studio B is based around two cus- room," Collins observes of the B &W bility today of delivering 24 -bit to More than 50 members of the New York City -area professional recording industry tom consoles and includes analog - array, "or it's just a good speaker, the consumer. I'm very proud of gathered at Gallagher's Restaurant Sept. 20 in Manhattan for the Society of Profes- to- digital and digital -to- analog con- period- because in both of our stu- how everything has come out." sional Audio Recording Services luncheon. More than $2,300 was raised at the meeting, which will be donated to The New York Times 9/11 Neediest Fund. and experiences of the previous messages to the New York re- OCTOBER6 Billboard. 0 days' tragedies. cording community from SPARS 2001 Production Credits In the weeks after the terrorist member Bill Dooley, of Extasy attacks, the sense of community Recording in Los Angeles, and BILLBOARD'S NO. 1 SINGLES (SEPTEMBER 29, 2001) here-a city whose residents are Peter Filleul, director of the Assn. rarely associated with friendliness or of Professional Recording Services courtesy -is both rousing and (APRS), SPARS' U.K. counterpart. CATEGORY HOT 100 R &B COUNTRY MAINSTREAM ROCK REMIND poignant. Although the New York Additional contributions were made TITLE FAWN' WHERE THE PARTY AT WHAT I REALLY MEANT HOW YOU REMIND ME HOW YOU ME Artist' Alicia Keys/ Jagged Edge featuring Nelly TO SAY Nickeback/ Nicket,r.( professional community is, for by David Amlen of Sound on Sound c . II audio Producer A. Keys '. J. Dupri, B.M. Cox Cyndi Thomson/ P Parashar, Nickelba P Pumshu, Nice u the most part, physically distant Recording; Lynn Fuston of 3D (Label) (J) (So So Dot/Columbia) P Worley, T.L. James (Roadrunner) (Roadrunners from the financial district, the relief Audio in Franklin, Tenn.; employ- (Capitol Nashville) upon seeing a colleague for the first ees of pro audio manufacturer RECORDING STUDIOS) KRUCIALKEYS SOUTHSIDE THE MONEY PIT GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE time since the nightmare of Sept. 11 Euphonix; APRS; Larry Lipman, (Location) (New York) (Atlanta, GA) LOUD Burnaby, British CoIunibl (8 rr..,iln B .... ,. is powerful. One's are SPARS executive director; Fred Engineer(s) Kerry "Krucial" Brothers Brian Frye (Nashville, TN) Joey Moi Joey Mw priorities Clarke Schleicher changed; everyday concerns and Guarino of Tiki Recording in Glen grievances lose significance when Cove, N.Y.; Kevin Dillon of Crescent CONSOLE(S)/ Mackie 32 -8 SSL 4064 G. 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www.americanradiohistory.com la-Lt International Retailers Face Uncertain Future In Asia BY STEVE McCLURE rent business environment as chal- signed a long -term franchise deal based commercial director for LONG-TERM COMMITMENT TOKYO -In the past decade, major lenging. But, he adds, "We are opti- with CD Warehouse. Greater China and Southeast Asia, The three international chains international music retailers Tower, mistic about long -term growth in "Tower is a very strong brand says HMV's Hong Kong stores would stress that, despite all the problems HMV, and Virgin have revolutionized Japan and the Asian region." with a long history and a good rep- stock an even bigger range of prod- they face in Asia, they are commit- the way music is marketed in Asia. Despite the region's uncertain utation, but they were not flexible uct were it not for laws prohibiting ted to the region long -term. These chains have introduced big business conditions, another major enough for us," Jacquat says. "And parallel imports. Tower's Jansta says, "We are cur- stores featuring deep catalog, overseas -based music retailer, San though Tower is a good brand, it is "Labels here tend not to want rently re- evaluating all of our oper- imported versions of current titles, Francisco -based CD Warehouse, has also a very expensive brand. Our [retailers] to carry some releases," ations and opportunities so that we and such in -store attractions as lis- recently entered the fray by taking profit margins are very low, and Fraser says. "That's a real thorn in can continue to be the strongest tening posts-and, above all, have over Tower's Thai operation. with the problems of piracy and our side, because we have to write music retailer in the region." Tower has 47 stores in Japan, two low purchasing power, not enough Virgin's Cheng says the chain in Taiwan, one in Hong Kong, one people are buying CDs." CD Ware- plans to expand beyond Japan and in Singapore (plus three kiosks at house, Jacquat adds, allows prod- into the rest of Asia. "In line with Singapore's Changi Airport), two in uct to be sold at a variety of points. the growth of various Virgin com- Malaysia, and three in the Philip- It also sells used CDs. panies expanding into the region - pines. HMV has 34 stores in Japan, Matt Allen, Oklahoma City -based Virgin Mobile, Virgin Drinks, Virgin four in Hong Kong, and two in Sin- VP of franchising at CD Ware- Cosmetics, and V.Shops, amongst gapore. Virgin's Asian operations house, says, "We felt that Tower other Virgin businesses -we expect are confined to Japan, where it has Center Thailand's experience and these synergetic developments to 30 stores. existing infrastructure would make propel the awareness of the Virgin As the company that expanded for a very smooth transition. Since brand into the minds of Asian con- fastest into Asia, perhaps it's not they are already established retail- sumers, which will be beneficial for surprising that Tower was the first ers, converting their stores to the our retail business." international retailer to scale back CD Warehouse concept would be "We are exploring some exciting its operations in the region as the much easier than starting from opportunities in Southeast Asia," business climate worsened and its scratch, allowing us to enter the he continues. "Particularly in own financial problems mounted Asian market and establish our Singapore, which may result in provided a fun environment in in the U.S. Tower recently ended presence more quickly." letters to copyright holders for every some announcements over the next which to shop. its franchise -licensing agreements one of these releases, and in the end few months." But the lingering effects of Asia's in Thailand and South Korea, PIRACY THREAT it is the customers who suffer." HMV does not have any plans to 1997 economic crash, a steadily leaving it without any outlets in Besides volatile economic condi- Fraser estimates that the chain's move into new territories in Asia in worsening recession in Japan, and those territories. tions, the other problem faced by repertoire range has dropped "be- the short term. Walker says, the plague of piracy are making Tower's seven Thai stores were international -and, of course, tween 20% and 30%" since the legis- "There's too much to be done in the international retailers rethink their operated by Tower Center (Thai- local- retailers in Asia is piracy. lation was passed in 1996. But he is countries in which we're working." business strategies in the region. land); its Korean outlets were run Chris Bauer, departing director of bullish about the long -term prospects CD Warehouse's Allen comments, The arrival of these chains in operations for Tower Records Malay- "As a franchisor, we are constantly the region coincided with an eco- sia (Billboard, Sept. 29), says the looking for quality, qualified own- nomic boom in Asia, and they retailer has "put all expansion plans ers in any market. We are especial- expanded rapidly from their on hold." He claims that Tower's ly excited by growth opportunities beachhead in Japan into such key TOWEß Malaysian business is down 30% this offered by markets such as Thai- markets as Hong Kong, Taiwan, is REIMS IMO BURS year as a result of piracy. "Piracy land, Japan, China, Malaysia, and and South Korea. www.towerrecords.com not just about Backstreet Boys any- the Philippines." Now, concedes Mike Jansta, more; it's about back catalog and Tower's Sacramento, Calif. -based even Diana Krall," he says. "Piracy is Additional reporting by Louis Hau director of marketing for interna- by IKE (Ilkyung/Tae Hung). Jansta anything but on the decline." for Hong Kong. "The market will in Seoul, Steven Patrick in Kuala tional franchises, "the climate is says Tower ended negotiations with Retailers suggest that the Malaysian bounce back. Certainly the record Lumpur, Winnie Chung in Hong tough. In Southeast Asia, piracy the two companies because of what government's censorship policy also companies are working on the A &R Kong, and Andrew Hiransamboom continues to be rampant on all he describes as "multiple breaches indirectly encourages piracy. Music side to develop fine young artists." in Bangkok. fronts, economies are shaky, and of contract" in both cases. fans want uncensored versions of most suppliers are still not sup- "We are looking to re -enter material by Eminem and Kid Rock, portive of retail." both of these markets with more which only the pirates can provide. solid partners," Jansta says. He In Thailand, the piracy situation DIFFERENT SITUATIONS adds that the Tower-owned opera- is equally serious, with pirated CDs Hong Kong/Sydney -based HMV tions in Taiwan and Hong Kong selling for only 10 % -20% of the Asia -Pacific managing director are in the process of being con- $11 retail price for legitimate prod- Chris Walker says the U.K. -based verted into franchises. uct. And in the Thai capital of chain is struggling to improve on South Korea, Asia's second - Bangkok, prime retail space can be last year's results in the region and biggest music market after Japan, nearly as expensive as it is in Lon- emphasizes that the situation is dif- is a tough nut to crack for foreign don or New York City. ferent in each territory. "The mar- retailers- mostly because budget - Warner Music Hong Kong man- ket generally is flat or down in conscious teens account for an aging director Mark Lankester Japan. Hong Kong's a real strug- unusually large share of total speaks for many record labels in gle -the economy is definitely on music sales, according to one citing the positive role played by the upturn and has been for a little industry source in Seoul: "They go the overseas chains. "Because of while, but the music market has to Tower to look at things, then the range that they can carry, [the Spanish Stroll. The 2001 l niversal Music International (UMI) marketing direc- tors' conference took place Sept. 11 -14 at the Don Carlos Hotel in Marbella, been quite difficult. Singapore is in buy someplace else." foreign chains] help us in pushing Spain. More than 120 staffers attended and saw performances by a string of from a music Bangkok -based Tower the international and back -catalog official recession, but Center priority acts, including Def Soul artist Christina Milian. Pictured following point of view, we're having a better (Thailand) GM Marcel Jacquat releases, which the mom -and -pop Milian's showcase performance are, from left, UMI marketing manager Andrew time [there] than in Hong Kong." suggests Thailand's economy is stores wouldn't know how to Reeder, Island Def Jam director of marketing Chonita Floyd, Island Def Jam Harry Cheng, Virgin Megastores' not strong enough to support stock-or aren't able to because of senior VP of international Matthieu Lauriot- Prevost, Milian, UMI senior VP of senior commercial manager for such a big player as Tower. The space constraints." marketing/A &R Max Hole, and UMI VP of marketing Matt Voss. Japan in Tokyo, describes the cur- former Tower franchisee recently Stuart Fraser, HMV's Hong Kong- r BILLBOARD OCTOBER 6, 2001 www.billboard.corn 59 www.americanradiohistory.com OCTOBER 6 2001 Billboard

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It remains so events since 1998 -the tour featured & Media from the national singles V MCA/UNIVERSAL to this day, with many native artists DJ Paulette and DJ Spencer, who and album sales charts of 18 Euro- 1 ALICIA KEYS pean countries. SONGS IN A MINOR J/BMG LIVE using the medium to address the sub- included samples of "piano house" and 3 K3 V RADIOACUVEAINIVERSAL AEU KEEUREN BMG ROYKSOPP ject of AIDS, the disease that has current club faves heating up the PRINCE MELODY AM VIRGIN THE VERY BEST OF WARNER BROS/UNIVERSAL killed 15 million people on the conti- dancefloors in Ibiza, Spain. Bacardi BOB DYLAN 4 JAMIROQUAI LOVE AND THEFT COLUMBIA/SONY RAjiv A FUNK ODYSSEY EPIC nent. Now, Peter Gabriel has assisted India marketing manager Ghum- VIKINGARNA IDempa Publications Inc.) 10/06/O1 in compiling 14 powerful examples of man says it chose Ministry of Sound KRAMGOA LATAR 2001 NORSKE GRAM BO KASPER'S ORKESTER because "they are at the cutting edge KAM SONY CAN'T GET YOU OUT OF MY HEAD of dance music." Ministry's tour coor- KYLIE MINOGUE PARLOPHONE dinator Gill Kingston said the tour was 1 LET ME BLOW YA MIND S IGLFI0921/01 FVF FEAT. GWEN STEFANI INTERSCOPE part of an overall strategy to increase 7 FAMILY AFFAIR J. HUGE MCA is MARY 1 FOLLOW ME the club's profile. "What we want an 9 FALLIN' UNCLE KRACKER WARNER Indian promoter so we can have regu- ALICIA KEYS J 4 ETERNAL FLAME KITTEN VIRGIN (Record Publications Ltd.) 23/09/01 4 ITS RAINING MEN ATOMIC lar tours and then use that to extend GERI HALLIWELL EMI 2 THERE YOU'LL BE FAITH HILL HOLLYWOOD/WARNER 2 FOLLOW ME our brand profile, from albums to mer- UNCLE KRACKER TOP DOG/LAVA/ATLANTIC 5 DON'T STOP MOVIN' ETERNAL FLAME S CLUB 7 POLYDORAINIVERSAL chandise." Ministry's label does not yet SMOOTH CRIMINAL ATOMIC KITTEN VIRGIN ALIEN ANT FARM DREAMWORKS 3 AIN'T IT FUNNY ETERNITY have a distribution deal in India, but JENNIFER LOPEZ E Pu: 3 THERE MUST BE AN ANGEL ROBBIE WILLIAMS EMI NO ANGELS ZEETGEIST/POLYDOR the Bacardi Blast events have spawned 2 TURN OFF THE LIGHT 5 LADY MARMALADE BOB DYLAN NELLY FURTADO DREAMWORKS/UNIVERSAL a series of compilation dance albums CHRISTINAAGUIURA, UC KIM, MYAS PINK INTERSCOPE - LOVE AND THEFT COLUMBIA 3 ALL RISE released via Virgin India -that have ME GUSTAS TU 2 MARY J. BLIGE BLUE VIRGIN MANU CHAO VIRGIN NO MORE DRAMA MCA/UNIVERSAL (Real sold 350,000 to date. 4 OUT OF REACH this for Spirit of Africa World). collectively units 1 BENNY ANDERSSON HOT MOVER SINGLES CARRIE!l F UNIVI RSAI BENNY ANDERSSON 'S ORKESTER MONO MUSIC Half the album's tracks were record- NYAY BHUSHAN SING 3 SOUNDTRACK TRAVIS INDEPENDIENTE BRIDGET JONES S DIARY MERCURY/UNIVERSAL ed especially for the project, includ- PRES DE MOI 4 1 CHE FU ing a moving performance by Ugan- POPULAR VOTE: Finnish rock group LORIE EGP/SONY DET OOSSYNLIGA METRONOME/WARNER NAVIGATOR SONY ,. ONLY TIME 3 da's Tasso Choir, which is made up Leningrad Cowboys came up with an ENYA WEA GORILLAZ EMI entirely of AIDS/HIV sufferers. Also intriguing concept for the Helsinki M NG ME 4 SOUNDTRACK SHAGGY FEATURING SAMANTHA COLE MCA BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY UNIVERSAL included is a track by the late Real Festival last month, when 30,000 ANOTHER CHANCE ROGER SANCHEZ DEFECTED /SONY SALMONELLA DUB INSIDE THE DUB PLATES VIRGIN World recording artist Bernard people gathered in the Senate Square (IFPVNieISen Markebng Researchl09V20/01 NELLY FURTADO Kabanda, who died of AIDS two years in the Finnish capital for the Lord WHOA, NELLY, DREAMWORKSAINIVERSAL JAMIROQUAI 2 FOLLOW ME ago. But the music -which also Mayor's Popular Concert. Organizers A FUNK ODYSSEY SONY S2 UNCLE KRACKER WARNER BOB DYLAN includes contributions from Youssou published a list of 20 performers and 1 DU DU VIL LOVE AND THEFT COLUMBIA KAN GORE HVAD CHRISTIAN SPIN/EDEL N'Dour, Papa Wemba, and the Drum- 100 popular songs two months before MACY GRAY 4 LET ME BLOW YA THE ID EPIC MIND EVE FEAT GWEN STEFANI INTERSCOPE/UNIVERSAL mers of Burundi-remains remark- the event and canvassed votes on 3 SOUNDTRACK 5 ALL RISE BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY MERCURY BLUE VIRGIN ably life -affirming. Gabriel says, "The which act should sing which song. The 6 ALICIA KEYS 3 MISS CALIFORNIA project is intended to focus global votes resulted in Finnish schlager SONGS IN A MINOR J DANTE THOMAS FEAT. PRAS ELEKTRMNARNER 5 MARIAH CAREY attention on the regions of the world singer lapani Kansa performing a dra- GLITTER VIRGIN where the need for AIDS awareness matic version of Pelle Miljoona's 1980s 4 BJÖRK BOB DYLAN THERE YOU'LL BE AND THEFT VESPERTINE ONE LITTLE INDIAN LOVE COLUMBIA FAITH HILL HOLLYWOOD/WARNER 'T:} and education is the greatest." All punk classic, "Moottoritie on Kuuma" DIDO 2 COCK ROBIN ELEVATION THE BEST OF COCK ROBIN COLUMBIA NO ANGEL CHEEKY / ARISTA 02 ISLAND/UNIVERSAL proceeds will go to AIDS charity the (The Highway is Hot) and Paula 7 STAIND 1 SOUNDTRACK BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY MERCURY/UNIVERSAL. ANGEL BREAK THE CYCLE ELEKTAA Mercury Phoenix Trust, established Koivuniemi -a Finnish easy- listening SHAGGY FEATURING RAYVON MCA/UNIVERSAL 10 PUR 4 ATOMIC KITTEN RIGHT NOW VIRGIN by the remaining members of Queen favorite for decades-singing HITS PUR 20 JAHRE EIN BAND ELECTHOLA ME GUSTAS TU 3 BJORK MANU CHAO VIRGIN and its manager, Jim Beach, follow- group Apulanta's 1996 hit "Anna VESPERTINE ONE LITTLE INDIAN/UNIVERSAL THANK YOU 11100 ARISTA/BMG ing the death of singer Freddie Mer- Mulle Piiskaa" (Spank Me). The Lord cury in 1991. NIGEL WILLIAMSON Mayor Eva-Riitta Siitonen's husband, CANTA BAHA Fredi, concluded the night with "Aina COMMON CURRENCY MURANGO DO NORDESTE VIUISCO VELVET BLUES: After reacquainting Nälkä" (Always Hungry), written by SHAGGY HOTSHOT MCA/UNIVERSAL himself with a few '70s releases by such Ismo Manko for his former group, A weekly scorecard of albums simultaneously attaining top 10 chart status DIANA KRALL artists as Curtis Mayfield and the Sielun Veljet. The performers were THE LOOK OF LOVE VERVE/EMI in three or more leading world markets. 3 ADRIANA CALCANHOTO Meters, blues rocker Vidar Busk accompanied by the Helsinki Phil- Repertoire owner: B: BMG, E: EMI, I: Indeperrc en-, S: Sony, U: Universal, W: Warner PERFIL SOM LIVRE attempts to connect some dots with his harmonic Orchestra and the UMO 4 STAIND I I BREAK THE CYCLE ELEKTRAANEA fourth release, Venus, Texas (Warner Jazz Orchestra. JONATHAN MANDER Music Norway). Importing lush string CA ARTIST CC arrangements, bass lines, HIP-HOP AWARDS: Adam F won the _ c1.11 á z thumping TORI AMOS AFtikftii T iiNA and percussion, he departs from the best hip -hop producer award and 4 Strange Little Girls (W) 8 7 direction taken on his previous albums Mark B & Blade took the best hip -hop

(Dempa Publications Inc.) 09/15/01 BOB DYLAN (one for Blue Mood Records and two single for "Ya Don't See the Signs 8 6 Love And Theft (S) for Warner) on which -accompanied (Wordplay /Source) at the second VARIOUS ARTISTS Awards, ENYA by True Believers -he produced annual U.K. Hip -Hop which 7 3 7 LOS VIEJITOS DE BLANQUITA BMG A Day Without Rain (W) energetic finger- popping music in the took place Sept. 19 at central London JEAN CARLOS i NOMINADO BMG vein of Brian Setzer. "You might say venue Sound. DJ/producer Skitz's MACY GRAY t 10 6 3 4 The Id (S) WALTER OLMOS I've taken off my loud suit and become Countryman (Ronin) won best hip - DE CATAMARCA AL MUNDO LEADER more of a songwriter," Busk says. "In a hop album. Other winners included JAMIROQUAI LOS NOCHEROS 6 2 5 3 7 4 2 s SENAL DE AMOR EMI A Funk Odyssey (S) way, I think of this as my debut album. Ty (best act), (best female ar- DANIEL AGOSTINI The previous records were more about tist), Green Jade (best gospel hip -hop ALICIA KEYS MI VIDA.. EN VIVO BMG MAGENTA 2 2 4 2 Songs In A Minor (B) EL CHAQUENO PALAVECINO show and glitz: With this, I wanted to act), and Mos Def (best international LA LEY LA TRAMPA DBN explore a more cool, laid -back, and artist). The show's co- presenter, Lon- DIANA KRALL LEY 9 5 7 LA KAI R. LOFTHUS DJ The Look Of Love (U) MTV UNPLUGGED WARNER sexy sound." don's Kiss FM hip -hop Big Ted, BANDA XXI complained that the U.K. rap/hip -hop LIVE LA FIESTA SIGUE ENCENDIDA LEADER 5 1 MINISTRY OF INDIA: V I lJ l For the first time, scene was not receiving enough in- PINON FIJO CON LAS AUTAS ARRIBA CDR LAS AREAS ARINBR Indian clubbers have been introduced dustry support and that it is ignored by SOUNDTRACK 4 6 2 10 Bridget Jones s Diary (U) 5 CHRISTIAN CASTRO to London's fabled Ministry of Sound. such big award shows as the MOBOs AZUL BMG It recently concluded a three -city club and the Brit Awards. KWAKU

BILLBOARD OCTOBER 6, 2001 www.billboard.com 61 www.americanradiohistory.com Labels Look To ARIAS For Sales Boosts Australian Acts Stand To Gain From Award Nominations And Performances N EWSLINE. .. BY CHRISTIE ELIEZER Lilies Island (out Nov. 5). BMG mar- SYDNEY -The live Oct. 3 telecast keting director Ian Dickson expects Btopenworld. a leading U.K. Internet service of the 15th annual Australian it to eclipse the 350,000 Australian provider that claims to deliver broadband and nar- Record Industry Assn. (ARIA) music sales of her 1998 debut. He says, rowband services to 1.3 million U.K. customers, is awards from Sydney's Capitol The- "We'll be working this for 18 months currently testing what it describes as the U.K.'s atre is expected to draw 1.8 million and hope for 500,000 units by Christ- "first -ever secure music subscription service" in viewers for the national Nine Net- mas 2002, given the right support." ino2 partnership with digital distributor OD2's WebAu- work. With that potential audience, BMG will feature two other female dioNet platform. The service, at btopenworld.com / it's not surprising that labels here acts at the ARIA awards. One is British music, enables secure distribution of repertoire from OD2's label part- have high hopes for increased sales, singer Dido; who is currently touring ners, including V2, Warner Music U.K., and new licensee BMG (Billboard with busy release schedules for here. She will be the first intemation- Bulletin, Sept. 21). The trial will be reviewed at the end of October. potential award winners. al act in recent times to perform at the PAUL SEXTON "The ARIA awards have significant awards. Dickson says, "She's such an chart impact for local artists," says engaging performer that she could The Country Music Assn. of Australia (CMAA) has announced two major Sony chairman/CEO Denis Handlin. "Soulmate #9" at the awards, ahead well nudge a few more platinum changes for the 30th anniversary of its annual Toyota- sponsored Gold- "Some labels launch their summer of the Nov. 4 release of her new [sales] after Australians see her live for en Guitar country awards. The CMAA has granted event management campaigns during the event." Peter album, Just Me, while EMI will be the first time." Dido's No Angel sales and production rights to TV- production company ActiveTV, and the Bond, chairman of Universal Music hoping for Chambers' appearance to stand at 230,000 in Australia. awards will now be broadcast live at prime time on the national Seven Australia, agrees that the ARIAs are boost her Sept. 8 sophomore set, Bar- Teen act Nikki Webster is a presen- network. Previously, they were on delayed telecast in certain regional important, especially "if you win and ricades & Brickwalls. ter at the awards. BMG expects her ap- areas only through Prime Television. The awards will be held before an if you have a new album out." Imbruglia will unveil her Oct. 29 pearance to help push her recent de- audience of 5,000 next year on Jan. 26 at the Tamworth Regional Enter- This year, most of the attention is single, "That Day," at the show, set- but album, Follow Your Heart, toward tainment Centre. CHRISTIE ELIEZER focused on dance act the Avalanches ting up her own second album, White the 150,000 -unit mark by Christmas. (Modular/EMI) and rock band Pow - German police seized the largest underground derfinger (Universal), with nine and pirate -CD plant ever to be found in Europe Sept. eight nominations respectively. Both 12 in raids near Cologne. The raids uncovered Stevie Wonder `Rises' To Salute CD- manufacturing equipment with an estimat- ed production capacity of more than 1 million illegal CDs annually. The plant was producing MMF Chairman Keith Harris CDs by leading international acts, German BY GORDON MASSON Also added to the Roll of Honour repertoire, and pirate compilation albums for LONDON -It Stevie Wonder granted this year were promoter Danny Betesh the Dutch market. According to the Interna- you the honor of choosing a song for and EMI Group A &R executive Chris tional Federation of the Phonographic Industry, vie for the best album, record, and him to perform, chances are you Briggs. Inductees are selected by a the plant was "covertly operated by a music company, [the] details of group awards-categories that gener- wouldn't choose "If the Creek Don't committee of MMF members. which cannot presently be released." Three arrests were made as a ally trigger the most post -award sales. Rise." But that's the request Wonder's The Peter Grant Award for out- result of the raid, one in Germany and two in the . Police Powderfinger's Odyssey Number European management representa- standing achievement was presented investigations continue. TOM FERGUSON Five was released in September 2000 tive, Keith Harris, came up with when to Chris Morrison, manager of Blur, and is still enjoying retail success. It the superstar linked up live via satel- Morcheeba, Elastica, Midge Ure, and HMV Media Group cited the "exceptional per- was No. 31 on the ARIA sales chart for lite Sept. 19 to this year's British Gorillaz. As a gesture of thanks to formance" of its London -based HMV Europe divi- the week ending Sept. 29, with domes- Music Roll of Honour ceremony. Morrison for his contribution to their sion when it announced fiscal first- quarter earn- tic sales of 450,000 to date. Boosted by Sitting at a piano in Los Angeles, careers, Morcheeba and Blur also per- ings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and a sold-out national tour, the label aims Wonder looked understandably per- formed at the event. amortization (EBITDA) of£11.3 million ($16.44 to push sales to the half -million mark. plexed for a moment or two before he The coveted manager of the year million), up from £5.6 million ($8.15 million) in is gearing up for alt - launched into the song. And, perhaps award was presented to Chris Her- the same period last year. Sales in the 13 weeks rock trio 's with the tragic events of the previous bert, manager of pop acts Five and HMV to July 28 rose 12.2% to i334.2 million ($486.16 Echolalia album, nominated in six week in mind, he finished with "Love's Hear'Say, while John Leckie collect- million); comparable -store sales increased 9.1 %. categories. It has shifted 70,000 units in Need of Love Today." Harris, who is ed the producer of the year award. HMV Europe saw sales increase by almost £30 million ($43.64 million) (platinum) to date, and Handlin is also chairman of the Music Managers James Fisher, general secretary of during the period. LARS BRANDLE targeting a final tally of 200,000. Forum (MMF), explained afterwards the MMF, says, "We were thrilled to Similarly, Superjesus' nomination that Wonder had sent a recording of have the support of so many artists, The Irish Music Rights Organisation (IMRO) collected a total of 19.5 in the rock act category has seen "If the Creek Don't Rise" on a tape to particularly at such a difficult time." million punts ($22.9 million) in 2000, 12% more than in 1999. Rev- Warner Music repackaging the band's him more than 20 years ago, but the Since its inauguration in 1995, the enue distributed to members totalled 15.9 million punts ($18.6 mil- year -old Jet Age album with a bonus track had never been released. MMF's British Music Roll of Honour lion). IMRO chief executive Adrian Gaffney says overseas revenue live CD. Warner Music Australia The surprise performance, attended has marked the achievements of a was up by even more, at 31 %. "This is largely due to the fact that managing director Chris Moss says by a gallery of top industry executives select range of industry luminaries, Irish music and Irish artists have continued to dominate the inter- the label is hoping to reach platinum and stars in London's Park Lane including Rod Smallwood, Muff Win - national music market over the last couple of years," he explains. status as a result. Hilton hotel, was a tribute to Harris' wood, John Kennedy, Gail Colson, IMRO's membership comprises almost 3,500 authors, composers, The awards are also being used as a enrollment into the MMF's British Harvey Goldsmith, Barrie Marshall, and publishers. KEN STEWART launching pad for new releases by four Music Roll of Honour. Ed Bicknell, and Rupert Perry. of Australia's biggest -selling female BMG U.K. is launching Gravity, an imprint aimed at bringing country- singers: Sony's Tina Arena, Festival rock albums licensed from small U.S. indies to an international audi- Mushroom Records' (FMR) Kylie ence. Gravity's first two releases will be This by Will Kimbrough, origi- Minogue, EMI's Kasey Chambers, and nally on the Waxy Silver label in the U.S., and Original Fin by Jeff Finlin, BMG's Natalie Imbruglia. All will per- from NBFNY Records. Gravity is headed by BMG U.K. VP of international form live. (Minogue's performance A &R Nick Stewart, who says the releases will be available "to any BMG will be via satellite due to overseas European territory." PAUL SEXTON commitments.) FMR is concentrating on six times -nominated Minogue's The U.K.'s Chart Information Network is to be re- branded as the Offi- November album, Fever. Managing cial U.K. Charts Co., effective Oct. 1. "It was necessary to update, up- director Michael Parisi says he expects grade, and develop the brand, particularly as the company will be to sell 250,000 copies by Christmas - more consumer-facing in the run -up to the 50th anniversary cele- Stevie Wonder's European management representative, Keith Harris, was among Minogue's "Can't Get You Out of My brations of the official U.K. singles chart in 2002," brand manager those inducted into the Music Managers Forum (MMF) British Music Roll of Hon- shipped 150,000 copies Darren Haynes says. The London -based chart -compiling operation is Head" single our Sept. 19 in London. Pictured, from left, are MMF general secretary James owned by the British Phonographic Industry and British Assn. of in early September. Parisi says, "It's Fisher; Harris; former Sony Music U.K. VP of business affairs Dej Mahoney, who our biggest single of all time." introduced Harris that night; and broadcaster Paul Gambaccini, the evening's Record Dealers. LARS BRANDLE Arena will perform new single master of ceremonies.

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Billboard London, Endeavour House, 5th BY LARRY LeBLANC to work only with acts fully committed see Song Corp. artist development. floor, 189 Shaftesbury Ave., London WC2H 8TJ, . Phone: 44 TORONTO -What could be more to their careers. Klygo says, "At the "The deal was too good to be true," 207 420 6003; Fax: 44 207 420 6014. implausible than a Canadian record beginning, I wanted to document the Klygo muses. "They told us they'd ASIA BUREAU CHIEF label called Teenage USA Recordings? music being made. That certainly is dif- give us money and the structure to Steve McClure, 5 -12 -13 Higashi Oizumi, But the name is entirely appropri- is today. Nerima -Ku, Tokyo 178; Phone: 813 3867 ferent to where my head I'm run our company without interfer- 0617; Fax: 813 3867 0216. ate for the 4- year -old Toronto -based not a historian. I'm in the music busi- ence. Plus they wanted our input GERMAN BUREAU CHIEF imprint that may well be the most ness, and the focus is to sell records." into what they were doing. It didn't Wolfgang Spahr, P.O. Box 1150, 23795 Bad significant Canadian independent One reason for Klygo's hardened work out. Their A &R direction was a Segeberg; Phone: 49 4551 81428; Fax: 49 4551 88 95 99. grass -roots label of the decade, even resolve is that Teenage USA is still different mind -set from us, and their NORDIC BUREAU CHIEF if its co- owners -Mark Di Pietro, 31, reeling from the bankruptcy earlier distribution was very confused." Kai R. Lofthus, Vetlandsveien 67C, NO- and Phil Klygo, 34 -are neither this year (Billboard Bulletin, May 8) Following the demise of Song Corp., 0685 Oslo, Norway; Phone: 47 91 81 12 teenage nor Americans. of the Song Corp. music group. The Di Pietro and Klygo regained control of 08; Fax: 47 22 27 45 59. "People either get the name or they bankruptcy of the 2- year-old firm also their label and moved Canadian distri- AUSTRALASIA BUREAU CHIEF Christie Eliezer, Ace Media International, don't," Klygo says.' We still get, `You're covered its subsidiaries, including bution to Outside Music. Teenage USA 32 Eaglemont Crescent, Eaglemont, not proud of being Canadian ?' It's a logo, for example, is a pirate's skull and Song Entertainment Distribution. is handled in the U.S. on a nonexclusive Victoria 3084; Phone: 61 39 459 3188; catchy name that sounds great." crossbones flag. The majority of Teenage USA lost its distributor basis by some 15 distributors, and Fax: 61 39 459 1788. -and INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENTS While Teenage USA has earned Teenage USA's artist deals remain as its investor. In summer 2000, Song recently, an Australian deal was inked ARGENTINA - Marcelo Fernandez Biter, Char - music- industry kudos, the bulk of its one -shot, "handshake" agreements, Corp. had purchased a controlling with MGM Distribution in Sydney. cas 3397, 6"A," Buenos Aires, 1425; Phone: 27 -album catalog has fallen below the with net profits split 50/50 with the act interest in its label. Under the buy- Klygo concludes, "The Song Corp. 541 821 0629; Fax: 541 778 6713. AUSTRIA- Susan Ladika -Schuhmayer, commercial radar, primarily selling in and without the label owning the mas- out, Di Pietro and Klygo were to re- bankruptcy left us badly `dinged,' but Leystrasse 2- 8/8/73, 1200 Vienna; Phone: the 500- to 3,000 -unit range. ters. But Di Pietro and Klygo now seek main with the label, as well as over- things are looking up." 43 1 334 9608; Fax: 43 1 334 9609. Teenage USA's Canadian BELGIUM - Marc Maes, Kapelstraat 41, 2040 distributor Antwerp; Phone: 32 3 568 8082. Lloyd Nishimura, president of Outside BRAZIL - Marcio Gaspar, Rua Desembargador Music in Toronto, says, "Mark and Phil Ferreira Franca, 40 - Apto. 171 C, 05446- are aggressive, street -oriented, and 050 São Paulo-SP; Phone 55 11 866 8400. Warner Bros. Rock Act Linkin Park CANADA - Larry LeBlanc, 15 Independence Drive, have a lot of good music on their label." Scarborough, Ontario, M1K 3R7; Phone: 1 416 Mike McCarty, president of EMI 265 3277; Fax: 1 416 265 3280. CHILE - Sergio Fortuño, El Tatio 1580, Las Music Publishing Canada, agrees. Condes, Santiago; Phone: 562 737 880. "They have a great street sensibility Finds International Touring Pays Off CZECH REPUBLIC - Mark Andress, Londynska 8, Praha 2, 120 00; Phone: 42 02 22 51 for finding potentially successful and BY PAUL SEXTON ested in this [overseas] were the charting in France, Germany, Aus- 4098; Fax: 42 02 22 51 3094. cool artists. They haven't had a real LONDON -While many U.S. acts U.K. press. Kerrang! [magazine] tria, and Ireland, streamlining into a DENMARK - Charles Ferro, Hardangergade 4, Ith, DK 2100 ; Phone: 45 sales winner yet, but they will. are understandably reassessing was very supportive from the monthlong European jaunt from 3369 0701; Fax: 45 3391 1613. Meanwhile, they're building up a ros- their international aspirations and beginning, which got the Feb. 27 in support of the Deftones. -Jonathan Mander, Nylandsgata 33B, 14., ter of credible artists." looking homeward, Warner Bros.' groundswell going. But we needed In late April, Linkin Park made its FI-00120 Helsinki; Phone: 35 8 9612 300& FRANCE - Millané Kang, 52 Rue de la Verrerie, To date, Teenage USA has released Linkin Park is a case study in what to establish the band in America first visits to Australia, New Zealand, 75004 Paris, France; Phone: 33 1 48 87 15 efforts by such domestic alternative acts can be achieved on a worldwide [before Christmas] and then block and Japan, reaching 1 million inter- 99; Fax 33 1 42 77 87 34. Joanna Shore, 6 as Trip, Bd. Jean Mermoz, 9200 Neuilly; Phone: 33 Eric's the Elevator, the Ex- scale with a suitcase at the ready. some real time out in Europe." national (excluding Europe) sales 6 76 04 54 69. ploders, Mean Red Spiders, and Robin At the beginning of the year, Lin - The band's first foray was a Jan. 7- in mid -May after an Asian tour. The GERMANY - Ellie Weinert, Will. -Dull Strasse Black & the Intergalactic Rock Stars; kin Park was largely unrecognized 14 European trip for shows and pro- album is now double -platinum in 9, 80638 Munich; Phone: 49 89 157 3250; Fax: 49 89 157 5036. /rock act the Weekend; overseas and only two months into motion, which was rewarded with a both Australia and New Zealand. By GREECE - Maria Paravantes, 6 Karyotaki St, singer/songwriter Dan Bryk; electro- its domestic rise to current triple - U.K. chart debut for Hybrid Theory May 30, the band was in Europe a Athens 11141; Phone: 93 266 5432. pop scene -maker Peaches; HONG 1016 - Wane Cheng Flat B 2iF Chun Hing and comic platinum status (platinum in Cana- at No. 44 the following week. "When third time for shows -including Mansion, 19-21 King Kwong St., Happy Valley, Gord Disley. The label's newest album da) with the album Hybrid Theory. we played in London at King's Col- festivals -in Denmark, Holland, Phone: 8529275 8275; Fax 85 2 2911 0402. release is Bomb You Live by Japanese But Linkin Park has underscored lege," Hahn says, "it was a promo- the U.K., and Germany. Hybrid ICBM) - Bi ee Öm SteMarsson, Langahlid 25, IS- 105 Reykjavik, Iceland; Phone:35 4 861 6322. act the Zoombombs, issued here Oct. 9. the value of a hands -on global cam- tional show, but the room was full Theory has hit platinum in the lat- INDIA - Nyay Bhushan, e -2 Greater Kailash "We try and showcase creative paign. Since early January, the band of kids that knew all our lyrics." ter two markets. Part II, New Delhi, 110048; Phone: 91 11 individuals 641 6666; Fax: 91 11 623 9226. that aren't part of the has spent 12 weeks in Warner Music Within a month, the album was In early September, Hybrid The- REAND - Ken Stewart, 75 Sydney Parade Ave., [music- industry] system," Klygo International (WMI) territories on ory passed sales of 2 million inter- Dublin 4; Phone/Fax: 35 31 283 7695. says. "But we're still trying to figure five trips, watching album sales rise nationally. Just before the Sept. 11 Nick Kelly, 4 Cowper Village, Rathmines,

Dublin 6 ; Phone: 35 31 496 0397. out how to sell records." to 1 million in Europe-earning an attacks in the U.S., the band made ISRAEL - Barry Chamish, Nahal Zodar 40/2 St. Di Pietro adds, "We know how to International Federation of the yet another sojourn, leaving for a Modin; Phone/Fax: 972 8 972 0804. make records go from zero ITALY - Mark Worden, Via San Michele Del to 3,000 Phonographic Industry Platinum nine -date, six-country tour. Carso 5, 20144 Milano; Phone: 39 02 4802 units. Major labels don't. We're a cot- Europe Award (Billboard, Sept. Other achievements include 4127; Fax: 39 02 3807 8233. tage industry. It's the difference 22) -with a further 1 million in 100,000 sales, by WMI figures, in JAMAICA - Elena Dumano, 51 MacDougal St., Suite 180, New York, N.Y. 10012, USA; Phone: between buying soap made by a huge other markets, according to WMI. Latin America and platinum status 212 -477 -0222; Fax: 1 212 533 3862. commercial firm or buying natural The band's vocalist/sampler Joey in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singa- MALAYSIA - Steven Pahidc, No. 7, SS 326, Petaling soap at a health -food If Jaya, Selangor 47300; Phone 60 37 876 9416. store. major Hahn says, "In the past, a lot of pore. Further international plans MEXICO - Teresa Aguilera, Arena 52, Acue- labels take our bands later on, that's bands have been discouraged from beyond the current single "In the vucto De Guadalupe, Mexico City, 07279; great. As long as we get something for coming to other countries, because End" include a longform DVD Phone: 525 391 4072; Fax: 525 202 2620. NE-THERMS - What Hee' A. van Ostadelaan 24, the work we've done." they're not used to starting all over. release for Christmas and another 1181 WX Amstelveen; Phone 31 20 441 90 52. Di Pietro and Klygo co- founded We consider ourselves a worldwide single, "Points of Authority," in the NEW ZEALAND - David McNickel, P.O. Box 10, Teenage USA in 1997. The 266 Dominion Road, Auckland; Phone: 64 9 pair also band, and we really want to reach as new year. Linkin Park is also due to 634 8969; Fax: 64 9 303 0414. manage London, Ontario -based band many people as possible." make a second Pacific Rim trip SINGAPORE - Nazir Husain, 7, Linkin Park meets with Warner Music Block Everton the Weekend through their affiliate Thomas Starckjohann, London - early in 2002 and a first to South- Park, No. 03 -23, 080007 Singapore; Phone: executives in London to receive an 65 224 2217. company, Palms Up. based VP of marketing for Warner east Asia Margo hopes could International Federation of the Phono- that SOUTH AFRICA - Diane Coetzer, Suite 217, Teenage USA evolved from Klygo's Music Europe, says, "This is a debut double the band's 250,000 -selling Postnet X11, Craighall 2024, Gauteng; graphic Industry Platinum Europe earlier hobby label /fanzine Skull - so Phone/Fax: 27 11 442 7954. album, you start from point Award for 1 million European sales of performance there. SOUTH KOREA - Louis Hau, Yongsan -gu, geek, which issued seven CDs by zero -in a positive way. The man- Hybrid Theory. Pictured, clockwise "The key to international is you Ichon 1 -dong 300 -10, Junbo Apartments, such Toronto acts as Pecola, Small - agement company [the Firm] came from the bottom left, are Linkin Park's don't have to leave for two months, No. 808, Seoul; Phone: 82 2792 1195. SPAIN - Howell Llewellyn, Modesto Lafuente 6, mouth, and Slowgun between 1994 here very early to discuss plans. Phoenix, Warner Bros. Records manag- but you have to leave often," Margo 5A, 28010 Madrid; Phone/Fax: 34 91 593 and 1996. Di Pietro joined Klygo There is more to Europe than the er of international artist development says. "Even if it's only for a week or 2429. Phone: 60 37 876 9416. after working in campus radio, U.K. Susan Leon, Warner Music Europe -Jefey de Hart, Mörbygtnden artist -Continental Europe is a huge two weeks at a time, you have to 63, SE -186 (WME) marketing manager Paul 32 Vallentuna; Phone: 46 70 405 1030. management, and a brief stint as an market, if you really work it prop- keep peppering the market." - McGhie, WME senior director of mar- TAIWAN Tim Culpan, 147 -1, 1F Lane 600, Alley A &R assistant at EMI Music Canada. erly. They understood and ... saw Hahn comments, "It's real hard 76, Wu -hsing Street, Taipei. Phone: 88 692 218 keting Jon Uren, WME VP of marketing From the outset, with early releases 0935. the results coming in." Thomas Starckjohann, and Linkin for us to make time to come over- THAILAND - Andrew Hiransomboon, 136 Na by Toronto acts Lonnie James, Gaffer, Steve Margo, senior VP of inter- Park's Joseph Hahn, Mike Shinoda, Rob seas, but it pays off. The only objec- Ranong Road, Klong Toey, Bangkok 10110; Cecil Seaskull, Mean Red Phone: 66 02 240 3700; Fax: 66 02 671 9818. Spiders, and national for Warner Bros., says, "I Bourdon (in the lower right corner), tion is coming over to Europe in the Solarbaby, Teenage USA was brazen. Its think the first people to get inter- Brad Delson, and Chester Bennington. winter, because it's so damn cold."

BILLBOARD OCTOBER 6, 2001 www.billboard.com 63 www.americanradiohistory.com As America mourns collectively for flight. They were returning home Nicky; and brothers Norman Jr., Danny Lee, 34, was a passenger on wife, Kellie; two daughters, Amanda thosewhodiedintheSept.11 tragedies, after dropping off Beug's twin Michael, Phillip, and Scott. American Airlines Flight 11. Lee, and newborn Allison; his mother, many ofour musk. industry colleagues daughters, Lauren and Lindsey, for who was a set carpenter for the Back- Elaine; two brothers; and a sister. have been lost or suffered losses. ' their first year of college at the Jane Simpkin, 36, was a passenger street Boys tour, was returning home Donations in Lee's honor should be Rhode Island School of Design. on United Airlines Flight 175, for the birth of his second child. He made care of Backstreet Boys' busi- Michael Andrews, 35, worked for Beug was a filmmaker /video pro- which struck the World Trade Cen- helped break down the set after the ness manager, Monica Cisek, at GCO, the brokerage firm Cantor Fitzger- ducer who owned the production ter's south tower. Simpkin, a mein- group's Boston Fleet Center per 15260 Ventura Blvd., Suite 2100, ald in the World Trade Center. An- company Carolyn Mayer Produc- ber of ASCAP's Northeast music formance the night of Sept. 10 and Sherman Oaks, Calif. 91403. drews is the brother of Billboard tions. From 1995 -98, she was sen- licensing team, was traveling to caught the first flight back to Los circulation director Jeanne Jamin. for VP for entertainment and edu- California to attend an ASCAP gen- Angeles the next morning. Lee had Matthew O'Mahony, 39, worked for In addition to Jamin, he is survived cational productions for Walt eral licensing meeting. She had previously worked as a roadie for Cantor Fitzgerald in the World by a fiancée, his parents, two sisters, Disney Consumer Products. She joined the company as a licensing such acts as Yanni, Barbra Streisand, Trade Center. O'Mahony is the hus- and three brothers. oversaw operations for Walt Disney manager in 1998. Simpkin is sur- and 'N Sync. Before Backstreet Boys' band of Lauren Murphy O'Mahony, Records, Disney Music Publishing, vived by her mother, a brother, and Sept. 12 concert at the Air Canada VP of publicity at Island Def Jam. In Carolyn Beug, 48, was a passenger Disney ice shows, and the Disney two sisters. The ASCAP Employees Center in Toronto, the group called lieu of flowers, the family asks that on American Airlines Flight 11, the educational productions division. In for Relief fund has been estab- its crew to the stage and asked the donations in his name be made to

first plane to crash into the World addition to her daughters, she is ` lished in Simpkin's honor. ASCAP audience to participate in a moment Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 420 Trade Center. Her mother, Mary survived by her husband, John, a will match all contributions made of silence to honor Lee and all the Jericho Turnpike, Suite 320, Jeri - Alice Wahlstrom, was also on the senior VP at Warner Bros.; a son, by its employees. other victims. Lee is survived by his cho, N.Y. 11753.

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Silver Lining Foundation, which ebration, Deerpark Baptist Church, DISASTER AID: The Bellamy Broth- aids children with cancer and other Louisville, Ky. 502 -452 -1996. ers will direct half the proceeds CANCER BENEFIT: The Fourth life -threatening illnesses. Concert Solution to this week s puzzle (page 96) 5 at Lub- Annual Carl Wilson Walk Against tickets are available for $100. Con- from their Oct. concert A T M L E A S E O F F S Bob Rich 818 -707 -0313. bock Coliseum in Lubbock, Texas, Cancer and Benefit Concert will tact: at T O O B E N S O N F A I L to victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist begin Oct. 14 at Los Angeles' Santa O N B R O A D W A Y A L F A attacks. The show was originally Monica Pier and will continue that VIAAC FUNDS: The recent eBay auc- M Y S O N G E R A S L I N planned to benefit the Local Chil- evening at the El Rey Theater. A live tion hosted by MGM Home Enter- L O U T A C I N G dren's Advocacy Center, which helps auction, featuring donated items tainment and featuring signed mer- C H E L S E A M O R N I N G N E V A D A Olivia New- chandise from the movie Hannibal C A S S victims of physical and sexual abuse from Wynonna Judd, R A D L E Y S C A P for R Y E in the Lubbock area. The proceeds ton -John, and Brian Wilson, will raised more than $7,000 the M E T E O R C A N I will now be split between both caus- take place at the end of the walk. Video Industry Aids Action Com- H A R L E M N O C T U R N E

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64 www.billboard.com BILLBOARD OCTOBER 6, 2001 www.americanradiohistory.com ME i'C I ANTS&MAHKETING Kids' Audio Releases Amass For Gift-Giving Season BY MOIRA McCORMICK & David (Billboard, Sept. 15). A Classical Kids help out as well. Also out that week was Ella Sept. 18 was Card Captors: Songs From the and EMILY MEYER Christmas hit stores Aug. 28, with the first 10,000 Jenkins' Little Johnny Brown, a 1990 album by Hit TV Series. A lullaby album, Martha Stew- CHICAGO -The fourth quarter typically brings being limited- edition releases packaged with a the grande dame of children's artists, released art Nighttime Baby, debuted in September as a bumper crop of children's audio releases, as Classical Kids Christmas ornament. The Judy & for the first time on CD. well. Toon Tunes: Funny Bone Favorites and gift- giving parents have found that they can sel- David titles- inventive, humorous reimaginings Also from Rounder Kids is a new, original Toon Dines: Action Packed Anthems were just dom go wrong when proffering music. of classic fairy tales -are Beanstock ( "Jack and musical collection spun off PBS' hit animated released. October sees the release of Dance and While young audiences are gravitating toward the Beanstalk" à la ) and Red's in the series Arthur, called Arthur's Really Rockin' Sing! The Best of Nick Jr. and The Newest tween and at increasingly early ages, Hood (a hip -hop retelling of "Little Red Riding Music Mix, which streeted Sept. 11 and features . specialty retailers of kids' audio titles are still call- Hood "), both streeted Sept. 18. a cover of the Pretenders' "Brass in Pocket," An all -instrumental lullaby album by Jelly- ing for strong fourth -quarter sales this year. Top Kid Audio chart powerhouse Cedarmont sung by Arthur the Aardvark's feisty kid sister fish's Jason Falkner leads Sony Wonder's fourth - Stasia Rieger, assistant buyer of audio and Kids Classics unveiled its new "Cedarmont Baby" D.W. -along with a dance remix of the show's quarter kids' albums. Bedtime With the Beatles video at Zany Brainy, a 187 -unit line Sept. 11, with Baby Bible theme song by Ziggy Marley & the includes 11 Fab Four faves ( "And I retailer of children's entertain- Songs, Playtime Praise, Happy Melody Makers. In addition, an all- Love Her," "Blackbird," and more); ment products, is predicting Hymns, and Loving Lullabies, star compilation, Country Goes packaging is in either pink or blue. fourth- quarter sales will be "as each available separately or as part Raffi-with interpretations of Raffi It hits stores in October, along with a good as last year, if not better," A ZILLION NEAT TH of a gift pack. Affiliate label Brent- songs by Raul Malo, Alison Krauss, classic kidsongs compilation, Kids due to increased music aware- wood Kids is set to bow two new , Marty Stuart, and oth- Favorite Songs 2. ness on the part of kids overall. albums Oct. 23: My First Worship: Jesus Loves ers -hits stores in October. A new 7ivo other compilations are from As a result, Zany Brainy and others are Me and My First Christmas: Away in a Manger. Raffi song, "Blue White Planet," is Music for Little People: the follow-up stocking their shelves with the savvier con- Rounder Records imprint Rounder Kids has also included. to its surprise 2000 hit Toddler Favorites is a sumer in mind. Retailers are carrying planned a quartet of high-profile releases, which Over at Kid Rhino, there's a flurry of TV- book -and -audio package called Toddler Favorites straight -ahead pop acts like Aaron Carter, as started Aug. 28 with Jessica Harper's Inside Out. spinoff audio releases, most of them from Car- Songbook Vol. I, due Oct. 16. Circle Game: Folk well as more sophisticated children's fare Singer/songwriter /actress Harper mixes jazz, toon Network and Nickelodeon properties. The Music for Kids, streeted Sept. 4. from the likes of Trout Fishing in America hip -hop, African, and other styles in her sixth ever -popular Powerpuff Girls released a new Retro-rockers Sugar Beats issued their first hol- and Broadway Kids. full -length album; daughters Elizabeth and Nora album, City ofSoundsville, Sept. 18. Also out iday recording, Sugar Beats Christmas, Sept. 25. Gage Brownell, buyer/manager for Bell - mont Toys, an educational toy store based in Bellmont, Mass., that averages more than $30,000 per year in music sales, is likewise CD World Focuses On expecting robust year -end audio sales. He says Used Product, Lifestyle Items he expects anything from Disney to do well, as BY MATTHEW BENZ fident that product will arrive in time. (Lang says ence was music on the Internet. The reason? He well as releases from Sugar Beats, Classical SPRING LAKE, N.J. -To make up some of the there will be no such delay in music product, says, "The sales of CDs over the Internet has Kids, and Music for Little People. ground lost in the new -release price wars with because it is shipped by truck.) plateaued." Free downloads-via Gnutella, Aim- Leading the pack, as usual, is Disney, whose mass merchants and such big -box retailers as On the day of the attacks, Compact Disc World ster, and other services that have grown popular imprint Walt Disney Records will have unleashed Best Buy, Compact Disc World, a 10-store music sales were about a third below normal, and stores in the wake of Napster's effective shuttering - nearly a dozen titles from late August through retail chain based in South Plainfield, N.J., is closed early. But Lang says that the next day sales are still "nibbling away at our sales. But it is real- mid -October. First up is Mickey's Dance Party, increasingly shifting its focus to sales of high- were up 15% and for that week were down only ly not a problem we can do much about." featuring Disney's own teen artist Myra, and a er- margin used CDs and lifestyle products. 5 %. Thus, despite forecasts of an economic reces- pair of holiday albums: Christmas at Home, and At the company's annual convention -held sion, Lang remains optimistic about the remain- NAME CHANGES COMING A Pooh Christmas: Holiday Songs From the at the Breakers hotel here Sept. 19-20-presi- der of the year. He says music sales held steady Compact Disc World is in the midst of a Hundred Acre Wood. dent David Lang said that with selling, gener- through the most recent recession, from 1990 rebranding effort in which the chain's name is September brings House of Mouse (musical al, and administrative expenses that total 24.5% to 1991, and since the attacks, they have been being shortened from Compact Disc World to CD highlights from the Saturday morning TV to 25% of sales and the era of minimum -ad- very strong: on Sept. 18, sales were 22% higher World. Lang says the rebranding effort began this series), Playhouse Disney (songs from Disney vertised -price policies gone, the margins Com- than the same day a year ago. summer and continues with the changeover of Channel's preschool programming bloc's shows, pact Disc World generates on new releases Lang says Compact Disc World -and its store signage this fall. including Bear in the Big Blue House and Rohe alone are not enough. He says the retailer will customers-should brace for a fourth quarter In addition, Polie Olie), Radio Disney Jams 4 (featuring continue to full of new releases. The flood, he says, has having won a Baha Men, Myra, Mya, and other kid- appropri- decrease the num- already begun: during the second week of Sep- trademark fight ate hit artists heard on Disney's radio network), ber of new -CD tember, 34 of the retailer's top 60 sellers were w i t h Michael Crawford: The Disney Album (the SKUs to make way new releases. As a result, Lang is adamant that CDWorld.com, Broadway superstar interpreting Disney for used CDs - stores maximize space by making way for Lang says that favorites, including "Baby Mine," which will be which, he says, fourth- quarter releases. CO wools° Compact Disc included in the DVD and video release turn over four to Also, on Oct. 9, Compact Disc World will begin World is about Oct. 23), Snow White Read- Along, and the Snow five times a year, a program that allows customers to come in each ready to relaunch the CDWorld.com Web site as White soundtrack. almost twice as Tuesday and trade five used CDs for one of that its own. He says the new site will feature down- The Snow White soundtrack will be pushed fast as new CDs - day's new releases. loads, as Compact Disc World's current site, via a $5 rebate featured on Honey Crunch Corn- and other prod- Acknowledging that there is a certain "com- ClubCD.com, does now. Compact Disc World is flakes boxes; a new Baha Men track, "Who Woke ucts: "More and fort level" for customers in seeing new releases close to choosing a back -end partner for sales of Snow White Up," will be supported by Radio Dis- more, non -music throughout the store, Lang says that Compact CDs on the site. ney and in November. product is becom- Disc World must nevertheless remain focused on "We still are and always will be a music store Walt Disney Records is also rereleasing the ing important to used CDs and lifestyle products. Sales of those to our customers," Lang says, "but more and Beauty and the Beast soundtrack with a new, us. We have to think of ourselves as retailers two product categories, he explains, will help the more, they are going to look to our stores to buy never-before -heard Alan Menken/Howard Ash- first and music retailers second." company maintain "about the same" level of prof- pop culture and other forms of entertainment." man collaboration, "Human Again," and releas- In her presentation on the second day of the it in the 2001 fiscal year (which concludes at the Before departing from Spring Lake, Compact ing the soundtrack to the anticipated theatrical confab, accessory buyer Nichole Gaibrois said end of September), despite a 3.9% decline in total Disc World took time to recognize its annual hit Monsters, Inc., featuring an end -title song sales of lifestyle products-or "pop culture" sales and a 10% decline in CD sales. award winners. Sony Music Distribution was composed by Randy Newman. items, as Compact Disc World is now calling In all, Lang says, the company will do a little named distributor of the year; Tim Comeford of The Children's Group of Toronto has released them have totaled $761,000 in 2001, up from more than $20 million in sales. Used CDs account Distribution North America took sales rep of the a trio of new titles, including the latest in its $695,000 in all of last year. Gaibrois cautions that for about 7% of overall sales, up from 3% last year. year honors; and Patti Hausman of Hollywood award- winning "Classical Kids" series and the a number of vendors have called to warn that, The separate category of new CD sales accounts Records was regional rep of the year. A Special next two titles in the innovative new series "Once because of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, ship- for about 73% of total revenue, down from 77 %. Recognition Award went to Marian Bodgas, Upon a Tune" by Juno Award -winning duo Judy ments could be delayed. Still, she remains con- One issue Lang did not discuss at the confer- advertising coordinator at WEA Corp.

BILLBOARD OCTOBER 6, 2001 www.billboard.com 65 www.americanradiohistory.com MERCHANTS& ' RI:1; TING In The Works NEWSLINE... Look for Universal Music Group to introduce copy -protected CDs next EMusic.com, a unit of Universal Music Group, says that its paying month. "With the extent of piracy subscriber base has topped 25,000. In an effort to attract more cus- and the extent of CD burning that's tomers, the company is currently offering a free 30 -day trial of its going on, we have no choice but to MP3 music service -launched in July 2000 -which offers unlimit- try and further protect our artists and ed downloads from its artists for a monthly fee and features a col- our rights- holders," vice chairman Of Independents,. lection of more than 180,000 songs and 15,000 complete albums Edgar Bronfman says. BMG Enter- from more than 700 independent labels. Gene Hoffman, CEO of tainment has taken similar steps STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER: As Athens in 1985 -wishes it had never EMusic, says that the company's success in attracting paying sub- (Billboard Bulletin, July 31), and we have seen already, the grave and happened. He says, "I'd trade my scribers is a "testament to the fact that consumers are willing to pay Bronfman says he expects other emotionally needy mood of our whole business for one of those lives." for music services that offer value and flexibility," as well as a good record companies will follow suit. country has started to manifest sign for the potential of the online subscription business. itself in some otherwise utterly FLAG WAVING: "Bummerific" is the BRIAN GARRITY impossible to anticipate market- wonderful term Kelly Hogan uses to place phenomena. Declarations of describe her new album, Because It Reciprocal has cut 65% of its staff, in a move designed to reduce oper- Independents -whose very handle, Feel Good, due Oct. 2 from Chicago's ating expenses. The cuts amount to 70 of the New York City -based lest anyone forget, is a patriotic Bloodshot Records. digital rights management firm's 115 staffers. "The market for secure allusion -stumbled across one The Atlanta -bred, Chicago -based digital distribution solutions remains very promising, with enor- such case recently. singer's 10 -track release is a slow - mous dollar value and growth prospects," says Reciprocal president/ At the Assn. for Independent Music burning, moody, and powerfully CEO John Schwarz in a statement. "The demand for our services has (AFIM) Convention in Los Angeles affecting collection of numbers been growing 100% annually but still not nearly as quickly as we back in May, a gentleman named Al about post- romantic stress syn- had anticipated." In addition, Larry Miller is exiting as president of McCree came up and introduced him- drome. Acts as varied as Charlie Reciprocal Entertainment (Billboard Bulletin, Sept. 24). The New self as a regular reader of this column. York City -based executive says he expects to announce new plans McCree, a former member of the U.S. soon. Miller was a founder of AT &T's alb music, which merged with Air Force, told us that nine years ago, Reciprocal in 1999. In April, Reciprocal restructured, consolidating he started up a label called Altissimo! several functions and laying off 29% of its staff. CAROLYN HORWITZ Bronfman declined to say who is pro- Recordings in Brentwood, Tenn. viding the copy -protection technolo- His company's catalog, he said, ArtistDirect has let go of 25 employees from its online operations gy or how it will work, except to note was made up almost entirely of CDs while hiring an equal number to its label, including three promotion that it will take into account differ- of choral and instrumental arrange- executives earlier this month (Billboard Bulletin, Sept. 11). Per- ing laws among countries regarding ments of patriotic music and mili- sonnel affected include maintenance and support staff for the com- burning. "Where it is illegal to burn tary marches, with such titles as A pany's Web site. "We're continuing to build the label and rationalize CDs on computers or any other Patriotic Salute to the Military the online operations," says Heidi Robinson, senior VP of press and device, this system will make that Family, Sousa's Greatest Hits, and media relations. ERIK GRUENWEDEL more difficult, if not impossible." The Blessings of Liberty. We told McCree we thought his market MTVI's Internet radio users are "avid" online consumers, according Real Networks plans to repur- niche had to be one of the most un- to a new study from Arbitron. On average, 41% of MTVi listeners chase up to $50 million, or about usual we'd ever encountered. Rich, the Statler Brothers, King spend more than three hours a day online. More than a quarter 7.7 %, of its 161.5 million outstand- Little did we dream that a course of Floyd, Randy Newman, Ketty Lester, (28 %) have made more than 10 purchases online in the last year, ing shares. As of midyear, the com- events would turn McCree's records and Smog are covered. spending on average a total of $193 online; almost a quarter (23 %) pany had $341.2 million in cash. into things people had to have. But a "That's the kind of subject matter spent more than $500. BRIAN GARRITY little more than a week after the stun- that really speaks to me," Hogan CenterSpan Communications ning events of Sept. 11, we got a call says. (She also notes, somehow ap- has its first licensee for its C -star peer- from our friend Mark Mayo, sales man- propriately and matter-of- factly, "I to -peer technology -E -Shop Enter- ager at Altissimo! distributor Rock Bot- just broke up with my man. ") prises LLC, the owner of the Jewish tom in Atlanta, who told us McCree's The former Jody Grind singer's e- commerce and online community sales were going through the roof. customarily honeyed voice receives portal JewishStreet.com. E -Shop will In his greatest dream, or his worst stupendous support by a fine cast of use CenterSpan's C -star content nightmare, McCree never imagined Chicago musicians that includes vio- MULTI- delivery network to host and deliver his music would become an in- linist Andrew Bird, his guitarist RETAIL EXPO entertainment and educational music demand salve for a wounded nation. Andy Hopkins, and the invaluable MEDIA and video. The offering is expected to But that's what happened. Sally Timms and Neko Case guitar be available by the end of this year. The label operator says his De- sideman Jon Rauhouse. owner of the Scour file - cember 2000 title A Patriotic Salute "I had complete faith in their mu- rwovwu y%?r eoic, DM) raw CenterSpan, swapping network, intends to launch to the Military Family sold between sicianship," Hogan says. "We just let with colocating BookExpo its own music- subscription service 3,000 and 5,000 units since its the record turn into what it was." America later this year. As an alternate source release. Now, he says, "I'm going to Unlike her most recent albums, of income, the company is also trying sell that much in a week." which were recorded in her adopt- RMX joins forces with Book Expo America to become to license its infrastructure to third Altissimo! finds itself in a classic ed hometown, Because It Feel Good parties under the name C -star. "E- indie -label situation: trying to avoid was cut (by producer David Barbe) RETAIL MULTI -MEDIA EXPO Shop's JewishStreet.com is the first having an instant and totally unan- back in Hogan's old Georgia stamp- MAY 3 -5, 2002 JACOB JAVITS CENTER, NYC customer to take advantage of the C- ticipated success drive it into the ing grounds. She says her pitch to star technology," says CenterSpan ground. "From a business standpoint, her musicians went something like RMX and BEA will be the Largest and Only Expo chairman/CEO Frank Hausmann. it's a challenge for us," McCree says. this: "How does this sound-At- encompassing Music, Video DVD and Books in one place! "How much do we manufacture ?" lanta, two weeks of beautiful spring Records, singer/ McCree believes that people are weather, my mom's home cooking, Over 22,500 Attendees, Rockingale songwriter Carole King's label, has being driven to the music he re- and whiffle ball ?" Over sq. ft. Over 2,100 Exhibitors 320,000 launched the artist's official Web site, leases by "the same emotion that Hogan, who expresses satisfac- for more information CaroleKing.com, in conjunction with causes a person to buy an American tion with her "really personal" al- the Sept. 25 release.of her new al- flag ... There's that latent un- bum, says she'd love to return to www.retailmusicexpo.com bum, Love Makes the World. A free derground patriotism that every- Charlie Rich's music with a full - download of the album's title track is body feels, and this is a way of wrap- blown tribute album of the late www.bookexpoamerica.com available on the site for a limited ping it around them." musician's exceptionally bluesy, Also available is an audio Although the national crisis has soulful tunes: "If I win the lottery, e -mail [email protected] time. stream of the album, which features obviously become a commercial boon I'll go off and do that." -9605 fax) or call 203 -840 -5605 (203- 840 guest appearances by such artists as for Altissimo!, McCree -who wit- In November, Hogan will em- U.S. RMX 383 Main Avenue Norwalk, CT 06851 Celine Dion, Wynton Marsalis, k.d. nessed the effects of terrorism first- bark on a co- headlining tour lang, and Babyface. hand when he was stationed in with Scott Miller.

66 www.billboard.com BILLBOARD OCTOBER 6, 2001 www.americanradiohistory.com Circuit City Sees Losses As It Refocuses BY BRIAN GARRITY to a new branding campaign via print, and peripherals, which were added in NEW YORK-Consumer electronics TV, and radio advertising, Circuit City the former appliance space. giant Circuit City continues to feel the is in the midst of remodeling /re- Still, the company remains cau- sting from its exit from the home designing the bulk of its stores. tious about its financial projections appliance business and its efforts to During this year's second quarter, for the rest of the year. "Although we focus the company on digital products. Circuit City remodeled 23 stores, believe we are making progress across In its recently completed fiscal sec- opened four stores, and relocated a number of fronts, we remain con- Track.. ond quarter, the company's super- two stores. The company is testing servative in our outlook for the bal- stores posted a loss of $12.5 million, ance of the year," McCollough said in CLOSING CHAPTERS: National Record chain, claiming they were owed al- or 6 cents per share, vs. last year's a statement. "While we believe that Mart (NRM) creditors are moving to most $19 million at the time. That profit of $43.2 million, or 21 cents per continued consumer interest in digi- force Bill Teitelbaum, NRM chairman filing was converted into a Chapter share. Prerecorded music numbers CIF144,, UIT tal advances, combined with the and its largest equity owner, out of 11 proceeding by NRM. The credi- were not disclosed. introduction of new computing tech- the company, replacing him with tors, however, are clearly unwilling Rival Best Buy recently posted over- nologies and new gaming platforms, Michael Catain, president of Min- to let the chain reorganize, and that's all net income of $85 million, or 39 two different remodel formats: A will spur sales in select categories, the neapolis -based Universal Capital, a why they have replaced Teitelbaum cents per diluted share, up from $77 more extensive approach is being uncertain economic and industry cli- liquidation and consulting firm with with Catain. Catain has a long histo- million, or 36 cents per share, last year. conducted in 10 stores in the Chica- mate is likely to remain a factor in our finance and retail specialties. ry in the music industry as a liq- Through the first six months of the go market and two stores in Virginia, overall performance." According to label sources and uidator and as an appraiser of inven- year, Circuit City produced a loss of and a second, less costly version is Circuit City reports that sales at its others familiar with the NRM Chap- tory for financial institutions. Earlier $22.1 million, or 11 cents, vs. a prof- being tested in 12 stores in the stores weakened immediately follow- ter 11 proceedings, the creditors' this year, he was hired as a financial it of $89.9 million, or 44 cents, dur- Washington, D.C., and Baltimore ing the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in main game plan is to sell the consultant to the now -defunct Pacif- ing the same period last year. Super- markets. The majority of the remod- New York City and Washington, D.C., chain -preferably in one fell swoop, ic Coast One -Stop. At the same time, store sales are down 21% in the first eling activities were completed by but that performance rebounded by but if that fails, then in pieces -in he served as a financial consultant to half, falling to $3.92 billion from the end of the quarter. the following weekend, and month - an attempt to recapture what they NRM, as it searched for a way to avert $4.96 billion last year. to -date results were consistent with are owed. a Chapter 11 filing. Circuit City chief executive Alan STEPPING UP KIOSKS the trends through Sept. 10. In order to ensure that NRM re- Catain's main mandate, according McCollough says the company's exit Meanwhile, the company is mak- McCollough stated, "We currently tains as much value as possible, the to creditors familiar with the Chapter from the major appliance business a ing moves to step up its in -store cus- have no new trends on which to base creditors are pushing for the judge to 11 proceedings, would be to resume year ago, slumping personal comput- tomer education with the rollout of any changes in earnings expectations." approve a debtor -in- possession (DIP) negotiations with Trans World Enter- er sales industrywide, and declining broadband kiosks in all its locations. Best Buy likewise echoed that it is loan from Fleet Capital so that the tainment, which apparently has sales of "analog products and older The company says it is seeing fa- uncertain how consumers will react chain can buy product for the all - already had conversations about buy- technologies" are primary reasons for vorable sales in new and expanded to the terrorist incidents in the long important holiday selling season. ing NRM. But if those talks fail, Catain the performance decline. categories, such as digital imaging, term. The company anticipates that According to sources, the judge pre- would turn to selling off the chain in Efforts are ongoing to refocus the video games, video software, and per- comparable -store sales for the current pieces as other strategic players are chain on digital products. In addition sonal computer software, accessories, quarter will be flat to 2% higher. said to have expressed interests in cer- The creditors' main tain stores, those sources say. game plan is to sell For his part, Catain says, there are a "million ways to skin a cat," and a the chain preferably liquidation doesn't necessarily have to be the endgame for NRM. He says in one fell swoop, but that if his appointment is approved by the judge, he will work with landlords nuentory and V8 if that fails, then in to see which stores could stay open pieces -in an attempt and work with the vendors to get back make your busines succes in their good graces, so that the chain to recapture can buy and return product. He says, what ^3`.J "Rents will be renegotiated and it .? they are owed. could be a very nice small company." The pending departure of Teitel- baum likely ends his 15 -year partic- siding over the case, which is being ipation in the music industry. Teit- heard in the U.S. Bankrupcty Court elbaum bought NRM from the in the Western District of Pennsylva- Shapiro brothers in 1986 in a $10 nia, has postponed making a decision million leveraged buyout. In the on the DIP loan, as well as the Catain early 1990s, he ran into trouble and appointment, until Oct. 5. was almost forced into Chapter 11 Fleet Capital and an investment proceedings then, but he side- unit of Chase Manhattan are secured stepped that bullet when he sold 20 lenders, as the suppliers of the chain's stores to WHSmith for about $10 bush! revolver, from which NRM has drawn million. In 1996, he took the chain -7M down about $25 million. That means public, and the following year, NRM that Fleet and Chase would have dibs celebrated its 60th anniversary as a o www.aent.com on the first $25 million that a sale of music retailer. Needless to say, Teit- ÿped 3_.,_,.. ... the NRM assets would bring in, as elbaum, as well as other stockhold- well as whatever is owed on the DIP. ers, likely won't see a dime now that After those two companies are paid, the chain appears to be headed, one whatever money is left over would be way or another, for liquidation. split between the rest of the creditors, PPP -.. including the five majors, which col- SPEAKING OF LIQUIDATIONS: At the lectively are owed about $16 million; end of August, Pacific Coast One -Stop For your One the noteholders, due some $15 was liquidated, with California firm Stoll needs. million from a private placement Cojan buying the assets, reportedly Call now at 800 -635 -9082 issued by the company in April 1998; for $2.5 million. Cojan then sold the Fax. 954 -340 -7641 or visit us on independent labels and distributors; inventory, certain racking fixtures, the web at www.aent.com. and landlords. and other warehouse machinery to ONE STOP GROUP - AEC tor,taons. CO One Stop, Bethel, CT Bassin Distributors, Coral Springs. FL Abbey Road. IA Thousand Oaks, CA Atlanta Philadelphia NRM was forced into Chapter 11 Super Discount CDs & DVD, a one Ipssin abbey Road wloaA . Loi, Annrli .; 1:31 .,,n, anrento Madison San Diego Charlotte Chicago Milwaukee Denver Columbus Nashville 121 Tampa/St. Pete Lake Tahoe after the five majors filed in June for stop based in Irvine, Calif., reports the an involuntary liquidation of the latter company's CEO, Bruce Ogilvie. 11I1111111ft

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BY BRIAN GARRITY number of songs offered under a products- music -collection man- NEW YORK -While the major download subscription tier. ager Real Jukebox and media player Sounds.. labels' digital music subscription As previously disclosed, it will Real Player-into a single offering offerings may not be coming togeth- not initially be possible to transfer that will be the organization and MORE PLAYER DEBATES: Real Net- Real marks the first of what likely will er as quickly as was originally antic- tracks to a device or burn them playback mechanism for music works' plan to merge its player and be many efforts by software develop- ipated, representatives of both onto a CD. Instead, they will be offered throughout the service. jukebox products into a single offer- ers to integrate their various products. tethered to the user's computer. The new software product, to be ing and phase out the two exist- MusicNet will not be available to known as the RealOne Player, will fea- ing stand -alone applications ¡PressPlair Apple computer users at launch. ture a combined media player /jukebox (see story, this page) has set off Digital rights management for application and a browser for surfing yet another round of sniping Pressplay and MusicNet say the serv- the service will be provided by the the Web. The player will support Real's between Real and competitors ices are still on target to launch Real Networks RealSystem Media digital media formats as well as those Microsoft and MusicMatch re- before the end of the year. Commerce Suite. garding who is the top dog in Consumer rollout of the MusicNet MusicNet says the infrastructure digital -music software. service from Warner Music Group, also includes proprietary security In advance of Real's an- BMG Entertainment, EMI Recorded features, peer-to -peer file sharing, nouncement, both Microsoft Music, and Real Networks is expect- extensive reporting capabilities for of others, including rival Microsoft. and MusicMatch began circu- ed in late October. features such as e- commerce, A test version of the new software lating numbers, each of them In the meantime, the company account and copyright manage- is available for download now at Real's claiming dominance with announced Sept. 26 that it has com- ment, customer service support, Web site; a final version, featuring pre- their respective products. pleted the development of the core and advanced search functionality. mium content, is set for release with- Microsoft claims its Windows Me- "Now that we're moving toward a technology platform that all licensees "This is just the first step in what in two months. dia Player software is "now the world where all these music func- will use and is in the process of turn- will be a long-term business opportu- Real says that more than 150 fastest -growing and most popular tionalities are going to be integrated ing it over to distribution partners nity for MusicNet," Richard Wolpert, content providers and technology media player among U.S. Internet at the service level, it makes sense to AOL and Real Networks. strategic advisor to MusicNet, said in partners are supporting the users both at home and at work," cit- integrate them at the software level as Sony Music and Universal Music a statement. `We are in this business RealOne platform, including ing Jupiter Media Metrix "soft- usage" well. Consumers are going to want to Group's Pressplay has already missed for the long run, and we see this as a ARTISTdirect, Bertelsmann, EMI, data from July. have one way to manage all their the launch date target of the first two marathon, not a sprint." MTV Europe, Universal Music Between July 2000 and July 2001, music relationships. It's intelligent of weeks of September that was Group, and Wind -up Records. Jupiter Media Metrix reports Windows Real Networks to tie this to the launch announced by Vivendi Universal vice THE REAL NETWORKS OFFERING Media Player grew by nearly 7 million of their branded MusicNet service." chairman Edgar Bronfman Jr. during Meanwhile, Real announced Sept. home users and nearly 4 million work the July Plug.In conference. A Press - 24 that it plans to launch its version users. Combined usage now totals MARKETING MACY: Epic Records is play spokeswoman says it now intends of the MusicNet subscription service TRAFFIC TICKER 35.4 million. Over the same period, orchestrating a heavy online mar- to launch the venture later this fall. within 60 days. Top Overall Sites RealPlayer usage declined by 1.4 mil- keting push behind the recently Holding up the release of both ser- The music subscription offering, lion users on a combined basis over released Macy Gray album, The Id, by vices is an agreement granting them which will be known as RealOne Traffic In August the same period. Its home and work teaming with a number of Internet Music, will cost $10 per month numbers now total 34.6 million. commerce and distribution partners publishing rights. The Recording about TOTAL VISITORS (in 000s) for basic tier. Meanwhile, on the jukebox side, to help promote it. Industry Assn. of America and pub- the 1. .com 14,844 lishers' licensing body the Harry Fox However, Erik Flannigan, VP of 2. real.com 6,507 MusicMatch argues that RealNet- BestBuy.com and AOL are both Agency are said to have a tentative music services and programming at 3. columbiahouse.com 4,659 works' decision to embrace a single - offering exclusive downloads. BestBuy deal in place, although no official Real Networks, says that the com- 4. napster.com 4,615 player strategy clearly "indicates a has the unreleased track "Better plans to with pric- 5. windowsmedia.com 4,539 loss of focus on music and the music Where You Are," which times out announcement has been made yet pany experiment 6. half.com 3,793 (see story, page 8). ing and packages for its music sub- 7. barnesandnoble.com 3,148 consumer and a renewed interest in after 60 days, along with exclusive scription offering. 8. .com 2,911 `all- purpose' digital media," which it interview footage for consumers who MUSICNET PREVIEW "There could be a lower price offer 9. cdnow.com 2,716 is viewing as an opportunity to cap- buy the album through its site. Mean- 2,183 ($9.991," he says. very 10. bmgmusicservice.com ture a larger share of the dedicated while, AOL members get the track Prior to commercial launch, than "We're 11. walmart.com 1,981 MusicNet is previewing the core committed to getting subs and real- 12. audiogalaxy.com 1,947 digital -music market. "Harry" and can enter a contest to be technology for a group of 500 jour- ly driving sub numbers, and we think 13. rollingstone.com 1,803 The company also released a study a roadie on Gray's upcoming North nalists, analysts, and music industry it may take a lower price point. It 14. bestbuy.com 1,777 from NPD Intelect (formerly PC Data) American tour and win a PlayStation 15. getmusic.com 1,724 executives under a 30 -day trial that could net out at nine bucks, but there that indicates its retail- distributed 2 gaming system. 5. could be a lower price offering." software, MusicMatch Jukebox De- MTV.com is sponsoring a contest for begins Oct. AVERAGE MINUTES The trial will involve 25,000 Additional streamed media content PER VISITOR PER MONTH luxe, was the most popular music a trip to see Gray on tour and meet her. tracks. At commercial launch, the will be available as part of the RealOne 1. audiogalaxy.com 44:39 software title sold by U.S. merchants And VH1 offered full streaming access company expects to have more than service-an expanded version of the 2. half.com 21:44 during the first half of 2001. Music - to the album prior to its release to con- 100,000 tracks available. current GoldPass subscription offer- 3. mtv.com 18:38 Match's software accounted for 14.5% sumers who pre- ordered through the 4. bmgmusicservice.com 18:01 all site's Hear Music First feature. As expected, MusicNet will act as a ing -which features programming 5. kazaa.com 16:01 of retail music software titles sold wholesaler to its licensees, meaning from the likes of Major League Base- 6. amazon.com 15:00 in the U.S. between January and June, Elsewhere, TheBritBeat.com and that AOL and Real will set the sub- ball and the TV series Big Brother 2. 7. bestbuy.com 14:25 up from 6% during the same period GetMusic.com are featuring stream- for consumers and be Subscribers will make a choice 8. cdnow.com 13:09 in 2000, the study says. ing album -track clips, videos, and con- scription price 11:20 9. barnesandnoble.com Media Metrix tests to win electronics and Gray CDs. responsible for any additional features between a pure music service or one 10. napster.com 08:29 But Jupiter senior and/or services offered to consumers. that combines MusicNet content 11. lyrics.com 08:23 analyst Aram Sinnreich cautions that Epic has been teasing the album since MusicNet says a possible pricing with other offerings. 12. columbiahouse.com 08:11 numbers alone don't say too much July at AccessYourld.com, with ar- a "We'll offer a suite of services 13. bluelight.com 07:35 about the competitive landscape. chived full -length streams of album model will offer consumers total 07:10 14. getmusic.com about the penetration tracks, the video for the single "Sweet of 50 tracks in the form of down- around the brand RealOne Music," 15. real.com 06:58 "Quibbling loads or on- demand streams -or a Flannigan says. "There may be a stand- of player software moves us away Baby," and a promotional e -card with mix of both -for $9.95 per month. alone, a sort of MusicNet -only with no from the real issues, which are: What a puzzle game. In conjunction with the New material and catalog will be other services and no other benefits philosophy of digital music are con- release of the album, the label recent- available, and consumers will be that could go by another name." Source: Nielsen / /NetRatings, August 2001. Sites cate- sumers buying into? And who is best - ly launched a MacyGray.com supersite of gorized by Billboard. Data is based on audience meas- equipped to deliver on that philoso- that incorporates elements of AccessY- able to download entire albums or In preparation for the rollout urement of more than 62,000 U.S. panelists who have cherry pick selected tracks in any its subscription offering, Real is home Internet access. phy as a whole ?" ourld.com and features track -by -track combination that meets the total merging its signature software Sinnreich adds that the move by commentary from Gray.

68 www.billboard.com BILLBOARD OCTOBER 6, 2001 www.americanradiohistory.com BY EILEEN FITZPATRICK ver Lake area of Los Angeles. The LOS ANGELES -In the weeks fol- title is in stores Tuesday (2). lowing the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks Fall Video "We have not changed any other on New York City and Washington, marketing plans for big event D.C., it's not business as usual for titles, because these are fantasy the video industry, but studios are Release titles," says Universal Studios moving ahead with the fourth -quar- Home Video president Craig Korn - ter release schedule largely intact. blau. "These are titles people want Still, how some of these titles will Strategies to have to escape." be launched and promoted is chang- This.. ing as a result of the tragedy. AT THE CHECKOUT COUNTER For instance, Miramax Home Revised As expected, consumers are in- `ALMOST' HERE: A no- frills version of used in the films. A visit to a Montana Entertainment was forced to deed looking to their local video Almost Famous was rushed out on dinosaur dig site narrated by a pale- reschedule its TV advertising cam- ed, events heralding titles' arrivals stores for counter -programming. DVD-Video in March to take advantage ontologist, a making -of documentary, paign for the Sept. 18 release of the at retail have been severely altered. According to weekly rental infor- of the movie's Academy Award nomi- and an extensive look at the film's family adventure Spy Kids. Pre - Buena Vista Home Entertainment mation from VidTrac, consumer nations. Now a deluxe DVD -V of the special effects are other extras in the street date ads for the title were abruptly canceled a Sept. 29 event at spending on VHS and DVD rentals movie -based on director Cameron collectors' edition. scheduled to run the week of Sept. the El Capitan Theater in Hollywood for the week that ended Sept. 16 Crowe's experience as a teenage writer While many studios have begun 9 but were pre -empted when to celebrate the Oct. 9 DVD release was up 29.7%, compared with the for , touring with such pricing most films for rental on VHS round -the -clock coverage of the of Snow White and the Seven same week a year ago. The figure bands as the Allman Brothers and Led with DVD supporting the sell -through attacks began Sept. 11. Dwarfs. Buena Vista publicity man- was also 2.2% higher than the pre- Zeppelin -is due Dec. 4 from Dream - market, Universal president Craig "We took all the spots and loaded vious week. The Video Software Works Home Entertainment. The two- Kornblau says a VHS sell -through re- them into the week of Sept. 16," Dealers Assn., which compiles Vid- disc set, with five hours of additional lease was never in doubt for JP3: 'We says Miramax executive VP Kevin Trac stats, says under normal con- material -is billed as the Untitled and went to a screening of the film, and Kasha. "We'll have a better idea ditions, rentals trend downward in priced at $26.95. based on the audience reaction, we de- how they worked by the end of Sep- September because of kids heading Crowe, who picked up a best screen- cided it would absolutely be a sell - tember, but under the circum- back to school. play Oscar for the film, has spent more through title on VHS." The two previ- stances, we're very pleased with the While some dealers reported in- than six months preparing the DVD. ous Jurassic Park films have generated title's performance." creased activity on such titles as In between, he's directed the upcom- more than $1.8 billion at the box office But consumer awareness of the Die Hard and Under Siege, Block- ing film Vanilla Sky starring Tom and more than $2.5 billion in retail video's availability suffered, accord- buster Entertainment says new Cruise and Penélope Cruz, which con- sales, according to Universal. ing to Best Buy senior VP of enter- releases were the chain's best tributed in part to the delay of the spe- DVD marketing elements include a tainment enterprises Joe Pagano. renters. "Overall, we're seeing an cial- edition Almost Famous DVD. "buy one get one free" offer, which During its first week of release, increase in traffic because people Based on the material packed on the Pagano says, Spy Kids sold below want to stay home," Blockbuster discs, fans won't mind the wait. In ad- forecast at the chain. "There's no spokeswoman Elizabeth Greene dition to the version that was released question that the horrific events says. "We've seen a little more in theaters, Crowe has put together an rocked everyone's world," he says. activity on distraction movies like extended "untitled" version with delet- "But the events of the last 15 days ager Jennifer Lang says, "We're not Meet the Parents or uplifting films ed scenes and commentary. are not predictive of what the next rescheduling it and will rely on our like Remember the Titans. The DVD also features several be- 30 days are going to be like." press relationships to get the cover- In related DVD news, the DVD hind -the- scenes performances of the While Miramax was forced to re- age lost from this event." Entertainment Group has resched- fictional band Stillwater. Other Still- vamp advertising plans for Spy MGM Home Entertainment also uled its DVD Conference USA from water bonus material includes rehears- Kids, Columbia TriStar Home canceled an event slated for Tuesday Oct. 9 in San Francisco to Dec. 5 al footage, a behind-the- scenes docu- Entertainment delayed the Sept. 25 (2) to celebrate the 30th anniversary, in Los Angeles. mentary, and the entire Cleveland VHS release of A Knight's Tale to special- edition DVD release of Fid- concert which was featured briefly in remove a trailer for the upcoming dler on the Roof. The event would the film. A 24- minute CD, exclusively theatrical film Spider -Man. The have gathered 30 fiddlers at the pop- available with the DVD, also has never - trailer, depicting a scene that is not ular Beverly Hills, Calif., deli Nate & before -heard tracks from the band. in the film, shows the superhero Al's. "With the lack of soft news cov- Crowe's wife, Heart's Nancy Wilson, spinning a web between the twin erage, it's not worth making a big has also penned some original tunes gives consumers who purchase the JP3 towers of the former World Trade fanfare," says MGM VP of publicity for the DVD's navigation menus. DVD before Dec. 31 a free title by mail. Center. After the trailer was Steve Wegner. "Besides, we just Although fans have had to wait for Consumers can pick from 16 titles, removed, the tape version of A thought it was inappropriate." the director's cut, Almost Famous has including The Hurricane Collectors' Knight's Tale arrived in stores Artisan Home Entertainment found much of its audience on DVD. Edition, EdTV Collectors' Edition, Sept. 28. The DVD -Video of A canceled a premiere event for Bar- The critically acclaimed film struggled October Sky, and Primary Colors. Knight's Tale was not affected and bie in the Nutcracker, which had at the box office but debuted at No. 2 went to stores as scheduled. been scheduled for Sept. 29. The on VideoScan's DVD sales chart and PLAY BALL: Baseball fans will get a direct -to -video title arrives in stores remained in the top 100 until July. Its chance to meet and play with legends MARKETING ALTERATIONS Tuesday (2). "To pull in celebrities core audience will likely keep this new of the game through a fantasy sweep- Nearly every company is careful- to attend the event would have been version on the charts for another stakes sponsored by HBO Home Video. ly looking over publicity and adver- difficult, since no one wants to be `Kane' at 60. Pictured, from left, Amer- healthy run. To promote the Sept. 21 release of tising materials to remove any- out in public these days," says a ican Film Institute chairman/CEO 61', which chronicles the 1961 home - thing that might appear insensitive company representative. "Without Jean Firstenberg, Citizen Kane editor DINOMf1E Jurassic Park III didn't have run race between New York Yankees to the tragedy. Besides Columbia, celebrities, major news outlets just Robert Wise, and Orson Welles' biogra- the box -office bite of its prequels, but Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris, HBO no other major studio contacted by won't cover the event." pher /director Peter Bogdanovich trade Universal Studios Home Video is has put together the Heroes in Pin- Billboard has changed their mar- Other companies are moving stories about the legendary film and its star/director at a special screening pulling out all the stops for its DVD/ stripes Fantasy Camp Sweepstakes. keting materials. ahead with events to usher in Sept. 20 at the El Capitan Theater in VHS release. The will be released The will be awarded a for Additionally, indie Artisan blockbuster fourth releas- title winner trip studio -quarter Hollywood. The event, which re- creat- Dec. 11 as a collectors' edition priced at two to a baseball camp where they will says it won't change marketing es. Universal Studios Home Video ed the atmosphere of the 1941 pre- $26.98. The VHS version is priced at train and play a complete game with plans for the direct -to -video title will go ahead with a Tuesday (2) miere of Citizen Kane at the theater, $22.98. The JP3 DVD will also be in- stars from the Mantle/Maris era. The Ticker, an action film about ter- street date event for Mummy was held to celebrate the film's Sept. cluded in a Jurassic Park Rilogy Col- winner will also receive a custom -fit rorists, starring Steven Segal. Returns. The studio, however, did 25 DVD debut from Warner Home lection priced at $75.98. The collection Yankees uniform. "We're positioning it as a Steven postpone an event for the horror Video. To acknowledge the World will contain the first two films in the Consumers can enter the contest Segal action film, and it remains compilation Boogeymen. The Trade Center and Pentagon terrorist franchise and a fourth disc with ex- via forms found in each VHS/DVD on our schedule," says Artisan Boogeymen event was moved from attacks, soprano Heather Henderson tended bonus material. copy of the title, as well as those in the president of sales and marketing Sept. 20 to Sept. 28, and the loca- led the audience in singing "America the Beautiful." Guests could also make The bonus disc features a tour of Sept. 21 issue of Entertainment Jeff Fink. Ticker will be released on tion was changed from a Holly- contributions to the American Red Stan Winston's studio, which creat- Weekly. Online entries can also be DVD and VHS Nov. 13. wood graveyard to an alleged Cross at the event. ed the frightening dinosaur models submitted on AOL.com. While release dates aren't affect- authentic haunted house in the Sil-

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CCTOBER 6 production of your DVD? 2001 Billboard Recreational S oorts .. My live show runs two hours 40 #; 17 10 LEWD CRUED& TATTOOED Beyond Music/Universal Music &Video Dot 578133 Motley Crue 19.98/24.98 I 1_.. 2 minutes. did a lot of editing to trim it G 20 10 PLAY THE DVD 6'2'6616 Video 27100 Moby 24.98 DVD -- tÿ down to hVO hours for the DVD. I also á worked on the sound. My show is real- : TITLE Program Supplier & Number ly live mistakes and all. 22 5 LIVE IN SAN FRANCISCO Epic Music Vmeo/SonyMnsc Entertainment 61068 14.95/2497 414r= NUMBER 1 iéec' o Weeks Al Number Was there anything that was cut that ):- 1 3 WWF: INVASION 2001 Sony Music Enteneinment273 19.95 123 Nt ñl ' GREATEST HITS VIDEO COLLECTION BMG Video67025 Martina McBride 14.95/14.97 -2 2 16 NASCAR RACERS START YOUR ENGINES xi is - ]Doma 578 you wish you could have left in? 3 3 7 WWF: BEST OF RAW -VOL. 3 Sony Music Entertainment 286 19.98 There was a bit of nudity with girls A 5 12 WWF: LITA -IT JUST FEELS RIGHT World Wrestling Federation Home Voleo 279 14 -95 `? 24 210 THE DANCE airner Room, Video 38486 Fleetwood Mac 19.95/24.97 5.. 4 20 WWF:WRESTLEMANIAX -SEVEN World Wre93Ilmq F08099300 Homo 931,0 269 19,95 pulling their- tops off. I would just as 7 9 NBA: 2001 NBA FINALS CHAMPIONSHIP USA Home Cnte ta,nn10111601!4 19.95 ? 9 18 BALL ABOVE ALL Vemmra Distribution 0803 14,98 soon as had it in there because it's part `2á? 4 13 ENCORE Spring House vdanrchordan Dist Group 44432 Old Friends Quartet 29.95 VHS ._3. 8 12 FUTURE KINGS OF THE RING Backyard Video 19.95 of what goes on. but we took it out. 13 24 WWF: DIVAS IN HEDONISM World Wrestling Federation Home Video 281 14.95

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But there's only so they lean on us." malcy, while preparing for the future much preparedness that you can Hozie Mack, OM of WQOK Ra- breaking news that will undoubtedly have. "If you live in an area that has leigh, N.C., adds, "Newspeople deliv- follow. Many outlets also took the hurricanes, you can have your hurri- er this information differently than recent events as a call to ramp up cane production in the rack ready to a jock. And news can be intimidat- Raising Spirits, Raising Money. KSON Diego billboard and invit- news -gathering staffs. go," but part of the magnitude of this ing for some DJs if they do not have San produced a ed listeners to sign it and make a donation to the American Red Cross. The sta- "An event like this is a wake -up call attack was how unexpected it was. a comfort level [with] disseminating tion raised more than $10,000 in one day. to be at the ready and be properly serious and critical information. staffed," KVIL Dallas PD Kurt John- `WE'RE NOT THE NEWS STATION' After all, these are entertainers - son says. Having been in radio dur- WXXL Orlando, Fla., OM/PD Adam and all of a sudden we're talking give it to them? The black commu- with business and entertaining our ing the San Francisco earthquake, Cook agrees that "the only thing we about technical information, maybe nity will become isolated if it doesn't listeners and giving them what they the Persian Gulf war, and the first didn't have ready -and no one did - evacuations. Even something as lit- have the same news and information need at a time like this," active World Trade Center bombing, John- was production parts. But those were tle as [displaying] the right emotions as other communities. We also have WYSP Philadelphia MD Nancy Pa- put together rather quickly," he says. a positioner-which runs at the end lumbo says. "It was tough. We went Cook's only other regret was that "we of every traffic report on every Clear through the whole first weekend might have run commercials a little Channel station in our cluster -that with pretty heavy coverage. By Mon- too long an hour after the incident. says, `Our news departments will stay day, everybody was so emotionally But we took them off the air for 36 open 24 hours in case there is any drained by the coverage that they hours after that." breaking news you need to know.' We welcomed a diversion. I think by "We didn't try to pretend that we want listeners to know they don't Monday, everyone was ready." were the news station," WDRQ De- have to turn anywhere else." Modern WNNX (99X) Atlanta PD troit PD Alex Tear says. "We could be Some stations, such as active Chris Williams thinks that the Mon- an information outlet. We shared that WTKX Pensacola, Fla., returned to day following the attacks was the best very openly with our audience. We airing music the night of the attack, time to return to music program- were watching things happen in real with news updates every two to three ming, saying that the station has time and passing that along. songs. And since Pensacola is a mili- "slowly" drifted back into being 99X. "Being an ABC affiliate really tary town, the station had also been "The weekend gave people a chance son knows "you'd better have a plan made a difference," Tear adds. "It's when you deliver emergency infor- sharing any information it received to cash out and return to zero. It was that's up to date and makes sense. tough for a jock to pass along infor- mation is crucial. You can't exag- from the Navy and Air Force. tough to find the way to segue back You just call all hands on deck, and mation that may come across the gerate or underplay it." Modern KMBY Monterey, Calif., into the first song, but people still everybody helps out immediately." wire. People wanted a credible also returned to music Sept. 11. "I want to be entertained. There's plen- KVIL has "already come up with a source, and the DJs were not going FULL-TIME NEWSPERSON ON STAFF was on the air when we went back on, ty of outlets for the news, but we've plan for coverage of other events to become something that they're Glenn Cooper, PD of WUSL (Power and it felt to me like we were ready gone back to making our station coming down the line, with military not. Other people in the market who 99) Philadelphia, agrees that "sta- to get back to the music," OM Chris sound normal, as an escape." action and God forbid any other were keeping people updated from tions should reconsider having a full - White says. "Everyone else was doing attacks on us," Johnson says. The sta- what they were reading off the wire time newsperson or staff on hand, news. This is going to be a tough Marc Schiffman is managing edi- tion has formalized arrangements just didn't sound right to me." not just because of this type of event thing, and we know it, but we felt like tor of Top 40 Airplay Monitor, Bram with a news network and his sister WQAL (Q104) Cleveland PD Allan but for everyday news and informa- there needed to be another option." Teitelman is managing editor of news station. That latter arrange- Fee says, "Let the newspeople do the tion. This community looks to radio Other stations waited until Sept. Rock Airplay Monitor, and Dana ment, he says, "was always there, but news things. The whole key is to play more than any other source for direc- 12 to segue back toward regular pro- Hall is managing editor of R &B we'd never formalized it." to audience expectations, especially tion. What if we are not prepared to gramming. "We're trying to go on Airplay Monitor.

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1 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly local -show tapes. But please in- :4 TYRESE, What Am I Gonna Do Ili RADNEY FOSTER, Texas In 1880 3. LEO. Every Other Time MOBY, South Side Hills, Calif., as part of the Billboard clude background information on S'., GREG STREET, Thug Like Me M TRISHAYEARWODD, I Would've Loved You Anyway Dt UNCLE KRACKER.Foliow Me â CREED, Higher 7B, MR. CHEEKS, Ligh,' s Camera Acron Si DARRYL WORLEY, Second Wnd i Y INCUBUS, Dnve 21. JEFF BUCKLEY, Halleluiah the show (when it was 3 KURUPT, Its Over S7 BRAD PAISLEY, Two People Fell In Love S' UR, Stuck In A Moment You Cent Get Out Of FUEL, Hemorrhage fin My Hendsl :ât. launched, who key staffers 8 ALICIA KEYS, Fallin Si' KENNY CHESNEY, Don't Happen Twice R.E. M., losing My Religion :31 LENNY KRAVIR. Again 9 MARIAN CAREY, Never Too Far á4- TAMMY COCHRAN, Angels In Wamng it KM ROCK Only God Knows Why 33 PETE TORN, Life an A Chain are, where and when the ß RUFF ENDZ, Cash Money Cars Clethes AN CHARLIE ROBISON, Right Man For The Job 4/ RED HOT CHID PEPPERS, Under The Bridge -A MICHELLE BRANCH, Everywr,.. show can be seen) and A-. BLACKJESUS,Whet That Thing Smell Like At BRUCE ROBISON, Angry NI The lute - .0-. BLIND MELON, No Rain 'V THE WALLFLOWERS, One Headlight Q 2PAC, CaliIris Love 1Y TRICK PONY, On A Night Like This iCl BEN FOLDS, Rankin' :-C JAMIROQUAI, _, contact information. 0 UL WAYNE, Shine NS. TORY KEITH, You Shouldn't Kiss Ma L. RYE FOR FIGHTING, Superman 'D NICKELBACK How You Remind Me V I __ Local programmers ß MYSTIC, The Life 4* PATTY LOVELESS. The Boys Are Back In Town 4 JADAKISS, Knock Yourself Out is SANTANA. Maria Maria H CONFERENCE AWARDS H BILAL Fast Lane d.. FAIIHHILI, There You'll Be ': :l: , My Friends J* MATCHBOX TWENTY, You're Gone with more than one show AS KEKE WYATT, Nothing In This World TU LONESTAR, Amazed IM TRAVIS, Side ilk.. AEROSMITH. Jaded may submit one tape per 'Je AFROMAN, Because) Got High M LEE ANN WOMACILWhy They Cell h Faille g MARMH CAREY, Hero je MATCHBOX TWENTY, Bent

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P 0 D., Alive (NEWT MORBO, Huy - SEMISONIC, Over My Head seeking a forum for work that has Chris Cunningham, Michel Gondry, BUSH, The People That We Love ALEJANDRO SANZ, Une Noche RADIOHEAD. Knives Out CITY HIGH,Ceremel not been widely seen. To obtain an and Jamie Thraves. [OVEN FRESH} CHRISTINA AGUIURAUL'KMMYA & PINK tad yMa d SMASH MOUTH. I'm ABeliever FIVE FOR FIGHTING. Superman Not Easyl Ill's DESTINY'S CHILD, Bnotylicious JAMIROOUAI, Lille L LINKIN PARK In The End will be 41, In Too entry form for the Billboard Music Sonic Cinema: Animators SUM Deep MOENIA. Segaste A MI JOHN MELIENCAMP, Peaceful World REMY ZERO, Save Me LINKIN PARK In The End ' LA LEY Mem ìra MARY J. BU GE, Family Affair Video /Short Film Showcase, call shown Oct. 19, spotlighting anima- FAITH EVANS, You Gets No Love TORI AMOS, Strange Little Girl GI/RILL/1Z 19/200 SYSTEM OF A DOWN, Chop Suey THIRTY ODD F00T OF GRUNTS, Sail throe Be me Do 646 -654 -4730 or e-mail chay @bill - tion in music videos and short JADAKISS We Gonna Make It 01130, Hunter NO ONE, Chemical _! POWERMAN 5008, Relax films, including clips from Gorillaz, GARBAGE, Androgyny ALEKS SYNTEK. Por Volverte A Ver BARENAKED LADIES, Falling For The First Time board.com. i XZIBIT, Get Your Walk On WESTUFO, Uptown Girl - BJORK, Hidden Place _ JELLEESTONE. Money Wert l l All application submissions must Daft Punk, Quasimoto, King Bis- BUNK -182, The Rock Show NELLY FURTADO, Turn Off The Light _. . trouble WEEZER, Island In The Sun STATIC-X, Black & White be accompanied by an entry form, cuit Time, and Clinic. _' STATIC-%, Black & Whits :LINKIN PARK, Crawling WEEZER, Island In The Sun MATTHEW JAY Let Your Shoulder Fell /' and the administrative fee must be Sonic Cinema: Sparklehorse, a DEPECHE MODE, I Feel Loved R.E.M., All The Way To Reno of CRAZY TOWN, Revolving Door AUCIA KEYS, Fallin paid upfront. (See entry form for collection films /music videos SUM 41. Fat bp BEULAH, Gene Autry Continuous programming C H & n 0 0 L BACKSTREET BOYS, More Than That DELERIUM, Innocent° details.) One entry consists of one inspired by the alternative rock 299 Oueen St WaetTne,e Ontario M5V225 music video or one short film. Each band's current album, It's a Won- NEUY FURTADO. Tcm Off The Lighr KACI, Paradise short film must be music -related derful Life, will be shown Oct. 26. 012, Fight Music INEW) A 4 U INEW V[] BRITNEY SPEARS, I'm Sieve I and no mroe than 10 minutes. There All episodes will air at 11 p.m. EDT. SYNC, Gone (NEW) ce rlrrr ors u,noramn.. -g 'N /L is no limit to how many entries an ENRIOUE IGLESIAS, Hera (NEW) CALIFORNIA MUSIC CHANNEL P.O.D., Alive INEWI URBAN N PRESSIONS 15 hours weekly individual or company may submit, SUBMISSIONS INFO: Oct. 19 is the LIL RASCALS, Hardball INEWI -' EMMA BURTON, Take My Breath Away 10227 FIRM SC Oakland, CA 94603 film be on a deadline for all submissions for the NICKELBACK. How You Remind Me ° but each video or short USHER, U Remind Me USHER, U Remind Me FABULOUS, Cast Deny It - P.0.0.. Alive JANET, Someone To Call My Lover separate tape. All tapes submitted Billboard Music Video /Short Film BLU Hit 'Em Up (oops!) CANTRELL, Style AALIYAH, We Need A Resolution - JENNIFER LOPEZ, To Reel = Al, One More Try "Local Show AUCIA KEYS, Fallin' JAGGED EDGE, Where The Parry At DREAM, This Is Me must be in the VHS format. Showcase and the ROBBIE WILLIAMS, Eternity JANET, Someone To Call My Lover REDMAN, Smash Sumdain' NELLY FURTADO, Turn Off The Light Billboard FERHAD, Higher Deeper A total of 10 submissions will be Spotlight" panel at the CAKE. Shen Skin/ Long Jacket DESTINY'S CHILD, Bootyhcious - DESTINY'S CHILD, Emotion I HAIN, Drops Of Jupiter (Tell Mel they Music Video Send all BABY BLUE SOUNDCREW, Love 'Em All DUTCH & SPADE, If You Want te ` CHRISTINA MILIAN, AM To PM selected for the showcase and Conference. MARIAH CAREY, )overbuy SUGAR JONES, How Much Longer THE ISLEY BROTHERS, Contagious - AUEN ANT FARM, Smooth Criminal N SYNC, Pop will be given editorial coverage in application materials to Carla Hay, DEFAULT, Wasting My Time : VIOLATOR, What It Is -. MANDY MOORE, Crush DESTINY'S Billboard. See the end of this col- Billboard, 770 Broadway, 6th CHILD, Bootyi,cines AUEN ANT FARM, Smooth Criminal ' MARY J. BEIGE, Family Affair MAXWELL Lifetime USHER. U It Bad - LIL' WAYNE, Got NELLY. Baner Up Shute: New York, N.Y. 10003. For - TJ.. I'm Serious LINKIN PARK Crawling umn for details on how to enter. Floor, -_ SMOOTHER, East Side 1112, Purple Hills NELLY, Batter Up questions or further information, CRAIG DAVID, Fill Me In JAY -Z, Imo IH.O:VA.) TYRESE. What An I Gonna Do - STAIND, Fade LUKE Big Girls ". BUBBA SPARXXX, Ugly LOCAL SHOW SPOTLIGHT: One of call 646 -654 -4730 or e -mail - 1 the attractions of the Billboard chay @billboard.com. NELLY, Batter DP JERMAINE DUPRI, Balhn Out Of Cam: m

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by Silvio Pietroluongo. Minal Patel, Wade lessen Counter.. Minded.. LADIES' NIGHT: Female solo acts account for to bow inside The Billboard 200 top 10. Two GINUWINE DRAFT: Ginuwine's "Differences" The previous record holder was "Indepen- four of the five albums that bow among the top Kenny G albums, 1992's Breathless and 1996's steps up to No. 1 on the Hot R &B/Hip -Hop dent Women, Part I" by Destiny's Child, 11 positions of The Billboard 200. In the same The Moment, started at Nos. 9 and 4, respec- Singles & Tracks chart, ending the three -week which hit 140.5 million listeners in the Dec. week, three women reach the top 10 for the tively, but those titles were residents of the Top run of "Where the Party At" by Jagged Edge 9, 2000, issue. first time. Adding spice to the chart, the women Contemporary Jazz chart. with Nelly. "Differences" also sets a precedent in question hail from different music genres. Krall's The Look of Love, featuring veteran on the chart, becoming the first track to reach UNDER THE DOUBLE EAGLE: Just as it always Leading the parade is Tori Amos, whose arranger , made a pre- street- the summit without a single being available has in times of war, radio is doing an out- Strange Little Girls plucks the Hot Shot date bow last week at No. 7 on Top Jazz Albums, at retail in any configuration. Earlier this year, standing job of soothing its audience by Debut at No. 4 with 111,000 units. This marks with most of those early sales moving via Inter- Alicia Keys' "Fallin' " earned enough points offering an impressive slate of musical patri- her third time in the top 10. The only Amos net merchants. It becomes the singing pianist's otism. In the country format, the most con- album to chart higher- 1996's Boys for third No. 1 on that chart and the first title from spicuous example is Aaron Tippin's "Where Pere- opened at No. 2, but with sales of Top Jazz Albums to reach the big chart's top 10 the Stars and Stripes and the Eagle Fly," 109,000. She did, however, have a larger first since 1991, when Unforgettable -Natalie Cole's which is the Hot Shot Debut at No. 34 on week in 1998, when From the Choirgirl Hotel big-band tribute to her father, Nat King Cole - Hot Country Singles & Tracks. Rush released entered at No. 5 with 153,000 units. logged five weeks atop The Billboard 200. to country stations Sept. 17, the track gives Representing country, Martina McBride is Tippin the highest debut of his career on the next in line. She starts at No. 5 with 102,000 COUNTRY GIRL: Busy Martina McBride gives chart, besting his No. 54 start with "There units, while Diana Krall plants a flag for jazz at Nashville -based RCA Label Group its fifth No. Ain't Nothin' Wrong With the Radio" in 1 on Top Country Albums in the past 12 1992. With spins at 115 of our 150 monitored months, following Kenny Chesney, Alan Jack- stations, "Stars and Stripes" bows with 1,134 son, Brooks & Dunn, and Lonestar. Her plays and logs approximately 11 million Greatest Hits is only the sixth country album 111111. audience impressions. to reach the top 10 of The Billboard 200 this Tippin cut the song from the ground up year. McBride's previous high had been t on the weekend prior to its radio release, 61,500, when her last album entered The Bill- forcing Lyric Street to do some fancy foot- board 200 at No. 19. from radio airplay alone to go to No. 1 on the work to get the single to radio and into the Generous TV exposure could help her tem- Singles & Tracks chart, as did OutKast's "Ms. retail pipeline. The retail single drops Oct. 2 per, or avoid, a second -week decline. She sang Jackson" in December last year-but in both and will include a new take on his "You've the National Anthem when the Dallas Cowboys cases, sales points from limited releases were Got to Stand for Something (Or You'll Fall hosted a National Football League game Sept. included in the songs' overall point totals. for Anything)," the 1991 top 10 debut single 23 and did so again the following night at Green This is Ginuwine's second R &B Singles & that became a country radio staple during Bay, Wisc., on ABC'sMondayNight Football. On Tracks chart -topper. His prior No. 1 the Persian Gulf conflict. All proceeds will be Sept. 25, she visited both Larry King Live and occurred with his first charting single, donated to the American Red Cross' New The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, and on Oct. "Pony," in November 1996. "Differences" York disaster relief fund. 13, she'll be featured on a pay -per -view concert. also remains at the top of the Hot R &B/Hip- Meanwhile, Faith Hill's "There Will Come No. 9 with 95,000. Each achieves, by far, the Hop Airplay chart, regaining its bullet with a Day" continues to improve on Hot Country biggest sales week in their careers. New -age stal- KALEIDOSCOPE: Jay -Z sees a second -week an increase in audience at R &B stations of Singles & Tracks. It gains 266 detections and wart Enya rises 19 -7, winning the Greatest Gain- decline of 36 %, a much smaller drop than big 4.8 million listeners. enters the top 40 at No. 39. Hill performed er ribbon for a 57% boost in sales-her second rap albums tend to experience. On The Bill- the song on TV's Sept. 21 multi- network large gain in a row. Like McBride and Krall, this board 200, his 271,000 units easily outdis- ALL-TIME HIGH: Prior to this issue, no song broadcast A Tribute to Heroes, which was marks Enya's first time in the big chart's top 10. tance Alicia Keys at No. 2 (152,500), making had surpassed 141 million listeners in one simulcast on many radio stations and added The sophomore album by nouveau R &B it likely that he will be holding court again week since Billboard expanded its radio panel to the week's audience total. stylist Macy Gray, The Id, falls less than 100 next week ... In the footsteps of such pop to include stations of all formats in December units shy of the top 10, opening at No. 11 with compilations as Now and Totally Hits, Sony 1998. This week, two songs shatter that record. TIMELY REMAKE: The Hot Shot Debut on the 93,000. Her previous album spent eight weeks Classical's Classical Hits -fed by a direct - Alicia Key's "Fallin'," No. 1 for a fifth week Hot 100, at No. 51, belongs to the aptly in the top 10 but got off to a much slower marketing campaign-zips 75 -68 on The Bill- on The Billboard Hot 100, tallies 149.3 mil- named All -Star Tribute collective and its re- start, bowing at No. 171 in 1999. board 200, with a 20.5% gain. Of the 35,000 lion listeners, while runner -up "I'm Real" by working of Marvin Gaye's classic "What's Gray and Krall owe at least some of their units it has scanned to date, 43% have come Jennifer Lopez Featuring Ja Rule draws Going On." Recorded in New York City Sept. career growth to the 2000 Grammy Awards. from the nontraditional sector, which 144.4 million. Keys moved back to the top 5 and 7 to raise funds to fight AIDS in Africa Gray was nominated for best new artist that includes direct sales and Internet commerce last week, ending Lopez's three -week reign. through the worldwide foundation Artists year -a nod that helped elevate her first set ... Borrowing a page from Pearl Jam's play - Audience totals increase for most songs on Against AIDS, the song took on additional to No. 4-while Krall's When I Look in Your book, Phish bows five live albums simultane- the chart because, for the first time in three meaning following the Sept. 11 terrorist Eyes had the rare distinction of being a jazz ously at Nos. 93, 97,115, 118, and 127. Com- weeks, the tracked data includes a full week attacks. Now, half of the proceeds from the title nominated in the overall album of the bined, they add up to 59,000 units. Last year, uninterrupted by extended news coverage of forthcoming retail release are earmarked for year category. That exposure and Krall's per- Pearl Jam charted five live titles at once in the terrorist attacks. Bullet. criteria was the United Way's September 11th Fund. The formance on the CBS Grammy telecast drove October, then broke its own Billboard 200 adjusted accordingly, with only the highest retail product, due Oct. 23, will consist of the her album to No. 56 in March 2000. mark with seven in this year's March 17 issue percentage gainers earning accolades. That currently charting "main mix" produced by ... Gerald Levert opens at No. 6 on the big was not a problem for Lopez and Keys, as Jermaine Dupri, as well as mixes by Fred JAZZED: The launch of Diana Krall's new chart with 102,000 units and No. 2 on Top their songs are the top gainers on the chart: Durst and a variety of other producers. album is not only a big moment for her career, R &B/Hip -Hop Albums. His G opened lower "Real" earns the Greatest Gainer /Airplay The song charts with an audience of 32 but a landmark achievement for mainstream last year -at No. 8 on The Billboard 200-but award with a 16.5 million audience jump, million, with play from 216 stations- rough- jazz: It becomes the first album of that genre with more sales, at 122,000. while "Fallin' " posts a 16 million jump. ly a quarter of the Hot 100 radio panel.

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A 6 97 BOB MARLEY Chant Down Babylon Tull Gang /Island 546404' /IDJMG OCTOBER 6 Rastafari Teach I Everything Billboard 8 2 SIZZLA 2001 Greensleeves 264 9 19 BUJU BANTON Ultimate Collection Hm -D 541336; Umvorsal Ili .1 c 7 63 BEENIE MAN Art And Life 3 3 H 49093N;rgin Shocking VibesNP . i n 3 10 20 VARIOUS ARTISTS Dancehall Xplosion 2001 r g ARTIST Imprint & Number /Distributing Label TITLE J am Down 40045 21 Weeks Al Needle I .av3í -- NUMBER 1 /GREATEST GAINER Ma 14 20 VARIOUS ARTISTS Reggae Xplosion 2001 Live In London And More... Jam2nwn 45646 1 . i 1 58 DONNIE MCCLURKIN Venty43150/2ombe a CeCe Winans ® KY -MANI MARLEY Many More Roads 2.,; 3 3 14 CECE WINANS Wellspring Gospel5182t/Sperrow 1y67 2 2 73 MARY MARY C2/Columbi,63740/COG Thankful 15 15 VARIOUS ARTISTS Reggae Rocks: Tide Is High 4 5 7 RICHARD SMALLWOOD WITH VISION Verity 43172/Zembe a Persuaded-Live In D.C. Mahacy 1507 5 4 YOLANDA ADAMS Elektra62629 /EEG The Experience ED PETER TOSH Super Hits 27 490747 /Inlerscapea Awesome Wonder I -gay , Womb 85344 CRG 7 9 53 KURT CARR & THE KURT CARR SINGERS Gosp. Centric 13 36 JIMMY CLIFF Jimmy Cliff- Ultimate Collection 6 6 7 TRAMAINE HAWKINS Goepo Centric 70036a Still Tramaine Rip00 545727 /Universal 8 7 33 VARIOUS ARTISTS EMdWordNerity431632Zom5, WOW Gospel 2001: The Year's 30 Top Gospel Artists And Songs MASS CHOIR Dexterity Sounds 20303/EMIGospel The Storm Is Over CI i 14 14 28 BISHOP T.D. JAKES & THE POTTER'S HOUSE

1 Tae -Bo Inspirational: Walk By Faith...Not By Sight OCTOBER 6 12 13 5 SOUNDTRACK Now Smro 351ony.r Billboard Journey For The Heart 2001 Top World Albums 9 11 7 BLESSED ultimate 102 Sing For Me 13 10 11 DEZ Deno, 7102 a 13 17 16 24 REV. CLAY EVANS AND THE AARC MASS CHOIR Meek4014 Constantly á I Know It Was The Blood 3W 0 16 12 7 PASTOR WOODROW HAYDEN AND SHILOH JDI1261/D,amanleseryant t/! Ñ Y 11 15 11 DOUG & MELVIN WILLIAMS Blackberry 1631 /Malarn Duets g 3 ARTIST Imprint &Number /Distributing Label TITLE I Still Believe 11 19 17 23 DR. ED MONTGOMERY PRESENTS ALC A5olo6MI 14 WeeksklNnlnher I Y'0 NUMBER 1 : HOT SHOT DEBUT . 1 14 AFRO CELT SOUND SYSTEM Volume 3: Further In Time 1 GREG O'QUIN 'N JOYFUL NOYZE woddwideGo4po13008 Cliches Real World /Narade 10I84Nirgin a 15 19 35 MOSES TYSON, JR. World L oso r.n: SODm Alplo,: Music 2- 2 61 BAHA MEN Who Let The Dogs Out Amon 1503 Turn It Around S Cu ive 751057/0:15 :O ;o e 19 18 24 15 ELDER JIMMY HICKS AND THE VOICES OF INTEGRITY C50101Iioso2055/ To The Chief Musician 3 1 5 16 CESARIA EVORA Sao Vincente 27 22 19 GABRIEL HARDEMAN DELEGATION Windham HO 11590 RCA e 23 21 19 JAMES HALL & WORSHIP AND PRAISE nos :y 7701. We Are At War L 3 63 CIRQUE DU SOLEIL Dralion 22 24 18 14 REGINA Hea' 11r,an0627/Orpheus It Ain't Over RCA Vi mu, 63559 Liz McComb (51 6 29 ANTHONY KEARNS /RONAN TYNAN /FINBAR WRIGHT The Irish Tenors: Ellis Island 23 21 23 7 LIZ MCCOMB Crystal Bose 20965 t. Music Matters 91120. 24 22 25 49 THE NEW LIFE COMMUNITY CHOIR FEATURING JOHN R KEE -. Not Guilty-The Experience Tempo 7 73 BEBEL GILBERTO Tanto 25 29 26 102 CECE WINANS Wellspong Gospel 5nn/Sparrosr Alabaster Box Zois I50nm I026/Sx Duv:ees. 6 33 34 48 LEE WILLIAMS AND THE SPIRITUAL QC'S MSG 7018a Good lime 8 55 GIPSY KINGS Volare! The Very Best Of The Gipsy Kings (T" Vedry43140/Zomba Purpose By Design Nonesuch 79541/AG 27 25 30 80 FRED HAMMOND & RADICAL FOR CHRIST You Love Me...Still 8- 10 7 HABIB KOITE & BAMADA Baro 28 20 20 21 ESTHER SMITH DoRohn 73850 Putumayo 192 RE "ENTMIF. Love And Freedom cl 50 BEBE Motown 159405/Universal Tortilla Soup 9=' 9 3 SOUNDTRACK 30 31 27 5 JAMES GREAR & COMPANY Born Agee, lm5/memanteServant What Will Your Life Say - Nerede 10366Nirgin 31 26 29 22 THE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA Real World 50918a Spirit Of The Century 4 11 GAELIC STORM Tree ilk Gospel's Top 20 Songs Of The Century -. Hlgher Octave 10247Nugln 32 32 39 15 VARIOUS ARTISTS New Hewn 36019 Kingdom Come 11- 14 21 RAVIN Buddha -Bar Ill 33 30 28 25 SOUNDTRACK BnspoCemlm70035/Zomba Wegram 77961 /George V 34 NFW 1 THE BROOKLYN TABERNACLE CHOIR M2 .0Communicehons/word85911/Epic Light Of The World 12.1 15 2 Lakefield LEAHY 35 34 31 4 VARIOUS ARTISTS Verity43173/Zomba Verity Presents The Gospel Greats Vol. 7: Live Narade 45716/Virgin 36 35 YOLANDA ADAMS vena43144 /Zomba The Best Of Yolanda Adams 13 12 17 CACHAITO LOPEZ Cachaito 40 96 Love Is Live! Nonesuch 79630 /AG 37 36 36 27 LFT CHURCH CHOIR/HEZEKIAH WALKER Veray43157/Zomba4 On Top Hammond Presents: "In Case You Missed It...And Then Some" 1 i1 32 SOUNDTRACK Woman 38 39 37 29 VARIOUS ARTISTS E HammondNenty 43154 /Zomba Fred - Sony Classca 89070 RE -ENTRY (P.' 23 KIM BURRELL Tommy Boy Gospel 1450/TommyBoy* Live In Concert 13 6 VARIOUS ARTISTS Celtic Dawn 6-176) REENTRY 78 EMI/WordNerM431492ombe WOW Gospel 2000 -The Year's 30 Top Gospel Artists And Songs Etherean Entertainment 77906 VARIOUS ARTISTS

a t million units (Platinum). RIM certification for net shipment of 10 Top selling albums compiled from =Albums with the greatest sales gains this week. Recording Industry Assn. Of America (RIAA) certification for net shipment of 500,000 album units (Gold). RIAA certification for net shipment of a running time of 100 minutes or more, the RIAA multiplies shipments by the number of discs and /or tapes. RIM million units (Diamond). Numeral following Platinum or Diamond symbol indicates album's multi-platinum level. For boxed sets, and double albums with national sample of retail store, mass of 400,000 units (Multi- Platino)_ indicates LP is available. Greatest Gainer shows chart's largest unit increase. Heatseeker Impact Latin a.Nards: o Certification for net shipment of 100,000 units (Oro). A Certification of 200,000 units (Platino(. s' Certification 'Asterisk merchant, and inlernet sales reports Inc. shows albums removed from Heatseekers this week. A indicates past or present Heatseeker title. © 2001, Billboard /BPI Communications, and SoundScan, collected, compiled, and provided by

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=%1g NUMBER 1 /HOT SHOT DEBUT 7) a 1 Week At Moller 1 19 19 18 NIKKACOSTA EVERYBODY GOT THEIR SOMETHING Cheeba Sound 1009VNirgin (1298/17.981 1 1 PROPHET JONES PROPHET JONES 32 29 43 NEW FOUND NEW FOUND GLORY Un varsity /Motown 014551 /Unwersal 112.96/18.981 GLORY Drive-thru 112338 /MLA 18 98/12.981 3 3 4 NICOLE C. MULLEN TALK ABOUT IT 20 7 4 THALIA THALIA CON BANDA -GRANDES EXITOS Word 85822/Epic 0198 EO/17.98) EMI Latin 34771 18.98/14.981 © 4 1 25 PETE PORN MUSIC FOR THE MORNING AFTER 21 20 4 PAUL OAKENFOLD IBIZA Columbia 62216 /CRG 112.98 ED CDI Perfecto 05/Mushroom (19 98 CDI 11 9 34 NICKEL CREEK NICKEL CREEK E3 47 - 2 JEFF CARSON REAL LIFE Sugar WI 3909 11698 CDI Curb n937 (11.98/17.98) V GREATEST GAINER '-Sa ED 1 IL NINO REVOLUTION /REVOLUCION Roadrunner 618497 /IDJMG 114.98 CDI 13 14 6 METHRONE PICTURE ME 22 Claytawn 2010 (11.98/17.98) 15 22 BOND BORN MBO467091 /Dacca 11798 CD)

6 RICARDO ARJONA . GALERIA CARIBE 40 46 5 MERCYME ALMOST THERE Sony Discos 84503 (IO 98 EOl17.98) INO/Word 85725/Epc (16.98 ED CDI 7 5 6 7 LOS ANGELES AZULES HISTORIA MUSICAL 27 39 7 RICHARD SMALLWOOD WITH VISION PERSUADED-LIVE IN D.C. Dias 72701418.96/13.98) Verity 43172/Zomba 110.98/16.98) 8 8 8 7 TOVA TOYA 42 37 73 KEITH URBAN KEITH URBAN Antra 14697 Ill. 98/17 981 Capitol lNashvillel 9 7591 110 98/16.981 1 - 2 ROBERT EARL KEEN GRAVITATIONAL FORCES 34 32 14 AFRO CELT SOUND SYSTEM VOLUME 3: FURTHER IN TIME Last Highway 170198/Mercury (Nashville) (11.98/17.981 Real Wond/Nareda 10184/Virgin 117.98 CDI 7 5 5 LOS TIGRES DEL NORTE UNIENDO FRONTERAS 26 47 12 RES HOW I DO Fonovisa 614518.98 /12.98) MCA 112310' 18.98/12.981 CD 10 THE WISEGUYS THE ANTIDOTE 35 34 39 PAULINA RUBIO PAULINA Ideal/Mammoth 810015./Hollywood 11498 CDI Universal Latino 543319 19.98/16.981 12 12 13 GRUPO BRYNDIS HISTORIA MUSICAL ROMANTICA 38 36 45 PHIL VASSAR PHIL VASSAR Dice 727012 (898/13.981 Antra Nashville 18891/RL6 110.98/16.981 2 - 2 OZOMATLI EMBRACE THE CHAOS 44 43 4 JUMP 5 JUMP 5 Interecope 493116112.98/18981 Sparrow 51878 11198 CD) 14 24 15 TAMMY COCHRAN TAMMY COCHRAN 39 25 4 RELIENT K THE ANATOMY OF THE TONGUE IN CHEEK - Epic (Nashville/ 69736 /Sony (Neshville117.98 EQ/11. 98) Gotee 72842 112.98 CD) ® 1 REVEILLE BLEED THE SKY al i BUDDY & JULIE MILLER BUDDY & JULIE MILLER Elektra 62534/EEG 117.98 CDI Hlghtone 8135/Rhino 116.98 CO)

23 27 15 CHRIS CAGLE PLAY IT LOUD 48 - 42 VICENTE FERNANDEZ G' HISTORIA DE UN IDOLO VOL. 1 o Capital INashville134170 11098/17.981 Sony Discos 84185 (10.98 Fa/16.981 16 11 68 RASCAL FLATTS RASCAL FLATTS 24 26 3 ORBITAL THE ALTOGETHER Lyric Street 165011 /Hollywood 111.98/17.98) FFRR 40678/London -Sire 117.98 CO) 15 - 2 GROOVE ARMADA GOODBYE COUNTRY (HELLO NIGHTCLUB) 49 17 4 AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE THE WAR OF ART Jive Electro 41753/Jive (17.98 CO) American 856327 /IDJMG 11298 COI D 28 28 6 ATB/GEORGE ACOSTA TRANCE NATION AMERICA TWO 46 - 39 KURT CARR & THE KURT CARR SINGERS AWESOME WONDER ultra 1081 119.98 CDI Gospo Centric 490747/Interacope 110.9/15.98) 25 23 20 DARUDE BEFORE THE STORM 43 44 6 TRAMAINE HAWKINS STILL TRAMAINE Groovilicious IN/Strictly Rhythm (17.98 CD) Gespa Centric 70036 (11.98/17.98) 6 10 9 CORMEGA THE REALNESS m 31 LUPILLO RIVERA DESPRECIADO Legal Hustle 928(' /Landspeed 111.98/18.981 Sony Discos 84276 (8.98 EO/13.98I 18 13 47 JAMIE O'NEAL SHIVER 50 16 6 PRIMER 55 (THE) NEW RELEASE Mercury (Nashville) 1 70132111,98/17.981 Island 588183/IDJMG 11298 CD) 30 22 11 ® THE CALLING CAMINO PALMERO G 1 JOAN SEBASTIAN EN VIVO: DESDE LA PLAZA EL PROGRESO DE GUADALAJARA RCA 87585113.9Bco) Musert 12524/Balboa 17.98/13.961 10 - 2 SOIL SCARS 31 33 8 DA BEATMINERZ BRACE 4 IMPAK v. .. J 20022 17.98/11.98 Rawkus 26168' /Priori 110.98/1698)

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:t. NUMBER 1 /HOT SHOT DEBUT 171' 1 Week Al flambe! l ®i 26 31 3 JOAN SEBASTIAN EN VIVO: DESDE LA PLAZA EL PROGRESO DE GUADALAJARA Musert 12524/8alboa 17.98/13.9814 1 COO COO CAL DISTURBED 24 17 8 GILLIaAN WELCH TIME (THE REVELATOR) e mrt 1468/Tommy inie Boy 111.98/17.98) Acony

3 3 11 DREAM STREET DREAM STREET 1 DENNIS DA MENACE THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF DENNIS UEG ® 18304/Edel 111.98/1798) 1st Avenue 3300 (1598 CO)*

1 1 4 RZA AS BOBBY DIGITAL DIGITAL BULLET 22 22 8 MR. SPITFLAME TANGLE WIT ME VOL. 1 Wu- Tang/In The Paint 8182 /Koch 11188/17.981 Spitfleme 70810 /Stoney Burke 111.98/11.9814 2 2 8 SNOOP DOGG PRESENTS THA EASTSIDAZ DUCES 'N TRAYZ -THE OLD FASHIONED WAY ED 48 - 2 VARIOUS ARTISTS POET: A TRIBUTE TO TOWNES VAN ZANDT M 2230. 110.98/17.981 Freefells 7019 117.98 CD1 4 - 2 JOHN HIATT THE TIKI BAR IS OPEN 27 32 7 JACK JOHNSON BRUSHFIRE FAIRYTALES Vanguard 79593 11698 CDI EnIOy 001 115.98 CDI. 5 - 2 VARIOUS ARTISTS THE 41ST SIDE 30 25 18 JANE MONHEIT COME DREAM WITH ME Lake 9204/ Lendspeed 01.98/18.981 N -Coded 4219/Warlock 11798 COI. 6 4 18 LIL JON & THE EAST SIDE BOYZ PUT YO HOOD UP 29 23 17 MARCO ANTONIO SOLIS MAS DE MI ALMA BME 22201/TVT (10.98/18.98) Fonovisa 0527 11098/16381 e / u t 11 9 38 NICKEL CREEK NICKEL CREEK 20 20 4 GANGSTA BLAC DOWN SOUTH FLAVA J Sugar Hä13909 (16.98 CO) a In The Paint 8193/Koch112.98/18.981a 9 `. 13 11 6 METHRONE PICTURE ME 1 DJ ICEY ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS: THE BREAKS ELEMENT Claytown 2010111.98/17.9810 FFRR 35073/London -Sire 08.98 CDI 10 7 5 10 KURUPT SPACE BOOGIE: SMOKE ODDESSEY c. 34 36 5 SOUNDTRACK TAE -BO INSPIRATIONAL: WALK BY FAITH...NOT BY SIGHT Antra 751083/Artemis (12.98/16.98) New Spirit 3510/Tyscot (10.98/18991

11 ` 8 6 8 THA DOGG POUND DEATH ROW PRESENTS: THA DOGG POUND 2002 31 30 6 BLESSED JOURNEY FOR THE HEART Death Row 33353/D3 112.98/17.981 Ultimate 102 11298 CDI 12 10 7 5 LOS TIGRES DEL NORTE UNIENDO FRONTERAS 28 26 3 MORCHEEBA BACK TO MINE Fonovisa 6145 18.98/12.9818 DMC 1094 /Ultra 116.98 CD)

. 38 27 10 FOR ME D$D GREATEST GAINER DEZ SING 'S` Destiny 7702 (1039/169814

13 25 2 VEGGIE TUNES VEGGIE TALES: s - SILLY SONGS WITH LARRY 6) 1 VARIOUS ARTISTS GET THE BLUES! Big idea/Word 6164/Lyrick Studios (698/8.98) NARM 50007 11.98 CDI

14 12 8 5 CHRISTINA AGUILERA JUST BE FREE _ 1 BAD BOY JOE THE BEST OF FREESTYLE MEGAMIX VOLUME 2 Pl nunum 2844/JFB 11 1.96/17981 0 " "' --'A Whet If 788131Musicrame 115.98 CDI 15 19 16 7 ATB /GEORGE ACOSTA TRANCE NATION AMERICA TWO 32 24 3 BAD BOY BILL BANGINTHEBOXFIVE Ultra 1081 119.96 CDI1 Mix Connection 51005 116.98 CDI 16 18 14 20 DARUDE BEFORE THE STORM 50 50 6 DJ SCREW THE LEGEND Groovilicious 106/Strictly Rhythm 11798 CDI 4 Big Tyme 200111598/20.981. 17 9 10 9 CORMEGA THE REALNESS 41 29 44 LOUIE DEVITO N.Y.C. UNDERGROUND PARTY VOLUME 3 Legal Hustle 9203' / Landspeed 111.98/18.981 a E-Lastik 5002 116.98 CD)* 18 14 12 7 SOUUA SLIM THE STREETS MADE ME ' "` 37 28 61 BAHA MEN A' WHO LET THE DOGS OUT No Limit South 2001 (11.98/1738) SCuwe 751052/Artemis (11,98/17.9811 19 16 13 4 PAUL OAKENFOLD IBIZA 12 REV. CLAY EVANS AND THE AARC MASS CHOIR CONSTANTLY Perfecto O5/Mushroom (19.98 CO) I f- Meek 4014111.98/1898) 20 15 - 2 DRU DOWN PIMPIN' PHERNELIA - 49 35 7 PASTOR WOODROW HAYDEN AND SHILOH I KNOW IT WAS THE BLOOD AMC 71167 117.98 CDI JOI 1261/Diamante Servant 0998/16381 21 NEW 1 DJ ESCAPE PARTY TIME 2002 .01 33 37 4 DOUG & MELVIN WILLIAMS DUETS Groovilicious 35104/Strictly Rhythm 119.98 CDI Blackberry 1831/Maleco 110.96/16.98)

22 17 15 `3 ORBITAL THE ALTOGETHER 5 DR. ED MONTGOMERY PRESENTS ALC I STILL BELIEVE FFRR 40678/London -Sire (17.98 COI a Abide 6101 (10.98/15.981 23 23 19 16 VARIOUS ARTISTS PUNK O RAMA 2001 VOL. 6 a) 1 GREG O'QUIN 'N JOYFUL NOYZE CLICHES Epitaph 88615 14.99 CD) World Wide Gospel 3008 (12.98/16.98)

24 21 18 14 PENNYWISE LAND OF THE FREE? ED, 1 SUPERCHUNK HERE'S TO SHUTTING UP Epitaph 86600. 116.86 CO) '.....1 Moro 201 114.98 CDI

The Heatseekers chart lists the best -selling titles by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the top 100 of The Billboard 200 chart. When an album reaches this level, the album and the artist's subsequent albums are immediately ineligible to appear on the Heatseekers chart. Top Independent Albums are current titles tha are sold via independent distribution, including those which are fulfilled via major branch distributors.IMMIbumswith the greatest sales gains this week. Greatest Gainer shows chart's largest unit increase. Recording Industry Assn. Of America (RIAA) certficahon for net shipment of 500,000 album units(Galdl. RIM certification for net shipment of 1 million units (Platinum). RIAA certification for net shipment of 10 million units (Diamond). Numeral following Platinum or Diamond symbol indicates album's multi- platinum level. For boxed sets, and double albums with a running time of 100 minutes or more, the RIM multiplies shipments by the number of discs and/or tapes. RIAA °Certification Latin awards: for net shipment of 100,000 units (Oro). A Certification of 200,1700 units ( Platino). A' Certification of 400,000 units (Multi- Platino). Asterisk indicates vinyl LP is available. Most tape prices are suggested lists. Tape prices marked EQ and most CD prices are equivalent prices, which are projected from wholesale prices. indicates past or present Heatseeker title. ©2001, Billboard/BPI Communications, and SoundScan, Inc.

BILLBOARD OCTOBER 6, 2001 www.billboard.com 81 www.americanradiohistory.com OCTOBER 6 Top Album Sales. OCTOBER 6 2001 Billboard Internet 2001 Billboard Top SoundtracksTM

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NUMBER 1 1M3'. 1 WeekAt Hurdle' 1 '2 1 =31tty NUMBER 1 3íF 2 Woks At limber 10 2 DIANA KRALL Ve.ve 5498461vG The Look Of Love 9 1 2 GUTTER (MARIAH CAREY) Virgin 107971

1 Love And Theft 20 3 BOB DYLAN Cole m a 9575' CRG 2 15 O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? Mercury 170069 4 TORI AMOS Auentic83486/AG StrangeLittleGirls © WWF: TOUGH ENOUGH OreamWorks 450336/Interscope 79593 The Tiki Bar Is open 116 4 2 JOHN HIATT Vanguard 7 2 HARDBALL So So Def/Columbia 86025/CRG

GRAY Epic sow The ID 11 MACY 3 8 AMERICAN PIE 2 Republic 014494/Universal 6 38 SOUNDTRACK A' Mercury lNashville1170069 0 Brother, Where Art Thou? 26 4 15 COYOTE UGLY Curb 78703 9 44 ENYA A' Reprise 47426AVamerBros. A Day Without Rain 7 5 2 TRAINING DAY Priority 502131

3 13 ALICIA KEYS A' J 20002 Songs In A Minor 2 9 9 THE PRINCESS DIARIES Walt Disney 860731 Greatest Hits 5 9 `! MARTINA MCBRIDE RCA INashvillel67012/RLG 6 7 JAY AND SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK Universal 014713 lo JOHN MAYER Aware /Columbia85253/CRG Room For Squares 194 10 15 SH REK DreamWorks 450305/Interscope

11(11 LIVE Radioactive 112485/MCA V 22 8 15 MOULIN ROUGE Interscope 493035 LEE GREENWOOD Capitol (Nashvine)98568 American Patriot 12 15 SAVE THE LAST DANCE Hollywood 162288 7 2 DREAM THEATER Elektra62861/EEG Live Scenes From New York - 13 8 RUSH HOUR 2 Def Jam586216a /IDJMG 5 2 NICKELBACK Roadrunner 618485 /IDJMG Silver Side Up 3 11 3 ROCK STAR Posthuman 50238 /Priority

12 4 BJORK Elektre62653/EEG Vespertine 70 14 15 THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS Murder IncJDefJam5488321/IDJMG Break The Cycle 14 Sunset 47944/Warner Bros. 14 18 STAIND ' Fop /EIektra62626 /EEG CD 19 8 SWEET NOVEMBER Warner 15 6 ALISON KRAUSS & UNION STATION Rounder610495nOJMG New Favorite 87 15 9 DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAIN Lost Highway 170221 /Mercury (Nashville)

11 2 BEN FOLDS Fps 61610 Rockin' The Suburbs 73 16 5 SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS ORIGINAL THEME HIGHLIGHTS Nick/Jive49500 /Zomba

17 2 BOZ SCAGGS Virgin 10635 Dig 180 17 15 PEARL HARBOR Hollywood 481t3/WarnerBros.

24 29 EVA CASSIDY Bits Street 10045 Songbird - 20 10 JOSIE & THE PUSSYCATS Play -Tone 85683/Epic

23 2 JAY-Z floc -A-Fella /Def Jam 506396' /IDJMG The Blueprint 1 18 3 EXIT WOUNDS THE ALBUM Blackground 10192

2 2 ROBERT EARL KEEN Lost Highway 0196 /Mercurywashvmela Gravitational Forces 192 21 7 GREASE Polydor 825095/Universal

TRAIN Aware /Columbia69888/CRG Drops Of Jupiter 43 22 15 REMEMBER THE TITANS Waft Disney 860687 Hollywood 162241 22 12 GORILLAZ Parlophone3374O /V rn Gorillaz 20 24 15 DUETS

16 2 P.O.D. Atlantic83475/AG Satellite 8 BLOW Cheeba Sound 10044/Virgin

Top Internet Album Sales reflects physical albums ordered though Internet merchants, based on data collected by SoundScan. Unlike most Billboard album charts, catalog titles are included on the Internet and Soundtrack charts. Albums with the greatest sales gain this week. Recording Industry Assn. Of Ameri- 10 Numeral following Platinum or Diamond symbol indicates album's multi- platinum level. For boxed sets, and double ca (RIM) certification for net shipment of 500,000 album units (Gold). RIAA certification for net shipment of 1 million units (Platinum). RIAA certification for net shipment of million units (Diamond). ( Platino). Certification of 400,000 units Platino). indicates vinyl available. albums with a running time of 100 minutes or more, the RIAA multiplies shipments by the number of discs and/or tapes. RIAA Latin awards: O Certification for net shipment of 100,000 units (Oro.) A Certification of 200,000 units A' (Multi- *Asterisk indicates past or present Heatseeker title ©2001, Billboard/BPI Communications and SoundScan, Inc.

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NUMBER 1 / GREATEST GAINER ON 1 WeeYAtNwierl 18 22 29 TOBY KEITH GREATEST HITS VOLUME ONE Mercury (Nashville) 558962 111.98/17.981 AMERICAN PATRIOT 8 - 2 LEE GREENWOOD 20 12 227 ABBA A' GOLD 0 Capitol (Nashville) 98568 111.98 COI Polydor 517007/Universal 112.98/18981

THE BEST THAT I COULD DO 1978 - 1988 1 1 4 AALIYAH ONE IN A MILLION 31 24 99 JOHN MELLENCAMP Mercury 111.98/17.981 Blackground 10753' (12.98/17.981 536738/IDJMG 2 2 80 ENYA PAINT THE SKY WITH STARS THE BEST OF ENYA 28 21 512 JOURNEY 4° JOURNEY'S GREATEST HITS © Columbia 44493/CRG 11.98 ED /17.981 Reprise ' Bros (I 2913/1818) 3 - 71 DIDO A' NO ANGEL C1F3 36 37 371 AC /DC ,' Anse 19025 112.98/18.98)5 EastWert 92410EEG 111.98/17.981 MIRRORBALL 4 3 250 DEF LEPPARD A' VAULT GREATEST HITS 1980 -1995 al 69 SARAH MCLACHLAN Arista 19049 11298/18.99) ' Mercury 528718/IOJMG Ito.98/11.981 HITS 5 5 84 U2 THE BEST OF 1980 -1990 37 30 357 AEROSMITH 41° AEROSMITH'S GREATEST Island 524813/1DJMG 112.99/18.98) Columbia 57997/CRG 17.98 E0/17.981 NEVERMIND 6 7 528 METALLICA II' METALLICA 32 25 299 NIRVANA .° Elektre 61113 /EEG (11.98/17.981 DGC 424425' /Interscope 112.98/18981 FOR 7 4 361 & THE SILVER BULLET BAND GREATEST HITS 33 29 490 GUNS N' ROSES 41,° APPETITE DESTRUCTION Capitol 30334. 110.98/15.981 Geffen 424748/Interacope (12.98/18.981 10 11 1277 PINK FLOYD Illr DARK SIDE OF THE MOON 30 18 343 MADONNA A° THE IMMACULATE COLLECTION o 110.98/17.981 Sire 26440/Warner Bros. 113.98/18981 Capitol 46001 BLUE 9 9 639 BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS LEGEND ef 45 36 126 MILES DAVIS A' KIND OF Tuff Gong/Island 846210 /IDJMG (12.98/18.991 Legacy /Columbia 64935/CRG 17.98E0/11.98) BEST 43) 12 8 383 TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS GREATEST HITS 50 40 187 SADE THE OF SADE Epic 85287 11298' 60 /18181 MCA 110813 (1298/11981 16 15 565 JAMES TAYLOR GREATEST HITS 39 33 118 LIMP BIZKIT SIGNIFICANT OTHER ® ." Flip 490335/ Interscope 311317.98/11.981 '112.9078.98) Werner Bros.

11 6 27 EVA CASSIDY SONGBIRD 44 45 251 SUBLIME 5 SUBLIME Blia Street 117045 111.98/16.981 Gasoline Alley I 11413/MCA 112.98/18.981 21 17 191 DIXIE CHICKS ." WIDE OPEN SPACES 42 38 399 CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL CHRONICLE THE 20 GREATEST HITS Monument 68195/Sony (Nashville) (10.98 ED/17.98) a Fantasyr (129017.98) ENEMA OF THE STATE ® 453 CAROLE KING 411° TAPESTRY 41 32 103 BLINK -182 5 Epic 65850 1718 E0/11.981 MCA 111950 N29911981 14 10 111 MOBY PLAY 46 46 136 AL GREEN GREATEST HITS 9227049' (10.98/1898)5' HV[he Right Stuff 30800/Capitol 110.98/17.99) 15 39 AALIYAH AGE AIN'T NOTHING BUT A NUMBER 35 - 14 THE CHARLIE DANIELS BAND 5 A DECADE OF HITS - (Nashville) 981 Blackground /Jive 41533'/ 11098/16.981 Epic 65694/Sony (Nashville) 17.9860/11 19 16 203 SHANIA TWAIN 40 COME ON OVER 38 35 171 AEROSMITH BIG ONES Mercury (Nashville) 536003 112.98/11981 Geffen a247101nterscope 1129018.981 17 31 208 CREED A' MY OWN PRISON 320 SOUNDTRACK 5 GREASE Wind -up 13049 111.98/11981a Polydor 825095/Universal (12.98/18.981 24 19 142 GODSMACK A' GODSMACK 29 27 79 STAIND DYSFUNCTION Republic 153190/Universal (12.98/18.981A Flip /Elektre 62358 /EEG 112.98/15.9915 HITS 1986 -1996 23 26 143 KID ROCK .° DEVIL WITHOUT A CAUSE 40 - 57 POISON GREATEST 53375 Top Dog /Lava/Atlantic 83119'/AG 11298/11981 a Capitol 1738/11181 25 23 101 WEEZER A' WEEZER 10 97 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN A' GREATEST HITS 00.98 Ea/17.981 DGC 424629/Interscope (10.9011.9815 Columbia 67080 /CRG LIKE YOU CD 34 13 44 SYSTEM OF A DOWN SYSTEM OF A DOWN 229 MATCHBOX 20 ." YOURSELF OR SOMEONE Lava /Atlantic 92721/AG American /Columbia 68924 /CRG (7.98 E0/11.98) 1 11098/17.9815 27 20 112 BON JOVI A' CROSS ROAD `1J VAN MORRISON A' THE BEST OF VAN MORRISON PoNdar 537459/Universal Mercury 599013/IDJMG (10.9017.98) 1498 112.98/18.981 26 14 271 EAGLES HELL FREEZES OVER Geffen 4247201nterscope' (12.98/18981

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Louis Armstrong: JZ 15 CL 5 DC DC Chart Codes: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra: Dynamix: 20 Heatwave: 32 -ALBUMS- Joe Arroyo: TSA i4 Cirque Du Soleil: WM 4 Don Henley: AC 18 ATB: EA 9; H519; IND 15; DC 27 City High: B200 89; RBA 74; RA 34; RBH 35; 140 Henrik: LPS 38; LT 42; TSS 37 The Billboard zoo (B2oo) -E- Aubrey: DC i 32 Eagles: PCA 25 Eddy Herrera: LT 45; 155 9 Blues (BL) Avalon: CC 14 Eric Clapton: BL 2; AC 20 Kurt Elting: /Z 23 Hi-Tek: RA 75; RBH 84 Classical (CL) Avant: HSS 74; RS 48 Jameson Clark: CS 6o Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott: B2oo 49; RBA 36; John Hiatt: 8200 116; IND 5; INT4 Classical Crossover (CX) Ramon Ayala: LT 21; RMS 9 Jimmy Cliff: RE 15 Hioo 15; HA 14; RA 13, 39; RBH i4, 40; 140 Elder Jimmy Hicks And The Voices Of Integrity: Contemporary Christian (CC) Ramon Ayala Y Sus Bravos Del Norte: LA 3o; Linda Clifford: DC 31 28 GA 19 Country (CA) RMA17 Patsy Cline: CCA 13,16 Richard Elliot: C/ i Faith Hill: B200 151; CA 17; CCA 20; AC 2; CS 39, Country Catalog (CCA) Ayana: H10093; RA31; RBH 32 Rosemary Clooney: /Z 22 Empty Mynd: RP 18; RS 38 41, 48; Hioo 85 Electronic (EA) Steve Azar: CS 57 Club 3D: TS513 Engelina: DC 39 Pat Hodges: DC 29 Gospel (GA) Azul Azut: LA 35; LPA 14; DC 28; HSS 29 Tammy Cochran: CA 28; HS 14; CS 11; Hioo 79; Enya: B200 7; INT 7; NA 1; PCA 3; A40 9; AC 5; Billie Holiday: /Z12 HA 75 Hioo 18; HA 23; 14017 Steve Holy: CA 6o; CS 32 Heatseekers (HS) Cocoa Brovaz: RS 75 Melissa Etheridge: B200 162; A4o 37 Whitney Houston: Hioo 97; RBH Independent (IND) 99 Baby: Hioo 98; RA 42; RBH 42 Coldplay: B200 148; A40 Faith Evans: Hioo 7o; HA 66; RA 19, 38; RBH 23, Rebecca Lynn Howard: AC 16 Internet (INT) 35 Babyface: B200 34; RBA 11; Hioo 91; HSS 17; RA Collective Soul: 820o 5o 39 Los Huracanes del Norte: LA 74; RMS 27 Jazz (CZ) 36; RBH 37; RS 21 John Coltrane: JZ6,16,18 Rev. Clay Evans And The AARC Mass Choir: GA MIN MY Contemporary Jazz (C/) Backstreet Boys: AC 8; Hioo 96 Confederate Railroad: CS 55 13; IND 45 Latin Albums (LA) Bad Azz: RBA 65 Conjunto Primavera: LA 21; RMA 13; LT 17; RMS 4, Sara Evans: B200 149; CA 16; CS 40 Enrique Iglesias: Hioo 27; HA 26; LPS 2; LT 6; 140 Latin: Latin Pop (LPA) Bad Boy Bill: IND 41 to Eve 6: A4o 16; Hioo 66; HA 63;140 34 24 Latin: Regional Mexican (RMA) Bad Boy Joe: IND 4o Control: RMS 4o Eve: B200 129; RBA 86; Hloo 8; HA 8; RA 34; RBH lio: DC 30 Latin: Tropical/Salsa (TSA) Erykah Badu: A4o 26 Coo Coo Cal: B200 45; IND i; RBA 16; HSS 7; RBH 35; 140 4 Il Nino: HS 3o New Age (NA) Baha Men: IND 44; WM 2 5o; RP 3; RS 6 Nina Eve: DC 20 Incubus: B200 114; A40 7; Hioo 26, 73; HA 25, 73; David CS 31 3 MO RO 7;14015 Pop Catalog (PCA) Ball: Joyce Cooling: C/18 Cesaria Evora: WM 2; Marcia Ball: BL 13 Copa Cat Pack: JZ 22 Exhale: HSS 22; RBH 86; RS 8 Industria Del Amor: LT 18; RMS 7 R&B/Hip-Hop (RBA) Bamada: WM 8 Cormega: HS 21; IND 17; RBA 64 Information Society: DC 24 R &B /Hip -Hop Catalog (RBC) AVM Banda El Limon: RMS 3o Nikka Costa: HS 25 F Intocable: LA 32, 57; RMA 19; LT 39; RM518 Reggae (RE) Banda El Recodo: LA 25, 7o; RMA 14; LT 11; RMS Elvis Costello: CX 12 Fabolous: B200 13; RBA 3; Hioo 25; HA 24; RA 16; Los Invasores de Nuevo Leon: LA 73 World Music (WM) 2,13 Costumbre: RMS 31 RBH 15; RS 68 Ronald Islet': B200 3o; RBA 13; Hioo 32; HA 28; -SINGLES- Banda Machos: LA 6o Deborah Cox: DC 5 Faithless: DC 37 RA 9; RBH 10 Hot loo (H1oo) Buju Banton: RE 8 El Coyote Y Su Banda Tierra Santa: LA 75 Jody Farias: LT 21; RMS 9 The Isley Brothers: B2oo 3o; RBA 13; Hloo 32; HA Hot wo Airplay (HA) Barenaked Ladies: A4o 17 Jimmy Cozier: RBA 87; HSS 33; RA 49; RBH 47; Fat Joe: RA 52; RBH 59 28; RA 9; RBH 10 Hot zoo Singles Sales (HSS) Basement Jaxx: DC 42 RS 43 Alejandro Fernandez: LPS 18; LT 15; RMS 22 Adult Contemporary (AC) BBMak: AC 19 The Cranberries: A4o 29 Vicente Fernandez: HS 42; LA 9, 19; RMA 5,12; LT -J- Adult Top 4o (A4o) The Beatles: B200 137 Randy Crawford: C/ 9 10; RMS 3 Michael Jackson: Hioo 12; HA 12; RA 14; RBH 16; Country (CS) Beautiful Creatures: RO 4o Robert Cray: BL 8 FFH: B200 176; CC 8 140 16 Beenie Man: RE 9 Creed: 8200 112; PCA 19 La Firma: RMS 28 Alan Jackson: B200 131; CA 15, 56; CCA 14; CS 2; Dance/Club Play (DC) Joshua Bell: CX 11 Creedence Clearwater Revival: PCA 40 First Choice: DC 12 Hioo 34; HA 29 Dance/Sales (DS) Benzino: RS 66 Cristian: LA 23; LPA 9; LPS 4,14; LT 3, 27; TSS 17, Cevin Fisher: DC 7 Janet Jackson: B200 54; RBA 5o; RBC 13; A40 27; Hot Latin Tracks (LT) Better Than Ezra: A4o 13 35 Five For Fighting: 8200 81; A40 6; Hioo 49; HA AC 3o; Hioo lo; HA 15; HSS 3; RBH 44; RS 3; Pop (LPS) Latin: Latin Big Kahuna:1Z22 Celia Cruz: TSA 18 49; T40 26 14o 9 Latin: Regional Mexican (RMS) Big Lew BKA Popeye Reds: HSS 16; RBH 89; RP The Crystal Method: B200 159; EA 4; DC 21 Ben Folds: B200 73; INT 18; MO 28 Jadakiss: B2oo 39; RBA 15; RA 37, 55, 66; RBH Latin: Tropical/Salsa (TSS) 5; RS 11 Cuisillos De Arturo Macias: LT 34; RMS i6 Luis Fonsi: T55 34 34, 54, 72 R &B Hip -Hop (RBH) Bilai: B200 124; RBA 39; HSS 39; RA 55; RBH 54; Brian Culbertson: C/ 5 Willa Ford: DSA 5; Hioo 78; HSS 24; 140 38 Jagged Edge: B200 52; RBA 33; DSA 1; Hioo 3; R &B Hip -Hop Airplay (RA) RS51,59 The Cult: RO 37 Jeff Foxworthy: CA 67 HA 5; HSS 1; RA 15, 48; RBH 4, 52; RS 1; T4o

R &B Hip -Hop Singles Sales (RS) Bjork: B2oo 70; EA 1; I NT 15 Mark Curry: Hioo 76; RA 29; RBH 29; RS 73 Russ Freeman: C/16 8 Rap (RP) Clint Black: CS 54 Fuel: B200 64; A40 23; H1oo 83; MO 38; RO 29 Jaguares: LA 28; LPA 12 11 RBA 24; Hioo HA 61; RA Mainstream Rock (RO) Black Rob: Hioo 76; RA 29; RBH 29; RS 73 Fuerza Juvenil: TSA Jaheim: B200 103; 67; The Black Crowes: RO D12: B200 51; RBA 41; HSS lo; RP 16; RS Nelly Furtado: B200 37; A40 14; Hioo 31; HA 18; RBH 19 Modern Rock (MO) 34 35 34; Terence Blanchard: JZ13 Da Beatminerz: HS 5o; RBA69 140 14 Jailbird: RP 17; RS 36 Top 4o Tracks (T4o) Memphis Bleek: RA 68; RBH 73 Da Brat: RBH 88; RS13 Bishop T.D. Jakes & The Potter's House Mass Blessed: CC 35; GA 11; IND 36 Daft Punk: EA 6; DC 14 Choir: CC 33; GA 9 Rankings from biweekly charts are listed in Mary J. Blige: B200 15; RBA 5; RBC 7, 2o; Hioo 5; Gigi D'Agostino: EA 14; Hioo 88 Juan Gabriel: LPS 15, 16; LT 14; RMS 23 Boney James: C123 italics during a chart's unpublished week. HA 4; HSS 53; RA 2; RBH 2, 93; RS 41; 14018 Dennis Da Menace: IND 27; RBA 6o; HSS 23; RBH Peter Gabriel: A4o 28 Etta James: /Z2 The Blind Boys Of Alabama: GA 31 87;RP4;RS9 Gaelic Storm: WM io Jamiroquai: B200 74; EA 2; DC 3 Blink -182: B200 75; PCA 41; MO 18, 23 Lola Damone: HSS 48; RP 20; RS 40 Jeffrey Gaines: A4o 31 Jarabe De Palo: TSS 38 Andrea Bocelli: CL 2, 3 Damozel: RS 57 Galactic: Cf 10 Jay-Z: B200 1; INT 21; RBA 1; RBC 3; Hioo 9; HA9; Bon Jovi: PCA 24 Charlie Daniels: CCA 7 Gangsta Blac: IND 33; RBA 98 HSS 15, 25; RA 5, RBH 5, RP 112: B200 85; RBA 54; H1oo 21, 57; HA 20, 52; 32, 44; 36, 38; Bond: 0(3; HS 31 The Charlie Daniels Band: CCA 5; PCA 43 Gangsta Boo: B200 190; RBA 52 8; RS 17, 28; 140 25 H55 75; RA 26, 28; RBH 25, 28; RS 26;14o Krayzie Bone: B200 107; RBA Darude: EA 10; HS 2o; IND 16 Marvin Gaye: RBC 24; Hloo 92; RA 33, 61; RBH Norma Jean: DC 19 35 45 Michelle Branch: B200 80; A40 11; Hioo 24; HA Craig David: B200 66; RBA 49; DSA 6; Hioo 16; 33, 67 WyclefJean: HSS 45; RS 72 2Pac: RBA 77; RBC 8, 9, 12,17 27; 140 13 HA 17; HSS 14; RBH 75; RS 27; T4o 11 El General: LA 67; TSA 6 Jessica Folker: DC 41; DSA 7; HSS 40 3 Doors Down: B200 128; A40 10; H1oo 3o; HA 31; Rick Braun: C/ 19, 23 Miles Davis:/Z14, 19; PCA 36 G'Fellas: RBA 84 Alih Jey: LPS 21; LT 38 RO 23;140 20 Michael Brecker: /Z 21 Days Of The New: RO 20 Angela Gheorghiu: CL 12 Jose Alfredo Jimenez: LA 36, 4o 311: MO 39 Jim Brickman: NA 8; AC 16 Default: MO 31; RO 33 Ghostface Killah: RBH 71; RP 21; RS 42 Jimmy Eat World: B200 160; MO 24 MOO AO M Sarah Brightman: 0(5; DSA 22 Def Leppard: PCA 5 Bebel Gilberto: WM 6 Jodeci: RBC 21 Chad Brock: CS 5o Delerium: NA Billy Gilman: CA 43, 46 Elton John: AC ii Aaliyah: B200 21; PCA 2, 17; RBA 7; RBC 1, 2; ii Brooks & Dunn: B200 121; CA 11; CCA 6; CS 3; John Denver: CCA 1z Ginuwine: B200 40; RBA 17; Hioo n; HA 1o; RA i; Carolyn Dawn Johnson: B2oo 157; CA 18; CS 8; Hioo 23, 100; HA 19; RA 4; RBH 6; TSS 40 Hloo Depeche Mode: DC DSA 13; HSS RBH 1; RS 64 Hioo 6o; HA 56 Abba: PCA 27 35; HA 33 io; 68 Garth Brooks: CCA 17 The Derailers: CA 7o Gipsy Kings: LA 44; LPA 18; WM 7 Jack Johnson: IND 3o Abigail: DC 49 The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir: GA Destiny's Child: B200 36; RBA 31; DC 25; DSA Gisselle: T55 23 Jonell: RA 75; RBH 84 AC /DC: PCA 3o 34 4, Brotha Lynch Hung: B200 152; RBA 19; Hioo 56, 9o; HA 57; HSS 12; RA 57; RBH Giuseppe Sinopoli: CL 6 Journey: PCA 29 George Acosta: EA 9; HS 19; IND 15 45 Foxy Brown: B2oo 117; RBA 3o; RA 59; RBH 61; 6o, 74; RS 10; T4o 36 Godsmack: B200 134; PCA 20; MO 32; RO 12,15, Juanes: LA 43; LPA 17; LPS 34; TSS 36 Yolanda Adams: CC 22; GA 5, 36; RBC 15 RS 56 Louie DeVito: IND 19 The Judds: CCA 18 Adema: MO 17; RO 16 43 Shannon Brown: CS Dez: CC 38; GA 12; IND 38; RBA 66 Good Fridays: RS 7o Jump 5: CC 23; HS Trace Adkins: CS 16 53 39 Kim Burrell: GA 39 Diamond Rio: CA 29; AC 6 Gorillaz: B200 28; INT 24; Hloo 68; HA 7o; MO 8 Juvenile: B200 33; RBA 14; RBC 6; Hioo 75; HA Aerosmith: PCA 32, 44 Bush: MO 15; RO n Neil Diamond: B200 138; AC 28 John Got'ti: RP 13; RS 3o 72; RA 25; RBH 27 Afro Celt Sound System: HS 35; WM 1; A4o 28 Busta Rhymes: RA 45; RBH 48 Dido: PCA 4; 32; AC 3; DC 38; Hloo 5o; HA Suav Gotti: HSS Afroman: B200 27; RBA 18; Hioo 61; HA 64; HSS A40 15, 54; RS 53 .- Butthole Surfers: MO 25 El Gran Combo: LT 33; TSS 5 - K 6o; MO 37; RA 62; RBH 62; RP 23; RS 47; 45 Tracy David Gray: B200 105 Anthony Kearns: WM 5 140 40 Byrd: CA 44; CS 3o Joe Diffie: CS 36 Digital Allies: DSA 21 Macy Gray: 820011; INT 5; RBA 9; A4o 26 John R. Kee: GA 24 Pepe Aguilar: LA 18; RMA 11; LPS 13; LT 2; RMS 5 Dilated Peoples: RS 58 James Grear & Company: GA 3o Robert Earl Keen: B200 192; CA 26; HS 9; INT 22 Christina Aguilera: IND 14; LA 42; LPA 16 Athena Cage: HSS 58 Disturbed: B200 MO 9; RO 5 Al Green: PCA 42; RBC 4 Toby Keith: B200 31,177; CA 3, 23; CCA 4; PCA ALC: GA16; IND 48 41; Chris Cagle: CA 33; HS 16; CS 56 Dana Divine: RS 7o Green Velvet: DC 26 26; CS 7, 21; Hloo 47; HA 43 Alegres De La Sierra: LT 35; RM517 Cake: B200 MO 22 Dixie Chicks: B200 122; CA 12; CCA 2; PCA 14; CS Lee Greenwood: CCA 1, 22; INT 12; PCA i; AC 22; Kelis: RA 59; RBH 61; RS 56 Ley Alejandro: LPS 20; LT 31;155 39 95; A40 33; Maria Callas: CL 14 CS 25; Hioo 54; HA 48 R. Kelly: B200 110; RBA 38; Hloo 37; HA 35; HSS Alice In Chains: B200 188 42 The Calling: HS 23; A40 25 DJ Romain: DC 31 Pat Green: CS 47 15; RA u, RBH 13, RS 28, 6o Alien Ant Farm: B2oo 29; Hloo 38; HA 37; MO 3; 44, 52; 38, 59; Cameo: DC 5o; DSA 17; HSS 6 Dj Clue: RBA 85 Andy Griggs: CS 22 Alicia Keys: 8200 2; INT 8; RBA 8; Hioo 1; HA 1; RO 21;140 39 Los Caminantes: LA 5o DJ Encore: DC Groove Armada: EA 7; HS 18 LPS 29; RA 6; RBH 7; RS 62; T4o 1;1SS19 Gary Allan: CA 36; CS 27 39 Btu Cantrell: B200 56; RBA 4o; Hloo 4; HA 3; LPS D J Escape: EA 12; IND 21 Max Groove: C/ 24 Kid Rock: PCA 21 All Star Tribute: Hioo 51; HA 46; RA 7o; RBH 81; 28; RS 74; T4o 3; TSS 20 DJ Icey: IND Grupo Bryndis: HS 12; LA 4; RMA 3; RMS 26 Carole King: PCA 15 T4o 31 34 Mariah Carey: B200 17; RBA 12; STX 1; AC 17; DC D J Screw: IND 42 Grupo Exterminador: LA 31; RMA 18 B.B. King: BL 2 Allure: HSS 11; RBH 56; RS 7 5o; DSA 17; HSS 6; RA 51; RBH 55, 88; RS 13 DMX: RBC 14; H5S 67; RA 3o, 65; RBH 31, 66; RP Grupo Mojado: RMS Frankie Knuckles: DC 19 Karrin Allyson: /Z 24 33 Guiliano Carmignola: CL 7 22; RS Grupo Niche: TSA 14 Habib Koite: WM 8 Herb Alpert: CI 20 44, 65 Mary Chapin Carpenter: CA 5o Dominic: TSS 27 Grupomania: TSS 24 Kokane: RA 58; RBH 63 Amber: DC 6 Rodney Carrington: CA The Donz: HSS RBH 96; RS Guardianes Del Amor: LA 59 Dave Koz: C/ 14 America: B200 193 49 13; 14 Kurt Carr: CC 25; GA 6; HS 45 The Doors: B200 92 Juan Luis Guerra 44o: TSA lo; LPS 23; LT 37; T55 Diana Krall: B200 9; INT 1; JZ 1, 20 American Head Charge: HS 44 Kurt Carr Singers: CC 25; GA 6; HS Dr. Dre: RA 55; RBH 28 Alison Krauss: CCA 24 American Hi -Fi: H1oo 87 45 54 Jeff Carson: CA 38; HS 29; CS 18 Dream: DSA 8; 1155 5; RS 24 Guns N' Roses: PCA Alison Krauss & Union Station: B200 87; CA 6; Amethystium: NA 5 34 Aaron Carter: 8200 48,142 Dream Street: 8200 65; IND 2 Amaury Gutierrez: LPS 25 INT 17 Tori Amos: B200 4; INT 3 Case: RBA9o; Hloo 19; HA 18; HSS 66; RA 7; RBH Dream Theater: INT 13 Buddy Guy: BL 3 Lenny Kravitz: B200 153; MO 21; RO 22 Sunshine Anderson: RBA 93; RBH 85 8; RP 14; RS 31, 55 Dreamcatcher: DC 43 Danny Krivit: DC 31 Jessica Andrews: B200 183; CA 25; AC 26; CS 45 - Johnny Cash: CCA 8 Drowning Pool: B200 47; RO 3o Kurupt: B200 173; IND io; RBA 59 Los Angeles Azules: B200 187; HS 7; LA 2; RMA 1 Eva Cassidy: INT 2o; PCA 13 Dru Down: IND 20; RBA 97 James Hall & Worship And Praise: GA 21 Los Angeles De Charlie: LA 63; RMS 39 .Pw C -B0: B200 152; RBA Drunken Master: HSS 48; RP 20; RS 40 Fred Hammond: GA 27 Anonymous 4: CL 15 45 Ceevox: DC 22 Dub Pistols: DC 9 Handsome Devil: MO 26 The Latin All Stars: LA 56, 62 Marc Anthony: LA 46; TSA 4 Manu Chao: LA 26; LPA n Huey Dunbar: TSA 8; LPS lo; LT 13; TS5 8 Gabriel Hardeman Delegation: GA 20 Kenny Lattimore: RA 69; RBH 78 Marc Antoine: C/ 22 The Chemical Brothers: DC 18; DSA 9; HSS Jermaine Dupri: HSS 71; RA 5o; RBH 45; RP 19; RS Lisa Hartman Black: CS 54 Tracy Lawrence: CS 44 IndiaArie: 8200 83; RBA 37; A40 3o; OSA 12; 44 Kenny Chesney: B200 90; CA 7; CS 23 Tramaine Hawkins: GA 7; HS 46 Leahy: WM 12 HSS 62; RA 53; RBH 53; RO 39; RS 52 39 El Chichicuilote: LA 64 Rocio Durcal: LA 72; LPS 3o Pastor Woodrow Hayden And Shiloh: GA 14; IND LeLe: Hioo 95; RA 4o; RBH 41 Ricardo Arjona: B200 185; HS 6; LA 1, 48; LPA 1, LA TSA 7; LPS 6; LT 12; 6 Charlotte Church: CX 10 I Melina Leon: 68; MS 20 Bob Dylan: B200 20; NT 2 46

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Gerald Levert: Bzoo 6; RBA 2; RA 43; RBH 46 23, 24; TSS 22 RMS 29 Son By Four: TSA 17, 20 Tony Vega: TSS 14 Huey Lewis & The News: AC 25 Pablo Montero: LPS 35 Primer 55: HS 48 Sonicftood: CC 37 Veggie Tunes: IND 13 La Ley: LA 14; LPA 6; LPS 22; LT 4o; TSS 16 Dr. Ed Montgomery: GA 16; IND 48 Prince: 6200 143 Chris Soul: DC 47 Maxim Vengerov: CL 11 LFO: Bzoo 154; Hioo 46; HA 51; 140 23 Montgomery Gentry: CA 32; CS 38 Prince And The Revolution: RBC 23 Soulja Slim: IND 18; RBA 57 The Verve Pipe: A4o 22 The LFT Church Choir: GA 37 Mandy Moore: Bzoo 178 The Product G &B: HSS 45; RS 72 Soul Logic: DC 17 Alicia Villareal: LA 17; RMA 10 Liberation: LA 52 Morcheeba: IND 37 Project Pat: RBA 81 Soul'amour: DC 48 Angelito Villalona: LT 5o; TSS 12 Ottmar Liebert: NA 9,13 Van Morrison: PCA 5o Prophet Jones: Bzoo 126; HS 1; RBA 29 Bubba Sparxxx: H1oo 22; HA 21; HSS 56; RA 1o; Anne Sofie Von Otter: CX 12 Lifehouse: Bzoo 99; 440 2; Hioo 13; HA 11; 140 6 Brandy Moss -Scott: HSS 3o; RBH 91; RS 12 Public Announcement: RBA 72; Hioo 95; RA 40; RBH 12; RP 15; RS 32 Lit Bow Wow: B200 195; RBA 96; HSS 72; RA 74; Mpress: HSS 51 RBH 41 Britney Spears: Bzoo 169 r - RBH 83, 9o; RP 24; RS 49 Mr. Cheeks: RA 47; RBH 49; RS 61 Puddle Of Mudd: Bzoo 32; MO 4; RO 3 Bruce Springsteen: PCA 48 The Wailers: PCA 10; RBC u Lit Jon & The East Side Boyz: B200 145; IND 7; Mr. Gzus: RS 66 Puerto Rican Power: LT 46; TSS lo Spyro Gyra: C/ 6 Clay Walker: CA 68; CS 33 RBA 44 Mr. Spitftame: IND 28; RBA 62 Puff Daddy: H1oo 76; RA 29, 56; RBH 29, 65, 95; St. Germain: CJ 8 Hezekiah Walker: GA 37 Lit' Kim: Hioo 94; RA 63; RBH 69 Mr. Vegas: RE 5 RS 73 Staind: Bzoo 14; INT 16; PCA 46; A4o 8; Hioo 6; Walter Trout: BL 15 Lit' Mo: RBA 7o; RA 54; RBH 57 Mudvayne: Bzoo 197 HA 6; MO 7,16, 33; RO 6, 9, 27; T4o 5 Kim Waters: C/12 Lit' Romeo: B200 98; RBA 51 Nicole C. Mullen: Bzoo 156; CC 5; HS 2 Jeffrey Steele: CS 43 Russell Watson: CX 2 Lit' Wayne: RBA 88; Hioo 98; RA 42, 74; RBH 42, Samantha Mumba: HSS zo A.B. Quintanilla Y Los Kumbia Kings: LA 7; LPA 3; Gwen Stefani: Hioo 8; HA 8; HSS 63; 140 4 Weezer: B200 61; PCA 22; A40 36; M014, 19 83 Ricky Munoz: RMS 28 RMS 34 Sting: DSA 24 Gillian Welch: IND 26 Lit' Zane: HSS 61; RA 74; RBH 83 Anne Murray: CA 47; CC 3o St. Lunatics: Bzoo 82; RBA 46 Westbound Soljaz: HSS 36; RBH 8o; RP 2; RS 5 Limp Bizkit: Bzoo 69; PCA 38 Keith Murray: RBH 76; RP 25; RS 5o -R- Angie Stone: RA 64; RBH 68 Whatever, Girl: DC 8 Lina: RBA91 Musiq Soulchild: RBA 71; H1oo 93; RA 31; RBH 32 Radical For Christ: GA 27 Stone Temple Pilots: MO 29; RO 25 The Wild Strawberries: DC 27 Linkin Park: B200 10; Hioo 86; M011,12; RO 8, Mystic: RBA loo Radiohead: B200 186; HSS 42 George Strait: CA 48; CCA 25 Don Williams: CA 74 28 Mystikal: RA 51; RBH 55 Raekwon: RBH 71; RP 21; RS 42 Styles: RA 66; RBH 72 Hank Williams Jr.: CCA 11 Johannes Linstead: NA 7 Ramon Orlando: TSS 15 Sublime: PCA 39 Doug Williams: GA 15; IND 47 111 Lit: MO 13; RO 32 Rank 1: DC 36 Sugar Ray: Bzoo 155; A40 3; AC 29; Hioo 20; HA John Williams: CX 14

Live: Bzoo 22; I NT 11; MO 34; RO Nate Dogg: Hioo 25, 48; HA 24, 44; HSS 71; RA Rascal Flatts: CA 34; HS 17 22;T4012 Lee Williams And The Spiritual QC's: GA 26 Cool J: RBH 76; RP 25; RS 5o 16, 22, 5o; RBH 15, 26, 45; RP 19; RS 39, 68, Peter Rauhofer: DC 16 Sugarbomb: A4o 34 Melvin Williams: GA 15; IND 47 Lonestar: B200 91; CA 8; CCA 9; AC 21; CS 17, 19 69 Ravin: WM 11 Sum 41: B200 44; Hioo 82; MO 5 Mark Wills: CA 27; CS 24 Long Beach Dub Allstars: B200 100 Natural: HSS 28 Collin Raye: CS 49 Superchunk:IND 5o Willy Chirino: TSS 21 Cachaito Lopez: TSA 9; WM 13 Natures Problem: RBA 94 Ray J: RA6o; RBH 64 Survivalist: HSS 55; RP 11; RS 23 Andre Wilson: RBH 97 Jennifer Lopez: Bzoo 16; RBA 19; DSA lo; Hioo 2; Dave Navarro: MO 30 Rayvon: HSS 57 : HSS 73 CeCe Winans: Bzoo 166; CC 6; GA 2, 25; RBA 95; HA 2; HSS 49; RA 3; RBH 3; RS 33; 140 2 Ednita Nazario: LPS 32; TSS 29 Redman: RBA 89 System OfA Down: Bzoo 19; PCA 23; MO zo; RO RBH 92 Jesus Lopez -Cobos: CL 5 Luna Negra: NA 13 Regina: GA 22 17 BeBe Winans: GA 29 Pete Lorimer: DC 32 Frankie Negron: LA 61; TSA 5; LT 25; T55 3 Relient K: CC 24; HS 40 The Wiseguys: Bzoo 199; EA 5; HS n; A4o zo; Los Rieleros Del Norte: LT 44; RMS 21 Nelly: Bzoo 6o; RBA 53; DSA 1; Hioo 3; HA 5; Res: HS 36 Hioo 63; HA 67; T4o 33 Lost Souls: RBC 5 HSS 1; RA 15, 41; RBH 4, 43,100; RS 1; 140 8 Reveille: HS 15 Tamia: DC u; DSA 16; HSS 37; RS 45 Lee Ann Womack: Bzoo 109; CA 9; AC 4 The Love Doctor: RBA 83 Willie Nelson: CCA 10 Nicki Richards: DC 19 Tank: RBA 48; RA 46; RBH 51 Women Of Faith: CC 15 Love Selective: DC 40 The Neptunes: RA 56; RBH 65 Lionel Richie: AC 13 Olga Tanon: LA zo; TSA 1; LPS 8; LT 8; TSS 2 The Word: BL 7 Patty Loveless: CA 41 New Found Glory: HS 26 Andre Rieu: CX 13,15 Tannic: Bzoo 163; MO 35; RO io Darryl Worley: CA 59 Ludacris: 8200 150; RBA 76; H1oo 48; HA 44; RA New Life Community Choir: GA 24 Teddy Riley: RS 66 Tata+ Brando: HSS 38; RP 9; RS 20 Chely Wright: CS 28 22; RBH 26, 76, 88; RP 25; RS 13, 5o, 69 New Order: DC 4; DSA 3; HSS 35 LeAnn Rimes: CA 37, 75; CCA 19; AC 15, 27; HSS James Taylor: PCA 1z Finbar Wright: WM 5 Richard Luzzi: DSA 21 Newsboys: CC 29 19 Johnnie Taylor: BL 9 Keke Wyatt: HSS 46; RS 34 Olivia Newton -John: Bzoo 175 The Rippingtons: C/16 Los Temerarios: LA 29; RMA 16; RMS 38 66 Nickel Creek: Bzoo 165; CA 21; HS 4; IND 8 Rising Son: HSS 64; RP 12; RS 29 Tha Dogg Pound: B200 189; IND 11; RBA 67 M &S Presents The Girl Next Door: DC 34 Nickelback: B200 3,172; INT 14; Hioo 53; HA 47; Jerry Rivera: LPS 24; LT 26; TSS 18 Tha Eastsidaz: Bzoo 76; IND 4; RBA 22; RA 58; Yaire: LPS 26 Mackio: Hioo 98; RA 42; RBH 42 MO 1; ROi Juan Rivera: LA 47 RBH 63 Yanni: NA 3, 4, 6 Kelli Mack: HSS 27; RS 18 Tito Nieves: LPS 36; LT 47; TSS n Lupillo Rivera: HS 47; LA lo; RMA 6; LT 16, 22; Thalia: HS 27; LA 6, 53; RMA 4; LPS 39 Trisha Yearwood: B200 179; CA 24; CCA 15; CS 4; Madison Avenue: DC 46 Nirvana: PCA 33 RMS 6,11 That Kid Chris: DC 44 Hioo 44; HA 40 Madonna: B200 146; PCA 35; DSA 11, 20, 25; HSS Nivea: HSS 8; RS 46 RL: Hioo 94; RA 63; RBH 69 The Brad Mehldau Trio: /Z9 Pete Yorn: Bzoo 161; HS 3 5o, 69 Noelia: LPS 31 Robbie Rivera: DC 2 Third Day: CC 17 The Young Millionaires: HSS 52; RP 7; RS 16 Mark McGuinn: CA 54; CS 29 Nonchalant: HSS 16; RBH 89; RP 5; RS 11 Kenny Rogers: CS 58 Carl Thomas: RA 38; RBH 39, 71; RP 21; RS 42 Young Phantom: HSS 47; RP 1o; RS 22 Cheb Mami: DSA 24 Noreaga: RA 73; RBH 79 Tito Rojas: TSA 12 Dante Thomas: HSS 65 ®s r® Victor Manuelle: TSA 16; LT 36; TSS 7 The Notorious B.I.G.: RBC 18; RS 67 German Roman Y Su Banda Republica: RMS 25 Cyndi Thomson: B200 125; CA 13; CS i; Hioo 33; z Eric Marienthal: C/17 'N Sync: Bzoo 24; AC 12; Hioo 52; HA 54; 140 27 Royce Da 5'9 ": RA 71; RBH 7o; RS 54 HA 3o Zoegirl: CC 31 Marina Mescheriakova: CL 9 La Nueva Patrulla 15: TSS 3o Paulina Rubio: HS 37; LA 8; LPA 4; LPS 17, 27; LT Three Mo' Tenors: CX 6 Bob Marley: PCA lo; RBC 11; RE 6 Nydia: LPS 16; LT14; RMS 23 3o Los Tigres Del Norte: B200 198; HS 1o; IND 12; LA Bob Marley And The Wailers: RE 1 Ruff Endz: RA 68; RBH 73 3; RMA 2; LT 19; RMS 8 Damian Jr. Gong Marley: RE 2 Ja Rule: Bzoo 1o6; RBA 58; RBC 22; DSA lo; Hioo Los Tigrillos: LA 39, 49; LT 41; RMS 19 Ky -mani Marley: RE 12 Paul Oakenfold: EA u; HS 28; IND 19 2, 19; HA 2, 18; HSS 49, 66; RA 3, 7; RBH 3, Timbaland: Hioo 100; TSS 40 -SOUNDTRACKS American Pie 2: Bzoo 58; STX 5 Marsha: DSA 23; Hioo 99 Mark O'Connor: CL 4 8; RP 14; RS 31, 33; 140 2 Aaron Tippin: CA 52; CS 34, 46 25 Ricky Martin: LA 38; LPA 15 The °'Jays: RA 72; RBH 82 Tim Rushlow: CS 52 Wayman Tisdale: C/ 13 Blow: STX Rogelio Martinez: RMS 32 Jamie O'Neal: CA 35; HS 22; CS 20, 37; Hioo 8o RZAAs Bobby Digital: B200 72; IND 3; RBA 20; Tool: B200 86; Hioo 77; HA 74; MO 6; RO 4 Captain Corelli's Mandolin: CX 4 Coyote Ugly: B200 63; CA 5; STX 6 Mary Mary: Bzoo 182; CC 9; GA 3; RBA 68 Greg O'Quin 'N Joyful Noyze: GA 17; IND 49 RBH 98 Tommy Torres: LPS 33, 4o; TSS 26 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: CX7 matchbox twenty: B200 132; PCA 49; A40 18, 21, Orbital: EA 13; HS 43; IND 22 Peter Tosh: R E 14 Down From The Mountain: B200 174; CA 22; 24; AC 1 El Original De La Sierra: LA 33; RMA 20; LT 43; Tower Of Power: C/ n STX 17 Keiko Matsui: C/ 3 RMS 20 Sade: Bzoo 133; PCA 37; RBA 8o; RBC lo; DSA 14; Toya: B2oo 191; HS 8; DSA 18; Hioo 45; HA 5o; Dave Matthews Band: Bzoo 77; A40 4; Hioo 36; Los Originales De San Juan: LA 15; RMA 9 HSS 70 HSS 26; RS 37; T4o 22 Driven: CA 55 Duets: STX 24 HA 36; MO 4o; T4o 21 Original P: HSS 36; RBH 80; RP 2; RS 5 Saliva: B200 123; MO 27; RO 18, 24 Train: B200 43; INT 23; A40 1, 39; AC 24; Hioo 14; Exit Wounds The Album: STX 21 Kevin Max: CC 40 Oro Solido: TSS 33 Sammie: RA 74; RBH 83 HA 13; 14o 10 - Fast The Furious: B200 STX Maxwell: Bzoo 18; RBA 4; H1oo 42; HA 42; RA 12; : RO 2 Poncho Sanchez: JZ 25 Randy Travis: CA 51, 64 The And 144; 15 Finding Forrester: /Z 10 RBH 11 0 -Town: Bzoo 135; AC lo; OSA 2; Hioo 28; HA 32; Gilberto Santa Rosa: LA 37; TSA 2; LPS 5; LT 9, Trickside: A4o 40 Grease: PCA 45; STX 22 Maxz Volume: DC 45 HSS 18; T4o 29 48; TSS 1 Trick Daddy: Bzoo 42; RBA 21; H1oo 17; HA 16; RA Hannibal: CX 9 John Mayer: Bzoo 194; I NT 10 Ozomatli: HS 13; LA 5; LPA 2 Yoskar Sarante: TSS 31 8; RBH 9; RS 63 Hardball: B200 57; RBA 34; STX 4 Yo -Yo Ma: CL 1, 4 Savage Garden: AC 14 Trick Pony: B200 164; CA zo; CS 9; Hioo 62; HA STX Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly: RBC 25 Boz Scaggs: Bzoo 18o; INT 19 62; HSS 41 Josie & The Pussycats: zo S AC Kingdom Come: GA 33 Martina McBride: Bzoo 5; CA 1; I NT 9; CS 13; Petey Pablo: Hioo 40; HSS 4; RA 27; RBH 17; RP Club 7: 9; HSS 59 Tricky: MO 34; RO Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: EA 15 H1oo 69; HA 65 1; RS 2 Jill Scott: B200 79; RBA 25; Hioo 74; HA 71; RA Tri -o: LA 22; LPA 8; LPS 19; LT 28 Delbert McClinton: BL 6; CA 65 Lindsay Pagano: HSS 9 20; RBH 22 Travis Tritt: Bzoo 158; CA 19, 72; CS lo; Hioo 65; Moulin Rouge: B200111; STX n O Brother, Where Art Thou ?: B2oo 26; CA 2; Donnie McClurkin: Bzoo 120; CC 4; GA 1; RBA 43 Jennifer Paige: A4o 38 Joan Sebastian: HS 49; IND 25; LA 11, 51; RMA 7; HA 6o INT 6; STX 2 Brian McComas: CS 51 Palomo: LA 13; RMA 8; LT 5; RMS LT 29; RMS 15 Los Tucanes De Tijuana: LA 54; LT 32; RMS 14 Pearl Harbor: Bzoo zoo; STX 19 Liz McComb: GA 23 Pancho Barraza: RMS 35 Secret Garden: NA 12 Barbara Tucker: DC 15 The Princess Diaries: Bzoo 102; STX 8 Susannah McCorkle: /Z 7 Paola & Chiara: DC 35 Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band: PCA 8 Shania Twain: CCA 3; PCA 18 Remember The Titans: STX 23 The Del McCoury Band: CA 73 Twila Paris: CC 21 Selena: LA 45; LPA 19 Ronan Tynan: WM 5 Rock Bzoo 140; STX 14 Reba McEntire: CA 71; CS 12; Hioo 72; HA 69 Dolly Parton: CA 66 Erick Sermon: Hioo 92; RA 33, 61; RBH 33, 67 Tyrese: Bzoo 136; RBA 47; H1oo 71; HA 68; RA 24; Star: Rush Hour 2: Bzoo 139; RBA 63; STX 13 Tim McGraw: Bzoo 62, 113; CA 4, 1o; CS 5, 35; Brad Paisley: CA 31; CS 26 Seven Channels: RO 36 RBH 24 Save The Last Dance: Bzoo 119; RBA 99; STX Hioo 43; HA 39 Pastor Troy: RBA 79 Shaggy: B200 94; RBA 92; HSS 57 Moses Tyson, Jr.: GA 18 12 Brian McKnight: 820o 25; RBA 6; Hioo 64; HA P. Diddy & The Bad Boy Family: Bzoo 59; RBA 26 Shakira: LA 55; LPS 1; LT 1; TSS 4 59; RA17; RBH 18 Miles Pena: TSS 25 Shanokee: DC 36 Shrek: Bzoo 108; STX 10 Sarah McLachlan: PCA 31 Teddy Pendergrass: RBC 19 SheDaisy: CCA 21 U2: Bzoo 53; PCA 6; A4019; Hioo 58; HA 58; MO Songcatcher: CA 69 Spongebob Squarepants Original Theme John Mellencamp: PCA 28; A4o 3o; RO 39 Pennywise: IND 24 Blake Shelton: 1320o 13o; CA 14; CS 6; Hioo 41; 36; RO 35; 140 35 Highlights: Bzoo 181; STX 18 Roy D. Mercer: CA 57, 58 Phil Perry: C/ 21 HA 41; H55 32 UB40:RE4 Sweet November: Bzoo 170; STX 16 MercyMe: CC 19; HS 32 Pesado: RMS 24 Si Se: LA 65 Uncle Kracker: Bzoo 88; A4o 12; AC 7; Hioo 39; Tae By Faith...Not Mesh: RO 38 Pet Shop Boys: DC 16 Beanie Sigel: RBA 56 HA 38 -Bo Inspirational: Walk By Sight: GA 10; IND Jo Dee Messina: CA 3o; AC 23; CS 35 Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers: PCA 11 Silk: RBA 78 United States Marine Band: CL 10 35 Tortilla WM 9 Metallica: PCA 7 Kelly Joe Phelps: BL 1z Sizzla: RE 7 Keith Urban: CA 40; HS 34; CS 15; Hioo 81 Soup: Day: B200 RBA 23; STX 7 Method Man: RBH 98 The Philadelphia Experiment: /Z8 Ricky Skaggs: CA 39 Urban Knights: C/ 2 Training 67; Where The Heart Is: CA 62 Methrone: Bzoo 168; HS 5; IND 9; RBA 42 Phillips, Craig And Dean: CC 26 Skillet: CC 27 Polo Urias Y Su Maquina Nortena: RMS 36 On Top: WM 14 Edgar Meyer: CL 4 Philly's Most Wanted: RBA 82; RBH 97 Skillz: RS 71 Usher: Bzoo 23; RBA lo; DSA 15; Hioo 7, 59; HA Woman WWF: Tough Enough: Bzoo 46; STX 3 Mickey: H1oo98; RA42; RBH 42 Phish: B200 93, 97, 115,118,127 Slayer: B200 55 7, 55; HSS 43; RA 21, 23; RBH zo, 21, 95; RS Luis Miguel: LA 71 Pink Floyd: PCA 9 Slipknot: B200 35; RO 31 25; T4o 7 Christina Milian: DC 13; Hioo 29; HSS 2; RBH 58; Alexandre Pires: LPS 7; LT 20 Richard Smallwood With Vision: CC zo; GA 4; HS Utah Saints: DC 33 VARIOUS ARTISTS- on e ttilttte oued 200 RS 4; 140 37 Play: HSS 34 33 Hits: 68 Buddy Miller: CA 45; HS 41 Plus One: CC 18 Smash Mouth: A4o 5; Hioo 55; HA 53; T4o 3o Classical Rock: 184 Julie Miller: CA 45; HS 41 P.O.D.: B200 8; CC 1; INT 25; MO lo; RO 13 Esther Smith: GA 28 Jaci Velasquez: CC 36, 39; LA 16; LPA 7; LPS 3, 37; Non Stop'9os Now Marcus Miller: C/ 7 Point Of Grace: Bzoo 196; CC 10 Michael W. Smith: Bzoo 38; CC 2 LT 4; TSS 32 6: 96 7: 12 Kylie Minogue: DC 23 Poison: PCA 47 Snoop Dogg: 8200 76; IND 4; RBA 22, 73; RBC Ian Van Dahl: DSA 23; Hioo 99 Now Ozzfest 2001: The Second Millennium:171 Robert Mirabal: NA 15 Larry Poteat: HSS 38; RP 9; RS 20 16; Hioo 94; RA 58, 63; RBH 63, 69 LutherVandross: B200 84; RBA 28; Hioo 89; HSS Songs 4 Worship Holy Ground: 167 Rob Mirage: DC 47 Jesse Powell: RA 67; RBH 77 Socios Del Ritmo: RMS 37 21; RA 35; RBH 30; RS 19 - Songs 4 Worship Shout To The Lord: 71 Moby: PCA 16; HSS 63 Po' White Trash And The Trailer Park Symphony: Soil: HS 24; RO 26 Phil Vassar: CA 42; HS 38; CS 14; Hioo 84 - The 41st Side:141 Mona Monet: DC 7 HSS 31; RBH 94; RP 6; RS 15 Marco Antonio Solis: IND 32; LA 12; LPA 5; LPS 9; Jimmie Vaughan: BL 5 The Source Hip -Hop Music Awards 2001: 78 Jane Monheit: IND 31;/Z3,11 Pras: HSS 65 LT 7, 49; RMS 12 Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble: BL u Totally Dance: 147 Ricardo Montaner: LA 34; LPA 13; LPS 11, 12; LT Julio Preciado Y Su Banda Perla Del Pacifico: Jimmy Sommers: C/ 25 Chuy Vega Y Los Nuevos Cadetes: LA 27; RMA 15

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www.americanradiohistory.com of Music Coalition executive direc- ney/author H. William Krasilovsky- actually sold] takes advantage of the tor Jenny Toomey explains in the By The Books: co -author of This Business of Music, artist royalty and also exists for the Contracts group's new analysis of contracts a standard industry text -offers the purpose of taking advantage of the Deciphering of the song." Continued from page 1 (see story, this page), "Record com- history of what he calls the "abusive" writer panies do not recoup recording costs Recording Contracts controlled- composition clause. Krasilovsky points out that the number of musical compositions on and advances from mechanical roy- "In the early '60s," Krasilovsky says, controlled -composition clause is not an album "controlled" by a singer/ alties. For singer /songwriters, Selected books and articles that "the company- oriented contract of the recognized in Europe. - songwriter for which a label is required mechanical royalties may be the analyze or discuss record contracts: day asked for a reduction in mechani- Toomey says, "The controlled to pay a full mechanical royalty. only money they ever see." Musician's Cuide to Copyright revised edi- cal royalties, from the 2 cents [per two composition clause limits the amount is Mechanical royalties are upfront An examination of the small -print tion, by J. Gunnar Erickson, Edward R. Hearn, sides of a non -album single record] of mechanical royalties the company costs that have to be paid to both clause from a standard boilerplate con- and Mark E. Halloran (Scribner's, 1983). statutory rate then in effect down to a required to pay for records it releases songwriters (often the performer or tract, which puts a cap at 10 songs per Pennies From Heaven -The American Pop- penny. The argument made was that and holds the artist responsible for the an outside songwriter) and their album and a cap of two songs on a ular Music Business in the lèventieth Century, the record company would otherwise excess. In essence, the record compa- music publishers for the use of the remix "single," is instructive: by Russell Sanjek, updated by David Sanjek ask for full publishing status on [an nies are compelling artists to subsidize music on every recording of it sold. (Da Capo Press. 1996). artist's] recorded songs and take away the payment of mechanical royalties." These royalties should not be con- a) "Controlled Composition" is The Problem With Music, by Steve Albin'', the ASCAP, BMI, or foreign rights as Harry Fox Agency president/CEO fused with the artist royalty paid to a hereby defined as each musical com- The Bailler Magazine, Issue No. 5, 1993, clo PO. well -and thus the reduction [to] a Gary Churgin is also critical of the contracted performer for every record position wholly or partially written Box 378293 Chicago, Ill. 60637 penny was actually a better deal. clause but hopes to see it change: "For unit sold, once an artist recoups all by You [Artist], or owned or con- The Ballad of the Mid -Level Artist, by Danny "But then," Krasilovsky continues, years, the proliferation of controlled - record -company advances -which in trolled directly or indirectly by You Goldberg, Inside.com (original publisher), "the hungry record companies rec- composition clauses has resulted in most cases never happens. or by any party associated or affili- reprinted by permission by APIM indiemusic- ognized in later years that the Harry the blunting in many cases of the full The purpose of the clause, in many ated with You. If and to the extent world, September2000. Fox Agency [the songwriter /music benefit of the legislative, administra- observers' minds, is to limit the costs Controlled Compositions are record- Does the Math, by Courtney publisher royalty collection group] tive, and judicial victories that the pub- labels must pay out of their own pock- ed here under, each such Composi- Love, June 14, 2001, salon.com. did not recognize the industry's prac- lishers and writers have won in the ets. In early September, Billboard sent tion is hereby licensed to [Company], BILL HOLLAND tice of providing artificially `free mechanical -rate area. I hope that in now a query letter to representatives of four for the United States and Canada, at goods' [Billboard, Sept. 22] to retail- the spirit of cooperation which of the five major U.S. record compa- 3/4 of the current minimum fixed ers as a promotional discount reward exists between publishers, songwrit- in nies -BMG, Sony, EMI, and Warner statutory copyright royalty rate (the sold as discontinued merchandise or for a wholesale order or a certain ers, and record companies ushered Music- apprising them of this series "Applicable Rate") on the earlier of records sold as "scrap," "overstock" or [large] quantity. So they then added by the digital age, we will be able to of reports and asking them to present (i) the date the recording commences "surplus"; (ii) any work which is non- the reference in the controlled-com- make some strides in persuading the con- their companies' views on recording- or (ii) the date the recording is musical; (iii) records distributed by position rate to a [reduced] count record companies to eliminate contract challenges and the many con- required to be delivered; provided [Company] which are not "Records identical to the artist count." trolled- composition clauses in their tract provisions criticized by the that [Company] will not be required Sold" (as defined herein); (iv) any Attorney Jay Rosenthal says, "That agreements with writers." recording -artist community. None re- to pay more than (10) times the work which consists of an arrange- meant that the record company would Ed Murphy, president/CEO of the sponded. The fifth, Vivendi/Universal, Applicable Rate for an Album and no ment ofa work in the public domain; only have to pay mechanical royalties National Music Publishers Assn., says received the query letter Sept. 25 and more than two (2) times the Applic- or (v) any more than one use of any on the final artificial number of goods he feels "the practice is illegal. But my is reviewing the questions. able Rate for a ... singles record. work on a particular record. sold-meaning that some records that lawyers have looked at this, and they But because of the controlled - Without limiting Company's rights, were actually paid for, but [that] fall tell me [that], notwithstanding the composition clause in contracts, it is agreed that [Company] shall Music lawyer Wallace Collins thinks under the `free goods' artificial formu- [ongoing] court challenges by artists, is it fair? No." artists don't get the current 71/2 cent have the Offset Right if mechanical the clause may violate First Amend- la, will not be recognized as a record it is legal. But mechanical royalty rate; labels will royalties payable by Company are in ment rights: "It's probably unconsti- on which the label is required to pay a Krasilovsky says, "I had George in offer new artists (and many newer out- excess of such amounts. tutional in that it purports to contract mechanical royalty. Braith, the jazz saxophonist, come side songwriters) only three -quarters (b) No mechanical royalty whatso- around a statutory rate set by a feder- "This is a double -whammy," Ros- here [Sept. 25]. He tells me he got a from Blue of that rate, or about 51/2 cents per ever shall be payable for (i) records al law for payments to songwriters." enthal continues. "The `free goods' nice artist- royalty check tune. Also, the labels calculate the cut out of the [Company] catalog and Veteran music industry attor- clause [ofa reduced number of records Note Records for a compilation reissue same rate for a 10- minute song as for of his material." (EMI/Capitol, which a 10% a two -minute tune. This, artists' owns Blue Note, initiated royalty rate lawyers say, thwarts the statute, which across-the -board artist and provides increased rates for songs of an erasure of unrecouped royalties on in 1992.) more than five minutes' duration. The Record Business all pre -1972 catalog artists The Dirtiest Word In to With the exception of record com- "But," Krasilovsky adds, "he says panies, no one in the business thinks WASHINGTON, D.C.-Today's record unfair, most particularly the con- artist- oriented Future of Music Coali- me, 'Where are the songwriter mechan- ical royalties? I got a penny [per tune] the clause is fair -not recording artists contracts, leading artists' lawyers say, trolled-composition clause and the tion (FMC). The analysis was prepared who write and record their own tunes, are bad news and are getting worse. many standard industry deductions with the help of several artists' lawyers license in 1963.' I said, `I think we can not their managers and lawyers, not Attorney Jay Rosenthal says, "Almost from royalties in contracts. and includes comments from re- do better than that. The label has put outside songwriters who contribute everything in contracts -except for For an overview beyond these arti- cording artist/FMC executive director out this compilation, and that means But tunes, not music publishing executives, the increased royalty rates -is worse cles, the two most comprehensive Jenny Toomey (Billboard, Sept. 22). it's a new record and a new license.' he comes in here, still suf- and not the authors of the most well - today; in particular, the abhorrent sources detailing recording artists' 'We have nothing at all to gain by being you know, known texts on the music business. recoupment provisions." contracts are the books All You Need neutral about our concerns about con- fering, saying, What can I do ?' " 62, who All such parties contacted by Bill- According to recording artists and to Know About the Music Business by tracts," Toomey says, alluding to the Multi -reedman Braith, board seemed to think the clause is a representatives, the dirtiest 10- letter Donald Passman (Simon & Schuster, laissez -faire tone of earlier contract recorded three well- received albums dropped convenient way for labels to circum- word in the record business is "re- 2000) and This Business ofMusic -A analyses. The following is an excerpt: for Blue Note before he was following a dis- vent a federal statute that was passed to coupment." In modern times, the Practical Guide to the Music Indus- Clause No. 1 indicates that the labels are going by the label in 1965 the ensure that songwriters (and publish- recoupment provision in all record try for Publishers, Writers, Record to reduce your royalty based on records that might pute over past -due royalties, says ripoff, ers) are paid fairly for their work. contracts has payback conditions so Companies, Producers, Artists. Agents get returned because you only get paid on royal- mechanical rate "was a but a lot more Asked why all record labels offered onerous and unfair that in many by Sidney Shemel and M. William ty- bearing units-which means if you don't have young artists today, they're merely three -quarters of the statuto- cases, the amount often can never be Krasilovsky (Billboard Books, 2000). a cap on free/promo goods (No. 4), you're in trou- informed than we were. They've got a to ry rate in contracts with artists and paid back unless albums achieve Both texts are straightforward ac- ble... Clause No. 2 indicates that $2.50 comes off lot more information available royalty how they have managed to get away gold- or, increasingly, platinum -level counts of how the business works. that $10 before you apply the royalty percentage. them." Braith says the artist- with it for 20 years, observers sales. With multi -album deals, this Passman's book in particular ac- But wait, there's more. Clause No. 3 means that paycheck was related to a recent reis- answered that it is simply the way it's often means that many artists who knowledges that many provisions of your royalty percentage (the one you apply to the sue in Japan. ASCAP or BMI always been done. have been in front of the public and contracts are blatantly unfair to dollar figure after figuring in the 85% rule and the No one at either on - Lawyers differ among themselves on the road for years have never got- artists, but does not offer any sugges- 25% container charge) is further reduced by would comment the controlled out about the legality. Whitney Broussard ten a royalty check. tions for change. The author answers 20%. Havel mentioned the absurdity ofa con- composition imbroglio, pointing Tech," i.e., digital dis- they administer performance roy- says, "It is a myth that there is any- "Artists are paying for more and the question, "Isn't there a better tainer charge for "New that not mechanical royalties. thing illegal or untoward about nego- more," Rosenthal says, "meaning that way ?" by saying, "Yes, there is. How- tribution where there are no manufacturing alties and reduction there Sources close to BMI and ASCAP tiating a lower -than- statutory rate." the standard contract is resembling ever, there is little chance it will be costs? (And don't forget that the Internet nego- He also believes the justification more of a loan document than a adopted in the near future." He con- is 25%, not 20% as with CDs). add that the ongoing the FMC analysis tiations with online services, as well record companies offer for the three - recording contract. But, of course, cludes: "So forget being a reformer for Toomey describes as mounting disputes with members quarter rate "is that they often invest once the costs are fully recouped now and just accept the system. as "an ongoing, in- process document, Judiciary Committee substantial sums in recording, mar- against the artist royalty, the record Besides, I had to learn how all this and it'll grow with developments." The of the House - 8) over music- licens- keting, and promotion, which make company still maintains it owns the crap works, so why shouldn't you ?" entire analysis can be found at future (see story, page with ing agreements, are two reasons the those songs valuable in the first place. sound recording." A far more militant analysis of ofmusic.org, the group's Web site, rights societies currently will not This argument, in my opinion, is not Artists and their reps can also recite recording contracts has been pub- printed examples of current contracts. completely without merit." many more clauses that they feel are lished by D.C.- based, independent- BILL HOLLAND discuss a subject outside their immediate purview. As indie recording artist/Future

90 www.billboard.com BILLBOARD OCTOBER 6, 2001 www.americanradiohistory.com which she commented that the 600 employees worldwide. He says its Universal Music Group for the ation, and amortization (ebitda) of Bottom Line "rapid deterioration of growth in the the U.S. will be most affected, first six months of 2001, but it was 10% and 35%, respectively. global music industry has implica- because that's where restructur- far more cautious about 2002. By contrast, eight days after the Continued from page 1 tions for all companies exposed to it." ing is most needed. In Germany, For the first half of 2001, UMG had attacks, Viacom -which owns MTV, As a "low- ticket item," music is 100 employees are expected to be operating income of 234 million VH1, BET, CMT, and a host of other In the intermediate term, the generally recession- resistant, she laid off. euros ($204.2 million) vs. 187 million broadcasting outlets- reduced its recession (which is defined as two explained. "However, in previous BMG parent Bertelsmann said euros ($163.2 million) in the same 2001 ebitda growth estimates, cit- consecutive quarters of negative the music group was the only divi- ing lost ad revenue from canceled economic growth) that looked prob- sion of the German media giant to and postponed programming. able one month ago is now all but show a revenue decline for the fis- AOL Time Warner, which gets certain, economists say, given the cal year ended June 30, as sales less than 25% of its revenue from disruption and political uncertainty 76 EMI Group fell 7.6% to 3.7 billion euros ($3.2 advertising, says the attacks are the attacks have caused. billion). Its 293 million euro SMG causing the ad market to deterio- Just as important as the econom- ($255.6 million) loss before inter- rate further and as a result has cut ic alterations triggered by the est, taxes, and amortization its 2001 revenue growth target in attacks are the psychological ones, periods of economic decline, reflects what the company says is period last year. Revenue rose 2% to half, to 5% to 7 %, and its ebitda Vivendi Universal vice chairman music sales have been in a healthy a weak music market and its own 2.98 billion euros ($2.6 billion). growth target from 31% to 20 %. It Edgar Bronfman says. "This is a dif- state prior to the downturn; their need to streamline. With just 1% of its revenue corn- said it does not expect its subscrip- ferent kind of situation, where we are resistance has never been tested at Bertelsmann chairman /CEO ing from advertising, Vivendi Uni- tion and content businesses, in- talking not only about recession but a time when the industry was Thomas Middelhoff says he expects versal is better insulated from an cluding Warner Music Group, to be about fear. And I think the ability of already in decline." BMG to rebound in the coming fis- economic downturn than other noticeably affected. the American public to overcome The mood worsened Thursday cal year and surpass the group's media conglomerates. The company their fear and to get out and go shop- (27), when BMG chairman /CEO record profit of fiscal 2000. remains confident it will hit its tar- Additional reporting by Lars ping again remains to be seen." Rolf Schmidt -Holtz confirmed Meanwhile, Vivendi Universal gets for growth in revenue and earn- Brandie and Gordon Masson in Lon- Thus the attacks appear to be mak- that the company will lay off up to announced robust profit figures for ings before interest, taxes, depreci- don and Wolfgang Spahr in Berlin. ing what has been a bad year for music sales -owing to a lack of big - name releases in the first few months On Tuesday (2), AOL Time Warner ment is coming soon, it likely will be at reserved funds and additional of the year, the growth of piracy, and and two of its TV networks, TNT and least a couple of weeks until they can employee and artist donations. uncertainty over a digital future Charities the WB Network, are sponsoring actually turn funds over to relief "Some people wanted to take time that's been much discussed but not Continued from page 1 Come Together: A Night of John efforts. The reality is that it's not as and find some charities that may not clearly articulated -even worse. Lennon's Words & Music from Radio easy as cutting a check, they say. have been so popular and are running It was a picture that came star- including Bruce Springsteen, U2, Neil City Music Hall, featuring Dave Before the donations can happen, the out of funds," says Rob Sorrentino, tlingly into focus Tuesday (25), when Young, Sheryl Crow, Sting, Alicia Matthews, Alanis Morissette, Moby, conglomerates must establish special president/C00 of Bertelsmann Inc., the EMI Group announced that it Keys, Stevie Wonder, and Paul Simon. Lou Reed, and Stone Temple Pilots. funds, round up any additional dona- the conglomerate's U.S. holding com- now expects lower sales in recent Millions more dollars are being Proceeds from Come Together will go tions from employees and/or internal pany. Sorrentino says Bertelsmann months and especially in Septem- donated in total from the likes of Back- to the Red Cross and the September business groups, form select commit- hopes to be ready to go with its dona- ber -both for its own labels and for street Boys, Britney Spears, Janet Jack- 11th Fund, administered jointly by the tees to determine how and where their tions by Oct. 15. the entire music industry-as well son, Jennifer Lopez, Maxwell, and Sade, United Way of New York City and the financial gifts will best be spent, and as "significant margin pressure" to who are donating concert proceeds to New York Community Trust. tally just how much money they actu- POWER OF ENTERTAINMENT lead to a loss in its recorded -music various relief funds. Other artists have Meanwhile, the parent companies ally have to give. With media and entertainment - division for the six months ending participated in benefit singles-includ- of the five major labels have pledged Bob Le Roy, a director at the Red related efforts helping to raise almost a Sept. 30. During the same period ing remakes of "We Are Family" and more than $15 million to charities Cross who oversees major gifts from third of the estimated $600 million last year, EMI Recorded Music pro- "What's Going On "-whose proceeds aiding victims and other related caus- corporate donors, says the time pledged thus far in private contribu- duced an operating profit of £58 mil- are marked for related charities. es. Millions more are being pledged- between a pledge and payment typi- tions, the industry is proving itself to be lion ($85.6 million). Michael Jackson is reportedly organ- or will soon be pledged -by labels, cally can take weeks-or longer. a valuable ally in the situation that some EMI Group does not foresee any izing a multi -artist benefit recording, touring companies, music and video He explains, "It really depends on are describing as "America's new war." loss of market share, however, and "What More Can I Give ?," that seeks to retailers, distributors, two things: whatever In the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist says its Music Publishing division raise $50 million. and radio groups, corporate protocol has attacks, Jon Bon Jovi, Enrique Iglesias, remains in good shape. For its full Also on the way are all-star televised along with individual to be satisfied -some- Richie Sambora, Melissa Etheridge, fiscal year, which ends March 31, concert events that will donate pro- contributions from times they need the Sheryl Crow, Graham Nash, Amy 2002, it is targeting a 20% decrease ceeds to disaster victims. The Concert their executives and approval of an execu- Grant, Travis Tritt, and Lonestar have in its profit before tax. for New York, an Oct. 20 show at employees. Americant Red Cross tive or finance com- all taped public service announcements In an effort to cut annual costs by Madison Square Garden featuring per- So far, the bulk of mittee or board of for the Red Cross, encouraging finan- Together, we can save a life some £65 million ($95.9 million), formances from Paul McCartney, 2001 the money has been directors -and how cial contributions, blood donations, EMI says it will consolidate certain Billboard Century Award honoree targeted for two non- the money is transmit- and the use of mental -health services back -office functions and "continue John Mellencamp, Melissa Etheridge, profit organizations actively assisting ted, by wire or by check." provided by the American Red Cross. to explore an exit from manufactur- Macy Gray, Goo Goo Dolls, and 1998 in the victim- relief process: the United AOL Time Warner is in the process Aiding in charitable fund -raising ing and distribution," among other Billboard Century Award honoree Way of New York City -which is of making a $5 million donation to be efforts and promoting causes of initiatives, at a total potential cost of James Taylor, is being sponsored by administering the telethon funds and distributed among eight relief or- national interest is nothing new for the £100 million ($147.6 million). The VH1, Cablevision, and Miramax Films. the American Red Cross, which, all - ganizations: American Red Cross, the entertainment business. Examples of company will take a £15 million Members of the New York Fire, Police, told, has raised more than $200 mil- September 11th Fund, the New York the industry's efforts stretch back to ($22.1 million) charge for this in the and Rescue crews and their families lion in the wake of the attacks. Firefighters 9 -11 Disaster Relief Fund, World War II -when the American first half of the current fiscal year. will be in the audience as invited "We'd say right now that American the New York State World Trade Center public was encouraged to buy war In an internal memo, EMI Group guests for the four -hour telecast, generosity knows no bounds," says Relief Fund, the Thin Towers Fund, the bonds-to more purely philanthropic chairman Eric Nicoli said, "This is which will air live on VH1 and be Julie Whitmer, manager of entertain- Survivors Fund of the National Capital efforts in the modern era, exhibited in undoubtedly a setback for the corn - simulcast on radio stations across the ment outreach for the American Red Region, the WTC Police Disaster Relief the countless charity events featuring pany, and it is now important that country commercial -free Oct. 20 at 8 Cross. "Already during this time of cri- Fund, and the New York Police & Fire musicians that have followed in the we respond positively ... We must p.m. (ET/PT). The VH1 Radio Network sis, we've had millions of Americans Widows' & Children's Benefit Fund. wake of Live Aid concerts for famine not allow this short -term disap- and Westwood One/Infinity Broad- from around the world-including The company is also accepting em- relief in 1985 and the Amnesty Inter- pointment ... to mask the many casting will coordinate the simulcast. people from the music industry - ployee donations and will match these national benefit tours of the 1980s (see outstanding successes across the The Concert for New York event come forward to help." up to $1,000 per employee. story, page 11). EMI world." will also be shown on TV and radio Universal Music Group parent While such fund-raising efforts have News of the revised forecast took networks internationally. All telecasts THE PAYMENT PROCESS Vivendi Universal is making a $5 mil- never before been seen on this scale, the financial community by sur- will feature a phone number and a But while the promises of money lion contribution to the September charitable organizations say they are prise. On the day it was announced, Web site address for charitable dona- come quickly, payment is not neces- 11th Fund and matching any employ- still in an uncertain period, where fund- EMI stock plunged 35.1% to a clos- tions. Tickets for the show go on sale sarily immediate, executives at char- ee contributions on a two -to-one basis. ing and volunteer needs remain strong. ing price of 231.38 pence ($3.41). Sunday (7) at noon and range from itable organizations say. Sony has earmarked $4 million "One of the things that is very chal- Though the third -largest label by individual seats to VIP packages. Pro- Indeed, organizers of the A Tribute for victims' aid, with $3 million lenging for us is [evaluating] the scope market share, EMI is the world's ceeds from the event will benefit the to Heroes telethon say they expect it going to the Red Cross and another of this as we look forward into at least largest publicly traded stand -alone Twin Towers Fund, which was estab- will take weeks for individual donors $1 million going to the Twin Towers the foreseeable future," the Red Cross' music company and thus is regarded lished by New York City Mayor to mail in checks or make credit card Fund. EMI -which has set aside $1 Le Roy says. "Because one of the most by analysts as a proxy for the indus- Rudolph Giuliani to assist and sup- payments on their pledged gifts. million -and Bertelsmann -which horrific aspects of what happened Sept. try. ABN AMRO analyst Helen Snell port the families of uniformed serv- Representatives from AOL Time has set aside $2 million -are both 11 was its unpredictability. We have no responded to EMI's news with a ices members and other government Warner, Bertelsmann, EMI, Sony, and in the midst of deciding the chari- way of knowing when or where some- research note titled Dire Straits, in personnel lost in the tragedy. Vivendi Universal all say that while pay- ties to which they will be donating thing like this is going to happen again."

BILLBOARD OCTOBER 6, 2001 www.billboard.com 91 www.americanradiohistory.com New Billboard LiveVenue Heats Up Miami Beach

More than 3,000 people attended the Sept. 8 grand opening of the Bill- board Live venue in Miami Beach. The official ceremonies -which includ- ed Miami Beach Mayor Neisen Kasdin handing Billboard Live president/ CEO Mitchell Chait the key to the city, as well as a special recognition of Emilio Estefan Jr. -were fol owed by performances from musicians rep- resenting a variety of genres.. Among the artists on hand were Celia Cruz, Blu Cantrell, Los Rabanes, the new Miami Sound Machine, and Stephen and Damian Marley, as well as Dis Jellybean Benitez, Jane's Addiction founder Perry Farrell (aka DJ Peretz), and Billboard Live house DJ Lippy. Billboard Live is an interactive facility set up not only as a live venue and professional music /video recording studio but also as a multimedia facility with vast entertainment possibilities. The Miami Beach venue is set to be the first of a series of clubs that will open worldwide in the near future.

Shown, from left, are president/publisher of Bill- board Music Group Howard Lander, Emilio Este - fan Jr., and Billboard Live president /CEO Mitchell Chait as they celebrate the venue's opening. Este - fan was also recognized for his achievements and contribution to the performing arts.

Arista recording artist Blu Cantrell, whose single "Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops!)" hit No. 2 on The Billboard Hot 100, was among the featured performers at Billboard Live.

Damian Jr. Gong Marley (above) performed with brother Stephen Marley at the opening. Other brother Ziggy Marley (below) was also on hand at the event. Miami Beach Mayor Neisen Kasdin, pictured here with his wife, pre- sented the key to the city of Miami Beach to Billboard Live presi- Mark Fleishman, left, of Studio 54 celebrates with dent /CEO Mitchell Chait. Billboard Live club director Rudolph Piper.

Emilio Regueira, lead singer for Crescent Moon act Los Rabanes, kicked off a series of live per- Label owner /producer /remixer Jellybean Benitez spins for the crowd. formances at the launch of Billboard Live.

92 www.billboard.con BILLBOARD OCTOBER 6, 2001 www.americanradiohistory.com Arista recording artist Blu Cantrell flashes a smile with Billboard Live president/CEO Mitchell Chait. More than 3,000 people, including producers, executives, and artists, flocked to the opening of Billboard Live in Miami Beach to witness a steady stream of live music.

Mötley Crüe lead singer Vince Neil, center, poses with a few of his friends.

Jane's Addiction founder Perry Farrell, aka DJ Peretz, took time off from recording a new album to spin at the Billboard Live opening.

The new Miami Sound Machine, under the guid- Queen of salsa and Sony recording artist Celia Cruz was among the Billboard Live president/CEO Mitchell Chait and ance of Emilio Estefan Jr.'s Crescent Moon, fea- artists who sizzled during the live performances at the Billboard Live lead singer Ed Kowalczyk pose amid the fan- tures, from left, Sohanny Gross, Carla Ramirez, Live opening. fare of the Sept.. 8 event. and Lorena Pinot.

BILLBOARD OCTOBER 6, 2001 www.hilIbmard.com 93 www.americanradiohistory.com Alceste, and Iphigénie en Aulide. pieces. You have the dramatic rest of the world, the disc is simply most of it had never been previous- Bartoll Makes With Iphigénie, Gluck turned Berenice scena, you have very lyric called Gluck Italian Arias and is due ly recorded was an added bonus. It's from Italian to French and settled in arias, you have a very melancholy for release Monday [1].) an interesting development that `Dreams' Real Paris. The works from his final peri- piece like the one for Sesto. It's dif- In addition, Universal invested in she's gone on to Gluck, especially od mark a turning point in operatic ficult for me to choose a favorite, lavish advance promotional folders to avoiding the obvious things." Continued from page 1 history- directly influencing such because each is so different." set up the release of Dreams & Ray Pollard, an opera specialist at Album, served as musical consult- composers as Rossini, Meyerbeer, For Chris Roberts, chairman of Fables, containing several of the Tower's downtown New York City ant for the project and supplied the and Berlioz. Several are still per- the Universal Classics Group, that same rare photos and illustrations store, notes that customers were authoritative liner notes. formed today, while the Italian diversity plays to one of Bartoli's used in the CD package, explanatory already calling on the morning of After Vivaldi, Gluck was a logical works have been nearly forgotten. greatest strengths. "What makes essays (including a conversation the record's street date to see if it next step. Born in Bohemia in 1714, n researching the Cecilia special," Roberts says, "is between Bartoli and Osele), and a had arrived. "I think it should do Gluck worked in the transitional materials used for that she's one of the most amazing three -track sampler CD-all wrapped very well. It's nice repertoire for her, period between the Baroque and Dreams & Fables, communicators I've ever seen. Her in a hand -tied golden ribbon. something she's not done a lot of Classical eras. "Vivaldi's music was Bartoli turned technique is beyond belief, in terms eyond reflecting [already], and she has chosen her performed in Prague [where Gluck once more to Osele of its subtlety and its security with the elegant design arias well. She's always very canny had moved at the age of 14 for musi- for assistance. "For some of the most amazingly difficult of the album, a about choosing her repertoire." cal studies]," Bartoli says, "so I'm Vivaldi, we went through manu- things. Cecilia just connects with F.'- ` more compelling Unsurprisingly, Bartoli already X / sure that Gluck was able to hear it." scripts on microfilm," she relates. people -she always has, from the ) reason for the elab- has several ideas in mind for subse- In Milan, Gluck fell under the "In a way, [the Gluck] was much eas- very beginning -and as she matures orate package arose quent discs-one of which emerged spell of Pietro Trapassi, known as ier, because some of the music was and develops new repertoire, it's from Bartoli's relative inaccessibility, from the Vivaldi and Gluck projects. Metastasio, a leading reformer of published. But we had to work from even more powerful." which limits her participation in pro- "What I would like to do next," she 18th -century opera. The poet and manuscripts here, as well." ith The Vivaldi motional activities in the U.S. mar- says, "is arias written for the great his colleagues sought to eliminate Among the project's highlights Album, Universal ket. Bartoli, managed and booked castratos like Farinelli." She also the more comic and fanciful ele- for Bartoli were the arias from La could count on the worldwide by Mastroianni Associates hopes to record a program of songs ments from opera, advocating a Clemenza di Tito. Bartoli performs added benefit of a in New York City, has performed by Casella and Malipiero, Italian return to the purity and balance of selections written for three different composer who was here infrequently in recent years, composers who initiated a resur- ancient Greek theater. Above all, characters in the opera. She found a household name, spending her time in Europe gence of attention to Vivaldi and they felt that the music should be Sesto's aria, "Se Mai Senti Spirarti as well as Bartoli's considerable fan immersed in concerts and record- other Baroque masters at the begin- subservient to the text. Sul Volto," particularly challenging. base, to bolster sales. Even so, the ings. For Roberts, this puts the U.S. ning of the 20th century. "When music vies with poetry to The role was written for the re- company was surprised by the over- at a disadvantage that Universal has Meanwhile, scattered among take the principal role, it achieves nowned castrato Caffarelli, who pre- whelming response to the release. to work hard to counter. tours in support of the Gluck album the destruction of both," Metastasio miered Clemenza in Naples in 1752. When that disc was originally issued Accordingly, Universal is focusing on Bartoli's itinerary are concerts wrote in 1756. He found in Gluck a (Common in Baroque opera, castrati in the U.S., the beautiful, ornate on traditional classical music and featuring offbeat works by Salieri kindred spirit who abstained from were male singers castrated at an miniature hardcover book-its pack- opera media outlets for its initial cam- and Paisiello. the florid excesses of the Baroque early age to preserve their soprano aging designed by Decca for the paign. When tentative live dates he is set to perform era to fashion a more streamlined or alto voices. The result, as wit- European release-was replaced by a planned for September 2002 can be and record Haydn's yet urgently dramatic style. nessed in the popular 1995 Colum- standard jewel case with a booklet confirmed, the company will launch a opera Orlando Pal - luck staged works bia/Tristar film Farinelli [Il Castra- insert. More than a year later, after second, more elaborate push for the adino with con- based on Metasta- to], was an unearthly instrument, the CD had become a best seller and disc to coincide with those dates, using ductor Nikolaus sio's texts in meant to combine a youth's high, earned a Grammy, Universal rere- stylish TV spots already produced for Harnoncourt next Prague, Naples, sweet pitch with a grown man's lung leased the disc in its original package. the European launch and tour. year, as well. While she hasn't turned Rome, and Vienna, power.) "It's always fascinating to "It was probably a dollars -and- Since it follows the best-selling her back on Mozart or Rossini, min- attracting ever - perform a role written for a castra- cents move that, in hindsight, was Vivaldi disc, however, Dreams & ing musical rarities as she did for widening attention. Bartoli is cer- to," Bartoli explains, "because the not smart, especially given the suc- Fables has already created substan- Dreams & Fables clearly suits her tain, for instance, that the young vocal line is so extreme." cess of the album," Roberts says tial buzz at retail worldwide. "It's sense of adventure. Mozart must have heard such Gluck What Bartoli appreciated most now. In contrast, the Gluck disc is going to be one of our biggest rec- "This project was a lot of work," operas as La Clemenza di Tito. about the project, however, was the being released worldwide in a pack- ords this year," says Sandy Mathe- Bartoli says. "But in the end, it's (Mozart wrote his own opera on the sheer range of the composer's age similar to the Vivaldi hardcover. son, co- director of McAlister Mathe- really worth it. When you find music same subject 40 years later.) Gluck's invention. "It's difficult to demon- The sole concession to the U.S. mar- son Music in Edinburgh, Scotland. that you love and you can share it greatest renown, however, came strate the variety of Cluck's music ket was the addition of the title "Her Vivaldi album was enormous with people -and you can share that with the later, so- called "reform" in just 70 minutes," she says, "so we Dreams & Fables, intended to add a with our customers. It was beauti- emotion with people -I think this is operas, including Orfeo ed Euridice, had to be clever in choosing the stronger conceptual hook. (In the fully packaged, and the fact that why we're here." 580 94 www.billboard.com BILLBOARD OCTOBER 6. 2001 www.americanradiohistory.com THIS WEEK( COMING MONDAY: The rock supergroup lives again with Oysterhead, comprising of Phish's Trey Anastasio, Primus' Billboard Les Claypool, and the Police's Stewart Copeland. 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