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DECEMBER 20, 1997 Music Volume 14, Issue 51 £3.95 DM11 FFR35 Backtothetop.Bryan US$7 Adams takes over the No.1 DFL11.50 spot on the European Radio Mediae Top 50 this week. Page 20. we tall "CAD! io M&M chart toppers this week `Spirit of independenceRe -Loading the rock machine arrives at Virgin Radio by Christian Lorenz by Mike McGeever Grace insists, however, that LONDON- After 16 years in the busi- itistoo early tospell out ness, Metallica have proved that the LONDON- "Spirit, passion detailedplansforVirgin's rock machine can still turn you on-and and independence" are the national AM service, and Lon- radio isn't scared of it anymore. buzzwords at national rock don FM licence. "Everything Since its November 17 release, the station Virgin Radio under has happened very quickly. band's 10th album Re -Load (Mercury) its new owners. Over the Christmas period we has been lodged in the upper regions of European Radio To On Monday, December 8, Chris Evans(left) andare going to take stock." Music & Media's European Top 100 BRYAN ADAMS the station's high -profile Richard Branson The programmer does say Albuins chart-this week it sits at num- Back To Y breakfastshowpresenter that the stations will "push the ber 4. With Re -Load's ongoing success, (A&M) Chris Evans and his Ginger Media edge" of new music. "We are going to Metallica have proved their ability to Group (GMG) acquired Virgin for a total look at that early in the new year. Proba- continue pushing the hard rock enve- of £85 million ($140.3 million). "When bly early evenings is the place to do that. lope whilst turning themselves into a Inside M&M this week you have an owner like Chris," says Vir- But how far and how much, nobody hot commercial commodity. And that's ginRadioprogrammedirectorIan would pretend to know. But there is the point: the band has become a suc- Grace, "with passion and spirit, the sta- scope for Virgin to push it along. If we cessful brand. POP, POLITICS AND AC RADIO tion can transcend all formats, corporate are not easily defined or pigeon -holed While other million sellers from the AstheGerman musicindustry structures and restraints. The listeners and become a hybrid [of different for - '80s heyday of heavy metal, such as digests the implications of the recent can feel it, which creates a buzz." continued on page 21 Whitesnake, Def Leppard and Queen- meeting between its sryche, scored their last Top 10 albums representatives and in Europe before' the turn of the '90s, the country's presi- Metallicakept pace with changing dent, M&M talks to tastes and overhauled the genre for the several of those who new decade. werethere.They One of the band's strengths is an include singer Nen a, continued on page 21 pictured signing the official visitors' book of the president's office. In addition, we look at VPRT declares the debate over Germany's prolifera- tion of AC stations. Pages 6-10 war on public EH -OH, LET'S GO The U.K.'s latest sales sensations have shot up that country's charts broadcasters with almost inhuman speed. That's by Ed Meza because they're not human at all... The trustees of The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund had 20 mil- Will Europe fall before the awesome lion reasons to be grateful this week, when PolyGram president and CEO BERLIN- The German Association of power of the Teletubbies? Page 11 Alain Levy and Elton John handed over a cheque for £20,000,000 to the Commercial Radio and Telecommunica- charity. The amount is the first payment from worldwide sales of John's tion (VPRT) is calling for the country's FRENCH MUSIC COMMISSION Rocket single Candle In The Wind '97/Something About The Way You Look public broadcasters to be restricted to France'sministerof culture has Tonight. The late Princess' sister Lady Sarah McCorquodale (on far left of cultural and educational programming announced the creation of a new picture)-a fund trustee-was presented with the cheque in London's At a November 26 conference in commission to review the problems Kensington Palace. Pictured with her (from left): Anthony Julius (trustee), Munich entitled Media Plan 2000 Plus, of the music community. Page 3 Gordon Brown (Chancellor of the Exchequer/chairman of the Diana, the VPRT proposed to its members an Princess of Wales Memorial Committee), Elton John and Main Levy. continued on page 21

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AmericanRadioHistory.Com NEWS French govt. tackles `today's music'Opcn mils sion or live music." Trautmann said by Emmanuel Legrand However, he adds, it remains unclear Konrad von Lohneysen government policy concerning the"where the music industry fits into the RENNES - French minister of culture music industry "will be inspired by the picture of that new government." Jive Records Germany, Catherine Trautmann has announced Commission." She expects a report and That view is echoed by Herve Rony, launched in April, has the creation of a new commission to proposals during the first quarter ofgeneral manager of record companies just signed its first act, review the problems being faced by 1998, allowing her to draft policy forbody SNEP, who says that, since last pop vocalist Theresa the music community. the second half of the year. If neces- June's election victory, there has been Reeves. According to Trautmann, the cre- sary, Trautmann said,she wouldno "recognition of the industry by the Konrad von ation of the commission marks "recog- request funding for specific initiatives. minister of culture." Rony says SNEP Lohneysen is the compa- nition by the state of today's music." Alex Duthil, director of musician's is still waiting to meet Trautmann and ny's managing director. Topics covered by the 40 -member training school Studio des Varietes, has discuss industry priorities. "nationalcommissionontoday's been appointed to "make contacts in "We have the feeling that the com- Q:Who is Theresa Reeves, and musics" will range from retail pricing to order toset up the commission." mercial aspect of music is not a prior- what are your plans for her? the status of DJs and exposure for new Members will be chosen on the grounds ity for them," says Rony, who never- A: Theresa used to sing with The Four acts. Announcing it at the of professionalism and experience. theless credits Trautmann for having Reeves, a local pop/rock act which had Transmusicalesmusicfestivalin Seen by many as the socialist gov-set up this commission. "In principle, a considerable following in and around Rennes (December 3-7) Trautmann ernment's first recognition of theit is a good way of doing things," he Cologne. For Jive, she will record declared: "This commission will have music business, the commission hasadds, "but we've had three different German -language pop with former an important task." been greeted with a degree of scepti- ministers during the past five years, MagicAffairproducerBernhard She continued: "Pm expecting these cism within that industry. One recordand each one has begun a 'review of Waldstedt. We're planning to release qualified experts to come up with solu- company describes the launch of thethe situation.' The analysis of the sit- her debut single Lass Uns Freunde tions to some of the problems faced by commission as: "Not bad for a start,uation has been done countless times. Sein (Let's Be Friends) at the beginning the music community in fields asconsidering that they only startedThere is no need to do it again if it is of February. diverse as the record business, televi-thinking about it three weeks ago." not followed by real policy." Q:What have been this year's high- lights for Jive Records Germany? A: The Backstreet Boys second album, Backstreet's Back, has gone platinum in Winter of discontent for Energy stations? Germany with 500,000 units sold. Also, by Ed Meza stay on at Energy until the end of themannt basis-Energy's frequencies in we produced a R&B compilation called Black Pearls in association with MTV year as a "managing consultant." Rhineland-Palatinate were granted on BERLIN - Management changes and Sourcesatthestationhave a temporary basis until December and lifestyle magazine Max, which has a possible loss of FM frequenciesexpressed fears that the move is a sold some 40,000 units to date. Another 1997, although Energy has applied for artist who did well for us this year is mean precious little Christmas cheer first step towards major restructur- them on a permanent basis. for staff at NRJ's Energy stations in [U.S.-signed] R&B singer Joe-his ing, but Energy spokesperson Gunda On December 1, the LPR's assembly debut album, All That I Am, sold Berlin and Rhineland-Palatinate. Thalemann says the station's new voted to reject Radio Rockland-Pfalz's Paris 20,000 units without a hit single, bid for the four FM frequencies. although we serviced radio with the NRJ announced the immediate on the basis, according to an removal of Energy 103.4/Berlin track Love Scene last summer and it LPR spokesperson, that it could worked extremely well. general manager Hartmut Horst make commercial broadcaster on November 21. The company ENERGY Rheinland-Pfalzische Rwidfunk Q:How many records have you has installed Christophe (RPR) too influential in the released this year? Montague and Reinhard ConnyBERLIN UKW 103,4 region. RPR owns 25 percent of A: About 12 albums and approximate- Konzack as temporary general Radio Rockland and controls ly 20-25 singles, all international prod- managers until next March, when a general managers had reassured stafftwo of the three commercial broadcast- uct. We try to be very selective in our permanent replacement is expectedthere will be no immediate job cuts. ers in Rhineland-Palatinate. choice of releases for the German mar- to be named. Meanwhile, the future of Energy's A further objection cited by the ket. It helps us to work very intensive- Energy 103.4 staff have expressed presence on the FM dial remains LPR was Radio Rockland's proposed ly with the titles we've got-on aver- unhappiness over the decision, prais-unclearinRhineland-Palatinate. format, which targeted an adult audi- age, I'd say we spend three months on ing Horst as a well -qualified generalState radio regulator LPR still has to ence. Assembly members voiced con- promoting a single. manager. "We are all sorry to see himdecide the fate of four FM frequencies cern over the lack of youth -oriented leave," says one employee. Horst will currently occupied by Energy on a per- programming in the state. Q:IFPI recently warned of a "cost explosion" in the music industry. What do you put that down to? Talking head Young signs for Talk Radio A: The time you have to spend on promotion before a release actually hits by Mike McGeever U.K. broadcast- the shops has grown significantly over erChannel5 the past three years. For club promo- LONDON - U.K. national commercial TV, to host its tion alone, for example, you have to speechstationTalkRadiohas breakfast show schedule six to eight weeks. [For a hit unveiled a new programme directorfrom January 5. single] you have to get a video on TV and a new breakfast show for 1998. Young will con- rotation-and if it's young product you JohnSimons,currentlypro- tinue her work need to be on [German music TV sta- gramme director at regional full ser-for Channel 5, tion] VIVA-at least four weeks before vice broadcaster Centurywhich-like release. TV spots are also important to Radio/Gateshead, will take up theTalk-is con- mobilise consumers. We spend DM same post at Talk Radio on February trolled by CLT- 40,000 ($22,500) on TV advertising for 1. Simons is a 20 -year veteran of U.K. UFA. She will be a dance/pop crossover single. radio, having worked in the publicjoinedonthe and commercial sectors. His experi-new showby Q:What other key elements do you ence ranges from presenting and pro- current Talk see as influencing the German gramming to management. As pro-Radio presenter music market at present? gramme controller, he was involved in Bill Overton. A: The concentration in the retail sec- the launch of Century in September The duo will tor-it's growing steadily. At Jive, we 1994. He was subsequently promoted replace the cur- now have 80-85 percent of our turnover to programme director. Simons willrentbreakfast with only 12-13 retailers. That shifts report to Talk Radio managing direc- teamofPaul the balance more towards chart mater- tor Paul Robinson. Ross and Carol McGiffen, who move toBolger. The Young/Overton show will ial. So having a chart hit is more impor- Talk Radio has also signed Kirsty the same slot at the weekends follow- be independently produced by produc- tant today than it ever was. Young, prime -time news anchor on ing the departure of presenter Seantion company USP Radio Projects. Interview by Christian Lorenz

MUSIC & MEDIA0DECEMBER 20.1 9 9 7 AmericanRadioHistory.Com NEWS Rocky twin for Radio 3FM TRIBUNAL DELIVERS PRS/BSKYB VERDICT by Robbert 7111i fer too Erik de Zwart, managing London - U.K authors' body the Performing Right much from director of commercial Society (PRS) has secured a five -fold increase in its roy- HILVERSUM- Dutch public our day- CHR/dance station Radio 538, alty payments from satellite TV company British Sky CHR station Radio 3FM is timepro- declares the Broadcasting (BSkyB), despite failing to convince a copy- planning to give birth to a gramming. plans show right tribunal of its arguments. The tribunal ruling, controversial "twin" in the However,"themoral delivered on December 10, says BSkyB's payments year 2000. they will bankruptcy should rise to £3 million ($4.8 m) for 1997. However, The new national station, remain of public chairman Christopher Floyd rejected PRS's case that all currently without a working indepen-broadcast- payments should be based on a percentage of BSkyB's title,is being designed to dent froming." He revenues (M&M, December 6). PRS had claimed that, appeal to a 20-35 year -old the sta- adds: "[3FM] based on European comparisons, a 3 percent rate would demographic with an alterna- tion's [gen-is merely have been just; this would have resulted in a 10 -fold tive/AOR repertoire. The origi- eral daytime] music program-imitating increase in BSkyB's current royalty payments to around nal 3FM would then pitch itselfming department." stations £6 million a year. at the younger 13-19 age group The programmer adds: "Ifwhichalr- with a poppier, dancier sound. we don't get a new station, then eadyexist ROSKILDE FACES FINAL FADE-OUT Theplan-partoftheharmonising our current sta-free of char- COPENHAGEN- Local commercial CHR station Radio biggest post-war restructuring tion will become plan B." A sec- geonthe Roskilde is to close down on January 1 next year. The deci- operationinDutchpublic ond 3FM station, however,is commercial side, namely 538 in sion has been taken by the station's financial backers, news- radio-has been devised by theunlikely to please thethe 13-19 demo and [alterna- paper company Dagbladet. "We didn't decide to media directorsofalltheNetherlands' expanding com- tive rock station] Kink FM in shut because there was a crisis or because the Netherlands' public broadcast- mercial radio sector. the 20-24 demo." station hadn't turned in a profit," says ing organisations in conjunction Dagbladet managing director Torben withco-ordinatorsofthe Dalby Larsen. "There was simply not a national public stations. promising outlook for the future, and However, "the plans-including the station has always struggled to find the proposed launch of 3FM's the right balance [of programming]." The sister station-only deal with future of the Roskilde licence will be deter- the content of public radio, mined by the local radio authority. regardless of the financial feasi- bility," cautions Ad de Boer, BMG SNAPS UP AVREP media director of the PARLS- BMG France has acquired French indie label Evangelical public broadcasting AVREP, a company which BMG already had a stake in, for organisation EO. an undisclosed sum. AVREP-whose catalogue includes The ultimate fate of the plan acts such as Pierre Bachelet and Marc Lavoine-was found- will lie in the hands of the ed in 1978 by Pierre -Alain Simon, who will relinquish all board of governorsof the activities within AVREP. AVREP productions were licensed newly -created Dutch public to BMG's label RCA, and will continue to be produced and broadcasting authority, which marketed by RCA under the aegis of the label's GM Francis will meet for the first time next Jullien. Simon will, however, remain executive producer year. As a result of recentFootball fans got a first taste of two of next year's biggest and promotion co-ordinator of Lavoine's forthcoming album. restructuring in Dutch public potential hits during the live TV broadcast of the draw for broadcasting, the board of pub- the 1998 World Cup finals on December 4 in Marseilles. COMMUNITY RADIO BOOST IN HAMBURG lic broadcastingumbrella Ricky Martin's The Cup Of Life, the official international BERLIN- Hamburg will have a full-time community radio organisation NOS will then song of the '98 World Cup, and La Cour Des Grands by channel on air from the start of next year following cease to be the highest broad- Youssou N'Dour featuring Axelle Red-the official French Hamburg radio regulator HAM's decision to grant the non- cast authority in public radio. anthem for the event-have both been provided by Sony profit -making broadcasting organisation Freies Sender Radio 3FM station co-ordi- Music in association with world soccer body FIFA and Kombinat (FSK) the new 93.0 FM frequency. FSK will nator Paul van derLugt French World Cup organising committee CFO. Martin and share the new frequency with another community broad- explains: "For the moment we N'Dour (centre) are pictured at the draw with Sony Music caster, Lokalradio, which will broadcast on Sundays. FSK have committed ourselves to Entertainment Europe senior VP marketing Richard previously shared the 89.1 FM frequency with public fine-tuning3FM'sevening Ogden (far left) and Sony Music executive producer, broadcaster Deutschland Radio, which will now transmit slots, which now shouldn't dif- France '98 Rick Blaskey (far right). full-time on that frequency. FSKs mixed format programming includes rock and pop, world music, news and cultural items. REM boss extends empire MTV RETURNS TO CABLE NETWORK OSLO- MTV Europe's northern service is available in by Renzi Bouton ordination, while streamline our opera- the Norwegian capital once more, following a three-year still maintaining tionsinorderto dispute over subscription fees with cable company Janco PARIS- Europe1 Comm-separate brand become more profitable Multicom. Agreement has now been reached between the unication has restructured its identities, which and efficient." two companies, and MTV will be free to all cable sub- two music stations, AC net- is crucial." Brisac concludes: scribers until January 15, after which MTV will become work Europe 2 and gold station Brisac,who "We are not questioning Martin part of a paid -for package with channels such as BBC RFM, appointing a joint gener- remainspresi- the programming strat- World and MTV's AC channel VH-1. al manager to look after both. dent of both net-Brisac egy [of Europe 2], but we Current RFM GM Fredericworks, says the new organisa-all know the radio is an industry MAGIC MARKETING SCORES FOR EMAP Schlesinger is adding Europe 2 tion also reflects the continuing where things evolve rapidly." LONDON- The U.K.'s marketing and advertising indus- to his responsibilities; Europe 2 evolution of the Europe 1 group Taieb, who has worked with tries have honoured the Emap Radio group. At the presti- GM Yves Taieb will step down. and the increasing importance Brisac at Europe 2 for the past gious Promax Awards, Emap "In a flat market, we are obliged of his international duties. "Asten years, declined to comment Radio's £1 million ($1.65 to think about the best possibleI am devoting most of my timeon the situation. "We will offer 28 m) campaign forthe organisation, so that we can beto the group's internationalhim other positions within the the big easy launch of its AM oldies sharper in terms of position- development, the appointmentgroup," says Brisac, "and it will network, Magic, scooped ing," says Martin Brisac, direc- of a joint general manager wasbe up to him to decide what he awards for"Best Mixed tordelegateofEurope 1 necessary in order to simplifywantstodo."Despitethe Campaign" and "Best Station/Channel Launch." The cam- ' Communication's radio activi- and optimise communicationchanges, Guy Banville remains paign, targeting the 30-45 year old age group, used TV ties. He adds: "We needed to betweenthetwostations. asprogrammedirectorof and posters. strengthen our operational co-[Schlesinger's] priority is to Europe 2.

MUSIC MEDIA DECEMBER 20, 1997 AmericanRadioHistory.Com0 NEWS medowatch Unstable Czech market

The number of artists Billboard."How does a major sees ad revenue grow releasing multimedialabel avoid getting burned in the boil- by Michele Legge "If there's any economic [turmoil] the products-from the Spice Girls to theing foment of dance music?" asks first thing a client cancels is radio Rolling Stones-is on the increase, Dominic Pride in a profile of Dance PRAGUE - Despite a declining eco- advertising," says Michal Zelenka, reports the French daily. "The newPool, the Sony Music division which momy, radio stations in the Czech APSV CR president. However, Zelenka trend in showbiz is to have a CD-ROM handles thelabel's dance -pop Republic managed to increase ad rev- is optimistic that his organisation's or a video game which bears the crossover acts in the world outside the enues by some Kc63.1 million ($1.9m) members-the country's commercial [artist's] name," points out Liberation. U.S. and which promotes the exchange during the past year. radio operators-will take a bigger slice "It [multimedia] is quite fashionableof dance music between continents. According to statistics on advertis- of the radio ad cake in the coming year. these days with artists," comments"This is becoming the only music ing expenditure during 1997 pub- In theory, around Kc 50m ($1.47m) Sony Musicmultimediadirector which travels across borders," notes lishedby theAssociation of worth of advertising budgets will be Michel Koch in the story "Globally," he Sony Dance Pool VP Guy Brulez. Commercial Broadcastersinthe freed up for commercial broadcasters adds, "artists are starting to consider"Repertoire can come from anywhere Czech Republic (APSV CR), estimat- after January 1, when public broadcast- multimedia as a valid artistic format." and go anywhere. Rock is getting ed radio ad revenue for both public er Cesky Rozhlas cuts back the time it Liberation (France), December 5 increasingly national in outlook." and private sector stations totalled allocates for advertising on its stations. Billboard (U.S.), December 13 Kc908.9m ($26.7m), up from Under the terms of a new agree- Kc845.8m in 1996. ment made between APSV CR and Der MusikmarktThe December 1 However, radio'sshare of theCesky Rozhlas in May this year, the issue of the re -designed German trade ObservateurAlgerian -born Czech Republic's overall advertising latter will reduce its ad minutage weekly carries an extensive interview singer Khaled has been voted the "per- market dropped from 8.5 percent in from the current 0.2 percent of all with Gerd Gebhardt, Warner Music sonality most exemplifying past and 1996 to 8.3 percent in 1997, whilebroadcast time to three minutes per Europe president, Central Europe and present Arab culture" by the French spending on all advertising increased day for national services, and five chairman of the German public in a poll published in the French by around one percent. Growth in the minutes for regional stations. To com- Phonographic Academy. The industry news weekly. Commenting on the poll, radio market was affected by thepensate for the loss of revenue this veteran declares: "The German music Khaled, who lives in France, says: country'sfalteringeconomy andwill entail, the government is to raise industry needs new artists-now! The "The contemporary musical genre unstable political scene, which led to the (voluntary) fees paid by radio lis- whole industry still lives off artistsfrom northern Africa still struggles to the collapse of the government at the teners from Kc25 to Kc37 ($0.74- who established themselves in the be heard. There will always be a men- end of last month. $1.09) per month. market 20-in some cases even 30- tal block, because of the racism of sta- years ago." Shrinking back catalogue tions." He continues: "Why doesn't sales and generally disappointingNRJ play Ibnton David or African business in the first nine months ofmusic that the kids want to listen to? U.K.'s Unique going global the year lead Gebhardt to warn hisWhen I put the question to the man- by Emmanuel Legrand U.K.]," comments Pascal Grierson, peers: "If our current 'hot sellers' alsoagers of the station they said... it was international business manager at dominate our back catalogues, we will because of ratings. Listeners call them LONDON - Unique Broadcasting is Unique Broadcasting. "We have been have to think seriously about what we and complain about this Arab guy takingitsEntertainmentNews looking into exploiting it international- are going to do in 10 years time." they've played." Service, which already services over 60 ly for the last six months, because Der Musikmarkt(Germany),Le Nouvel Observateur (France), radio stations throughout the U.K., todemand for a reasonably priced, easy December 1 December 4-12 the international market. to use global Entnews service on behalf The U.K. radio syndication company of many of our current clients was now has on board a series of stations overwhelming." Some of the deals were Radio Cable subscribing to the weekly service, clinched last month during the NAB's Internet in -site httpl/www.xpress.es/radiocable which provides sound bites on enter- Europe conference in Monte -Carlo. tainment news and inter- The service is produced Is this the shape of radio to come? views with newsmakers, by an 8 -strong team in The RadioCable site, launched six mainly from cinema and London. Stations currently months ago by Spanish journalist music. The list of broad- subscribing to the service Fernando Berlin, who wanted to cre- castersincludesIrish receive a script in printed ate a radio station specifically for the nationalstationRadio form and sound cuts on CD, Internet, has been named by U.S. Ireland, the Bridge Radio providing a weekly input of software giant Microsoft as one of its Network (over 35 stations over 45 minutes of audio 30 "Best Of The Web" services. The in the CIS region), Italian material, but Grierson says "station"operates from atiny station Radio Dimensione that as of January 1st 1998, Madrid studio and broadcasts a Suono, Dubai FM (cover- the service will be delivered daily news service in Spanish at ing the United Arab Emirates), and a on CD-ROM. 10:00 each day dealing with music, South African network(including "Our market research with pro- the economy, culture, sport and ecology. Once a week it also provides a magazine Radio 702, CapeTalk, Radio Algoa and grammers and editors has allowed us programme with English subtitles. "It took me a year to get the thing off the East Coast Radio) through the African to design a state-of-the-art product, ground," says Berlin. "It is tuned into by about 4,000 people a month, but this Business Channel. born out of the need for quick and easy recognition has made it all worthwhile." 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MUSIC & MEDIA©DECEMBER20. 1997 AmericanRadioHistory.Com GERMANY SPOIIIGHI Mixing politics with thepower Last month, a historic meeting took place between and politics in Germany. In the U.S. the people who create it." and the U.K. we see a much more Gebhardt says he hopes that Germany's federal president and leaders of the country's intensive exchange between these two "politicians -and our society in gener- record industry. The meeting was hailed as further evi- important fields of our society. al -will eventually realise that they "There are," he continues, "a num- could profit from the power of pop dence that music is now being taken seriously as an eco- ber of issues we have brought to the music as a means to communicate nomic force. Here, Christian Lorenz examines the sig- attention of government authorities in with [people in all walks of life]." the past. For five years now, we have For his part, Wolf -D. Gramatke nificance of the `*43 meets politics" initiative, and been campaigning for the introduction points out that "only 20 percent of all speaks to some of those involved. of a formal education course for therecords in Germany prove to be finan- business side of our profession, and for cially successful investments." The n November 26, the heads artists Peter Maffay (BMG), Nena the recognition of the title industry, he goes on, foots the bill for ofthethreeGerman(Polydor) and Tic Tac Toe singer Musikkaufmann/F'rau as a music -spe- the remaining 80 percent, and "con- music industry organisa- Jazzy (BMG). cific degree in business studies. tributes to the diversity and vitality of tions met -for the first "Speaking for the industry, I would our culture." Gramatke adds: "I am time ever -with the coun- Common ground welcome it if the meeting with presi-delighted to hear that the president is 0try's top politician, federal presidentAt the press conference, Thomas M.dent Herzog sent the right signals tointerested in continuing the dialogue, RomanHerzog.The and I look forward to meeting was described our next meeting [in the as proofthatthe second half of 1998]." German government is taking serious notice of Vox pop? an industry which is Peter Maffay is one of steadily growing in self- BMG Entertainment's confidence, thanksto most successful the continuing success of German -language German -produced music recordingartists. He at home and abroad. created one of the best- Herzog received the selling concept albums music industry delega- of the '90s with tion amid the sort of Tabaluga, a rock musi- media attention usually cal for children which reserved for a major sold 4.2 million units. state visit. After their Some 580,000 fans meeting, the president saw Maffay during his joined Thomas M. Stein, 1996 German tour and (BMG Entertainment sales of his last album, G/S/A presidentand Maffay 96 passed the chairmanof German one million unit mark, industry association accordingto BMG. Bundesverband Phono), Maffay, whose career Wolf -D. Gramatke began in the '70s, has (PolyGram Germany strong views on the president and chairman importance of a thriv- of the German branch ofParticipants in the first "music meets politics" get-together (left to right): Peter Maffay; Wolf -D.ing, active pop and rock IFPI), and GerdGramatke; president Roman Herzog; Gerd Gebhardt; Nena; Jazzy and Thomas M. Stein. scene in society. Gebhardt (Warner "My feeling is that Music Europe presidentCentral Stein described the talks with Herzog as the relevant political bodies, who could many citizens have the notion that Europe and chairman of the German "frank," (Music & Media December 6), take us a step further in this quest." their voice is not heard any longer at Phonographic Academy), at a post - adding that it had become evident that the political headquarters in our talks press conference. the president -a fan of classical music - Communications powerhouse country," he says. "That perception The latter was attended by over understood the conditions prevalent inWarner's Gerd Gebhardt suggestsdrives a large number of people into two hundred journalists, photogra- the pop music market in Germany. that "pop music is a basic part ofpolitical and social apathy. Music is a phers and cameramen. To add further Elaborating on his earlier state- today's 'shopping basket,' and as com- language that works better than any- showbiz interest, the industry repre- ments, Stein says: "There is not enough monplace as bread and milk. It is athingelse[under thesecircum- sentativeswereaccompanied bycommon ground between pop music shame, then, that we generally ignore stances]. It is important that this is Christmaspresence to German music sales Jan. -Sept. 1997 (in million units) Format Jan -Sep 97 Jan -Sep 96 % change CD -singles 36.4 34.4 +5.8 turn business around? Vinyl singles 0.6 0.6 0.0 Total singles 37.0 35.0 +5.7 by Christian Lorenz for the first three months of 1997; CD 128.7 123.1 +4.5 half -year figures showed a 3.6 per- MC 18.9 21.2 -10.8 The German branch of music indus- cent increase compared to 1996. LP 0.3 0.3 0.0 try body IFPI is hoping that the tra- Behind the disappointing sales fig- CD/MC/LP 147.9 144.6 +2.3 dititional Christmas sales boom will ures lies a 10.8 percent decline in the Total market 184.9 179.6 +3.0 turn this year's rather sluggish busi-fast -shrinking market for pre-record- Source. IFPI Germany ness around. ed cassettes to 18.9 million units. According to IFPI statistics, in the This more than neutralises a modest1997. Data on the value of sales over show a 5.7 percent gain on the nine first nine months of 1997, German 4.5percentgrowthinthe CDthe first nine months of 1997 was, months figures, with sales reaching record sales by volume grew by 3 per- album market. however, not available at presstime. 37 million units. The speedy recovery cent, compared to the first nine According to IFPI, marketing and The most positive development is largely attributed to the success of months of 1996, reaching 184.9 mil- advertising costs increased fastertook place in the singles market,Elton John's Something About The lion units. The year -on -year compari- than the modest 3 percent growth inwhich recovered from a 4.2 percent Way You Look/Candle In The Wind son shows a 4.1 percent growth rate revenues over the first nine months ofdrop in the first half of the year to `97 (Rocket).

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a new level of dialogue between music and politics. On this level, we hope it will be possible in the future to discuss the social and cultural role of the ofpo music industry on neutral ground, outside the established 'lobbying cir- acknowledged by our politicians. cuit' with its polarised sides and "Unfortunately," he adds, "pop and pressing business issues." politics have gone their separate ways for more than 20 years now. The No quotas, please meeting with president Herzog is a However, the mood of optimism is not welcome sign that it does not neces- reflected in other German music -based sarily have to stay this way." industries. Adam Hahne, general manager and programmedirectorof Language problem Schleswig -Holstein's commercial Singer Nena (a.k.a. Gabriele Kerner), rock/pop station Delta Radio, cautions is still best known internationally forthat governmental endorsement of pop her 1984 hit 99 Red Balloons (Epic)music must stop short of interferingbroadcasters there. Radio needs toget social or political issues across than which took a lighthearted stab at mil- with the freedom of radio programming. remain free of government control." pop artists. "Public broadcasters have a itary power games during the NATO "We are fortunate," he says, "in Frank Menzel, music director atresponsibility to help educate and vs. Communist Bloc cold war era. Germany not to have to deal with Potsdam -basedpublicbroadcaster inform young people," says Menzel. "We Now signed to PolyGram restrictions like the music quotas the Fritz, suggests that youth -oriented pub- can keep them in touch with politics." Germany'sPolydorlabel,NenaFrench government has imposed on lic radio stations are better positioned to Additional reporting by Ed Meza observes: "Politicians do not speak a language that could appeal to young people. Politics in general fails to communicate a certain way of life that I can relate to." On the meeting, she comments: "I was delighted to have the opportunity to meet president Herzog face to face, and to find that he is interested in [these issues]." The origin of the meeting can be traced back to a passionate appeal delivered by Stein in August 1997, duringhisopeningaddressat German music industry trade fair ( PopKomm.97 in Cologne. "Today" he said then, "pop music is still seen as inferior to so-called serious music which only appeals to a certain minor- ity of our population. The commercial music sector beats the 'serious' sector hands down when it comes to potential for innovation and diversity. "Next year," he continued, "I want to stand here and be able to tell you REAT DOMESTIC YEA. that we-industry representatives and politicians-have achieved a I reduced VAT rate of seven percent on recorded music, and total control over digital distribution in the interests of our artists. Next year, I want to stand here and tell you that we have savedJ 180,000 jobs and have laid the foundation for a healthy future." AViLLE New Labour, new voice? E3eb& BF EA In demanding fairer treatment for popular music in Germany, Stein has cited C -BLOCK *s- the initiative taken by the new Labour

government in the U.K: to set up a BOCTSY COLLINS', "creative task force," giving industry insiders such as Richard Branson and W.DN' CRAWFORD)/ Alan McGee (Creation) a voice in the political process, consequently creating CULTURED PEA LS7 opportunities for them to influence the VOUvIG D conditions under which music is produced and marketed. DIET):-ER THOMAS KUHN Bundesverband Phono MD Peter Zombik reinforces the industry's view MR, PR.7-L.-SJDEIAT of music as an effective means of communication. "We do not claim that 11ROCKERS1-01-4 pop music can explain or even solve DiE SCI-211C,DE social problems," he says, "but pop music offers an unique view of the STAR Zeitgeist, as well as the self -definition ilk and current mood of the younger part LI-NE WErlDING of our population. It deserves recognition by our political decision makers. r "The invitation to meet president Herzog at his residence for an infor- mal exchange of thoughts," continues Division of WARNER MUSIC GERMANY GMBH 0 a Warner Music Group Company Zombik, "gave us the chance to reach MUSIC MEDIA0DECEMBER 20, 1997 AmericanRadioHistory.Com GERMANY SPOTLIGHT AC radio: taking theeasyoption? Critics of the German commercial radio industry have often accused it of broadcasting bland, unadventurous music, and of embracing the AC format in an attempt to keep conservative investors and ratings -conscious advertisers happy. It has also been claimed that the official lis- tener ratings system favours middle-of-the-road, mass appeal stations. Ed Meza investigates. ommercial stations in this a matter of taste," she asserts. "First country just have no taste;of all, you have to realise that AC is a that's why there's so muchvery general label. Within this cate- crap out there. They're thegory there is quite a bit of diversity- ones that made schlager such as Hot AC and Soft AC. so popular, for Christ's sake!" "Having said that," Grams contin- That's how one commercial radioues, "the fact is; radio programming presenter and music journalist inreflects the public's tastes. The gener- Berlin sees the state of commercial al taste of the masses is for AC -style radio in Germany. Indeed, it has longprogramming. Broadcasters are giv- been argued that, while public broad-ing listeners what they want. Of casters in Germany often offer innov-course there is room out there for ative and eclectic programming, themore specialised formats, but AC is country's commercial radio what the majority of is dominated by conserva- IMMER FUR listeners prefer." Nine months after setting up tive AC stations. At Saxony- shop in Germany, Views within the radio Anhalt's state-wide industry differ asto RAD Radio Brocken, JIVE Records has managed why60percentof which switched Germany's commercial KEIO to AC in October, to reach the Top 5 in the single stations choose to pro-BROC programme gramme unadventurous SIE DA director Thomas chart analysis for 1997. butlistener -friendly AC Melzersaysthe fare. Some chalk it up to listenermajority of listeners grew up with tastes. Others blame a ratings systemtoday's major AC artists such as Elton Thanks to: which, they claim, unfairly supportsJohn and the Rolling Stones-stations well -established corporate radio sta-are simply serving the ageing "baby tions targeting a mass audience. boom" generation which makes up the BACKSTREET BOYS majority of their listeners. Meeting public demand R. KELLY In the first camp is Susanne Grams, aProgramming for advertisers spokeswoman for the Berlin - The importance of those baby boom Brandenburg radio regulator (MABB). generation listeners, suggests Stefan KRS-ONE She says there is so much AC onForster, a writer for German industry commercial radio simply because it'smagazine Radio Journal, lies in the KALEEF what listeners want to hear. "It's justfact that they are the ones advertisers SMOKE CITY `The general taste STRIKE of the masses is for THE BLUE BOY AC -style program- 2PAC ming; broadcasters SOLID HARMONIE are giving listeners CRUSTATION what they want" -Susarme Grams, MABB SPICE 1

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AmericanRadioHistory.Com GERMANY SPOTLIGHT PAPPA BEAR FEAT. VAN are targeting. agencies, rely heavily on the MA TOORN- "Commercial stations," saysresults, which further encourages Forster, "are only interested in 30-50stations to play it safe with AC, year -old listeners. Younger and older alleges Allitt. "The people at the mar- + U.B.F. FEAT. PAPPi listeners don't attract them becauseketing agencies do their planning theyaren'teconomicallyviable according to the data provided by MA. enough. Young people listen to public It's the only data they recognise. In BEAR, DIANA, COTTURA, ALEX & broadcasters; that's where the youth - doing so, they not only let down their oriented programmes are to be found."clients, but stations and listeners as ALEKS, VAN DER TOORN Within the industry, however, manywell. It's a very unfair system." contend that commercial broadcasters are forced to go for big numbers inQuality the key order to look marketably attractive inAllitt's is not an isolated view. Adam the all-important Medien-AnalysenHahne, general manager and pro- (MA) ratings, which usually determine gramming directorof Schleswig - bf bOOYA + PANDORI the commercial fate of stations (the Holstein's Delta Radio, which actual- ratings organisation has-until now-ly moved from AC to a more specific "CHANGES PLATINUM IN JAPAN carried out its annual survey of 47,000rock/pop format in June, agrees with random listeners once a year; fromAllitt's assessment that the MA rat- 1998, ratings will be released twiceings are misleading and only serve + DODO HUG"CHAMji-L yearly, in April and November). Bigthe big established broadcasters. stations with AC formats go for the "The MA doesn't work for spe- rHAPTSINGLES sto masses and get the necessary num- cialised programming," he declares. bers, unlike smaller stations with spe- He adds, however, that the MA rat- cialised target audiences. ings are less significant if a station + JONESTOWN Says Julian Allitt, general manager has a certain image and a loyal audi- of Jazz Radio in Berlin: "The MAis the ence: "If you create a quality product only rating with character and originality that TOPROTATION system recog- attracts people, then the MA ratings nised by the aren't really that important and you bigmarket- will still attract advertisers." ing agencies. German investors, in general, Their method seem to prefer tried and tested ven- of survey tures rather than risking their capi- allows only tal on a questionable commodity. long-estab- Hahne says the philosophy applies lished sta- to the country's relatively young tions a place commercial radio sector. "AC is the on their rat- easiestformat ings list. If a tosell.It gets station does- the biggest n't have the VAL--117-AThaudience.The totallyarbi-Julian first thought of Ra4lec'elinvestors isto trary number Allit + HEINZ AUS WIEN of 20,000 lis- get the most out teners per hour, it's just not listed. of the market, The [system] operates unfairly," and that's easi- 101,9 toaccom- Allitt contends. est plish with an AC format." + A.K.-S.W.I.FT The ratings game Adding to the problem is fear and "Jazz Radio has a 4.4 percent marketinexperience, coupled with the desire II k frt A E share," Allitt continues. "In any otherfor a quick return on investment, market, that's a decent showing, but Hahne continues. However, he believes in Germany you won't even be consid- this trend is bound to change, and his ered. The practice stifles diversityown station's switch away from AC and stems growth. That's why the programming reflects that belief. market here is stagnating." "At some point, the problem arises + SOFA SUR ER.. An MA spokesperson, however, that there is just too much AC on the insists that the MA conducts a fair market, and that will force stations to analysis of the country's commercialchangeformats,"Hahnestates. broadcasters. "If some stations have"There is room for other formats. I very small specialised listening audi- wouldn't have done itif Ididn't + ILLEGAL NO' ences, it will show up in the ratings.believe there was a market out The MA cannot provide tailor-madethere-there is a definite market for surveys for individual markets." more variety. Unfortunately, not too PPODUCING THEIR FOURTP Germany's big national marketing many broadcasters are bothering to companies, as well as the regionalexploit that market." t-rim-i-ZT ALBUM+ MANOWAR "There is just "HELL ON WHEELS - LIVE" too much AC on c the market, and that will force stations to UNIVERSAL MUSIC change formats" -Adam Hahne, G/S/A Delta Radio MUSIC & MEDIA0DECEMBER 20, 1997 AmericanRadioHistory.Com ARTISTS & MUSIC Is Europe ready tosay1:DcAnc Eh -Oh to the Felt Four?grooves by Sally Stratton been reported as paying massively inflated prices by Gary Smith for them. There has even been heated discussion Felt and towelling has overtaken flesh and blood among educationalists and politicians about the SEDUCTIVE SUNSHINE in the race for the U.K's Christmas Nol slot. effect the characters' repetitive, simple vocabu- Combining a smooth vocal hook, Fourbrightlycolouredcreatureshave lary might have on children's development. a radio -friendly rap and a haunt- replaced the Spice Girls as favourites to be atop D'Morais says the "massive media frenzy" ingly effective keyboard riff, Jay - the U.K charts this Christmas-but they'reabout the children's programme-which has Z's Sunshine (NWS/BMG UK) is unlikely to beat the girls on airplay. Say Eh -Oh, been aired six days a week in the UK since last a devilishly seductive effort. Few which was released on December 1, is the debut March-has fuelled interest in the Teletubbies rappers can sound so commercial release from the massively popular Teletubbiesfrom a much wider demographic and "it seems and still have the "street-flava"- characters from the BBC's flagship pre-school that the show has traversed age barriers." comparisons with LL Cool J children's TV show of the same name. At present, the broadcaster's own BBC spring to mind. The fact that Jay - Say Eh -Oh was first aired on BBC Radio Worldwide Music label has a pressing and distri- Z can count on friends like Foxy One's breakfast show a week ahead of release bution deal with BMG Entertainment for the Brown and Babyface to guest on and ISDN-ed to over 200 local radio stations U.K and Ireland, but by the time the leletubbies' his record also bodes well for around the country. The video was premiered on album is ready for release next March the BBC is future releases. BBC TV's long -running Top Of The Pops chart likely to have an international deal in place. show and screened at over 100 cinemas during A&R consultant Simon Cowell-who bro- EVEN DAFTER PUNKS their "kids' club" sessions. Subsequently, the sin-kered the distribution deal with BMG-says, GreenVelvet'sDestinationUnknowne.p. (Music gle entered the "official" CIN-compiled U.K"With the single going into the charts at No.1, Man/Belgium) combines minimalist techno/house with loads charts at No.1. there are going to be a lot of territories all over of "bad attitude." As with Daft Punk, this crew make the But according to Joseph D'Morais of Blue the world phoning up and saying 'what the hell's most of fairly basic, nagging riffs; the five tracks here take an Dolphin PR-who are coordinating the press, going on with this record?' But, as with the UK, uncompromising "shock" approach which occasionally ends radio and TV campaign for the single in co- the success of the record abroad will be linked to up being quite commercial. With growing U.S. interest in operation with BBC Worldwide, distributors the [publicity around the] television programme." electronica, Green Velvet should be able to capitalise on their BMG and the show's producers Ragdoll-the BBC Worldwide has already take on the Prodigy's parent -scaring antics. Answering publicity campaign for the Teletubbies is licensed the Teletubbies show to Machine, with its "I don't need this shit" refrain, is truly mainly editorial driven. Teletubbies SIC Portugal, TELEAC/NOT in strange and compulsive. The programme and Holland, TV1 in Estonia, TV2 its associated merchan- in Denmark and IBA in Israel. ANOTHER BOTTLE OPENED disinghaveattracted They will all start broadcast- Several versions of Gil Scott -Heron's The Bottle have huge amounts of press ing the programme during appeared over the last 10 years-the one thing they have in coverage in the U.K 1998. Further afield, New common being that they inevitably ignore the original's since the Teletubbies Zealand, South Africa and righteous indignation in favour of its more obvious commer- were launched. lbys of Singapore are also on board cial charms. 7th District Inc.'s version, on the U.K's Exit 8 the four characters- and Ragdoll has done a direct Records, follows the commercial path but redeems itself Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Po deal with US Public Service with a gutsy vocal arrangement, a well -managed house feel and Laalaa-are in Broadcasting for north America. and a strong selection of mixes. such demand that If its enormous U.K. success British retailers is any guide, it looks as though FRENCH, FRIED AND FUNKY have introduced the rest of Europe will be saying One of the best amongst the current rush of compilations rationing, and anx- Eh -Oh to the Teletubbies well into aiming to capitalise on the high profile of French artists is ious parents have the millennium. two -CD set frenchfriedfunk from London -based indie Slip 'n' Slide. The Gallic funk vibe is well represented with tracks from DJ Cam, Alex Gopher, I Cube, Dimitri From Paris and current rising stars Air, but the quality of the tracks drops Passi: the sound of the suburbs noticeably on the second CD, which is just not very funky. by Wayne Bodkin by U.S. hip -hop producer Rich Less plodding house and more fresh talent like Curtis or Travali who has worked with U.S. Elegia could have made this even better. French hip-hop/rap artist Passi names like Nas and LL Cool J. has broken out of the concrete With 15 platinum albums to his NEUROTIC SOUNDSCAPES jungle of Paris' suburban sprawl credit,Travali brings "down- House and techno have been largely ignored by main- with Les Tentations (The home" hip -hop credibility to a stream radio, but occasional category -defying recordings Temptations), his debut album for very European rap record, but deserve wider attention. Such is the case with Elysium's V2 Records. Passi refuses all comparison to debut album Celestial Sounds & Neurotic Beats, from The album, which entered the his peers on the other side of the Antwerp -based K.K./Nova Zembla. Although rooted in French charts at number four in Atlantic. "I listen to many, and I dance culture, the album is a much fuller musical experi- week 48, has received strong sup- like most, but I don't compare ence than might be expected. Taking in live violin, flute port from the country's three lead- myself to others." and guitar, these seven soundscapes are a journey ing radio networks-NW, Dominique Ringaud, head through the tunes and textures of rain forests, jungles Fun and Skyrock, and has of sales at retail chain FNAC and bazaars as much as "dance" tracks. One month after since been certified gold for in Paris, says Les Tentations the album's release Nova Zembla's marketing and pro- sales over 100,000 units. has gone beyond the core hip - motion manager Olke Swerts is cautiously optimistic: The 25 year old hip -hop- hop audience and crossed into "It's early days, but there have been excellent press and per hails from Sarcelles-a Paris suburb the mainstream. "It's partly because it is get- DJ reactions from Germany and the U.K. in particular." which is reputed to have the highest propor- ting airplay across all the major CHR stations With the ground already prepared by Elysium's first tion of black residents in France. He came inin France, and there are two hit singles on the album, Project One, this sophomore set could be the com- contact with rap and hip -hop when he was 12, album-which is unusual," comments Ringaud. mercial breakthrough for a label reknowned for its under- listening to records his brother and his friends Passi has new material finished and is toy- ground approach. brought home. Passi draws on his neighbour- ing with the idea of recording a duet with a U.S. hood, friends and family for inspiration-the rapper. "I speak English and spent some time in All new releases, biographies and photographs for con- track Tu Me Manques (I Miss You), for New York," says Passi. "I didn't want to do a sideration for inclusion in the Dance Grooves column instance, was written following the death of aduet on the first album. It might have come close friend in a car accident. across as a bit pretentious. But if I find the should be sent direct to: Gary Smith, c/o. Roger de Most of the tracks on the album were mixed right partner it might go ahead." Lluria 45 -3° -2, 08009 Barcelona, Spain.

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Baby Can I Hold You/Shooting Star IRE- UK F 3 0 High Times Casanova ''' Boyzone - Polydor (EMI /Wonderland /Disney) Jamiroqum - Sony S2 (EMI) KW Ultimate Kaos - Wild Card I Polydor (EMI) OHasta Siempre B.F Bittersweet Symphony B.F.LCH 0 Laura Non C'E' BF 23 10 Nathalie Cardone- Columbia (Legende Enterprises) 56 55 26 The Verve- Hut/Virgin (EMI) HOP Nek - WEA (Not Listed) Men In Black A.B.F.D.IRE.LS.CH.HUN Uh La La La A.D.CH RU Ready D.CH.UK 23 20 23 Will Smith- Columbia (Various) 57 53 28 Alexia- DWA 'Dance Pool (Extravaganza) LEP Salt-N-Pepa - Red Ant I ffrr (Various)

B.D.LNL.CH D.CII It's Like That Meine Kleine Schwester 0 Breathe I 335 3 Run DMC Vs. Jason Nevins- Profile (Warner Chappell) 58 57 8 Spektakolar- Hansa (Primer° I Gluck /Intro) OW Midge Ure - Arista (Not Listed) Doctor Jones B.DK.FIN.LNLS Tout "10 Round 'N' Round D.CH ''''5 Aqua - Universal (MCA) 61 25 Lara Fabian - Polydor (Fabsongs I Editions Chariot) lenr Gil - RCA (Not Listed) *48JustCruisin' A.B.F.D.NL.S.UK Burnin' S Superhero FINN Will Smithth - Columbia (Tryball !Ill Will I Jobete) 60 59 9 Cue- Pool Sounds (Not Listed) ''2 Daze- Columbia (Not Listed) IRE.NL.UK .../.:7" \ BD IRE NI, S CH. UK Never Ever Phenomenon 0 Ready UK 27 22 5 All Saints- London (Perfect I MCA) e - ii ej677 LL Cool J - Def Jam (EMI I LL Cool J I Def Jam) ILIMP Bruce Wayne - Logic (Step By Step /Strong Songs I BMG) Tomorrow Never Dies B.FIND.IRE.NL.S.CH.UKHUN Let A Boy Cry IREUK You Make Me Wanna... D.NL.S 28 75 2 Sheryl Crow- A&M (Warner Tamerlane I Old Crow) 65 2 Gala - Do It Yourself (Scorpio) 96 95 2 Usher- Laface (Various)

The Memory Remains A.B.FIN.F.D.IRENL.N.E.S.CILUK Crush On You D.IRE.NL.S.CH.UK Did It Again 07K 29 25 5 Metallica- Vertigo (Creepin' Death I PolyGram) 63 49 16 Aaron Carter- Edel (Trans Continental) 97 58 2Kylie Minogue - Deconstruction (Mushroom I BMG I MCA) I Wanna Be The Only One F.S.CH 0 Butterfly F.IRE.NLUK Fantasy Island D.IRE.UK 30 24 29 Eternal feat. BeBe Winans- lst Avenue I EMI (EMI IBMG) " 2 Mariah Carey - Columbia (Sony ATV I Rye lWallyworld) 98 63 2M -People - M People I BMG (BMG I EMI) 31 21 4Smack My Bitch Up FIN.F.D.IRE.I.NL.N.S.UK Forgiven UK Picture Of You F Prodigy -XL (EMI 'Next Plateau/Beats G) taw Space Brothers- Manifesto (Earth I Chrysalis) 99 71 21Boyzone - Polydor (PolyGram119IBMG I Sony ATV/Island) Du Fehlst Mir AD.CH Quanto Amore Sei AB..F.CH Free B. F.CH '''Cappuccino - Mercury (EMI) 66 64 10 Eros Ramazzotti- DDD (EMI) 100 87 28 Ultra Nate- A&M (Strictly Rhythm) Je T'Aime B.F UK A. Awitna, It= &Worn GZE =Cud,liebatic,DR = Denmark FIN = Fligand, F = Franca 13.. Germany, IRL = Ireland,1 = Italy It's Over Love HUN . Hungary NL i--Netherlanda N= Norway Eii Spain, 8 .Swede, H. Switserland.UK = United Kingdom. 37 6 Lara Fabian- Polydor (Fabsongs I Editions Chariot) 87 45. 3 Todd Terry- Manifesto (Tee's Publishing) a-Gat FS MOVER CE11, -NEW ENTRYmap .RE-ENTRY WWWww* SALES BREAKER *a.*** indicates the single registering the biggest increase in chart. points. The Eurochart Hot 100 Singles is compiledbyMusic & Methe and based on the following national singles sales charts: ChartTrack (UKI; Ireland; Full chartservice by Media Control GmbH 0049-7221,366201 (Germany); SNEP/IFOP Tite-Live (France): singles: Music, E Dischi/Mario De Luigi, albums: Fimi-Nielsen (Italy); Stiohting Mega Top 100 (Holland); Stichting Promuvi (Belgium); GLF/FFPI (Sweden); IFPUNielsen Marketing Research (Denmark), VG (Norway); ALEF MB/AFYVE (Spain): YLE 2 Radioma6a/IFPI (Finland); Austria Top30 (Austria); Full chart service by Media Control AG 0041-61-2718989 (Switserland IPSOS/Mahasr-IFP1 (Hungary) [FPI (Czech Republic).

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week 51/ 97 European Top 100 Albums ©Billboard MusicGroup ARTIST countries I, ARTIST countries j ARTIST countries TITLE charted 1 TITLE charted charted S original label TITLE C original label re poriginal label Celine Dion A.B.DKFIXF.D.GRE.IRE.I.NL.N.P.E.S.CH.UKHUNCZE The Corrs DK.IRE.N.E.S.CH Tic Tac Toe 28 33 I 1 4 Let's Talk About Love- Epic/Columbia IJ34 7 Talk On Corners- 143 'Lava I Atlantic 72 Die 2te - RCA Spice Girls Hot Chocolate BF 306 IRE.UK 0 Pascal Obispo 36 Spiceworld - Their Greatest Hits - EMI Superflu - Epic Eros Ramazzotti A.B.DEFIIV.F.D.GRE.I.NLNPE.S.CH.RUN.CZE Alejandro Sanz M People AD.IREUK 3 47 Eros - DDD 33 13Mas - WEA 70 32 9 Fresco- M People 1 BMG Metallica ARDXFINF.D.GRE.IRE.I.NL.NPE.S.CH.UKHUNCZE Natalie Imbruglia IRE.UK Mike Oldfield AD.GRE.E.CZE 4 24 Re -Load - Vertigo 37 22 3 Left OfThe Middle - RCA 'LAW XXV The Essential Mike Oldfield - WEA Enya A.B.DKFIIV.D.IRE.LNLNPE.S.CH.UKHUNCZE Andre Rieu F Michael Bolton A.D.GRE.P.E.UK 5 56 Paint The Sky With Stars- WEA 0 Valses Et Compagnie - Mercury O * All That Matters - Columbia Backstreet Boys AB.DEFINF.D.GREIREIRLAP.E.S.CRUILHUNCZE Hanson B.FIN.DNL.S.CH.CZE Aaron Carter 18 Backstreet's Back- Jive 38 3 Snowed In- Mercury 0 7 1J Itt-ir Aaron Carter - Edel The Verve A.B.DKI7N.F.D.GREIRE.I.NL.NP.E.S.CH.UK Mariah Carey A.B.F.D.GRE.NL.E.CH Kent (S) FINS 7 611 Urban Hymns- Hut /Virgin 35 13 Butterfly - Columbia El 74 31 3 Isola- RCA Loreena McKennitt B.F.D.GRE.NL.E.CH Elton John A.B.D.NL.CZE *****SALES BREAKER ***** 42 10 The Book Of Secrets- Quinlan Road I Warner 7561 13 Lovesongs- Rocket Aqua N P E.S.CH.HUN Spice Girls B.DK.FIRE.NL.S.UK 52 58 Spice Alliage 36 Aquarium- Universal - Virgin 4L'Album - Box Dance C:1 0 Era Lightning Seeds UK D.A.D. DKFINS 7 Era - Mercury 53 4 Like You Do...Best Of- Epic 01 n 73 4 Simpatico- EMI -Medley Andrea Bocelli B.F.D.LNL.N.P.E.S.CH.CZE B.F.D.IRE.NL.S.UK B.FINFNL.S.CZE 12 46 Romanza Sugar/Polydor Hanson 44 41 24 1:11;e Fa.t Of The Land - XL 79 3 Middle Of Nowhere - Mercury 0 iJ 01 Schltimpfe A.D.CH Sash! DKIRE.IV.S.UK Midge Ure 0 153Irre Galaktisch 6 - EMI 45 37 7It's My Life - Byte Blue 79 76 6 Breathe- Arista Wham ! B.FIND.GRE.IRELIVL.P.E.UK Rammstein AD.CFI N D.CH.HUN 0 162 The Best Of Wham!- Epic .10 34 15 Sehnsucht - Motor 85 29 Naas Motor Bryan Adams A.B.D.IRE.NL.CH.UK 47 44 16Wolfgang Petry Magnus Uggla 0ILI-V Unplugged - A&M Nie Genug - Hansa *88 6 Karaoke- Columbia Sting & The Police AB.DK.FIN.D.GRE.IREINL.P.S.CH.UK Les Enfoires RF Monica Naranjo E 10 4 The Best OfSting & The Police - A&M 48 3" Le Zenith DesEnfoires 97 - Columbia #94 8 Palabra De Mujer Epic 15 11 nThe Rolling Stones A.B.F.D.GRE.NL.P.E.S.CH.HUN.CZE Thomas Helmig DK Wolfgang Petry Bridges To Babylon - Virgin 66 5 Gar - RCA 83 68 24 Mies- Hansa ®19Eternal B.DK.D.IRE.NLNSCH.UK * Daze DIGFIN Bjorn.Eidsviig 7 Greatest Hits- 1st Avenue /EMI 65 3 Super Heroes - Columbia 77 sPa Svat - Norsk 17 14 4Barbra Streisand B.F.D.GRE.NENE.SCH. .CZE Paul Simon D.NL.S.CH Andrea Bocelli FNCZE Higher Ground - Columbia 51 4" Songs From The Capemen- Warner Brothers 85 63 2 Viaggio Italian- Sugar 1 Polydor is 13 Elton John AB.DKFIIV.F.D.N.E.CH.UKCZE 2Pac ERNES Radiohead B.F.GRE.IRE.NL.S.UK The Big Picture - Rocket 057 2 R U Still Down? (Remember Me)- Interscope 86 84 26 OK Computer- Parlophone is 20 6Florent Pagny 13.F Lighthouse Family DIRE.UK Badesalz Savoir Aimer - Mercury 53 45 8 Postcards From Heaven- Polydor I Wildcard 87 51 6 Wie Mutter Und Tochter- Columbia A.B.F.D.NL.N.CH RF 17 14JoeCocker Jean -Jacques Goldman Simon & Garfunkel Across From Midnight - Capitol 54 47 15 En Passant- Columbia 96 87 4 The DefinitiveSimon And Garfunkel - Columbia John Lennon A.DRD.G PUK ®Andre Rieu Anouk NL 25 6 Lennon Legend- Parlophone 75 2 Strauss & Co.- Mercury 89 8° 7 Together Alone- Dino 0 01 The Family AB.D.NL.PCILIIUN,CZE Nordman FINS Lisa Ekdahl DKN.S " Growing Up - Kel-Life Inalr Har Och Nu - Sonet 90 70 4 Bottom Det Bla- EMI Janet Jackson ADK.F.D.INL.N.S.CH.UK B.F FIRE .UK 27 1' # 2 Be 3 Soundtrack - The Full Monty The Velvet Rope - Virgin 92 2Partir Un Jour - EMI 91 55 11 The FullMonty - RCA Victor Oasis AB.F.D.GRE.IRE.LE.S.CH.UKCZE Passe F Bjork B.F.D.CH 24 21 16 Be Here Now- Creation 58 43 4 Les Tentations- V2 5254 12Homogenic - Mother/One Little Indian

B.F 25 24 8Michel Sardou Helmut Lotti BBL Jarabe De Palo Salut Trema a -V 60 7 Goes Classic III - RCA III* La Placa - Virgin *_h. Pooh Vanessa Mae A.FIND.GRE.CH CZE Andrea Bocelli lair The Best Of Pooh - CGD 098 6 Storm - EMI Bocelli - Sugar I Polydor 0 Andre Rieu CH B.NL 61 62 11 Deftrtohstedd-Goar Clouseltu #" 4 Mein Weihnachtstraum- Mercury Ariola 0LLB Verzameld 87-97 - EMI Sarah Brightman/LSO DKFIND.N.S 0 Antonello Venditti Daniel O'Donnell UK *29 17 Timeless - East West Il Paese Delle Meraviglie - Ricordi 0Cl) I Believe - Ritz ADK.D.GRENLE.S.CH.UK n Queen Will Smith F.D.S Marla Glen D.CH 29 23 5 Queen Rocks- Parlophone 074 2 Big Willie Style- Columbia 9783 3 Our World- Ariola All Saints IRE.UK A.D.CH 64 50 10Claudia Jung Al Bano & Carissi 040 2 All Saints- London Augenblicke - EMI CI. DConcerto Classico- WEA Lara Fabian B.F Paul De Leeuw NL Lesley Garrett UK 59 8 Pure- Polydor 65 64 4 Lief- Brommerpech /Epic ILEP A Soprano Inspired - Conifer Texas B.FIRE.S.UK Shola Ama Fl 883 32 26 22 White On Blonde- Mercury 1°314 Much Love - WEA 01 100 78 24 La Dura Legge Del Gol- FRI Garth Brooks DIRENECILUK The Rapsody AF.D.GRE A =Arrant BBelgium, CM Czech Republic, DK Denmark. FIN Med. = France, GRE = Greece. D . Germany. MI,. Ireland, I Italy. HUN = Human, 38ILI-V Sevens - Liberty " 5 The Rapsody Overture:HipflopMeetsClassics Netherlands, NNorway, P S. Sweden, CR=Swneravd.UR=Inured Kingdom - Def Jam /Mercury 0 SALES MOVERlyi' NEW ENTRY RE-ENTRY *Mr*** SALES BREAKER 34 ***** indicates the album registering the biggest increase in chart points. 111 IFPI Platinum Europe certification for sales of 1 million units, with multi -platinum titles indicated bya number in the symbol. The European Top 100 Albums is compiled by Music & Media. All rights reserved. Compiled.from the national album sales charts of 18 European territories.

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UNITED KINGDOM GERMANY FRANCE ITALY SINGLES TW LW SINGLES TW LW SINGLES TW LW SINGLES TW LW 1 2Gala - Come Into My Life (Do It Yourself) 1 6Teletubbies - Teletubbies Say "Eh-Oh"(BBC) 1 1 Aqua - Barbie Girl (Universal) 1 1Florent Pagny - Savoir Aimer (Mercury) 2 3Robert Miles - Freedom (DBX) 2 1Various Artists - Perfect Day (Chrysalis) 22 Pappa Bear - Cherish (Universal) 2 2 Aqua - Barbie Girl (Universal) (Mercury) 3 8 Chumbawamba - Tubthumping (EMI) 341 Janet Jackson - Together Again (Virgin) 3 4Dario G - Sunchyme (WEA) 3 3Alliage & Boyzone - Te Garder Pres De Moi 4 1 Aqua - Barbie Girl (Universal) 4 2 Aqua - Barbie Girl (Universal) 4 3Bell, Book & Candle - Rescue Me (Ariola) 44Celine Dion & Barbra Streisand - Tell Him (Columbia) 5 6 Midge Ure - Breathe (BMG Ricordi) 5 4 Boyzone - Baby Can I Hold You (Polydor) 514 Run DMC Vs. Jason Nevins - It's Like That (Epic) 5 5Nathalie Cardone - Hasta Siempre (Columbia) 6 7Sash! - Stay (FMA) 6 5All Saints - Never Ever (London) 6 6 Elton John- Something About/Candle In The Wind 1997 (Mercury) 6 6 Eternal feat. BeBe Winans I Wanna Be The Only One !Bill (Polydor) 7 4Spice Girls - Spice Up Your Life (Virgin) 727 Robbie Williams - Angels (Chrysalis) 7 7 Down Low - Johnny B. (Zyx) 7 8 Lara Fabian - Je T'Aime 8 5 N -Trance feat. Rod Stewart- Do Ya Think I'm Sexy? (Media) 850 Five - Slam Dunk Da Funk (RCA) 8 9Backstreet Boys - As Long As You Love Me (Rough Trade) 8 7Spice Girls - Spice Up Your Life (Virgin) 9 9Paradisio - Vamos A La Discoteca! (Do It Yourself) 9 7Natalie Imbruglia - Torn (RCA) 915 Pur - Wenn Du Da Bist (Intercord) 9NE Andrea Bocelli - Vivo Per Lei (PolyGram) (Mercury) 103Steven Houghton - Wind Beneath My Wings (RCA) 10 8 Cappuccino - Du Fehlst Mir (Mercury) 10 10 Poetic Lovers - Ou'll En Soit Ainsi (M6 Int.) 10 11 Elton John - Something About/Candle In The Wind 1997 TW LW ALBUMS TW LW ALBUMS TW LW ALBums TW LW ALBUMS 1 1 Enya - Paint The Sky With Stars (WEA) 1 4 Various - Diana, Princes Of Wales - A Tribute (Princess Diana Trust) 1 3 Eros Ramazzotti - Eros (Ariola) 1 1Celine Dion - Let's Talk About Love (Columbia) 2 2 (Mercury) 22 Eros Ramazzotti - Eros (BMG Ricordi) 2 1 Various -Now That's What !Call Music! 38 (EMPVirgigolyGram) 2 2Celine Dion - Let's Talk About Love (Columbia) Florent Pagny - Savoir Aimer 3 NE Pooh - The Best Of Pooh (CGD) 3 3 The Verve - Urban Hymns (Virgin) 31 Metallica - Re -Load (Mercury) 33 Spice Girls - Spiceworld (Virgin) (Trema) 43Celine Dion - Let's Talk About Love (Columbia) 4 2Celine Dion - Let's Talk About Love (Epic) 4 5Schllimpfe - Irre Galaktisch 6 (EMI) 44 Michel Sardou - Salut (Polydor) 5 5 Aqua - Aquarium (Universal) 5 7 Spice Girls - Spiceworld (Virgin) 54 The Rolling Stones - Bridges To Babylon (Virgin) 513 Lara Fabian - Pure 6 7 Backstreet Boys - Backstreet's Back (Virgin) 6 8 Enya - Paint The Sky With Stare (WEA) 613 Andre Rieu - Mein Weihnachtstraum (Polydor) 616 Andre Rieu - Valses Et Compagnie (Philips) (Polydor) 7 4Spice Girls - Spiceworld (Virgin) 7 6 Wham ! - The Best Of Wham! (Epic) 7 6 Era - Era (Mercury) 7 5 Andrea Bocelli - Romanza 8 14 All Saints - All Saints (London) 8 NE Bryan Adams - Unplugged (Polydor) 812 Era - Era (Mercury) 8NE Antonello Venditti - B Paese Delle Meraviglie (BMG) 9 (Virgin) 912 John Lennon - Lennon Legend (Parlophone) 9 8 The Kelly Family - Growing Up (EMI) 9 6Lea Enfoires - Le Zenith Des Enfoires 97 (BMG) 8 The Verve - Urban Hymns (Mercury) 10 17 Eternal - Greatest Hits (EMI) 109Backstreet Boys - Backstreet's Back (Rough Trade) 107Passi - Les Tentations (V2) 106Metallica - Re -Load

SPAIN HOLLAND BELGIUM SWEDEN SINGLES 1W LW SINGLES TWLW SINGLES TW LW SINGLES TW LW 1 1Cue - Burnin' (DHE) 1 1 Elton John - Something About/Candle In The Wind 1997 (Mercury) 1 1 Wes - Alane (Epic) 1 1 Aqua - Barbie Girl (Universal) 2 3 Aqua - Doctor Jones (Universal) 2 2 Aqua - Barbie Girl (Universal) 2 3Celine Dion & Barbra Streisand - Tell Him (Columbia) 2 2Celine Dion & Barbra Streisand - Tell Him (Sony) Eagle -Eye Cherry - Save Tonight (BMG) 3 3Metallica - The Memory Remains (Mercury) 3 2 Anouk - Nobody's Wife (Dino) 3 5Florent Pagny - Savoir Aimer (PolyGram) 34 4 5 Hanson - I Will Come To You (PolyGram) 48Puff Daddy & The Family - Been Around The World (Ariola) 44 Aqua - Doctor Jones (Universal) 4 3Fiocco - The Spirit (Import Partners) 5 2 Elton John - Something About/Candle In The Wind 1997 (PolyGraml 5 4Celine Dion & Barbra Streisand - Tell Him (Columbia) 5 5Paul De Leeuw - Hob je Lief En Wacht Op Je (Epic) 5 4Run DMC Vs. Jason Nevins - It's Like That (PIAS) 6 6Backstreet Boys - As Long As You Love Me (Virgin) 6 7 U2 - Please (Mercury) 6 6Usher - You Make Me Wanna... (BMG) 6 9 Hanson - I Will Come To You (PolyGram) (Rough Trade) 7 14 Will Smith - Just Cruisin' (Columbia) 7 NE Nek - Tu Nombre (Warner) 7 8The Rapsody feat. Warren G. & Siegel -Prince Igor (Mercury) 7 7 Backstreet Boys - As Long As You Love Me 8 8Bloodhound Gang - Fire, Water, Burn (Universal) 8 5Backstreet Boys - As Long As You Love Me (Virgin) 8 7 Aqua - Barbie Girl (Universal) 8 6Sash! - Stay (Byte) (Mercury) 9RE Olive - You're Not Alone (RCA) 9 9Backstreet Boys - As Long As You Love Me (Zomba) 916 Gala - Come Into My Life (Private Life) 9 15 Era - Ameno 7 Spice Girls - Spice Up Your Life (Virgin) 109Marilyn Manson - Tourniquet (Universal) 10 14 Allure feat. 112 - All Cried Out (Epic) 108 Dario G - Sunchyme (Warner) 10 TW LW Aumnds TW LW ALBUMS TW LW ALBUMS TW LW (Sony) 1 6 Aqua - Aquarium (Universal) 1 1Alejandro Sanz - Mas (WEA) 1 1 Celine Dion - Let's Talk About Love (Columbia) 1 1Celine Dion - Let's Talk About Love 2 (PolyGram) 2 2Backstreet Boys - Backstreet's Back (Virgin) 2 2Paul De Leeuw - Lief (Epic) 2 Helmut Lotti - Goes Classic III (BMG) 3 Era - Era 1Metallica - Re -Load (PolyGram) 3 3Celine Dion - Let's Talk About Love (Columbia) 3 3Spice Girls - Spiceworld (Virgin) 3 3Spice Girls - Spiceworld (Virgin)2 3 (Warner) 44 Enya - Paint The Sky With Stars (WEA) 4 4 Anouk - Together Alone (Dino) 4 6Clouseau - Verzameld 87-97 44 Enya - Paint The Sky With Stars 5 NE Nordman - Aar Och Nu (Sonet) 5 6 Monica Naranjo - Palabra De Mujer(Epic) 5 8Backstreet Boys - Backstreet's Back (Zomba) 510 Wham ! - The Best Of Wham! (BMG)1S3 6 7 Magnus Uggla - Karaoke (Sony) 6 7 Jarabe De Palo - La Placa (Virgin) 622 Aqua - Aquarium (Universal) 6 4 Eros Ramazzotti - Eros (PolyGram) 7 2 Kent (S) - Isola (BMG) 7 5Metallica - Re -Load (Mercury) 7 6Barbra Streisand - Higher Ground (Columbia) 7 7Florent Pagny - Savoir Aimer 5Peter Lemarc - Nio Broars Vag (MNW) 89 The Corrs - Talk On Corners (DRO) 8 5Metallica - Re -Load (Mercury) 8 8 Backstreet Boys - Backstreet's Back(Zomba) 8 (PolyGram) 9 NE Peter Joback - Personliga Val (Sony) 98Spice Girls - Spiceworld (Virgin) 9 7 Wes - Welenga (Epic) 9 5Metallica - Re -Load 10 14 Aqua - Aquarium (Universal) 10 27 BZN - Pearls (Mercury) 10 62 Various - Diana, Princess Of Wales -A Tribute (Sony) 10 8Spice Girls - Spiceworld (Virgin)

DENMARK NORWAY FINLAND IRELAND SINGLES TW LW SINGLES TW LW SINGLES TW LW SINGLES TW LW 1 1Various Artists - Perfect Day (Chrysalis) 1 1 Elton John - Something AboutICande In The Wmd 1997 (PolyGram) 1 1The Rapsody feat. Warren G. & Stage] - Prince Igor(Polygram) 1 1Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up (SMD-Musiiki) 24 Boyzone - Baby Can I Hold You (Polydor) 2 8Backstreet Boys - As Long As You Love Me (Virgin) 2 5 Daze - Superhero (Sony) 2 5 Hanson - I Will Come To You (PolyGram) (PolyGram) 3 2 Aqua - Barbie Girl (Universal) 3 6 Aqua - Barbie Girl (Universal) 3 2Refugee Camp All Star feat. Pras - Avenues (BMG) 3 3Metallica - The Memory Remains 4NE Teletubbies - Teletubbies Say "Eh -Oh" (BBC) 4 2Dario G - Sunchyme (Warner) 4 4 Elton John- Something About/Candle In The Wind 1997 (PolyGram) 4 4Neljti Baritonia - Pop-Musiikkia (Poko) 5 5 (RCA) 5 4Sash! - Stay (Scandinavian) 5 7Hanson - I Will Come To You (PolyGram) 5 9Sheryl Crow - Tomorrow Never Dies (PolyGram) Natalie Imbruglia - Torn Celine Dion & Barbra Streisand - Tell Him (Columbia) 6 3Spice Girls - Spice Up Your Life (Virgin) 615 Eternal - Angel Of Mine (EMI) 615 Aqua - Doctor Jones (Universal) 6 6 7 3Dustin - Good Lookin' Woman (Lime) 7 5Refugee Camp All Star feat. Pras - Avenues (BMG) 7 3Sash! - Stay (Scandinavian) 7 2Daze - Superhero (Sony) 6 (Levy) 8 7 All Saints - Never Ever (London) 8 7 NiTrance feat. Rod Stewart- Do Ya Think Pm Say? (Scandinavian) 86 Chumbawamba - Tubthumping (EMI) 8 Apulanta - Liikaa 9 9Backstreet Boys - As Long As You Love Me (Jive) 910 Janet Jackson - Got Til It's Gone (Virgin) 9 9Celine Dion & Barbra Streisand - Tell Him (Sony) 912 Moby - James Bond Theme (SMD-Musiiki) 10 NE Aaron Carter - Crazy Little Party Girl (Edel) 10 14 Aaron Carter - Crazy Little Party Girl (Edelpitch) 10 10 Klamydia - Kosketus (KraiblIld) 10 8 Elton John- Something AboutiCandk In The Wind 1997 (Mercury) TW LW ALBUMS TW LW ALBUMS TW LW ALBUMS TW LW ALBUMS 1 (Lime) 1 1 Thomas Helmig - Arena GAr (BMG) 1 1Celine Dion - Let's Talk About Love(Sony) 1 1Metallica - Re -Load (PolyGram) 2 Dustin - Faith Of Our Feathers 2 1 (Epic) 2 3Celine Dion - Let's Talk About Love(Sony) 2 3Spice Girls - Spiceworld (Virgin) 2 2Spice Girls - Spiceworld (Virgin) Celine Dion - Let's Talk About Love (EMI) 3 2Spice Girls - Spiceworld (Virgin) 3 5Sarah Brightman/LSO - Timeless (Warner) 3 4 Daze - Super Heroes (Sony) 3 NE Garth Brooks - Sevens (EMINirgin/PolyGram) 44 Eros Ramazzotti - Eros (BMG) 4 4Bjorn Eidsvag - Pa Svai (BMG) 4 3 Leen( And The Leavings- Hamann() -40Ansimmaista Mtua (Megamania) 43 Various - Now 38 5 (East West) 5 6 D.A.D. - Simpatico (EMI) 5 9 Elton John - The Big Picture (PolyGrarn) 5 6Celine Dion - Let's Talk About Love(Sony) 4 The Corrs - Talk On Corners 6 5 The Verve - Urban Hymns (Virgin) 6 7 Daze - Super Heroes (Sony) 6 2 Metallica - Re -Load (PolyGram) 6 5Smurffit - Tansaihitit Vol. 3 & Smurffien Joulu (EMI) 7 8Spice Girls - Spiceworld (Virgin) 7 5Metallica - Re -Load (PolyGram) 7 11 Ole Edvard Antonsen - Read My Lips (BMG) 7 11 Hanson - Snowed In (Mercury) 8 (V2) 89 Enya - Paint The Sky With Stars (Warner) 818 Enya - Paint The Sky With Stars (Warner) 820 Era - Era (PolyGram) NE Various - Diana Princess Of Wales (Telstar) 9 10 Backstreet Boys - Backstreet's Back (Virgin) 9 7 Morten Abel - Snowboy (Virgin) 9 7Don Huonot - Hyvaa Mina Ja Huomenta (BMG) 9 7Various - Greatest Hits Of 1997 10 38 Jim Reeves - The Ultimate Collection (BMG) 10 10 Eternal - Greatest Hits (EMI) 109 Aqua - Aquarium (Universal) 10 6 Enya - Paint The Sky With Stars (WEA)

SWITZERLAND AUSTRIA PORTUGAL CZECH REPUBLIC ALBUMS TW LW SINGLES TW LW SINGLES TW LW SINGLES TW LW 1 1Smoulove - Prvni Zimni Smoulympiada(EMI) 1 1 Aqua - Barbie Girl (Universal) 1 1 Elton John- Something About/Candle In The Wind 1997 (PolyGram) 11 Andrea Bocelli - Romanza (PolyGram) 2 2Karel Gott & L Bila - Duety (EMI) 2 2 Pappa Bear - Cherish (Universal) 2 2Bell, Book & Candle - Rescue Me (BMG) 2 2Daniels Mercury - Feijao Com Arroz (Sony) 33 Andrea Bocelli - Romanza (PolyGram) 3 3 Rion John- Something About/Candle In The Wind 1997 (PolyGram) 3 4 Pappa Bear - Cherish (Universal) 3 3 Amalia Rodrigues - Segredo (EMI) 4 18 Andrea Bocelli - Viaggio Italians (PolyGram) 4 7Dario G - Sunchyme (MV) 4 3 Aqua - Barbie Girl (Universal) 4 4Celine Dion - Let's Talk About Love(Sony) (PolyGram) 5 5Daniel Lands - Pozdrav Z Koze Jel (EMI) 5 4Celine Dion & Barbra Streisand - Tell Him (Sony) 5 5Dario G - Sunchyme (Warner) 5 5 Exceso - Eu Sou Aquele 614 Daniel Hulka - Daniel Hulka (EMI) 6 6Bell, Book & Candle - Rescue Me (BMG) 6 6Alexia - Uh La La La (Sony) 6 6Metallica - Re -Load (PolyGram) 7 4Metallica - Re -Load (PolyGram) 7 5Lutricia McNeal - Ain't That Just The Way (Exclusa) 7 8Backstreet Boys - As Long As You Love Me (Rough Trade) 7 7Paulo Gonzo - Quase Tudo (Sony) 8 8Spice Girls - Spiceworld (EMI) 8 8Cappuccino - Du Fehlst Mir (PolyGram) 813 Sweetbox - Everything's Gonna Be Alright (BMG) 8 8Spice Girls - Spiceworld (Virgin) 9 9 Enya - Paint The Sky With Stars (Warner) 914 Down Low - Johnny B. (Zyx) 9 12 N -Trance feat. Rod Stewart - Do Ya Think Pm Sexy?(EMI) 9 9 Madredeus - 0 Paraiso (EMI) 107Ozzy Osbourne - The Ozzman Cometh(Sony) 109Will Smith - Men In Black (Sony) 10 7 DJ Visage - Formula (EMI) 10 10 Wham ! - The Best Of Wham! (Sony) ALBUMS TW LW ALBUMS TW LW ALBUMS TW LW ALBUMS TW LW (PolyGram) 1 1Smoulove - Prvni Zimni Smoulympiada(EMI) 1 1Celine Dion - Let's Talk About Love(Sony) 1 1Celine Dion - Let's Talk About Love(Sony) 11 11 Maria Joao Pires - Schubert Improvisor 2 2Karel Gott & L. Bila - Duety (EMI) 2 2Eros Ramazzotti - Eros (BMG) 2 4Schliimpfe - Irre Galaktisch 6 (EMI) 12 12 Demis Roussos - 34 Titulos (PolyGram) 3 3 Andrea Bocelli - Romanza (PolyGram) 3NE Bryan Adams - Unplugged (Polydor) 3 2Metallica - Re -Load (PolyGram) 13 13 Aqua - Aquarium (Universal) 418 Andrea Bocelli - Viaggio Italians(PolyGram) 4 4 Gotthard - Defrosted (BMG) 43 Eros Ramazzotti - Eros (BMG) 14 14 The Verve - Urban Hymns (Virgin) (EMI) 5 5Daniel Landa - Pozdrav Z Koze Jel (EMI) 53Metallica - Re -Load (PolyGram) 5 7 Al Bano & Carissi - B Concerto Classico (Warner) 15 15 The Kelly Family - Growing Up (BMG) 614 Daniel Hulks - Daniel Hulka (EMI) 6 5Spice Girls - Spiceworld (Virgin) 6NE Kiddy Contest Finalisten - Kiddy Contest 97 (BMG) 16 16 Eros Ramazzotti - Eros (Warner) 7 4Metallica - Re -Load (PolyGram) 7 8Sehliimpfe - Irre Galaktisch 6 (EMI) 7 5 Enya - Paint The Sky With Stars (Warner) 17 17 Enya - Paint The Sky With Stars 88Spice Girls - Spiceworld (EMI) 8 7Enya - Paint The Sky With Stars (MV) 8 6Spice Girls - Spiceworld (Virgin) 18 18 Santana - Summerdreams (Sony) (EMI) 9 9 Enya - Paint The Sky With Stars (Wainer) 9NE Peter Reber - D'Hits Vom Peter Reber (PolyGram) 98Claudia Jung - Augenblicke (EMI) 19 19 John Lennon - Lennon Legend (Sony) 107 Ozzy Osbourne - The Ozzman Cometh(Sony) 106 Bo Katzmann Chor - Miracles (BMG) 10 19 Vanessa Mae - Storm (EMI) 20 20 Cock Robin - Best Ballads

Based on the national sales charts from 16 European markets. Information supplied by ChartTrack (UR); Full chartservice by Media Control GmbH 0049-7221-366201 (Germany); SNEP (France);singles: Musica E Dischi/ Mario De Luigi, albums: Fimi-Nielsen (Italy); Stichting Mega Top 100 (Holland); Stichting Promuvi (Belgium); IPSOS/Mahass-IFPI (Hungary); GLF/LFPI (Sweden); IFPI/Nielsen MarketingResearch (Denmark); VG (Norway); ALEF 1V133/AFYVE (Spain); YLE 2 Radiomafia/IFPI (Finland); IFPI (Ireland); AFP (Portugal); Austria Top 30 (Austria); Full chartserviee by Media Control AG 0041-61-2718989 (Switzerland); UPI CR(Czech Republic). Labels listed ere the national marketing companies.

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Europe, Manifesto is readying itself to roll out the Eurochart A/Z Indexes LD0L-Irlrl artist's debut album in February. The title sums it Hot 100 singles up quite nicely; The Purist is a collection of classy 5,6,7,8 75 Lucky Man 54 SIC:001-1i Ain't That Just The Way 18 Ma Melissa 79 house tunes assembled with help from top producers- from both sides of the Atlantic such as New York's Alone 41 Meet Her At The Love Parade 49 by Christian Lorenz Angel Of Mine 74 Meine Kleine Schwester 58 Masters At Work and in -demand German producer Angels 35 Men In Black 23 2---:4-LZ/r "7. -2, AARON CARTER Mousse T.Stingily's third single, scheduled for As Long As You Love Me 5 N'Oubliez Jamais 39 Avenues 51 Never Ever 27 AARON CARTER release on Janury 19, is a cover version of the disco classic Baby Can I Hold You 21 Nobody's Wife 68 Ultrapop/Edel You Make Me Feel(Mighty Real)by Barbie Girl 1 Open Your Mind '97 76 Continental release date: December 1 Sylvester-a U.S. Top 40 hit in 1979. On the conti- Been Around The World 77 Perfect Day 10 nent, Stingily's output is handled by German inde- Bittersweet Symphony 56 Phenomenon 61 U.K. release date: February 16 Breathe 92 Picture Of You 99 Not yet a teenager-the youngerpendent Edel, except for the Benelux countries Burnin' 60 Pour Etre Libre 69 brotherof Backstreet Boy Nickwhere the rights remain with Manifesto. Butterfly 64 Prince Igor 13 (Money Can't) Buy Me Love 87 Private Psychedelic Reel 82 Carter has just reached the tender age of 10-Aaron Candle In The Wind 1997 2 Quanto Amore Sei 66 had a Top 10 hit in Germany with his debut single SHANIA TWAIN Casanova 89 Qu'il En Soit Ainsi 47 Crush On You earlier this year. The song-a cover of COME ON OVER Cherish 6 Ready 95 Mercury Choose Life 73 Rescue Me 12 U.S. act The Jets' 1987 Top 10 U.K. hit-has enjoyed Come Into My Life 20 European release date: March 16 (tbc) Round 'N' Round 93 a four -month residency on M&M's Hot 100 Eurochart. Crazy Little Party Girl 50 RU Ready 91 Outside the G/S/A region, it has been fuelled by strongReleased on November 4 in the U.S. Crush On You 63 Save Tonight 71 performances in Holland, Scandinavia and Ireland. Ato rave reviews, the follow up to the Das Modell 80 Savoir Aimer 8 ever -photogenic Twain's 12 million Did It Again 97 Sing Up For The Champions 85 second single, Crazy Little Party Girl, was released on Do Ya Think I'm Sexy? 19 Slam Dunk Da Funk 42 November 24 and this debut album followed on selling 1995 debut album The Woman In Me is set to Doctor Jones 25 Smack My Bitch Up 31 December 1 in most European territories. Brothermake a belated appearance on the European stage. Don't Change 78 Something About The Way You Look Tonight2 The 16 tracks on Come On Over, co -written and pro- Du Fehlst Mir 32 Spice Up Your Life 7 Nick and fellow Backstreet Boy Brian co -wrote the Everything's Gonna Be Alright 40 Stay 17 track Ain't That Cute for this set. The U.K. will duced by Twain's husband Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Fantasy Island 98 Sunchyme 4 release the album on February 19, making the most ofcross a wide terrain between pop and country. U.S. Forgiven 65 Superhero 94 radio took favourably to the first single Love Gets Me Free 100 Te Extrano, Te Olvido, Te Amo 43 Aaron's current promotional tour through Europe. Freedom 38 Te Garder Pros De Moi 15 Every Time-released stateside on September 23 and Got Til It's Gone 37 Teletubbies Say "Eh -Oh" 11 BYRON STINGILY currently number 3 in Billboard's Hot Country chart Hasta Siempre 22 Tell Him 3 He's Comin' 72 The Memory Remains 29 THE PURIST and 47 on the Hot 100. Twain is expected to embark High Times 55 The Spirit 83 Manifesto/Edel on a world tour in the first half of 1998, although I Wanna Be The Only One 30 The Theme 84 U.K. release date: February 9 European dates were not confirmed at presstime. I Will Come To You 9 Together Again 14 G/S/A release: (tbc) I Will Survive 52 Tomorrow Never Dies 28 Please send review copies, information and artist I'll Be Missing You 48Too Much Heaven 86 With Stingily's summer hit Sing A Song still ringing photographs for consideration as Album Spotlight entries It's Like That 24 Torn 36 in the ears of radio listeners and clubbers across to: Christian Lorenz, Music Editor, Music & Media, It's Over Love 67 Tout 59 23 Ridgmount Street, London, WC I E 7AH, U.K. James Bond Theme 53 Tubthumping 16 Je T'Aime 33 Uh La La La 57 Johnny B. 34 Va Pensiero 45 Just Cruisin' 26 Vivo Per Lei 46 Laura Non C'E' 90 Wenn Du Da Bist 70 Les Temps Changent 88 Wind Beneath My Wings 44 *** Billboard *** Let A Boy Cry 62 You Make Me Wanna... 96 TOP 20 US SINGLES TOP 20 US ALBUMS Top 100 ci Iu s 2 Be 3 57Paul De Leeuw 65 DECEMBER 20 1997 2Pac 52John Lennon 21 883 100Lighthouse Family 53 Bryan Adams 13 Lightning Seeds 43 Ai r1 SoundScanv SoundScan,, smaricast owe sysom 1 11 1111- All Saints 30Helmut Lotti 59 ii 1 1 11111 (1) w I- w IIII ...... Alliage 76Loreena McKennitt 41 W ....,TL., TITLE E.,? ,.0,.,0 w TITLE ARTIST ARTIST 1.- -, LABEL/DISTRIBUTING LABEL SO LABEL/DISTRIBUTING LABEL Shola Ama 66Metallica 4 Anouk 89M People 70 SOMETHING ABOUT THE WAY /CANDLE IN THE WIND 1997 1 1 SEVENS 1 1 Aqua 8 Nana 80 ROCKET/A&M ELTON JOHN CAPITOL (NASHVILLEKAPITOL NASHVILLEGARTH BROOKS Backstreet Boys 6Vanessa Mae 60 2 2 HOW DO I LIVE 2 3 LET'S TALK ABOUT LOVE Badesalz 87Monica Naranjo 82 CURB LEANN RIMES 550 MUSIC/EPIC CELINE DION Al Bano & Carissi 98Nordman 56 3 3 YOU MAKE ME WANNA... 3 4 HIGHER GROUND Andrea Bocelli 10 Oasis 24 LAFACE/ARISTA USHER COLUMBIA BARBRA STREISAND Andrea Bocelli 85Daniel O'Donnell 96 4 MY BODY co (1) 6 YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE - INSPIRATIONAL SONGS Andrea Bocelli 94Pascal Obispo 69 EASTWEST/EEG LSG CURB LEANN RIMES Michael Bolton 72Mike Oldfield 71 5 FEEL SO GOOD (i) 5 2 R U STILL DOWN? [REMEMBER ME] Bjork 92Florent Pagny 19 BAD BOY/ARISTA MASE AMARU/JIVE 2PAC Sarah Brightman/LSO 28Passi 58 MY LOVE IS THE SHHH! 6 6 (T) 9 SPICEWORLD Garth Brooks 33Jarabe De Palo 93 WARNER BROS. SOMETHIN' FOR THE PEOPLE FEATURING IRINA & TAMARA VIRGIN SPICE GIRLS Mariah Carey 40Wolfgang Petry 47 7 8 TUBTHUMPING LD 8 TUBTHUMPER Aaron Carter 73Wolfgang Petry 83 REPUBLIC/UNIVERSAL CHUMBAWAMBA REPUBLIC/UNIVERSAL CHUMBAWAMBA Clouseau 95Pooh 26 10 IT'S ALL ABOUT THE BENJAMINS 8 5 sa) RELOAD Joe Cocker 20Prodigy 44 BAD BOY/ARISTA PUFF DADDY & THE FAMILY ELEKTRA/EEG METALLICA The ColTS 34 Queen 29 sa,,,NEvo,TOGETHER AGAIN 9 7 COME ON OVER DAD. 77Radiohead 86 VIRGIN JANET MERCURY (NASHVILLE) SHANIA TWAIN Daze 50Eros Ramazzottti 3 SHOW ME LOVE 7 MIDDLE OF NOWHERE 10 OD) 14 Celine Dion 1 Rammstein 46 RCA ROBYN MERCURY HANSON Bjorn Eidsvag 84The Rapsody 67 I WILL COME TO YOU BUTTERFLY 11 9 11 12 Lisa Ekdahl 90Andre Rieu 38 MERCURY HANSON COLUMBIA MARIAH CAREY Les Enfoires 48Andre Rieu 27 a..), 17 TRULY MADLY DEEPLY SNOWED IN 12 10 Enya 5 Andre Rieu 55 COLUMBIA SAVAGE GARDEN MERCURY HANSON Era 9 The Rolling Stones 15 A SONG FOR MAMA 17 a) AQUARIUM Eternal 16 Michel Sardou 25 IT)- MOTOWN BOYZ II MEN MCA AQUA Lara Fabian 31Sash! 45 I DON'T WANT TO WAIT 14 12 14 16 YOURSELF OR SOMEONE LIKE YOU The Full Monty 91Alejandro Sanz 36 IMAGO/WARNER BROS. 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Spice Girls Too Much Byron Stingily, You Make Me Feel Kylie Minogue- Did It Agana Five- Slam Dunk Da Funk Chief & Soci- Vivrei Di Te Virgin) 21 Debbie Pender- Movin' Lighthouse Family- High Huff And Herb- Feeling Courtney Pine- Save The Children Dem 2- Destiny (Sleepless, Meredith Brooks- I Need K -CI Hailer Last Night's Letter Enya- Only If Various Perfect Day Jay -Z- Wishing On Robbie Williams- Angels Kai- Say You'll Stay Irene Grandi- Otto & Memo (Chrysalis) 18 Shola Ama- Much Love Seahorses- You Can Talk To Me L.L. Cool J- Father Paola Toni- Lei Non CT Sheryl Crow Tomorrow Never Dies SJ- I Feel Divine Shola Ama- Who's Loving My Baby Levert, Sweat & Gill- My Body Red Hot 114.B- Every Nation (A&M) 17 Sting & Prey Remove (Puff Daddy Remit, Louise- lot's Go Round Robbie Williams -Angels METRO FM/Newc.tle P Todd Terry- It's Over Love Luke- Luke's Sheila Ron- Un Anne Sense Te Diana King L -l -lies CHR Trisha & Garth -In Another's Eyes Massive Joy- Let's Get This Party Shola Amer- You're The One [Love (Work/Columbia) 17 Sean Marley Programme Controller U2- Angels Mesa- Feel So Good Various- Perfect Day Luis Clark . Head of Music Phajja. So Long Wyclef Jean- Gone Till November U2 If God Will Send His Angels (Island) 17 Playlist Additions: ORCHARD FM/Taunton B Poetic Lover- QuIll En Soit Ainsi Brand New Heavies- Shelter CUR Salt N Pepe- Silty Up NUMBER ONE NETWORK/Bergamo Natalie Imbruglia Torn Warren G/Sissel- Prince Igor Bob MeCreadie - Program Controller Shola Ama- Who's Loring My Baby (RCA) 16 Playlist Additions: Soul II Soul- Pleasure Dome CHR VIRGIN RADIO/London P Boysone- Baby Can I Hold Spice Girls- Too Nino Amoroso - Head Of Music The Verve L(Hucukt)Man 16 Rook Boy. H Men. A Song For Mama Sting & Pres- Roxanne tPuff Daddy Remit) Playlist Unchanged Ian Grace - Programme Director Bryan Adams- Back To You Tribal Jam- Quand Tu Souris Robert Miles Freedom Trevor White - Head Of Music Conner Reeves- Earthbo.d Uncle Sam- I Don't Ever Want RADIO ENERGIE/Reggio Calabria (DM/Deconstruction) 11 Playlist Additions: Corm- I Never loved You Warren G/Sissel- Prince Igor Naomi- Personal Touch Gala- Let A Boy Cry Will Smith- Get Jiggy With It CHR Joe Cocker Tonight No Doubt- Sunday Morning Hot Chocolate- Sexy Thing Carlo Taranto -Music Director (Parlophone) 10 Queen- No One Jamiroquai- High Times ISABFI I F FIVIPTocane Saint Apre B Playlist Additions: Robbie Williams Angels Space- Avenging Angels Janet Jackson- Together CHR Aqua- Doctor Jones (Chrysalis) 10 Most Added are those songs which received Wylie Minogue- Did It Again Patrick Lapeyronnie Prog Dir Finley Quaye- Even After All the highest number of playlist additions CITY FM/Liverpool G Lutricia McNeal- Ain't That Just Playlist Additions: Seisms- Rosemary Plexiglas CHR Peal McCartney -Beautiful Night 2 Brothers DT 4th F-1. Thinking OfYou during the week. In the case of a tie, songs Dave Shearer - Program Controller Queen- No One 666 -Alarms are listed alphabetically by artist. Playlist Additions: Saw Doctors- Simple Things Aqua- Doctor Jones SPAIN Bamboo- Bamboogie Shola Ama- Who's Loving My Baby Chevelle Franldyn- Dance Rd Queen CADENA 100/Madrid P Bernard Butler. Stay Sleeper- Romeo Me Eternal -Angel Of Mine Rock/CHR Brand New Heavies- Shelter Spice Girls- Too Tony Di Bart- love U More Carlos Finely Prog Dir Levellers- Dog Train Steve Houghton- Wind Beneath Playlist Additione: Lighthouse Family- High Todd Terry- It's Over love Aerosmith- Pink Station Reports include all new additions to the playlist. Some reports will also Preeellerheadalassey- History Repeating Whamb Everything She Wants '97 ITALY Alejandro Sane- Corazon Pedro Robbie Williams -Angels 101 NETWORK/Milan P Babyface- Change include 'Power Play" songs, which receive special emphasis during the week. Space- Avenging Angels XFNI 104.9/Loodon B AC Chicago- The Only One USURA- Open Your Alternative All Power Play songs are printed, whether they are reported for the first time or Stefano Carboni Music Dir Arnold/Propellerhead- On Her Majesty's Various- Perfect Day Sammy Jacob - Program Director Dario Desi - Head Of Music Foreigner- Hot Blooded Playlist Additions: not. Some lists include featured new albums, as indicated by the abbreviation Playlist Additions: liilario Camacho- Los Coate Lumes CLYDE 1 FM/Glasgow G Bernard Butler- Stay Celine Dion- The Reason John Lee Hooker -The Healing Game CHR Blur -Death Of A Party 'AL." Within each country, stations are grouped by ranking and listed alpha- Chumbawamba- Tubthumping John Lennon- Imagine Ross Maefadgen Head Of Music Cornershop- Brimful Of Asha Elise -Labyrinth Ketama- Iluella De Una Diosa betically. Rankings include: platinum (P), Gold (G), Silver (S) and Bronze (B). Playlist Additiona: Poo Fighters- My Hem Jimmy Ray- Are You Leonard Cohen- I'm Your Levellers- Dog Train Fountains/Wayne Alien For Christmas Jovanotti- 11 Muratore Michael Learns TR. Fm Grons be Amend All playlists must be received by Monday at 13.00 h. CET. Space- Avenging Angels Freestylers- B -Boy Stan. Mario Venuti- B Piu Bravo Mike Oldlield. Moonlight Shadow Vanessa Mae- I Feel Love Garagelond- Beelines To Heaven Robbie Williams -Angela Pulp- Help The Aged Vanilla -No Way, No Way High Llamas -The Sun Beats Dovm Spice Girls- Too Queen- No One Rocco- Death In Vegas Karel Gott- Nur M.clunal Run DMC- It's Like That Ian Brown- My Star Sweetbox- Everything's Radiohead- No Surprises GERMANY Sleeper- She's A Good Astor & Denver- Perhaps Love DOWNTOWN RADIO/Belfast G Idle & Wild -Annihilate Now! Whaml- Last Christmas Usher- You Make Me Warm Revolver -El Peligro Full Service Idle & Wild- Chandelier BAYERN 3/Munich P Will Smith- Get Jim With It Ricky Martin- No Imports La Dotancia HIT RADIO N 1/Nuremberg RADIO FFN/Hannover SDR 1/Stuttgart C John Rosborough Prog Dir Insane Clown Pease- Balls Of Illusions CHR Stephen Bishop. On And Dance CHR CHR Playlist Additions: Jane's Addiction. So Whet Jim Sampson Music Dir ITALIA NETWORK: LOS Wham!- Last Christmas Stefan Meixner - Prog Dir Rainer M. Cabanis - Prog Dir Bryan Adam. Back To You Libido- Overthrown Walter Schmich - Music Dir Hans Themes - Producer CUARENTA/ Bologna P Eranie Funderbunk - Music Editor Antic Schmidt - Head Of Music Playlist Additions: Celine Dion- The Reason Montrose Avenue- She Looking For Me Playlist Addition. Dance CADENA 40 PRINCIPALES/Madrid Power Play: Playlist Additions: Lighthouse Family- High Morrissey- Satan Elton John- Recover Your Soul Together -Together Michele Menegon - Prog Dir Usher- You Make Me Wanner Enya- Only H Spice Girle- Too Rialto- Untouchable Eternal/Winans- I Wilma Be Playlist Additions: CHR Playlist Additions: Hand In Hand- Go Hand In HandRADIO F/Nuremberg S Space- Avenging Angels Genesis- Shipwrecked Serious Danger- Deeper Luis Merino - MDTHead Of Music M -People- Fantasy Island Just Friends- Christmas Tears AC FORTH FM/Edinburgh G Verve- This Time Green Day- Hitch.' A Ride Skoba- Fly Robin Sandra d'Angeli Prog Dir Missy Elliott- Sock It 2 Me Soul Affair- Children Ziggie Hoge - Frog Dir CHR WiMchild- Renegade Master Hanson. I Will Come To You Power Play: Peter Andre- Lonely Spice Girl.- T. Petra Steel Prog Cooed Tom Wilson - Music Co-ordinator Randy Crawford -Are You Sure ITALIA NETWORK: MUSIC Verve- Bitter Sweet Symphony Stephen Gately- Shooting Playlist Additions: Playlist Additions: Robyn- Show Me Love FM/Bologna P Playlist Additions: HUNDERT 6/Berlin 0 Various- Perfect Day Leann Rim. How Do I Live Bamboo- Bamboogie FRANCE Steve Winwood- Plenty Lovin' CHR Been ColorY Lydia- El Cum Del Amor Bernard Butler- Stay Think Out Loud- Invisible Man AC Muenchener Freiheit- Bel Dir Bin lob FRANCE INTER/Parie P Michele Menegon - Prog Dir Callas Cortos- 20 De Abril %doer Gruhn Music Dir RADIO GONG/Nuremberg G Clock- That's The Way Travis- Tied To The 90's AC Playlist Additions: Ketama- Huella De Una Diosa Playlist Additions: Rock/CHR Massif- Reach For My Heart Various- Perfect Day Marc Garcia Music Dir Huff And Herb- Feeling M -People- Fantasy Island UNITED KINGDOM OTT- The Story Of Love Elton John- Recover Your Soul Peter "Marc" Stine Prog Dir Playlist Additions: Jamiroquai- High Times Natalie Imbruglia-Toro No Mercy- My Promise Playlist Additions: Radiohead- No Surprises BINS LIVE/Cologne P 96.4FM-BRIMB/Iiirmingham P Bernard Lavilliers- Audit Jovanotti-D Muratore Sweetbox- Everything's Gotthard- love Soul Matter Sparks/FNM- This Twon Ain't CHR CHR Ringer & Renegade. Les Joy. Bouchers Kromo- Breathe Teenage Fanolub- Ain't That Enough ORB/FRITZ/Pored. Queen- No One Usurer- Open Your Mind '97 Jochen Reuach - Music Dir Paul Jackson - Programme Con- Celine Dion- The Reason Lighthouse Family- High CHR Playlist Addition. troller John Lee Hooker- The Beal. Game Oasis- Around The World Bernd Albrecht, Frank Menzel, RADIO REGENBOGEN/Mannheim GALAXY 101 FM/Bristol G Boy.- One Minute Russ Evans - Assistant Program Con- Lighthouse Family- Raintioud Samuelle Bersani Lolita PORTUGAL Jens Molls Producers Dance/CHR Cultured Pearls- Just To Let You Know troller Paid Simon- Bernadette Sneaker Pimps- 6 Undergrotmd Playlist Additions: CHR/Gold Simon Dennis - Program Controller RFM/Liahon P Firm -Firm Biz Playlist Additions: Wyclef Jean- Gone Till November Aerosmith- Pink- Martin Schwebel - Music Dir Mike Cass - Head Of Music CHR Groove Zone- Eisbaer Bamboo- Bamboogie NOSTALGIE NETWORK/Paris P Common- Reminding Me Power Play Playlist Additions: Pedro Tojal Head Of Music Natalie Imbruglia- Tom Bernard Butler- Stay AC KISS KISS NETWORK/Naples P Smash Mouth- Walking On The Sm Hand In Hood- Go Hand In Hood 95 Degrees. Invisible Man Playlist Additions: Various- Perfect Day Chicken Shed- I'm In Love With Christian Savigny - Program Dir AC/Dance Harlem Voices- Children Allure- All Cried Out Bryan Adams- Back To You Chumbawamba- Amnesia Playlist Additions: Davide Niespoli - Head Of Program- ORB/FRITZ: FRITZ ROADSHOW/ N -Trance- I'm Sexy? Chicane- Lost You Somewhere Ranumottiffunter- Cur Della Vita RADIO FFH/Frankfurt P Clock- That's The Way Alain Chainfort- Tombouctoeu ming Potsdam G Ree-Lax Feat. Keno- Last Christmas Mariah Carey- Butterfly Genesis- Shipwrecked CHR Peach- On My Own Playliet Additions: CHR/Rock Richie- La. Isch Oda Was Paid/Live/Hill- All My Time Natalie Imbruglia-Toro Ralf Blaeberg Head Of Music Radiohead- No S.M. NBA NETWORK/Paris P Bjork- Bachelorette Bern Albrecht, Frank Menzel, Spice Girls- Too Propellerheadfilaney- History Repeating Rio Grande & Velem- Locos De Lisboa Playlist Addition. Robbie Williams- Angels CHR J. Ax- Quelli Come Me Jens Molle Producers Playlist Additions: Space Brothers- Forgiven Shola Aina. You're The One I Love Die Proven- Ganz Oben Space- Avenging Angels Max GUHEA0i Dir NCCP-Terra Playlist Additions: Aline- Nur Fur Dmh Spice Girls- Too Spice Girls-TOG Playlist Additions: Refugee Camp -Avenues Boys- One Minute Shawn Colvin- Stmoy Came Home ATLANTIC 252/Doblin P Eros Rama:mei- Quanto Amore/Cuero Robbie Williams- Angels Club Unique- Just The Way HALLAM FM/Sheffield G RADIO NRW/Oberhausen P CHR Mariah Carey- Butterfly Will Smith- Get Jiggy With It Cure- Wrong Number RADIO SALC/Searbruecken G CDR HOLLAND AC Al Dunne - Program Director Shola Arm- You're The One I Love DJ Sammy & Car.. Golden Child AC/CHR Tony McKenzie - Program Controller Jeff van Gelder - Head Of Music Power Play: RADIO 105/Milan P NPS HORT EN KLIJN/Hilversum P Groove Zone- Eisbaer Brigitte Barthel - Frog Dir Chris Straw - Head Of Music Playlist Addition. Spice Girls- Too RTI/Paris P CHR CHR Janet Jackson- Together Playlist Additions: Playlist Additions: M -People- Fantasy Island Playlist Additions: AC Angelo De Roberta - Head Of Music Tom Blomberg DJ/Producer Live- Turn My Head Awesome- Rumours FounteinalVeyna Ake For anginas No Mercy- My Promise Blur- Death Of A Party Main Tibolla - Head Of Prog Playlist Additions: Come Klijn - DJ/Producer Prodigy- Smack My Blida Up Bootsy Collins- rm Len U Juliet Roberts. So Good Bryan Adams- Back To You Playlist Additions: Bryan Adams- Back To You Playlist Additions: Pulp- Help The Aged Enya- Only If Lighthouse Family- High DELTA RADIO/Kiel G Levellers- Dog Train Axelle Red- A Quoi Jovanotti- II Muratore Bell Book & Candle- Rescue Me Usher- You Make Me Wan. Genesis- Shipwrecked No Doubt- Sunday Mormng RockPop Radiohead-No Surprises Fnumotie Hardy- Les Madeleines Mario Pie- All !Need Close II You- Baby Don't Go Van Der Meer- Shakin' That Ass Natalie Imbruglia- Torn Propellerhead/Bassey History Repeating Adam Hahne Prog Dir Space Brothers- Forgiven Joni Mitchell- Big Yellow Taxi Smash Mouth- Walking On The Sun D-Vektor- Turn Down Warren G/Sissel- Prince Igor Spice Girls- Too Frank Wilkat - Heed Of Music Space- Avenging Angels Double 99- R.I.P. Groove RADIO 7/Ubn G Ming Pr. Ratan. Puff Daddy Renal Playlist Additions: Vanilla- No Way, No Way WI. 2/Paris P RTL 102.5 - HIT RADIO/Bergamo P Flip Da- I Never CHR RSH/Kiel G Beck- Deadweight AC CHR Janet Jackson- Together Walter Not. - Head Of Music CHR INVICTA FM/Whitstable C Cobalt 60- Prophecy Theme BBC RADIO 1/London P Christi. Lefebvre - Program Dir. Grant Benson - Head Of Manic Michael Jackson- On The Line Ploylist Additions: Stephan Hampe - Head Of Music CHR DAD.- Empty Heads CHR Power Play: Paolo Ravasi - Deputy Head Of Miesy Elliott, Sock It 2 Me UJI.F.- Bible In My Hood Playlist Additions: Tim Stewart - Head Of Music Foo Fighters- Baker Street. Jeff Smith Head Of Music Policy Etienne Daho- Setulain Music Replay- Rijk Om Je Heen Aaron Carter- Crazy Little Party Girl Ploylist Unchanged Green Day- Time Of Your Life A List: Hanson- I Will Come To You Playlist Additions: RADIO ARABELLA/Munich G Aline- Nur Fur Dich John Mellencamp- Without Expression AD Fountains/Wayne. Alien For Christmas EnfoireaBelavoine- Smoot L'Amour Antonella Ruggiero- Perlin' Om D'Amse RADIO 3/Hilversum P National Music Bryan Adams- Back To You MELODY FM/London G Moby- James Bond Theme B List: Midge Ure- Breathe Antonello Venditti. Ho Fetto To %goo CHR Matthias Friedrich - Prog Dir Da Heel- Bora Bora MORJAC Oasis- Around The World AD Bamboo- Bamboogie Supertramp- Sooner Or Later Enrico Ruggeri- Gen. Di Cuore Paul van der Logo Coord Playlist Additions: Moby- James Bond Theme Francis Currie - Program Director Rage -Machine- The Ghost Of Byron Stingily -You Make Me Feel Playlist Additions: I Ragazzi Itali.i- C'E Una Stela Power Play Andreae Martin- Rich Gibes Nor 11.0.0.5.- Instant Moments Playlist Unchanged

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Beautiful Night AEROSMITH Oasis- Around The World Mahe Desire Paul Simon- Bernadette PINK Olive -Miracle Natalie Imbroglio- Toni Randy Crawford -Are You Sure PF Project- Choose Paul Simon- The Vampires Ricky Martin-Te Extrano, Te Olvido Columbia Radiohead- How Can You Queen Latifah-s Alright Robert Mil.- Freedom Producer: Kevin Shirley Radiohead- Subterranean Robbie Williams- Angels Soul Affair- Children ME) RI ME U2- Angels Robert Mil.- Freedom Swiss Artists United All The World Knows Publishers: Swag Song Various- Perfect Day Sabrina Seller- Frei Sein Umberto Toasi- Aria E Cielo Music/Aerostation Verve -Lucky Spice Girla- Too Dean Mago- On S'Attache Taj Mahal- The Ne Hula Blues RADIO LAC/Geneva S Corp/Super Supa Songs Teenage Fanclub- Start Again CHR BEL-RTL/Brussels Texas- Put Your Arms Jacky Sanders - Prog Dir CHR Various- Perfect Day Playliat Additions: Serge Jorickers -Prog Dir Aerosmith. Pink Playliat Additions: RADIO 24/Zurich G Annie Lennox- Angel The latest single to be lifted audiences. Trevor White, head Bocelli/Segara Vivo Per Lei CBR Hanson -1 Will Come To You from Aerosmith's album Nine of music at U.K. national rock Bryan Adams- Back To You Deed Richiger - Head Of Music Lome- The Almighty Celine Dion- The Reason Power Play: Midge Ure- Breathe Lives (Columbia) looks set to broadcaster Virgin Radio, Patricia Kass- Lea Lignes Bell Book 8, Candle- Rescue Me P.si- Je Zappe Et Je Mate enthuses: "Pink is not like one Bryan Adams- Back To You Sweetness, Avec Toi enjoy a longer life on Euro- BRTN RADIO 2 -EAST FLAN- Dario G- S.chyme Veronique Samoa- Un Etre Ideal pean playlists than its recent of their big American ballads. DERS/Ghent G Playliat Additions: afforded. It's more accessibleand CHR Joe Cocker- Tonight ONE FM/Geneva B OUT NOW! predecessorswere Johan Van Acbte Producer Martin Schenkel- I Want To Be CHR The track is finding its waylighter than what they nor- Playliat Additions: Papa Brittle- Cherish Michel Colin - Frog Dir mally do, but it's got some life B.B.E.- Desire Spice Girls- Too David Iteumeau Head Of Music Internet: http://www.entiniuSicde onto the playlists of CHR and DJ Deena- Da DM Suk Power Play: rock stations. For program- to it. Right now it's on our C Eternal -Angel Of Mine RADIO HASHISH/Basel C Sheryl Crow -Tomorrow Never Dies Spice Girls- Too KIA- Isniejevvet AC No Doubt- Happy Now? Kylie Minogue- Did It Again mers, Pink seemstohave list-Idon'tsee whyit Nick Schuh - Head Of Music Texas- Put Your Arms Yves Sege.- Leve De Liefde Ole Ljungatabm Jag Ljuger Mace- What You Want Playliat Additions: shakenoffthestigmaof wouldn't possibly hang there Playliat Unchanged Ole Ljungstrom- Net For Dem U2 -Angela Byron Stingily- Sing -A -Song BRTN RADIO 2 -WEST FLAN- Radiolsead- No Surprises "another track sounding like until the New Year. It's fortu- RADIO EXTRA BERN/Bern G Collective Soul- Maybe DERS/Kortrijk G Tommy 18- Please Let Me See It RADIO ABC/Randers G Leme- The Almighty it'sfrom the U.S.," with a nate, because the records com- CHR AC Verve- Lucky CHR Peter de Groot - Head Of Music Pierre Barbezat - Head Of Music Id -People- Fantasy Island Kent Kordt Rider - Prog Dir moreinternationalflavour ing in for us right now are few Power Play: P.si- Je Zappe Et Je Mate Power Play: RADIO STOCKHOLM/Stockholm C Playliat Additions: Jimmy Somerville- Safe Hand In Hand- Go Hand In Hand Steel Pulse- When You're In Love which is researching well with and far between." CHR Aqua- Didn't I Trey D- Mirror AL Garth Brooks Nubya- Future For Us Robert Sehlberg Music Director Flip Da- I Never Phil Collins -The Same Moon Playliat Additions: Missy Elliott- Sock It 2 Me Priaaea- Gem Oben RADIO 3 HVIdendrisio B BRF/Eupen S BeD Book & Candle- Rescue Me Natalie Imbruglia- Torn Janet Jackson- Together CHE Run DMC- It's Like at CHR Air- Sexy Boy AC Celine Dion- The Reason Sex-O-Sonique- I Thought It Was Sw.tbox- Everything's Boris Piffaretti - Prog Dir Playliat Additions: %leas Samplonius - Head Of Mimic Aah- A Life Less Guy Janssen - Producer Corm- Only When I Sleep Various- Perfect Day Playliat Additions: Riccardo PellegriniHead Of Music Aerosmith- Pink Playliat Additions: Bachelorette Power Play: Embrace- All You Good People Bryan Mama- Back To You Power Play: Faithless- Don't Leave Boys ll Men- A Song For Mama Common- Reminding Me Enya- Only If Joe Cocker- Tonight RADIO UPTOWN/Copenhagen G Chris De Burgh- In A Country Pine Daniele- Stare Bene A Meta Jimmy Somerville- Safe Counting Crows- December Gangstarr- You Know My Steez Hanson- I Will Come To You Love & Devotion- Lorin' CUB Collective Soul- Maybe Queen- No One PropellerheadBassey- History &penny Dana Winner -Ale Een Lied Levellers- Dog Train MPeople- Fantasy Island Martin- Teeter Jan Brodde - Music Coord Midge Ure. Breathe Spice Girls- Too Spice Girls- Too Faithless- Don't Leave Paul Weller -Mermaids Queen- No One No Doubt- Happy Now? Playliat Additiona: Nana- Too Much Ruggerio/Subsonies Per Un'Ora D'Amo Flip Da- I Never U2- Angels Robert Miles- Freedom Various- Perfect Day Corea I Never Loved You Ricky Martin-Te Extrano. Te Divide Neri Per Caen- Quello Che Vuoi RADIO 538/Hilversum P Frank Boeijen- Vaderl.d Playliat Additions: Will Smith -Just Croisin' Diana King- P.adiaio- Vamos A La Discoteca CHR Gala- Come Into RADIO 21/Brussels P Celine Dion- Tell Him Robert Miles- Freedom Kate- Don't Break Soul Affair- Children Playliat Additions: Erik de Zwart - MD Janet Jackson -Together CHR/Rock Metallica- The Memory Remains HIT FM 94.2/Bromena S Pappa Bear- Cherish NTrmsce- I'm Sexy? Star- We're Only Hum. Aqua- Doctor Jones Playliat Additions: Lighthouse Family- Raincloud Christine Goor Head Of Music Dance Moine Gaines- I Surrender Aaron Carter -Crary Little Party Girl Nil.on- Etas. Baby Mare Francart/Pierre Dubois - MOM Texas- Put Your Arms Cone- I Never Loved You Jocke Bring Prog Dir Tony Hadley- First Of May Joe Cocker- Tonight Gala- Come Into Rene Frogem Never Fall In Love Playliat Additions: HIT -FM 106.1/Hassell B Playliat Additions: RADIO VIBORGNiborg G Umberto Toast Aria E Cielo Kant & The Gang- Summer Rem DMC- It's Like That Aerosmith- Dream On CHR Anders Gl.mark. Lett Som En Fjeler CHR Various- Perfect Day Lutricia McNeal -Ain't That Just Spice Girls- Too Air- Sexy Boy Andre Hemeryek - Prog Dir Interfuse- I Wanna Dance Paul Foged - Operations Manager Mary J. Bligo- Missing You BELGIUM Backstreet Boys- As Long As Playliat Additions: Love & Devotion- Lorin' Jan Thulstrup - Head Of Music RADIO FOERDERBAND/Berne G Natalie Imbruglire Torn RADIO NOORDZEE /bark- 5 Years Bryan Adams- Back To You Luatral- Everytime Playliat Additions: BRTN RADIO DONNA/Brussels P Paul McCartney- Beautiful Night NATIONAAL/Naarden P Brand New Heavies- Never Stop Esp. Lind- When Susannah Cries CHR Amber- Colour Of Love CHR Milk Inc.- Free Your National Music/AC Burnt Sienna- Theater Of Time KIA- Isniejewet Sascha Herzog Head Of Music Paul Carrack- Beautiful World Marc Deschuyter Head Of Music Nanne- Kul I Jul Andreae Doran- Girls In Love Ron Sterrenburg - Head Of Music Common -Ml Night Long Marco Borsato- Je Zit Op /toren Jean-Claude Frick - Music Coordinator Puff Daddy- Been Around Playliat Additions: Scooter- No Fate Aqua- Didn't I Natalie Imbreeglia- Torn Power Play: Radiohead- No Surprises Playliat Additions: Cure- Friday I'm In Love Shola Ama- Who's Levies My Baby Big Fat Snake- Bonsoir Madame Cornershop- Brimful Of Asha Red Hot R+B- Every Nation Alice Maywood- Rise In The Morning Cure- Close To Me Spice Girls- Too Sweetly.- Everything's Cerra- I Never Loved You Encore- Le Disc -Jockey Rolling Stones- Saint Of Me BZN- Mother David Bowie- The Mao Who Sold The Various- Perfect Day Al Seints- Never Ever D.O.Det- Som De Andre Ger Get Ready -Semen Engelbert limnperdinek A Little In Love Dave Angel- Funk Music Ilea Arena- Burn Sheryl Crow -Tomorrow Never Dim Joe Cocker- Tonight Daniel -After It's Over Etienne Daho- Soudain RADIO MOL/Mol B Playliat Additions: Various- Perfect Day Eric Gadd- Someone Who Cares Nek- Due Come Noi DENMARK SKY RADIO 100.7FM/Bussurn P Faith No More- Collision CBR Aline- N. Fur Dich Kylie Minogue- Did It Again No Mercy- My Promise DANMARKS RADIO P3/Copenhagen AC Faith No More- I'm Easy Sonja Celen - Producer Amy Grant- Christmas List RADIO RHONE/Sion B Lisa Ekdahl- Tv/ NAB. Direr Ton Lathouwers MD Faithless- Don't Leave Power Play: Bon Jovi- I Wish Everyday AC BRTN STUDIO BRUSSEIfikussela Paul McCartney- Beautiful Night Playliat Addition. Finley Quaye- Falling Michael Learns Gonna he Around Bruce Cockburn- Go Tell It Joel Perrier Prog Dir CHR Something F/T People- Shhhl Playliat Additions: Morten Rindbolt - Playliat Cord. Ramazotti & Bocelli- M.ica E rede9 @We- isGreat Wh., Wirt Together Playliat Additions: Bryan Adams- Back To You Spice Girls- Too PRock/CHE Gang Starr Code Rime Streets Disc -O -Ten- Don't You Five- Slam Duck Da Funk Bocelli/Segara- Vivo Per Lei Power Play: Jan Hautekiet - Producer Tony Hadley- First Of May PROS RADIO 3/MEGA TOP 100/ Ransom Men/ Christmas Baby Doran- Jg Bent Hanson- Merry Christmas Baby Bryan Adams- Back To You Fluff And Herb- Feeling Playliat Additions: You Beim Vim -FM* It's Chfigmai Apia Hilversum P INXS- Never Tear Us Apart Enya- Only If Hanson- What Christmas Means Francois Feldman- J'Aunis Voolu Playliat Additions: Emotions- Olivia Frank Galan- Je Wil Niet INKS- Searching Jane Foetin- VAinour TAideea RADIO MOJN/Aabenraa S Lutricia McNeal- Ain't That Just Laundromat- Everything ilk Janet Jackson- Together Janet Jackson- Together Hot AC Nikolaj Nerlund- Ridset I Panden KIA- Isniejewet John Mellencamp- Without Expression Sheryl Clow Tomorrow Never Dies Claus Nielsen - HOM/Prog Dir Natalie Imbroglio -Tom LVandross- Every Year Texas- Put Your Arms Oasis- Around The World Gitte S. Rasmussen Head Of Music Sapho- Petit Demon Philippe Robrecht- Bas Bij Rem Mariah Carey- Santa Claus Veronique Season-Un liter Ideal Playliat Additions: Young Deeaay- Walk On By airborne Robert Miles- Freedom Mariah Carey- AB I Want Amber- One DR P3: GOMORGEN P3/Copenhagen X -Session- Say Yeah Mariah Carey- Joy To The Andreas Doran- Girls In Love RADIO TICINO/Locarno B P Mariah Carey- 0 Holy Night Bizzi's Party ROBBIE CHR CHR/Rock Michael Learns TR- Nothing To Lo. Dose- Tamagotchi Palle Aerates - Head Of Channel WILLIAMS SWITZERLAND Midge Ure- Breathe DORM Parietti - Prog Dir Juice- Down For Your Love Smokey & The MCs- Christmas Everyday Andrea Di Franco Head Of Music Playliat Unchanged COULEUR 3/Lausanne G Lisa Sionsfield- Don't Cry For Me ANGELS Stereophonks- Traffic Playliat Additions: Rock Various- Perfect Day Chrysalis Tic Tec Bt. Kites' Bryan Adams- Back To You THE VOICE/Copenhagen P Thierry Catherine - Head Of Music Vlhigfield- No Tears To Cry Wham?- Last Christmas Elio E Le Storie Teae- Born CHR Power Play: Producers: Wbigfield- No Tears To Cry RamarsottiTurner Cose Della Vita Eik Frederiksen Prog Dir Add N To X- King Wasp RADIO ROSKILDE/Roskilde S Guy Chambers/Steve Power FiareDa Mannoks Belle Sperm. Playliat Additions: Playliat Additions: CHR RADIO FRAMBOISE/ Janet Jackson. Together Alison Limerick- Put Your Faith Publishers: EMI Music Publishing/ Aphrodite- Tell The Anders Eichhorn - Prog Dir Lausanne-Crissier G Lutricia McNeal- Ain't That Just Arnold/WM/Bond- Diamonds Are Forever Jesper Monefeldt Head Of Music Blase -Lovely Robbie William -Angels Kylie Minogue- Did It Again BMG Music Publishing CAR Playliat Additions: Chemical Brothers- Where DA Begin Jean Lac Zwickert Prog Dir Sneaker Pimp. S Underground Mane- What You Want 4 Den. Prigent M Heated Adkavet All Sainte- Never Ever Playliat Additions: Will Smith- Get Jiggy With It Oasis -Around The World Kweei- Lovely Aqua- Didn't I Bell Book & Candle Rescue Me People Underground. Music Ls Pumpin' arrangement.Egil Houeland, Mateo & Mat. Keep On Dan.' Caere- I Never Loved You With songs of the quality of Puff Daddy/Family-It's All About Blackout- Gotta Have Hope Daniel- After It's Over Metallica- The Memory Remains AUSTRIA Rialto- Monday Morning 5:19 Angels, Robbie Williams is on head of music at CHR station Mark Owen- I Am What Diana King- L -l -lies Payette- First Summer Solid Harraonie- I'll Be There his way towards extending his Radio 102/Haugesund in Nor- Prodigy- Smack My Bitch Up O3/Vienna P Firm- Firm Biz RADIO PILATUS 104.9/Lusern You Know Who Finally Ifs Christmas Again Ultra Living- Sweetest Pleasure CHR Juice- Down For Your Love audience by drawing in older way, suggests that Angels is CHR Wailing Souls- Feel The Spirit Alfred Rosenauer - Head Of Music Kamaautra- Happiness Ralf Tschuppert - Music Dir ARHUS IVERRADIO/RADIO doing well on playlists across Playliat Additions: La Bouche- You Won't Forget Me listeners. The song-co-written Philippe Unten3chilta - Head Of COLOMBO/ Arhus G DRS 3/Zurich G Natalie Imbroglio- Torn Nylon Beat Like A Fool byWilliamsandproducer Europe simply because "It is a Music CHR Rock Various- Perfect Day Solid Harmon. TB Be There Playliat Additions: Jasper Raab Music Director classic ballad of a surprisingly Christoph Alispach Music Co -Ord Tina Moore- Never Let You Go Chambers-is the latest single China Black- Emotion Power Play: Playliat Additions: to be extracted from his debut highstandard." He adds: Collective Soul- Maybe Moby- James Bond Theme Adam F. The TM Room Everything SWEDEN RADIO SILKEBORG/Silkeborg S Holy Groove- Let It Playliat Additions: LifeThru A Lens. "Williams has yet to find his Aimee Mann- Nobody Does AC/CHR album, Mr. President- Where Do I Belong? SVERIGES RADIO P3: MEST All Saints- Never Ever King/Chapman-The Thrills Is Gone Allan Henriksen - Head Of Music Angels, however, distinguishes `style'-he has previously done Nana- Too Much SPELADE/ Andreas Doran- Girls In Love Blaze -Lovely Playliat Additions: No Mercy- My Promise Stockholm P Buckshot Lefonque- Another Day rock - a'GeorgeMichael'and an Corre- Only When I Sleep Anouk- Nobody's Wife itselffromitsindie Star- We're Only Human CHR Li. Ekdahl- Tva Lycklige Darer Crank- Heavenly Appeal Ague. Didn't I You Know Who Finally Ifs Christmas Again inspired predecessors Old `Oasis,'and nowthis.But Team- Put Your Arms Mate Grimberg - Producer Beatniatic- With You Again Arnold/Propellerhead On Her U2- Angels Playliat Additions: Big Fat Snake- Benoit Madame Majesty's Before I Die and Lazy Days by Angels is a more grown-up song Umberto Tomi- Aria B Cielo Adam F- The Tree Knows Everything ANR/Aalborg G Delinquent Habits- Here Come The Blackstreet Buy Me Love AC/CHR exchanging their guitars for a than what he has done before Young Deemy- Walk On By Jenny Ahlund- Lycklig Boys H Men- A Song For Mama Borns Magnus Cagle- Jag VIII Lars Trillingsga.d Head Of Music and that's why we like it here." Diana King- L -1 -lies D.O.Det- Som De Andre Gee more mellow, piano -based RADIO Zurich G Mike Scott- Rare Precious And Gone Playliat Additions: Down Low- Johnny B Daniel- After It's Over AC Moby- James Bond Theme D.O.Det- Som De Andre Ger

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Various Perfect Day Robbie Williams- Walk This Sleigh Luxus- Just Mee & U Ryszard Rynkowski- Spiewajoco Bell Book & Candle- Rescue Me Verve -Lucky Sheryl Crow. Tomorrow Never Dies Olive- Miracle Sting & Pros Rosanne (Puff Daddy Remit) Bryan Adams. Back To You Tytus Wojnowiez Kulig Ze Swim Pappa Bear- Cherish Sweetbox- Everything's Chicago- The Only One RADIO EXTRA/Aneby U2- Angels Sarah McLachlan- Building Tytos Wojnowica- Kalig Ze Swig. Radiohead. No Surprises Talk radio CHR Verve -Lucky Sheryl Crow- Tomorrow Never Dies U2- Angels Robert Miles. Freedom by programming editor Mike McGeever Gjermund Moaatuen - Head Of Music Stereophonic. -Traffic War- Low Rider Ryszord Rynkowski- Spiewajaeo Playliat Additions: RADIO GDANSK/Gdansk G U2- Angels Tani- Love Is All Sheryl Crow. Tomorrow Never Dies Aregular look at the issues facing Aerosmith- Fmk CHR Verve- Lucky All Saints- Never Ever Merck Cegielski - Head Of Meade RADIO BIALYSTOK/Bialystok S RADIO RYTM/Lublin S radio's music programmers. Nana- Let It Rain Playlist Additions: RADIO OLSZTYN/Olsztyn G CHR CHF/Rock Naughty By Nature- Mourn King/Chapma. The Thrills Is Gone CHR/Rock Tomek Wolski - Head Of Music Wojtek Zaaada - Head Of Music Wow. A breakfast show presenter Blenders. Pomedzialek Jacek Hoofer - Head Of Music Power Play: Power Play: FINLAND Chris Rea- The Blue Cafe Power Play: Joe Cocker- Tonight De Su- Wlasme &Mess Ste buys the broadcaster he works for. Diana [Gag- L-I-hes Carreraa/Gornik- Hope For Us Piasek. Mocniej Verve- Lucky Janet Jackson- Together Playliat Additions: Playliat Addition.: Playliat Additions: FINNISH AIRPLAY TOP 30/Tampere But looking beyond the initial media Radio Lieteners- Kilka Slow King/Chapman. The Thrills Is Gone 'N Sync- Together Diana King. LI-lies Sheryl Crow -Tomorrow Never Dies Bell Book & Candle- Rescue Me 911- love Sensation Genesis- Banjo Man hype and second-guessing surround- II CHR Stereophonies- Traffic Bryan Adams. Book To You Penni Terfivainen - Director KinglChapmae The Thrills Is Gone Jon Bon Jovi- Talk To Jesus ing Chris Evans' acquisition of Virgin Radio, what are the Verve- Lucky Chris De Burgh. Forevermore Blenders, &nen I Drsewo Sheryl Crow. Tomorrow Never Dm Playliat Additions: Cornershop. Bnmful Of Asha Blue System- Araything implications for the radio and music industries? Bryan Adams- Back To You RADIO KOSZALIN/Koszalin G Da Hoot- Bora Bora Bukartyk. Lysa Piosenka RADIO .1./Inowroclaw B Daze- Tamagotchi CHR/Rock Dream Theater- Hollow Years Carreras/Gomik- Hope For Us Primarily, the move signals the arrival of a major new Janet Jackson. Together CHR Przemyslaw Mrooeek - DJ/Producer Joe Cocker. Tonight Chicago- If You Leave Me Wojciech Deluge -Producer player. Ginger Media Group (GMG) has entered the game in Matti Korkiala- [Wein Aarre Power Play: Mariah Carey- Butterfly Hooker/Morrthon. The Healing Game Power Play: Movetron. Landen Lighthouse Family. High Midge Ure- Breathe 1.0. 27. Kiedy Choesz De So. Wlasnie SIAM. Sia a big way, marking a major change in the U.K. radio land- Natalie Imbroglio. Torn scape. The new player has picked up substantial backing Sheryl Crew- Tomorrow Never Dim Mike Scott Rare Precious And Gone Mike Scott. Rare Precious And Gone Diana King. L-blies Playliat Additions: Perfect- Niepokonani Perfect. Niepokonan: Sheryl Crow. Tomorrow Never Dim YLE 2/11ADIOMAFIA/Helsinki P Catie Curtis- Soulfully Piasek- Moen, Robert Miles- Freedom Playliat Additions: from financial concerns which clearly have confidence in com- CDR De Su- Wlasnie Stajesz Sig T. Love- Jest Super Ryssard Rynkowski- Spiewojaco mercial radio as a sound industry. That can only be good Lee.. Pakkanen - Prog Dir Angelique Kidjo- Arm Nan Kpe Diana King- Universe. lostan Ze Minded] KM, Sarah McLachlan- Building Jokka Haarma - Head Of Made Banbury -Alicia Mektryome Giluy Ja JestemNowy Rok Smerfy- Dzyn, Dzyn. Dzyn news. The deal also bucks the recent drift towards consolida- Playliat Additions: Elektryczne Gitary.Ja Jesum Nosy Rok Garth Brooks. Longneck Bottle RADIO PLUS/Gdansk G TRapeny load Vilely. Soviets W Gomach Garth Brooks- Longneck Bottle tion in the market-a trend which has aroused mixed feel- B.B. King/Stones- Paying The Cost Janet Jackson- Together AC T. Love. Jest Super Goioda- A Modern Mantra Beek -Deadweight ings in the radio business. Mariah Carey- Butterfly Piotr Felgentreu - Head Of Music Trine Rein- Tom Gronicki. Wolam Za Toba Diana King- L -l -lies Paul McCartney- Beautiful Night Power Play: War- Low Rider Janet Jackman- Together Eagle -Eye Cherry- Save Tonight Evans has been labelled a "maverick" (among other Rome. Crazy Love Blenders- Pomedzialek Torun. Love Is All Spice Girls- Too John Lemon- Happy X -Mm Sarah McLachlan. Building Playliat Addition, Kenny G- Loving You things) by his new partner, Richard Branson. Several radio U2- Angels Smash Mouth- Why Can't We Cornershop- Brimful Of Asha RADIO ESKA NORD/Gdynia S Midnight Oil- White Skin programmers agree that radio, especially the commercial Various- Perfect Day Stem 5,6,7,5 Diana King- LI-lies AC Natalie Imbroglio. Tom Verve- Lucky Tylos Wojnowics Kolig Ze Swiata Janet Jackson -Together Piotrt Patser - Head Of Music Olive- Miracle sector, needs a maverick like Evans. Love him or hate him, Yap- Tama Pmva Oli U2. Angels Playliat Additions: Robbie Williams- Walk This Sleigh he stands out in a climate of centralised playlists, reams of RADIO POMORZA I KUJAW/Byd- Blenders- Poniedrialek Tytus Wojnowies- Mks Ze Sedate KISS FIWHelainki RADIO LODZ/Lods G gooses G Brovmotone- Kiss U2- Angels research, corporate structuring and bottom -line values. CHR CHR CHR/Rock Bryan Adams. Back To You Maga Vainio Prog Die Verve -Lucky Evans also says he is committed to breaking new acts and Adam Kolacinski - Head Of Music Zdzialaw Pojak - Head Of Music Chris Rea- The Blue Cafe Playliat Additions: Power Play: Power Play: De Su- Wlasnie &Mem Sig RADIO GRATorun B music-something he has a proven track record with-plus Kylie Minogue- Did It Again De Su- Wlasnie Stojesz Sie Perfect. Niepokonani Diana King- L -I -lies CHR L.L. Cool J- Phenomenon discovering new on -air talent, which there is a current Diana King- L -I -lies Playliat Additions: Lewie/Richard. At The Beginning Kraysatof Komenda - Head of Music M -People. Fantasy Island Janet Jacket.. Together 911- Love Sensation Elektryme Gilvy Ja Jester: Nosy Rat Power Play: dearth of in the U.K. Mole Ama. Who's Loving My Baby Playliat Additions: Aeroomitb- Pink Green Day- Time Of Your Life Janet Jackman. Together Todd Terry- Ito Over Love So, hopefully, radio as a whole will benefit from having a Alexia- It's X -Mae Time Bell Book & Candle- Rescue Me Peter Cetera- Inspiration Playliat Additions: Various- Perfect Day new player with new ideas, pushing programmers to do Banbury- Alicia Deem. Tylko Dla Wybranych Popo- In Etemit De Su- Wlasnie Stajesz Bid Chris Rea- The Blue Cafe Joe Cocker. Tonight. Stereophonics- Traffic Diana King- LI-Bee some soul-searching about their own output, presentationRUSSIA Dolly Parton- Peace Train Hahne I Zanier., Posteloin Wrarajo Trey D. Mirror Malmo* Chivy. JaJenem Nosy Rok styles, production and attitudes towards new music. In the Mektryezne Gilary. Ja Allem Nowy Rok Mariah Carey- Butterfly U2- Angels Hanson- Merry Christmas Baby RADIO MAXIMUM/ Green Day. Time Of Your Life Midge Ure- Breathe Verve. Lucky John Lennon. Happy X -Mss end it should be listeners who are the winnners, as compe- Moscow/St. Petersburg P Jai- Heaven Piasek- Mocniej Natalie Imbroglio- Tom tition on and off the air becomes fiercer, with an increase in CHR Midge Ure- Breathe Ryszard Ryokoweki- Spiewajaco RADIO ESKA WROCLAW/Wroclaw Sheryl Crow- Tomorrow Never Dies Mikhail Koaareff - Prog Dir Petro.- Listen Sweetbos. Everything's Tytua Wojnowiez Kulig Ze Swim risk -taking. Power Play: Pupo- In Eternita T-Raperry- Swieta W Gorach CHR U2- Angels For the advertisers, a new player means new opportunities Bryan Adams- Back To You Robbie Williams- Walk This Sleigh T. Love- Jest Super Piotr Welc DJ Producer Verve- Lucky Playliat Additions: Seahorses. Love Me And Leave Me Playliat Additiona: to target various demographics which might currently be over- Gala- let A Boy Cry Stereophonim. Traffic RADIO ZACHOD/Zielona Gore C Banbury Alma RADIO LEIJWA/Tornobraeg B looked. That should result in overall growth for the industry. Spice Girls- Too Sweetbore Everything's CHR Diana King- Lblim Hot AC Vanessa Mae- I Feel Love Tytus Wojnowicz- KIM Ze Senate Eugenio. Banachowics HOM Hanson- Merry Christmas Baby ROM Freyer Head Of Music If those are the winners, who loses? Capital Radio, per- Wham!- Everything She Wants 97 UR Angels Power Play: Janet Jackson- Together Iwona &Myna - Music Coordinator haps? Right now, it looks as though Virgin was snatched out Verve- Lucky Sheryl Crow. Tomorrow Never Des John Lennon- Happy X-Mas Playliat Additions: RADIO C/Ekaterinburg G Playliat Additions: Sheryl Crow Tomorrow Never Dies Genesis. Shipwrecked from under its nose-and you have to sympathise with the AC RADIO LUBLIN/Lublin Cl Angelique Kidjo- Aran Nan Kpe Stereophonics- Traffic Midge Ure- Breathe frustration they endured through the seemingly endless Oleg Khlebnikov -Prog Dir Rock Aprillo.440- Carrera Rapids U2. Angels Robert Miles. Freedom Power Play: Wiktor Jachacz - DJ/Producer Mirk. Bachelorette Byword Rynkowaki- Spiewajaco deliberations of the Monopolies & Mergers Commission. Depeehe Mode- Useless Power Play: Bryan Adams- Back To You RADIO PULS/Gliwice S However, Capital is not the sort of company to sit and lick Fool's Garden. Probably T-Baperzy- Swieta W Gorach Diana King- AC RADIO TORUN/Torun B Gary Barlow- Open Road Verve- Lucky DRSU- Wt. donor Stakes Sill Derek Kapturski Head Of Music CHR its wounds for too long. It was one of the first players in U.K Ivantrahlti. Ja Ida Playliat Addition, Goinda- A Modern Manna Power Play: Pawel Penal°, - Head Of Music commercial radio and has set standards for the industry in Jimmy Ray- Are You Coreerohop- Brimful Of Asha Janet Jackson- Together Chris Rea- The Blue Cafe Playliat Additions: Spleen. Orbit Bez Sahara De Su- Wlasnie Stajesz Sid Midnight Oil- White Skin Joe Cocker- Tonight Chris De Burgh- Forevermore terms of programming and branding. Diana King- L -I -lies Mike Oldfield- Tubular Bells III Playliat Additions: Joe Cocker- Tonight There's certainly no talk of lawsuits or other similar action MUSIC RADIO/Perm S Janet Jackson. Together Perfect- Niepokononi King/Chapman- The TM& Is Gone Bike Mon Rave Precious And Gooe AC Kryetyna Prontko- Sloss at Capital. They have already begun to explore other avenues Mikhail Eidehuan - Frog Controller Natalie Imbroglio- Tom is Playliat Additions: Olive -Miracle to grow the industry in the U.K., something they would have Bravo- Vera Robert Mile. Freedom been unable to do if their deal with Virgin had gone through. M -People- Just For You Sheryl Crow- Tomorrow Never Dies So we end up with some winners, some losers, and the Maithina Vremeni. 00 Byl Starghe Eyo U2- Angels airborne most excitement in the U.K radio industry for some time. And RADIO MANHATTAN/Lodz G ALL SAINTS UKRAINE CHRRork one question: with this mould -breaking deal in his back pock- Marcia Bisiorek - Head Of Music NEVER EVER PROST° RADLO/Kiev/Odeasa S Power Play: et, what on Earth does Evans do next? CHR London M -People Fantasy Island Artem Vornyok - GM Blenders- Pomedzialek Producer:Cameron Andry Dmansky Prog Dir Janet Jackson. Together Power Play: McVey/ Stereophonic. Traffic Backstreet Boys- As Long As Juice- Down For Your Love Frank & Walters- Colours Blue System- Anything Verve- Lucky Magnus Fiennes Depeche Mode -Useless Kammutra- Happiness Fresh N Funky. Welcome To The Club Juice- Down For Your Love Playliat Additions: Hanson- I Will Come To You Publisher: not listed Mary J. Blige. Missing You Kylie Minogue- Did It Again Kim Wagner. Free Alexia- X -Mao Time Jon Bon Jovi- Janie, Don't Take Robert Miles -Freedom Rialto. Monday Morning 12 Regina- Day By Day Angelique Kidjo- Aran Nan Kpe Natalie Imbroglio -Tom Space Brothers- Forgiven We,- Alone Same Garda -Truly Madly Deeply Banbury- Alicia Dario G. Smchyme Spice Girls- Too Chris Rea. The Blue Cafe Queen- No One Tony Hadley. First Of May RADIO St/Copenhagen B Green Day- Time Of Your Life Playliat Additions: Patience has paidoff for song that makes it.It's a U2-Angels AC NORWAY Just Friend. What Is Love Aerosmith- link Hans -Otto Biagaard Frog Dir NTrance- I'm Sexy, London signings All Saints good hook. The 15-24 year - NAB PETRE/Oslo P Corse -Only When I Sleep STATION KOBENHAVN 102,9 FM/ Jan Broil, . Music Cooed Nana- He's Comm' CHR Copenhagen S Power Play: Lighthouse Family- Raincloud and Never Ever. The act and old girls love it." Over the six Nils Heide.] - Head Of Music Pomo Bear- Cbensh Hot AC/CHR Eternal. Angel Of Mine Warren G/Sissel- Prinee Igor Playliat Additions: single were first presented to months since the act were Kristian Heyrup - Music Director Lighthouse Family. Raincloud RADIO MERKURY/Posnan G Air. Sexy Boy Playliat Additions: Michael Learns TR-I'm Gonna be Around U.K programmers at a live introducedtoradio,they Black Grape- Get Higher POLAND AC Moak. Nobody's Wife Natalie Imbroglio- Tom Syssord Gloger - Head Of Music Curve- Chinese Burn performance last April, fol- have helped fill a gap left by Awesome- Rumours Boyzon. Baby Can I Hold Power Play: Janet Jackeon- Together POLSKIE RADIO 3/Warsaw P lowing a radio industry con- profilefemale Blocketreet. Buy Me Love Playliat Addition, Bell Book & Candle- Rescue Me other high Lambchop- Your Sucking CHR Eric Gadd- Someone Who Cares Boys II Men. A Song For Mama Monk Niedswiecki - Producer Playlist Additions: N-LightN- One In A Million ference. According to Steve acts, Power suggests. "I don't Juice- Down For Your Love Come I Never Loved You Power Play: 'N Sync- Together Pizzicato & Mon Amour Tokyo Power, programme con- ina negative Mary J. BIM& Missing You Juice- Down For Your Love Natalie Imbroglio- Torn Angelique Kidjo, Azan Nan Kpe mean this Ricky Martin- Donde Estaras Pant McCartney. Beautiful Night RADIO 102/Haugesund G Playliat Additions: Chemical Brothers, Private Psychedelic troller at U.K CHR station sense, but it falls in between Sarah Brightman- Memory Angelique Kidjo- Aron Nan Kpe Cornershop- Bnmful Of Asha CHR VLR/Vejle S You Know Who- Faulk It's Clmsoiss Again Power FM in Fareham, "The the Spice Girls and Eternal. Egli Houeland - Head Of Music Bell Book & Candle- Rescue Me Da Hoot- Bora Bora CHR Freaknasty- Da Dui Playlist Additions: Blender. Poniedsialek first six times I heard the All Saints are falling into. a Jon Kristiansen - Prog Dir/Head Of RADIO HOLB/FR/Holbaeck B Garth Brooks- Longneck Bottle Bryan Adams- Back To You De So. Wlaanie Stajesz Sig Music CHR track, I thought it took too [niche] that has not been Janet Jackson- Together Diana King- L -I -lies Goinda. A Modem Mantra Playliat Additions: Melte Kofoed - Prog Dir Gronicki. Ga Wron Juice. Best Days Gektryeane Gitary.Ja Mem Nowy Rob long to get going. But there's filled yet, and Never Ever Bomone- Baby Can I Hold Playliat Additions: Garth Brooks- Longneck Bottle Janet Jackson- Together Spice Girle. Too Collective Soul- Maybe Annie- Uskyldtge Green Day- Time Of Your Life Kenny G. Loving You a catch at the start of the exemplfies that." Toni Braxton. Bow Could An Angel Corm. I Never Loved You Aqua- Doctor Jones Janet Jackman- Together Lucie Dalin Cannone MUSIC & MEDIA 0 DECEMBER 20, 1997 AmericanRadioHistory.Com STATION REPORTS

Sheryl Crow- Tomorrow Never Dies CHR CHR Wes -Alan Armin Weis - Prog Dir &ore Yinter - Prog Dir Will Smith -Just Cruisin' A List World Class Voice funhisic Playliat Additions: AD Eternal -Angel Of Mine y.t4:041, Media. Adam F- The Tree Knows Everything Janet Jackson- Together Improving images around the world.. Brownstone -In The Game Of Love LITHUANIA Nana- Too Much Gala- Come Into Robyn- Show Me Love RADIO MINilirius G City -fm, Liverpool Lighthouse Family- High Toni Braxton -How Could An Angel CHB Queen- No One Hallam fm, Sheffield Donates Bucelis - Frog Dir Sister Hanel- Happy RFI/ORANGINA WORLD MUSIC Choice 102.2, Birmingham art hot 100 Power Play: Texas- Put Your Arms SHOW/ Paris G MIS -FM, Los Angeles Robbie Williams -Angels World Fmion Playlist Additions: B-96, Chicago ... Journaliame Et Gal.& - Prog Dir Londone GREECE A List: Eurochart radio show number 459 Gelebek Vaikus- Sviesu AD Daddy Tod- Freestyle KISS 909 FM/Athens G IR-People- Fantasy Island Faudel- NSA' Fick Seim CAGoveff Each week, some 10 million European listeners tune in CHR/Dance Fernando Abreu- Rio 40 Gram Michael Tsamissopordos - Prog Dir PRODUCTIONS to listen to the two hour Eurochart singles countdown Leonard & Baskin.- Big BrotherFunous Power Play: LUXEMBOURG Masao- Be M.ongo ISDN voice-over services show, based on Music & Media's Eurochart Hot 100. Aaron Carter- Crush On You (813) 926-1250 fax 926-9140 ELDORADIO/Luxembourg S Mono- Slim.a Girl READY Playlist Additions: [email protected] ww.v.seancaldwellmm Supplied in a kit form (with records, script and sound CHR Rammstein- Sennsucht Gimmick- Why You Weave Hurt Me? L Melsen - Heed Of Music bites) and syndicated by London -based company Unique Hannon- I Will Come To You Playliat Additions: Peter Andreroolio- All Right Al Right Broadcasting, the Eurochart is a chart countdown, with Janet Jackson- Together MUSIC Space Brothers- Forgiven behind the songs stories, artist interviews, gossip, tips, new Jimmy Ray- Are You TELEVISION entries, hits to happen and the album of the week. Prodigy- Smack My Bitch Up Dario C. Sunchyme ESTONIA Per- Wenn Du Da Bist MTV EUROPE/London P Down Low -Johnny B THE BOX/London G Run DMC- It's Like That Music Television Content of the Eurochart Hot 100 show this week (number 459): N -Trance- Fm Sexy? Music Television RAADIO 2/TaBian G Will Smith- Just Cruisin' Peter Good - Controller Music Pappa Bear- Cherish Lis Laskowski Dir of Frog CHR Programming MTV Networks Rim DMC- It's Like That A List: >Interviews:Enya, Bryan Adams, All Saints, Blur, Immo Mihkeleori - Head Of Music A List: Spektacoolgr- Melee Kleine Del Amitri- Some Other Sucker's Playlist Additions: LIECHTENSTEIN Aeroarnith- Pink Sw.tbox- Everything's DJ Supreme, Enter The Scene Janet Jackson Belinda Carlisle- I Won't Say Bjerk- Bachelorette RADIO L/Liechtenstein B Warren G/Sissel- Prince Igor Enya- Only If Celine Dion. My Heart Will Go On Jimmy Ray -Are You Hits to happen: Bryan Adams/Back To You (A&M); No CHR/AC Westbam- Herd Tim. Box Tops Chumbawamba-Amnesia Missy Elliott- Sock It 2 Me Boni Sigel - Program Director B Lint: Aaron Carter- Crush On You Doubt/Sunday Morning (Interscope); Blur/Death Of A Maria Montell- Di Da Di Natalie Imbroglio- Tom Roland Blum - Head Of Manic 'N Sync- Together Allure- Al Cried Out Nancy- Vad Sine Sand Pulp- Help The Aged Party (Parlophone) PlayList Addition.: Aline- Nur Fie Dich All Saints- Never Ever Robyn- Show Me Love Robbie Williams -Angels Mr. President- Where Do I Belong, Awesome- Rumours Aqua- Doctor Jones >Album of the week: All Saints/All Saints (London) Terminator- Kaimeta Sheryl Crow. Tomorrow Never Dies No Mercy- My Promise Basis- Nor 1 Tag Aqua- Barbie Girl Red Hot RIB- Every Nation Chumbawamba- Tubthumping Backstreet Boys- Backstreet's Back RADIO HUHU/Tallinn G MCM/Paris P Stations broadcasting the show include: Umberto Torai- Aria E Cielo Da Hoot- Bora Bora Backstreet Boys- All I Save To Give Rte AC Music Television Various- Perfect Day Gil -Round 'N Round Backstreet Boys -As Long As Ali. B21 FMlOpzl ow(Derublin);M Radio Jam Riikoja - Head Of Music Cit Her. Lemaire Prog Dir Hannon- I Will Come To You Boyxone- Baby Can I Hold RADIO Playlist Additions: FM(Istanbul);ittaditioonD(anLiubttsa- Cecile Estrade - Programmer Jay.ZIRabyface/Brown- Sunshine Boysone- Shooting Bjork- Bachelorette PROGRAMME A List: La Hooch. You Won't Forget Me Cline Dion- Tell Him (Budapest); Radio City (Prague). Boyzone- Baby Can I Hold Florent Pagny- &mit Anner Lutricia McNeal- Ain't That Just Gale- Let A Boy Cry Janet Jackson- Together SUPPLIERS Hanson- I Will Come To You Nana- He's Cumin' Lutricia McNeal -Ain't That Just Station interested in the show should contact Pascal Grierson Oroy Osbourne- Back On Earth I Am- Nes So. RFI MUSIQUE/Paris P R'N'G- Here Comes Milk Inc.- La Vache or Olivier Semonnay at Unique Broadcasting. Pool McCartney. Beautiful Night Janet Jackson Got It's CHR atlas.-Instant Moments Natalie Imbroglio- Tom Tel: (+44) 0171 402 1011; Fax: (+44) 0171 723 6132. Spice Girls- Too J.Jacquom Goldman. On Ira Alain Rossi - Music Programmer Richie- Lach lack Oda Was Steps- 5,0,7,8 MC Solaar- Les Temps Changent Eric Francaix - Music Programmer Rolling Stone. Anybody Seen Usher- You Make Me Wanna Nov Desir- Comore Elle Vient A List: Saahl- Stay Vanilla -No Way, No Way LATVIA Passi- Je Zappe EL Je Mate AD Alain Bashung- La Nuit Je Meru Savage Garden- To The Moon Various- Perfect Day Refugee Camp- Avenues RADIO SWH/Riga Axelle Red- A Quoi Spice Girls- Spice Up Your Life Breakin' Out Of The Box Sheryl Crow -Tomorrow Never Dies Odds's] Zamhiety. Nit Jestem Svietym Sheryl Crow- Tomorrow Never Dies CHR AC %kirk- Bachelorette Wes- Alone Course- Best Love Texas- Black Eyed Boy Ryszard Rynkowski- Spiewajeco Sting & Pros- Roseau IPuff Daddy Bemis) Playlist Addition: J. Sipkeviee Prog Dir Daddy Yod- Kong Fu Fighting Will Smith- Just Cruisin' &Male- We Are E -Male Warren G/Sissel- Prince Igor Sweetbox- Everytkings Sly & Robbie- Night Nurse Power Play: Dick Annegarn- Les Tchiques Young Deenay- Walk On By Five- Slam Dunk Da Funk New Vide. Texas- Put Your Arras Smoak Mouth- Walldog On The Sun Bryon Adams- Back To You Franteise Hardy- Lee Madelein. C List: Janet Jackson- Together Corn -Only When I Sleep CZECH REPUBLIC Verve- The Drugs Don't Work Norman & ChM.. Song Joe Jackson- A Bud And A Slips Bliimchen- Gib Mir Nock Joe- Good Girls Finley Quaye- Even After All RADIO BREDGE/fludaperrt G Enya- Only If Johnny Ballyday- Ce Que Je Sais Boolay Collins- Pm Leavin' U Kaleef- Sands Of Time E'VROPA 2/Prague G M -People- Just For You RADIO TRIANGL/Jablonec B AC Hanson- Silent Night Medley Karim &reel- Ce amt Qu'Un Jeu Brooklyn Bounce- The Real Base Levert, Sweat & Gill- My Body AC Rocca- La Renommee AC/CHR Orsolya Megyeri - Head Of Manic John Fogerty- Blue Boy Passi- Je Zappe Et Je Mate DJ Sammy & Carbone- Golden Child Mariah Carey- Butterfly Milos Pokorny Heed Of Program- Sarah McLachlan Building Peter Boehm - Head Of Music Playlist Additions: Smashing Pumpkins- Christmastime Patricia Haas- Les Lignee Dolphin's Mind- The Flow Blase- Feel So Good ming Sylvain Vanot- L'Hirondelle Petr Amore* - Manic Supervisor Backstreet Boys- As Long As Playlist Additions: Pigalle- Joye. Armiveraaire Eros Ramanotti. Quanta AmereCuanto Robbie Williams -Angels Roman Ondracek - Head Of Music Tanya Donnely. The Bright Light Power Play: Bryan Adam. Back To You Aigarre Gravers- Svetku Aloe Sarah Brightman- Question Of Honour Groove Zone- Eisbaer Sheryl Crow- Tomorrow Never Dim Playlist Addition. Power Play: Fresh N Funky- Welcome To The Club Shola Arno- Who's Lon. My Baby Boy. H Men- A Song For Mama Veronique S8118011- Un Etre Ideal Jon Bon Jovi- Janie, Don't Take Wes -Alen Boot. Collins- I'm Leavin' U Awesome- Rumours In Vain- Take My Love Mike Oldfleld- Women Of Ireland Yaya Yaovi- Miwoe Koamonova- Take Me Will Smith- Just Cruisin Obispo/Lexie- Meilleums Enemies Moby James Bond Theme RADIO BUDAPEST 96.4 Sheryl Crow- Blue Christmas L.L. Cool J- Phenomenon New Videos FREKVENCE 1/Prague Robert Mile,- Freedom FM/Budap.t S Sting- I Saw 3 THE BRIDGE RADIO NETWORK/ Moby- James Bond Theme 2Pac- I Wonder If AC VII-IfLondon " P Sunclub- Fiesta De Los CHR St. Petersburg P Moffatts- Ill Be There Beth Orton. Best Bit Rene Rollick. Music Manager Music Television Playliat Additions: Tibor Voves, Music Programmer RADIO RIGAI 106,2/Riga B CDR Pur- Wenn Du Da Bist Chicken Shed- I'm In Love With Playlist Additions: Mark Hagen - Head Of Programming Awesome- Rumours Playlist Additions: CHR Irena Krutskikh - Music Director Rettig. Camp- Avenues Common & Rill. Retrospect For Life Bell Book & Candle- Rescue Me & Acq C -Block- Eternal Grace Aerosmith- Pink Eric Niedra Prog Dir A List: Thomas D. Rtickenwind Coma- I Never Loved You Whaml- IAA Christmas Playliat Unchanged Gala- Come Into Coon- Only When I Sleep Power Play: ADFool's Garden- Probably Tic Tee Toe- Bine Kims' Counting Crows- December Jam & Spoon- El Bade Diem King- Little Prayer Boyxone- Baby Can I Hold Gary Barlow- Open Road Touche- I Want You Back Jewel- Foolish Games RADIO ALFA/Prague G VIVA TV/Cologne P Janet Jackson- Together N -Trance Pm Sexy? Enya- Only If Janet Jackson. Together U.B.F.- Bible In My Hand Levellers- Dog Train AC Music Television Orel- Felgyult a t. Natalie Imbroglio- Torn Lighthouse Family- Raincloud N Lint: Lighthouse Family- High Deism Kotora - Head Of Manic Tine Busch - Prog Dir Ricky Martin- Donde Estor. Robert Miles- Freedom Metallic. The Memory Remains 666- Manna Matchbox 20- Push Playlist Additions: A List: SLOVAKIA Sheryl Crow -Tomorrow Never Des Various- Perfect Day Robert Mil.- Freedom Aqua- Doctor Jones Montrose Avenue. She's Looking For Me Daniel Hulks- Dust, Vex A Plac Aaron Carter -Corry Little Party Girl Warren G/Sissel- Prince Igor Stiehl- Stay BlAmehen- Sesam Jam No Authority- Don't Stop Kelly Family- Because It's Love FUN RADIO/Broth/Jove S Aqua- Barbie Girl Playlist Additions: Warren G/Sissel- Prince Igor C -Block- Eternal Grace MT- The Story Of Love Zbirka & Haacakova- Ty A Ja CHR Backstreet Boys- As Long As TURKEY Ramanotti/Thrner. Can't Stop Thinking Will Smith- Get Jiggy With It De La Cruz- Tonight Party Animals- My Way N -Trance- Cm Sexy? Patrik Zieee - Music Dir Bell Book & Candle- Rescue Me Jamiroquai- High Tim. DJ Quicksilver- Planet Love Prodigy- Smack My Bitch Up Playliet Addition.: RADIO NUMBER ONE FM/Istanbul Cappuccino- Du Fehlst Mir Mike Scott- Rare Precious Arid Gooe FM RADIO NETWORK/Germany G Five- Slam Dunk Da Fmok Propellerheadfliamey. History Repealing RADIO ORION/Ostrava C Darted- Deeper River L.A.P.D.- Ill Be There Queen- No One CHR Janet Jackson- Together Mr. President. Where Do I Belong? Hakim -Guess Who's Back Petr Magera Prog Dir Levellers- Dog Train Malin & Ran. TaDrie About Sarah Brightman -Just Show Me How Playliat Additions: Peter Andre -Ali Night, All Right Nana- Too Much Solid Harmonic- PH Be There Celine Dion- Tell Hun Shawn Colvin- Nothin' On Me Navy vs. Enloe- Superstar Steve Houghton. Wind Beneath Enya- Only If Sweet Sixteen -How To Feel Robbie Williams- Angels Sting & Prat Roams lPiff Daddy/Iamb,/ Harmon- I Will Come To You Vidiek- Vimoce '97 Sabrina Sell. -Frei Sein Sugar Ray- Fly Jon Bon Jovi- Janie, Don't Take Will Smith- Just Cruisin' Tcp our readers Spice Girls- Ton U2- Angels Nana- He's Comm' Verem- Finally Alone Way Out Weal- Nate Sash!- Stay TOP RADIO/Roldce S New Videos Toni Bruton. How Could An Angel AC 5 Sterne Deluxe- 5 Sterne DeluxeTHE MUSIC FACTORY/ Verve- The Drugs Don't Work Oto Tache - Prog Dir Aereemith- Pink Bosom, Holleuad B Wanastowi Vjecy- Kourio Power Play: Each week, music programmers now AZ- Hey Az Music Television Warren G/Sissel- Prince Igor Backstreet Boys- As Long As Birdbrain- Youth Of Amen. Erik Kress - Music Director Brand New Heavies- You've Got have the opportunity to comment in Bjirk- Bachelorette Power Play: RADIO DRAGON/Karlovy Vary S Eros Ramonotti. Quanto AmoreCumb, Browinitone- Kim Spice Girls- Too CHR Gary Barlow- Open Road Chumbawamba- Amnesia A List: Zdenek Pachovsky Music Manager Hanson- I Will Come To You Airborne on the new tracks they Diana King- L -I -lies Aeromnith- Pink Playliat Additions: Jon Bon Jovi- Janie, Don't Take Groove Gangsters- Funky Beam Amok- Nobody's Wife Jimmy Ray- Are You Lighthouse Ramie. Hurricane -Step Aqua- Doctor Jon. Pappa Bear- Cherish bl-People- Just For You have added to their playlist. Jonestown- Sweet Hanson- I Will Come To You Shale Arno. You're The One I Love Oasis- Stand By Me Junkie XL. Billy Club R.O.O.S.- Instant Moments Sweetbox- Everything's Rolling Stones- Anybody Seen Radio stations' programmers across Marilyn Manson -Long Hard Road Tank- Cm U Feel The Bass Savage Garden- To The Moon Missy Elliott- Sock It 2 Me Usher- You Make Me Wan. RADIO PROFIL/Pardubice S Spice Girls- Spice Up Your Life No Doubt- Sunday Morning Warren G/Sissel- Prince Igor AC Playliat Additions: Europe who are interested in talking Prodigy- Smack My Bitch Up Will Smith- Just Cruisin' Michel Holy -Head Of Music Bryan Adams- Back To You Sex-O-Sonique- I Thought It Was New Videos Power Play: Janet Jackson- Together Shelter- Whole Wide World Arnhemsgewijs- Geen Grappen Zbirka & Hascakova- Ty A Ja Jimmy Ray- Are You about the music they are playing Smaah Mouth- Walking On The S. kirk- Bachelorette Sheryl Crow- Tomorrow Never Dies Spice I- Playa Man Blackstreet- Buy Me Love RADIO RELAX/Kladeo S Vaao Patejdl- SpovedM Ma I- Verve- Lucky DanieDa's Deer- 100% Jos. CHR Verve- Lucky should contact Raul Cairo at XEL-RA- The Flow Faithless- Don't Leave Milan Hanes - Head Of Program- Will Smith- Just Cruiain Power Play: Flip Da- I Never ming Music & Media in London on Janet Jackson- Together Fadja &bowman- Totaal Verkocht Playlist Additions: Pappa Bear- Cherish Fleetwood Mac- Bleed To love Her HUNGARY VIVA ZWEI TV/Cologne P Sweetbox- Everything's Genesis -Shipwrecked HUNGARIAN TOP 20 AIRPLAY (+44) 0171 323 66 86 Music Television Triple S. Keep Your Head Janet Jackson- Together CHART/ Jorge Cebrian Lopes Prog Dir Venga Boys- To Brazil Joe Cocker- Tonight Budapest P Playlist Unchanged Pappa Bear- Cherish

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Back in November 1979, the lead singer of Original Total New LW WOCArtist/Title Canadian rock band Sweeney Todd marked his TW Label Stations Adds debut as a solo artist with a frankly unremark- able single titled Let Me Take You Dancing. cp 3 4 BRYAN ADAMS/BACK TO YOU (A&M) 102 22 Some 18 years and several million sales later, ® 4 4 Janet Jackson/Together Again (Virgin) 106 31 Bryan Adams (for it was he) has clearly danced 3 1 11 Backstreet Boys/As Long As You Love Me (Jive) 99 3 away with the hearts of Eu- ropean radio programmers, 4 2 11 Dario G/Sunchyme (Eternal/WEA) 91 1 having established himself 0 9 4 Natalie Imbrugliafrorn (RCA) 85 16 as one of the most consis- (Mercury) 92 6 tent AC hit -makers around. ® 5 6 Hanson/I Will Come To You This week sees Adams' ® 8 5 Sheryl Crow/Tomorrow Never Dies (A&M) 83 17 latest single for A&M, Back 0 29 ;2 Spice Girls/Too Much (Virgin) 64 21 To You, take him to the top of the M&M Europan Radio 9 7 13 Lighthouse FamilyRaincloud (Wild Card/Polydor) 67 5 Top 50, just ahead of his for- 014 6 Enya/Only If (WEA) 78 7 mer labelmate Janet Jackson's Together Again 018 6 Warren G & Sissel/Prince Igor litith (Mercury) 61 6 (Virgin). Support for the Canuck soft -rocker is pretty widespread across the continent, with the 12 6 13 Spice Girls/Spice Up Your Life (Virgin) 62 1 most fervent believers in the Adams doctrine to 026 3 Robbie Williams/Angels (Chrysalis) 60 10 be found in Scandinavia, where the single rises (4116 10 N -Trance feat. Rod Stewart/Da Ya Think I'm Sexy? (All Around The World) 61 5 this week to the No.1 slot on the Major Market Airplay listing. 15 13 5 Robert Miles/Freedomlit.:3- (DBX/Deconstruction) 71 11 One territory, however, where Adams' name is 16 15 5 Mariah Carey/Butterfly (Columbia) 63 4 conspicuously absent from the upper regions of 4i) 30 3 Sweetbox/Everything's Gonna Be Alright1.24: (RCA) 49 9 the airplay charts is France. There, the same three tracks have occupied the top three positions 18 12 9 Jon Bon Jovi/Janie, Dont't Take Your Love To Town (Mercury) 66 2 for the last three weeks. The trio are singer/song- 19 19 9 Eternal/Angel Of Mine (EMI) 67 3 writer Jean -Jacques Goldman's On Ira 20 20 12 Eros Ramazzotti/Quanto Amore Sei/Cuanto Amore Me DasBW.,kr, (DDD) 56 2 (Columbia), vocalist Florent Pagny's Savoir Aimer (Mercury) and rapper MC So- CI27 3 M-People/Fantasy Island (M People/BMG) 62 6 laar's Les Temps Changent (Poly- 22 11 13 Oasis/Stand By Me (Creation/Sony) 44 1 dor).Theirairplaysuccessis largely confined to French radio, 028 5 Queen/No One But You (Parlophone) 62 6 however, possibly reflecting the 24 21 10 Sash!/Staylit,aig..,. (Byte Blue) 57 2 way in which France's quota sys- CI22 7 Jimmy Ray/Are You Jimmy Ray? (Sony S2) 52 5 tem has helped shape that country's broadcast landscape. 26 23 8 Gary Barlow/Open Road (RCA) 65 3 Nevertheless, Goldman has @44 2 Various/Perfect Day (Chrysalis) 51 18 radio admirers outside France's 28 25 6 Celine Dion & Barbara Streisand/Tell Him (Columbia) 67 2 frontiers-intheG/S/Aand Beneluxcountries-andthey lr 29 10 14 Rolling Stones/Anybody Seen My Baby (Virgin) 44 1 have helped On Ira remain on the M&M Border 031 3 Will Smith/Just Cruisin' (Columbia) 55 5 Breakers chart over the past three weeks. Else- 436 8 Smash Mouth/Walking On The Sun (Interscope) 44 3 where on that listing, Eros Ramazotti's Quanto Amore Sei (DDD/BMG) leapfrogs back to the No.1 046 2 The Verve/Lucky Man (Hut) 44 16 slot, ahead of Sash! with Stay (Byte Blue) at 33 17 14 Aqua/Barbie Girl igilftt (Universal) 42 0 number 2 and the Warren G & Sissel single Brand New Heavies/You've Got A Friend (ffrr) 46 1 Prince Igor (Mercury) at number 3, lifted from 34 32 10 the classical -meets -rap album Rapsody and build- 35 24 19 Chumbawamba/Tubthumping (EMI) 43 1 ing out of Germany. Thanks to widespread sup- 36 35 3 Sting & Pras/Roxanne (Puff Daddy Remix) (A&M) 46 5 port across the continent, Warren G & Sissel are )=- (Parlophone) 35 8 also still climbing on the European Radio Top 50, 4)7 NERadiohead/No Surprises where they rise from 18 to 11 this week. 38 33 8 Puff Daddy/Been Around The World (Puff Daddy) 41 1 The greatest points gainer on the Top 50 this 043 2 Aerosmith/Pink (Columbia) 45 8 week is,unsurprisingly, the Spice Girls' Too Much (Virgin), which has picked up strong sup- 042 2 All Saints/Never Ever (London) 43 4 port in the G/S/A countries and Italy as well as 41 39 14 Janet Jackson/Got aril It's Gone (Virgin) 27 0 the U.K Another British act gives us this week's 42 41 4 Lutricia McNeal/Ain't That Just The Way 111#,Fk&,. (Siljemark/CNR) 44 4 highest new entry, Radiohead with-appropri- ately enough-No Surprises (Parlophone), the 43 38 9 Corrs/Only When I Sleep (Lava/Atlantic) 35 3 latestsingleextracted from their much -ac- 4348 4 Genesis/Shipwrecked (Virgin) 50 5 claimed OK Computer album. Incidentally, when 43 NEBell Book & Candle/Rescue Me11491-. (Ariola) 43 9 respected U.K. music magazine Q publishes its . list of "the greatest albums of all time" in its next 46 37 5 Meredith Brooks/I Need (Capitol) 36 1 issue, look out for said album making an impres- 47 47 7 Michael Bolton/The Best Of Love (Columbia) 43 0 sively high appearance... 48 34 13 The Verve/The Drugs Don't Work (Hut/Virgin) 34 2 Bubbling under just outside the Top 50, Gala's Come Into My Life (Do It Yourself), Celine Dion's 49 45 2 Boyzone/Baby Can I Hold You Tonight (Polydor) 38 4 The Reason (Columbia) and Bjork's Bachelorette 0 ),- NEWham!/Everything She Wants '97 (Epic) 36 2 (Mother/One Little Indian) are all set to appear The European Radio Top 50 chart is based on a weighted -scoring system. as new entries next week, as is Moby's James Songs score points by achieving airplay on all of M&M's reporting stations with contemporary music fulltirne or during specific dayparts. Bond Theme (Mute), the latter probably benefit- Stations are weighted by market size and by the number of hours per week. TW = This Week, LW = Last Week, NE = New Entry, TS = Total Stations ting from the attention currently being afforded nigh% Indicates singles which previously featured in the Border Breakers chart 'Highest new entry Greatest chart points gainer the latest Bond movie, Tomorrow Never Dies. Tom Ferguson

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Re -Loading the rock machine continued from page 1 VRPT declares war continued from page 1 acute sense for contem- ential within heavy metal. But porary "street-style"- it'sgetting hardertodefine official declaration demanding more they combine that with a heavy metal as a category; a lot freedom for commercial broadcasters strong work ethic, explo- ofcontemporarymusicwas and significant deregulation of Ger- sivestage shows and inspired by it." many's broadcasting industry. VPRT unquestioned credibility. Re -Load is on its way to top- president Jurgen Doetz called on the Last year, Metallica ping sales of Load in Europe, federal government to "pave the way finally crossed over into according to Mercury Records to a modern multimedia future" by the alternative rock mar- head of international Bert de makingfundamentalchangesin ket with the Load album, Ruiter. "Initial shipments of the broadcasting law and policy. whichsold9million album were not as high," admits "Defensive federal regulations only units in the U.S. alone De Ruiter, "but re -orders in the restrict the necessary potential for (wherethebandis first two weeks were consider- innovation and growth and impair signed to Elektra), and ably bigger than for Load." He Germany's international competitive- another 3.2 million estimates that Re -Load has sold ness," argued Doetz. " The suggestions across Europe. And while over one million copies in Europe made by the VPRT [in the Media Plan] heavy metal might be a so far. are a foundation for a new beginning. genre most of Europe's Germany is Metallica's We see [the Media Plan] as a goal radio programmers stillSpanish fans grabbed 50,000 units of Metallica's Re -biggest market outside the U.S., towards which all new laws and regu- steer clear of, alternativeLoad (Mercury) in less than 48 hours, earning Metalli-according to De Ruiter. "Load sold lations can be aimed." rock has steadily gainedca their fastest gold award yet. PolyGram Spain pres-700,000 units in Germany and it The text of the VPRT declaration daytime airplay in theident and CEO Paco Bestard is pictured handing overlooks like Re -Load will do even asks: "How can you finance the public latter half of the '90s inthe gold discs to (from left to right): James Hetfield,better. We've already sold 460,000 broadcasters when their top -rated pro- the wake of grunge rockJason Newsted, Kirk Hammett and Lars Ulrich. albums there." gramming is unrecognisable from that and Britpop. success of Re -Load proves us right." However, there are particular fac- of commercial broadcasters? The pur- Youth -oriented rock station ORB Another station not afraid of Metal- tors to take into account when looking pose of public broadcasters should be Fritz, based near Berlin, has Metallica's lica's hard -edged sound during the at the sales curve of a hard rock act, as to enhance and promote Germany's current single The Memory Remains- daytime is public CHR station P3 inDe Ruiter notes. Mercury expects 70 cultural diversity as well as the spirit released on November 3-on high rota- Norway. "We thinkThe Memory percent of Re -Load's sales to happen in of European unity. They should be tion with 15 plays a week. ProducerRemains is 100 percent mainstream the first month after its release. "This is responsible for the advancement of Bernard Albrecht says Metallica fit well music, so we don't really understand differentto, say, [Mercury/Rocket knowledge and the understanding of into the public station's format along- the problem with playing the record on recording artist] Elton John," notes De diverse cultures and tolerance of those side core artists such as the Smashing popular radio," says P3 programmeRuiter, "where sales are more dragged who are different." Pumpkins and the Foo Fighters. "We administrator Erik Walkoff. "Metallica out with only 30 percent of total sales The document continues: "Public are not afraid to touch harder materi-are an important band in Norway as occurring in the first month." broadcasting must be independent al," says Albrecht, "and the commercial they are-and have been-very influ- Additional reporting by Siri Stavenes from ratings systems as well as from the laws of the market. It should not financedthroughadvertising continued from page 1 be `Spirit of independence' arrives at Virgin and sponsorship." mats]-so be it." good, because it is bound to grow the offer to Branson for Virgin. At the time, In Berlin daily newspaper Berliner David Campbell, GMG chief execu- market," contends Steve Power, pro-his comments were taken less than Zeitung, Dieter Stolte, director of tele- tive, adds: "With Chris presenting agramme controller at Capital Radio - seriously by the radio industry. visionatpublicbroadcaster ZDF, high profile breakfast show and his TV owned CHR station103.2Power The agreement with Branson gives described the VPRT document as "a show TFI Friday, music -wise there is a FM/Fareham. He adds: "Any audienceEvans a 55 percent stake in GMG, the declarationofwar"andaccused good platform on which to build thingsthat a new player takes from [publicnew media company which has been VPRT's members of greed. "Commer- [with the music industry]." broacaster] the BBC has to be good formed by combining Virgin Radio with cial broadcasters indeed enrich their Initial reaction from U.K. labels to news for the commercial sector. Also, itEvans' Ginger Productions. The owners, but not programming," he said. the move seems to have been largelygives us a benchmark." remaining equity is held by Apax Part- Udo Reiter, chairman of national positive. At Sony Music Entertainment, Earlier this year, Branson agreed ners (20 percent), the international ven- public broadcaster ARD, says the Asso- director of regional promotions Territo sell Virgin to Capital Radio forture capital firm which bankrolled the ciation is "openly trying to dismantle Doherty enthuses: "Chris Evans has£87.5 million. But the completion ofdealwithFrench merchant bank public broadcasting." always been a supporter of new actsthe deal was stalled by a government Paribas, Branson (20percent) and The Wiesbaden -based German and has a reputation for spotting new Monopolies and Mergers Commissionsenior GMG management, who hold Organisation of Commercial Advertis- talent. So if that continues [at Virgin] it (MMC) investigation. five percent. ers (OWM) also criticised the VPRT will be great for everyone." The delay gave Evans time to secure Reflecting on the prospects for the document, and in particular its call for Evans' acquisition of Virgin is a posi- financial backing and mount a counter station, programme director Grace con- the abolition of advertising in public tive development for the U.K. commer-bid for the broadcaster, for whom he cludes: "Now, moving forward, we are broadcasting. The VPRT is currently cial radio industry, according to somewas working as breakfast presenter. independent. There was a feeling that inviting comments from its members programmers. "Any new player coming During one of his shows last month, he we didn't want someone looking over about the document before it becomes into the commercial radio market is announced on air that he had made an our shoulder." the organisation's official policy. Elton John and the Spice Girls net Billboard awards by Craig Rosen year, and Hot 100 Singles group ofof Un-Break My Heart). was the Notorious B.I.G.'s Life After Billboard Los Angeles bureau chief the year. Country legend Chet Atkins, the Death (Bad Boy/Arista). Young country chanteuse LeAnn recipient of the Century Award for Theevening'sothermultiple LAS VEGAS - U.K acts Elton John Rimes collectedartistof the year, distinguished creative achievement, award winner was Dru Hill, with and the Spice Girls were the sole album artist of the year, top countrywas unabletoattendthe showR&B single of the year for In My Bed European representatives on the win- artist, top country album artist, and because he is recovering from surgery. (Island), R&B artist of the year, R&B ners' rostrum at the 1997 Billboard top country singles sales artist awards. Elton John's Candle In The Windairplay artist, and R&B singles artist Music Awards, held at the the MGM Her album Blue (Curb) earned the top '97 (Rocket) was given a special award of the year. Other winners included Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. country album honours. Garth Brooks as the all-time best-selling single andThirdEyeBlind,whoseSemi - Theshow,broadcastliveon collected the artist achievement award. named single of the year. John wasCharmed Life (Elektra) was modern December 8 by the Fox TV network in Toni Braxton was named femalealso singles artist of the year and sin-rock track of the year, and Metallica, the U.S., opened with a version ofR&B artist of the year, and picked up gles sales artist of the year. as rock act of the year. Tony Bennett Spice Up Your Life by the Spice Girls, trophies for AC artist of the year, AC Puff Daddy was R&B singles sales won the top jazz artist of the year and album of the year winners with thesingle of the year for Un-Break My artist of the year, and received thetop jazz album awards. five -times platinum (5m copies) SpiceHeart (LaFacefArista), dance music rap track of the year award for I'll Be Assistance in preparing this story provided by (Virgin), as well as awards for new club play artist of the year and danceMissing You (Bad Boy/Arista) with Melinda Newman and Janine Coveney, manag- artist of the year, album group of the music club play single (for the remix Faith Evans. R&B album of the year ing editor of Billboard's R&B Airplay Monitor.

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Mainland European records breaking out of their country of signing On December 9, BMG Entertainment G/S/A laid

CountryOf the foundations for its new Munich headquarters TW LW WOC Artist/Title Original Label Signing TS during a ceremony attended by BMG Entertainment chairman Michael Dornemann 1 2 14 EROS RAMAllOTH/QUANTO AMORE SEI/CUANTO AMORE ME DAS (DDD) ITALY 53 and BMG Entertainment G/S/A president Thomas M. Stein. The building is expected to cost some 2 4 14 Sash!/Stay (Byte Blue) BELGIUM 49 DM150 million ($84 million); BMG's 500 employees ®5 5 Warren G & Sissel/Prince Igor (Mercury) GERMANY 43 in Munich hope to move in December 1999. With an eye to expansion, the new BMG building has 4 3 7 Robert Miles/Freedom (DBX/Deconstruction) ITALY 62 space for 850 employees-it's expected to be full by the end of the year 2000. 5 1 16 Aqua/Barbie Girl (Universal) DENMARK 43 AtlanticRecords co-chairmanAhmet 6 639 Lutricia McNeal/Ain't That Just The Way(Siljemark/CNR) SWEDEN 47 Ertegun is to be honoured at Midem in Cannes next month. An invitation -only Man Of The Year / dinner will be held on January 19 as a salute to (77) 7 4 Sweetbox/Everything's Gonna Be Alright (RCA) GERMANY 33 Ertegun, who co-founded the label 50 years ago. t Alejandro Sanz's fourth album Mcis (WEA) ® 8 4 Gala/Come Into My Life (Do It Yourself) ITALY 22 has been on top of the charts in Spain for 13 straight weeks, selling sold more 9 9 24 Wes/Alane (Saint George/Columbia) FRANCE 22 than600,000unitsenroute. 13 4 Robyn/Show Me Love (Ricochet/RCA) SWEDEN 12 Warner Music Spain chairman 0 Saul Tagarro reckons 13 weeks at 012 4 Bootsy Collins/I'm Leavin' U (WEA) GERMANY 18 No.1 has seta new record in Spain, but he has no way of check- 12 11 6 Lutricia McNeal/My Side Of Town (Siljemark/CNR) SWEDEN 11 ing this. Spanish IFPI affiliate 13 10 9 Da Hool/Meet Her At The Love Parade (Kosmo/Ariola) GERMANY 9 AFYVE does not have a record of the relevant figures and apparent- 0>NE Bell Book & Candle/Rescue Me (Ariola) GERMANY 19 ly, neither does charts compiler ALEF-Millward Brown. It's widely assumed that therecord run 15 3 Gala/Let A Boy Cry (Do It Yourself) ITALY 13 0 was held by Mecano's1991album Aidalai 21 6 Andreas Dorau/Girls In Love (Motor) GERMANY 14 (Ariola)-however, OTR hears that nobody at 0 BMG-Ariola has been able to find out how many 17 17 2 Aqua/Doctor Jones (Universal) DENMARK 18 consecutive weeks that particular album was at No.1. For the record, according to back issues of 18143 Espen Lind/When Susannah Cries (Universal) NORWAY 11 M&M, Aidalai topped the (then Gallup -compiled) 25 2 Eros Ramazzotti & Tina Turner/Cose Della Vita (DDD) ITALY 7 AFYVE charts from weeks 27-39 inclusive. That's 0 13 weeks, so maybe WEA should keep the cham- 20 1623 Robyn/Do You Know (What It Takes) (Ricochet/Ariola) SWEDEN 5 pagne on ice for another seven days? 21 2024 2 Eivissa/Ooh La La La (Club Tools) GERMANY 9 Carl Watts, music programmer at CLT- UFA owned French national CHR network Fun 2222 3 Era/Ameno (Mercury) FRANCE 5 Radio has exited the network, following in the footsteps of scheduling director Jean Isnard 024 3 Jean -Jacques Goldman/On Ira (Columbia) FRANCE 11 and president Benoit Sillard, who departed 241815 Fool's Garden/Probably (Intercord) GERMANY 14 last month. Watts, who declined to comment on the situation, is launching his own music con- 0 REMichael Learns To Rock/I'm Gonna be Around(EMI-Medley) DENMARK 10 sultancy company. Next year's Echo Awards will take place on TW =This Week, LW = Last Week, WOC = Weeks On Chart, TS = TotalStations, NE = New Entry. RE = Re -Entry. Titles registering a significant point gain are awarded a bullet. 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Ctorts Sc rs world) - (31) 20 618 0516 Charts editor: Raul Cairo Francois Millet (France) - (33) 145 49 29 33 Billboard Music Group OTR hears that Paris -based radio network NRJ is Charts researchers: Menno Visser, Beth Dell'Isola (US Radio) - (1) 770 908 SinStavenes 8373; Lidia Bonguardo (Italy, Spain, Greece) looking to become involved in Norwegian station Production - (39) 362 54 44 24. President: Howard Lander Radio Extra in Nittedal near Oslo. Earlier this year, Sales & Marketing co-ordinator: Senior VP/general counsel: NRJ bought a stake in Radio Oslofiord, which can Production manager. Jonathan Crouch Claudia Engel Georgina Challis Designer: Dominic Salmon Circulation manager: Sue Dowman Vice presidents: Karen Oertley, be received in Oslo but only has a licence to broadcast Financial controller: Kate Leech Adam White Accounts assistant: Christopher Barrett to certain parts of the Akershus county. Radio Extra Austria: Susan L. 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The most aired songs in Europe's leading radio markets IW=This Week, LW=Last Week, WOC=Weeks On Chart, TS=Total Stations NJ UNITED KINGDOM GSA FRANCE

TW LW WOC Artist/Title Original Label TS TW LW WOC Artist/Title Original Label TS TW LW WOC Artist/Title Local Label

1 1 10 NATALIE IMBRUGLUVTORN (RCA) 19 1 1 8 DARIO G/SUNCHYME (ETERNAL/WEA)26 1 1 8 JEAN-JACQUES GOLDMAN/ON IRA (COLUMBIA) 2 3 3 Janet Jackson/Together Again (Virgin) 19 2 2 10 Bell Book & Candle/Rescue Me (Ariola) 25 2 2 12 Florent Pagny/Savoir Aimer (Mercury) 3 3 18 MC Solaar/Les Temps Changent (Polydor) 3 4 4 Verve/Lucky Man 17 3 4 6 (RCA) 17 (Hut) Sweetbox/Everything's 4 4 10 Janet Jackson/Got' Till It's Gone (V(EMIir&) 4 2 5 All Saints/Never Ever (London)20 4 6 3 Janet Jackson/Together Again (Virgin)23 5 5 11 Eternal/Winans/I Wanna Be The Only One ) 5 5 3 Boyzone/Baby Can I Hold (Polydor) 19 5 s-NESpice Girls/Too Much (Virgin) 19 6 6 10 Deni Hines/It's Alright (RCA) 6 16 2 Robbie Williams/Angels (Chrysalis) 17 6 5 5 Jon Bon Jovi/Janie, Don't Take (Mercury) 19 7 7 9 Texas/Blackeyed Boy (Mercury) 8 8 8 Oasis/Stand By Me 7 7 4 7 10 6 (SM) Louise/Let's Go Round Again (EMI) 18 Warren G & Sissel/Prince Igor (Mercury)21 9 9 12 The Verve/Bittersweet Symphony (Delabel) 8 17 2 Bryan Adams/Back To You (A&M) 17 8 12 3 Hanson/I Will Come To You (Mercury) 18 10 1010 Boyzone/Picture Of You (Polydor) 9 10 3 Jamiroquai/High Times (Sony S2) 17 9 11 3 Genesis/Shipwrecked (Virgin)17 11 11 8 Bootsy Collins/1'm Leavin' U (WEA) 10 8 5 Lightning Seeds/What You Say (Epic) 17 10 9 6 Pappa Bear/Cherish (Universal) 16 12 12 6 Puff Daddy/Been Arounds The World (Ariola) 13 13 11 Robyn/Do You Know (RCA) 11 18 2 Lighthouse Family/High 11 3 10 (Wild Card) 16 Backstreet Boys/As Long As (Jive) 18 14 14 12 Isabelle Caux/On Ne Pense A Rien (Epic) 12 11 3 Lutricia McNeal/Ain't That Just (Siljemark/CNR) 18 12 13 2 Bryan Adams/Back To You (A&M) 22 15 15 11 Blackstreet/Fix (Universal) 13 >NESpice Girls/Too Much (Virgin) 15 13 14 3 Awesome/Rumours (CNR) 14 16 16 13 Joe Cocker/N'Oubliez Jamais (C Balls) 14 6 3 M-People/Fantasy Island People/BMG) 17 14 18 5 N-Trance/I'm Sexy? (All Around The World) 17 17 17 12 Rolling Stones/Anybody Seen My Baby ( ) 18 18 10 Passi/Je Zappe Et Je Mate 2) 15 9 3 12 15 7 11 Spice Girls/Spice Up Your Life 17 Seahorses/You Can Talk To Me (Geffen) (Virgin) 19 19 10 Spice Girls/Spice Up Your Life (Virgin) 16 13 4 Various/Perfect Day (Chrysalis) 15 16 20 4 Savage Garden/To The Moon (Columbia) 13 20 20 15 I Am//Nes Sous La Kerne Etoile (Virgin) 17 s-NELevellers/Dog Train (China) 10 17 15 4 Gary Barlow/Open Road (RCA) 15 21 21 22 Axelle Red/Ma Priere (Virgin) 18 20 5 Mariah Carey/Butterfly (Columbia) 14 18 16 2 Sheryl Crow/Tomorrow Never Dies (A&M) 19 22 22 14 Aqua/Barbie Girl (Universal) 23 23 11 Menelik/Je Me Souviens (SMALL) 19 s-NEBrand New Heavies/Shelter 10 19 (ffrr) nRELutricia McNeal/Ain't That Just (Siljemark/CNR) 17 24 24 3 Da Hool/Meet Her At The Love Parade (Dance Pool) 20 nNESpace Brothers/Forgiven (Manifesto) 11 20 nNENatalie Imbruglia/Tom (RCA) 17 25 25 8 Etienne Daho/Soudain (Virgin) Compiled by M&M on the basis of playlist reports, using a weighted -scoring system, Compiled by M&M on the basis of playlist reports, using a weighted -scoring system, Data supplied by SNEP/IPSOS from an electronically monitored panel of national and based on audience size. based on audience size. regional stations. Songs are ranked by number of plays and weighted by audience. JL_ BENELUX ITALY 1I - bit TW LW WOC Artist/Title Original Label TS TW LWWOC ArtiaVTitle Original Label TS TW LW WOC Arbstrfitle Original Label TS

1 3 3 BRYAN ADAMS/BACK TO YOU (A&M) 20 1 2 10 BACKSTREET BOYS/AS LONG AS (JIVE) 13 1 1 6 BACKSTREET BOYS/AS LONG AS (JIVE) 12 2 4 5 Eagle -Eye Cherry/Save Tonight (BMG) 16 2 1 4 Hanson/I Will Come To You (Mercury) 13 2 2 12 Oasis/Stand By Me (Creation/Sony) 11 3 1 5 Hanson/I Will Come To You (Mercury) 17 3 3 2 Various/Perfect Day (Chrysalis) 9 3 3 5 Midge Ure/Breathe (Arista) 10 4 8 3 Janet Jackson/Together Again (Virgin)20 4 8 7 Eternal/Angel Of Mine (EMI) 12 4 4 6 Elisa/Labyrinth (Sugar/Polydor) 8 5 7 2 Natalie Imbruglia/Torn (RCA) 16 5 14 3 Run DMC/It'a Like That (PIAS) 10 5 6 7 Robert Miles/Freedom (DBX/Deconstruction) 9 6 11 6 Sheryl Crow/Tomorrow Never Dies (A&M) 14 6 6 9 Dario G/Sunchyme (Eternal/WEA) 10 6 9 4 Dario G/Sunchyme (Eternal/WEA) 7 7 9 4 Eternal/Angel Of Mine (EMI) 16 7 5 10 Wes/Alane (Saint George/Columbia) 9 7 14 2 Jimmy Ray/Are You Jimmy Ray? (Sony S2) 7 8 2 10 Backstreet Boys/As Long As (Jive) 14 8 10 2 Bryan Adams/Back To You (A&M) 8 8 7 4 Natalie Imbruglia/Tom (RCA) 7 9 10 8 Smash Mouth/Walking On The Sun (Interacope) 13 9 12 4 Celine Dion/Tell Him (Columbia) 9 9 10 3 Bryan Adams/Back To You (A&M) 7 10 6 9 Corra/Only When I Sleep (Lava/Atlantic) 9 10 9 2 Sheryl Crow/Tomorrow Never Dies (A&M) 8 10 12 2 Janet Jackson/Together Again (Virgin) 9 11 13 2 Sweetbox/Everything's (RCA) 13 11 11 4 Paul de LeeuwfK Heb Je Lief (BrommerpecliMpic) 6 11 11 8 N-Trance/I'm Sexy? (All Around The World) 6 12 15 7 SashYStay (Byte Blue) 13 12 15 3 Radiohead/No Surprises (Parlophone) 6 12 nNESweetbox/Everything's (RCA) 6 13 5 9 Dario G/Sunchyme (Eternal/WEA)14 1317 4 Brand New Heavies/You've Got (ffir) 7 13 195 Michael Bolton/The Best Of Love (Columbia) 9 14 1210 Lighthouse Family/Raincloud (Wild Card/Polydor) 12 14 19 8 Clouseau/Door De Muur (EMI) 7 14 8 3 Enya/Only If (WEA) 7 15 14 4 Boyzone/Baby Can I Hold (Polydor) 14 15 18 2 Jon Bon Jovi/Janie, Don't Take (Mercury) 7 15 17 8 Shola Ama/You're The One I Love (Freak Street/WEA) 7 16 20 2 Cue/Burnin (DHE) 7 16 20 2 Solid HarmonieXII Be There For You (Edel) 6 16 nNERobbie Williams/Angels (Chrysalis) 7 17 n NEVerve/Lucky Man (Hut) 8 17 4 8 Spice Girls/Spice Up Your Life (Virgin) 8 17 nNESpice Girls/Too Much (Virgin) 7 18 n NESolid Harmoniell'll Be There For You (Edel) 9 18 nNEGala/Come Into My Life (Do It Yourself) 7 18 15 2 Neri Per Caso/Quello Che Vuoi (Columbia) 7 19 16 2 Eros Ramazzotti/Quanto Amore/Cuanto (DDD) 8 19 1310 Sashl/Stay (Byte Blue) 8 19 1611 Aqua/Barbie Girl (Universal) 7 20 s- NEDaze/Tamagotchi (Epic) 11 20 n NEMariah Carey/Butterfly (Columbia) 8 20 18 2 Whamt/Everything She Wants '97 (Epic) 5

Compiled by M&M on the basis of playlist reports, using a weighted -scoring system, Compiled by M&M on the basisof playlist reports, using a weighted -scoring system, Compiled by M&M on the basis of playlistreports, using a weighted -scoring system, based on audience size. based on audience size. based on audience size.

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Tie LW WOC Artist/Title Original Label TS TW LW WOC Original LabelTS TW LW VOL ArtisCeitle Original Label

1 nREVERVE/1311 1ER SWEET SYMPHONY (HUT/VIRGIN) 2 1 2 2 JOE COCKER/TONIGHT (PARLOPHONE) 17 1 3 3 N-TRANCE/I'M SEXY? (ALL AROUND THE WORLD) 2 s-REAlejandro Sanz/Corazon Padro (WEA) 2 2 13 2 Perfect/Niepokonani (Polydor)14 2 15 3 Brand New Heavies/You've Got (ffrr) 3 20 5 Amistades Peligrosas/Nada Que Perder (EMI) 2 3 11 2 Piasek/Mocniej (Zic Zac) 14 3 4 7 Spice Girls/Spice Up Your Life (Virgin) 4 19 5 Finley Quaye/Sunday Shining (Epic) 2 4 1 3 Soyka/Nie Ma Drugiej Takiej (Pomaton)15 4 8 4 Dario G/Sunchyme (EtemallWEA) 5 17 2 Elton John/Recover Your Soul (Rocket) 2 5 19 2 T. Love/Jest Super (Pomaton)14 5 2 6 Backstreet Boys/As Long As (Jive) 6 16 3 Bryan Adams/Back To You (A&M) 2 6 n NEBell Book & Candle/Rescue Me (Ariola) 11 6 14 4 Lighthouse Family/Raincloud (Wild Card/Polydor) 7 15 3 Janet Jackson/Together Again (Virgin) 2 7 12 2 Bryan Adams/Back To You (A&M) 14 7 nNESmash Mouth/Walking On The Sun (Interacope) 8 nNERadiohead/No Surprises (Parlophone) 2 8 )- NEJanet Jackson/Together Again (Virgin) 12 8 6 4 Diana King/I Say (Work/Columbia) 9 14,5 Seguridad SociallAcuarela (G.A.S.A.) 2 9 15 5 Enya/Only If (WEA)14 9 5 3 LGT/Az Igeret Foldje (Ariola) 10 13 2 Sheryl Crow/Tomorrow Never Dies (A&M) 2 10 3 3 Aerosmith/Pink (Columbia) 13 10 9 5 Aqua/Barbie Girl (Universal) 11 nNEBabyface/Change The World (Epic) 2 11 9 4 Genesis/Shipwrecked (Virgin) 15 11 20 3 Csonka Andras/Alij Meg Kisiany (Ariola) 12 12 2 Greta Y Los Garbo/Vuelvo A Ti (Virgin) 2 12 n NE Sheryl Crow/Tomorrow Never Dies (A&M) 12 12 11 7 M-People/Fantasy Island (M People/BMG) 13 11 3 Ana Torroja/Partir (Ariola) 2 13 s- NERyszard Rynkowski/Spiewajaco (Pomaton) 12 13 16 3 Katrina And The Waves/Love Shin (Eternal/WEA) 14 >NEKetama/Huella De Una Dims (Mercury) 2 14 7 4 Chumbawamba/Amnesia (EMI)14 14 7 4 Savage Garden/To The Moon (Columbia) 15 >NEPulp/Help The Aged (Island) 2 15 17 2 Wham!/Everything She Wants '97 (Epic) 14 15 nNESly & Robbie/Night Nurse (East West) 16 10 2 Rosana/En Navidad (MCA) 2 16 n NECarreras/Gonillt/Hope For Us (Pomaton/EMI) 13 16 nREMichael Learns TR/Paint My Love (EMI -Medley) 17 9 6 Map/Necesito Oxigeno (Sony Music) 2 17 n NEDiana King/L-1-lies (Work/Columbia)12 17 12 3 Lisa Stansfield/The Line (Arista) 18 8 6 Enya/Only If (WEA) 2 18 8 4 De Mono/Paparazzi (Zic Zac) 15 18 184 Republic/Zaszlok A Szelben (EMI) 19 nNERicky Martin/No Importa La Distancia (Columbia) 2 19 20 4 Toni Braxton/How Could An Angel (Lance) 12 19 nRE Bikini/Csak Dolgozni (Hungaroton/Gong) 20 nNERevolver/El Peligro (WEA) 2 20 n NEDzem/Tylko Dla Wybranych (ABM) 10 20 nRE Eros Ramazzotti/Quanto Amore/Cuanto (DDD) Compiled by M&M on the basis of playlist reports, usinga weighted -scoring system, Compiled by M&M on the basis of playlist reports, usinga weighted -scoring system, Compiled by the Hungarian Commercial Radio Association on the basis of playlist based on audiencesize. based on audience size. reports, usinga weighted -scoring system, based on audience size.

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