JANUARY 7, 2000 ISSUE 2286 THE MOST TRUSTED NAME IN RADIO -MUSIC TOP 40 Backstreet's Back... In a Big Way RHYTHM [i`i1 I Radio Knows Destiny's Name HOT AIC Sugar Ray Falls Up ALTERNATIVE Chili's Otherside is Hot COUNTRY Faith Greets Y2K at #1 URBAN Jay -Z Does it Again } NEWS Arbitron Delays Fall Book Release AMFM, CNET In Radio Venture Universal Wins 1999 Sales Battle Home of the / Seminar in Radio G2K in SF0-Feb. 16-20, 2000 From the Publishers of Music Week, MBI and fono A Miller Freeman Publication www.jessicaandrews.corrm www.dreamworksrecords.zom 0 1999 DREAMWORKS RECORDS NASI -VILLE www.americanradiohistory.com "how do you like me 00 Racing into the New M Ilennium www.tobykeith.com © 1999 mWorks Records Nashville www.dreamworksrecords.co www.americanradiohistory.com Sweethearts Don't Run "You cant be Hollywood's sweetheart if you're running from the cops." - JENNIFER LOPEZ COMMENTING TO NEWSWEEK, FOLLOWING A SKIRMISH AT A NEW YORK NIGHTCLUB IN WHICH BOYFRIEND SEAN "PUFFY" COMBS IS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING THREE PEOPLE. I'm Not the NRA I do nt x own a gun. I do not carry a gun. The charges and allegations against me are 100 percent false...I had nothing to do with the shooting in the nightclub." - Comm, Arbitron Delays AN I ER HIS ARREST AND SUBSEQUENT LAWSUIT FILED BY JULIUS JONES, ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO WAS SHOT. Fall Book Release Merit Scout "Frivolous and without merit." - COMBS' ATTORNEY, "The good news is that our sys- development of a new diary pro- HARVEY SLOVIS, COMMENTING ON THE LAWSUIT. tems are Y2K compliant." cessing system. That's the word from Arbitron For example, New York will now President Steve Morris, comment- have to wait until Feb. 1 for their ing on the ratings company's ratings and many markets will not Universal Wins 1999 Sales Battle Internet check over the New receive their scorecards until Feb. Of the five major U.S. music groups, Universal enjoyed the biggest piece of the sales pie last year, Year's weekend...but wait, there's 29, perilously close to the March helping itself to a 27 percent market share, well ahead of runner-up BMG, which grabbed 19 percent. more. "The bad news is that we 30 start of the Spring Sweep. Rounding out the the list are Sony (17 percent), Warner (14 percent), and EMI (eight percent). are moving along the start-up "We chose to push back the Overall, 774 million units were sold in the U.S. last year-a new record. The figure is up 1.6 in curve more slowly than we had release date order to give our percent from 1998. planned, which reduced our diary people the time they need to be The Universal group, which owns labels such as Island Def Jam, MCA, Universal, DreamWorks, processing throughput." What this sure diaries are processed proper- and Mercury had its largest hit with Limp Bizkit's Significant Other (Interscope), which was the sin- means is that stations in the 276 ly," Morris explained, noting that gle best-selling rock album last year, moving 4.95 million units. Universal's Interscope was also the markets that are expecting the the delay also applies to the home to Eminem and his Slim Shady LP which was the year's second best selling rap record. Fall '99 books to start arriving release of the Winter 2000 Phase 1 Shania Twain, who records for Mercury Nashville, sold 5.62 million copies of Come on Over. January 11 will have to wait an Arbitrends. All stations should The BMG group, which has Arista, RCA, and Jive under its umbrella, helped usher in the come- additional 21 days because of receive their books no later than back of the decade with classic rock journeyman Santana, whose Supernatural CD on Arista went unforeseen complications in the February 29, he said. through the roof, dominating airwaves in multiple formats and selling four million copies. A more predictable success story for BMG (and Arista) was provided by TLC who continued their winning streak with the four million -selling Fanmail. Nearly cornering the market on the teen crowd, BMG's Jive Records was home to the two biggest selling records of the year, the Backstreet Boys' AMFM, CNET In Radio Venture Millennium (9.45 million) and Britney Spears' Baby One More Time. Youth was also served by Christina Aguilera (RCA), who went from an unknown to a household name, and could be the AMFM Inc. and CNET, Inc. have out nationally by the end of 2000. group's next superstar. She sold 3.66 million copies of her debut. announced that they are working Under terms of the agreement, The Sony group, home to Columbia, Epic, 550 Music, and C2 had their best success with on a joint venture to create CNET CNET and AMFM initially will albums by Ricky Martin (5.98 million), the Dixie Chicks, Will Smith, the Offspring, Mariah Carey and Radio, billed as "the first all -tech share, and AMFM will cross -pro- Lauryn Hill-all Columbia acts who landed in 1999's Top 50 seller list. Epic added to Sony's share radio format," to produce daily mote CNET Radio on its other sta- with Celine Dion's greatest hits package (2 million) and Korn's Issues. tech -focused news radio program- tions in San Francisco-and in The Warner Music Group (Atlantic, Elektra, Warner/Reprise, Maverick) had Atlantic to thank for ming for stations throughout the other markets, as the service its biggest seller, Kid Rock's Devil Without a Cause, which moved 4.26 million copies. Believe, from U.S. The format, which will run expands. Programming details are Cher (Warner Bros.) sold 2.7 million. from the start of morning drive to still being worked out, but CNET Million sellers for EMI Music Distribution (Capitol, Capitol Nashville, Priority, and Virgin) came the end of afternoon drive, will says it is hiring a dozen staffers in from older records, such as Garth Brooks' 1998 -released Double Live CD. Virgin's best success debut on AMFM's KNEW/AM in San the Bay Area to create a wide range story was Lenny Kravitz' 1998-releassed CD, 5. Priority's Snoop Dogg scored big in sales for No Francisco, and is expected to roll of shows. Limit Top Dogg. CONTENTS FORMAT SECTIONS COUNTRY 29 NEWS The State of Radio: Past and Future TOP 40/RHYTHM CROSSOVER 7 Arbitron Delays Fall Book 3 AMERICANA© 33 Holiday Foto Fest AMFM and CNET in Web Radio Deal 3 Making Tracks: New Chart on the Way RAP 12 Universal W ns 1999 Sales Battle 3 TRIPLE A 35 Hot Nix: Word on the Street Santana Leads Grammy Nominations 4 David Crosby Still Needs CPR URBAN/URBAN A/C 15 RADIO@LARGE 4 JAZZ/SMOOTH JAZZ & VOCALS 41 Creative Bullet Points for 2000 "No Year's Resolution" In Praise of Latin Jazz A/C, HOT A/C 21 RATINGS & RESEARCH 6 GAviN's New G2 Hot NC Panel Willhight Research-A Ratings Alternative ALTERNATIVE 25 The Early Sounds of 2000 Miller Freeman IZ A United Newa & Media company ©2000 GAVIN January 7, 2000 gavin 3 www.americanradiohistory.com RADIOQLARGE Santana Nabs 11 Grammy Noms "No Year's Resolutions" Carlos Santana trounced the competi- tion this year by pulling down eleven BY PAIGE NIENABER Eastern Standard Time versus with, advises Petitjean, who Grammy nominations in ten categories Pacific Standard Time and went to entered into a relationship with the for his comeback album Supernatura issue GAVIN By the time this of the arena at 8 p.m. California time. promoter of a first-time festival who (Arista). He earned nominations in the will floats across your desk, you Missing the concert was just one of failed to pay vendors and artists. coveted Record of the Year and Album have already reneged on 68 percent the calamities suffered by the win- of the Year categories, as well as nods of your New Year's resolutions. ners, who spent three days sitting Loren Condron, Marketing Director, in the Rock Album, Rock Duo or Group, It was nice that you were intro- in their hotel room, afraid to leave. KEGL & KDMX-Dallas Rock Instrumental, Pop Duo/Group, aid spective enough to find areas of "They were real happy though. It wasn't an event but one of the two nominations in the Pop Collabora- improvement in yourself. But who They got to go on a plane ride!" on -site contests that had promo tion with Vocals category. really has the energy to follow laughs Sheehan. staff dry heaving in the bushes. TLC earned six nominations for their through with it? That's why I chose "We do the White Trash Bash every album Fanmail, while the Dixie Chicks as my resolution, no resolutions. Mike Oliviero, Promotion Manager, year on The Eagle. It's grown from and Asleep at the Wheel each earned Not that I'm perfect. I've just 98 Rock -Tampa a bar gig to a block party that drew five nominations. become comfortable with my faults "We did a takeoff on ESPN's X 3000 last year. It's a blast that cele- Nominations in major categories include: and any change in their status Games a couple years back called brates all that's good about living in RECORD OF THE YEAR would send my world crashing out the XXX Games. The games were the Sbuth. "I Want It That Way," Backstreet Boys of control. Contests in the past have includ- (Jive) so "Believe," Cher (Warner Bros.) On a professional level, we've "We had fifteen or people ed Least Teeth, Brother and Sister "Livie' La Vida Loca," Ricky Martin all encountered things that we'd Kissin', and the Pregnant Bikini showing off their scars.