The International Newsweekly of Mjsic, Video, and Home Entertainment September 11, 1999
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THE INTERNATIONAL NEWSWEEKLY OF MJSIC, VIDEO, AND HOME ENTERTAINMENT SEPTEMBER 11, 1999. the 1999 video music awards MTV's NIGHT AT THE OPERA $5.95 US $6.95 CANACO MADONNA as NORMA 3 > from Bellini 's opera 'Norma' www.americanradiohistory.com BR TNEY SPEARS as VIOLETTA VAUNT DAVID Bowl E MERHISTPHELES frcm Verdi's. Jpara 'La Traviara ' from Gounod:s op.ra 'Faust' live from the metropolitan opera I-ouse lincoln center hos:ed by chris rock thurs sept 9 @ 8 pm/7c www.americanradiohistory.com aw a V) w3 z O THE INTERNATIONAL NEWSWEEKLY OF MUSIC,11.011 VIDEO, AND HOME ENTERTAINMENT SEPTEMBER 11, 1999 R&D, Rap Aim To Cross `Digital Divide' BY GAIL MITCHELL a phrase that refers to the racial gap Albums chart debuted in the May 15 Gus Carlson, who notes that Mary J. LOS ANGELES -While R &B and in Internet access among whites, issue, only three R &B albums - Blige and Barry White are also far- rap account for 23% of offline record African -Americans, Hispanics, and TLC's "Fanmail," the "Wild Wild ing well. However, Barnes & Noble IM ME Of LUC - PRESENTS sales, according to the Recording other ethnic groups. West" soundtrack, whose music site launched in July- Industry Assn. of America, the suc- But while acknowledg- and Donna Summer's doesn't break out its online music A SUPERSTkR JAM WITH cess the genre experiences in the ing the gap exists, "VH1 Presents sales from the rest of the company brick -and-mortar realm has yet to Web site providers and ..." -have appeared sales. Nor does it categorize its sales translate to the online marketplace. label executives say on the chart. Of Ama- figures by genre. BONNIE RAil Industry watchers say a con- the Internet's aware- zon.com's top 25 sell- Violet Brown, Wherehouse's direc- tributing factor is the "digital divide," ness-building PR tool ers, only Macy Gray (Continued on page 98) is a more vital element appears on the list - JAC3ON BROWNE than online sales at at No. 25. this point. And artists But there are some Sony Presses view the Net as a conduit to more success stories. Gray is among the Beyond Builds COLVIN artistic control. R &B artists doing well at barnesand $HAN On With SACD Since Billboard's Top Internet noble.com, according to spokesman for The Future BY PAUL VERNA BY DYLAN SIEGLER BRUCE HOPNSBY NEW YORK- Taking the lead NEW YORK- Beyond in the contest to develop a sec- Butthole Surfers Resurface Records -which jumped into AND ond- generation digital sound the label fray in the fall of 1998, DAVID uwaEr Austin Iconoclasts Exit legal Morass, Sign To Surfdog/Hollywood carrier to succeed the CD, Sony hoping to ride the ripples left WITH WALLY INGRAM Corp. has unveiled plans to BY CHARLES M. YOUNG reissued their back catalog on their in the wake of a major -label launch software and hardware NEW YORK- Having slogged own label, Latino Bugger Veil. shake -up resulting from the in its audiophile Super Audio through a morass of legal The new manager is PolyGram/Universal merger- CD (SACD) platform. disputes for the past cou- NEWS ANALYSIS Dave Kaplan, who also is marking its first year with a 1r In the mean- ple of years, the Butthole manages Brian Setzer and signings SONY time, initial plans Surfers have found a new is president of Surfdog nitiaivs. for a fall launch of manager, negotiated their Records. "I met them in Among them is the more mainstream DVD release from Capitol and February or March," says an innovative eyon LIVE INTERNET BROADCAST Audio format appear to be on signed a joint recording Kaplan. "I don't know partnering with VH1 for Meat FROM REUROCKS AMPHITHEATER hold until late 1999 or early 2000, contract with Surfdog/ i? when it became official that Loaf's "VH1 Storytellers" SEPT. 12 '99 according to sources. Hollywood, become the 1 we were working together. album, tour, and home video. Sony Music Entertainment center of an intense ,t It was an evolutionary The label also has new projects SEE ISE EXCLUSIVE will release 19 SACD titles in debate about ethics in the s process. They don't easily due from underground sensa- PAYERVIEW September and October, while punk community, made a g welcome new people tion Jill Sobule, former Geffen BROADBAND Sony Electronics will add a sec- footnote in legal history by clarifying into their world, but I've always act Veruca Salt, and new label ond, lower- priced SACD player a gray area of copyright law, and (Continued on page 97) signings Lucy Pearl and James CONCERT to its previously announced flag- Michel, among others. 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