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Chemistry - Japan's top R &B male vocal duo who made a splendid debut selling over 3 million copies of their first , followed by the honor of taking part in the official song of 2002 FIFA World Cup. On last Saturday night of March 2009, commemorating the release of "a CHEMISTRY joint album ". a collectión of the collaborations the unit had done with famed artists. brands and events through its entire musical career, Chemistry gave a thrill to Billboard Live Tokyo with a special show under the same title. Many of the guest artists in the album showed up on stage to celebrate tha..release and enjoyed performance with the two outstanding singers. The lucky audience of the night, who won the amazingly keen contest after more than 10.000 entries for only 50 pairs of free admission tickets, were fascinated to their hearts' content with.each and every moment of the literally unprecedented. incomparably luxurious live, as it were~a "prpmiúm" performance by the superb duo and tile guest celebrities.

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www.americanradiohistory.com THE LATEST NEW KID IN TOWN DUTCH TREAT 'HICKORY' WIND HITSWLLE U.K. SHIP AHOY NEWS Flex leads winners at imagers Sc radies IFPI's .10 Oliver on the FROM ' Latin Music Awards & Hammerstein catalog Eibott 'r in album break B arket Pirate Bay verdict » >IFPI: U.S. SALES SLUMP 18.6% Recorded -music sales -made up of trade value revenue from physical sales, digital sales and performance rights - decreased 18.6% year to year to $5 billion in the in 2008, according to new figures from the IFPI. The global decrease was 8.3 %, to $18.4 billion. The physical sales decline in the United States BY ANTONY BRUNO and ANDRE PAINE was 31.2 %, to $3.1 DIGITAL billion, compared with a global fall of 15.4 %, to $13.8 billion. For a full report, go to billboard.biz. The Dock » >COACH- ELLA POSTS Of The `Bay SECOND -BEST YEAR Jail Sentences In Swedish P2P Case The 2009 Coachella Mark New Stage In Anti -Piracy Battle Valley Music & Arts Festival rang up its When a Swedish court issued "The way that the service is second -best year, a guilty verdict in the Pirate Bay structured, in terms of link- with an aggregate trial, the immediate reaction ing, has ramifications for lots attendance of among many pundits and in- of other services," says Gre- 160,000, according Pryor, to producer Paul dustry critics was simple-it gor partner and digital Tollett, president of didn't matter. media specialist at the inter- Goldenvoice, a The Pirate Bay defendants national law firm Reed Smith division of AEG Live. have until May 8 to file their in London. "[The Pirate Bay The event was held appeal, which could take years founders are] April 17 -19 at the to resolve. And because the right -it does AXE Empire Polo Grounds court didn't order the site to have ramifi- Shiver me timbers: From left, Pirate Bay co- founders and in Indio, Calif. Tollett shut down, activity on it re- cations for FREDRIK NEIJ, GOTTFRID SVARTHOLM PETER SUNDE; inset: Judge TOMAS NORSTROM ' credits a lineup mains as high as ever. Accord- Google." commenting on the verdict. including Paul ing to the Web tracking firm Although McCartney, the Killers ous legal victory against a P2P effects of P2P activity on the and for the Alexa, the Pirate Bay ranks No. the Stock- success of this year's 103 among the most -trafficked holm district provider, remaining services . event, along with the Web sites in the world, just be- court decided have adopted different tech- " If this activity moved to the equity established hind Linkedln. it had juris- nologies and business strate- dark side of the net, that would with fans during the Swedish law won't establish diction in the gies to escape prosecution. be a major victory for the in- past decade. a precedent for the European case and declined the Pirate to eliminate optiors for peo- The consensus is that P2P dustry since it would mean Union (EU), let alone the Bay's request to refer the case ple to hang out just outside of services will eventually move that most individuals would >>>MYSPACE United States. And previous to the European Court of Jus- [the industry's] reach. When toward so- called "darknets " be unaware of how to access CEO TO EXIT - high -profile legal wins have had tice, Pryor says that because you start to eliminate high - private virtual networks acces- this material," Liebowitz says. MySpace co- founder/ only a fleeting effect on peer - of the case's broader ramifi- profile safe havens, it has a sible only on an invite -only "A small band of pirates trad- CEO Chris DeWolfe to- (P2P) activity as a psychological impact." basis and not as openly avail- ing intensely with each other is leaving the peer at best, cations, higher court company. According the services that shut down in "might allow reference to the Several BitTorrent trackers able as the broader Internet. is not the problem that to an announcement, their wake were quickly re- ECJ" during an appeal. An ECJ worldwide have already shut While darknets are harder to should worry movie studios DeWolfe's decision placed by new ones. ruling would set a precedent down in reaction to the case. track and control, let alone or record companies. Large to not renew his But the verdict strengthens in Sweden and for all other na- They include Nordicbits, Power - monetize, they're also less groups of mainstream users contract with the the recording industry's hand tional courts in the EU. bits and MP3nerds, with ru- widely used and therefore less of these sites is what leads to company was "by in several ways. Second, the verdict included mors rampant that dozens of of a threat, according to Stan industry declines." mutual agreement" First, it focuses attention on jail time for the principal ad- others are soon to follow. But Liebowitz, an economics pro- with News Corp. the notion that services can be ministrators, the longest ever these are smaller operators that fessor at the University of Texas Additional reporting by Glenn chief digital officer held liable merely for pointing awarded under Swedish copy- individually have little impact. at Dallas, who has studied the Peoples in Nashville. Jonathan Miller. The company didn't users to where they can find right law and certainly the most Larger services like Mininova- specify when unauthorized copyrighted ma- high profile of other recent more popular than even Pirate 2000 Nap - piracy -related Bay in terms of Web traffic, Visit billboard.biz /digital for more on the verdict DeWolfe will step terial. Whereas the sentences. .bi down and noted that ster verdict disallowed hosting "Each time one of these ranking No. 88 on the Alexa list from Reed Smith's Gregor Pryor and Elisabeth he will continue to P2P files and the 2005 Grokster perceived safe havens become -remain active anc defiant. Hoffnell, an attorney at the law firm of Advokatfirman serve on the board case made liable the act of dis- a little less safe, I do think it This leads to a third key as- Lindahl in Stockholm. of MySpace China tributing technology with the has an impact," says Eric Gar- pect of the verdict: Ii could rep- and as a strategic intent to encourage infringe- land, CEO of the P2P track- resent another step in the IFPI general counsel Jo Oliver talks about the Pirate adviser to the ment, the Pirate Bay verdict tar- ing service BigChampagne. gradual marginalization of Bay verdict in a Billboard Q &A on page 17. company. gets search and linking. "Cumulatively, you're trying P2P services. After each previ-

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» >EMI, SONY/ ATV WIN BIG AT THE TIES ASCAP AWARDS Stargate's Mikkel Eriksen and Tor Hermansen were named songwriters of THAT Something to talk about: The the year at 26th BIND the annual ASCAP Latin Music Conference's Execs At Latin Music Conference presidents panel included (from Awards, held April 22 at Urge Artists To Think Long Term left) Universal Music the Renaissance Latino /Machete president WALTER KOLM, Telemundo Hollywood Hotel in In addition to the usual parties, panels payday, but with the right relationship Hollywood. ' Communications Group president and showcases, this year's Billboard you'll get more than money." DON BROWNE, Fonovisa /Disa hit "Bleeding Love," Latin Music Conference in Miami was A refrain heard at the con- president GUSTAVO LOPEZ and written by Jesse CAMILO LARA, chairman of EMI full of relationship advice. ference McCartney and Ryan was that labels and artists should Mexico /Televisa EMI and head of Tedder, was named Don't let your ego get in the way of a think about how their music can fit into A &R at EMI Latin America. Left, song DON OMAR speaks during his good sponsorship. Be a flexible negoti- a brand's -term strategic of the year. The long goals, rather keynote Q &A. publisher of the year ating partner when considering synch - than focus on getting a big check right award was presented to licensing deals. And let your fans know away. Ed Gold, advertising director for One artist whose ethos is deeply EMI Music Publishing how much you love them-preferably State Farm Insurance, suggested that rooted in connecting with fans and Sony/ATV Music with bonus content. more limited uses of music should com- through technology is Don Omar, Publishing, as both Ed Ruth, director of digital content mand a smaller fee that can then grow who was the conference's keynote companies tied with 20 and programming at Verizon Wireless, depending on how it's featured in a cam- Q &A. The artist is releasing an award -winning songs bristled at the term `sponsorship," em- paign. "Giving it away is not the answer, each. iPhone app, a USB drive with phasizing that successful brand part- but maybe starting at a lower level and bonus content and a code for a » >BMI TO nerships are built over time. Ruth noted building up to something is," he said. lease the soundtrack to the hit soap "Sin bonus track with Daddy Yankee on the HONOR NEWMAN that Verizon 's ties with regional Mexi- Telemundo Communications Senos No Hay Paraiso." CD release of his new album, "I DON," Composer David can stars Los Tigres del Norte have de- Group president Don Browne said Mega TV executive VP /chief cre- which will arrive April 28 on Machete. Newman will receive veloped over four years, and the two Spanish -language media exposure of- ative officer Cynthia Hudson said the The urban music star said he "wanted BMI's Richard Kirk sides recently agreed to expand their fers a lot of inherent value to artists costs of licensing original music had to create a formula of being in control Award for outstanding partnership with a mobile EP, tour sup- looking to break in the Latin market. halted a karaoke -style show and a and being in contact with each person career achievement May port and other promotions (see Latin He said Beyoncé agreed to accept a rel- dancing competition on the fledgling who made me what I am today." 20 at its annual Film & Notas, page 12). atively low fee for her theme song network. But Mega was able to work Omar said he checks the traffic on Television Awards. "Fifteen million dollars to sponsor (with Alejandro Fernandez) to the "El with the urban bachata group Aven- his Web sites when he wakes Newman is best -known up something with some hospitality and Zorro" for his scores for telenovela. tura on taping its Puerto Rico concerts every morning. comedic films, including some banners is not something I'm "She came to us not because she saw and using the clips extensively in var- "Music nowadays isn't about who "Throw Momma From looking to do," Ruth said. the immediate value, but because she ious programs. sings best," he said. "It's about, the Train" and "Bill and For a first branding tie -in, "build those wanted to cross over," Browne said. "The onus is on the industry to work `What am I giving to my fans so they Ted's Excellent bridges, and ultimately the money will The network is partnering with Uni- with us and on us to work with the in- go to their computers again and look Adventure." Hosted by come," he said. "It may not be the giant versal Music Latin Entertainment to re- dustry," Hudson said. for me ?' " ... BMI president /CEO Del Bryant and VP of film /TV relations Doreen Ringer Ross, the ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Flex Tops Billboard Latin Music Awards With Eight Wins awards honor the Propelled by the runaway success of his hit single winning honors for hot Latin song and top Latin Award, and Daddy Yankee, who received the Spirit composers of the top - "Te Quiero," Felix Danilo Gómez, the Panamanian grossing films and top - album of the year. His "romantic reggaetón" of Hope Award for his humanitarian work. Present- rated TV programming DJ / better -known as Flex, was the big win- style -a mellower, more pop -leaning variation ing the statuette to Santana was Maná, which has of 2008. ner at the 2009 Billboard Latin Music Awards pre- on reggaetón's dembow beat -earned him the recorded and toured with the rock legend and per- sented by State Farm. Latin rhythm album of the year, solo honor for formed with him during the show. » >PARADIGM Flex took home eight awards, including hot Latin his debut album, "Te Quiero." Label and publishing awards were given out EXPANDS song, Latin ringmaster and hot Latin song of the Reggaetón hitmakers Wisin & Yandel won the April 22 at the Billboard Bash. Espinoza Paz, who CHRISTIAN year, male. His multiple wins as a newcomer were award for Latin rhythm album of the year, FOOTPRINT duo last month won BMI's Latin of the all the more remarkable given that he was up or group for "Los Extraterrestres." year award, took the Billboard trophy for song- Paradigm acquired the against a number of established acts. The 2009 Billboard Latin Music Awards took writer year. Christian music booking of the Fellow Mexican Armando Avila was agency Third Coast the second -biggest win- place at the BankUnited Center in Miami and aired won for producer of the year while Paz's pub- Artists Agency and will ner at the April 23 awards show, prevailing in six live on the Telemundo network. The show featured lishing company, Editora Arpa Musical, captured incorporate it into the categories, including hot Latin songs artist and performances by such acts as Wisin & Yandel, Akon, the publisher of the year honor. Warner/Chap- firm's Nashville office. Latin album of the year for "95/08," a greatest -hits Don Omar and Maná, as well as Ruben Blades and pell Music was selected as the publishing cor- Third Coast president compilation that included two new tracks. his legendary band, Seis del Solar. poration of the year. Mike Snider will bring The star urban bachata band Aventura took Special awards were given to Carlos Santana, In the label of the year categories, his entire team and home four awards, including top Latin album of who was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Latin won hot Latin songs label of the year and roster into the Paradigm the year, duo or group. The Mexican rock act Maná tropical albums label of the year, while Universal Nashville fold, including also snared four awards, including hot Latin song Music Latin Entertainment took the top Latin al- such acts as Audio of the year, duo or group, for its remake of the bums label of the year category, as well as the Latin Adrenaline, Mercy Me, Marco Antonio Solis hit "Si No Te Hubieras Ido." Jeremy Camp and Chris pop, regional Mexican and Latin rhythm albums Sligh. Paradigm has Jenni Rivera, Vicente Fernández, Gloria Trevi label categories. Rapper Pitbull was the winner in offices in Beverly Hills, and Ivy Queen won two awards each, with Fernán- the newly created Latin digital download artist of New York, Nashville and dez winning top Latin albums artist of the year. the year category. Monterey, Calif. Its Flex's success as a newcomer evoked memo- Finalists and winners of the Billboard Latin Music roster of music acts ries of Son by Four, which as a new act won seven Awards are determined by their performance on includes , the Billboard Latin awards in 2001, thanks to its hit the Billboard charts, as measured by Nielsen , "A Puro Dolor." Flex's "Te Quiero" won in the SoundScan and Nielsen BDS during a one-year pe- Eyed Peas, the Black tropical and Latin rhythmic categories and also riod from the issue dated Feb. 9, 2008, through Aerosmith, the Dead swept the newly launched new artist categories, the Jan. 31, 2009, issue. -Leila Cobo and .

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www.americanradiohistory.com THE LATEST NEWS BY ED CHRISTMAN FROM )V tion technology," they wrote. The letter says ADA's broader service Warner's New Alternative offering will include global physical and online »,JONES TO Indie Distributors Consolidate As WMG Folds Ryko Into ADA , a white -label RECEIVE retail store solution for independent la- HITMAKER account In a response to declining CD sales, counts and service those retailers through marketplace. In 2008, ADA had a 2.8% bels, increased nontraditional AWA R D will fold Ryko Dis- telemarketers, sources say. In addition, share of U.S. album and track- equiva- management, a dedicated in-house synch Tom Jones will receive tribution into its Alternative Distribu- some back -office functions at ADA and lent album sales, while Ryko had a licensing representative who will work the Howie Richmond tion Alliance subsidiary. WEA will be combined at WEA. 0.7% share, according to Nielsen with the WMG synch team, custom prod- Hitmaker Award at the As part ofthe move, ADA will handle all WMG acquired Ryko as part of its SoundScan. So far this year, ADA's mar- uct services, digital marketing tools and 2009 Songwriters Hall of 40th anniversary labels signed to Ryko, which has annual 2006 purchase of the label ket share stands at 3.04% while Ryko a range of health care benefits. Fame awards dinner, to be held U.S. sales ofabout $50 million. The transi- for $67.5 million. The label will con- is at 0.76 %, which means ADA will In trying to move beyond being an June 18 at the New York in the next 45 -90 tinue to operate and will now be dis- have about a 3.8% share once the indie distribution to a full -scale service tion is expected to occur Marriott Marquis Hotel. merger is completed. Billboard esti- provider to indie labels, a WMG source days, according to WMG sources. tributed by ADA. Since the mid -'60s, Jones vol- says the company will use its clout in Rykó s staffof about 25 employees will The decline of CD sales has hastened mates the merged ADA's U.S. sales has sold more than 100 be laid off and can apply for 12 new po- consolidation among independent dis- ume at about $200 million. the marketplace and offer the ADA indie million records, sitions that ADA will add to handle the tributors. Navarre sold its indie distri- In a letter to Ryko -distributed labels labels the ability to take advantage of nearly every form of extra volume. Ryko president Jim bution operation to Koch Entertainment, obtained by Billboard, WMG chairman WMG economies -of- scale. popular music from pop, Cuomo will serve as a consultant to ADA. now known as El Entertainment, in of independent music Andy Allen and ADA continues to expand its distri- rock and show tunes to In another development related to slid- 2007, while Alliance Entertainment shut ADA president Mitch Wolk said the firm bution operations, which by June will country, dance and ing physical sales, WMG's major -label down its Innovative Distribution Net- remains committed to independent la- offer services in Canada, the United techno. His string of hits includes "Thunderball," distribution company, WEA, will cut work in December. bels. The combined entity called ADA Kingdom, Germany and Sweden. the theme song for the 10 staffers who call on smaller ac- Meanwhile, ADA and Ryko appear will expand and strengthen key areas as In the United States, Ryko has been about James Bond film of the have a presence in the indie sales, label development and informa- known for its DVD catalog, which offers Reintegration time: SHOUT OUT OUT to growing same name; "Green an eclectic mix including slasher movies, OUT OUT, one group distributed by Ryko. Green Grass of Home," erotica, classic horror, documentaries, his highest- charting U.S. martial arts and other cult movie gen- single; "She's a Lady "; res, even though it had only one video "Delilah "; and "A Boy executive. Sources say ADA plans to cre- From Nowhere." ate a dedicated video sales staff, which will consist of a VP of sales and three or » >BEVONCE four people in the field. ANNOUNCES SUMMER DATES Beyoncé and her all - female band will kick off a 22 -date North American tour in June at New York's Madison QLJI=$'l'IONS music publishing assets? Square Garden and wrap It's changed tremen- with a four -night with ANDRÉ De RAAFF dously since the crisis. I residence July 30 -Aug. 2 remember a year ago that at Encore at Wynn in Las there were a lot of finan- Vegas. The Beyoncé I Am cial institutions who ... trek is co- sponsored by L'Oreal Paris and a it was launched by Dutch pension fund ABP and music publisher CP Masters were trying to buy pub- Barely year after General Mills and co- lishing rights as well. If BV, Imagem Music Group has made a big splash with its purchase of the Rodgers & Hammerstein produced by Live Nation last 25 Organization. you look at the and Music World The acquisition gives Imagem the rights to the songs and musicals of Richard Rodgers and Oscar years, a lot of financial Entertainment. Hammerstein II, including "The Sound of Music," "Oklahoma!," "South Pacific" and "Carousel." RHO people saw that music also represents songs by Irving Berlin, Rodgers' compositions with Lorenz Hart and other works. publishing was a great in- »>KEYSHIA Neither side disclosed the terms of the deal, the latest in a string of recent acquisitions for Im- vestment, a great asset. COLE UNVEILS agem. Last year, the company purchased the classical music publisher Boosey & Hawkes, as well Since the crisis, I think 20 -CITY TOUR The R &B singer Keyshia as Zomba U.K.,19 Music,19 Songs and BBC Catalogue, giving the publishing newcomer rights to 90% of these players are Cole announced the works by artists as varied as Igor Stravinsky and M.I.A. In an interview, Imagem CEO André de gone because they are dates for her A Different Raaff talked about his latest acquisition. more in need of cash. Me tour, which starts May 13 in Cincinnati and ends I Are you going to use this What are your plans for What parts of the Rodgers State Farm recently used a tual property. When came to June 20 in Los Angeles. the Rodgers & Hammerstein & Hammerstein Organization remake of "Sixteen Going On speak to them and wanted to acquisition as a platform for The 20 -city trek also will catalog? generate the most cash? Seventeen" in a TV ad. Do you explain how great music pur- U.S. expansion? make stops in , There are not really new plans The theatrical licensing busi- plan to do more synchronization chasing rights were in the long Yes. And not only to look at New York and Cole's that we think, "OK, this is what ness. You sometimes have a licensing? term, they had started their in- other properties but also to hometown of Oakland, we're going to do now." This great Broadway show and They have always been really vestigation with regard to in- have a fully- fleshed organiza- Calif., among others. It will include company is doing extremely maybe in two years, you don't careful and really sensitive with tellectual property already. tion here in America. We only performances by label - well, in terms of profit, in terms have a great Broadway show. what they wanted to do and what Because of that, it went rather had a Boosey fw Hawkes office mate Keri Nilson, the - NPS [net share], But schools are constantly play- they did not want to do. It is a quickly. They decided, "OK, in New York, which was com- of publisher's Dream and Bobby V. in terms of resales, in terms of ing musicals -that is going on very important part of our busi- let's start to work together." pletely specialized in classical We now have this or- doing new activities. So it's not forever and that is really huge ness. But I want to add that, as They manage about 200 music. Compiled by Chris M. like an old museum and these turnover. That combination of this catalog is so unique and so million euros ($263 million). ganization. We're going to hire Walsh. Reporting by copyrights are lying there and rights is huge. And of course valuable, I don't want to change A minimum 8% annual return some pop people because in Antony Bruno, Ed nothing is happening. It's the performance income, the the way we're going to exploit it. is something that they want to Europe we have a very big pop Christman, Marie! á opposite. We're keeping the music being used on radio sta- achieve from their invest- catalog and we need people Concepcion, Ann

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GROSS/ ARTIST(S) Attendance Venue, Date Promoter D$1,274,480 KENNY CHESNEY, MIRANDA LAMBERT, LADY ANTEBELLUM Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, 15,053 Conn., April 17-18 two sellouts Live Nation, The Messina Group /AEG Live $445,527 ROBIN THICKE, $8Z7..:::, Fox Theatre, , April 14, 16 7,019 Put Some Drive D 9.340 two shows Atlanta Worldwide Touring /AEG Live $435,065 98 ROCKFEST: DISTURBED, , CHEVELLE & OTHERS St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, 10,242 Fla., April 10 12.789 Ledge Entertainment In Your Country $420,471 , THE STILLS altar) Entertainment Centre 7,415 Frontier Touring Artists From Taylor Swift To George Strait Newcastle, Australia, March 22 sellout See Strong Ticket Sales $416,481 THE X FACTOR LIVE, SIGNATURE Brighton Centre, Brighton, 11,286 3A Entertainment $40 31/521.21 , March 6 -7 three sellouts Thanks to their middle-class fan base, $413,510 MOTLEY CRUE, HINDER, THEORY OF A DEADMAN, THE LAST VEGAS cross -generational appeal and correlation = ^($533493 Canador,) Copps Coliseum, Hamilton, 7,766 Live Nation with airplay, many music executives view Ontario, March 11 12,318 $407,648 tours as a barometer for the KINGS OF LEON, THE STILLS Westpac Arena, Christchurch, 8,934 Frontier Touring health of the overall concert industry. By New Zealand, March 29 sellout that yardstick, this year is shaping up $404,433 LIL WAYNE, T-PAIN, GYM CLASS HEROES, 1st Mariner Arena, Baltimore, nicely. The success in any 6,321 Live Nation, Haymon Front of touring eco- March 20 10.795 Entertainment, Up nomic climate depends on headliners, and $403,481 CELTIC WOMAN country is reaping the a benefits of laying Fox Theatre, Atlanta, March 24 -25 7,197 Madstone Productions solid artist development foundation dur- 9, 332 two shoves , ing the past decade. $400,143 JESSICA SIMPSON 10 y1 Center, Nampa, Idaho, 6,682 Live Nation What's especially encouraging about this Feb. 25 sellout year's country tours is that artists across a $398,700 LIL WAYNE, T-PAIN, GYM CLASS HEROES, KERI HILSON FedExForum, Memphis, 5,418 Freddie C Promotions wide range of demos are selling tickets. m March 22 '0.175 From Taylor Swift to George Strait, with $391,218 Dunkin' Donuts Center, Kenny Chesney, Toby Keith. Keith 5,167 BRE Presents Providence, R.1., Feb. 11 6.205 Urban. Rascal Flatts and Brad Paisley ® $389,337 , THE ALL- AMERIC4N REJECTS, HEY MONDAY in between, country has ticket sellers cov- 7,715 $555.76 Ater Arena, , Feb. 21 Frontier Touring ering a wide range of career stages and au- ® 8.203 BARRY MANILOW diences. When you add the two to three acts $380,926 Sovereign Center, Reading, Pa., $119.19/$19.99 5,412 BRE Presents opening for each of these headliners, that's CI Feb. 12 6.034 at least 20 country artists that will be play- $378,778 MOTLEY CROE, HINDER, THEORY OF A DEADMAN, THE LAST VEGAS Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, ing for large crowds this summer. $81.50/561.50 7,505 Live Nation, in -house ® Conn., March 13 7.605 TMG /AEG Live president Louis $376,409 MOTLEY CROE, HINDER, THEORY OF A DEADMAN, THE LAST VEGAS $93/52750 1st Mariner Arena, Messina says Chesney's ticket sales are on Baltimore, 7,743 Live March 14 11,046 Nation the same pace as last year, Strait sold out m :$370,967 LIL WAYNE, T -PAIN, GYM CLASS HEROES, KERI HILSON 55,000 seats in the new Dallas Cowboys sta- Cox Convention Center $149/$34 6,207 Live Nation, Haymon Entertainment dium within an hour and Swift is the m , March 23 10,391 biggest thing I've ever been involved with, $365,399 MIKE EPPS $5625/$39.75 Fox Theatre, Atlanta, April 17 6,650 Bay Area Productions selling out in minutes." ® 9.134 Similarly, Brian O'Connell, president of m$361,005 NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK, JABBAWOCKEEZ $75/$35 country touring for Live Nation, is Sommet Center, Nashville, March 16 6,000 more than 8.626 Live Nation, in -house encouraged by the ticket counts he's seeing $359,181 0 for ) his company's country shows this summer. build Chesney, Chesney helped build Rascal Via Funchal, São Paulo, Brazil, 5,642 Evenpro Feb. 3 sellout /Water Brother, Mondo Entretenimento "I think the way it's going to play out is the Flatts, Rascal Flatts helped build Paisley and the JEFF DUNHAM true have -to- have -the -row, $358,737 -front first-in- line -to- chain goes on. It also helps that country radio St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, 9,113 in-house get- tickets fans, they're buying like they always isn't fragmented like other genres, O'Connell Fla., March 22 9,977 would," O'Connell says. "It's going to be that notes. "In rock you've got classic rock, metal, $357,413 NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK, JABBAWOCKEEZ Giant middle where 30 Center, Hershey, Pa., 5,634 Live Nation area people will hang on to their pop rock with radio stations that tailor them- I: March 20 9.461 dollars a little longer." selves to individual pieces of a specific genre," $356,517 BARRY MANILOW O'Connell says the one thing he does know he says. "In country you have country." Wachovia Arena, Wilkes- Barre, 5,263 Pa., Feb. 5 6,150 BRE Presents for sure is country music fans still want to see O'Connell believes this cohesiveness helps cross - $325,729 , BILLY CURRINGTON, BRANDON YOUNG live shows. "It's not a matter of, promote shows. "In Raleigh, N.C., $4650/53550 Target Center, Minneapolis, April 17 7,272 AEG Live 7, 522 'Are we going to carve out coun- we're coming five times a year," he ® SLIPKNOT, , TRIVIUM try music as part of our entertain- o n The says. "One party is hosted by Toby, $322,426 The Forum, Inglewood, Calif., 7,222 Goldenvoice /AEG Live ment budget ?' They want to Road one party is hosted by Flatts, one is li March 7 10,031 come, big time, at the right ticket hosted by Brad, one is hosted by $318,284 YOUNG , LUDACRIS & THE DTP FAMILY, RICK ROSS & OTHERS price," he says. WAD DELRAYL Kenny, and the guests are the coun- Philips Arena, Atlanta, April 5 5,428 Smooth Entertainment 4.044 ® 8,312 So how do you determine that try music fans in Raleigh. Andthat's $317,244 I MOTLEY CRUE, HINDER, THEORY OF A DEADMAN, THE LAST VEGAS price? "Pay attention to every- how we promote these shows: $75/529 50 umberland Co. Civic Center, 5,510 Live Nation m ortland, Maine, March 18 6.419 thing else that's in the market," 'Here's what we're doing from April BARRY MANILOW O'Connell says. "Birmingham to September, plan your summer m$316,214 $99.50/$19.99 Verizon Wireless Arena, 4,0 8 BRE Presents , N.H., Feb. 4 6,0140 [Ala.] is different from Baltimore, calendars accordingly.' " Southern is different from Phoenix. In the meantime, O'Connell, like the rest of $315,647 MOTLEY CRUE, HINDER, THEORY OF A DEADMAN, THE LAST VEGAS Erie Civic Center, Erie, Pa., 6,069 Live Nation Unless you're Taylor Swift or someone who's the business, is watching the daily ticket counts. March 7 6.221 white -hot right now, it's not one -size -fits -all." "We're all paying close attention to what the $314,552 THE X FACTOR LIVE National Odyssey Arena, Belfast, 8,305 Aiken Promotions tour promoters in general have in fans are saying, because ifwe don't, if our ticket Northern , March 18 sello_t the past been accused of cookie -cutter pricing, prices are too high, they're going to tell us very $306,525 HOT 97 APRIL FOOL'S COMEDY FESTIVAL: SOMMORE & OTHERS but O'Connell insists that's not the case. "The quickly they're just not going to buy the tick- WaMu Theater at Madison Square 5,448 Marquee Concerts il Garden, New York, April 1 sellout economy in Tampa [Fla.] and the economy in ets," he says. "If you see the lawn selling faster PAQUITA LA DEL BARRIO West Palm are two $302,625 completely different ani- than the reserve tickets, you know they want to Gibson Amphitheatre, Universal 5,969 i City, 14 Live Nation mals," he says. "I'm not saying one market is come -they just can't fit it into their budget Calif, March sellout $50 and one is a quarter. I'm saying you have right this second, or they decide to sit on the 13 $302,397 THE POGUES . '. Roseland Ballroom, Z50 New York, 5,833 Live Nation to have different options for people." hill this year. We watch everything." March 13 -14 6,711 two shows Another key for country is the way support- $301,576 ing slots clearly lead to headlining status. Strait For 24/7 touring news and analysis, see i Beacon Theatre, New York, 5,590 Metropolitan Talent Presents .LJIL billboard.biz /touring. April 3 -4 two se louts helped build Tim McGraw. McGraw helped i$297.559 DENIS LEARY, LENNY CLARKE, ADAM FERRARA Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, 7,644 in Conn., March 28 sellout Live Nation, -house

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www.americanradiohistory.com are signed to Sony Music Latin. "This particular marriage of a retail partner such as Veri- Loud And Clear zon, which supports both sales Verizon Takes Aim At Regional Mexican Market With Los Tigres Del Norte of content and our capacity to create bigger touring for the PERSONAL LAUNCHES Despite the slow growth of the Camila, this time we looked at Tigres del Norte, tied to stream. This is a growing mar- artist," says Lorenzo Braun, `PLAN MUSICA' Latin market, regional Mexican and said, their tour and the release of ket and those that cater to this VP of digital business for Sony On the heels of launching its the market for over-the -air full - 'This is really speaking to peo- their new album, due in Sep- consumer base will experience Music, "is sort of an answer to over -the -air full -track store, the track downloads is growing ple nationwide,' " says Ed Ruth, tember on regional Mexican increased sales and customer the 360 approach [Sony] has, Argentine wireless carrier Per- fast (Billboard, April 4). director of digital content and label Fonovisa, part of Uni- retention." involving every sonal has created a flat -rate Now Verizon Wireless, the programming for Verizon versal Music Latin Entertain- Although aspect of our music plan to introduce the largest Latin U.S. mobile carrier, is Wireless. "We realized there ment (UMLE). some aspects of business with Nokia 5800 Xpress handset preparing to use OTA down- was a need we weren't meeting Under the partnership, the Los Tigres Notas the artist." into the market. Personal's loads as a key element in an for our consumers." Verizon Wireless will begin campaign are LEILA For Fonovisa "Plan Musica" includes 200 text ambitious COBO marketing cam- As a major step toward selling an exclusive four -track still beingworked and Los Tigres, messages, 200 minutes and paign involving regional Mex- meeting those needs, Verizon mobile EP in July, which will out, Ruth says who are already 200 megabytes of data per ican music. announced April 22 a market- be the first element of a mul- the purchase of one of the most month for 99 pesos ($27), in- "In the past we've looked at ing partnership with the re- titiered campaign that will the mobile EP successful tour- cluding transmission costs. The crossover acts like and gional Mexican icons Los also include Verizon's spon- will come with ing Latin groups plan also includes 100 full -track Rhinestone cowboys: LOS TIGRES DEL NORTE sorship of Los Tigres' tour and special privileges. in the United downloads per year. The plan other promotional support For example, fans might be States, the campaign under- will be limited to the Nokia through Verizon print ads and automatically entered into scores the growing impor- 5800 Xpress at first but will radio spots. contests that will allow them tance of the digital and mobile likely become available on oth- The deal is "a major to meet Los Tigres at venues business for UMLE as a whole ers in the future, according to step in consolidating the around the country. Fans and for Disa and Fonovisa, Aliado Digital. The cost of the genre's positioning in the who've purchased any Los Ti- which focus on regional Mex- Nokia 5800 Xpress, a touch - digital music gres content through their ican music. screen optimized for music, is world," says - Verizon phone will be able to Overall, mobile content 1,299 pesos ($353) and in- tavo López, purchase tickets to the act's sales for UMLE went up more cludes a preload of the Killers' president of the concerts the same way. than 20% in 2008. While mas - album "Day & Age" (Universal). Disa and Fono- The campaign is similar to tertones account for the bulk visa labels. what Verizon did last year with of that, OTA full -track down- LU STEPS OUT FOR "Seventy -five the Mexican pop group Camila loads are growing, and one out CARESS percent of re- and, to a lesser degree, its cur- of four digital tracks that The Colombian tropical -pop gional Mexican digi- rent partnership with the pop UMLE sells is OTA, compared star Fanny Lu has kicked off her tal and mobile sales trio Reik. Verizon is sponsor- with as few as one out of 10 in spokeswoman duties for Caress come through mo- ing 10 shows on Reik's tour the general market. . -. Skinwear body washes with the bile phones, which and providing exclusive con- rollout of a U.S. radio spot featur- is almost For 24/7 Latin news the exact tent and interactive opportu- and analysis, see ing her current No. 1 Hot Latin .biZ opposite of main- nities for fans Camila and Reik billboard.biz /latin. Songs track, "Tu No Eres Para Mi." The campaign also includes personal appearances. The cam- paign was brokered by the Los Angeles -based Axis Agency. Will play for beer: KINKY TIEMPO LIBRE TEAMS MALT WITH CAFÉ BUSTELO ROCK Café Bustelo is changing its de-

sign on 1 million coffee cans be- Cerveza Indio ity Casino Leonístico. Molo- free song downloads Taps Bands For ginning in late April to feature tov, Kinky, Los Amigos Invisi- and video interviews an image of the Cuban music Ad Campaign bles, Sussie 4 and other alter- from about two dozen group Tiempo Libre. The re- native bands will play the Mexican indie bands, design is set to coincide with the The Mexican beer brand show, whose co- sponsors in- as well as a blog and May 5 release of the band's Cerveza Indio last decided clude Mentos, Ray -Ban, Pepsi a forthcoming music album, "Bach in Havana" (Sony year that it needed an image and Electropura water. (Pan - podcast. Masterworks). The partnership makeover. So it threw its teón Rococó is on a U.S. tour.) The Forza Fogoza between the label and Café support behind some un- Prior to its high -profile festival may visit other Bustelo's parent company likely candidates a for cor- rock campaign, Cerveza secondary and major Rowland Coffee Roasters in- porate endorsement: the Indio employed more dis- markets in Mexico, de- cludes a free download from anti -establishment rock creet branding tools like pre- pending on how the "Bach in Havana" band Molotov, the rock - paid phone cards and its ad- Querétaro show goes. atjavacabana.com, indie 1R group Kinky vertising emphasized the Ticket prices range as well as Bustelo- CAFE" and -ska - BUST the rock act Pan beer's taste and color more from $19 to $30. branded inserts in LUi teón Rococó. than a lifestyle, advertising While the beer com- Tiempo Libre's CD. Armed with the slogan "La and promotions head Polo pany is still deciding which ing and where its manage- tan Theater. The barter deal Cosa Es Buscarle" (The Thing Hernandez says. acts to support for its next ment is based. "We got "You can't see it as a direct also includes a Is to Find a Way), Cerveza "We did a study and de- campaign, it will continue to value from it as well as pay- correlation from one to the sponsored meet -and -greet and Indio featured the acts (as cided that for the consumer, focus on alternative music, ment," Nettwerk Manage- other," Gironda says, adding performance April 29 at Café well as actors) on billboards, music was relevant ... not Hernandez says. ment's Frank Gironda says, however that "seeing a 30- Bustelo's store in Miami's Gan - in in print ads and a series of only because he listens to For Kinky, the idea of noting that the extra expo- foot -high billboard of the sevoort Hotel, as well as the TV spots discussing their it, but because he's con- aligning with Cerveza Indio sure may have helped the band plastered around Mex- brand's presence at other search for creative inspiration. stantly in search of it," Her- was to raise its profile in its band sell out a recent show ico is not a bad thing." Tiempo Libre appearances. The Now, the campaign is expand- nandez says. home country. The band di- at Mexico City's Metropoli- -Ayala Ben -Yehuda partnership was initiated by ing to concerts, with the Forza To align itself with music vides its time between Mex- New York's BMF Media. EN ESPAÑOL: All the great Latin music Fogoza festival set for May 9 coverage discovery, Cerveza Indio ico and the United States, .COm you've come to expect from Billboard -in Spanish! -Ayala Ben -Yehuda at Querétaro's 10,000- capac- set up a Web site featuring where it has a strong follow- Billboardenespanol.com.

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www.americanradiohistory.com Join Billboard to celebrate the 300th episode Alternative Press of this pop culture phenomenon! Sony/ATV Hopes To Strike Gold Again With Hickory Imprint This Billboard magazine special feature will spotlight with: There's nothing better than pushing the enve- company splits net profit 50 -50 with Yamin, lope and having it come back stuffed with cash Rabhan says. One of the benefits of the deal was An Idol Overview Highlighting achievements by from sales of a hit album. being able to collaborate with other Sony /ATV past winners and runners up That's what happened when Sony /ATV Music songwriters and draw on the expertise of Strick Publishing issued Elliott Yamin's self-titled 2007 and Sony /ATV East Coast A &R VP Rich The Idol Creator A special Q &A with Idol creator debut album on its own Hickory Records label Christina. Both executives, along with Bandier, Simon Fuller and hit the jackpot with U.S. sales of 550,000 are "great song" executives, Rabhan says. copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. "Danny and Sony used their ability to cre- Exclusive Billboard Boxscore Data On the Now it's hoping to duplicate that feat with ate a model that made sense to everybody," American Idol tours and the concert successes the former "American Idol" contestant's sec- Rabhan says. "There was no need to shop the of the show's stars ond album, "Fight for Love," due May 5. record elsewhere." Hickory Records is part of Sony /ATV chair- Yamin, who is signed to Sony /ATV as a song- Idol Partners Exploring how sponsors leverage man /CEO Martin Bandier's initiative to look writer, co -wrote eight songs on "Fight for Love," their involvement with the American Idol brand for nontraditional revenue opportunities, ac- including "Someday" with Dave Tozier and cording to Sony /ATV co- president Danny Strick. "Apart From Me" with producers and Sony /ATV Digital Idol Analyzing how Idol has evolved to "With physical sales [and CD mechanical ro - writers Midi Mafia (Dirty Swift and Bruce connect with fans online and on their mobile devices alties] dropping, we were looking Waynne). Other songs that in- for ways to utilize the company as Publi sher dude ATV songwriters on Yamin's a creative resource," Strick says. album are "You" and "Don't Be CONGRATULATE AMERICAN IDOL "Hickory Records is a way to re- Place Afraid," each co -written and pro - lease a couple of albums a year to ED C HRISTMAN duced by Stargate; "Know Better," ON THIS MAJOR MILESTONE! work with artists beyond our nor- 1 co- written and produced by the mal publishing role." Midi Mafia; "Fight for Love," co- Sony/ATV isn't the first music written by Johnta Austin; and A publisher to start its own label. "Can't Keep On Loving You (From Chrysalis runs Echo, Warner/ a Distance)," co- written and pro- Chappell operated Perfect Game duced by Tawgs Salter. XI uuM - for a time, and Hickory started in the '50s as the Hickory also distributed Everlast's 2008 SURE recording arm of Acuff-Rose Music. Sony /ATV album, "Love, War and the Ghost of Whitey Reporter, acquired Acuff-Rose in 2002 from Gaylord En- Ford," and plans a May 19 release for Ruben The Hollywood tertainment for $157 million and reactivated Studdard's "Love Is," produced by Jimmy Jam in Billboard and receive a bonus ad in the Hickory in 2007 to release Yamin's debut. and Terry Lewis. "Love Is," which includes Advertise issue of The Hollywood Reporter! But starting a label is one thing. Funding one tracks by Stargate, is being released in partner- May 15th is a whole other proposition, something that ship with 19 Recordings. Sony /ATV has neatly sidestepped. Rather than "It will be kind of interesting to put out two building a traditional label infrastructure or three records a year," Strick says. "We have around Hickory, Strick hired Fred Croshal and some other things up our sleeve for the future. his company Croshal Entertainment Group. We are doing a dance project with Jason The latter outfit then hires publicists and the Nevins, a huge dance remixer, who will part- ISSUE DATE: MAY 23 independent radio promotion firm Hits to work ner with us to record an album of dance ver- AD CLOSF APRIL 29 "Fight for Love" in the United States. Sony sions of songs from the Sony /ATV catalog." Music Entertainment's indie distributor RED Strick says Hickory doesn't want to compete handles distribution and provides radio pro- with the likes of Interscope on a regular basis. motional support. Hickory is also looking to li- He adds that it provides "another color to the TO ADVERTISE. CONTACT: cense the album in Europe. 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Indies And Chains Clash have set the benchmark. You just can't Over exclude them." Down Under The big chains remain unrepentant about their Record Store Day participation. , Australia -A fight over Record "Any customer would find the notion of a Store Day has exposed friction between Aus- 'row' between outlets as out of step with what's tralia's small independent stores and larger important and, frankly, a tiresome waste of retail chains, with the Australian Music Re- space and energy," says Evelyn Barry, strate- tailers Assn. in the firing line. gic project manager of Sanity Entertainment. BY PAUL SEXTON AMRA's decision to include chains like the With the Australian market enduring the 70 -store JB Hi -Fi and 200 -store Sanity in its same tough times as many others, Bonou- April 18 Record Store Day Australia program vrie calls for a new working relationship caused a split with the U.S organizers -who among all parties. dropped AMRA's event from their campaign - According to trade organization the Aus- iikilti ïr, and local indie retailers, some of which staged tralian Recording Industry Assn., the CD mar- Can Country Music Ride Taylor Swift's Coattails Into The U.K.? their own event under the Record Store Day ket shrank 12.2% in 2008 to 38.5 million units. banner (billboard.biz, April 9). Sources say business in the early part of 2009 LONDON -Taylor Swift's successful Atlantic on the album chart at No. 5. "We're trying everything we can to keep has continued the downward trend. crossing has left labels optimistic that the U.K. "Fearless" has total shipments of around the doors open," says Steve Morgan, manager Neither AMRA nor ARIA break out official mainstream may finally be ready to embrace 150,000, according to of the Melbourne indie store Greville Records, market -share figures for retailers. But sources country acts. International, while the single "Love Story" which turned its back on the AMRA- organ- estimate that specialists -JB and Sanity in- Nashville superstars have found slim pick- peaked at No. 2. The album has also been in ized event. "Then the big chain stores want cluded -have a 70% share of total album ings in Britain in recent years. But Swift's the top 10 in Norway and Ireland and in the to jump in and steal our glory. There's a bit of sales. No retailer has escaped the downturn "Fearless" (Mercury) album sold 34,000 copies top 30 in Sweden and Greece. bad blood there." but retailers say adapting to the climate is in the first week after its March 9 release, ac- In September, Swift and Big Machine Small stores have long harbored resentment key to survival. cording to the Official Charts Co., debuting founder made an early visit regarding the business tactics of the bigger "You need to develop a new model, em- chains, with accusations that their buying brace the DVD and these other related areas," power is squeezing out smaller operators. says AMRA treasurer Gavin Ward, who is also As owner of the independent Mall Music GM of Leading Edge Music, a coalition of 200 store in Sydney, AMRA chairman Geoff independent outlets. "You won't have a busi- Bonouvrie says he's well -placed to see both ness if you don't diversify." sides of the argument. AMRA is insistent that Record Store Day » >MTV AWARDS FOR » >SELF- PUBLISHED SONG- "I can understand why people might get Australia 2010 will again feature big chains as KENYA WRITER GETS IVOR NOD paranoid," he says. "I have a very big JB Hi -Fi well as small outlets but says it's keen to heal Kenya will host the second MTV Africa Music Coldplay, Duffy and the Ting Tings have been less than 100 meters from me. In the begin- the rift with the indies. Awards, sponsored again by the Bahrain -head- joined by the largely unknown self -published ning, you become concerned about it. In the "A lot of these people are genuinely in- quartered telecommunications company Zain. songwriter Nick Hemming as nominees for end, it's made me a better retailer." dependent, and they pride themselves on The 2009 Pan -African awards will take place the 54th edition of the Ivor Novello Awards Ironically, it was the independent retail- doing things their way," AM RA executive Oct.10 at the indoor arena of the Moi Interna- for songwriters and composers. The Ivors, ers that created AMRA. The trade body director Ian Harvey says. "All power to them. tional Sports Centre in Nairobi and will be staged by the British Academy of Songwrit- formed in 1991 as the Independent Music Re- I hope they will reconsider their position broadcast to audiences in sub -Saharan Africa ers, Composers and Authors in association tailer's Assn. before expanding to include next year." beginning Oct.17 through a string of partner with PRS for Music, will take place May 21 at chains, the becoming AMRA in 1993. It cur- But Patrick Monaghan, spokesman for the channels/platforms. According to an MTV London's Grosvenor House Hotel. Hem - rently represents around 250 of Australia's Melbourne indie Basement Discs, which last statement, the show "will subsequently air to ming's inclusion as a self -published writer 400 -odd independent stores. year helped launch Record Store Day in Aus- a potential TV audience of 1 billion people on who releases his own recordings is a first in "Ten years ago the independent single tralia, says that's unlikely. all MTV networks around the world." The in- Ivors history. The guitarist /songwriter from store ruled the roost," Bonouvrie says. "The "They can do what they want," he says. "What augural MAMAs took place in November 2008 alt -folk act the Leisure Society, Hemmings' undeniable fact is that, in a lot of areas, JB we have here is an indie community spirit." in Abuja, Nigeria. -Diane Coetzer December 2008 release "The Last of the

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www.americanradiohistory.com GLOBAL BY GAVIN J. BLAIR to the United Kingdom, the flagship market right, and we've supported them," he says. for her European launch. UMGI VP of inter- Paul Fenn, joint managing director of the national marketing Kate Farmer says the label promoter Asgard, which brings many roots - Monopoly Money launched a highly targeted campaign to pro- and Americana -leaning country acts to but mote Swift. Britain, praises Universal's "perfect cam- A Regulatory Challenge nopoly on copyright fee collection in 2001, from TV and "We did all kinds of things," Farmer says. paign" for Swift while noting its "links with Isn't Likely To Dent since then, its royalty collections have climbed from 17.2 bil- "Pop radio mixes, dance mixes, a new album country are tenuous." JASRAC Dominance radio broadcasters 26.6 [cover], tailor -made artwork, press photos and "Rascal Flatts never had a chance," he adds lion yen ($138 million) in 2001 to billion so on. But without great songs, which is what of the act's February 2008 launch, after which TOKYO -The Japanese music business isn't yen ($267.9 million) in the 12 months ended she delivers, we wouldn't be where we are now." the band's "Rascal Flatts" (Angel /EMI) album expecting a major overhaul in broadcast fee March 31, 2008. TV and radio royalties account Swift returns to England Aug. 22 -23 for the spent just one week on the U.K. chart at No. collections, despite a regulator's order requir- for 23% of JAS RAC's total collections, up from for the de- . 64. "The music just never lent itself to the ing the country's largest authors' society to 16% in 2001, more than making up "The indications are that country is in the market, and somebody should have told them change its collection practices. cline in mechanical royalties. ascendancy again in Europe," UMGI VP of before they wasted the money." The Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Those fees are set to continue rising under international marketing Iain Snodgrass says. Publicist Richard Wootton, who works Composers and Publishers (JASRAC) is an agreement with the National Assn. of "Whether that can be attributed to Taylor's country artists in the United Kingdom, pin- preparing to appeal the Fair Trade Commis- Commercial Broadcasters in Japan. The five years left success is a matter for debate. But if it opens points the closure of the Country Music sion's Feb. 27 cease -and -desist order against seven -year contract, which has doors and ears at media, all the better, partic- Assn.'s London office in 2000 as a crucial set- its blanket fee collection system, which the to go, will steadily increase fees paid by broad- ularly as country has so much to offer in its back for the genre. FTC says is blocking other rights agencies casters up to a maximum of L5% of their different forms." "We'd had a run [of success] in 1997 -98 with from entering the sector. The appeals process total annual revenue, in return for unlimited While the likes of Keith Urban and Rascal the Mavericks, Shania [Twain], Faith Hill had a could take up to five years to conclude. Dur- use of JASRAC- managed repertoire. Broad- Flatts have previously hit, Trisha [Yearwood] got casters have to pay separately to flopped in the United close, and LeAnn Rimes use non -JASRAC repertoire. was very successful," he The society is negotiating with Kingdom, where many ' country albums aren't says. "Then the CMA the FTC "as to what we can corn - released at all, the signs 'Country- is in closed their office, which ply with and what we technically say that Swift may not made the record compa- can't," JASRAC deputy GM the ascendancv says. JASRAC is be a lone flag -bearer nies just stop. But now, Nobuya Kitada this time. again in Europe.' things are coming back." working with broadcasters on a Sugarland has also Wrasse's Ashbridge system that will monitor and UMGI made more modest, but -IAIN SNODGRASS, says country music had record every song used. Under still significant, prog- been "persona non grata" such a system, it will be possible ress. Although it is yet to chart a single or in the United Kingdom two years ago. to calculate what percentage of works are JAS RAC- album, the duo's "All I Want to Do" recently "A lot of that was to do with the media and broadcast landed on the playlist at the United Kingdom's the public's association of country music with controlled and reflect that in the most listened -to station, the AC network BBC America," he says. "They were anti- Ameri- society's fees. Radio 2. The song is from the act's Mercury can, largely because of the Bush administra- "The FTC seems to think Nashville album "," which tion. Now, things are more positive toward we've been collecting fees for has been licensed for Europe to the Hump America, and that's not insignificant." music not under our control," Head imprint of independent label Wrasse. Ashbridge believes the dollar's strength Kitada says. "Using their logic, Wrasse co- founder Ian Ashbridge says the against the pound and shrinking U.S. sales it's difficult to explain to our playlisting came about following the release will encourage more acts to follow. Martina rights' holders why they should of a new mix of the track that removed the McBride is due to play her first U.K. shows in receive reduced royalties." steel guitar, noting that Radio 2 "seems to be 10 years in July, when her "Shine" album will The FTC believes broadcast- moving the goal posts toward country in a pop- also be released by Sony's catalog division. ers have "mixed views" on the while JAS- ish way. You have to be realistic and pick things "For the genre to grow, it's key that more current arrangement, RAC maintains they are "not [ for them] that are relevant." artists take this opportunity," Radio 2's Carnie unhappy" with the status quo. Radio 2 head of programs Lewis Carnie says says. "We still love Dolly Parton and Willie 0 country artists "have been slow to produce the Nelson, but we need a new generation of tal- The source of the original FTC is to right material for this country" in recent years. ent, and I believe that's happening. We're `They don't have complaint widely believed "Both Swift and Sugarland got the material ready to support them." to the be an agency trying to break into abandon the market, rather than a dis- comprehensive collection contented broadcaster. rights Melting Snow" is nominated as best song standing," says Sony Music Australasia chair- system, [just] adjust, it.' Japan's second -biggest musically and lyrically. He has also written man/CEO Denis Handlin. Sales have passed agency, e- License, tried unsuc- music for the U.K. independent film direc- 100,000 copies, according to Sony, which in -HIROO IWANARI, cessfully to enter the sector in tor Shane Meadows' movies "A Room for May will present a donation check to the Sal- FAIR TRADE COMMISSION 2006, only to find that broad- Romeo Brass" (2000) and "Dead Man's vation Army. The official death toll from the casters didn't want to pay addi- Shoes" (2004). -Andre Paine fires that swept across the state of Victoria ing that time, little change is expected. tional fees. E- License declined to comment. stands at 173. -Lars Brandie "It is not our job to help individual compa- A source at a national TV broadcaster says » >BUSHFIRE CD DRAWS nies enter the market but to create a level play- the JASRAC deal is "easier for us and proba- CHARITY CASH » >MOBOs MOVE NORTH ing field for that to happen," says Hiroo bly cheaper in the long run. If we had to keep A double -disc charity CD has raised more than The United Kingdom's MOBO Awards this year Iwanari, director of the FTC investigation di- records of every song used in order to divide $1.6 million Australian ($1.2 million) to aid vic- will be staged in Glasgow, the first time the cer- vision handling the case. up royalties, we'd have to hire another four or tims of February's bushfires, according to Sony emony has been held outside of London. The Iwanari concedes that even if JAS RAC five people." Music Australasia. , Billy city's SECC arena will host the 2009 awards complies with the order, its dominance may But the source adds, "If there is music that Joel, and John Farnham were for music of black origin Sept. 30. The event well continue. a producer really wants to use, I don't think among those donating works for the 35 -track was launched in 1996. The 2008 ceremony was "What we're saying to JASRAC," he says, they'll avoid using it just because the com- set " Bushfire Aid: Artists for the Bushfire Ap- held at Wembley Arena and the show was "is please reflect the percentage of works man- pany has to pay a little extra." peal," which Sony rush -released Feb. 23. "The broadcast in 75 countries. MOBOs founder aged by them in the fees charged, so they don't With JASRAC controlling more than 7 mil- support from retailers, TV, print and radio Kanya King said in a statement that Glasgow's have to abandon the comprehensive collec- lion songs, while its nearest rival e- License has media partners, artists, composers, publish- thriving urban music scene helped organizers tion system, but adjust it." only about 20,000, there seems little immedi- ers and digital channels has been truly out- decide where to hold the 2009 event. -AP JASRAC lost its government -sanctioned mo- ate threat to its place at the top of the pile.

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DIGITAL BY ANTONY BRUNO

ADD I3I1'S & I3R11=1=S SUPPORTED' . _.:r._.I_,,,,....., tention, they're lagging in Labels Need To Strike,Deals With Sites SOCIAL MUSIC usage, according to an up- 1 Forrester's "Monetizing So- coming report from Com- cial Music" report says ded- pete. When asked what kind icated social music sites like of iPhone apps they use Last.fm, MOG and Pandora most, respondents cited attract only 5% of U.S. Inter- weather forecast applica-

net users, compared with 8% tions as their No. 1 choice, at of Web surfers who frequent 39 %. In second place were MySpace and the 17% who the Facebook applications, visit YouTube. Only 10% of at 25 %. Games placed third, those surveyed in the For- at 20 %, while music applica- rester study say they want to tions were cited by only 10 %. connect with other users When the categories mix, with similar tastes, although however, usage goes up. The 22% of them want to share TapTap Revenge music playlists and 19% want per- game app remains the most sonalized recommenda- downloaded iPhone app. tions. The report also proj- ects that the European social GOOM COMPLETES music audience will nearly FUNDING ROUND double We four kings: KINGS OF LEON saw click -to -buy sales surge after by 2014, while licens- Goom Radio, the online premiering their new album on Last.fm, suggesting ad- supported ing revenue in the region is radio company founded by streaming services don't necessarily cannibalize downloads. expected to grow more than former Clear Channel and eightfold to 392 million Google executives, raised When the online music social where the labels are with their for 10 cents a track. Night," the band's back catalog ($516 million) during the more than $16 million in its network MOG recently said it rates. When you combine Labels and publishers have experienced a click -to -buy in- same period. first venture funding round, plans to start a new music serv- those two, you end up with a the right to charge what they crease ofmore than 2,000 %, ac- led by Wellington Partners, ice later this year (billboard.biz, model that can't work." want for their content. And cording to the Forrester report. MUSIC APP Elaia Partners and Partech April 15), the company made It's a conclusion that many they are certainly not respon- A new approach to licensing USAGE LAGS International. Goom plans to it clear that it won't be a fully early ad- supported music pi- sible for subsidizing another alone won't solve the problem. While music -based iPhone go live in the United States ad- supported operation. oneers are starting to come to. company's business plan. But Rates for online ads are in the applications get a lot of at- later this year. That's a bit surprising, con- In March, Last.fm said it will to help ensure their own long- gutter, and asking labels and sidering that the 3- year-old begin charging a subscription term survival, they also need publishers to drop their licens- MOG has been driven by ad- fee for its previously free ad- to foster the development of ing fees that low isn't fair. Ser- vertising since day one. Last supported radio service in cer- promising services, like free vices need to develop a better Y COMPILED a ÑyW V TITLE August, the company even tain countries with soft ad social music sites, that can po- way of making money as well. J3 30g's ORIGINAL ARTIST created a network designed to sales. imeem KISS ME THRU THE PHONE recently renego- tentially generate new revenue The new music video 1 17 #1 sell ads for 11W S SOULJA BOY TELLEM FEATURING SAMMIE music bloggers tiated its licensing deals with for them beyond the paid - streaming service created by DAY N NITE 4 8 who used MOG as their con- a few major labels to ease its download market. Universal Music Group and 2 9 tent hub. cost burden. And other serv- With sites like Last.fm, YouTube (Billboard, April 18) BLAME IT MOG CEO David Hyman ices have eschewed advertis- imeem, iLike and Pandora is a good example. Univer- 3 13 JAMIE FOX( FEATURING T -PAIN says the advertising model ing completely for more drawing about 20 million to sal's original licensing deal DEAD AND GONE 5 16 works fine for blog content, innovative models, such as 30 million users each, labels with the online video giant TI. FEATURING JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE POKER FACE 6 6 10 most of which is acquired for Lala.com, which allows users naturally want to see a paid re- didn't bring in the cash it ex- LADY GAGA BOOM BOOM POW free from volunteer bloggers. to stream turn on that traffic. So 7 4 pected. the major, which THE BLACK EYED PEAS But when it comes to music, any song But a recent For- had previously sued My- I LOVE COLLEGE 8 8 he says the ad- supported in its cat- rester Research Space and video -sharing site ASHER ROTH THE CLIMB 11 5 model is simply untenable. alog once report titled Veoh for copyright infringe- "We just don't eco- . think the for free "Monetizing So- ment, worked out a new 10 20 3 ,,.. _ _ .. nomics work," Hyman says. and sells cial Music" says model with YouTube that ad- itNiPiA7 "It's a combination of the ad unlim- traffic Keni alone dressed the problem of 4PAxx Hilson teams with and market being deflated from ited shouldn't deter- falling ad rates. Ne -Yo on "Knock You Down," which vaults There's no 20 -10 this week. The track earns the top the economy, coupled with streams mine rates. guarantee it will work, but its 20's largest percentage increase (up 37 %) as it tallies 20,000 downloads. "Rights owners success or failure could move

must work with forward the process of mon- NEXT TO YOU 11 10 9 destinations to etizing music online. MIKE JONES GIVES YOU HELL RATTLE AND HUM - 12 9 18 strike a balance that ensures Social music services have THE ALL -AMERICAN REJECTS Sometimes hearing the music just isn't enough. For those TURN MY content income growth re- done much in the last two 13 16 8 SWAG ON requiring a more visceral experience in their home audio SOULJA BOY TELL'EM flects improvements in mon- years to demonstrate how con- SHE'S 14 15 10 COUNTRY system, there's the ButtKicker. The wireless. silent sub - etization and not just audience sumers prefer to discover and JASON ALDEAN TURNIN ME woofer transforms the bass in your audio into vibrations 15 12 17 ON growth," it says. recommend music online, KERI HILSON FEATURING LIL WAYNE that. when placed strategically in a couch or chair, re- ALL SUMMER LONG Some of the rates charged create playlists and interact 16 17 17 creates the "feel" of the sound. for on- demand free music with each other. But figuring YOU CAN GET IT ALL 17 18 6 The ButtKicker kit comes with a low -frequency audio streaming are set with the as- out how to make money from FEATURING JOHNTA AUSTIN CRACK A BOTTLE transducer, a 300 -watt digital amplifier, wireless audio 18 13 10 sumption that these services that activity will take the coop- OR ORE 8 50 CENT transmitters, a remote control and a mounting plate. It ROCKIN' THAT THANG cannibalize sales. But research eration of rights holders and 19 14 11 works with any audio or gaming system. THE -DREAM shows that in many cases the new services. CHICKEN FRIED 20 21 25 The full wireless home theater system costs $400, opposite is true. When Last.fm with a la carte options also available. -AB For 24/7 digital news Based on master ringtones sales data reported by Nielsen premiered the new Kings of and analysis, see RmgScan. a service of Nielsen MobileGcan. Chart endorsed by .biz cola - The Wireless Association and Mobile Entertainment Forum MEF Leon album, "Only by the billboard.biz /digital.

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www.americanradiohistory.com BY MARK SUTHERLAND

i IFP! GENERAL. COUNSEL The IFPI's chief attorney hails the Pirate Bay verdict as a key win for the music biz.

The Bay seems to "It's been a busy week," deadpans Jo Oliver, several days after a Swedish court sen- Pirate still tenced four men behind the notorious BitTorrent tracker site the Pirate Bay to a be laughing -the site's still year in jail each, after they were found guilty of assisting in making copyrighted running, and Sunde claims material available. it won't ultimately pay any hap- The sentence represented a key victory for the recording industry in its fight fine or go to jail. What against piracy following recent setbacks, including the rejection or withdrawal of pens next? "three strikes" -type laws in France and New Zealand. It's a fight Oliver has been These individuals have taken a leading since becoming the IFPI's general counsel in June 2008, after two years of certain PR position from the heading the trade organization's litigation department. start, so it's not surprising that A New Zealander who's retained her accent despite years working abroad in Lon- they've kept that position. The don and New York, Oliver has been at the forefront of the IFPI's attempts to get convictions themselves don't Internet service providers (ISPs) to take responsibility for piracy on their net- mean that the service will shut works, as well as pursuing peer -to -peer file- sharing sites in international courts. down, but we've started that She says that the dual approach will continue, arguing that the Pirate Bay ver- process already. There are cer- dict will have a crucial "deterrent impact on others that would engage in this sort tain legal steps, and every serv- of activity." ice needs an ISP, so we'll be Oliver is tight -lipped about which sites the IFPI is targeting next -"We wouldn't looking to the ISPs to take want to announce our secret plan to Billboard," she quips -but talks happily about some action. I'm confident the the Pirate Bay case and its implications. appeal court will uphold the convictions. You obviously won the argu- same way anymore because of that the Pirate Bay, we've also seen a acting as a deterrent? in France ment inside the courtroom, but decision. I think the same will huge increase in the number of It makes it clear that it's a very big After the setbacks in light of the pro- Pirate Bay apply to BitTorrent services follow- options available [to access digi- risk for anyone who's going to en- and New Zealand, does the protests in Sweden, do you feel ing the Pirate Bay decision. tal music] legally, which certainly gage in that sort of activity. If I three strikes movement still you won it outside as well? wasn't the case around the time of were [a Torrent site's] lawyer, I'd have legs? The individuals behind the Pirate Given that previous shut- the Napster case. There weren't be saying, "Are you prepared to Absolutely. We've seen from a Bay have certainly been able to paint downs of sites like Napster the myriad of options that there look at criminal conviction and jail number of governments a com- themselves as Internet freedom and Kazaa have failed to make are available now, like Spotify or time? If you are, then continue. mitment to dealing with the P2P fighters and they have some pub- much impact on overall P2P Nokia [Comes With Music]. You But if not, think again." I don't piracy situation at the ISP level. lic sympathy with a certain portion traffic, why is the Pirate Bay can't have a legitimate market un- know about you, but I'd find that With France [the rejection] was a of, in particular, the Swedish pop- victory so significant? less those who don't have a license a huge deterrent. question of timing and it's going New ulation. But we certainly think that, I don't necessarily agree that are stopped. to be re- presented. In throughout this trial, there has other cases haven't had an im- Pirate Bay spokesman Peter Zealand, although the provision been less and less sympathy for pact. They've certainly changed Will this ultimately just drive Sunde has claimed that what that was in the law has not come that position because it's become the way people can operate on piracy to parts of the Internet the site does isn't demonstra- into force, the government is now clear that these guys were deliber- the Internet. We have market -by- where it's harder to find or to bly different from what Google looking to put a more detailed pro- ately engaged in this operation. It market statistics and, in some countries where it's harder to does. What's your view on that? vision into play. wasn't something they were doing cases, P2P has been contained legislate against? What they do is dramatically dif- for fun on the side in their bed- against the growth of broadband There always is an element of driv- ferent to Google. Their operation South Korea recently passed rooms. It was a commercial enter- penetration, so there's different ing certain types of behavior un- is deliberately set up to facilitate three strikes legislation, which prise. They intended to facilitate ways of cutting the numbers. derground, but that's an indication copyright infringement. If you would enable the culture min- copyright infringement, they in- The Pirate Bay was an incredibly of progress. Twenty -two million were to search for Coldplay on istry to order that service be tended to make money from it, and popular service that has a certain people [currently] using the Pirate Google, you'd get a wide variety shut off to repeat file sharers. they did. symbolic importance. In addi- Bay are no longer going to be using of results including information Is the IFPI comfortable with na- tion to that, it's a very important a service if it's underground, at an about the band, news on upcom- tional governments having such What kind of precedent does legal precedent. odd location and more difficult to ing tours and so on. On Pirate direct authority? it set? access. Certainly, there are enforce- Bay, you'd just get a list of links The key thing is to have ISPs take It will have a huge impact, partic- But Napster and Kazaa were im- ment issues in some other coun- to Coldplay albums. If Google steps that are going to be effective ularly against BitTorrent sites and portant legal precedents as well tries but there are always options links to infringing material, then in dealing with piracy. That does services. In cases like Grokster in and other sites sprang up to available for action. they'll receive a notice from us to play out differently in different the U.S., U.S. law doesn't apply take their place. What's differ- remove that and they will re- countries and with different legal everywhere, but that was a hugely ent this time? How important was it that spond. Pirate Bay makes fun of systems, and that's fine by us. What influential decision, and peer -to- Parallel with the development of prison sentences were handed copyright owners when they're we want to see is an effective solu- peer services don't operate in the the legal cases against sites like out in terms of the judgment sent notices. tion to piracy. You can't have a legitimate market unless those who don't have a license are stopped. There are enforcement issues in some other countries but there are always options available for action.

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www.americanradiohistory.com THE ROCK STAR NEXT DOOR Made Him Famous. `Smooth' Made Him Rich. Now Rob Thomas Is Back With `Cradlesong' -And He's Going To Tell You All About It On Twitter BY CORTNEY HARDING

In the midst of a photo shoot for a Bloomingdale's ad in 's West Village, Rob Thomas overhears a conversation about Twitter. "Dude," he says, reaching for a new scarf to throw over a faux -vintage T-shirt, "I've gotten to the point where I sit around and wait for things to happen so I can Twitter them." Thomas Twittered about the interview ( "Did an interview with Billboard during the shoot. She was nice and surprised at my normality. So I peed on her. ") He Twittered about his outfit ( "I'm totally rocking the light scarf. Nothing says `rock' like the light scarf. Totally. ") And he has Twittered about watching movies, being sick and making breakfast. In fact, if you subtract the time that Thomas spends answering fans' questions about his upcoming album and tour plans, he could be just another guy, Twittering his lunch break away. But of course, Thomas isn't your average nine -to- fiver. "I always saw being a rock star as my day job," he says. "I mean, don't get me wrong, it's a great job. But my job is to write songs and perform, just like your job is to do interviews and write articles. I don't think of myself as a personality." He isn't exactly a stranger either. According to a survey commissioned by Warner Music Group, one -third of the total U.S. population aged 13 and older is familiar with Thomas, and within this group 68% are fans of his music. Many of them have also bought his music: His band Matchbox Twenty's three albums and greatest-hits collection have sold 15.2 million copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan; and his first solo album, 2005's "Something to Be," sold 1.6 million copies (see chart, page 20).

MAY 2, 2009 I www.billboard.biz 19 www.americanradiohistory.com Even with that impressive track record, Thomas doesn't just assume the public automatically will buy his next album, "cradlesong," due June 30 on Atlantic. Keenly aware that his fan base ranges dramatically in terms of age and tech- nological interest, Thomas and his label are making every effort to reach people regardless of their chosen pop cul- ture medium. So his marketing plan marries Twitter and TV and SayNow and the Sunday paper. The start of the campaign was Web- centric. Thirty- second clips of the first single, "Her Diamonds," were linked to

March 31 on Twitter and Fanbase, the same day the ring - tone was made available on his Web site. On April 22, the song premiered on Billboard.com, shipped to radio and launched as a ringtone across all the major carriers -fairly standard practice for an artist in 2009. On May 10, however, the single will go on sale at Best Buy stores around the country. The physical disc, complete with another song as a B -side, also will be advertised in the circular and provide fans with the ability to pre -order

the new album. (In another nod to the '90s, Alicia Silver - stone is set to star in the video for the single, which fea- tures Thomas' trademark surging choruses and themes of lost love.) "We can't ignore physical," says Livia Tortella, GM /ex- ecutive VP of marketing and creative media at Atlantic Oz fest: MATCHBOX TWENTY Records. "Retail is really excited about the new album. onstage in Melbourne, Australia. And we can still feel the impact of circulars at key points in the campaign." track to a scene featuring one of the young women on "The tion and might just be too old to wrap his brain around it. Thomas is going against the prevailing trend with his Hills" or "The City" looking pensive and sad. Thomas also "I don't really listen to them, and I'm upfront about that," physical single. Many stores don't stock them and sales is slated to perform the track in May on "The Ellen De- he says. "It's good for me to leave messages about the tour, have slid precipitously for several years. According to Generes Show" and in July on "Today." but it seems like an odd way to communicate." Nielsen SoundScan, 900,000 physical singles were sold in For the smallest screen of all, Tortella says the label is He'll also be communicating by radio, with a promotional 2008, down from 1.5 million in 2007 and almost 3 million working on designing an iPhone app. While details aren't tour of stations when the single is released. "Radio is a huge in 2006. set in stone, last month Thomas told the audience at Bill- driver, even today," Thomas says. "You have to fortify it and Atlantic also partnered with Verizon, music site Rhap- board's Mobile Entertainment Live conference, "We have not just count on them to add you because they've played sody and media behemoth Viacom to promote the album. a couple of great ideas. Do you remember those little pens your songs before. It buys you some good will. I don't go This partnership is one of several with Atlantic, according where you turn the girl upside down and it's a girl in the on and do the wacky morning show stunts. I just show up to Rhapsody spokesman Ryan Luckin, although he stresses bikini, and her bikini comes off? We're going to do that and and play some songs, which is what I do anyway, and meet they try to make each one unique: There will be a two -week it'll be me in a bikini. And one that you can get a picture of some fans." stream of the record, as well as two bonus tracks. An artist me and poke it and it'll go, 'Ow, ow.' So it's good for both Thomas adds that this whole plan is less comprehensive spot will feature Thomas in voice -over with a clip of his fans and nonfans." than what was originally presented to him. "I'm fortunate video and air on VH1, MTV and TV Land. Super fans can use SayNow, a service that allows them enough to be at a stage where I can say, 'No, I need some Luckin adds that the single will be integrated into pop- to leave voice -mail messages for Thomas. The service made time here and there' and 'I don't really want to do all of ular MTV shows according to the Viacom deal, so "Her Di- its name with teen pop stars like the Jonas Brothers and that,' " he says. "It's a double -edged sword, though, because amonds" could conceivably show up as the background Demi Lovato. He says he's a little confused by the applica- I know that if the record doesn't sell as much as it could have, I have no one but myself to blame.' TITLE NIELSEN SOUNDS(AN U.S. SALES If his previous sales are any indication, Thomas shouldn't NO DOUBTING have to beat up on himself too much. Still, he says, he's "Smooth" 2,156,000* constantly reminded (Santana featuring Rob Thomas) that it's a whole different world now THOMAS than when Matchbox Twenty started out in the '90s. "" With Matchbox Twenty and in 833,000 "We've always tried to be ahead of the curve," says his his solo career, Rob Thomas is "This Is How a Heart Breaks" 411,000 manager, Michael Lippman, who also manages Match- a SoundScan stalwart for "" 539,000 box Twenty. "Not so much with the first record, because album sales I wanted them to just tour and develop their craft and (below) and "" 401,000 single song downloads. have space. But with the second record, the merger of "" 519,000 SOURCE: The Billboard 200 through the April 25 chart. AOL and Time Warner had just happened, and I know Sales through the week ending April 12. FIGURE COMPRISES 1,477,000 PHYSICAL SINGLES AND 679,000 DIGITAL SONG DOWNLOADS. that was important. So I set up a deal where you could join AOL by listening to the Matchbox Twenty CD. Then Matchbox Twenty Rob Thomas with the third album, we released it on a USB drive on a Nielsen SoundScan bracelet." Lippman says adopting new U.S. Sales: 8,097,000 4,011,000 2,423,000 1,587,000 746,000 marketing methods is nec- essary because fans have reached a saturation point, be- sieged by so many bands and different media outlets that Debut: 193 3 6 1 3 they're simply overloaded. "There is no more brand loy- alty," he says. "Nobody waits for albums; they just go out Debut Date: 3/22/1991 6/10/2000 12/7/2002 5/7/2005 10/20/1007 and find other bands. They are distracted and multitask- The Billboard 200 ing and can't be bothered to keep up. There was a time Peak: when a band could announce they were putting out an 5 3 6 1 3 album, do a few interviews and play a few shows and peo- The Billboard 200 ple would just come and buy it. Now you have to keep con- Peak Date: 6/10/2000 12/1/2002 5/7/2005 10/20/2001 vincing them." f At the same time, Lippman acknowledges that, for some- Weeks on (hart: 118 71 72 51 36 one so well- known, Thomas spends plenty of his time out

"Yourself Or "Mad Season" "More Than You "...Something to Be" "Exile On of the public eye instead of convincing people to pay atten- Someone Like You" Lava /Atlantic /AG Think You Are" Melisma /Atlantic/AG Mainstream" tion to him. Thomas and his wife, Marisol, founded the Lava /Atlantic /AG Melisma /Atlantic/AG Melisma/Atlantic /AG Sidewalk Angels foundation, which helps homeless peo- 1996 2000 2002 2005 2007 ple and animals -but he doesn't emblazon his face on his

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www.americanradiohistory.com -1 good deeds. "Rob's not a celebrity," Lippman says, "nor does he want to be. People know him as a songwriter and BUT who got in a fight or dated a model EVERYTHING a singer, not as the guy and wound up in the tabloids. The record company has pushed, on occasion, for him to be more visible, but he al- THE KITCHEN SYNCH ways pushes back." from "It's a cliché, but I try to keep the focus on the music," Songs an(_ appear in everything Thomas says. "I am not open enough to be a celebrity. I'm presidential election promos to NASCAR to movies for orthopedic surgeons. not going to move to L.A. and go out every night. I live in Westchester [County in New York] and my neighbors are richer and more successful than me, and I can just hang out. I'm not spilling my soul on Twitter." Thomas is canny about what he writes -by letting readers know about his taste in things like scarves and sandwiches, he's created an illusion of intimacy without letting them in on per- sonal life. When they tour, he and the band are known as road warriors. Matchbox Twenty's 2008 concerts grossed $23,028,694, with 340,223 attending out of a capacity of 393,175, according to Billboard Boxscore. Fourteen of forty - five arena dates sold out. Details for an upcoming solo tour are still being worked out, according to Carole Kinzell, Thomas' music agent at ..-. Creative Artists Agency, which books him in North and South America, Asia and Australia. "We're putting together .00 the package right now," she says. "We're aiming for large theaters to small arenas, about 3,500 -7,000 capacity, de- pending on the market. His previous solo tour had three stages: We started him off in smaller venues doing a show- case tour, then did a theater tour and finally a summertime outdoor amphitheater tour." While ticket prices for the upcoming tour haven't

been set in stone, Kinzell says they will likely reflect You Think You Can Dance" 3/30/2009 Rob Thomas "All That I Am" "So the prices from the previous Matchbox Twenty tour. "We 2/13/2009 Rob Thomas "Smooth" "SingStar 905" videogame had a high ticket of about $70 and then went down into 10/9/2008 Rob Thomas "Ever the Same" "Rachel Ray" the $40 -$50 range," she says. "We're also conscious of Rob Thomas "Smooth" "The Black Donnellys" the economy this time around and will set the prices 6/12/2008 5/20/2008 Rob Thomas "Streetcorner Symphony" "Grey's Anatomy," "Six Degrees" promos market by market." Thomas "Streetcorner Symphony" American Assn. of Orthopedic Surgeons (film) Thomas, who is published by EMI, wrote or co -wrote all 3/31/2008 Rob the Night" "Brothers & Sisters" the songs on the Matchbox Twenty albums and his solo al- 8%28/2001 Rob Thomas "Now Comes the Same" "Discovery Channel: Trail Mix" bums and also co -wrote the Carlos Santana smash 8/29/2006 Rob Thomas "Even "Discovery Channel: Trail Mix" "Smooth." (While "Smooth" might seem absurdly ubiqui- 8/29/2006 Rob Thomas "When the Heartache Ends" Housewives" promos tous, the Matchbox Twenty track "How Far We've Come" is 5/5/2006 Rob Thomas "This Is How a Heart Breaks" "Grey's Anatomy," "Desperate Evidence" promos actually his most -synched song, racking up 13 placements 3/17/2009 Matchbox Twenty "Feel" "48 Hours: from October 2007 through the end of 2008.) 2008 Matchbox Twenty "How Far We've Come" ABC News' presidential race coverage promos For the majority of the listening public outside North 2/17/2008 Matchbox Twenty "How Far We've Come" NASCAR 2008 60th- anniversary image campaign America, Thomas remains best -known for "Smooth." The 3/31/2008 Matchbox Twenty "How Far We've Come" "Private Practice" song was a major hit in several markets, including the 3/31/2008 Matchbox Twenty "How Far We've Come" Nokia commercial United Kingdom (No. 3) and Australia (No. 4). 3/31/2008 Matchbox Twenty "How Far We've tome" "Monday Night Football" In Australia, Thomas and his band have enjoyed sub- 3/31/2008 Matchbox Twenty "I'll Believe You When" "Monday Night Football" stantial chart success. Earlier this year, the rights col- 6/4/2008 Matchbox Twenty "How Far We've Come" "The Hills" lecting society Phonographic Performance Co. of 6/12/2008 Matchbox Twenty "How Far We've Come" "The Riches" promos Australia announced that "How Far We've Come" was 7/22/2008 Matchbox Twenty "How Far We've Come" "Live With Regis and Kelly" TV radio the most -played recording on Australian and 9/17/2008 Matchbox Twenty "How Far We've Come" "Role Models" trailer during 2008. 9/25/2008 Matchbox Twenty "How Far We've Come" The History Channel w inter image spot Australia also gave the band its first No. 1 album when 10/15/1008 Matchbox Twenty "How Far We've Come" Sci Fi Channel promo its debut, "Yourself or Someone Like You" (Atlantic /Warner), 12/2/2008 Matchbox Twenty "How Far We've Come" "World News Tonight" promo topped the Australian Recording Industry Assn. chart in 10/1/2007 Matchbox Twenty "How Far We've Come" "Aliens in America" 1997. Its highest peak elsewhere was No. 11 in Germany, 2005 Matchbox Twenty "This Is How a Heart Breaks" NBA Playoffs on ABC while in the United Kingdom it stalled at No. 50. Matchbox Twenty has toured Australia and New Zealand five times, most recently in April 2008. around. People didn't get into an image, they got into Match- into the commercial world will be a partnership with Thomas' debut solo album, "Something to Be," also hit box Twenty or me." Lyric Culture clothing's upcoming line at Bloomingdale's, as the first contemporary artist to appear No. 1 in Australia -the only other market where it did so Never being associated with a moment, Thomas says, is with Thomas besides the United States. Australia is also the only terri- what has allowed him to maintain his career. "There are in the line's ads. But that's as far as his brand -building tory where all five singles from the album made the top 40. some acts that are so tied to a hit or two, or to a certain ambitions go. According to the booking agency ITB, Thomas' live work scene," he says, rattling off the names of a few pop stars "I have no mogul ambitions at all," Thomas says. "I will be concentrated on North America in 2009; plans for before asking that they not be mentioned. "Some of these have a lot of money already. I could never sell another overseas shows aren't yet set. ITB books Thomas in the people are so 'now,' but they're going to sound dated very record and live comfortably for a while. I have a lot of United Kingdom, Europe and South Africa. quickly. Some of these people will always be associated with creative and songwriting goals, and I never want to live This longevity on the domestic and international mar- a scene, and they can't grow beyond it." album to album. But I'm 37 years old, I know what I want, kets begs the question: What is it, specifically, that makes Lippman adds that Matchbox Twenty and Thomas have and I don't want a second career. If I were younger or my at things. But I'd rather Thomas tick? "The secret is, I really don't have a secret," never licensed their music to a commercial, nor have single, sure, I'd try hand he says. "If , we were lucky because we never had they accepted corporate sponsorship for a tour. His songs spend time working on causes I believe in and hanging a moment. We were never huge and on the cover of Rolling have appeared in a number of films and TV shows, in- out with my family." Stone, and we never had a flop where everyone said we were cluding "Grey's Anatomy," "Desperate Housewives" and awful. We wrote some great songs, and great songs stick "Monday Night Football." He says Thomas' first foray Additional reporting by Jen Wilson in London.

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www.americanradiohistory.com RICK ROSS HAS BEEF WITH 50 CENT-BUT CAN THE INTERNET-FUELED ARGUMENT SELL ALBUMS?

In early April, Rick Ross, the Last weekend, when he shot a video for the promo single the rapper's last two singles -both from his often-delayed "Be- "Cold Blood," Ross traded the sunshine of Medellin for the fore I Self Destruct"-haven't fared as well. Last year's "Get Miami -born rapper known for darker tones of a funeral parlor. Clad in a black suit, black leather Up" peaked at No. 23 on the Hot R &B /Hip -Hop Songs chart, gloves and another pair of shades, he sat in a back pew and but "I Get It In" barely cracked the top 50. highlighting his coke -dealing watched a makeshift ceremony. It was a memorial for the death Seeing these results -and believing that 50 was trash - past, found himself in Medellin, of Curtis Jackson, aka 50 Cent. talking him and his collaborators -Ross jumped into the Since the beginning of this year, Ross and 50 Cent have taken fray. "I feel like when he came in he brought a lot Colombia-a city known for its verbal and visual jabs at each other. It started with the release of energy," Ross says. "But for God's sake, MTV even killed of Ross' first promo single, "Mafia Music," from his third album, the dude's reality show. It's like Tyson trying to get back in coke- dealing. Sporting a white "." On it, Ross rapped: "I love to pay her bills, the ring now." can't wait linen suit, his staple dark shades to pay her rent /Curtis Jackson baby mama, I ain't Some critics question if the beef was a publicity stunt by asking for a cent /Burn the house down, gotta buy another/Don't Ross to draw attention to "Deeper Than Rap," but the album and an iced -out bracelet, Ross forget the gas can jealous stupid motherfucker." While this beef has its own bona fides; it features production work from was filming video hasn't-and hopefully won't -escalate to physical confronta- J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, the Runnerz, the Inkredibles and Tricky the for the tions, the release of "Mafia Music" led to an onslaught of Web - Stewart, as well as guest appearances from Li] Wayne, Kanye single "All I Really Want." At one released diss tracks, cartoon spoofs, comedy skits, music videos, West, T -Pain, Nas and the -Dream, among others. The first sin- photos, Web sites and more from both sides. gle, "Magnificent," is No. 7 on Hot R &B /Hip -Hop Songs and point, a sun -kissed woman The real winner may be Universal Music Group, which features . owns Island Def Jam and Interscope, wearing a gold the labels the rappers "People made plenty of assumptions [about the beef] but my bra- and -panty set are signed to. Since the dispute started in January, the sales name was mentioned before I ever did anything," Ross says. of Ross' two previous albums have increased caressed the shoulders of the by 62 %, while "And where I grew up, if I have a homeboy that gets shot at sales of 50 Cent's three catalog titles grew by 74 %, according every time he goes down a certain street and if I'm riding in the 300 -pound self-proclaimed boss to Nielsen SoundScan. And the more that bloggers wrote about car with him one particular day and we go down this same street the battle, according to the online chatter tracker Nielsen Buzz - and they happen to shoot at the both of us, I'm involved now. as he sat on of his bed, Metrics, the more the two artists reaped the benefits (see chart, When someone mentions my name because they're attacking page 24). "Deeper Than Rap" looks as though it will debut overlooking the city. 4 "I wanted atop someone that I'm close with, it's my problem now." the Billboard 200 next week with sales of about 150,000 copies. That's how the feud got started, according to Ross. First, he to go somewhere I wanted to go "For Ross, the beef actually elevated him to a national plat- released "Mafia Music" online, which referenced the public rift form, but his music is incredible enough to back it up," says between 50 and his son's mother about child support and the to but hadn't been to yet," Ross Chris Atlas, senior VP of marketing for IDJ, Ross' label. "If it house she lived in with their child, which mysteriously burned says. "I wanted to capture a was just purely beef and we had wack music, there's nothing down after a court ruling in 50's favor. 50 struck back with "Try to sell. But the beef got him even more national attention, and Me" by way of his blog site, thisis50.com, in which he rhymed, foreign setting, beautiful when those who hadn't checked for him went out and heard "Officer Ricky! Radio for backup /See his ass anywhere, you his previous music, Ross was able to back it up. And now, con- know I'm gonna act up." women -just really break down troversy aside, the music is speaking for him. There is a lot of "We're going to act like we didn't hear that," an unimpressed anticipation for this album." Ross said during a radio show interview about the comeback. some of the simple things." While 50 Cent's album sales also got a boost from the beef, "We gonna give him 48 hours to come up with another one."

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-RI K ROSS A few days later, 50 posted another video, which warned, The la incidents apparently crossed a line, sine hey E pecial devoted to his album, as well as the network's "There's nobody in I control of me. do what I want to do. Rick were both removed shortly after New York radio show hosts "Spring Bling." Ross, I'm-a fuck your life up, for fun. You're gonna really un- Funkmaster Flex and Miss Info suggested 50 had taken things And his marketing isn't just focused on the media world; derstand how resourceful I am." too far. 50 agreed to remove the video if the image of his son there are billboards in Ross' hometown and snipe campaigns This is where things got personal -and when online chat- was down taken first. in New York, Philadelphia and Boston. In addition, he is sell- ter really took off, according to Nielsen BuzzMetrics. 50 upped Despite the apparent animosity behind the feud, Ross says ing custom -made hoodies, T- shirts and posters with the iconic the ante by posting a video with Tia Kemp, the mother of Ross' "Deeper Than Rap" isn't an angry album. Other tracks include logo of his face. son, in which he interviewed her and took her on a shopping the reggae- tinged "Yacht Club "; "Lay Back," with vocals from Like most rappers, Ross is a businessman as well as a show- spree; he also released the first "Officer Ricky" cartoon, a spoof Robin Thicke; and "Bossy Lady," which features Ne -Yo and may man. He recently signed a joint venture with Def Jam for his on Ross' past as a corrections officer (a job the rapper denied be the third single. Maybach Music group, which plans to release an album by his he held until it was proved by photos of him in uniform). While IDJ's Atlas says the beef may help sales, he isn't rely- group Triple C's by the end of the year. Ross also teamed with At the beginning of February, Ross released the video for ing on it to promote "Deeper Than Rap." A strong viral cam- the rapper Birdman to executive -produce and star in "H," a "Mafia Music," in which he flaunts his mansion, cars, jewelry paign featuring videos of Ross doing everything from recording movie about two homeboys caught in the drug game. "It's a and handgun, among other things; he also put out another diss a track in the studio to sending direct messages to fans has also plot that actually has a strong message at the end," Ross says. track, "Kiss My Pinky Ring." taken off on Ross' site, DeepinTheRap.com, bolstering the ban- To hear Ross talk, it sounds as though the video for "Cold Blood" And so it went: 50 Cent released a clip of what was allegedly a ner ad campaigns on other sites like WorldStarHipHop.com, just metaphorically buried 50 himself-not their feud. "Money homemade sex tape ofthe mother of Ross' second child through AllHipHop.com and LifeFiles.com, among others. doesn't make me -I make the money," he says. "That applies to a new site, boobootv.com (although, at press time, that site was From late February through the end of March, Ross did a my opposition. If you rely on your money, you're engaging in listed as "under construction" with the tag "Too Hot for promo tour that hit Miami, , Dallas, Detroit, Atlanta something that won't work. If you aren't making music that peo- ThisIs50.com "). Ross replied with the "Gay Unit Workout" clip, and other cities. Ross will also perform a series of dates through- ple want to hear or are in the streets with the people, you're going in which he mocked 50 Cent's G -Unit crew. Someone and -Ross out the country, including an as -yet- announced event with My- to run out of things to do. Cartoons can only take you so far." his label say it wasn't him -leaked a photoshopped image of 50's Space, and he will start an official tour in late June. Of course, anything he does may help 50 Cent sell more al- son's head on a gorilla's body on thisiscurly.com, a site Ross The week his album came out, Ross performed on "Late bums as well. And when 50 releases "Self- Destruct " - launched in the midst of the beef. 50 released a video of some- Night With Jimmy Fallon"; did in -store appearances in New accompanied by a fresh round of bravado -Ross' album may one said to be the mother oflongtime Ross collaborator DJ Khaled. York, Miami, Washington, D.C., and Atlanta; and appeared in get a sales boost from his enemy as well.

5,000 JAN. 30: Ross goes on Angela Yee's JAN. 31: 50 releases first Shade 45 radio show on Sirius "'Officer Ricky" cartoon CHOICE CUTS OF BEEF FEB. 4: Ross' The feud between Rick Ross and 50 Cent ignited the "Mafia Music" Internet -and resulted in a sales increase for both artists. video leaks (Probably not what Ross intended.)

4,000 EB. 7: 50 debuts first "Pimpin Curly" video and -Unit releases diss track "I'll Be the Shooter" MARCH 9: Ross speaks to radio host Funkmaster Flex

FEB. 20: Ross diss MARCH 12: track "What Goes 50 releases a Around Comes Around" clip from Ross' gets traction ex- girlfriend's alleged 3,000 sex tape

MARCH 5: New episode of 50's "Pimpin Curly" video

2,000 RICK ROSS CATALOG SALES ( "PORT OF MIAMI" AND " ") JAN. 29: 50 Cent responds with MARCH 19: "Try Me" Ross releases J AN. 24: Ross "Usual eleases first Suspects" i featuring Nas, diss track, Ú Mafia Music" references feud ó 1,000 J. 1/11/09 1/18/09 1/25/09 2/1/09 2/8/09 2/15/09 2/22/09 3/1/09 3/8/09 3/15/09 3/22/09

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ROCK BY MIKAEL WOOD Geek Chic Passion Pit Embraces Its Inner Dork

Passion Pit's Ayad Al Adhamy knows that the speed with which his Boston -based electro -pop group has ascended from My- Space anonymity to buzz -bin ubiquity tends to make for prime backlash fodder. But the keyboardist insists that he and his bandmates aren't especially worried, thanks to one simple fact: They're not pretty boys. "I think it helps that we're so dorky," Al Adhamy says with a laugh. "People are like, 'Aw, they're not that handsome.' " According to president , cap- italizing on Passion Pit's regular -guy charm is central to the label's rollout of its debut album, "Manners," due May 26. "If these guys were coming out in Gucci suits," Butler says, "people would be like, 'Who are these assholes ?' But they're not models- they're genuine and nerdy, and they haven't been corroded yet. People feel like they're their neighbors. We want to promote that aspect." True to those humble roots, frontman Michael Angelakos formed Passion Pit in 2007 not as a band but as a Valentine's Day present: He originally recorded the six -song "" EP for a girlfriend at Boston's Emerson College, then watched as the song "Sleepyhead" caught fire last year through- out the blogosphere. After quickly assembling a live outfit, Angelakos spent much of 2008 playing shows; Frenchkiss rere- leased the EP in September, and in December the group signed to Columbia in the United Kingdom. Bassist Jeff Apruzzese acknowledges that the rapid rise was a wild ride. "It's just been snowballing since I started playing with these guys," he says. "All of a sudden it went from a show with six other bands at the Middle East in Cambridge [Mass.] Talk about the passion: PASSION PIT to a sold -out tour in Europe. I'm still surprised when we show done at the grass -roots level." up in Pontiac, Mich., and we're playing to 300 kids." be fruitful, and they need Frenchkiss to make that happen." could have by In Apruzzese's view, Passion Pit's position sets the band up Al Adhamy remembers a gig in Paris for which the mem- Butler also notes that because Frenchkiss is distributed have to reap rewards from the indie and major-label spheres. "Be- bers of Phoenix called to get on the guest list. "That's when I Sony Music's RED, staff at Columbia in the United States labels. "Our expec- cause we were originally signed to Frenchkiss in the U.S.," he was like, 'Hold on -this is crazy.' " helped "translate" goals between the two "that gave us some leverage in terms of allowing us to For "Manners," the band's goal was to make a record that tations here are different from theirs," he says, adding that says, have control and not being sucked into a 360 deal "doesn't have to cater to a small group" of in- the -know blog- Frenchkiss is predominately album- based, whereas Colum- creative where the label takes 35% of everything and tells you what you gers, Al Adhamy says. "It has the option of a bigger audience. bia U.K. focuses more on singles. Alan Becker says can and can't wear." I think it could be on the radio." RED senior VP of product development nat- Though his current contract with the band only calls for one It already is in the United Kingdom, where BBC Radio 1 RED's strategy for "Manners" is to let the album 'develop Butler is advising Passion Pit to think long term. has spun the album's lead single, "." Passion Pit urally as an indie record," then apply Sony's muscle if and more album, just because they're big on the manager Rich Cohen describes the band's deals with when it's called for. He compares Passion Pit's situation to "I try to remind these guys that in their hometown, that doesn't mean they're actu- Frenchkiss and Columbia U.K. as "two completely different that of Los Lonely Boys, whose self-titled 2004 disc was up- blogs or he says. "I tell them, ' If you want a career in this busi- things" but says the two labels are in regular communication streamed by Epic after an initial release on the New York indie ally big," you have to earn it. You're 21 right now. You have 30 years about the project. "This is a priority for Columbia worldwide," Or Music. "When Epic took on that project," Becker says, "it ness, you.' " he says. "They want to make money, so they need the band to was something much more fully developed than what Epic ahead of

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www.americanradiohistory.com DANCE BY LUKE BAUMGARTEN » >ON THE ROAD AGAIN has announced a slate of 38 Scene summer dates that begins July 3 in and marks the chart - Stealing topping 's first full North American tour What Happens in more than three years. acts have chosen to stay in the The summer trek, which When A music industry and keep will support the trio's May Movement recording; coincidentally, all are 15 album "21st Century Moves On? releasing new albums May 5. Breakdown" (Reprise But they're faced with a Records), heads 's glory struck a new set of questions: What clockwise through brief, bright chord, taking would they do now that their Canada and the United shape by 1999 and exploding sound was States. The band plays considered passé? into the mainstream conscious- Midwest, East Coast and And since electroclash is as Southern dates before ness by 2001. dead as , how are these finishing up Aug. 25 in At the genre's dawn, the the- artists planning on redefin- atrical Los Angeles. Venues will MACH & DADDY outfit ing themselves? be announced at a later landed a deal with Capitol For Fischerspooner, it's date. The new album, Records that was as big and about escaping LATIN BY AYALA BEN -YEHUDA the expectation which follows 2004's splashy as its music. Larry Tee, and bureaucracy that accompa- Billboard 200 -topping a longtime club DJ and party nied success. The duo's War- "American Idiot," was boy, coined the term "electro- ren Spooner says being on a produced by clash" and became the move- major label made him (Nirvana, the Smashing Mach feel & Daddy ment's chief proponent. The more like an accountant than Pumpkins); the first %No single, "Know Your gender- and genre-bending rap- an artist, juggling budgets and Enemy," was released to Rise Again per /singer became the submitting proposals. The act's radio April 16. Green Day occasionally bearded public new album, "Entertainment," will celebrate the release A South American Pair Searches For Nothern Exposure face of the scene when she is self-financed, self-released with a May 18 show at headlined the electroclash tour. and, in Spooner's mind, recon- New The Panamanian duo Mach & Daddy broke laborate York's Bowery on each other's albums, "Gracias A While the scene's influence nects with the art in a way that internationally with Ballroom. their 2005 album, the Dios" features duets with Junior Ranks and La can still be heard in acts like Fischerspooner's sophomore aptly titled "Desde Abajo" (From Below). Factoria vocalist Demphra. Katy Perry, Justice and Simian album, "Odyssey," could not. » >GREAT DANES Spurred initially in Latin America by the in- Panama Music is reapplying some ofthe les- Mobile Disco, none of electro- "With 'Entertainment,' I Kanye West, Nine Inch fectious soca hit "La Botella," the song and sons that it learned following the first Mach & clash's formative Nails, Oasis, Lil Wayne artists ever was inspired to do something the album developed slowly in the United Daddy release, label founder Januario Crespo broke and Coldplay are set to the 75,000 mark, accord- a little rawer," he says. "The States, at a time when radio was focusing on says. In 2005, "we headline the 39th annual didn't have the experience ing to Nielsen SoundScan. goal previously was to always Puerto Rican reggaetón. Roskilde Festival, to be in doing radio promotion or local [U.S.] TV Despite the odds stacked push toward the highest pro- But thanks to the patient servicing held July 2 -5 outside of record contacts," he says. This time, Mach & Daddy against them, however, all three duction values possible, but it Copenhagen. Additional pools and club DJs playing remixes, airplay are doing formal appearances on national TV artists slated to perform did eventually come -and brothers Pedro shows timed to the release oftheir album. The at the seven -stage event, ( "Mach ") and Martín ( "Daddy ") Machore went label is focusing efforts on the western United which is the longest - to No. 16 on Billboard's Hot Latin Songs chart States, particularly Texas and California, where running outdoor music in 2006. " Desde Abajo," which was released the duo first broke big. Mach & Daddy's initial G C) festival in the world, on the indie L B A I_P Li I_S E label Panama Music and licensed promo tour will hit radio stations in Texas cities EDITED BY include Lily Allen, Yeah TOM FERGUSON to Universal Latino, has sold 52,000 copies McAllen, Houston and Dallas as well as San Yeah Yeahs, Pet Shop in the United States and Puerto Rico, accord- Francisco, Los Angeles and Fresno, Calif. Boys, Nick Cave & the Bad »WORTH ing to Nielsen SoundScan. Seeds, Slipknot, the Mars L.A. in particular is a crucial market for the THE WAIT Now, Volta, Royksopp and armed with a stateside success story, act, which benefits from a high concentration The title of Duke Special's soph- Gang Gang Dance. Mach & Daddy return May 19 with their fol- of Central Americans who follow musical omore set, "I Never Thought low-up, "Gracias Organizers have A Dios." Much has changed trends in their home countries online, Crespo This Day Would Come," seems announced an in the market since the duo's last outing. The says. Social networks and grass -roots promo- appropriate for the Belfast, environmentally Panamanian "romantic" style, a poppier take tion will therefore still play a key role in push- Northern Ireland -based singer/ conscious theme for the on reggaetón, has gained ground in the States, ing requests at radio, as will concerts at L.A. songwriter, whose given name 2009 Roskilde dubbed with such acts as Flex and Panama Music la- venues that book Latin acts. is Peter Wilson. First released "Green Footsteps," which Patience i$ a virtue: belmates La Factoria, Eddy Lover and Makano Crespo expects to repeat with Mach & 17, will raise global climate Oct. 2008, by Universal DUKE SPECIAL finding mass appeal at pop and urban formats. Daddy what helped change awareness among drive demand with his Music Ireland, the record made With that in mind, Mach & Daddy's new other the estimated 75,000 - artists, such as Eddy Lover. "Without its long- awaited U.K. bow uct manager Mike Bartlett, who single is the plus attendees. The fest's solidly romantic "Te Extraño any radio play, we got 2,000 or 3,000 people (with four bonus tracks) April cites the strong performance Tanto." Odeon and Sustainable While acknowledging that the new at [L.A.'s] Prince Hall, because of the Inter- 20 through Universal Classics of the lead single, "Sweet album is more commercial, "we've Stages will host CO2- always net," Crespo says. Requests then flooded and Jazz (UCJ). Sweet Kisses," on Irish radio as friendly concerts, done romantic style," Martín says. and Pedro local rhythmic station KXOL (Latino 96.3). His 2006 debut, "Songs a key factor in taking the U.K. donations will go toward adds, "There's a lot of fusion: soca with "No matter where they are in the U.S., they From the Deep Forest" (V2), option. The track was A- listed environmental projects in bachata, reggaetón, romantic style. It's a get online every day to read news of what is sold 75,000 copies worldwide, on the national top 40 station India and Bangladesh. stronger offering." happening in their country, and they read according to his manager Phil RTE 2FM, according Tickets for the complete to UMI Produced by DJ Greg and Fasther -hit- the entertainment pages and that's how the Nelson Roskilde Festival of the Brighton, Eng- product manager David Har- makers in the Panama Music stable -"Gra- music flows," he says. land -based First Column experience -including a Man- ris. It was released April 20 in cias A Dios" covers the bases with four -day warmup that the title Panama Music also focuses on branding it- agement. "I Never Thought" the United Kingdom and made track, a soca hit kicks off June 28 -are in Central and South Amer- self (with artists giving shout -outs to the label has shifted 13,500 copies in the national AC station BBC now on sale for ica. In keeping with the drowning- your-sor- on their tracks) and frequently updates its Web Ireland, according to Univer- Radio 2's playlist. rows approximately $281. theme of "La Botella" (The Bottle), the site with new music, videos and wallpaper from sal Music Ireland. A U.K. and European tour album also contains the similar "Perdido en its roster. "Everything that's worked for our "We're picking this up off the began April 23, booked by the Reporting by Monica el Licor" (Lost in Liquor). And in accordance other artists we're going to apply to Mach & great momentum they gener- Brighton -based 13 Artists. "I Herrera and Evie Nagy. with the label's habit of having its artists col- Daddy," Crespo says. ated in Ireland," says UCJ prod- Never Thought" will receive a

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Steve Earle knew the singer /songwriter so well that he watched him play Russ- ian Roulette one night when he was drunk and admires him so much that he named his son after him. After establishing himself as an important new voice with a string of late -'80s albums that blended roots -rock and country, Earle struggled with his own substance abuse problems. But he came back in the mid -'90s, then drew controversy and critical acclaim with more political material like "Jerusalem" and "The Revolution Starts ... Now." Van Zandt, who died in 1997, never became famous as a performer. But other singers had hits with his compositions -most famously, and Merle Haggard recorded a version of

his outlaw ballad, "Pancho and Lefty," that became a No. 1 country hit in 1983 -and his own Fat Possum recently reissued some of his albums. Clash and burn: From left, versions hold up well enough that LARRY TEE. FISCHERSPOONER. Earle honors Van Zandt's influence on "Townes," which comes out May 12 on New West and PEACHES Records, by playing his songs in the same stark style they were originally recorded. "Townes was, literally, my mentor," says Earle, who picked up Van Zandt's talent for songwrit- becomes so would make 2002 seem like L Word" to "Lost in Transla- ing and his propensity for hard living. "This may be the best record I've ever done," he adds. "And costly, then 2,000 years ago, and he points tion." Now she's turned her at- that hurts my feelings because I'm a singer/songwriter." so political." to his collaboration with the gos- tention to composing tracks Tee, realiz- sip blogger, as well as name - that sound like early Madonna 1 Why did you decide to record an album that ofcourse I have an emotional stake in these ing that every- dropping blogged- about- today, and are drenched in new wave of Townes Van Zandt songs? songs-this is the reason I became a songwriter. thing he now gone -tomorrow micro -stars like synths. She still talk -raps I did it now to facilitate finishing my novel - loves musically the self-proclaimed "Queen of about her beard and mustache I started the novel six years ago and writing 3 The story goes that you met Van Zandt he discovered on the Internet" and and all the sexually masculine songs for this album would take a few [more] when he heckled you when you were per- the Web, went about the New York pro- things she'd like to do with her months out of that process. I had thought of forming at the Old Quarter in Houston. cobbling together moter Roxy Cottontail. feminine parts, but "Mud," a doing this a few times, but I talked myself out I saw him without a mic between us at Jerry many of those For Peaches, it's about es- track from her new album, "I of it every time because I'm a singer /song- Jeff Walker's 33rd birthday party about two artists -along with tablishing herself as a brand Feel Cream," could be a Van- writer and I had something I wanted to say. weeks before. He walked in at about three in Internet celebs (Perez independent of any scene. Her ity 6 song. the morning with a beautiful buckskin jacket Hilton on a song called bravada, beats and facial hair Peaches dedicates the first 2 Why Van Zandt instead of, say, Woody on, started a craps game and lost every dime "My Penis," for exam- catapulted her to a level of few lines of the opening track Guthrie? he had and his jacket. I didn't get up the nerve ple) -into his raucous mainstream recognition no on "I Feel Cream" to the move- I didn't know Woody Guthrie. I was in Texas, to talk to him. Then I was playing the Old Quar- new set "Club Badd." one else in electroclash ment. Quoting selectively and by the time I was 17 I knew Townes Van ter and he turned up. Tee says his goal was achieved: She worked with from "Serpentine," she talk - Zandt and Jerry Jeff Walker and Guy Clark. to create some- Joan Jett and Feist, toured with raps, "I've done the dash/ There were a lot of really good songwriters in 4 Are you surprised that many people thing so corn - and found her Done electroclash ... out- Texas when I was growing up, and the people today see him as a tragic figure? pletely modern it music in everything from "The lasted the backlash." you can sit in the same room with are going to What happed to him was certainly tragic, but affect you more than the people you just hear I don't think most of the people who knew him on records. Every single one of these tracks, my saw him as tragic. I was originally just as im- staggered European release their contemporary sound. "I is also Disastro's label manager. heart rate went up when I did it. And I realized pressed with all the dark, scary alcohol and by Universal throughout May, think it's because the guys look "We first released it in March drug use as anybody, but pretty quickly I with discussions taking place to their roots that fans are lis- 2008, Universal Music Italy realized that all of that got in the way of with U.S. labels. Duke Special is tening to the full album and not took it on license in November, what was important about him. published by Nettwerk One just the single, and it's also earn- and it was distributed with the Music. -Richard Smirke ing Rhythmic Elements a di- magazine XL [a supplement to 5 You made a comment about him verse audience," says Dharam the national daily La Repub- that became famous: "Townes Van » >RHYTHM Sewraj, Universal national divi- lica] in December." Zandt is the best songwriter in the KINGS sion and production director. "Pop Porno" was serviced whole world and I'll stand on Bob The Pretoria, South Africa - The duo is also working on to radio in February 2008, Dylan's coffee table in my cowboy based dance act Rhythmic Ele- releases for artists on its own but it was the video that boots and say that." ments' single "2 by 2" is tipped Two Tone Records, but the act turned it into a hit, peaking I was asked for a blurb [ for a Van Zandt to take the publicly decided may have new music of its own at No. 11. A black- and -white album] and that's what I said. It was lit- MTN record of the year honor by late 2009. Neo Tagane at tribute to the French direc- erally a sticker. Do I believe that he was May 2 at the South African Mu- Brits, South Africa -based Two tor Jean -Luc Godard, featur- a better writer than ? No. Do sic Awards. The single was a Tone Entertainment is the ing the duo's Alessandra I believe he deserves to be talked about dancehall and radio smash last group's manager and booking Contini and Gianluca De Ru- in the same breath as Bob Dylan? Yes. year and helped propel sales of agent, and Sheer Publishing is bertis, it was picked up by And I think Bob Dylan does, too. I was the act's debut album, "The Of- its publisher. -Diane Coetzer the music channels All Music opening for Dylan in 1988, and the first fering" (Universal /House Afrika and MTV and has been night I was on the tour Bob played "Pon- Records), to 30,000 copies, ac- » >GENIUS viewed more than 2.8 million cho and Lefty." cording to Universal. LOVES COMPANY times on YouTube. The album, released July 4, Having achieved cult status in II Genio's agent is Marco 6 What's your novel about?

2008, proves there's more to Italy with its sleeper hit "Pop Obertini at the Brescia -based I r s my second book -it's about a de- the duo than one hit. It has also Porno," the retro electronic pop Circolo Forestieri, and the duo frocked doctor who's a heroin addict who earned Rhythmic Elements duo II Genio is aiming to go in- is co- published by Cramps lives in San Antonio in 1963. Ten years SAMA nominations for album ternational. The act's debut Music and EMI Publishing Italy. before, he was traveling with Hank of the year and best urban dance album, "Il Genio," was initially Tisocco says II Genio is an in- Williams when he died. And Hank album, and the duo will perform released on the small indie Dis- ternational publishing priority Williams' ghost shows up. The short an- at the Sun City ceremony. astro Records based in Altavilla for EMI, and the duo will take swer is it's about Hank Williams' ghost Producer Master T and Vicentina. "The album has al- "Pop Porno" to foreign mar- and heroin and Roe v. Wade. I may get my vocalist /composer McKenzie ready had several incarnations," kets by "recording it in French ass kicked for this, but no one can say I'm bring traditional rhythms to says manager Erik Tisocco, who and Spanish." -Mark Worden not going for it. -

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m River House Records ROBERT BRADLEY'S Appleseed Records / VARIOUS ARTISTS Release Date: April 14 BLACKWATER Release Date: April 21 The Soul of Hip -Hop, Willie Nile has never been pro- Sounds of the Universe SURPRISE In a year that's already seen several overdue comebacks Volume I lific, at least when it comes to Producer: Ben Hillier Out of the Wilderness - Producer: Jonathan Kaslow releasing studio albums. "House Mute Producer: Bruce Robb among them, folkie Tom Rush, 4 /Concord Music of a Thousand Guitars" comes Release Date: April 27 Quarter 2 Three Records erstwhile Manfred Mann vocal- Group out a "mere" three years after While most of its '805 electro -pop Release Date: April 27 ist Paul Jones and MG's founder Release Date: April 28 2006's revelatory "Streets of contemporaries have faded into semiobscurity, De- There's no better purveyor of Booker T. Jones -legendary Building sonic bridges between New York" -the Buffalo, N.Y. - peche Mode continues to produce darkly atmospheric the swampy waters of roots songwriter Jesse Winchester's the past and the future, hip -hop born rock troubadour's quick- tracks about love, lust and death that have the vulnera- music today than pianist/song- may prove the most significant. has steadily sampled its way est one -two punch since his first bility and immediacy of a shared secret. The chirps and writer Robert Bradley. He and Since the late '70s the author of from trendy fad to global force. pair of albums. And listening to bleeps that marked the band's debut, "Speak & Spell," his band Blackwater Surprise such classics as "The Brand Playing a major role in that tran- these 12 songs makes it even gradually gave way to emotionally raw, expansive songs mark their studio return after New Tennessee Waltz" and sition: the venerable Memphis more of a treat. It's not that Nile under the guidance of songwriter Martin Gore. After a six -year absence with the "Biloxi" has averaged about one label Stax Records. Its deep does anything new; in fact, he nearly 30 years, the trio -now comprising Gore, Dave agreeably soulful "Out of the studio album per decade (his well of soul, R &B and remains a model of consistency Gahan and Andrew Fletcher -still imbue every aspect of Wilderness." It's his fifth outing last was 1999's "Gentleman of courses throughout the work in his literate lyricism and its 12th studio album, "Sounds of the Universe," with since 1994 when the blind Leisure "), which makes the ar- of such forward -thinking melodic touches culled from a imagery and sonic flourishes that make its music fresh busker was plucked off De- rival of "Love Filling Station" rap /hip -hop acts and produc- triumvirate of Dylan- Spring- and familiar. "Corrupt" and "Wrong" wouldn't be out of troit's streets to document his reason to celebrate. Recorded ers as Public Enemy, Ice Cube, steen -Reed influences. The key place on "Violator" or "Music for the Masses "; they pos- rough -hewn tunes teeming in Nashville and abetted by DJ Quik and DJ Hi -Tek. Featur- is simply the way he tosses off sess the taut, Gothic glamour of those albums. And, with homespun lyrical acumen. some estimable talent (includ- ing classic and little -known one ace song after another, in- Gahan, who wrote two worthy tracks ( "Come Back" and Reunited with keyboardist Bruce ing Jerry Douglas on lap steel), tracks by Isaac Hayes, David cluding the name -checking gal- "Miles Away "), handles provocative lyrics with his usual Robb, who produced 2003's it swings easily between Porter, the Emotions and oth- lop of the title track, the 12 -bar swagger. Some of the album's less successful songs - "Still Lovin' You," Bradley country/pop material like the ers, this 14 -track collection dou- chug of "Doomsday Dance," the "Little Soul," for example -are also its sunniest and most brightens the CD's 10 originals sentimental, '50s -ish "O What bles as a fascinating aural his- ambient build of "Love Is a languorous, and lack the dramatic tension that has been with his effervescence, grooved a Thrill" (previously covered by tory about how the past Train," the British Invasion har- Depeche Mode's calling card. Despite the departure of choruses and gravelly voice, the Mavericks) and the jaunty, inspired the hip -hop genera- monics of "Here Love Falls Like Alan Wilder in 2005 and tales of intraband combustibil- reminiscent of James Blood Western swing -flavored "It's a tion. One example is the Dra- Rain" and the harrowing char- ity, "Sounds of the Universe" captures an act with Ulmer. He pays homage to his Shame About Him," plus a matics' 1971 song "Get Up and acter vignettes of "Now That enough passion and inspiration to teach the artists it has home state on the country - handful of well- chosen covers, Get Down," which has been the War Is Over." The - influenced a few new tricks. -AC inflected "Alabama"; gives it up notably Ben E. King's "Stand by sampled by a diverse lineup heavy second half has a quieter, to on the "Shaft" - Me." Throughout, Winchester's ranging from LL Cool J, N.W.A more subtle kind of virtue typ- like, reggae -tinged "America- keening upper register remains and to Raekwon fea- ified by the downtown as fitting as the Glasgow, Scot- Meg and Dia Frampton have land"; and dances through the as delicious as a honey- coated turing Ghostface Killah -proof flavor of "When the Last Light land, sextet Camera Obscura's certainly evolved since their R &B and rock of "Everybody confection, while the occasional positive that old school can still Goes Out on Broadway. " -GG "My Maudlin Career." The 2005 self -released debut, "Our Wanna Party," a perfect sum- raspy inflection conveys a be cool. -GM group's fourth album (but first Home Is Gone." First an acoustic mer anthem. There's not a mo- touch -of -gray elegance. -FM CAMERA OBSCURA for 4AD) overflows with the duo with Dia singing and Meg ment of contrivance here, just My Maudlin Career signature mix of sticky -sweet on guitar and vocal harmonies, pure, spirited fun. -DO WILLIE NILE Producer: Jari Haapalainen lyrics backed by grandiose pop the pair is now a slick five -piece BERNIE WILLIAMS House of a Thousand 4AD arrangements. Throughout the factory of radio -ready pop - Moving Forward

Guitars Release Date: April 21 11 tracks, frontwoman Tracyanne rockers, and the duo's second JESSE WINCHESTER Producers: Loren Harriet, Producers: various Rarely has an album title been Campbell tries to fall out of love, major -label release erupts with Love Filling Station Bernie Williams calls relationships things of the energy and robust production. Producers: al VornDick, Reform Records past, admits to loneliness and in The set is dominated by up- Jesse Winchester Release Date: April 14 ART BRUT the title track declares, "I don't tempo, piano- and guitar- driven Art Brut vs. Satan want to be sad again." "Maudlin" tracks like "Going Away" and Producer: Black Francis tones down the organ promi- "What If," where jogging verses TINTED WINDOWS y Downtown Records nent in 2006's "Let's Get Out of accelerate into running cho- Tinted Windows Release Date: April21 This Country" but makes up for ruses. "Giants" uses bongos and Producers: Tinted Windows 11 in layers string and a to dance -friendly S -Curve ``ü ` The English rock act Art Brut has it generous of disco beat established itself as the class clown of the indie scene, cre- horn arrangements, glocken- ends that cry out for a club Release Date: April 27 holm ating lightweight punk songs with a sarcastic edge. For spiel and doo -wop harmonies. remix, and "Inside My Head" Although the roster of the newly the band's third effort, it recruited illustrious Pixies front - The result is a flawless blend of channels the pseudo- reggae formed act Tinted Windows is a bit of a head- scratch- man Black Francis as its producer and decided to get (a sunny pop, , blues and rock of Sublime. Die's well - er- middle Hanson brother Taylor Hanson, Fountains of bit) serious. "Art Brut vs. Satan" finds singer Eddie Argos jazz with the cleanest produc- honed vocals suggest a young Wayne's Adam Schlesinger, former Smashing Pumpkin battling many demons, from a hangover on "Alcoholics tion in Camera Obscura's cata- rocker who has learned how to James Iha and Cheap Trick drummer Bun E. Carlos -it all Unanimous" to an awkward morning -after on "What a log. For a woman who has ex- wield power but not quite when seems to make sense after one listen to the super - Rush." While Argos' shout-singing retains its comic perienced so much heartbreak, to let a more vulnerable side group's self -titled debut. "Whoa whoa" and "come on, charm, the band's songwriting has evolved since the two - Campbell sure sounds happy. show. More nuance emerges come on" choruses abound on a set that's packed with minute headbangers of its 2005 debut, "Bang Bang Rock Maybe she's just a hopeless near the end with the piano radio -ready pop tunes that will stick in your brain for & Roll." The seven -minute closer, "Mysterious Bruises," is romantic. -LL waltz "Kiss You Goodnight" and days. The power -pop punch of songs like "Kind of a Art Brut's most ambitious song to date, but a funky guitar the closing title track, alluding to Girl," "Messing With My Head" and "Take Me Back" hook and thoughtful lyrics make it a highlight. Francis' MEG & DIA a Mozart quote about the art of make up for the girl -woes lyrics that leave much to be production has noticeably tightened the band's sound, as Here, Here and Here composing music, which alter- desired (sample line: "Since you said goodbye /I just Freddy Feedback's bass bounces crisply alongside duel- Producer: nates compellingly between want to die "), while the cool, laid -back vibe of "Cha ing riffs. Art Brut may never shed its screwball charisma, Warner Bros. acoustic guitar with lo -fi Cha" and the open -wide chorus of "Nothing to Me" set but "Satan" is a successful step in a mature direction. -JL Release Date: April 27 production and a full electric the perfect soundtrack to summer. -JM The Draper, Utah -based sisters suite. -EN

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www.americanradiohistory.com i VI SINGLES First things first: "Moving For- cepts. Standouts include the title POP Writer: Amy Macdonald ward," the second album by for- track, with its crashing guitar and KATY PERRY Publisher: lhérner/Chappell. RICK ROSS FEATURING mer New York Yankees center - lonely piano, and "Últimos Días," (3:22) BMl JOHN LEGEND fielder Bernie Williams, is the an uptempo with soaring new Producers: Greg Wells, Katy Magnificent (4:17) product of a musician with real wave synths.-ABY Perry Much of the world has already Producer: JU.S.T.I.C.E. League RICK RO$$ chops, not a celebrity dilettante. Writers: K. Perry, D. Child, discovered this well- crafted up- Writers: various Fill MS ! EGENC Once again, he serves up a pleas- A. Carlsson tempo folk /pop song, which Publishers: various ing mix of light jazz and pop THIRD DAY Publishers: various topped the charts last year in Def Jam numbers, includinga remake of Live Revelations: On Stage, Capitol Austria, Belgium, France and Pair two of the most distinctive voices in the music in- Jon Secada's 1992 hit "Just An- Off Stage, Backstage While the ballad "Thinking of the , as well as dustry-a captivating rapper and a seasoned R &B vocal- other Day," with Secada himself Directors: Jonathan Erwin, You" didn't stir up the same reaching the top five in several ist -and the result is "Magnificent." Rick Ross features on lead vocals; the pretty instru- Andrew Erwin buzz as her previous danceable other countries. Now it makes John Legend on one of the chill -out anthems of the sea- mental title track; and "Go for It," Essential Records top lOs, Katy Perry turns it back inroads stateside, climbing 24- son and the stellar lead single off his third album, "Deep- featuring the jazz guitarist Mike Release Date: April 7 up a notch with her most radio - 19 on the Triple A radio chart. er Than Rap." For the high rollers, the yacht groupies Stern. Williams is a committed This 75- minute documentary friendly song yet, "Waking Up The 21- year -old's Scottish ac- and those elite few who demand perfection, clever, if student of his instrument, but lives up to its title by providing in Vegas." The fourth single cent shines through, while a illogical, lyrics abound: "I'm tha magnificent with tha he's also savvy enough to cater Third Day fans unprecedented from her platinum album "One memorable hook and ener- sensational style, when I decorate a home, marble floor- to his tri -state area Yankee fan access to the band's life on the of the Boys" pokes fun at the getic instrumentation make for ing like da Nile." The J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League production base, giving them a lovely ver- road as well as time at home pop tart's antics while in- a polished and distinctive outfit reteamed with Ross on four songs including sion of "Take Me Out to the Ball - with their families. Filmed dur- dulging herself in Sin City. Writ- sound uncommon in today's "Magnificent," a top 10 single on Billboard's Hot R &B/ game" and a recording of Bruce ing last fall's Music Builds tour, ten by "" newcomers. Crossover poten- Hip -Hop Songs chart. Their magic is cemented by sam- Springsteen performing "Glory the two -disc set includes a live songwriter Andreas Carlsson, tial abounds: Adult Top 40 has pling "Gotta Make It Up to You," a sensual 1983 slow jam Days" at a charity benefit, with CD with riveting performances and Perry, the warmed to poppier sounds of as performed by Angela Bofill.-MM Williams on lead acoustic. But of songs including "Call My fun starts with the sound of late, such as those from Brit -

while the Springsteen track will Name," "This Is Who I Am," coins clinking out of a slot ma- ney Spears, but programmers help move a few more copies, "Slow Down" and "Otherside," chine. The momentum contin- would be smart to seek this Me," Hutchinson attaches his the country/pop line with great it's an awkward way to end an which features the steel gui- ues with hypnotizing guitar ef- Amy, too. -GT hip, soulful energy to a piano - success on her third single from album that otherwise keeps the tarist Robert Randolph. The fects that conjure a car's engine pop song that you can't help her chart -topping "Fearless" spotlight properly trained on footage demonstrates why as it speeds onto the Strip, a but foot -tap to. Reminiscent album. "You Belong With Me" is Williams himself. -LH this is one of the most - forceful drum set laying out the OK, It's Alright With Me of Billy Joel's bouncy material a driving country rocker with awarded bands in Christian foundation and Perry's infec- (2:31) from the beginning of his ca- enough of a pop sheen to music, shining a spotlight on tious vocal driving over. Bets Producer: Will Golden reer, Hutchinson's appeal is al- continue Swift's crossover ZOÉ the musicianship of drummer are on for this one. -MM Writer: E. Hutchinson ready similar to that of Jason success at multiple formats. Reptilectric David Carr, bassist Tai Ander- Publisher: Bayside High Mraz, with whom he'll tour this While some may scoff at the Producers: Phil Vinall, Zoé son and guitarist Mark Lee and ELLIOTT YAMIN Music, ASCAP summer-MM lyrical content, which for older the star power of frontman Fight for Love (3:35) Warner Bros./Let's Break listeners might seem like the Release Date: April 7 Mac Powell. The singer prowls Producers: Terry The online singer/songwriter COUNTRY Peter Pan world of high school, Since its release in Mexico last the stage with a smoldering in- "Maddscientist" Thomas, sensation Eric Hutchinson's TAYLOR SWIFT the singer herself just gradu- year, "Reptilectric" hasn't stray- tensity that rivals any main- Johnta Austin "Sounds Like This" came out in You Belong With Me (3:52) ated last year and has time to ed far from the top of the Mexi- stream rock legend yet moves Writers: J. Austin, T. Thomas May 2008, and it's an album Producers: Nathan Chapman, grow. Right now, teen fans are can album charts, for good rea- the audience with the heart of Publishers: various that "keeps inching along." The Taylor Swift living life through her songs, son. Zoé stands out among its an evangelist: Imagine Jim Hickory/RED first hit, "Rock & Roll," was the Writers: T Swift, L. Rose while their parents are reliv-

peers in the Latin alternative Morrison meets Ronnie Van "I'm ecstatic, I feel the magic," only No.1 single at Triple A by a Publisher: not listed ing their . Not a shabby scene, thanks to darkly sophis- Zant meets Billy Graham. Be- are the opening lines that en- new artist in 2008, and with fol- Big Machine way to connect with a wide ticated songwriting and epic yond the live footage, the inti- capsulate the spirit of the lead low-up "OK, It's Alright With Taylor Swift keeps straddling audience. -CW mixtures of the acoustic and mate, familial moments are es- single from the season -five electronic. The act evokes a pecially revealing, providing a "American Idol" finalist's soph- Ziggy Stardust -like theme of an glimpse into the challenges of omore album. Co- written by DAVID COOK SOLANGE isolated pod of a human float- balancing career and family. R &B hitmaker Johnta Austin Come Back to Me (4:08) T.O.N.Y. (3:54) ing across space, though one The DVD includes interviews (Mary J. Blige, Mariah Carey) Producer: Rob Cavallo Producer: Jack Splash who's looking to connect with victims of Hurricane Ike and Theodore Thomas, Yam - Writers: A. Bjorklund, E. Lind, Writers: J. Splash, T DeCarlo through signals and satellites. and footage of the devasta- in's soulful delivery demon- Z. Maloy Callaway With the help of the noted British tion, underscored by Third strates that he is no one -hit Publishers: Zac Maloy Music, Publishers: various producer Phil Vinall, Zoé has cre- Day's poignant hit "Cry Out to wonder. Soaring over a laid - Sony/ATV Tunes, ASCAP; Stellar Songs, EMI Music World/Geffen /lnterscope ated music to match its lofty con- Jesus. " -DEP back, smooth R &B beat, his vo- Blackwood, BMI The third single from Solange's cals capture the essence of 19/RCA critically acclaimed "Sol -Angel tiaM]h being in love. This gem is al- David Cook's third single from his platinum- certified and the Hadley St. Dreams" 114 ready resonating with listen- self-titled album finds the current "American Idol" album could finally be the EDITED BY WAYNE ROBINS CRITICS' CHOICE A new *: ers at top 40 and should have champ in familiar territory. The Espionage writing team one R &B radio responds to. release, regardless of chart CONTRIBUTORS: Ayala Ben - potential, highly recommended no problem snugly settling in ( "Irreplaceable "), along with Zac Maloy, craft a laid -back Indicative of the overall '70s Yehuda, Alexandra Cahill, Gary for musical merit. at AC. R &B radio should also power Graff, Louis Heu, Laura Leebove, ballad with enough hooks to maintain Cook's vibe of the project, "T.O.N.Y." Jason Lipshutz, Michael All albums commercially available take notice: This is a guy who heat on the pop and adult top 40 charts. Cook gives an has enough charm to sway Menachem, Jill Menze, Fred Mills, in the United States are eligible. held his own duetting with earnest, restrained vocal performance, reflective of the the most current -minded R &B Gail Mitchell, Evie Nagy, Dan Send review copies to Wayne Ouellette, Deborah Evans Price, Robins (Billboard, 770 Broadway, Blige on "Idol," and he shows pensive lyric about letting a loved one go so that the heads. Philly -style horns, a Gary Trust, Alex Vitoulis, Chris Seventh Floor, New York, N.Y. those chops here. -AV person can grow. Credit producer Rob Cavallo and Cook Motown -inspired groove and Williams 10003) or to the writers in the for finding a nice balance between such an obvious pop spirited girl -group back- appropriate bureaus. PICK : A new release predicted AMY MACDONALD structure with enough muscle to hold the attention of ground vocals frame a clever to hit the top half of the chart in the corresponding format. This Is the Life (3:05) his more rock- minded fans. -CW lyric about a regrettable one Producer: Pete Wilkinson night stand. -CW

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`Iron Maiden: Flight 666' metal touring market, including India, Costa Rica thought it would be great for the family album." look like we had 100 cameras." Shows How The Band and Colombia. Iron Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain says It's inevitable that any movie about a hard rock Rocked The World- Literally How did the band manage to do this? Simple: with a laugh, "There were a couple times when band will be compared to "Spinal Tap." However, It has its own plane. A remodeled 757 took the I said, 'Let's open the emergency exit and toss the members mostly steer clear of any stereotyp- It's part concert film, part "Spinal Tap" and band, the crew and 12 tons of cargo on the trip, [the filmmakers] out.' But for the most part, you ical antics. "Our goal was to give people a look Dunn says. part instructional video on how to conduct a which totaled almost 50,000 miles. ( "It's designed wouldn't have known they were there." behind their rock star status," 45 -day world tour in countries where music for use; there's no rock'n'roll Jacuzzi," manager Directors Sam Dunn and Scot McFadyen, who For example, the band is shown during down- fans have never seen a heavy metal band up Rod Smallwood says.) previously wrote and directed the documentaries time snorkeling, playing golf and getting close and personal. With singer /licensed Bruce Dickinson at "Metal: A Headbanger's Journey" and "Global whupped on the court by retired Australian pro- It's "Iron Maiden: Flight 666," a documentary the controls of Ed Force One, the documentary Metal," gathered 500 hours of footage as they trav- fessional tennis player Pat Cash. But there are chronicling the first leg of the band's 2008 Some- follows Iron Maiden as it plays 23 sold-out shows eled with the band around the world. also plenty of only -in -metal moments: The flight where Back in Time tour. Having won the award in stadiums and amphitheaters in 13 countries. Dunn and McFadyen laid out in advance which attendants on the plane all wear Iron Maiden for best music documentary at the recent South At first, Smallwood says, the band was hesi- song was going to be recorded during each tour shirts, the cockpit has an Eddie bobblehead, and by Southwest Film & Music Festival, the film tant about participating in the documentary. But stop, making sure to position the cameras so they the band gets mobbed by crying, hysterical fans opened April 21 in many of the countries the band the chance to record the scope of the tour for pos- would get the scope of the audience in each city begging for autographs and -in some cases - visited on tour, as well as in almost 50 U.S. theaters. terity won out. and not interrupt the flow of the performance. to be adopted by bassist Steve Harris. This wasn't just any if-this-is- Tuesday -it -must- "I had to sit back a little and see what was going "No offense to Martin Scorsese, but when I "We're bigger now than we were 15 or 20 years be- Belgium jaunt around the globe captured on on: No one's ever done this, with the incredibly see another camera in the shot, I lose the feel- ago," McBrain says. "We're on the second, third film. Iron Maiden purposefully selected stops different cultures and our own plane," Smallwood ing of being at a concert," McFadyen says. "We and sometimes fourth generation of fans. They're that are traditionally underserved by the heavy adds. "The excitement was contagious. And we had five cameras and our goal was to make it the true stars of our film."

THE NUMBERS DON'T LIE High -profile TV appearances (including "Last Call With Carson Daly," MTV's "Spring Break ") and a jam -packed touring schedule (the Alternative Press tour, a European junket supporting Katy Perry, South by Southwest) have contributed to 30H!3's chart momentum. Coming up: festival (May 3), headlined by the newly reunited No Doubt.

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www.americanradiohistory.com Breaking through: WHITE LIES Que and his groupmates argued over creative differences and lack of label advance money. Adding to the ten- sion was Qué s personal and finan- cial issues with his family. "We had to learn how to work with each other," Taylor says of the turmoil, which he guarantees was real and not scripted. "With the last album, Diddy was at the creative helm; this time the ball was in our court. We weren't lis- tening to each other. But at the end of the day, we figured out we were saying the same thing but in different ways." SPREADING Sporting production by Blaze, Jer- maine Dupri, Jazze Pha, Ne -Yo, T- LIES Pain and Bryan -Michael Cox, the The White Lies' debut album, "To

album also features Day26 cutting its Lose My Life," was No. 1 on the U.K. production teeth on a couple of tracks. chart last January. But the up -and- The idea musically, Taylor adds, was coming London band is circumspect to show that the group is equally adept when it comes to predicting whether at slowing things down and pump- the album will get a similar reaction in

ing the vibe back up. A $13.98 Target - the United States. R&B BY GAIL MITCHELL only exclusive "Forever" package "It's not often that bands from the includes a DVD featuring behind-the- U.K. really break over here," drummer scenes footage and Day26 answering Jack Brown says during a recent fans' questions. stopover at New York's Bowery Ball- Winding down its 26 Days of Day26 room. "It takes such a long time to infil- `Forever' will co- trate that subculture. And Brothers promo tour, the act next it's impossi- Day26 Overrides Drama To No. 1 Debut headline a series of West Coast dates ble to really predict when this country with Capitol's J. Holiday. The run in- is so big and we are so small." Day26 has overcome the creative dif- ing Yung Joc and Diddy, which hit a history in 2008 with its self-titled cludes a May 10 show at Los Angeles' But White Lies -which includes ferences and other issues that plagued new peak (No. 58) after four weeks debut album. Bowing at No. 1 on the Club Nokia. It's all part of the group's bassist/ Charles Cave the group during MTV's just -wrapped on Hot R &B /Hip -Hop Songs. The Billboard 200 with 190,000 in sales, Forever in a Day national tour that and singer/guitarist Harry McVeigh-is "Making the Band 4." song is in heavy rotation at MTV Jams the album gave Bad Boy its first back - launches May 6. definitely up for the challenge. Since the The Bad Boy quintet's sophomore and power rotation at MTV Hits. to -back chart- topping albums follow- Attributing the Forever journey to March 17 stateside release of the Fic- album, "Forever in a Day," debuts this Aside from label chief Sean ing 's No. 1 debut. growing pains, manager Screwface tion/Geffen album, the trio played two week at No. 1 on Billboard's Top R &B/ "Diddy" Combs, Day26 is the only Billboard caught up with Day26 of Starstruck Management says gigs at Austin's recent South by South- Hip -Hop Albums chart and No. 2 on Bad Boy act to start its career with con- during rehearsals in New York for Day26 is a "gifted and tough group" west conference, appeared on "Late the Billboard 200. According to secutive No. is on Top R &B /Hip -Hop part two of the show's live season fi- whose members are ultimately there Show With David Letterman" and co- Nielsen SoundScan, the group logged Albums. The group- comprising nale set to air April 23. (Part one aired for each other. headlined a coast -to-coast tour with the first-week sales of 113,000 copies. Brian Andrews, Mike McCluney, April 16.) The group is slated to per- Taylor agrees. "We're strong, English dance punk /new wave band Propelling those sales is the current Qwanell Mosley (aka Que), Robert form "Imma" during the show, which we're brothers, and we're staying Friendly Fires -including a critically ac- single "Imma Put It on Her," featur- Curry and Willie Taylor -first made kept viewers glued to the screen as together." < claimed performance at the Coachella festival. White Lies will also appear on "Last Call With Carson Daly" (April 24) and at Lollapalooza (Aug. 7 -9). FOREIGN EXCHANGE The whirlwind activity is having an impact. "To Lose" debuted its first She's only been speaking English for a year. wish list includes Justin Timberlake, Ne- week at No.146 on the Billboard 200 But that isn't stopping BoA from convers- Yo and T -Pain. and No. 4 on Top Heatseekers with ing in the universal language of music. BoA, who is represented by Creative nearly 4,000 in sales, according to A superstar in Japan and her native South Artists Agency, is currently on the East Nielsen SoundScan. The album has Korea, the 22- year -old is also a skillful dancer Coast leg of a cross -country radio promo sold 12,000 copies to date, while the who has been singing professionally since tour. Featured as an "Up and Coming Artist" title track is bubbling under the Mod- she was 13. She is part of a current Asian mu- on the Clear Channel Web site, she will per- ern Rock radio airplay chart and sical exchange program whose emissaries form Aug. 15 at rhythmic WDRE Long Is- stands a strong chance of debuting include Utada (Billboard, Feb. 28), the land, N.Y.'s outdoor festival. there in the coming weeks. Teriyaki Boyz, Se7en and Wonder Girls. With BoA now divides her time between Tokyo Recorded in Brussels, "To Lose My 12 No.1 albums in Asia, BoA has sold 7.6 mil- and Los Angeles. During the short time she's Life" was produced by Ed Buller and lion copies, according to SoundScan Japan. been in the States, she has compiled a short Max Dingle. The set, mixed by Alan The SM Entertainment artist now brings list of favorite things: In -N -Out Burger, Cof- Moulder (My Bloody Valentine, the her R &B- and dance -styled synth pop to the fee Bean and Dave & Buster's -in between Smashing Pumpkins), recalls the dra- United States. Her self -titled, first English - explaining the origin of her name. matic melancholia of Joy Division and language album arrived March 17. It debuted "People have asked me if it's an acronym Echo & the Bunnymen. However, Cave at No.127 on the Billboard 200 and No. 3 on for 'best of Asia,' " the diminutive singer cites the band Secret Top Heatseekers, selling 8,000 copies. The says with a laugh. "Even for 'Bank of Amer- Machines as a principal influence. lead single, "I Did It for Love " -produced by ica.' No, it's just a creative styling of my The group is slated to head back and featuring (Usher, Bey - real name, which loosely translated means to Europe fora string of dates, includ- oncé) -has sold 4,000 digital downloads. 'sparkling jewel.' " ing a stop at the Readings and Leeds A previously released album track, "Eat You Which is why SM Entertainment U.S. pres- Festival in August. In the meantime, a Up," peaked at No. 8 on the Hot Dance Club ident Nikki SeMin Han is confident that BoA the plan is to continue working the Play chart and has sold 28,000 downloads. will break through stateside. "She's the only single at radio and do another state- "I just wanted to make fresh, hot dance female artist in the world," he says, "who can side tour in the fall. music," says BoA, who also worked with deliver the most powerful dance perform- Brown says, "We've got ourselves producers Brian Kennedy and Bloodshy & ance together with her music." in a really good position to do as well Avant. She says her future collaborator -Gail Mitchell and Rob Schwartz as we can." -Jill Menze

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4 The Walt Disney Chart Story; Discount Discussion

In its fourth week on the Billboard 200, With the soundtrack's ascension to or Demi Lovato and other tween- has previously been offered through for as little as 99 Ascending to the top of the the soundtrack to "Hannah Montana: No. 1 coming a week after its Lyric friendly acts. (Well, yes and no: Lovato 's MP3 store in Its 29 When I checked its availability, Modern Rock chart The Movie" reaches No. 1 for the first Street cousin Rascal Flans opened atop was but not Jonas Brothers.) cents. chart week, 's "Fe Disney Music But nearly all of the 52 suggestions it was priced at a more reasonable Good Drag" earns the time, climbing to the top of the chart the list, it gives the distinction of the longest with 133,000 copies, according to Group back -to -back chart -toppers on were titles that were either currently $7.99. So, what albums did "customers climb to No. 1 in the chart's Nielsen SoundScan. That's a decline the Billboard 200 for the free or had been who bought this item" also buy? The year history. Previously, the deeply dis- same as what the "Hannah" sugges- record was held by the 27- of 32% compared with last week's first time. previously V that, week rise of 10 Years' 196,000 -but that sum was powered All told, the Disney counted or free. They tions turned up. Is it worrisome "Wasteland" in 2006. by the film's April 10 opening com- Group has seen 16 No. l s oun te included 's "No Line at least on the surface, a deeply dis- bined with sales driven by the Easter across its various labels. EITH on the Horizon," the counted album only seems to encour- AULFIEL D Rick Ross is on his way to his holiday shopping. Its first, in 1965, was the various artists set "Mo- age other deep- discounted sales? 1 on the third No. album to the film town Number l's Vol. It's too early to tell. Amazon's MP3 Billboard 200 as "Deeper Than soundtrack Rap" looks like it will debut atop "Mary Poppins" on the 2," the 99 cent compi- store is still getting a foothold in the the list next week. Industry Buena Vista label. The lation "99 Perfectly Re- iTunes- dominated market and trying prognosticators predict the Slip -; laxing Songs," a free to compete. Worst case? The recom- N- Slide /Def Jam set will sell label group didn't earn more than 150,000 copies in its its second until "The sampler and mendation system is flawed. Lion King" soundtrack on Walt Dis- giveaway tracks from Mieka Pauley The armchair psychologist in me ney Records roared atop the list in and Erin McCarley. thinks these inexpensive deals are just 1994. The "" soundtrack, And since the "Hannah" album was anamolies and the customer that they also on , followed on sale for just $3.99 at the time I speak to either may not be familiar with suit in 1995. The remainder of Dis- browsed the collection, it might mean how Amazon's MP3 service works or ney Music Group's 13 No. is have that people who like one inexpensive are newcomers to the download world. come since 2003. album tend to like other low- priced se- For example, a recent hot seller in lections as well. Amazon's MP3 store was the nondis- CHEAP TRICK: While checking out The "Hannah" set might not be the counted Decemberists album "The the soundtrack to "Hannah Mon- best -case scenario. At the time, it was Hazards of Love." Customers who Overall album sales are down 19% tana: The Movie" in Amazon's MP3 brand -new, so it didn't have much of bought it also picked up such titles as M. this week as the market readjusts after store the week it was released, I was a purchase history to offer the cus- Neko Case's "Middle Cyclone," Kings Leon's On the Mainstream Top the busy week. surprised to see the recommendations to-ner. Unlike, say, an album that's Ward's "Hold Time," of radio airplay chart, Britney "Hannah" fends off the second chart that were suggested for purchase. You been out a couple of months, which "Only by the Night" and other titles Spears notches her third top 10 in theory, have had a couple that haven't been offered at a low price. in a row as "If U Seek Amy" week of Rascal Flatts' "Unstoppable" know, those albums that are billed should, vaults to No. 10. It follows (No. 3 with 107,000; down 69 %) and under the header, "Customers who of thousand people buy it in addition The trick is, how do you get cus- "Womanizer" and "Circus." the debut of Day26's "Forever in a Day" bought this item also bought." to another album. tomers interested in a 99 cent classi- Spears last strung together for three top 10s in 1999 with her (No. 2 with 113,000). The former album You'd think the suggestions would Take the "99 Most Essential Pieces cal compilation to spend $9.99 three singles. first arrived at No. 1 last week with 351,000. be along the lines of Jonas Brothers of Classical Music" collection, which another album?

I A Weekly National Music Sales Report IV a rice ` \ \!a `cI1 For week ending April 19, 2009. Figures are rounded. nieltiCn Compiled from a national sample of retail store and rack I-I sales reports collected and provided by C A RI Weekly Unit Sales Year -To -Date SoundScan DIGITAL DIGITAL 2008 2009 CHANGE 13 E AT ALBUMS ALBUMS" TRACKS 2008 2009 CHANGE This Week 6,363,000 1,389,000 23,137,000 OVERALL UNIT SALES YEAR -TO -DATE SALES BY ALBUM CATEGORY >> Jason Mraz and Colbie 111, 732,000 -12.3% -14.2% Caillat pair up for the Adult Top Last Week 7,837,000 1,499,000 23,995,000 Albums 127,395,000 Current 70,891,000 60,801,000 40 chart's first top 10 duet in 13 Digital Tracks 341,196,000 399,777,000 17.2% Catalog -9.9% Change -7.3% -3.6% 56,503,000 50,931,000 years, as "Lucky" lifts 11 -10. -18.8% Store Singles 476,000 472,000 -0.8% The 10 title to Deep Catalog 40,244,000 37,089,000 -7.8% only other top ThbWeek Last Yea 7,504,000 1,208,000 19, 329, 000 sport a shared lead credit was Total 469,067,000 511,981,000 9.1% the song that led the list upon Change -15.2% 15.0% 19.7% Album wink' 161,514,600 151,709,700 -6.1% its March 16, 1996, launch: 'Digital album sales are also counted within album sales. 'Includes track equivalent album sales (TEA) with 10 track downloads equivalent Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men's to one album sale. "One Sweet Day." Weekly Album Sales (Million Units) CURRENT ALBUM SALES 30 »As a cornerstone of the New '08 lineup for 16 York Yankees DIGITAL TRACKS SALES '09 60.8 million years, Bernie Williams collected 25 2,336 hits. This week, he ups his '08 ... count of Billboard chart hits, as '09 399.8 million SALES "Moving Forward" enters the 20 - 2009 CATALOG ALBUM Billboard 200 and Top Contemporary Jazz Albums. '08 The set's ieadoff cut, "Go for It," 15 concurrently steps up to the on Jazz Songs. plate Smooth 10 SALES BY ALBUM FORMAT

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RANDY TRAVIS "Twilight." DAUGHTRY Daughtry D 1 110 109 94 I Told You So: The Ultimate Hits Of Randy Travis RCA 88860 /RMG (18.98) 0+ WARNER BROS. (NASHVILLE) 518189/WRN (18.9) SLIPKNOT AVENGED SEVENFOLD Avenged Sevenfold 4 111 124 127 All Hope Is Gone HOPELESS 303804/WARNER BROS. (18.98) ROADRUNNER 617938 (18.98) 99 MICHAEL W. SMITH RISE AGAINST Appeal To Reason 3 112 111 102 A New Hallelujah DGC /INTERSCOPE 011904/IGA (13.98) REUNION 10133 (13.98) THE KILLERS LUDACRIS Theater Of The Mind 5 113 118 120 Day & Age DTP /DEF JAM 012020* /IDJMG (13.98) ISLAND 012197 /IDJMG (13.98) TAYLOR VARIOUS ARTISTS WOW Gospel 2009: 30 Of The Year's Top Gospel Artists And Songs JAMES Other Covers (EP) 114 135 113 HEAR (9.98) WORD -CURB /EMI CMG/VERITY 41675/JLG (18.98) 31385 RAY LAMONTAGNE SAVING ABEL A $1.99 sale tag at Gossip In The Grain 115 137 132 Saving Abel RCA (18.98) CI SKIDDCO /VIRGIN 15019 /CAPITOL (12.98) 32670

. Best Buy brings the "s S OUNDTRACK 116 123 124 Fast & Furious album onto the ACROBATNANGUARD 79827/WELK (16.98) ' STAR TRAK /INTERSCOPE 012822/IGA (10.98) chart for the first DJEASY STAR ALL -STARS 167 178 14" Da REAList Easy Star's Lonely Hearts Dub Band BIG GATES /SLIP -N -SLIDE /ATLANTIC 515812/AG (18.98) 0+ EASY STAR 1018 (15.98) time. The set shift- JOHN LEGEND SOUNDTRACK 45% 168 157 147 Evolver 118 128 97 Twilight: The Score (Carter Burwell) ed 4,000 -a 0.0.0.D. /COLUMBIA 13740 /SONY MUSIC (18.98) 0+ SUMMIT/CHOP SHOP/ATLANTIC 517000/AG (18.98) increase over the JAKE OWEN JESSE MCCARTNEY 169 166 Easy Does It 119 80 - 22 Departure 14 RCA NASHVILLE 31287/SMN (12.98) HOLLYWOOD 001942 (13.98) previous frame. THE PUSSYCAT DOLLS GEORGE STRAIT 159 137 Doll Domination 120 81 138 Troubadour 170 MCA NASHVILLE 010826 /UMGN (13.98) INTERSCOPE 011770/IGA (13.98) PASTOR TROY Cage The Elephant Feel Me Or Kill Me DSP/JIVE 49658/JLG (13.98) MONEY AND THE POWER 280 /SMC (15.98) ® After single TOBY KEITH MIMS 172 That Don't Make Me A Bad Guy 5 122 53 - Guilt SHOW DOG NASHVILLE 022 (18.98) AMERICAN KING 27279 /CAPITOL (18.98) "Ain't No Rest for FLEET FOXES JONAS BROTHERS the Wicked" was a Fleet Foxes 36 123 43 86 The 3D Concert Experience (Soundtrack) SUB POP (13.98) HOLLYWOOD 002829 (18.98) 777' free single of the A DAY TO REMEMBER J. HOLIDAY 2 Homesick 21 124 129 90 Round VICTORY 448 (13.98) MUSIC LINE 27532 /CAPITOL (18.98) week in the ilotes TOBY KEITH RED 15 /tore, the digital 35 Biggest Hits 2 125 132 126 Innocence & Instinct DOG NASHVILLE 010334/UME (19.981 ESSENTIAL 10863 (13.98) O SHOW album posts a 11% THIRD DAY I SEE STARS 3D 176 126 131 101 Revelation 6 gain and debuts on (13.98) ESSENTIAL 10853 (17.98) SUMERIAN 017 A the tally. The physi- SILVERSTEIN STATIC -X Cult Of Static 16 127 106 33 A Shipwreck In The Sand 33 REPRISE 517449/WARNER BROS. (13.98) VICTORY 458 (13.98) + cal version of the BERNIE WILLIAMS LEONA LEWIS set will impact next Moving Forward 178 128 130 110 Spirit 1 REFORM 61217 /ROCK RIDGE (14.98) SYCO /J 02554 /RMG (18.98) week's chart. KIDZ BOP KIDS THRIVING IVORY Thriving Ivory 102 129 29 83 Kidz Bop 15 WIND -UP 13150 (9.98) RAZOR B TIE 89195 (18.98) JIM GAFFIGAN O.A.R. Hello, Tomorrow (Live EP) 180 130 105 56 King Baby 'i56 EVERFINE /ATLANTIC DIGITAL EX/AG (4.98) COMEDY CENTRAL 0079 (12.98) Freedom 83 131 114 - Kellie Pickier SPARROW 26779 (17.98) 19 /BNA 22811 /SMN (18.98) O MILEY CYRUS TRACE ADKINS X: Ten 32 132 82 170 Breakout U 1 (18.98) HOLLYWOOD 002129 (18.98) L CAPITOL NASHVILLE 20281 DAVID ARCHULETA David Archuleta 133 146 112 Fearless 19 /JIVE 34752/JLG (18.98) J 3271. ' !.'.: (15.98) The seven -song live 3 DOORS DOWN LAMB OF GOD 184 175 169 3 Doors Down 134 138 108 Wrath UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 01 I065NMRG (13.98) EPIC 31 ' /09V MUSIC (15.98) set, available on (D YOUNG JEEZY LUIS FONSI 16 '' 1 and vinyl, was Palabras Del Silencio 135 150 135 The Recession UNIVERSAL MUSIC LATINO 011810 /UMLE (10.98) CI CTE,OEF JAM 01 1536' / IDJMG (13.98) O released April 18 BAT FOR LASHES ANDREW BIRD 12 186 141 Two Suns 141 138 151 122 ' Noble Beast - THE ECHO LABEL (15.98) FAT POSSUM 1124' (14.98) to indie retailers for 93020 / T Record Store Day. It HEZEKIAH WALKER & LFC ' HE SCRIPT 91 Souled Out 55 4ID 179 178 The Script VERITY 23487/JLG (17.98) 'JGENIC /EPIC 33450 /SONY MUSIC (12.98) ' debuts with little RYAN LESLIE G AVIN DEGRAW 188 189 146 i Ryan Leslie 35 138 97 19 Free more than 3,000 NEX TSELECTION /CASABLANCA/UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 011473/UMRG (10.98) J 47478/RMG (13.98) sold and starts at NATASHA BEDINGFIELD LED ZEPPELIN RE-ENTRY Pocketful Of Sunshine 3 139 158 156; Mothership PHONOGENIC /EPIC 11748 /SONY MUSIC (17.98) 0+ SWAN SONG 313148' /ATLANTIC (19.98) 0+ No. 3 on the indie- JOEY + RORY AC /DC driven Top The Life Of A Song 61 140 113 121 Black Ice 4050/WELK (17.98) COLUMBIA 33829 E)USONY MUSIC (14.98) VANGUARD /SUGAR HILL Tastemakers chart. GOMEZ TENTH AVENUE NORTH 191. 168 601 A New Tide 60 141 143 130 Over And Underneath 0+ REUNION 10126 (13.98) ATO 0070 (13.98) RAPHAEL SAADIO 186 183., Nothing But The Best 2 183 149 192 438652/WARNER 4: COLUMBIA 08585./SONY MUSIC (15.98) Ì8O REPRISE BROS. (18.98) PETER BJORN AND JOHN THE WHITE TIE AFFAIR 168 192 92 Living Thing The five -song live Walk This Way STARTIME /ALMOUTOOLD 005 /COLUMBIA (15.98) SLIGHTLY DANGEROUS/EPIC 08833 /SONY MUSIC (12.98) EP contains a video VARIOUS ARTISTS Voices: The Ultimate Gospel Collection 194 HURT Goodbye To The Machine 112 AMUSEMENT 1485243 (14.98) BET /SONY BMG CUSTOM MARKETING GROUP 221252/TIME LIFE (12 98) for "This Town" on INDIGO GIRLS iTunes version ANIMAL COLLECTIVE Post Pavilion 13 145 163 107 Poseidon And The Bitter Bug the Merriweather IGNANGUARD 79896 /WELK (18.98) DOMINO 219 (15.98) of the set. "Town" DOVES RAY CHARLES The Ultimate Ray Charles Collection 91 146 89 - Kingdom Of Rust 89 196 Genius: HEAVENLY 93134 /ASTRALWERKS (15.98) bullets at No. 18 on CONCORD 31293 (18.98) the Adult Top 40 HINDER VARIOUS ARTISTS 197 181 Take It To The Limit 4 147 154 128E1 Punk Goes Pop Volume Two UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 012201 /UMRG (13.98) O FEARLESS 30119 (14.98) chart this week. DOOM ' CAROLINA LIAR 148 198 196 139` Born Like This. 52 Coming To Terms LEX (15.98) ATLANTIC 474364/AG (13.98) 069 ® THIRD DAY 145 FALOUTL BOY 8 Live Revelations: On Stage * Off Stage * Backstage 149 142 152 1 Folie A Deux 10298 CD /DVD) DECAYDANCE / /ISLAND 012196* /IDJMG (13.98) 41: ESSENTIAL (13.98 O JOHN WALLER r-A4 gnnvLLAivvnli DAnVAi cL. umvn 66 !5WE venue I'm waning Luu 150 153 117 Mas Adelante DISA 724160/UMLE (12.98) BEACH STREET 10142/REUNION (13 98)

RADIO &LFC 187 MIMS 122 PINK 33 SEAL 84 STATIC -X 177 MAMMA MIA! 89 T.I. 32 PRESENTS: DISNEY JAMS 11 ....157 JOHN WALLER 200 MANDISA JASON MRAZ 31 ROBERT PLANT/ RASCAL FLA SEETHER 79 GEORGE STRAIT 120 SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE 45 THE TING TANGS 98 O.AO WOW GOSPEL 2009: 30 OF KANTE WEST 51 MARY 74 MUSIO SOULCHILD .. 94 JAKE OWEN 169 ALISON KRAUSS 96 RED 125 SHINEDOWN 43 SUGARLAND 24 TWILIGHT 4 TITO 'EL BAMBINO" 153Aÿy THE YEARS TOP GOSPEL THE WHITE TIE AFFAIR T93 MASTODON 67 MY MORNING JACKET 158 PLIES 167 JOHN RICH 50 SILVERSTEIN 127 JAZMINE SUWVAN ..133 TWILIGHT: THE SCORE CHRIS TOMLIN 109 0NOW 29 83 110 ARTISTS AND SONGS 114 CHARLIE WILSON 60 MARTINA MCBRIDE 85 PRINCE/BRIA VALENTE .15 RIHANNA 102 SILVERSUN PICKUPS ....7 TAYLOR SWIFT ....10. 35 (CARTER BURWELL) ..118 RANDY TRAVIS NOW 30 5 WOW HITS 2009: 30 OF JESSE MCCARTNEY 119 PAPA ROACH THE PUSSYCAT DOLLS 170 RISE AGAINST 162 FRANK SINATRA 192 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL POWER BALLADS ....80 THE YEARS TOP DONNIE MCCLURKIN 87 MAITMAIT NATHANSON PARTON 55 DARIUS RUCKER 23 SLIM THUG 66 16 PUNK CHRISTIANARTISTS YANNI MERCYME 37 69 PASTOR TROY 121 SLIPKNOT 111 FAST &FAST FURIOUS U2 GOES POP 28 147 AND HRS 95 YEAH YEARS 27 METAWCA 61 NICKELBACK 14 KATY PERRY 70 OUEENSRYCÖ MICHAEL W. SMITH 112. HANNAH MONTANA: THE AVENUE NORTH ..141 UGK VOLUMEIWO YOUNG 41 1 THEORY A OEAUMAN CARRIE UNDERWOOD ..17 VOICES: THE ULTIMATE NEIL METRIC 76 SMOKIE NORFUL 107 PETER BJORN AND RAPHAEL S SOUWA BOY TELL'EM 58 MOVIE Of 34 0 YOUNGJEEZY 135 MGMT 103 JOHN 143 SAVING ABEL 115 BRITNEY SPEARS 36 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3: THIRD DAY 126,199 KEITH URBAN 12 GOSPEL COLLECTION ..144 © RECORDS HEZEKIAH WALKER KELLIE FICKLER 131 THE SCRIPT 137 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN 106 SENIOR YEAR 104 THRIVING IVORY 179 WALT DISNEY ©

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I KISSED A GIRL 27 23 7 7 u, LEX 069' (15.981 KATY PERRY (CAPITOL) MORMON TABERNACLE CHOIR Come, Thou Fount Of Every Blessing LOVE STORY 28 8 3 TOP INTERNET"' 8 8 23 MORMON TABERNACLE CHOIR 5014332 (17.98) 0 TAYLOR SWIFT (BIG MACHINE) BURNIN' UP 36 4 In Rainbows 9 9 40. 29 o JONAS BROTHERS (HOLLYWOOD) TBD 21622 * /ATO (13.98) .-W ARTIST 1.4 Titlez WHATEVER YOU LIKE VAMPIRE WEEKEND Vampire Weekend =..3 .n.3 3e IMPRINT / DISTRIBUTING LABEL m¢ v 10 10 27 30 31 T.I. (GRAND HUSTLE /ATLANTIC) %L 318' /BEGGARS GROUP 11.98 4 DIANA KRALL Quiet Nights 1 3 3 +i._ 11 HALO VARIOUS ARTISTS Dark Was The Night: A Red Hot Compilation VERVE 012433NG 11 11 12 O 45 BEYONCE (MUSIC WORLD/COLUMBIA) RED HOT /4AD 2835' /BEGGARS GROUP 16.98 O t3. SOUNDTRACK Hannah Montana: The Movie KISS ME THRU THE PHONE IDA MARIA Fortress 'round My Heart WALT DISNEY 003101 12 12 5 MERCURY 012828 12.98 SOULJA BOY TELL 'EM FEATURING SAMMIE (COLLIPARK/INTERSCOPE) 3 RASCAL FLATTS Unstoppable RIGHT NOW (NA NA NA) BON IVER For Emma, Forever Ago LYRIC STREET 002604 13 14 23 JAGJAGUWAR 115' 14.9 AKON (KONVICT /UPFRONT /SRC /UNIVERSAL MOTOWN) SILVERSUN PICKUPS Swoon IN THE END TWIZTID W.I.C.K.E.D. DANGERBIRD 035' 13 41 o (WARNER BROS.) PSYCHOPATHIC 4204 12.98 ISOUNDTRACK Twilight BO BURNHAM Bo Burnham 5 8 JUST DANCE SUMMIT/CHOP SHOP /ATLANTIC 515923`/AG OW 15, 15 14 LADY GAGA FEAT. COLBY O'DONIS (STREAMLINE: KONLIVE/CHERRYTREEANTERSCOPE) COMEDY CENTRAL 0078 15.98 CD/DVD O+ U2 No Line On The Horizon JOURNEY Revelation 6 9 16 36 33 ISLAND / INTERSCOPE 012630' /IGA O+ NOMOTA 4506 EX (14.98 CD /DVD) G NEIL YOUNG Fork In The Road FOUR CELTIC VOICES WITH CELESTE RAY & ERIN) HILL Four Leaf Clover 7 4 41 More charts. Deeper charts. Go to billboard.biz /charts to NEW REPRISE 518040 /WARNER BROS. * ® GRIDLEY 70401 (12.98) find Billboard's complete menu of more than 180 CHRIS BOTTI Chris Botti: In Boston M. WARD Hold Time 8 6 46 IL charts -albums, singles, digital, mobile, and more - 38 35 COLUMBIA 38735/SONY MUSIC OW MERGE 323' (15.98) refreshed every Thursday. LEONARD COHEN Live In London 93 NEW FOUND A 9 10 39 GLORY Not Without Fight COLUMBIA 40502 /SONY MUSIC EPITAPH (16.98) KEITH URBAN Defying Gravity 10 7 12 BILL CALLAHAN Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle CAPITOL NASHVILLE 35751 o DRAG CITY 385* (15.98) NEKO CASE Middle Cyclone RE-ENTRY 78 11 MARISELA 20 Exitos Inmortales ANTI. 86973 /EPITAPH o IM 6614 (7.98) BOYLE'S `DREAM' TAYLOR SWIFT Fearless TONY OKUNGBOWA Total Dance 2009 12 14 42 18 BIG MACHINE 0200 O THRIVEDANCE 90807 /THRIVE (18.98) DAY26 Forever In A Day 2 "Britain's Got Talent" contest- Long Road NEW 43- Out Of Eden BAD BOY 517897/AG O 311 ERC 4500 EX (14.98) 0 ant and YouTube sensation Su- SOUNDTRACK Twilight: The Score (Carter Burwell) 1411 Lc Misérables THE HOLD STEADY A Positive Rage 14 20 44 12 SUMMIT/CHOP SHOP/ATLANTIC san Boyle makes waves on the VAGRANT 533 15.98 CD/DVD (I JASON MRAZ We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. RE' CNT R 31 CASE The Rose Experience ATLANTIC 448508'/AG Q+ Billboard charts this week. INDIGO BLUE 10191 (14.98) KELLY All I Ever Wanted 16 CLARKSON `y3 GREAT NORTHERN Remind Me Where The Light Is 16 Her rendition of "I Dreamed S /19 /RCA 32715/SONY MUSIC O+ . NEW EERIE MEENIE DIGITAL EX (5.98) GRATEFUL DEAD To Terrapin: Hartford '77 a Dream" from "Les Miser - APOCALYPTICA Worlds Collide 17 1 152 47 37 GRATEFUL DEAD 6008 /RHINO I 20 -20 21580 /JIVE (13.98) ' YEAH YEAH YEAHS It's Blitz! ables" on the April 11 edition Country Club RE-ENTRY NEW JOHN DOE AND THE SADIES DRESS UP/DGC /INTERSCOPE 012735/IGA o YEP ROC of the U.K. reality show drove consumers to their wallets 2192' (16.98) JADAKISS The Last Kiss 19 22 6 YO GOTTI CM2 RUFF RVDERS/D- BLOCK /ROC- A- FELLA/DEF JAM 012391- /IDJMG as three different "Les Mis" cast recordings impact the INEVITABLE/TVT 6273/ (15.98) 1 Ten The Ministry 20 19 15- Top REENTRY SHEKINAH GLORY MINISTRY Best Of Shekinah Glory EPIC /LEGACY 39846'/SONY MUSIC O+ position Cast Albums chart, including the debut UMCG 3023 /KINGDOM 13,98 CD /DVD +O ROBERT PLANT / ALISON KRAUSS Raising Sand RE -ENTRY 96 of the Original London Cast Recording at No. 1 (4,000; ® ROUNDER 619075' Ir LADY The Fame 8 1,007 %). While overall album sales are down nearly 19% as the market adjusts RE -ENTRY GAGA up STREAMLINE/KONLIVE /CHERRYTREE/ INTERSCOPE 011805' /IGA following the Easter holiday shopping week, traffic at independent Collectively, all of the versions of "I Dreamed a Dream" THE DECEMBERISTS The Hazards Of Love RE-ENTRY 82 retailers is up 21 °0. That might seem surprising -in the previous week co CAPITOL 14710' tracked by Nielsen SoundScan sold 43,000 downloads in indie store album sales were down 16 °0 -but the indie celebration CARRIE UNDERWOOD Carnival Ride RE -ENTRY 17 El z 19 /ARISTA NASHVILLE T 1221/SMN Record Store Day took place April 18. Many labels and acts offered the week ending April 19 -up 5,286% over the previous YANNI Yanni Voices exclusive content, including the album at No. 3 on the indie- driven RE -ENTRY 54 week (slightly less than 1,000 sold). -Keith Caulfield VANNI WAKE /DISNEY PEARL SERIES 003659 /WALT DISNEY O nn Top Tastemakers chart. óóó

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ALBUM CHARTS Sales data compiled from a comprehesive pool of U.S. music HOT 100 AIRPLAY'" merchants by Nielsen SoundScan. Sales data for R &B /hip -hop retail charts is compiled by Nielsen SoundScan from a national subset of core stores that specialize in those genres. `o TITLE TITLE TITLE Albums with the greatest sales gains this week. LABEL) ARTIST (IMPRINT / PROMOTION LABEL) á ARTIST (IMPRINT / PROMOTION LABEL) )6 3ó ARTIST (IMPRINT / PROMOTION r3 l3 ó ís-3 3 3ó included, this award indicates the title KNOCK YOU DOWN GREATEST mWhere BLAME IT BEAUTIFUL 65 2 GAINER with the chart's largest unit increase. 13 26 20 14 4 2 AEON (KONVICT/UPFRONT /SRC /UNIVERSAL MOTOWN) KERI HILSON FEAT. KANYE WEST A NE-TO (MOSLEY /ZONE /INTERSCOPE) O JAMIE FOXX FEAT. T -PAIN (J /RMG( O indicates the title with SINGLE LADIES (PUT A RING ON IT) PACE Where included, this award DEAD AND GONE I TOLD YOU SO SETTER O 30 1 52 45 28 the chart's biggest percentage growth. 2 ' 1 17 FEAT RANDY TRAVIS NASHVILLE BEYONCE (MUSIC WORLD/COLUMBIA) T.I. FEAT. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE ( GRANO HIIST LE; ATLANTIC) Lj/ CARRIE UNDERWOOD (19 /ARISTA Indicates album entered top 100 of The Billboard 200 POKER FACE TURN MY SWAG ON BIRTHDAY SEX HEATSEEKER 4 11 39 4 72 2 GRADUATE and has been removed from Heatseekers chart. SOULJA BOY TELCEM (COLLIPARK /INTERSCOPE) JEREMIH (MICK SCHULTZ PRODUCTIONS/DEF JAM /IDJMG) LADY GAGA ( STREAMLINE/KONLIVE /CHERRYTREE/INTERSCOPE) O IF THIS ISN'T LOVE KISS ME THRU THE PHONE CIRCUS 53 8 3 12 29 27 19 PRICING /CONFIGURATION /AVAILABILITY 4 BRITNEY SPEARS (JIVE /JLG) CD JENNIFER HUDSON (ARISTA/RMG) SOUDA BOY TELCEM FEAT. SAMMIE (COLLIPARK/INTERSCOPEI CD/Cassette prices are suggested list or equivalent prices, which LOVE SEX MAGIC NEVER EVER .13 price indicates RIGHT ROUND 25 59 5 are projected from wholesale prices. after S 5 13 30 3", /JLG) CIARA FEAT. YOUNG JEEZY (LAFACE /JLG) FLO RIDA (POE BOY /ATLANTIC) CIARA FEAT. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE (LAFACE O album only available on DualDisc. CD/DVD after price indicates IT HAPPENS SHE GOT HER OWN CD/DVD combo only available. P DualDisc available. + CD/DVD BOOM BOOM POW 7 56 44 20 6 7 34 NE -TO FEAT. JAMIE FOXX 8 (DEE JAM/IDJMG) ' indicates vinyl LP is available. Pricing and THE BLACK EYED PEAS (WILL .I.AM /INTERSCOPE) SUGARLAND ¡MERCURY NASHVILLE) combo available. O ® included on all charts. EX after cata- CHANCE RIVER OF LOVE vinyl LP availability are not DAY 'N' NITE 18 SECOND 57 40 20 title is exclusive to one account or has lim- 7 12 36 GEORGE STRAIT (MCA NASHVILLE) log number indicates O KID CUDI (DREAM ON /G.O. O.D. /UNIVERSAL MOTOWN) O SHINEDOWN (ATLANTIC) ited distribution. YOU NOTHIN' TO DIE FOR ALWAYS THE LOVE SONGS MY LIFE WOULD SUCK WITHOUT 31 17 66 6 8 9 14 ELI YOUNG BAND (REPUBLIC /UNIVERSAL SOUTH) KELLY CLARKSON (19)RCA/RMG) TIM MCGRAW (CURB) MAGNIFICENT WE MADE YOU GIVES YOU HELL 35 6 1 SINGLES CHARTS 9 8 15 RICK ROSS FEAT JOHN LEGEND (BLIP- N- SLIDE/DEF JAMADJMG - EMINEM ( WEB)SHADY /AfTERMATH /INTERSCOPE) THE ALL -AMERICAN REJECTS (DOGHOUSE/OGC /INTERSCOPE) O O RADIO AIRPLAY SINGLES CHARTS HOT N COLD SISSY'S SONG YOU FOUND ME 35 23 33 69 2 Hot 100 Airplay, Hot Country Songs, Hot Rap Songs, Hot Latin 10 11 20 ALAN JACKSON ( ARISTA NASHVILLE) THE FRAY (EPIC) KATY PERRY (CAPITOL) O Songs and Latin Airplay charts are compiled from a national LOVE STORY HOW DO YOU SLEEP? MARRY FOR MONEY sample of data supplied by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems. 10 41 8 61 64 8 11 31 JESSIE MCCARTNEY FEAT. LUDACRIS (HOLLYWOOD) TRACE ADKINS (CAPITOL NASHVILLE) by number of gross impressions, computed TAYLOR SWIFT (BIG MACHINE) O Charts are ranked by cross -referencing exact times of airplay with Arbitron listen- AIN'T I WHATEVER IT IS TURNIN ME ON :S/ 11 73 2 40, Adult Contemporary, Adult Top 40, 12 12 18 (GRAND HUSTLE/INTERSCOPE) ZAC BROWN BAND (HOME GROWN /ATLANTIC /BIG PICTURE) er data. Mainstream Top KERI HILSON FEAT. III WAYNE (MOSLEY /ZONE 4/INTERSCOPE) YUNG L.A. FEAT. YOUNG ORO 8 T.I. O Modern Rock, Mainstream R &B /Hip -Hop, Adult R &B, Rhythmic, RIDE JUST DANCE BOYFRIEND #2 12 Hot Dance Airplay, Hot Christian AC Songs, Hot Gospel Songs 14 25 46 6 63 52 13 PLEASURE P MARTINA MCBRIDE (RCA NASHVILLE) LADY GAGA FEAT.OMHY OYOIOS ISTREAMLINEKONLIVECHERRYTREEINTERSCOPEI O (ATLANTIC) and Smooth Jazz Songs are ranked by total detections. DON'T THINK I CAN'T LOVE YOU SHUTTIN' DETROIT DOWN Songs showing an increase in audience (or detections) MAD 26 14 64 58 9 14 13 19 39 JOHN RICH (WARNER BROS. (NASHVILLE) /WRN) over the previous week, regardless of chart movement. NE -Y0 (DEF JAM/IDJMG) JAKE OWEN (RCA NASHVILLE) DON'T TRUST ME mWhere included, this award indicates the title HALO VIVA LA VIDA 75 2 GREATEST 19 7 40 33 45 30H53 (PHOTO FINISH /ATLANTIC /RRP) GAINER BEYONCE (MUSIC WORLD /COLUMBIA) COLOPLAY (CAPITOL) with the chart's largest airplay increase. THE CLIMB THERE GOES MY BABY I'M YOURS 47 7 66 63 6 16 16 33 CHARLIE WILSON (P MUSIC GROUP,'JIVE/JLGI JASON MRAZ (ATLANTIC /RRP) MILEY CYRUS (WALT DISNEY /HOLLYWOOD) RECURRENT RULES Hot 100 IT WON'T BE LIKE THIS FOR LONG 1,2,3,4 Songs are removed from The Billboard Hot 100 and SOBER 42 38 (6 68 3 if they have been on The Billboard 17 15 18 DARIUS RUCKER (CAPITOL NASHVILLE) PLAIN WHITE TS (HOLLYWOOD) Airplay charts simultaneously PINK (LAFACE /JLG) and rank below No. 50. Songs ME Hot 100 for more than 20 weeks KISS A GIRL YOU COMPLETE R ROCKIN' THAT THANG 4 68 54 11 are removed from the Pop 100 and Hot &B/Hip -Hop Songs 18 17 48 KEYSHIA COLE (IMANI /GEFFEN /INTERSCOPE) O THE-DREAM (RADIO KALLA /DEF JAM /IDJMG) O KEITH URBAN (CAPITOL NASHVILLE) charts, respectively, if they have been on for more than 20 THEN KNOW YOUR ENEMY weeks and rank below No. 50. Songs are removed from Hot HEARTLESS 51 3 19 17 23 BRAN PAISLEY NASHVILLE) GREEN DAY (REPRISE) Country Songs if they have been on the chart for more than 20 KANYE WEST (ROC -A- FELLA /DEF JAM'IO.IM1IG1 O (ARISTA CI) weeks and rank below No. 10 in detections or audience, provid- IT'S AMERICA ONE IN EVERY CROWD I RUN TO YOU (9 6 ed that they are not still gaining enough audience points to bul- 22 14 MONTGOMERY GENTRY (COLUMBIA (NASHVILLE)) LADY ANTEBELLUM (CAPITOL NASHVILLE) O RODNEY ATKINS (CURB) O O let or if they rank below No. 10 and post a third consecutive LET IT ROCK NEXT TO YOU of total chart weeks. Songs IF U SEEK AMY 42 71 62 7 week of audience decline, regardless 28 6 32 REPUBLIC) MIKE JONES (ICE AGE /SWISHAHOUSE /ASYLUM) ® BRITNEY SPEARS (JIVE:JLG) FEAT. UL WAYNE (CASH MONEY /UNIVERSAL are removed from Hot Latin Songs and Latin Airplay charts after IDO NOT HOOK UP 20 weeks if ranking below No. 20. Descending songs are I ME (CALLE OCHO) YOU CAN GET IT ALL KNOW YOU WANT 57 5 23 7 O KELLY CLARKSON (19 /RCA'RMG) removed from Adult Contemporary and Adult Top 40 if they PITBULL (ULTRA) BOW WOW FEAT. JOHNTA AUSTIN (COLUMBIA) O on the chart for more than 20 weeks and rank below OUT LAST NIGHT O WHERE I'M FROM have been HERE COMES GOODBYE 56 No. 15, if they have been on the chart for more than 26 weeks 11 3 JASON MICHAEL CARROLL (ARISTA NASHVILLE) ÿO RASCAL ELATES (LYRIC STREET) O KENNY CHESNEY (BNA) and rank below No. 10, or if they have been on the chart for SOBEAUTIFUL DIVA more than 52 weeks and rank below No. 5. Descending songs SUGAR 50 8 74 r, l 17 32 4 MUSIO SOULCHILD (ATLANTIC) BEYONCE (MUSIC WORLD /COLUMBIA) Adult R &B, Hot Dance Airplay, Hot FLO RIDA FEAT. WYNTER (POE BOY/ATLANTIC) O are removed from the O Christian AC Songs, Hot Gospel Songs and Smooth Jazz Songs SIDEWAYS 1 TU NO ERES PARA MI SHE'S COUNTRY 60 5 24 10 FANNY LU (UNIVERSAL MUSIC LATINO) charts if they have been on for more than 20 weeks and rank JASON ALDEAN (BROKEN BOW) UIERKS BENTLEY (CAPITOL NASHVILLE) O O below No. 15 (No. 20 for Mainstream Top 40, Modern Rock, formats. 1.290 stations, comprised of top 40, adult contemporary. R &B/hip -hop, country, rock. gospel, smooth lazz, Latin, and Christian Mainstream R &B/Hip -Hop and Rhythmic). are electronically monitored 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. This data is used to compile The Billboard Hot 100. CONFIGURATIONS O CD single available. O Digital Download available. © DVD TM single available. O Vinyl Maxi -Single available. O Vinyl single ®HOT DIGITAL SONG available. 0 CD Maxi -Single available. Configurations are not included on all singles charts. x 6. TITLE TITLE TITLE HITPREDICTOR ARTIST (IMPRINT / PROMOTION LABEL) :5`g 3 ó ARTIST (IMPRINT / PROMOTION LABEL) Q33ó ARTIST (IMPRINT PROMOTION L AE FE 3 3ó Indicates title earned HitPredictor status in that particular it Songs BOOM BOOM POW HOW DO YOU SLEEP? FALLING SLOWLY format based on research data provided by Promosquad. 3 26 26 10 4 are online by Promosquad using multiple listens and a MCCARTNEY (HOLLYWOOD) THE SWELL SEASON (GLEN HANSARD O MAEBETA IRGLOVAI ,OVERCG,1 tested SINKS THE BLACK EYED PEAS (NBLLJ.AM/INTERSCOPE) JESSE O nationwide sample of carefully profiled music consumers. YOU'LL ALWAYS FIND YOUR WAY BACK HOME THE TURN MY SWAG ON Songs are rated on a 1 -5 scale; final results are based on CLIMB 38 65 4 6 HANNAH MONTANA DISNEY) 3 MILEY CYRUS IVVALI WSINLY!HOLLYWOOD) 50ULJA BOY TELCEM (COLLIPARK /INTERSCOPE) (WALT weighted positives. Songs with a score of 65 or more (75 or © more for country) are judged to have Hit Potential; although WE DON'T FORGET MADE YOU 22 6 57 10 that benchmark number can fluctuate per format based on the 1 28 KINGS OF LEON (RCA/RMG) © EMINEM (WED /SHADY /AFTERMATH /INTERSCOPE) DEMI LOVATO (HOLLYWOOD) O strength of available music. For a complete and updated list of POKER FACE BUTTERFLY FLY AWAY LUCKY current songs with Hit Potential, commentary, polls and more, 45 2 54 52 15 4 2 17 JASON MRAZ 8 COLME CAILLAT (ATLANTIC 'RRP) please visit www.hitpredictor.com. LADY GAGA (STREAMLINEIONLIVE/CHERRYTREENNTERSCCHN O MILEY CYRUS 8 BILLY RAY CYRUS (WALT DISNEY) DAY NITE LOVE STORY f7 12 'N' 24 32 56 5 5 30 SEETHER (WIND -UP) PLAY KID CUDI (DREAM ON /G.O,O.D, /UNIVERSAL MOTOWN TAYLOR SWIFT (BIG MACHINE) O HOT DANCE CLUB a of reports from club DJs. RIGHT ROUND CRACK A BOTTLE WHITE HORSE Compiled from national sample 6 4 10 31 25 11 56 47 23 Titles with the greatest club play increase over the previous week. FLO RIDA (POE BOY /ATLANTIC) EMINEM. DR. ORE 850 CENT (SHADY /AFTERMATH'INTERSI: TAYLOR SWIFT (BIG MACHINE) CRAZIER KNOW YOUR ENEMY THEN This award indicates the title, currently below the top 20 and on 18 4 1 63 5 POWER o TAYLOR SWIFT (WALT DISNEY) O GREEN DAY (REPRISE) O BRAD PAISLEY ( ARISTA NASHVILLE) PICK the chart the week before, with the largest increase in points. HOEDOWN THROWDOWN BEAUTIFUL IMMA PUT IT ON HER 12 6 33 31 20 62 2 0oá :.. P. BOY O MILEY CYRUS (WALT DISNEY) WINK .COY OODNI um* M6MlbIRNMCroPrRpHPSSLCNrvERSA-trm DAM FEAT. DIODY 8 YUNG JOC (BAD /ATLANTIC óó KISS ME THRU THE PHONE JAI HO! (YOU ARE MY DESTINY) MAD AWARD CERT. LEVELS 6 16 34 21 8 59 50 15 9 NICOLE SCHDOHIGER NE -YO (DEF JAM /IDJMG) SOUUA BOY TELL 'EM FEAT. SAMMIE (COLLIPARK, II.TI I; A R RAHMMI a 11F PUSSYCATDOLLS FEAT. ALBUM CHARTS for YOU FOUND ME BEST DAYS OF YOUR LIFE I RUN TO YOU Recording Industry Assn. Of America (RIAA) certification 10 8 22 35 34 2 60 53 2 THE FRAY (EPIC) KELLIE PICKIER (19 /BNA) LADY ANTEBELLUM (CAPITOL NASHVILLE) net shipment of 500,000 albums (Gold). RIAA certification for net shipment of 1 million units (Platinum). 41> RIAA certification BLAME IT KNOCK YOU DOWN I DREAMED A DREAM 11 7 12 43 4 i, for net shipment of 10 million units (Diamond). Numeral within KEN NILSON FEAT KAM WEST a NE.YO 4'NTERSCI, ORIGINAL LONDON CAST (RELATIVITY /IMPORTANT) JAMIE FO)0O FEAT. T-PAIN (J /RMG) (MOSLEYRONE O Platinum or Diamond symbol indicates album's multi -platinum I NAME SINGLE LADIES (PUT A RING ON IT) Ei with a running time of LOVE COLLEGE THAT'S NOT MY 62 58 22 level. For boxed sets, and double albums 12 11 10 37' 35 14 COLUMBIA) ASHER ROTH (SCHOOLBOY /LOUD /SRC /UNIVERSAL MOTSA) THE TING TINOS (COLUMBIA) BEYONCE (MUSIC WORLD; 100 minutes or more, the RIAA multiplies shipments by the num- HALO HERE COMES GOODBYE WELCOME TO THE WORLD ber of discs and /or tapes. Certification for net shipments of 49 6 10 13 12 MONEY /UNIVERSAL REPUS_ II (Oro). Certification of 200,000 units (Platino). BEYONCE (MUSIC WORLD/COLUMBIA) RASCAL PLAITS (LYRIC STREET) - AEMN RUDOLF FEAT. RICK ROSS (CASH 100,000 units O O Certification of 400,000 units (Multi -Platino). DON'T TRUST ME TURNIN ME ON ROCKIN' THAT THANG 14 25 39 32 14 64 60 9 30193 (PHOTO FINISH/ATLANTIC /RRP) NERZ HILSON FEAT UL WAYNE (MOSLEY'ZONE 4 /INTERSCCP11 THE -DREAM (RADIO KILLA /DEF JAM /IDJMG) SINGLES CHARTS SUGAR COME ON GET HIGHER VIVA LA VIDA 16 5 40 42 30 65 61 50 RIAA certification for 500,000 paid downloads (Gold). FLO RIDA FEAT. WYNTER (POE BOY/ATLANTIC) MATT NATHANSON (VANGUARD /CAPITOL) COLDPLAY (CAPITOL) O RIAA certification for 1 million paid downloads (Platinum). DEAD AND GONE I'M ON A BOAT NOT MEANT TO BE N umeral within platinum symbol indicates song's multiplatinum level. 1.6 9 16 44 10 1 HUSTLE/ATLANTI, THE LONELY ISLAND FEAT. T -PAIN (UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC - THEORY OF A MADMAN (604 /ROADRUNNER'111)1P, net shipment of 500,000 singles (Gold). TI. FEAT. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE (GRAND O RIAA certification for HOT N COLD GIVES YOU HELL HEARTLESS 64 39 17 10 24 42 30 24 67 KATY PERRY (CAPITOL) THE ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS (DOGHOUSE /DOC /INTERSCOPL, NAVE WEST (ROC -A- FELLA/DEF JAM /IDJMG) MUSIC VIDEO SALES CHARTS for SECOND CHANCE I'M YOURS IT'S ALRIGHT, IT'S OK RIAA gold certification for net shipment of 25,000 units 19 14 43 40 53 singles. '-.? RIAA gold certification for net shipment of SHINEDOWN JASON MUD (ATLANTIC. /RRP) - ASHLEY TISDALE (WARNER BROS.) video O (ATLANTIC) 50,000 units for shortform or longform videos. RIAA platinum SOBER DON'T STOP BELIEVIN' JUST DANCE 22 70 61 certification for net shipment of 50,000 units for video singles. 19 7 40 44 37 JOURNEY (COLUMBIA /LEGACY) LADY GAGA FEAT. COLBY O'DONN )STREAMLINE'KONLNEINTER.ti,. PINK (LAFACE /JLG) RIAA platinum certification for sales of 100,000 units for symbol I KNOW YOU WANT ME (CALLE OCHO) LET IT ROCK THE FEAR shortform or longform videos. Numeral within platinum 28 8 45 39 34 71 3 O PITBULL (ULTRA) KEVIN RUDOLF FEAT. UL WAYNE (CASH MONEY /UNIVERSAL REPUVL rI/ LILY ALLEN (CAPITOL) indicates song's multiplatinum level. IF U SEEK AMY I TOLD YOU SO THINKING OF YOU 21 20 10 46 29 5 71 59 13 RENTALS BRITNEY SPEARS (JIVE,'JLG) CARRIE UNDERWOOD FEAT. RANDY TRAVIS )19/ARISTA NASHVILI L. KATY PERRY (CAPITOL) DVD SALES /VHS SALES /VIDEO RIAA gold certification for net shipment of 50,000 units or $1 mil- SHE'S COUNTRY IT WON'T BE LIKE THIS FOR LONG LOVE SEX MAGIC 51 11 lion in sales at suggested retail price. RIAA platinum certification 22 15 5 BOW) DARIUS RUCKER (CAPITOL NASHVILLE) CIARA FEAT. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE (LAFACH.IL GI O JASON ALDEAN (BROKEN m for sales of 100,000 units or $2 million in sales at suggested retail 1,2,3,4 LET'S GET CRAZY IT HAPPENS price. IRMA gold certification for a minimum sale of 125,000 units 23 27 13 48 48 4 73 69 2 PLAIN WHITE T'S (HOLLYWOOD) HANNAH MONTANA (WALT DISNEY) SUGARLAND (MERCURY) or a dollar volume of $9 million at retail for theatrically released pro- WHATEVER IT IS grams; or of at least 25,000 units and $1 million at suggested retail ALL THE ABOVE CIRCUS 74 3 33 8 49 41 20 PICTURE. for non -theatrical titles. IRMA platinum certification for a minimum O MAINO FEAT. T-PAIN ( /ATLANTIC) BRITNEY SPEARS (JIVE /JLG) ZAC BROWN BAND (HOME GROWN /ATLANTIC /BIG m sale of 250,000 units or a dollar volume of $18 million at retail for MY LIFE WOULD SUCK WITHOUT YOU CANDLE (SICK AND TIRED) I HATE THIS PART and least 50,000 units and $2 25 23 13 50 46 6 75 55 21 theatrically released programs, of at KELLY CLARKSON (19/RCA/RMG) THE WHITE TIE AFFAIR (SLIGHTLY DANGEROUS /EPIC) THE PUSSYCAT DOLLS (INTERSCOPE) million at suggested retail for non -theatrical titles.

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LVNER BROS. 51B189AARN (18 9) MCA NASHVILLE 066025' /UMGN (13.98) GEORGE STRAIT JULIANNE HOUGH try chart entry, Doe has appeared in the country -themed 24 19 20 Troubadour 1 Julianne Hough l'CA NASHVILLE 010826/UMGN (13.98) MERCURY NASHVILLE 011052/UMGN (1E.E8) movies "Pure Country" (1992) and "Get to the Heart: The Bar- KELLIE PICKLER JAMES OTTO 25 24 35 Kellie Pickier 1 Sunset Man I9'BNA 22811/SMN (18.98) y RAYBAW /WARNER BROS. 49907/WRN (13.18) bara Mandrell Story" (1997). -Wade lessen

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Title 16 NUMBEH DISIRI3U11NG LABEL (PRICE) The album surges DAY26 Forever In A Day with a 14% gain as 22 20 BAD BOY 517897/AG (18.96) (J+ JADAKISS she makes her first JAZMINE SULLIVAN 1 The Last Kiss 28 22 Fearless _. RUFF RYDERS /D- BLOCK /ROC- A- FELLA/DEF JAM 012391' /IDJMG (13.98) appearance as a lead , J 32713/RMG (15.98) KERI HILSON artist on Adult KANYE WEST In A Perfect World... 1 21 25 808s & Heartbreak MOSLEY /ZONE 4 /INTERSCOPE 012000/IGA (13.98) - -.: ROC- A- FELLA/DEF JAM 012198`/IDJMG (13.98) (attemporaiy (No. THE -DREAM NE YO Love V/S Money 25 21 Year Of The Gentleman RADIO KILLA/DEF JAM 012579` /IDJMG (13.98) 29). The fast single DEF JAM 011410`/IDJMG (13.98) UGK is the Greatest Gainer LIL WAYNE UGK 4 Life 30 26 Tha III TRILUUGK/JIVE 86966 /JLG (18.98) CASH MONEY/UNIVERSAL MOTOWN Carter on Adult R&B (4 -3). 011977`/UMRG (13.98) I PRINCE /BRIA VALENTE SEAL Lotus Flow3r /MPLSoUND/Elix3r 34 30 Soul NPG 09549 EX (11.98) 143 515868/WARNER BROS. (18.98) JAMIE FOXX RAPHAEL SAADIO Intuition 1 37 35 The Way I See It J 41294/RMG (18.98) COLUMBIA 08585` /SONY MUSIC (15.98) CHARLIE WILSON MIMS 13 Uncle Charlie 12 - Guilt P MUSIC GROUP/JIVE 23389/JLG (18.98) AMERICAN KING 27279 /CAPITOL (18.98) JIM JONES YOUNG JEEZY 9 1 Pray IV Reign 31 31 The E1 /COLUMBIA 19376/SONY MUSIC (15.98) O '7TE /DEF JAM 011536 /IDJMG (13.98) Recession.. SLIM THUG RYAN LESLIE 11 6 Boss Of All Bosses 33 Ryan Leslie BOSS HOGG OUTLAWZ 5093/E1 (17.98) NEXTSELECTION /CASABLANCA /UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 011473/UMRG (10.98) This is Pastor Troy's T.I. YO GOTTI 14 1; Paper Trail i 29 CM2 GRAND HUSTLE /ATLANTIC 512267`/AG (18.98) O first release of 2009 1'JEVITABLE /TVT 6273/THE ORCHARD (15.98) FLO RIDA after chatting four PLIES 10 6 R.O.O.T.S. (Route Of Overcoming The Struggle) P37 32 28 POE BOY /ATLANTIC 517813/AG (18.98) Da REAList O titles last year. It BIG GATES /SLIP -N -SLIDE /ATLANTIC 515812/AG (18.98) O BEYONCE AKON 16 15 I Am...Sasha Fierce also awards the 35 34 Freedom MUSIC WORLD /COLUMBIA 19492/SONY MUSIC (15.98) KONVICT /UPFRONT /BRG /UNIVERSAL MOTOWN 512334/UMRG (13.98) KEYSHIA COLE rapper his fifth top JAMES FORTUNE & FIYA 15 14 A Different Me 1 The Transformation IMANI/GEFFEN 012395/16A (13.98) 10 on Top BLACKSMOKE 3045 /WORLDWIDE (16.98) GORILLA ZOE Independent CASE 17 Dont Feed Da Animals 2 The Rose Experience BLOCK/BAD BOY SOUTH BAD BOY 514278/AG (18 -98) INDIGO BLUE 10191 (14.98) Albums (No.10). GREATEST INDIA.AME Testimony: Vol. 2, Love & Politics BOBBY V 2 42 The Rebirth GAINER C ULBIRO /UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 012572/UMRGf1.3.98L0 BLU KOLLA DREAMS 66070 (18.98) JENNIFER HUDSON CHRISTELLE Jennifer Hudson 53 Debut R &B /Pop EP ARISTA 06303 HMG (18.98) O+ MCGANN 1028 /CHRISTELLE (6.98) MUSIO SOULCHILD GUCCI MANE onmyradio 38 Gucci Mane Presents: Bird Money (Mixtape) , ATLANTIC 512335/AG (18.98) BIG CAT 7345 (13.98) PASTOR TROY ERIC BENET Feel Me Or Kill Me 19 52 Love & Life MONEY AND THE POWER 280/SMC (15 98) FRIDAY/REPRISE 511399 /WARNER BROS. (18.98) BOW WOW LUDACRIS New Jack City II 5 41 38 Theater Of The Mind COLUMBIA 12471/SONY MUSIC (15.98 O DTP/DEF JAM 012020` /IDJMG (13.98) ANTHONY HAMILTON Originally from OJ DA JUICEMAN The Point Of It All 3 45 The Otha Side Of The Trap MISTER'S MUSIC/SO SO DEF 23387/JLG (18.98) Gabon, West Africa, 32 /MIZAY 517265/ASYLUM (15.98 CD /DVD) O MARY MARY MARVIN SAPP The Sound and now based in 44 40 Thirsty MY BLOCK/COLUMBIA 28087` /SONY MUSIC (15.98) O LAITY 09433/JLG (17.98) Las Vegas, the 19- SOULJA BOY TELL'EM JOHN LEGEND iSouljaBoyTellem 40 Evolver COLLIPARK/INTERSCOPE 012388' /IGA 13.98 year -out's EP G.O.O.D. /COLUMBIA 13740 * /SONY MUSIC (18.98) DONNIE MCCLURKIN streaks 53-42, up MINT CONDITION We All Are One (Live In Detroit) 58 59 E VERITY 36108/JLG 17.98 -"GED -Life 45% from last BIRD 3636 /IMAGE (18.98) SMOKIE NORFUL bigRIHANNA Live week's survey. Good Girl Gone Bad TREMYLES 12832/EMI GOSPEL (17.98) SRP/DEF JAM 008968` /IDJMG (13.98)

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PUBLISHING: The Harry Fox Agency promotes Eduardo Morales to senior Latin licensing agent. He was Latin licensing agent. Rondor Music Publishing promotes Kevin Hall to senior VP of urban music. He was VP. Mykal Sumter tac Efron Cherry Lane Music Publishing promotes (center) checked to audiovisual rights associate. She was audiovisual out the Broadway musi- cal "Rock of Ages" April 13 rights assistant. at the Brooks Atkinson -lard Rock Theatre. The musical is a hair - -lotel & Casino band love story told through the _as Vecas held a hits of , Journey, Night -ibbon _utting Ranger, Styx, Pat Benatar, REO :eremony April 14 to Speedwagon and Twisted Sister, mark the opening of the among others. Pictured with Efron Joint, a concert venue are the production's two leads, where Carlos Santana former "American Idol" contestant will launch the first rock Constantine Maroulls (right) and residen:y show. PHOTO: Broadway star Amy Spanger. PHOTO: COURTES,' OF ERIK KABIK /RETNA COURTESY OF BRUCE GLIKAS /ROCK OF AGES

TOURING: Ted Kurland Associates appoints Jack Randall BMI CHRISTIAN MUSIC AWARDS VP of A &R. He is also a booking agent for the West Coast BMI saluted the writers and publishers of the past year's most -per- Midwest. formed songs April 18 during the annual Christian Music Awards at and the company's Music Row offices in Nashville. Donald Lawrence was named 2009 Christian songwriter of the year, while "Never Would Have Made It,' co- written by Marvin Sapp and Matthew RELATED FIELDS: Morris Management Group names Matt Brownie, earned song of the year honors, and Universal Music Petty VP of digital media. He was manager of digital Publishing Group garnered its second consecutive Christian pub- lisher of the year crown. PHOTOS: COURTESY OF STEVE LOWRY marketing and promotion at Sony Music Nashville. LEFT: Universal Music Publishing Group and its subsidiaries boast- BET Networks promotes Darrell Walker to execu- ed the highest percentage of copyright ownership of BMI honored Jody VP He was VP of busi- songs. From left: BMI VP of writer /publisher relations tive /general counsel. executive Williams, GreatWorshipSongs.com brand manager Jon Andrade, ness affairs. Brentwood -Benson Music Group president Dale Matthews and senior creative director Stacey Wilbur, and BMI senior VP of Rock Ridge Music names Cynthia Cochrane GM. She writer /publisher relations Phil Graham. was creative director. BELOW: From left: BMI senior director of writer/publisher relations -Edited by Mitchell Peters Thomas Cain, Matthew Brownie, Brentwood- Benson Music Publishing president Dale Matthews, Donald Lawrence, BMI senior VP of writer/publisher relations Phil Graham, VP of writer /publish- er relations Jody Williams and associate director of writer/publish- er relations Beth Mason. WORKS

BLUES FOUNDATION KEEPING MUSICIANS HEALTHY Some musicians have a "whole bunch of bad habits," Blues Foundation VP Pat Morgan says. They not only include prob- lems with sobriety but also health issues related to weight, cholesterol and blood pressure. "And they tend not to have health care. So we're trying to promote healthy living as much as possible." The Blues Foundation's HART (Handy Artists Relief Trust) Fund was initially financed by San Francisco -based Rosebud Agency owner Mike Kappus and established to assist founda- tion members and their families with financial troubles. About five years ago, the organization became more proactive with the HART Fund by starting a special committee. INSIDE TRACK "We basically only fund medical or health- related concerns," Morgan says. (The foundation also helps pay for funerals.) BY GEORGE! "The tragedy is that for a lot of musicians help comes only in What does George Thorogood's new the album later this year or in 2010. "I the form of helping with the funeral. We get a little tired of stuff sound like? think i`. will be a very groovy package that, so we've decided that rather than wait until the last minute "Come on, man. You know me bet- and give us some life support for a and help with catastrophic medical bills or funerals, we'd like ter than that," says the guy who's done couple of years and let us put some to be a little more proactive." good by "Bad to the Bone." new tunes in the show." To do so, the foundation is encouraging members to em- Thorogood is busy working on ma- He's also considering covers of brace a healthier lifestyle. "We've got something in the works terial for his first album since 2006's some "very obscure songs you've that is like a contest, where somebody gets nominated and "The Hard Stuff." He tells Track that never heard of," which at this point

we pick a winner and the prize is yet to be determined, but he has "a lot of stuff in the can. I just he dcesn't want to name. "I love it will probably be in the neighborhood of $500 or $1,000," have to decide which ones are going scooping guys like John Hammond Morgan says. "This is for people who've helped turned their to go on it." He adds that there's a pos- and Elvin Bishop," Thorogood life around, whether it's lowering cholesterol or blood pres- sibility he may mix the new songs with cracks. "They'll say, 'Where the hell sure or losing weight." older material from some of his out - did that come from? How did you

Musicians interested in becoming a member can sign up of -print releases. hear about it ?' I tell them that I have

at the Web site, blues.org. Adult memberships cost $25 per "Younger people have yet to know to. It's not like I can write like Paul year, and people under 21 years old can join for free. what those tunes are, so to speak, so McCartney, so I have to unearth these Meanwhile, 2009 marks the foundation's 30th anniversary. that may be the way to go with this," gems and turn them into George In celebration, it's hosting the annual Blues Awards May 7 at says Thorogood, who hopes to release Thorogood songs." the Cook Convention Center in Memphis. -Mitchell Peters

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Hanging backstage at London's Royal Albert Hall April 18 are Van Morrison (left) and . Morrison performed his classic 1968 album "Astral Weeks" in its entirety for the first time outside of the United States. His "Van Morrison -Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood Bowl" DVD is due May 19. PHOTO: COURTESY OF KEVIN SCANLON

ASCAP CHRISTIAN MUSIC AWARDS ASCAP hosted its annual Christian music awards gala April 20 at Richland Country Club in Nashville. Matt Redman was named Christian songwriter of the year, while the Christian song of the year trophy went to You Are Everything," written by Matthew West and Sam Mizell, published by Word Music, Simple Tense Songs, Songs for Lulu and Wyzell Music. EMI Christian Music Group Publishing was named Christian publish- er of the year for the sixth year in a row, and the Living Legend Award was presented to songwriter/publisher / executive Dave Clark. Artists Lamelle Harris and Mark Harris partici- pated in the tribute to Clark. PHOTOS: COURTESY OF KAY Nell Diamond has re- signed WILLIAMS with for the seventh time. ABOVE: From left: ASCAP VP Dan Keen and senior The contract provides for the release of new albums VP Connie Bradley, Matthew West. Sam Mizell, from Diamond during the next five plus release years the of Simpleville Inc. GM Mark Nicholas, EMI Christian Music special packages of his catalog. Diamond's latest album, "Home Before Group Publishing president Eddie DeGarmo, Word (2008), 1 Dark" debuted at No. on the Billboard 200. From left: Azoffmusic Music Publishing VP Chad Segura and creative direc- manager Katie McNeil, Sony Music Entertainment executive VP/CFO Kevin Kelleher, tor Karrie Hardwick. Columbia Records co- chairman Steve Bamett, Diamond, Sony Music Entertainment CEO Rolf Schmid -Holtz and Columbia /Epic Label Music Group chairman Rob Stringer. RIGHT: Lamelle Harris (left), Dave Clark (center) and PHOTO: COURTESY OF GARY GERSHOFF /WIREIMAGE.COM ASCAP VP Dan Keen,

BMI WRITERS ON THE RISE Nine songwriters were honored at BMI's second "Who's Next? Writers on the Rise" cocktail reception, field April 14 at the Red Eye Grill in New York. Honored songwriters included "Disturbìa" writer Robert Allen, N.A.R.S /Jive artist Kevin Cossom, SRC /Universal artist Corte' Ellis, EMI Publishing songwriter Shawn Fisher, artist Jaicko, writer Michael Warren, Island Def Jam artist Unique, the Soundkillers princi- pal REO and Universal /Motown artist Tina Parol. PHOTOS, COURTESY OF RAY TAMARPA RIGHT: BMI VP of writer/:publisher rela- tions Charlie Feldman (left) with Robert Allen (center) and BMI director of writer/publisher relations Wardell Malloy, BELOW: From left: Michael Allen, Unique, Tina Pero!, Shawn Fisher. Corte' Ellis, Kevin Cossom. Robert Allen, Jaicko and REO.

. R &B vocalist Bettye LaVette with ®res :ent Barack Obama. LaVette, who performed at the president's inaugural celebration, is one of 46 artists who will perform at the 30th annual Blues Music Awards, to be held May 7 in Memphis. PHOTO: COURTESY OF KEVIN KILEv

Jon Bon Jovi arrives at the Food Bank for 's sixth annual Can -Do Awards April 21 at Abigail Kirsch's Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers. Bon Jovi was honored for his charity work and efforts in the fight against hunger. PHOTO: COURTESY OF ALIM URMANCHEEV

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