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1 1 . BABY ONE MORE TIME BRITNEY SPEARS JIVE 1 1 NOTHING REALLY MATTERS MADONNA WEA 2 2 PRETTY FLY (FOR A WHITE GUY) THE OFFSPRING 2 3 MARIA BLONDIE ARIOLA COLUMBIA 3 2 IT'S NOT RIGHT BUT IT'S OKAY WHITNEY HOUS- MUSIC , 3 4 CHANGES 2PAC AMARU /JIVE TON ARIOLA 4 3 BIG BIG WORLD EMILIA RODEY/UNIVERSAL 4 NEW SALOME CHAYANNE COLUMBIA THE LATEST MUSIC NEWS FROM AROUND THE PLANET 5 7 MARIA BLONDIE BEYOND /RCA 5 4 YOU GOTTA BE DES'REE EPIC 6 NEW FLAT BEAT MR. OZIO F COMMUNICATIONS 6 8 STRONG ENOUGH CHER WEA 7 5 STRONG ENOUGH CHER WEA 7 5 YOU ARE NOT ALONE MODERN TALKING ARIOLA 8 6 BELIEVE CHER WEA EDITED BY DOMINIC PRIDE 8 6 AS GEORGE MICHAEL FEATURING MARY J. BLIGE 9 8 TU M'OUBLIERAS LARUSSO ODEON/EMI EPIC 10 10 BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM! VENGABOYS VIO 9 RE BUSINDRE REEL (ASAP REMIXES) HEVIA HISPAVOX MARK DEZZANI LENT /JIVE DANISH ACT Cartoons has scored a U.K. No. Ricordi), for Italian video. 10 RE IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND STARS ON 54 2 with their debut there, "Witch Doctor," ALBUMS BLANCO Y NEGRO 1 FOOD/PARLOPHONE and its release has realized a dream for the MILA MARCIL was born in Ontario and is now 2 BLUR 13 ALBUMS 2 1 CHER BELIEVE WEA band, appearing on the U.K.'s flagship TV based in Dallas, but the Indian -American 1 HEVIA TIERRA DE NADIE HISPAVOX 3 3 BRITNEY SPEARS ... BABY ONE MORE TIME JIVE 2 2 LA OREJA DE VAN GOGH DILE AL SOL EPIC music show. " `Top Of The Pops' is the singer is drawing from her Punjabi roots and 4 4 THE OFFSPRING AMERICANA COLUMBIA 3 3 EL CHAVAL DE LA PECA EL CHAVAL DE LA PECA 5 7 THE CORRS TALK ON CORNERS 143 /LAVNATLANTIC biggest show you can do," says front man bhangra music. "I love dance music of all WEA 6 NEW ANDREA BOCELLI SOGNO SUGAR/POLYDOR Toonie. "It was fantastic. The crowd went sorts and R &B," says Marcil, who recently 7 5 ROXETTE HAVE A NICE DAY ROXETTE RECORDINGS/EMI 4 10 VICTOR MANUEL CADA UNO ES COMO ES ARIOLA 8 6 LAURYN HILL THE MISEDUCATION OF LAURYN 5 5 CHER BELIEVE WEA berserk, and we got to play live." The wacky finished work on her as- yet -untitled new sin- HILL RUFFHOUSE/COLUMBIA 6 4 ALEJANDRO SANZ MAS WEA "techno- billy" group aided its entry with a gle. Since the release of 9 8 MODERN TALKING ALONE (THE 8TH ALBUM) 7 NEW CHAYANNE ATADO A TU AMOR COLUMBIA mobile performance, traveling the streets of her last single, "I Don't HANSA 8 8 JARABE DE PALO DEPENDE VIRGIN 10 RE GEORGE MICHAEL LADIES & GENTLEMEN: THE 9 9 PEDRO GUERRA RAIZ ARIOLA London in a double-decker bus, but without Think So," on indie label BEST OF GEORGE MICHAEL EPIC 10 NEW BLUR 13 EMI radio airplay. "We've been to most European Tight Flight Records countries, but England is a place we never last May, Mardi has been MALAYSIA (RIM) 03/30/99 PORTUGAL (Portugal/AFP) 03/30/99 dared go," adds Toonie. Major countries are shopping for a new rec- LAST LAST preparing campaigns in light of the U.K. ord deal. Explains her WED( ALBUMS WEBS ALBUMS success, according to EMI -Medley export manager Rikki Rincon, 3 VENGABOYS THE PARTY ALBUM MUSIC STREET 3 ANDREA BOCELLI SOGNO POLYDOWUNIVERSAL director Thomas Höhne, citing France and "Our budget with Tight MARCIL 1 ABBA ABBA LOVE STORIES GLOBO/MERCURY /UNIVERSAL 5 VARIOUS ARTISTS MTV FANTASTIC FEMALES SONY Germany. The group will go on a Southeast Flight was very limited, 4 CHER BELIEVE WARNER 2 VARIOUS ARTISTS GRAMMY NOMINEES (POP Asia in The album "Tonn- [which was] one of the many reasons for 2 ALEJANDRO SANZ MAS WARNER promo tour July. ROCK GOLD) WARNER 6 THE OFFSPRING AMERICANA SONY age" will be out in the U.K. on Monday (5). leaving them." Among her numerous per- 4 4 MARIAH CAREY #1'S SONY 5 ALA DOS NAMORADOS SOLTA -SE 0 BEIJO AO CHARLES FERRO formances, Marcil opened for renowned 5 1 ZIANA ZAIN ZIANA ZAIN RMG VIVO EMI British -Asian producer Bally Sagoo's debut 6 6 MICHAEL & VICTOR FEEL LIKE SEEING YOU ROCK 7 NEW SKUNK ANANSIE POST ORGASMIC CHILL DIAMONDS ARE a as club date in Dallas last fall. "I would like to 7 10 THE OFFSPRING AMERICANA sow girl's best friend, VIRGIN /EMI French singer Larusso is finding out. Her do an Indian -flavored track," she says. "A 8 RE JACKY CHEUNG SOMEONE POLYGRAM 8 NEW BLONDIE NO EXIT BEYOND /BMG single "Tu M'oublieras" (You'll Forget Me) producer in Canada named Zak is consider- 9 7 ANGGUN SNOW ON THE SAHARA SONY 9 RE SILENCE 4 SILENCE BECOMES IT POLYDOWUNIVERSAL

EMI on Odéon /EMI has sold 750,000 units, earn- ing producing Hindi remixes in the future 10 8 911 THERE IT IS 10 7 QUEEN GREATEST HITS I & II EMI ing her one of the first diamond certifica- for me." NYAY BHUSHAN SWEDEN (OLE) 04/01/99 DENMARK (IFPI /Nielsen Marketing Research) 03/29/99 tions in France. The song is spending a sev- A NEW MEXICAN THIS LAST THIS LAST enth week at the top of the French singles force in rock is emerging WEB( WEEK SINGLES WED( WED( SINGLES charts. "Maybe we'll sell a million," jokes this month, as El Círculo's debut album hits 1 1 BABY ONE MORE TIME BRITNEY SPEARS 1 1 ... BABY ONE MORE TIME BRITNEY SPEARS JIVE/ ... Odéon GM Frédéric the shops. It regroups four former members VIRGIN ZOMBANIRGIN 2 3 (DU AR SA) YEAH YEAH WOW WOW MARTIN 2 2 ROMEO BLA OJNE SPIN/EDEL Juarez, who licensed the of the pop vocal group Ragazzi- Miguel, 3 3 PRETTY FLY (FOR A WHITE GUY) THE OFFSPRING POLAR/UNIVERSAL track from Larusso's Pato, Jaime, and Marlon -and its label de- SONY 3 2 VI DRAR TILL FJALLEN MARKOOLIO CNRARCADE 4 4 9 PM. (TILL I COME) ATB MOTOR/EDEL own label Chrystal Park. but on Sony Music Mexico is titled "Murió 4 NEW UNFORGIVABLE SINNER LENE MARLIN VIRGIN 5 7 PROTECT YOUR MIND (BRAVEHEART) DJ SAKIN & 5 8 CHANGES 2PAC JIVENIRGIN "Tu M'oublieras" is a El Silencio" (The Silence Died). The band - FRIENDS FLEX/EMI 6 5 PRETTY FLY (FOR A WHITE GUY) THE OFFSPRING 6 6 TARZAN & JANE TOY -BOX SPIN /EDEL cover of a tried- and -test- mates left Ragazzi because they say they SONY 7 5 CHOCOLATE SALTY BALLS CHEF AMERICAN/SONY ed hit, first sung by were tired of being marketed as a light- 7 6 STJARNA PA HIMLEN DROMHUS CNWARCADE 8 8 YOUR CROWN INFERNAL FLEX/EMI 8 4 TRAGEDY /HEARTBEAT STEPS JIVENIRGIN 9 10 MA BAKER BONEY M VS. SASH! /HORNY UNITED French nightclub ce- weight pop act by Ragazzi manager/creator 9 9 CALL ME MANANA SCOOTER EDEL BMG LARUSSO lebrity Régine and cov- Gino Gallegos. Luis Fernando Ochoa, 10 NEW BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM! VENGABOYS JIVE/ 10 NEW BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM! VENGABOYS VIRGIN VIRGIN ered in 1990 by renowned collaborator with Sony pop idol ALBUMS Jeanne ALBUMS 1 1 CHER BELIEVE WARNER Manson. It's Larusso's second cover hit: Shakira, produced the album, the sound of 2 3 BRYDENFELT OG HANNIBAL MEMORY CMc 1 1 EVA DAHLGREN LAI LAI METRONOME/ANDERSON/WARNER Her rendition of Gloria Gaynor's "I Will which is not far afield from rock group BMG 2 3 ROXETTE HAVE A NICE DAY ROSETTE RECORDINGS/EMI 3 2 GNAGS GREATEST 4 6 VONDA SHEPARD SONGS FROM ALLY MCBEAL (TV Survive" became "Je Survivrai" and sold Maná. The album's leadoff single is "Volver 3 NEW ANDREA BOCELLI SOGNO POLYDOWUNIVERSAL SOUNDTRACK) SONY 4 2 CHER BELIEVE WEA/WARNER 100,000 units when Sony Music France A Empezar." TERESA AGUILERA 5 4 CARTOONS TOONAGE FLEX/EMI 5 RE BO KASPERS ORKESTER I CENTRUM SONY 6 RE GEORGE MICHAEL LADIES & GENTLEMEN: THE licensed that track. The 19- year -old 6 6 MARKOOLIO STICKER HART CNR/ARCADE BEST OF GEORGE MICHAEL SONY/PLADECOMPAGNIET real name is SOUTH AFRICA'S rock community is buzzing 7 RE SARAH BRIGHTMAN TIMELESS WARNER singer -whose Laetitia Ser- 7 9 THE OFFSPRING AMERICANA SONY 8 5 MANIC PREACHERS THIS IS MY will STREET TRUTH 8 7 THE CARDIGANS GRAN TURISMO STOCKHOLM/UNI- rero -got her stage name from her ginger with news that producer Kevin Shirley TELL ME YOURS SONY VERSAL hair. Her debut album is due in September. produce the Springbok Nude Girls' third 9 RE CORNELIS VREESWIJK GULDKORN FRAN MASTER 9 NEW BRITNEY SPEARS ... BABY ONE MORE TIME TESSEYRE CEES MEMOARER METRONOME/WARNER JIVENIRGIN CECILE album. Shirley, originally from South Africa, 10 7 BJORN AFZELIUS DEN RODE TRADEN REBELLE/MNW 10 5 VAN MORRISON BACK ON TOP VIRGIN is known for his work with the Black ITALY'S VETERAN ROCKER Vasco Rossi took Crowes and Aerosmith. He will work in Bop NORWAY (Verdens Gang Norway) 03/30/99 FINLAND (Radiomafia /IFPI Finland) 03/28/99 three prizes at this year's Premio Italiano Studios, situated in the former homeland of TIs LAST WES LAST della Musica (Italian Music Awards), held Bophutatswana, three hours outside Johan- WEB( WEB( SINGLES WEB( WEEK SINGLES 24 Club. ... BABY ONE MORE TIME BRITNEY SPEARS 1 1 ANNA MUN BAILAA AIKAKONE RCA/BMG March at Milan's Rolling Stone nesburg. Springbok JIVENIRGIN 2 4 WALKING IN THE AIR NIGHTWISH SPINEFARM Rossi, whose album "Canzone Per Me" Nude Girls guitarist 2 NEW NEW DEPRESSION EP MADRUGADA VIRGIN 3 3 TULE SELLAISENA KUIN OLET DON HUONOT TER - (Songs For Me) (EMI) was among the top Theo Crous says the 3 3 LIVING MY LIFE WITHOUT YOU VAN EIJK sow( RIENBMG 4 2 SITTING DOWN HERE LENE MARLIN VIRGIN 4 2 DOWNFALL CHILDREN OF BODOM SPINEFARM three best-selling albums in Italy last year, five -piece band -one of 5 6 VI DRAR TILL FJALLEN MARKOOLIO ARCADE 5 6 SURUNMURHAAJA CMX HERODES/EMI passing nine -times -platinum (900,000 South Africa's most pop- 6 4 9 P.M. (TILL I COME) ATB MOTOR/POLYGRAM /UNIVERSAL 6 NEW AUTOPARTIO 525 NE LUUMAET POKO 7 5 PRETTY FLY (FOR A WHITE GUY) THE OFFSPRING copies), picked up awards for Italian record ular and eclectic rock 7 5 SACRAMENT OF WILDERNESS NIGHTWISH SPINE - SONY FARM and Italian tour, as well as the music critics' outfits -is excited about 8 7 WHISKEY IN THE JAR METALLICA VERTIGO/UNIVERSAL 8 7 DIVINITY AMORPHIS SPINEFARM 9 8 ENJOY YOURSELF A+ KEDAR/UNIVERSAL prize. Most key categories were voted on by working with Shirley. 9 9 THE CARPENTER NIGHTWISH SPINEFARM 10 NEW CHANGES 2PAC JIVE/VIRGIN SPRINGBOK who 10 10 WASTING THE DAWN 69 EYES GAGA GOODIES/POKO listeners to top 40 network Radio Deejay Crous, produced the ALBUMS ALBUMS and readers of Musica!, the weekly music NUDE GIRLS Nude Girls' last re- 1 NEW LENE MARLIN PLAYING MY GAME VIRGIN 1 1 ULTRA BRA KALIFORNIA PYRAMID/MEGAMANIA supplement of La Repubblica newspaper. lease -the EP "Opti 2 NEW ANDREA BOCELLI SOGNO POLYGRAM/UNIVERSAL 2 2 KIRKA, HECTOR, PAVE & PEPE MESTARIT 3 1 BLUR 13 EMI The awards were broadcast live on national Mum" -adds, "It's mostly to do with work- AREENALLA EMI/BMG 4 3 VONDA SHEPARD SONGS FROM ALLY MCBEAL (TV private TV network Italia 1 and attracted ing with someone who can, because of his SOUNDTRACK) sow 3 3 JANNE TULKKI JANNE TULKKI BLUEBIRD/BMG 4 THE AMERICANA SONY 5 2 VAN MORRISON BACK ON TOP VIRGIN 4 OFFSPRING an average TV audience of 2.2 million, rep- experience, teach us a great deal and signif- 6 4 LAURYN HILL THE MISEDUCATION OF LAURYN HILL 5 NEW MAGGIE REILLY THE BEST OF EMI resenting an 11% viewing share for the mid - icantly raise the standards of rock recording 6 5 J. KARJALAINEN ELECTRIC SAUNA ELECTRIC PIC- SONY evening prime -time slot. Other winners in- here." Paul Thackwray, a local A &R man- 7 9 CHER BELIEVE WARNER NIC POKO 8 NEW SKUNK ANANSIE POST ORGASMIC CHILL VIRGIN 7 NEW ANDREA BOCELLI SONGO POLYDONUNIVERSAL cluded Ligabue's "Ho Perso Le Parole" (I've ager at Sony SA, the Nude Girls' label, says 9 6 ULF LUNDELL N +R JEG KYSSER HAVET -BEST OF 8 7 NYLON BEAT VALEHTELIJA MTV- MUSIIKKI Lost The Words) (WEA), for Italian song; the move "represents the best shot so far at ROCKHEAD/EMI 9 9 MODERN TALKING ALONE HANSNBMG 10 NEW BRITNEY SPEARS ... BABY ONE MORE TIME JIVE/ 10 RE THE CARDIGANS GRAN TURISMO STOCKHOLM /POLY- Alex Britti (Universal), for discovery; and an international breakthrough by a South VIRGIN GRAM Articolo 31's "La Fidanzata" (Ricordi /BMG African rock band." DIANE COETZER

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