$6.95 (U.S.), $8.95 (CAN.), £5.50 (U.K.), 8.95 (EUROPE), Y2,500 (JAPAN) Chart Ill 1111 Ill Changes #BXNCCVR 3 -DIGIT 908 II 1111[ III.IIIIIII111I111I11II11I11III I II...11 #90807GEE374EM002# BLBD 897 A06 B0098 001 MAR 04 2 MONTY GREENLY 3740 ELM AVE # A Overview LONG BEACH CA 90807 -3402 Page 10 New Features l3( AUGUST 2, 2003 Page 57 THE INTERNATIONAL NEWSWEEKLY OF MUSIC, VIDEO AND HOME ENTERTAINMENT www.billboard.com HOT SPOTS New Player Eyes iTunes BuyMusic.com Rushes Dow nload Service to PC Market BY BRIAN GARRITY Audio -powered stores long offered by Best Buy, Tower Records and fye.com. NEW YORK -An unlikely player has hit the Web What's more, digital music executives say BuyMusic with the first attempt at a Windows -friendly answer highlights a lack of consistency on the part of the labels to Apple's iTunes Music Store: buy.com founder when it comes to wholesaling costs and, more importantly, Scott Blum. content urge rules. The entrepreneur's upstart pay -per-download venture,' In fact, this lack of consensus among labels is shap- buymusic.com, is positioning itself with the advertising ing up as a central challenge for all companies hoping slogan "Music downloads for the rest of us." to develop PC -based download stores. But beyond its iTunes- inspired, big -budget TV mar- "While buy.com's service is the least restrictive [down- the new service is less a Windows load store] that is currently available in the Windows keting campaign, SCOTT BLUI ART VENTURE 5 Trio For A Trio spin on Apple's offering and more like the Liquid (Continued on page 70) Multicultural trio Bacilos garners three nominations for fronts the Latin Grammy Awards. Singer Amy Lee Evanescence. which is gaining a huge DVD Video following in the U.S. Europe and Europe. Net Rental Goes Takes Off BY JILL KIPNIS Gothic Califor- LOS ANGELES -An upstart nia company that rents DVDs over the Evanescence Internet- without imposing late fees-is starting to give traditional video stores a run for their money.. 6 Missy Works It On MTV Rides Hard Rock Although the company, Netflix of Missy Elliott is the top a small BY ADAM HOWORTH Los Gatos, Calif., still has share nominee for the 2003 MTV of the rental mar- Video Music Awards. LONDON- Progressive goth-rock ket, it is turning band Evanescence has done every- heads by offering thing but what its name implies: online ordering, a evaporate slowly into thin air. wider selection, a Since its international release subscription rental in April, the Wind -up act's debut plan and free home album, "Fallen," is close to 2 mil- delivery. lion in sales in the U.S., and it is And it is all hap- feeding Europe's current appetite pening at a time for hard rock. when the DVD is re- Along with Metallica's "St. Anger" vitalizing the home (Vertigo) and Linkin Park's "Meteo- video marketplace. market ra" (Warner Bros.), it has been a re- "We seem to be growing the cent Continental chart- topper. rather than taking share away," Netflix "Evanescence has a dark beauty CEO Reed Hastings says. The DVD and the online rental On Reggae with a rock edge; they're providing 13 New Spin fac- a flavor that hasn't existed before. concept both emerged as market Jamaican DJ Sean Paul leads That transcends all ages," says tors in the late 1990s and have dancehall reggae onto the Steve Lerner, president of New grown together. has international charts. York-based indie Wind -up Records, In fact, Netflix's success which signed and nurtured the prompted other retailers, including explore band for two years before making Wal -Mart and Blockbuster, to $6.95US $8 95CAN the push for radio airplay. similar online rental options. 31> launched And now, "it's one of the biggest Mass merchant Wal -Mart last success stories we have internation- its walmart.com DVD rental store 26, 2002). And ally," says Daniel Levy, VP of mar- October (Billboard, Oct. keting for Sony Music International, rental giant Blockbuster recently 11 11 (Continued on page 68) acquired the online rental site film o 7 486 02552 8 (Continued on page 69) www.americanradiohistory.com - :4- 0.125X T 2.75 iiapster --1 lx under construction ; L We look forward to a mutually rewarding relationship with the recording industry and artist community as we work together to build the future of online music with napster 2.0. Copyright 0 2003 Roxio, Inc. All rights reserved. www.americanradiohistory.com . UG00UST 2 2 Billboard ° NO. 1 ON THE CHARTS Billbearel ARTIST ALBUM PAGE AUGUST 2, 2003 VOLUME 115, No. 31 Vf SOUNDTRACK Bad Boys II q.. ALISON KRAUSS + UNION STATION Live Top of the News Global 5 Now that AOLTime Warner 49 Europe's major labels are 2'mek JOHN MELLENCAMP Trouble No More i has sold its manufacturing divi- keen to make their repertoire F, sion to Cinram, what's in store available to legal digital retailers. d VARIOUS ARTISTS WarshirToretlrerI Could Sin Ill Your Love Forever for WEA's Caparro? 51 Global Pulse: Thea Gilmore's new Hungry Dog BROOKS & DUNN Red Dirt Road 6 If you think Clear Channel's top 40 outlets are all marching album, "Avalanche," is a lavishly affair. LOUIE DeVITO Louie DeVita's Dance Factor Level 2 in musical lock step, research literate from Airplay Monitor's Sean VICKIE WINANS Brio(für It All Tor ether Ross might surprise you. Programming 55 Tuned In- Radio: What MAROON 5 Son( s Ahout Jane Music effect will the success of the 13 The Beat: The 2003 Short - "Do Not Call" registry have LIL JON & THE EAST SIDE BOYZ Kin s Of Crmrk list Music Prize acquires aTV tie - on radio research? in, a tour and a compilation CD. PAT GREEN Wave On Wave 14 The Classical Score: Yo -Yo Features is R project bluegrass and country core with METALLICA Metallica Ma's passion for Brazilian music debut the first &B newly relaunched the debut of its first promo 57 Market Watch flows into his Sony debut, "Obri - for Capitol's urban division. compilation. 22 Boxscore LOS TIGRES DEL NORTE Hereocia Musical. alCorridosInolvidables gado Brazil." & Rhymes: Northern 35 Billboard Picks 15 Soundtracks: Hollywood's 24 Beats SOUNDTRACK Bad Bo s II State goes its own way with its Retail "Lara CroftTomb Raider: The Cra- 46 The Billboard BackBeat Star Time International debut, dle of Life" soundtrack reflects 37 Peer -to -peer networks may Executive Turntable SEAN PAUL Dutt Rock 46 "Dying in Stereo." have won an important legal bat- the film's dark themes. 50 Hits of the World 27 Latin Notas: Remembering tle against the recording indus- Bad Bo s II 20 Touring: Though the success Celia Cruz's unique talent and try, but the war is far from over. 54 Classifieds of the forthcoming Sex Pistols flamboyant style. 57 Charts SOUNDTRACK Frida tour remains unclear, the band 37 Home video companies are says it couldn't care less. 30 Beat Box: Preparations are starting to capitalize on the 57 Chart Beat GE under way for the 10th annual growing popularity of extreme 23 R &B: Javier's self-titled 71 Update Billboard Dance Music Summit. sports and DVD. 72 The Last Word BEYONCE FEATURING JAY -Z Craz In Love 32 Country: The success of 38 The Indies: Immortal Broken Bow Records proves Records strikes a long -term, MATCHBOX TWENTY Unwell that indie label projects can exclusive North American deal top the charts. with RED Distribution. BROOKS & DUNN Red Dirt Road 45 Studio Monitor: Record 42 Retail Track: The Norcross, Plant makes changes in the face Ga. -based Music Network chain L MURK (OSCAR G. & RALPH FALCON) Alri lit of a tough music economy. is expected to be liquidated with- & next three months, but .; MADONNA Holl wood 48 Songwriters Publishers: in the Tannen Music recognizes its some stores may be saved. BEYONCE FEATURING JAY -Z Craz In Love SORAYA Casi QUOTE OF THE WEEK KELLY CLARKSON Miss ludo vendent G Britney Spears is as punk as that silly Lavigne bird. JANE'S ADDICTION Just Because , JOHN 'JOHNNY ROTTEN' LYDON BEYONCE FEATURING JAY -Z Craz In Love Page 20 CHINGY Rie ht Thurr CHINGY Ri lit More ARTIST & COMPANY INDEX TITI, (SIGNIFICANT MENTIONS IN THE NEWS) NS HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN 10 DAYS Artist Page(s) Company Page(s) .. DVDy Alliance Entertainment Corp. 38 PHONE BOOTH Bacilos 5 Online Inc. 38 HEI F. BT 30 America s_ PILATES FOR DUMMIES Best Buy Co. Inc. 69 Café Tacuba 27 Broken Bow Records 32 JUNGLE BOOK 2 Celia Cruz 27, 47 Capitol Records Inc. 23 Craig Morgan 32 LED ZEPPELIN: LED ZEPPELIN Cinram International Inc. 5 1 Evanescence Clear Channel Entertainment Inc. (CCE) 6, 8 ANTONIO SPURS 2002 -2003 NBA CHAMPIONS SAN Hanson 21 Destra Corp. Ltd. 49 47 HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN 10 DAYS Jane's Addiction Hollywood Records Inc. 15 Javier 23 Immortal Records 38 PHONE BOOTH Jermaine Dupri 23 Murder Inc. Records 48 ALBUM John Farnham 20 Music Network 42 Missy Elliott 6 Netflix Inc. 1 45 MARCELO ALVAREZ /SALVATORE LICITRA Duetto Natalia LaFourcade 5 Record Plant Inc. RED Distribution Inc. 38 Northern State 24 SARAH BRIGHTMAN herein Redline Entertainment Inc. 43 Saliva 15 E. Sanity Entertainment (UK) Ltd. 8 5 DAVID SANBORN Tout ricin Sean Paul 13 1 POR . Tannen Music Inc 48 Sex Pistols 20 3 NORAH JONES Come Away With Me Trail Blazers Inc 22 ;°, KID AUDIO ShaniaTwain 32 Trans World Entertainment Corp. 38 KIDZ BOP KIDS Kidz Bap 3 agi= Thea Gilmore 51 VIVA Media AG 52 14 z MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER /C.W.