M&M's Year -End Special Highlights Of The Year In Music & Radio. See Pages 19-30. Europe's Music Radio Newsweekly.Volume 8. Issue 51-52 . December 21, 1991 . 3, US$ 5, ECU 4 Warner Edges MAJOR RELEASES SPUR SALES PolyGram For Album Title Holiday Sales WarnerMusicsqueakedby PolyGram to take top honours in Look Cheerful M&M's year-end Top 100 Michael Jackson has cash regis- by Robbert Tilli Albums survey for 1991. ters ringing louder in 1991. Thecompanygrabbed a It's beginning to look a lot like Says EMI Music Worldwide 23.1% chart share, thanks mostly Christmas-andthathas the international marketing manager tothecross -over,cross -border musicindustryhappy.Record Hennie van Kuijeren, "At this successofR.E.M.'ssecond companies and major retailers point, we already havebetter album for Warner Brothers, Out both are predicting sales during results in the Christmas period Of Time, which sold over three this holiday season probably will than we did last year. We're far million copies in Europe. Other A BLACK TIE AFFAIR - BMI/PRS recently held its annual awards surpass-albietonlyslightly- above budget. Our unexpected acts contributing to the company's gala dinner in London saluting the composers and publishers of the last year's dismal results. priority in the Christmas period is album share include Seal, most -played songs of 1991, while also recognizing those reaching mile- The flood of top releases in Queen. There's a rush on the Madonna, Rod Stewart, Chris stones of a million or more song peformances. Pictured front row (1-r): the last part of the year from such complete back catalogue, but the Rea and Chris Isaak. PRS president Vivian Ellis, BMI president/CEO Frances Preston, PRS major acts as Dire Straits, Guns Greatest Hits II album is out - PolyGram followed with CEO Michael Freegard, Jon Crawley of Hit & Run Music and BMI N'Roses,Genesis, U2 and (continues. on page 42) 22.7%,largelyduetoElton VP/European writer/publisher relations Phil Graham. Second row (I -r): John'sThe Very BestOf, as well David Martin, Ringo Starr,MaryMcCartney, Gerry Marsden and Dono- asalbums from Dire Straits, van. Third row (14are:John DuPrez, Matt Aitken, Morten Harket, Scorpions,Sting,and INXS. Danny White and Corinne Drewery. Back row (l -r): Mike Stock, Peter Rete 105 Retains (For more data on the survey, see Waterman, Geoff Morrow, Graham Gouldman, Richard Kerr, Scott page 25.) English and Andrew Connell. Private Leadership Radio (EHR), also had audience Quota Showdown In France by David Stansfield increases. However, Radio Kiss Milan -based EHR national net- Kiss (AC/EHR) and 101 Net- also been encounteringfurther Inaddition, by Emmanuel Legrand (these minimums) work Rete 105 continues to be work (EHR/EDR) both lost lis- controversyforhisbusiness must also consist of a 50% share the ratings leader in the Italian teners. One month after the Vive La expansion strategies. of new releases (records released private commercial radio sector, (mintes on page 42) Radio conference in Paris, a radio On December 5, Baudecroux over the previous three months) despite audience increases by key war over quotas has broken out in sentshock waves through the and applied to all the stations at competitors. No. 1 in EUROPE France. Not since the beginning industry by sending a fax to a hours of significant audience." The latest Radio Bank listen- of French FM radio 10 years ago meeting between radio represen- One observer present at the ersurvey bythe Milan -based European Hit Radio has the situation been so tense. tatives and industry body SNEP meeting said Baudecroux's move research institute Datamedia MICHAEL JACKSON At the center of the battlefield in which he stated, "The only caught negotiators completely by reports Rete 105 has an average Black Or White is Jean -Paul Baudecroux, presi- solution [regarding the question surprise. Although most industry daily audience of 3.30 million for (Epic) dent of the leading FM EHR net- of French music played by radio executives described the nfove as the period July -September 1991. work NRJ. In taking a stand in stations] is a legal obligation to a "major coup," by backing legal This is an increase of 32.000 over Coca-Cola Eurochart favour of legal quotas for French all stations to programme a mini- quotasBaudecrouxhasbeen figures released for the previous MICHAEL JACKSON music, Baudecroux has outraged mum of songs in the French lan- accused of having a limited inter- three months. Black Or White in less than a week the French guage. This minimum must be the estinthecurrent negotiations Otherprivatenationalnet- (Epic) radio industry in general, result- same for all stations, whatever the between radio stations and SNEP. works such as Radio Italia Solo ing in his station's removal from format or style.. To be acceptable, His position, some say, has effec- MusicaItaliana (Italian -lan- European Top 100 Albums SRN, the group of national net- this minimum must be established tively put the "quota" ball back in guage), Radio Dimensione MICHAEL JACKSON works which he helped found. after discussion, and must be real- the court of minister of culture Suono (EHR),Radio Deejay Dangerous Baudecroux planstofightthe istic, mainly with regard 'to for- Jack Lang, who has been trying (EHR/EDR), Radio Monte (Epic) move, callingit"illegal."He's mats aimed at young audiences. (continues on page42) Carlo (AC) and RTL 102.5 Hit The New Sound In Instrumental Music ! MODENR NW MOOCH Roo-rhiiippe Ranked Top 5 & Gold record in France Still available for license in: U.K., Italy, Spain and U.S.A. 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