SEPTEMBER 22, 2001 Music Volume 19, Issue 39 £3.95 Jamiroquai go straight in at number one inthis week's European Top 100 Albums chart with A Funk Media® Odyssey (Sony S2). we talk1 r.414 M&M chart toppers this week Radio, music industryThe Bad Boy Eurochart Hot 100 Singles EVE FEAT GWEN STEFANI goes back Let Me Blow Ya Mind react to US tragedy (Interscope) A Music & Media st&ff report by Capital included REM's Every- European Top 100 Albums body Hurts. to the street JAMIROQUAI LONDON- The events may have "When you come out of this tragic A Funk Odyssey taken place thousands of miles awayinformation and hear about this (Sony S2) on the other side of the Atlanticaffront to humanity," says Smith, Ocean, but Europe's radio stations"then you play a tune that can European Radio Top 50 and record labels were profoundlyslightly restore your faith in human- MICHAEL JACKSON affected by last Tuesday's terroristity, it's not necessarily uplifting, but You Rock My World atrocities in the US. supportive." (Epic) Following the attacks on New Smith was head of music at the European Dance Trcooc York and Washington,mostofUK's nationalpublic CHR BBC Europe'smusic radio stationsRadio 1 at the time of the death of ROGER SANCHEZ increased the frequency and lengthDiana, Princess of Wales in 1997 Another Chance of news bulletins and made signifi-and sees parallels there with his (R-SenallSony) cant changes to both music policyprogramming responsibilities now, and presentation tone. but on a more local scale. "In Lon- Inside M&M this week Jeff Smith, programme controllerdon, we've got so much in common at London CHR 95.8 Capital FM,with New York and Washington," he says the station generated huge lis-says, "and not just people at the sta- INTRODUCING SACD tenerresponsewhenpresentertion, but so many people around Sony and Philips, the two com- Chris Tarrant played Michael Jack-London have friends and family out panies who brought us the CD, son's Heal the World on his break-there...so it just felt right to tone by Gareth Thomas have teamed up again to launch fast show the following morning ondown the music and support Lon- what they believe will be the September12;other sympatheticdoners with the news that might LONDON- No stranger to controversy, music format of the 21st centu- back -,catalogue quickly wheeled out continued on page 21 P Diddy, the new incarnation of Sean ry-the SACD. Page 7 "Puffy" Combs, is back with a new album, recorded not long after his THE SPIRIT OF MANTRA much -publicised trial over a shooting in Theeclectic UK indielabel New era for Flemish radioa New York night club. Mantra is the subject of the first The album, P Diddy & The Bad Boy of a brand new series of M&M by Marc Maes M -Kids,orfor Family...TheSagaContinues(Bad record label profiles. Page 9 nu -metal,"says Boy/BMG)-released September 10 in BRUSSELS- The allocation of two com- music director continental Europe and October 8 in UNCOMPROMISING ICELANDER mercialradiolicencescoveringtheJohan Noten- the UK-is a collection of 18 rap/R&B With the release of her latest whole of Flanders has brought to an end baert. 4 FM, tracks which, unlike Diddy's signature album Vespertine the "national" monopoly of north Bel- which is already tunes of the '90s, do not overly rely on (One Little Indi- gium's airwaves enjoyed by Flemishbroadcasting on samples. an)andsingle public broadcaster VRT. cable in Flanders, will offer a broad The album does, however, feature Hidden Place, On September 6, Flem- music format guaranteeing at least two collaborations from artists including Bjork(pictured) ish broadcast commissionFlemish language tracks every hour. Faith Evans, Carl Thomas, Cheri Den- continues to be a VCM announcedthat The national licence for Q -Music will nis, Mario Winans and Italian rapper challenging artist nine-yearFlanders -wide further strengthen the presence in Flan- Kain. It also employs the talents of formost main- licences had been grantedders of its owner VMM, which already some of the hottest US producers stream radio pro- to Q -Music and 4FM. operates the localised Top Radio (dance) around. grammers. Q -Music will have a CHR format tar- and Radio Mango (full -service). "After the trial I just wanted to kick Page 10 geting the 18-44 age group, although it "I'm very happy with the decision," back and clear my head," said Combs "will not go for kid's music such as K3 or continued on page 21 continued on page 21 A. GIimpse of tI-1e Swedish !lbwoak ihi independent musiccer-ike October 2, 2001 tndieGO is a forum which enables Swedish independent labels and groups to showcase their music in ondon. The event takes place at The Borderline (www.borderline.co.uk) giving the English audience and music business a sneak preview of bands who are working with a D.I.Y. attitude and engery. AmericanRadioHistory.Com NEWS similar effects will be felt not only in the US but through- Music out the world, on a much greater scale. It probably means that there will be a slow down in consumption, Media. Upfront too, and that market conditions which were already by Emmanuel Legrand, Music & Media editor -in -chief tough for the music business are unlikely to improve. 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Charts researchers: Menno Visser (6165), Beverley Evans (6157) Music & Media values its readers' opinions-you can e-mail the editor -in -chief at:[email protected] Production Production & art co-ordinator: Mat Deaves (6110) Correspondents Austria: Susan L. Schuhmayer - (43) 1 334 9608 Belgium: Marc Maes - (32) 3 568 8082 Classical/jazz: Terry Berne - (34) 91 474 4640 Nordic TV show set to launch Dance: Gary Smith - (33) 49172 4753 Denmark: Charles Ferro - (45) 3369 0701 by Siri Stavenes Dove decidedyet,"confirms head ofversions, with presenters from each Finland: Jonathan Mander - (358) 503 527384 frontingcus- Franca Miliaria Kang (artist profiles) -(33)148871599 NRK's Ung youth division Barbaracountryinvolved Germany: Gesa Birnkraut - (49) 4101 45930 STOCKHOLM - Scandinavian public Jan. tomised editions of the core show. Italy: Mark Worden - (39) 02 3807 8239 "The suggestion is to have a stu- The Netherlands: Menno Visser - (44) 207 420 6165 broadcasters are planning to work Head of youth programming at New Media: Juliana Koranteng - (44) 208 891 3893 jointly on a pan -Nordic TV musicDR, Preben Vridstoft, says that indio base in one country, where we Norway: Kai R. Lofthus - (47) 918 21 208 Denmark the project may start withcan produce several versions at the Spain: Howell Llewellyn - (34) 9 1593 2429 show, set to be launched next year. Sweden: Johan Lindstrom - (46) 8 470 3730 Norway's NRK, Swe- the screening of the UKsame time," reveals Vridstoft. den's SVT, Finland's YLE versionof theshow, Vridstoft says that one concern at Sciles sand IVIcirkating andDenmark'sDan - before potentiallyDR is the possible drain on funds for International sales director: launching a local ver-music programming with the launch Ron Betist (UK, USA) - (31) 299 420274; marks Radio are set to OFTHE mobile: (31) 653 194133 discuss the project at a sion. early next year of music TV show Sales executives: Patrick Jansen (Benelux & Scandinavia) - (31) 299 420274 meeting of Nordvisio- "OptionstheBBC Boogie TV (M&M, September 15). Francois Millet (France) - (33) 145 49 29 33 nen-the forum which POPS have given us are to cre- The type of chart to be used in Beth Dell'Isola (US Radio) - (1) 770 831 4585 Lidia Bonguardo (Italy, Spain, Greece, Portugal) facilitates co -productions ate a local Danish show, - (39) 031570056, and the free exchange of TV materi-or a Nordic version," he says. Hediscussion. "There are so many Olav Bjerke (Germany) - (49) 221 868005 al between public broadcasters inadds that a Nordic collaboration is, charts in the different countries, air- financially speaking, the most likelyplay and sales, there are a lot of Sales & marketing co-ordinator: the Nordic countries-in Trond- Claudia Engel (6159) heim, Norway on October 10-12.