HITS OF THE WORLD B N MUSIC EUROCHART 10/23/99 & MEDIA SPAIN (AFYVE/ALEF MB) 10/06/99 7H5 LAST THIS LAST WEEK WEE( SINGLES HIED( WEE( SINGLES 1 1 BLUE (DA BA DEE) EIFFEL 65 BLISS CO. 1 1 EL EXTRANJERO BUNBURY CHRYSALIS 2 3 GENIE IN A BOTTLE CHRISTINA AGUILERA RCA 2 4 SANTO SANTO SO PRA CONTRARIAR RCA 3 2 MAMBO NO. 5 (A LITTLE BIT OF ...) LOU BEGA LAUTSTARKBMA 3 NEW GENIE IN A BOTTLE CHRISTINA AGUILERA RCA 4 4 (YOU DRIVE ME) CRAZY BRITNEY SPEARS JIVE 4 2 I WILL GO WITH YOU DONNA SUMMER EPIC 5 5 BAILAMOS ENRIQUE IGLESIAS UNIVERSAL 5 3 BAILAMOS ENRIQUE IGLESIAS POLYDOR/UNIVERSAL THE LATEST MUSIC NEWS FROM AROUND THE PLANET 6 7 SUMMER SON TEXAS MERCURY 6 NEW LARGER THAN LIFE BACKSTREET BOYS JIVE/VIRGIN 7 NEW 2 TIMES ANN LEE X- ENERGY LATINO 8 6 WHEN YOU SAY NOTHING AT ALL RONAN KEAT- 7 10 MI CHICO GERI HALLIWELL EMI ING POLYDOR 8 6 MAMMA MIA A *TEENS UNIVERSAL EDITED BY NIGEL WILLIAMSON 9 9 SUN IS SHINING BOB MARLEY VS. FUNKSTAR 9 NEW NEW YORK CITY BOY PET SHOP BOYS EMI DELUXE TOOLS CLUB 10 5 MAMBO NO. 5 (A LITTLE BIT OF ...) LOU BEGA 10 8 MY LOVE IS YOUR LOVE WHITNEY HOUSTON ARIOI A WARNER MUSIC HONG KONG'S new DNA label Electric Melt, and Blue Room. Dave Thomp- ARISTA has signed the ALBUMS ALBUMS territory's premier hip -hop son, BMG's head of A& R and marketing, says 1 1 STING BRAND NEW DAY A &M 1 1 LUIS MIGUEL AMARTE ES UN PLACER WEA outfit, Lazymuthafuckas. "LMF is a 20- initial interest in the deal came from the col- 2 NEW DAVID BOWIE HOURS ... VIRGIN 2 2 JOAQUIN SABINA 19 DIAS Y 500 NOCHES ARIOLA member group of talented street kids who laboration between kwaito kingpins TKZee 3 2 SHANIA COME ON MERCURY TWAIN OVER 3 3 CAMELA NO PUEDO ESTAR SIN EL PRODUCCIONES AR 4 3 TOM JONES RELOAD GUTN2 have an underground sound and a fresh atti- (BMG) and jazz 4 5 KETAMA TOMA KETAMA MERCURY /UNIVERSAL dazzler Moses Taiwa 5 NEW BLOODHOUND GANG HOORAY FOR BOOBIES GEE - 5 NEW STING BRAND NEW DAY POLYDOR/UNIVERSAL tude," says Mark Lankester, Warner Hong Molelekwa (Melt) 1999 FEN at the FNB South 6 6 RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS CALIFORNICATION 6 4 PRESUNTOS IMPLICADOS ORIGINAL VERSION Kong's managing director. "They rap in Can- African Music Awards. "I was impressed with WARNER BROS. WEA tonese and cover issues like being in a triad Melt's commitment to South African music," 7 4 WHITNEY HOUSTON MY LOVE IS YOUR LOVE 7 NEW BUNBURY PEQUEMO CHRYSALIS ARISTA gang, living in housing estates, and Hong 8 7 VONDA SHEPARD ALLY MCBEAL (TV SOUND- Thompson explains. "We feel strongly that the 8 NEW LIVE THE DISTANCE TO HERE RADIOACTIVE/MCA TRACK) EPIC Kong society in general." LMF indepen- artists on Melt will complement 9 5 BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB BUENA VISTA SOCIAL our own grow- 9 ABBA CLUB WORLD CIRCUIT 6 GOLD- GREATEST HITS POLYDOR/UNIVERSAL dently released a self-titled debut EP in ing roster of local talent." Melt, set up by for- 10 8 LOU BEGA A LITTLE BIT OF MAMBO LAUTSTARK/BMG 10 9 MANA TODO MANA -GRANDES EXITOS WEA April. Despite negligible marketing and pro- mer B &W Loudspeakers head Robert Trunz, motion, it sold 15,000 units. LMF is a combi- is home to several South African acts, includ- N EW Z EALAND (Record Publications Ltd.) 10/10/99 PO RTU GAL (Portugal /AFP) 10/12/99 nation of three bands -Anodize, Screw, and ing Busi Mhlongo, Amampondo, Pops -THs LAST THIS LAST N.T. -and is spearheaded by Hong Kong's Mohamed, Moses Molelekwa, and Vusi IWEE7( WEEK ALBUMS WEEK WEEK ALBUMS top hip -hop scratch -master, DJ Tommy. Khumalo. DIANE COETZEK 1 6 SCORPIONS BEST EMI 1 NEW SHIHAD THE GENERAL ELECTRIC WARNER "Rather than sign up traditional, ballad -style 2 2 RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS CALIFORNICATION 2 1 SHANIA TWAIN COME ON OVER UNIVERSAL artists, DNA is WARNER looking for new, cutting-edge, ORPHAN, THE FIRST -EVER Belgian band to 3 3 RICKY MARTIN RICKY MARTIN SONY 3 1 LOU BEGA A LITTLE BIT OF MAMBO BMG indie -style artists," he says. "Hong Kong play at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts 4 NEW CREED HUMAN CLAY sow 4 9 SHANIA TWAIN COME ON OVER MERCURY/UNIVERSAL Chinese youth today want something with and Sciences theater in Los Angeles, has 5 2 BOYZONE BY REQUEST UNIVERSAL 5 8 BONNIE TYLER BEST BALLADS SONY more attitude." DAVENA MOK completed a second album, due later this fall 6 10 ANJOS FICAREI VIDISC, 6 6 ROBBIE WILLIAMS THE EGO HAS LANDED EMI in Belgium and Canada on Soft Cell, which 7 7 SANTAMARIA SEM LIMITE VIDISCo 7 5 VENGABOYS THE PARTY ALBUM! BMo THESE ARE BUSY TIMES for former members is distributed by Toronto -based Dep 8 4 VENGABOYS THE PARTY ALBUM! VIOLENT/EMI 8 4 STELLAR MIX SONY of Japan,Jan influential force in 9 3 EXCESS() ATE AO FIM MERCURY/UNIVERSAL British Records. Two tracks by the five -piece rock 9 NEW BEN HARPER BURN TO SHINE VIRGIN 10 RE BRITNEY SPEARS ... BABY ONE MORE TIME experimental rock in the group are featured on the soundtrack to 10 7 LEFTFIELD RHYTHM AND STEALTH coLUMBIA/SONY JIVE/EMI 1980s. Steve Jansen, "Friends & Lovers," starring Claudia Richard Barbieri, and Schiffer and Stephen Baldwin. The band SWEDEN (GLF) 10/14/99 DENMARK (IFPI /Nielsen Marketing Research) 10/07/99 Mick Kam have teamed played at a private screening of the film at THIS LAST 7145 LAST as a three -piece act for the motion picture academy's Samuel Gold- WEEK WEEK SINGLES WEB( WEEK SINGLES Alathe first time, under the wyn Theatre. The group was formed in 1996 1 1 BLUE (DA BA DEE) EIFFEL 65 BMG 1 1 BLUE (DA BA DEE) EIFFEL 65 BMG 2 4 GENIE IN A BOTTLE collective name JBK. by brothers Jo and 2 2 (YOU DRIVE ME) CRAZY BRITNEY SPEARS JIVENIR- CHRISTINA AGUILERA BUG Dirk Cassiers, and the 3 3 KING OF MY CASTLE' WAMDUE PROJECT GIN They will release "_ism" distinctive guitar rock of their debut album, ORANGE/SCANDINAVIAN 3 3 WHEN YOU SAY NOTHING AT ALL RONAN KEAT- SYLVIAN 4 2 MAMBO NO. 5 (A LITTLE BIT OF ...) LOU BEGA on Monday (18) in the "September Rain," is more mainstream than ING UNIVERSAL BMG U.K. on own 4 NEW their Medi- that of such alternative Belgian bands as LARGER THAN LIFE BACKSTREET BOYS JIVENIRGIN 5 5 SUN IS SHINING BOB MARLEY VS. FUNKSTAR um label. 5 4 FASTER HARDER SCOOTER SCOOTER EDEL DELUXE EDEL Contributors include vocalist Zoe dEUS or Zita Swoon. "The band is pretty 6 6 6 HEAVEN'S ON FIRE STAR POLYDOR/UNIVERSAL 6 NOT FOR THE DOUGH MULTICYDE FEATURING Niblett and ex-Stone Roses guitarist Aziz much a self -supporting operation. We do our ANEA WARNER 7 5 BETTER OFF ALONE ALICE DEEJAY JIVE/VIRGIN Ibrahim. The 7 8 BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE TOM JONES & THE same day, Medium releases a own publishing and go out for licensing deals 8 8 IF I LET YOU GO WESTLIFE BMG CARDIGANS v2 /MNW remixed version of "Pulse," Jansen's collab- 9 NEW NEW YORK CITY BOY PET SHOP BOYS PARLOPHONE/ ourselves," says Orphan manager Herman 8 7 DOOH DOOH BARCODE BROTHERS UNIVERSAL EMI orative album with 9 NEW (YOU DRIVE ME) CRAZY BRITNEY SPEARS JIVE/VIR- Yukihiro Takahashi, Peeters. MARC MAES 10 9 GENIE IN A BOTTLE CHRISTINE AGUILERA BMG GIN formerly of Yellow Magic Orchestra. The 10 NEW HEARTBREAKER MARIAN ALBUMS CAREY FEATURING JAY - set Z SONY features new mixes by DJ Spooky and 4 AUSTRIAN -NIGERIAN DUO Two In One was 1 TOM JONES RELOAD V2 /MNW Hero, among others. Meanwhile, former recently presented a gold disc (for sales of 2 NEW DAVID BOWIE HOURS ... VIRGIN 1 NEW BONEBY REQUEST UNIVERSAL Japan vocalist David Sylvian, in addition to 25,000 units) for its hit single "Indian 3 8 MICHAEL LEARNS TO ROCK GREATEST HITS EMI Song" 2 2 CREAMY CREAMY RECART 4 3 PATRIK ISAKSSON NAR VERKLIGHETEN his continuing solo career on Virgin, guests TRANGER 3 3 ANN METTE ELTEN REFRAIN RECART (EMI Austria) by Austria's chancellor, Vik- SIG PA SONY 4 1 BIG FAT SNAKE RECYCLED EDEL on "Pearl +Umbra," a new album by Russell tor Klima. Selling more than 40,000 copies, 5 2 A *TEENS THE ABBA 5 5 VENGABOYS THE GENERATION STOCKHOLM PARTY ALBUM! VIOLATOR/VIRGIN Mills and Undark on Bella Union. The the track spent 11 weeks in the top 10 and is 6 NEW LIVE THE DISTANCE TO HERE MCNVNIVERSAL 6 4 RICHARD CLAYDERMAN BEAUTIFUL MOMENTS CMC 7 NEW STING BRAND NEW DAY UNIVERSAL heavyweight guest list for this experimental 7 5 SCOOTER BACK TO THE HEAVYWEIGHT JAM EDEL being closely followed up the charts by the 8 10 DET BRUNE PUNKTUM HELBREDELSEN EMI MEDLEY 8 10 SHANIA TWAIN COME ON OVER MERCURY /UNIVERSAL soundscape includes Peter Gabriel, Brian duo's new release, "Hamma Heyah 9 RE MICHAEL LEARNS TO ROCK GREATEST HITS EMI Ho." 9 4 STING BRAND NEW DAY UNIVERSAL MEDLEY Eno, Thurston Moore, and Michael Both dance hits reflect Two In One's trade- 10 6 SMOKIE OUR SWEDISH COLLECTION arc 10 7 SEBASTIAN ROMEO- SERENADER RECART Brook. PAUL SEXTON mark style, a mix of bubbly pop lyrics by Austrian -born Suki with a rap by Nigerian NORWAY (Verdens Gang Norway) 10/12/99 FINLAND (Radiomafia/IFPI Finland) 10/10/99 IN A MOVE that promises to place many key Man George.