Billboardn FEBRUARY 13, 1999 Artists & Music Not Latin Tracks TM ujsDMM COMPILED FROM A NATIONAL SAMPLE OF AIRPLAY SUPPLIED BY BROADCAST Z DATA SYSTEMS' RADIO TRACK SERVICE. 98 LATIN MUSIC STATIONS ARE ELEC- Levi'vpv vi t- TRONICALLY MONITORED 6 AM TO 12 MIDNIGHT, 7 DAYS A WEEK ARTIST w á w 3 5 = TITLE ing the Jan. 25 shooting. He later was released. I- .-] N ¢ 3 (7 IMPRINT/PROMOTION LABEL PRODUCER (SONGWRITER) Ventura, a beloved figure in merengue circles during No. 1 his 30 -year career, left his label, Sony Discos, last year .- JERRY RIVERA ESE 1 1 1 8 after assuming his post as mayor. SONY DISCOS 3 weeks S No. 1 R.SANCHEZ SA.JAEN,W PAZ) Sources in the Dominican Republic feared the vio- ENRIQUE IGLESIAS NUNCA TE OLVIDARE Notas 2 2 5 5 lence could on 26, when FONOVISA R.PEREZ-BOTIJA ([IGLESIAS) TM escalate Jan. elections were held for the top offices of the DML, which is endowed GREATEST GAINER 5 6 SHAKIRA TU with an annual budget believed in J 8 by John Lannert to be excess of $100 r SONY DISCOS S.MEBARAK,L.MENDEZ (S. MEBARAK,D.O'BRIEN)- million. ® 4 9 4 OLGA TANON WITH CRISTIAN CASTRO ESCONDIDOS The DML, whose local chapters elect the delegates WEA LATINA R.PEREZ (R.PEREZ,M.ABAROA) TIRANOS DEL NORTE CREI These 3 3 12 VENTURA UNDER SIEGE: days, Johnny to its general assembly, often acts as an influential ® SONY DISCOS J.MARTINEZ (C.MONGE) Ventura, mayor of Santo Domingo, Dominican Repub- political action committee provides significant MARCO ANTONIO SOLIS SI TE PUDIERA MENTIR that 10 6 3 © FONOVISA B.SILVETTI (M.A.SOLIS) lic, probably wishes he were back onstage enjoying his financial and administrative support for the country's CHAYANNE DEJARIA TODO 7 7 2 14 status as one of merengue's most revered performers. cities and towns. SONY DISCOS ESTEFANO (ESTEFANO) VICENTE FERNANDEZ ME VOY A QUITAR DE EN MEDIO First off, Ventura was attacked by federal police offi- Fortunately, no new outbreaks of violence took place 8 6 7 29 SONY DISCOS P.RAMIREZ (M.MONTERROSAS) cers on Jan. 23. The incident, in which Ventura wasn't during the elections. The Santo Domingo police force FRANKIE NEGRON PRINCESA 9 8 10 7 seriously hurt, sparked a second confrontation Jan. 25 took over the city, barricading the congressional build- WEACARIBE/WEA LATINA S.GEORGE (E.GONZALEZ) CARLOS PONCE TE VAS that turned violent when police opened fire on a group ings and the city's main access points. CI 16 16 3 EMI LATIN K.SANTANDER ( K.SANTANDER) of opposition senators and representatives from Ven- Ventura's party -whose majority candidate theo- VICTOR MANUELLE QUE HABRIA DE 11 11 14 23 SIDO MI tura's Dominican Revolutionary Party. retically had more votes-made strident allegations of SONY DISCOS O.ALFANNO (O.ALFANNO) JUAN GABRIEL CON BANDA EL RECODO ADORABLE MENTIROSA 12 14 15 6 Four lawmakers and three journalists were wound- electoral fraud. However, Amable Aristy -Castro -a ARIOLA/BMG LATIN J.GABRIEL (J.GABRIEL) LIMITE LA PARTE ed in the clash, in which police sprayed the crowd with candidate of the DLP-led coalition -was sworn in as 13 12 12 17 OTRA DEL AMOR RODVEN shotgun pellets. One received 14 pellet /POLYGRAM LATINO J.CARRILLO,G.PADILLA (ALAZAN) senator wounds, secretary general of the DML. GRUPOMANIA COMO 14 15 13 9 BAILA while two others were seriously beaten. Presiding over the swearing -in ceremony was Blan- SONY DISCOS O.SERRANO,B.SERRANO (O.SERRANO) LOS TEMERARIOS COMO TE RECUERDO Both incidents took place in front of the headquar- co Fernández (no relation to the president), minister 15 13 18 21 FONOVISA A.A.ALBA ( A.A.ALBA) ters of the Dominican Municipal League (DML), a fed- of the Department of the Interior and Police; he is the CONJUNTO PRIMAVERA NECESITO DECIRTE 16 19 23 4 erally funded mayors' association that has been the official with legal authority to swear in DML officers. FONOVISA J.GUILLEN (R.GONZALEZ MORA) LOS TUCANES DE TIJUANA ESPEJEANDO 11 NEW 1 object of a power struggle between Ventura's party, It was Blanco's troops who were said to have opened EMI LATIN G.FELIX (M.QUINTERO LARA) JUAN LUIS GUERRA 440 MI PC which controls 63% of the DML's local chapters, and a fire on Ventura's party members. 18 9 4 11 KAREN /CAIMAN J.L.GUERRA ( J.L.GUERRA) coalition led by President Leonel Fernández, flag - Sources in the Dominican Republic say the election MARC ANTHONY LA 19 20 22 24 CONTRA CORRIENTE bearer of the Dominican Liberation Party (DLP). result has caused disbelief and outrage among ordi- RMM A.CUCCO PENA (O.ALFANNO) LOS MISMOS QUE BONITO 20 18 33 15 Ventura denounced the shooting as a "vulgar ter- nary Dominican citizens. EMI LATIN LOS MISMOS (M.E.CASTRO) rorist" act and blamed it on Fernández, whom he It might be time for Ventura to roll out a fund -rais- MILLY WITH ELVIS CRESPO PARAADAR TEE 21 23 17 22 alleged gave the orders to shoot. Ventura was held by ing merengue show to launch a grass -roots protest of QUEZADA MI VIDA LOS TIGRES DEL NORTE ASI COMO TU 22 36 - - 10 local police inside the DML headquarters building dur- (Continued on page 68) FONOVISA LOS TIGRES DEL NORTE,E.HERNANDEZ (I.RAMIREZ) ENRIQUE IGLESIAS ESPERANZA 23 21 20 21 FONOVISA R.PEREZ -BOTIJA (E.IGLESIAS,C.GARCIA ALONSO) PEDRO FERNANDEZ SIN VERTE 24 34 21 12 RODVEN/POLYGRAM LATINO H.PATRON (H.ESTRADA) KARIS TUS OJOS SON 25 30 19 14 EMD /BMG LATIN L.CDRPORAN,E.MONTANEZ (R.ARMANDO DEL VALLE) TONO ROSARIO ASI FUE 26 27 24 11 WEACARIBE/WEA LATINA TROSARIO,P.MATEO ( J.GABRIEL) Y SUS BALAS DE PLATA 21 29 35 6 PRISCILA SOBREVIVIR[ FONOVISA TPAIZ (D.FEKARIS,FPERREN) FEY NI 28 22 28 5 TU NI NADIE SONY DISCOS J.R.FLOREZ (M.ABLANEDO) SANZ 29 40 20 ALEJANDRO CORAZON PARTIO - WEA LATINA E.RUFFINENGO,M.A.ARENAS (A.SANZ) MICHAEL SALGADO MI 30 37 5 CHATITA - JOEY /SONY DISCOS J.S.LOPEZ ( J.S.LOPEZ) PEPE AGUILAR DIRECTO AL CORAZON 31 25 30 23 MUSART /BALBOA P..AGUILAR (FATO) CRISTIAN DESPUES 32 24 26 8 DE TI...QUE? 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