August 26, 1991 Volume 6 Issue 256 $6.00 se Li-I 1/101 83 METALLICA WINNERS HITSBOUND EARPICKS BREAKOUTS WILDCARD MARIAH CAREY Col JESUS JONES SBK MAR1AH CAREY Col METALLICA Elek CURTIS STIGERS MARTIKA Col BAD CO. Atco BAD ENGLISH Epic YOUNG MC Cap Arista LUTHER VANDROSS Epic STEELHEART MCA RŒTALLICA Elek MR. BUNGLE W B See Page 12 BOB SEGER Cap SALT-N-PEPA N. Plat M. L TO ROCK Impact MARKY MARK Inter/E W HOT NE W RELEASES B. A. D. II B. N. HEAVIES THE FARM STE VIE NICKS DAN REED R. SYNDICATE SOULED OUT I. Rush Never Stop Groovy Train Sometimes... Mix It Up Hey Dorms Shine On Col 44K-73844 D Vinyl.PLG 552-4 Sire/Rep 19209 Atl 4-9.3738 Merc 868 616-4 Impact 54208 Col 38T-73926 BLACK BOX CRO WDED H. MOTLEY CRUE P.M. DAWN RIFF C. STIGERS TYLIE/YVOODY Fantasy Fall At Your Feet Primal Scream < Watcher's Point If You're Serious I Wonder Why Rhythm's Gonna... RCA 62092 Cap 44747 Elek 8418-2 G-ST/Islaxl SBK 05396 Arista 12331-4 Elek 8403-2 D BREAK. ( ii e o a The new single and video frpni the album\WOODFACE . Produced by Mitchell Froom 4,n e it Car,' Stamle- Management:Grant Thomas Management Or Capitol Ccmpact Discs, Cassettes and Records ar,adoe 0 1991 Capitol Records. Inc. ov e 6•••141e re etes stoP setootIll e r est heg eu l re al god" o re, asst. pd kmel "the brand new heavies ve pro reteap. .. ven t hat eot, gOo de he • the `isle pis es di e • ve. e o the e th 4 o•ede eeee4- eitt • ei6te e••• 46e. ect ot, % 4o, °It, 4to .0 0., ,) 0, o. o, e 4 ve,„ 3 re e' eir0 e e S 4tet, featuring n'dea davenport t'S e. early action PWRPIG add KMEL deb 32 KTFIVI WJMO add WTIC deb 39 PWR106 WILN add KBFM deb 39 HOT97.7 HOT95 add HOT97 10*-8* r&r urban! 22 -15 jams! going for adds 8/26 album sales over 100,000! real music for real people VINYL ISLAND Poly Gra m Label Group 1991 delicious vinyl, inc. s air an smas rom t hot-selling PRIME OF MY LIFF album is a buoyant mieempo mover that is tailc-rmade for Top 40. A branc-new jewel in the crown of Gamble & Haff. Play k and watch the phones light up! R&R URBAN 15 - 9* - 6* Execnt.ve Producers: Kenneth Gamble, Leon A Huff • Track produced by Nick Martinelli for Watch Out Praductions, Inc. Management: Gracia, Francis & Associates I» 70 Pp ENTERTAINMENT t Le, q• »it. All tight. Referred. aCUITIS MIMS 'I WONDER W HY' His debut single THE FIRST SIGN OF THINGS TO COME From the forthcoming album CURTIS STIGERS b e t, t I `,o1 inqa Kr... , In< • Itencl•nunn Niue •••••up • ...pens Written by Cutts Stigers and Cien Ballard Produced by Glen Ballard "Gnocnnt -1-ruum.5 the ne w single fro m SPA RTA C U S • mtv buzzbin • look for a national tour in septe mber • no. 1 1p in the U.K. a g e' Producety Gr M:Pheertre U.S. Representattan Ray Anderson 11 E l 1991 Sre Records GI 111p M AI 0 IF« E I W E IRL August 26, 1991 Volume 5 Issue 256 $6.00 DENNIS LAVINTHAL Publisher SIN GLES K-2 LENNY BEER Bryan Adams, Bryan Adams, Bryan Adams, Bryan Editor In Chief 9 TONI PROFERA Adams, etc. and ditto and maybe always. Executive Editor k 4 DAVID ADELSON Vice President/Managing I DIAL O G UE MIKE MURPHY SBK's head cheerleader, Exec. VP/GM Daniel Glass, Senior Broadcast Editor offers HITS' Harry "Boone's Farm Apple" Weinger a 38 ROY TRAKIN window to his soul. It's enough to curl your hair. Senior Editor ANITA WEBB Operations Manager KYYY PD Bob Beck reveals the secret of staying KAREN GLAUBER hot in chilly Bismarck, N.D., to resident broadcast 78 Post Modem Editor GRAHAM ARMSTRONG bore Todd Hensley — he uses back issues of HITS to Jams Editor keep his furnace burning. Elektra chief Bob Krasnow has DANNY OSTROW climbed to the peak of the record Broadcast Editor biz mountain once again this DARRYL LINDSEY JA MS week, planting his label's flag on Rap Editor Delicious Vinyl's Brit funksters Brand New Heavies TODD HENSLEY the top of the HITS Album Chart shout out, "Never Stop," but they definitely didn't 49 CONNIE BREEZE with the two current best-selling ADRIAN MILLER have slow-starting JAMS Editor Graham "Bling LPs. "Metallica" is at #1 and Research Editors Rose" Armstrong in mind at the time. soaring, moving more than three MARK PEARSON Research Coordinator times the amount of its closest TERRY MOSER competitor, Natalie Cole's NICK BULL POST MO DER N "Unforgettable." But what goes ANGELA GARCIA Kirsty MacColls on Ivana for help. Unfortunately, up must come down, as KANDACE TAYLOR she can't even help herself. 67 LLOYD STARK Chairman Bob discovers with RUSTY STAGGERS this HITS "Contents" BETSY ALTOMARE appearance — a precipitous Research Assistants ALB U MS Metallica breaks sales records across the nation. Cliff decline that's about as low as FRANCIS LAMBERT & Peter are merely broken. 86 you can go. MICHAEL ALLEN Computer Operations KEITH MACLEOD Art Director Hitsbound 27 HEATHER LOSE Mariah Careys the day!! Top Tens 82 Editorial Design Metallica rules with an metal BRIAN LINDSEY fist. ELLIE LEACOCK Requests 36 VAN ARNO Marky Mark surgy surges. Art & Design Breakouts 84 DANNY FIELDS Earpicks 42 Metallica & Young MC. NEIL HARRIS Mariah & Bad English. Contributing Editors MICHAEL FLYNN Front Page 13 New Artists 74 Facility Manager On The Cover Near Truths 22 Beat's Me 76 The new Metallica record's COLOR WEST Lithography Far Truths 25 Mini-Mugs 76 selling like hotcakes, which Post Toasted 67 Rerap 80 means an unwelcome stay on 14958 Ventura Blvd. the griddle of this week's HITS Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 Wheels & Deals 74 Wavelength 90 (818) 501-7900 cover. H I TS TO P FIF T Y 2 L T Bryan Adams holds on to the throne for the sixth consecu- nie Raitt is kicking in big. moving from #37 to #27! Mariah A H tive week! The rest of the Top 10 are bulleted and lay in wait- Carey is the #1 Most Added with over 200 stations, and W S I K T S ing while the Whitney Houston cut takes a 7 point jump to debuts at #36. Top 10 national single sales move Metallica S #25 and really starts to pick up steam! Former Wildcard Bon- from #44 to #38. Vanessa Williams debuts at #50 this week. W W A E E A R TIS T G E E TITL E L A B E L C O M M E N T S K K 1 il BRYAN ADAMS (EVERYTHING I DO) A&M/M. Creek 1567 Six weeks in a row 5 4 AMY GRANT EVERY HEARTBEAT A&M 1557-4 Top 10 Lp. hot tour 7 6 El BOYZ ll MEN MOTO WNPHILLY Motown 2090 From #4 Lp I131 1:1 C & C MUSIC FACTORY THINGS THAT MAKE Columbia 73687 Exploding 9 PAULA ABDUL THE PROMISE. CaptNirgin 4-98752 Hot video 12 7 1 131 HI-FIVE CANT WAIT ANOTHER.. Jive/RCA 1445 Steady gains 21 14, 151 COLOR ME BADD I ADORE MI AMOR Giant 4-19204 From #7 Lp 10 THE KLF 3 AM ETERNAL Arista 2231 Lp gaining in sales 15 13 SCORPIONS WIND OF CHANGE Mercury 868-180 From Top 30 Lp [17] 10 MICHAEL BOLTON TIME. LOVE. Columbia 73889 Leading Top 15 Lp 18 1 ROXETTE FADING LIKE A FLO WER EMI 50355 Peaked 14 12' CATHY DENNIS TOO MANY WALLS Poly/PLG 867134-4 Solid at radio 1181 16 NATALIE COLE UNFORGETTABLE Elektra 64875 Lp close to 2 million 16 15 SEAL CRAZY Sire/NB 19298 Lp Top 30 now 22 19 MARKY MARK GOOD VIBRATIONS Inter/EW 98764 Smash 2 2 J JEFF & F PRINCE SUMMERTIME Jive 1465 Falling now [19] [18] ROD STEWART THE MOTO WN SONG Warner Bros 19322 Tour under way 131 LENNY KRAVITZ IT AIN'T OVER. Virgin 98795 Leading Top 25 Lp 24 011 HEAVY D & THE BOYZ NOW THAT WE FOUND. Uptown/MCA 54088 Leading Top 20 Lp 1251 FIREHOUSE LOVE OF A LIFETIME Epic 73771 From gold Lp (4 CORINA TEMPTATION Atco 98775 Peaked 1281 1251 R.E.M. SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE Warner Bros 19242 From Top 5 Lp 9 120 ESCAPE CLUB I'LL BE THERE Atlantic 4-87683 Falling now 161 22 RYTHM SYNDICATE P.A.S.S.I.O.N. Impact 54046 New single shipping 13-5-1 32 WHITNEY HOUSTON MY NAME IS NOT SUSAN Arista 2259 Big increase (Based on a co mbination of sales and airplay) 8 HITS August 26, 1991 "THE "PREPARE FOR SONG A DYNAMITE IS A EXPLOSION AT KILLER." TOP 40..." -SO] -Dave Sholin, Top 40 Editor, Gavin Report BIG AUDIO DYNAMITE II THE NEW SINGLE. THE NO. 1 ALTERNATIVE TRACK AND VIDEO SMASH ACTIVE ROTATION & 120 MINUTES ON MTV7 #16 Video In The Country * CVC Chart Produced by Mick Jones with Olimax and D.J. Shapps. Management Gary Kurt irsIlOyerland Productions ON COLUMBIA. -CobirOu' %US N Trn Wu Repstrzli 931Scmo Musc Entetiumel H I TS TO P FIF T Y SI NTG_TI S 2 L T A H W S l K T S S W W A E E G E E ARTIST TITLE LABEL COMMENTS O K K 1201 1241 BLACK CROWES HARD TO HANDLE Def American 19245 Peaked 1371 BONNIE RAITT SOMETHING TO TALK..