£3.95 (U.K.) $4.95 (U.S.), $5.95 (CAN.), á IN MUSIC NEWS a 908 &)G CCVR ******** 3 -DIGIT 002 0680 000 1GEE4EM740M099074S BI MAR 2396 1 03 MONTY GREENLY ELM AVE APT A 3740 -3402 - RFACH, CA 90807 Blues Traveler Sets Sail For Radio, Retail PAGE 9 AUGUST 20, 1994 ENTERTAINMENT r THE INTERNATIONAL NEWSWEEKLY OF MUSIC, VIDEO AND HOME ADVERTI'. EMENTS PGD Policy Seeks An End South African Quota Debated To Front-Line Price War Biz Seeks Airplay For Local Music ta on radio and television stations BY ED CHRISTMAN nated from buying any PGD product BY ARTHUR GOLDSTUCK directly from the company for a 90- here. marching through the NEW YORK merchants, day period, commencing on the viola- JOHANNESBURG-This summer Musicians -Music and staging sit-ins at radio by a -long price war, are tion date. has seen an upsurge in activism by streets bloodied year have brought the flavor of relief: PGD says it Key ingredients of the policy are: South African musicians, and un- stations about to get some to the quota is- accounts It only applies to retail accounts, precedented unity within the re- civil-rights protests will suspend business with to a climax af- exempting one - cording industry, over the long- sue, which is coming if they sell its (Continued on page 107) front-line prod- stops and rack- standing issue of a local music quo- uct below cost. jobbers which Retail ac- PolyG ram do not sell di- counts, given rect to consum- advance word ers; `Totoro' Cuddles Up To U.S. Kids by phone one "Cost" is A BILLBOARD EXCLUSIVE defined strictly Vid jat``uriugt'G))c scdilü, l,r ;iuglr day before the Fox Builds Awareness For Japanese as boxlot prices, distributor's with l'Il.7Q2.`,I'Ult`. II) without factor- BY TRUDI MILLER ROSENBLUM Totoro lunch boxes, and sleep policy letter plush Totoro dolls, single writt_ n 11, reacted posi- ing in deals or discounts; was sent out Aug. while their par- R_ KL tively to the PGD initiative, and Mid -line and budget product are NEW YORK -Walk into any toy to ents can make called on other manufacturers to fol- excluded from the policy; store in Japan, and you are likely a furry, calls with Totoro low suit. Executives at the other ma- Accounts with sanctions against find an entire wall devoted to MANA \ Totoro, star of phone cards. l called II -i I_ a jors decline to comment but privately them can request to resume buying cuddly creature "ARP[ I \II_ American kids, some called the move "bailsy," and direct from PGD after the 90-day pe- the Japanese animated film "My C, 994 BIG BEAT RECORDS, INC. are DISTRIBULO By ATLANTIC RECORDING CORP. Neighbor Totoro." Japanese children of course, just A said it was good for the industry. riod ends. TIME WARNER COMPANY beginning to learn According to the PGD policy letter, The PGD policy also applies to cas- read Totoro storybooks, write with longer (Continued on page 101) Totora pen-and -pencil sets, eat from of Totoro. Fox - effective Sept. 6, PGD "will no (Continued on page 99) deal with any PGD customers" who sell its front-line titles to consumers at prices below cost. Retail accounts RCA's Jennings Gets that violate the policy will be termi- Club Hopping The Beat Is On: Inspiration In L.A. Island's Cranberries Around The Pacific Rim BY PETER CRONIN Small Ad. fellow High- When darkness falls in the cities ping around the Pacific Rim. NASHVILLE -His Big News. Hope Hits Linger Asia, nightclub waymen Johnny Cash and Willie of Southeast may have up with TAIWAN: HEAVEN & HELL Nelson BY THOM DUFFY dancefloors begin filling in that may seem TAIPEI -July 13, 1994, 11:33 p.m. preceded him sounds and sights pil- Mazzy Star and exotic to West- The Taiwanese capital was experi- the artistic LONDON -After worldwide suc- both familiar grimage, but with cess with the gentle hit "Linger," ern audiences. Con- encing its longest- So Tonight ever live drum solo the Sept. 13 RCA I the Cranberries sider: catching a That as Randy & Jah release of "Way - Might See are reasserting reggae set in Taipei; more's Blues their Irish identi- a live shark swim- Roots, a pick-up band below the of foreign musicians JENNINGS (Part II)," Waylon ty and their ming page 27) rock'n'roll roots dancers in Bang- who happened to be (Continued on with "Zombie," a kok; or ladies' night passing through hit by a melodic but hard - to the beat of Canto - town, were No.1 SoundScan New Artist Album edged song about pop in Hong Kong. power blackout in mid- Into You" Exploding at Radio the political vio- Billboard corre- performance. "Fade the crowd O'RIORDAN lence of Northern spondents Glenn Smith in Tai- The darkness inspired with the Jesus & Mary Chain On Tour Ireland. wan, Gary Van Zuylen in Thai- of up-and -coming Taiwanese twen- This Fall Slated as the first single from the land, and Mike Levin in Hong tysomethings and already- arrived Cranberries' second album, "No Kong are our guides to club hop- (Continued on page 69) Ovaise. PAGE 43 (Continued on page 92) SEE HEATSEEKERS Martina McBride Hits File Under: Easy Listening No. 1 With RCA Set ! Featuring the first single PAGE 16 "Your Favorite Thing Street Dates: CD -5: August 16 (RCD5 1038) 34 LP: Aulust 30 (RALP 10300) 'CD/Cassette/Ltd..Edition CD: September 6 (RCD/RAC 10300/R090300) Exclusive US distribution by the REP Company. RYKODLSC USA Pickering Wharf: Bldg. 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VOLUME 106 NO. 34 RIM Reports 12.4% Hike in Shipments THE BILLBOARD 200 104 * THE LION KING SOUNDTRACK WALT DISNEY Retail Sales of Current Recordings Strong In 1st Half CHRISTIAN CONTEMPORARY BY PAUL VERNA them out so that people will have a clearer Other highlights of the RIRA report * HEAVEN IN THE REAL WORLD 32 A 26.2% increase in CD album units (up STEVEN CURTIS CHAPMAN SPARROW sense of what the increase is attributable NEW YORK- Shipments of audio record- to." 20.9% in dollar value); COUNTRY 28 ings to retail and other accounts by mem- Shipments to retail- which, the RIAA A 4% decrease in cassette album units T * NOT A MOMENT TOO SOON TIM McGRAW CURB bers of the Recording Industry Assn. of estimates, make up 84% of the music busi- (down 4.8% dollar- wise); O 8.8% in dollars and 5.5% in units A dramatic, 80% increase in vinyl LP /EP GOSPEL America amounted to 426.7 million units ness -rose P 33 in- the first half of 1994 compared to units, which Berman attributes to a "nostal- * IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN MISSISSIPPI MASS CHOIR MALACO during the first half of 1994, a 12.4% during crease over the same period last year. the same period last year, according to the gia-driven" resurgence of the format; Dollars and unit totals for A healthy, 10.8% increment in CD sin- A HEATSEEKERS 16 In dollar terms, these shipments totaled association. RCA 15.2% in dollars); L * THE WAY THAT I AM MARTINA McBRIDE a record $4.8 billion, an 11.9% increase over these retail shipments were not made pub- gle units (up the corresponding number from 1993, ac- lic by the RIAA. A 4% increase in cassette single units, SO a 3% in dollar val- B THE BILLBOARD LATIN 34 cording to the RIAA. However, SoundScan's mid -year project- accompanied by decrease U * MI TIERRA GLORIA ESTEFAN EPIC Jay Berman, the association's chairman, ed unit figures -which, Berman admits, ue for the format; M the double -digit growth to "the prompted the RIAA's retail breakout-in- A 21.8% decline in vinyl single units S NEW AGE attributes 76 dicate 309 million units were sold at re- (down 19.3% in dollars); * LIVE AT THE ACROPOLIS YANNI PRIVATE MUSIC tremendous success of so many current that hits" rather than to the strength of catalog tail during that period, a 6.1% increment And a 26.5% rise in music video ship- 292 mil- ments (up only 4.2% in dollar value). R &B 18 sales. Berman says, "We did go through a over last year's mid -year total of (Continued on page 101) * WE COME STRAPPED MC EIHT FEATURING CMW EPIC STREET period of years -and I don't know how lion units. many, exactly -when the CD eventually REGGAE 76 emerged as a configuration of choice [and] * QUEEN OF THE PACK PATRA EPIC people began to replace either their vinyl WORLD MUSIC albums or their cassettes with CDs, and we * TALKING TIMBUKTU 76 had an enormous catalog business. Intention ALI FARKA TOURE WITH RY COODER HANNIBAI. Michael Announces "I don't think that's what's happening to- day in terms of our growth, and that's THE HOT 100 102 STORIES RCA what I'm trying to emphasize -that we've * STAY (I MISSED YOU LISA LOEB & NINE To Appeal High Court Verdict had an enormously successful six months in ADULT CONTEMPORARY in 1994, and it is attributable to what's go- BY DOMINIC PRIDE may take the case to the highest court * CAN YOU FEEL THE LOVE TONIGHT 94 ing on now." the land, the U.K.