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Kylie Minogue's SpinningAround (Parlophone) isthis week's highest newentry on the EurochartHot 100 Singles.

we talk d r-..Ei_41::1-31oci.M&M chart toppers this week

Eurochart Hot 100 SinglesBON JOVIIt's My Life

(Mercury)

European Top 100 AlbumsBON JOVI

Crush(Mercury)

European Radio Top 50WHITNEY HOUSTON &

GEORGE MICHAELIf I Told You That

(Arista)

European Dance TraxxBLACK LEGEND

You See The Trouble With Me(Rise)

Inside M&M this week

EMI'S 'YES' TO WARNEREMI Group shareholders votedoverwhelmingly in favour of itsmusic division's proposedmerger with Warner Music atan extraordinary general meet-ing in London on June 26.Page 2

PRAGA POWEREMI Belgium is looking beyond

its traditional popand back -cataloguemarket with cutting -edge dance act PragaKhan, whose newalbum Mutant Funk

will be released to the rest ofEurope later this year. Page 5

ALL WAPPED UPIn M&M Online this month,Juliana Koranteng explainsthe new WAP mobile phonetechnology and its possibleuses for radio and record com-panies. Pages 6-7

More Music Choice on the 'Netby Juliana Koranteng

LONDON - Music Choice Europe,the pan-European subscriptionmusic audio service, is to invest£10 million (euro 6.3m )upgrading its existing Website into a separate but com-plementary platform throughwhich subscribers can access itsmusic channels.

The improved, more sophisticat-

ed Web portal (at www.music-choice.com) will ultimately featurestreamed audio channels via

Microsoft's Windows11\ Media Player 7, and

ir...-r-.1.11W1 will enable MusicChoice to generateadditional sources

of income from onlinead sales and e -com-

merce. The investment will alsoallow the company to create

enhanced content on digital TV andwireless handheld devices such as

mobile phones. To this end,the company is currentlytalking to potential contentproviders who could offermusic downloads, person-alised Web services, musicnews and artist biographies.

"You need quite a sophis-ticated system to underpin all of

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IFPI finalises PlatinumEurope artist line-upby Emmanuel Legrand

BRUSSELS - The organisers of theIFPI Platinum Europe Awards havefinalised the line-up of artists from10 different countries who will be inBrussels on July 13 to collect theirawards in recognition of sales of overone million European album sales.

The Cardigans (Sweden), Aqua

(Denmark), Alejandro Sanz andHevia (Spain), Sasha (Germany),Helmut Lotti (Belgium) and Adri-ano Celentano (Italy) will be inattendance alongside the alreadyannounced line-up of The Corrs (Ire-land), Mel C. (UK), Luciano Ligabue(Italy) and Herbert Gronemeyer(Germany). The latter three will be


Warner Music Europe and Atlantic Records recently presented aspecial award to The Corrs to mark the 10th anniversary of the Irishgroup's foundation, and to recognise European sales of over 10 mil-lion for their albums Forgiven, Not Forgotten, Talk On Corners andThe Corrs Unplugged. Pictured (1-r) are: Sharon Corr; Caroline Corr;The Corrs' manager John Hughes; Jim Corr; Warner Music Interna-tional VP international marketing Andy Murray; Andrea Corr andWarner Music Europe promotions director Carla Donnelly.

Olsens overcomingEurovision scepticsby Adam Howorth

COPENHAGEN - Ever since ABBAcatapulted to global superstardomon the back of their winning perfor-mance of Waterloo at the 1974Eurovision Song Contest, aspiringEuropean acts havelooked to use the com-petition and its 100million viewers as acareer launch pad.

In general, however,Eurovision winnershave seen little in theway of follow-up salessuccess, particularly in the albumcharts. But the latest holders of theEurovision crown, Danish pop veter-ans the Olsen Brothers, look set tobuck that trend, following their Maytriumph in Stockholm with the har-monic Fly On The Wings Of Love.

Released domestically on theCMC imprint and internationallyon EMI, the record was numberone until last week in Denmark,and has gained top 10 status inSweden, Germany and Norway.Meanwhile, The Olsens' rush -released album Wings Of Love-featuring songs from the brother's


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Olsen Brothers We Still 'Fly On The Wings Of Love'

Denmark: #1 Album Chart #2 Singles Chart

Sweden: #1 Album Chart #5 Singles Chart

Norway: #1 Album Chart #11 Sitigles Chart

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Germany: #12 Singles Chart

Austria: #12 Singles Chart

Switzenand:#27 Singles Chart

Belgium: #17 Singles Chart

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Upfrontby Emmanuel Legrand, Music & Media editor -in -chief

The power of radio lies in the repetition.Commercial radio programme directors and heads

of music, generally agree that to really make a songaccepted by listeners, high rotations are the answer.When you believe in a song, flaunt it!

Individual stations' "power" rotation for top songsusually vary from 60 to 70 spins per week. In the caseof the latter, that means airing a song once every twohours, 24 hours a day. But from the US comes newsthat some programmers there are now pushing thatparticular envelope even further.

This week, M&M's US sister publication Airplay Mon-itor reports that the latest trend among some program-mers working in US Top 40 radio is for top rotation titlesmoving 'into the 80-90 plays per week bracket. One sta-tion, KRBV/Dallas, was even reported to have played itstop song 115 times last week.

Mathematics dictate that if you only listen tothese stations for a tiny amount of time, you'll besure to hear their strongest song. The effects ofpounding a few hits in this way has a number of

impacts on the station's wider playlist. It narrows itdown to a very small number of titles, making it moredifficult for new titles to enter. It also burns titles ata quicker rate than more moderate rotations, and thenumber of gold and recurrent titles in the library isinevitably cut.

So, are we likely to see such mega -rotations inEurope? In most markets, high rotations were intro-duced in commercial radio in the mid -'80s, when pro-grammers started to realise the virtue of the tech-nique and saw the impact on their ratings.

Although European commercial radio usually fol-lows US programming trends, there is much to bet thatin this case it won't go as far as it has in the US, sincethe competitive environment is different in Europe(making it less necessary to use such guerrilla tactics)and because listening patterns inEurope are also slightly different.

It'll be interesting to see inthe US whether stations will beable to sustain such rotations. Alot depends, of course, on theright kind of product being con-sistently available. In the longterm, however, it will probablyachieve only one goal-that oftiring the listener.

Music & Media values its readers' opinions-you can e-mail the editor -in -chief at: elegrand@musicandmedia;co.uk

EMI investors say 'yes' to mergerby Gordon MassonInternational news editor, Billboard

LONDON- The proposed $20 billionmerger between the music divisionsof Time Warner and EMI Groupnow awaits the outcome of competi-tion authorities on both sides of theAtlantic, after the deal received anoverwhelming vote of confidence atthe latter's extraordinary generalmeeting in London on June 26.

Less than 1% of EMI'sinvestors voted against themerger, despite rumoursthat a consortium of inter-national companies wereplanning an 11th hour bidfor EMI.

Only a handful of share-holders questioned EMIchairman Eric Nicoli about themerits of the merger, and mostseemed to be preoccupied by thefact that Time Warner will havemore say in the joint venture.

Charles Ashcroft, EMI Groupgeneral counsel and company secre-tary, admitted: "Time Warner [will

have] control of the board." ButNicoli added, "In practice it would bevery unlikely to find ourselves [theboard] voting very often, if ever."Nicoli moved to further placateshareholder fears by saying that thereason behind Time Warnersix board, members as opposed toEMI's five, was a legal stipulationarising from Warner EMI Music'spartnership status in the US. Thatstatus demands that Time Warner

needs voting control of anyjoint venture, Nicoli said.

In its circular toinvestors, EMI further clar-ifies the situation. It statesthat "EMI and Time Warn-er have agreed to createtwo entities to conducttheir music businesses

throughout the world. One, WEMUS, will be a Delaware [-registered]general partnership that will oper-ate principally in the US, Japan andCanada. The other, WEM UK, willbe a company incorporated and reg-istered in England and Wales thatwill operate principally in the UK

and other countries outside the US,Canada and Japan. Both EMI andTime Warner will indirectly own50% of the equity in each of WEMUS and WEM UK."

Warner's upper hand in the pro-50-50 venture also led to

investor concern that the US -basedcompany might move to underminethe value of EMI to facilitate a cut-price buy-out of EMI shares atsometime in the future. Nicoliresponded by saying that the dealhad been constructed in a way thatwould protect shareholders' inter-ests, and such a move would be"very unlikely" as it also wouldharm Warner's financial standing.

On a positive note for Warner andEMI employees, it would seem thatthe potential number of staff cutshas decreased. When the deal wasannounced in January, EMI Record-ed Music president/CEO Ken Berrysaid around 3,000 staff would be lostover three years following the merg-er. At the shareholders meeting,however, Nicoli stated that the fig-ure would be 2,000 over three years.

New programming shades for Couleur 3by Emmanuel Legrand

LAUSANNE - Thierry Catherine,programme director of Switzer-land's French-speaking alternativemusic station Couleur 3, is to stepdown at the end of the summerafter 10 years in the job-and thestation is also set to be repositioned.

"I've been doing this job for adecade and its time to do somethingelse," he tells M&M. The search forhis replacement has already start-ed, and Catherine says it is likely tobe someone from outside the sta-tion's parent corporation, Swisspublic broadcaster RSR.

Catherine will continue to workfor RSR, and his first project will belooking after the programming ofclassical station Espace 2. He willthen start working at the begin-ning of next year on the creation ofthematic channels for digital radioand the Internet.

Before his depar-ture from Couleur 3,however, Catherine isfinalising .a reposi-tioning of the station, which in thepast couple of years has beenembracing newer music styles suchas techno and jungle in addition toits core alternative rock component.

To research the repositioning,the station has been running aseries of auditorium tests in Genevain collaboration with US researchcompany Broadcast Architecture inorder to get a better sense of listen-ers' music tastes.

"The results are quitetelling," reveals Catherine."The is an overwhelmingdemand for rock music,

which suggests that weshould reposition our station closer to[alternative] rock again. We still have afew things to analyse, but I will bemaking recommendations along theselines to my management."

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Modig moves up at MTGby Johan Lindstrom

STOCKHOM - ChristerModig has been named asthe new managing directorof MTG Radio Sweden,owner of the Rix FM (HotAC) and Power Hit Radio(CHR/Dance) networks.

Modig will keep his titleof group programming direc-tor of MTG Radio and willalso continue his role as RixFM's programme director.

He replaces PeterAhlberg as MD, who movedto MTG's free newspaperMetro earlier this year.Ahlberg has now left theMTG group altogether andplans to take a break before

deciding what, to do next."Programming is my

main competence and Ihope that the programmingdepartment's ideas willspread into other parts ofthe company," says Modig.

Modig was based in LosAngeles as a presenterbetween 1983 and 1990,where he worked at alter-native rock station KROQ(known on air as "SwedishChris"), and later at dance -oriented Power 106, wherehe was one half of that sta-tion's "Chris & Boris" morn-ing show team. He has alsoremixed several hits,including Paula Abdul'sStraight Up and singles by

Bobby Brown and Austriansinger Falco.

Returning to Sweden inthe '90s, Modig worked as astation manager at Rix FM'slocal affiliate in Gavle andbefore being recruitedto theprogramming department ofRix FM's national feed.

Johan Robertsson, assis-tant programme director ofRix FM, has been namedprogramme director ofMTG Radio's Baltic sta-tions, the AC -formattedStar FM in Estonia andLatvia, and the recentlylaunched version of PowerHit Radio in the Estoniancapital of Tallinn (M&M,July 1).

Fritz spreads Love Parade around the worldby Tayfun Kesgin

BERLIN - Berlin -Branden-burg public CHR stationRadio Fritz is to broadcastits coverage of this year'sBerlin Love Parade aroundthe world on both short-wave and satellite.

As the "official" LoveParade station, Fritz willbroadcast a total of 60 hours ofLove Parade coverage over theweekend of July 7-9. Thebroadcasts will feature live DJsets, reports and interviewsfrom all around the Parade.Fritz can also be received viasatellite from Astra 1B,transponder 29, 8,10 MhZ andon shortwave frequencies.

"Since we regard our-selves as the youth radio sta-tion for Berlin and Branden-burg, the Love Parade has aspecial importance for ourstation," says Radio Fritz

marketing manager AnjaSchneider. "We always try tobring our listeners thewidest musical spectrumfrom the Love Parade, fromtechno, house and drum 'n'bass to nu jazz or 2step."

Over one million lovers ofdance music from all over

the world are

expectedto gather in Berlin

for the event, which thisyear celebrates its 12th year.DJs performing include CarlCox, DJ Dero, Paul Van Dukand Weatbam.

The event has evolved intoa powerful marketing tool for

both the organisers and itspartners. This year the LoveParade's official media part-ners include new dot.comcompanies such as eJay, aswell as more traditionalbroadcasters such as musicTV channel VIVA.

VIVA's managing directorDieter Gorny welcomes theLove Parade's global acclaimwhich has been growingalongside the size of the eventitself. He reflects: "When thefirst Love Parade took placein 1989, no one ever thoughtit possible that an idea of thiskind would become such asuccess story." Public CHR station BBCRadio 1 is organising theUK's own Love Parade, whichwill take place in Leeds onJuly 8. DJs performing livewill include Judge Jules, SebFontaine, Paul Oakenfoldand Sasha.

Byrne's Luaka Bop gets Virgin releaseby Howell Llewellyn

MADRID - David Byrne'sworld music label LuakaBop has announced plansto re-release 28 albums inEurope from its back cata-logue through Virgin.It will be the firstLuaka Bop productto appear inEurope under adeal with Virgin/EMIinked earlier this year.

Speaking at a pressconference in Madrid,Worldbeat VP for Europeanoperations Jenny Adlingtondescribed the distributiondeal with Virgin "a re-launch of Luaka Bop inEurope." Explaining thefour -stage release pro-gramme, she said thatalbums by Luaka Bop acts

currently touring Europe,such as Brazil's OsMutantes and Mexico's Losde Abaj, will receive imme-diate release to coincidewith concert dates in specif-

ic territories.That will be followedby mid -price re-issues in July andAugust for thelabel's compilation

albums, with thelabel's output from US

artists to come in Sep-tember, after which

Luaka Bop's Latin Ameri-can rock repertoire willreach the shops. Two newLuaka Bop compilations-Steamy Hits and SlowJams-will also be releasedworldwide in September.

Adlington explainedthat in territories where

no Virgin label exists,Luaka Bop product will bedistributed by that territo-ry's EMI label. "The greatthing about Spain is thatVirgin here has twoimprints that are perfectfor our repertoire," shesays. "All our world musicartists such as SusanaBaca fit in well with theYerbabuena imprint, andthe more 'street-cred'music is perfect for VirginSpain's Chewaka imprint.They are two very comple-mentary labels, and Ithink Luaka Bop hasfound a good home inSpain. This will be astrong territory for us."

Luaka Bop was previ-ously distributed in Europeby Warner Music, a dealwhich expired in 1999.

ON THE BEATUK's FIRST MUSIC RADIO PORTAL LAUNCHES

LONDON - What is claimed to be the UK's first Inter-net music radio portal will launch in late October.RadioRevolution will offer both themed 24 -hour radiochannels and on -demand programmes grouped togeth-er into music genres such as Top 40, dance, alterna-tive, world music and jazz. Users will also be able topurchase the music they hear online, and there will belinks to a wide range of cri)external online musicradio stations from across the world. The project isheaded up by former Surf 107.2/Brighton MD EugenePerera, former Ministry of Sound Digital head of con-tent JJ Maurage, and Daniel Nathan, MD of indepen-dent production company Festival Online.

RADIO REVOLU

MUSIC RADIO THE LISTENER CONTROLS

OSLO - Oslo -based Tango Gruppen, which operates Oslostations XFM (Alternative Rock/CHR) and Radio Tango(Classic Rock) has teamed up with Norway's state-ownedmobile telecom operator Telenor Mobil to enable listenersto control the stations' music output. The radio station isone of the partners in Telenor's Internet portal, Oyo.com."If we play a song that a listener doesn't like, they caninstantly select another song via Oyo.com," explainsTango Gruppen editor -in -chief Michael Breines Oredam.The interactive requests section of the site enables lis-teners to choose whether to hear the requested songimmediately via the web, or later through the station'straditional FM output.

CDNow CLOSES EUROPEAN HQ

LONDON - US online music store CDnow has shut downits European headquarters in London. The company hadplanned to use the London office to develop localised edi-tions of its e -tail Web site, starting with the UK, Franceand Germany. Although CDnow reported a 99% jump inrevenues to $43.6 million for the three months to March2000, it is still losing money after merger talks with USmusic club Columbia House collapsed earlier this year.

MOVING CHAIRS

BERLIN - Simone Freund, deputy head of the musicat Berlin's 94.3 r.s.2, is moving up to the head of musicposition formerly occupied by Marcus Steinkuhl.Andreas Bolte has been appointed chief financial officerat BMG Entertainment GSA and eastern Europe. He willreport directly to general manager Christoph Schmidt.

Internet in -siteScour

www scour net

Scour is an entertainment portal targeted at broad-band users who are interested in online music, filmsor videos. It provides search tools, reviews and otheroriginal content as well as categories for browsing.Two particular things make it different from themultitude of similar portals, however. One is thatHollywood powerbroker Michael Ovitz (in partner-ship with supermarket billionaire Ron Burkle)bought 51% of the company from the university stu-dents who created it. The site therefore containshigh -profile material that consumers actually wantrather than lists of unknown new artists. The secondis that it quietly offers Scour Exchange, a programfor trading music files among registered users inmuch the way the legally beleaguered Napster does.

Chris Marlowe

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Vive la difference with a French major?For the first time in recenthistory, a major record com-pany is under French con-trol, following the acquisitionof Seagram by French con-glomerate Vivendi. The newVivendi Universal will be amedia powerhouse in whichmusic will be key.Emmanuel Legrand askedFrench industry executiveshow they view the deal.

"It's great for the

national ego, but alot of people inFrance will probably

notice that the

origin of the

ownership does notchange the way thesystem operates."

Bruno Lion,executive manager,

Peermusic France,

There was a definite sense ofpride in French music industrycircles when on June 20 it wasannounced that UniversalMusic was becoming a French

company, fulfilling a long-awaitedpromise that France would one dayplay a leading role in the entertain-ment industry.

"All things considered, I prefer tosee record companies owned byFrench interests," comments EMIMusic CEO Marc Lumbroso, thenewly elected president of Frenchmusic industry body SNEP. "At last aFrench major!" echoes Gilles Bres-sand, president of indie label XII bisRecords, who was recently re-electedvice president of industry body SNEP.Bressand summarised the feeling ofmany working in the French industry.

Vivendi Universal's new chairmanJean-Marie Messier says that makingsuch a deal was a matter of national

pride. "Universal Music isthe world leader and is, inFrance, by far the leader,"stated Messier. "It repre-sents close to half of all localproduction, which will nowget back to France. This isquite cool."

Indeed, the industrynotes with satisfaction thereturn into France's fold ofa large chunk of French

music through the Universal/Poly-Gram catalogue, with acts such asJohnny Hallyday, Mylene Farmer,,Florent Pagny, Eddy Mitchell, AlainBashung, Zebda and heritage gemssuch as Jacques Brel, LeoFerre, Georges Brassens,or Barbara. UniversalMusic France accountsfor roughly 50% of domes-tic repertoire sales.

Ironic twistSNEP managing directorHerve Rony says he takesgenuine pleasure in see-ing a company the size ofUniversal Music becom-ing French -owned. "It'squite an ironic twist of fate after somany French labels have beenacquired by international majors,"smiles Rony.

"We've heard so many peoplelamenting about the lack of a Frenchmajor it's not the time to be picky-itfeels good to know that there will be aFrench company playing a major rolein the worldwide environment," addsHenri Belolo, president and founderof indie dance label Scorpio Music."It's 100% French, it combines con-tent and multimedia, it's very positiveand it will create many opportunitiesfor indies."

However, French industry execu-tives are realistic about the impact thedeal will have on the exposure ofFrench music on the internationalmarket. "There is nothing which saysthat now Universal Music has Frenchownership, it will suddenly transformVivendi into the ambassador for

French production in the world,"remarks SNEP's Rony, who like manythinks that Universal Music will con-tinue to be run according to what themarket dictates. This feeling is backedby the fact that the music division willcontinue to be governed from the USby Vivendi Universal vice-chairmanEdgar Bronfman Jr. and UniversalMusic chairman/CEO Doug Morris.

Shift in emphasisRony says that one of the directeffects of the deal is to shift theemphasis in the music industry backtowards Europe. Rony adds that itbalances the fact that EMI appears tobe moving closer to a US merger. "It isa welcome balance, and it confirmsthe move we have witnessed in recenttimes towards the increasing weightof European production in today'smusic environment," says Rony. "Itreinforces a dominant feeling thatEurope was not represented in termsof shareholding [of major companies]at the level of its real market value."

Scorpio's Belolo concurs inanalysing that there will now be oneGerman owned major (BMG), oneJapanese (Sony Music), one half-US/half-British (Warner EMI) andone French. "With two majors fromEurope, one from North America andone from Asia, it reflects quite wellthe strength of each market," saysBelolo, who adds that since the dealwas announced, he has received manycalls from US industry people "whowere suddenly realising that thereweren't that many US majors left."

French talent coming home (l -r):Mylene Farmer, Main Bashung.

Johnny

Vivendi supremo Jean-MarieMessier was pleased to bring Poly -Gram back into European ownership."Two years ago, when we saw Poly -Gram quit Europe for the US, we felta twinge of regret. Bringing it back toFrance is for us a major satisfaction,"said Messier.

Domestic benefits?The concept of a French major haslong been a favourite topic of discus-sion in France, especially within indiecircles and in government. However,attempts to build a serious domesticcompetitor to foreign -owned recordcompanies have always failed. Butthere is much speculation as to theextent the French industry will actu-ally benefit from having one of thefive majors-even better, the marketleader-owned by a French company.

Bruno Lion, who in the late '80sand early '90s was an advisor to the

Hallyday,

then minister of culture Jack Lang,and who is now executive manager atPeermusic France, doubts that havinga French major will change the sys-tem. "It's great for the national ego,but a lot of people in France will prob-ably notice that the origin of the own-ership does not change the way thesystem operates. Vivendi Universal'stop management might be French, butthey have shown in the past that theyknow how to appoint the right peoplein the right places, regardless of theirnationality. To change a corporate cul-ture takes time, and the people whorun the company have no interest intrashing it."

Former PolyGram France presi-dent Gilles Paire, who is now a part-ner in indie company Naive, concurs:"After all, PolyGram had a Frenchboss [Alain Levy] and I'm not surethat has done much to change themusic industry's global balance,although it has probably opened Poly -Gram up to take more into accountthe diversity of today's music world."

A global industryHe elaborates: "A record companythese days is a global structure andtherefore its management must beglobal. Management these daysescapes strict geographical boundaries.Messier said he will keep the currentmanagement of both the studio and therecord company in the US, and thatmakes sense. However, having aFrench parent company will probablyhave an impact on the company's cor-porate culture in the long run in that it

could give it a greatestopenness to the world."

Paire says that in thelight of the AOL/TimeWarner/EMI deal and thecreation of Vivendi Uni-versal, the key questionswill be how the neworganisations deal withcontent, and will con -garners gain from thesenew conglomerates? "Willdistributors-the ownersof the pipes-become

more important than the creators?Will pipes have a positive impact oncreation?" asks Paire, who fears thatincreasing concentration "will createmassive problems for those who don'thave the same power or the sametools to address the consumers. Themore the market gets concentrated,the more diversity is at stake."

Belolo, on the other hand, viewsopportunities in seeing big structuressuch as Universal joining forces withtelecom companies. "The conventionalwisdom is to say that the distributionof music will go through differentplatforms. If my current distributormoves into those new areas, I canbenefit from these new opportunities,all the more so as the deals to get onthese new platforms will not be exclu-sive. Besides, the bigger the distribu-tors become, the more they need newstructures like indies to identify, nur-ture and develop the music."


ARTISTS & MUSIC

Dancegroovesby Gary Smith

BANGIN' TUNEBang by Robbie Rivera presents Rhythm Bangers(SFP/US) is widely tipped as a potential crossovermonster this summer. Rivera's production approachhas brought a dose of freshness and irreverance todance music that the form was surely lacking. Bangwill not receive any Nobel Prizes with a lyric thatlargely consists of "bang -a -ding -a -ding" but, for itssense of fun alone, it should do the business.

HOT AND EXOTICThe rash of tropically flavoured tunes released to cap-italise on holiday fever inevitably produces a hit ortwo. Estrella's El Ritmo Caliente (New MusicInternational/Italy) employs a sub -Gloria Estefanapproach and, despite lyrics like "el ritmo caliente, misangre es caliente" (the hot rhythm, my blood is hot),could appeal to programmers looking for 'a bit of exot-ic' to spice up the playlist.

TIME'S TIME IS NOWThe vocal -heavy Up & Down (Don't Fall In Love WithMe) by Billy More (Time/Italy) has every chance ofmaking it on to daytime radio thanks to a searing soulinfluenced chorus that has "anthem" writ large acrossits grooves. Backed up by a riffy keyboard figure anda series of sub -hooks, the string heavy production isin truth more pop than dance. Thanks to this trackand The Love Bite's Take Your Time, it promises to bean excellent summer for a thoroughly revitalisedTime Records.

SHAGGY SAMPLES JACKOShaggy has teamed up with producers Jam & Lewis,sampled Michael Jackson's Shake Your Body (Down ToThe Ground) and produced a minor masterpiece in theform of Dance & Shout (MCA America). The juxtaposi-tion of Jackson's hormone -free squeak and Shaggy'sruff, wonderfully world weary tones is a perfect mar-riage. A selection of remixes by Pussy 2000, MPC andKlub Kings are uniformly top-notch although the KlubKings vs Shaggy Progressive Mix is the best of thebunch.

THERE'S A QUIET RIOT GOING ONAfter their acclaimed but modest selling debut CabinFever, Muki are back with a second album, Quiet Riot(Mantra/UK), that straddles jazz, funk, soul and D 'n'B without trading in its sense of direction and pur-pose. Making good use of live instrumentation such assax, bass, drums and percussion throughout most ofthe album, QR is undeniably fresh and big-hearted. Italso includes a superb version of John Martyn'smaudlin classic I Dont Want To Know alongside othervocal tracks, amongst them a cover of Al Green's Judy,superbly interpreted by Winston Roberts, that wouldmake good, if unorthodox, singles.

Elsewhere, even a totally instrumental track likeFunky Sofa betrays the duo's soul roots. A moody senseof late night laziness and a splendid trumpet solo cre-ate a sassy, early '70s soundtrack feel. Overall the mostimpressive aspect of Quiet Riot is the way in which tra-ditional instruments, making music that constantlyflirts with jazz, end up sounding thoroughly contempo-rary. A very smart record, but hopefully one that is nottoo smart to shift some well deserved units.

All new releases, biographies and photographs for con-sideration for inclusion in the Dance Grooves columnshould be sent direct to: Gary Smith, c/o. Roger de Lluria45 -3° -2, 08009 Barcelona, Spain.

Flower power, dance style by Marc Maes

Dance music tends not to rely on extensivetouring to break its acts-unlike more tra-ditional guitar music-but Belgian danceoutfit Praga Khan are an exception to therule. On the back ofa hectic live festivalschedule, their 1999 album21st Century Skin(Antler/EMI) sold over100,000 units internationally.

"The band played the 1998Beach Rock festival [then] thenext year, Praga Khan playedboth the Werchter festival [inBelgium] and Glastonbury[UK]," explains their managerMichel Lenaerts, adding thatthis summer Praga Khan arescheduled in for the Werchterfestival with Oasis, the Bizarrefestival in Germany with Underworld andthe launch of MTV Poland in August.

Support from the European festival cir-cuit now bodes well for the group's newalbum Mutant Funk, according to EMIMusic Belgium's managing director ErwinGoegebeur. `With the new album we are def-initely going for releases in France,Germany and Holland. We also presentedthem at our EMI Barcelona conference inJune," he says. "Praga Khan is a good exam-ple of EMI looking beyond its traditional popand catalogue market-they have the kindof repertoire we want to be strong in."

Mutant Funk came out in Belgium onMay 5 and is scheduled for a pan-European release (including Scandinavia)in Septemberl

The Power of the Flower-the first sin-gle off Mutant Funk-is proving popular

with both alternative radio stations suchas Studio Brussel and cross -over CHRnetworks like Top Radio. "The band wasinvited to play a live concert on the roof ofour studio building which was televisedon Kanaal 2 and the Internet, and broad-cast on Top Radio," reports Peter

Hoogland, head of program-ming at Top Radio.

Praga Khan's new singleLove is now on the network'sA -list, where it receives eightplays a day, and on June 23the dance act received a lifeachievement award at the TopRadio Awards at a sold -outFlanders Expo hall.

The Praga Khan storybegan a decade ago whentheir debut single Rave Alarmentered the dance charts in

1991, but it was two years later, whenPraga Khan supplied music for the USfilms Basic Instinct and Sliver-where theact is signed to Rick Rubin's AmericanRecordings-that their profile was raisedsignificantly. Ironically, Praga Khan, fea-turing Antler Subway record label co-founder Maurice Engelen, were unable tocapitalise on this success due to other com-mitments.

Alongside his Praga Khan persona,Engelen, and dance producer OlivierAdams, make up the nucleus of Lords ofAcid, a highly popular dance act in the USwhose most recent single Pussy spent over100 weeks in Billboard's dance sales charts.The international success of Lords of Acid,plus remixes of other artists, put backPraga Khan's own career until 1997 whenPragamatic returned them to the charts.

Revenge of the outsiderby Kai R. Lofthus

Despite enlisting the collaborative talentsof fellow Scandinavian artists Petter (BMGSweden) and Thomas Rusiak (UniversalMusic Sweden)-who alsocontributed to the songCrossing Borders on lastyear's TP Allstars albumNorske Byggeklosser(Tee/Virgin)-there's surpris-ingly little Norwegianflavour to the music of rap-per Andres Rafael Diaz Rosa.

Even so, his debut soloalbum 2050, released onJune 12 through TeeProductions/Virgin RecordsNorway and featuring thesingles Star From Trini andLa Vida Loca, has alreadysold some 3,000 units,according to Virgin RecordsNorway marketing managerBjorn Rogstad. "It's a pleas-ant figure for us," he explains. "It means alot for a company like Virgin to have top-notch artists in all genres. The entire TeeProductions roster is so far a couple ofleagues above everyone else," Rogstadbelieves.

2050 was released in Sweden on June 19and comes out in Denmark towards the endof the summer. But Diaz is not relying sole-

ly on his skills as a rapper to earn a living.In Norway, he is also a well known radiopresenter, club DJ, consultant to BMG'sNorwegian affiliate, and writer on a num-ber of the country's lifestyle magazines-

'all of which has lent him mas-sive credibility among theScandinavian rap community.

Another surprising aspectof the multi -talented andcharismatic Diaz is that heis the product of Jessheim-whose zipcode he used forthe album title-a smalltown which wasn't alwayssupportive of its extrovertedmutli-media loving son. TheUllensaker district, wherehis home town is based, onlyhouses some 20,000 peopleand, as Diaz says, "I wasnever physically harrassed,but people never really tookyou seriously. I was alwaysthe outsider. But when you

are confronted with laughter it gives youcourage to proceed creatively," he says.

When Diaz recently returned toJessheim for his album release party, hechose to do so in style and let people knowthat he was back. He arrived in a heli-copter and performed on a stage whichoccupied most of the main street, whichwas closed for the occasion.

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Industry retunes to the winThe European music industry,ever aware of the potentialof digital technology, is nowfocussing on exploiting therapid growth of the mobilephone. Juliana Korantengexplores the advent of WAR

WHAT IS WAP?WAP stands for Wireless ApplicationProtocol, the technology that enablesconsumers to access the Internet viatheir mobile phones.

Unlike the wired and plugged -inPC owner, WAP technology meansconsumers can access the Net to buyand, ultimately, listen to music whileon the move.

Currently, mobile phones aremostly used for voice conversationsand text -based services such asShort Message Services (SMS), thewireless system that allows users tosend and receive basic 160 -charac-ter messages on the mobile phones'tiny display screens. Marketers areusing SMS for transmitting promo-tional messages.

Although music -related applica-tion is still at the very early stages,as our main story illustrates, WAPgoes one step further than SMS.WAP enables mobile phones andother handset devices such as thePDA (personal digital assistant) andpocket PCs to log on the Net with alimited amount of interactivity.

Because of the mobile phone'ssmall screen, WAP cannot access thesame rich multimedia content avail-able on PC -based Web sites. Instead,WAP content is customised in a spe-cially written format. For example,the address for Boxman's PC -basedWeb site is http://www.boxman.com.But the address for the etailer's Wapsite is http://wap.boxman.com.

Rich -media Internet contentwill, however, be accessible via thenext third -generation (3G) mobilephones and handheld devices, andwill feature high-speed systems forlistening to music samples, down-loading and streaming, plus broad-casting high -quality radio andvideo services. These 3G wirelesssystems will include GPRS(General Packet Radio Service)and UMTS (Universal MobileTelecoms System).

Look out for other 3G -capablemobile devices for listening to musicsuch as smartphones, communica-tors, MP3 audio devices, and Sony'snew Wristman wristwatches.

European companies such asEMI Music and subsidiaryVirgin Records UK and newFrench media giant VivendiUniversal; radio stations

including Britain's Capital Radioand France's NRJ; plus musicstores from FNAC in France andpan-European Boxman (see casestudy, page 7) are dancing to a newonline beat called WAR

WAP-based technology (see side-bar) offers a wireless alternative toreach the same consumers who'vebought and listened to music in phys-ical stores, on wired media such asTV, radio, CD players, and down-loaded MP3 files via their PCs.

The technol-ogy aims tostop mobileconsumers intheir tracks,literally, andencouragethem to usetheir hand-helddevices to surfthe Internet.During thenext 18 monthsto two years,several bigplayers will bepushing to touttheir business-es throughWAP-enabledmobile phones and sim-ilar handset devicessuch as personal organ-isers and pocket PCs.

"It's still early daysand it is an immaturemarket," confirms Box -man's Chris Codring-ton. "The next 12months is going to bean intense learningperiod for everyone."

"Wireless applications will have avery positive impact by driving musicsales through an additional distribu-tion channel," says New York -basedKevin Conroy, BMG Entertainment'schief marketing officer and presidentof new technology.

Significant opportunityConroy agrees that the majors can'tignore the new phenomenon. "BMGsees the penetration of wireless ser-vices as a significant opportunity forbringing our artists' music to con-sumers. BMG is actively pursuingopportunities in this area," he asserts.

Statistics from the UK -basedresearch organisation the ARC Groupsupport this stance. The number ofmobile phon ubscribers wdrldwide isestimated t p from 430 million in1999 to 1.2 billion in 2004, and therewill be more mobile devices withInternet access than fixed PCs.

Japan might be the world's biggestsingle mobile Internet market. But

mobile phone pene-tration in Europe is45% compared with31% in the US. InNordic marketssuch as Finland, thepenetration rate is65%, rising to a 90%penetration amongteenagers.

EMI has linkedup with Genie,British Telecom'smobile phone Inte-rnet service. Therecord companysends Genie sub-scribers SMS (see

- sidebar)text reminders of salespromotions at HMV storesor artists making a promo-tional appearance there.

Earlier this year, VirginRecords UK launched apromotion campaignaround the first singlefrom' teenage singing sen-

'Wireless applica-

tions will have a

very positive im-

pact by drivingmusic sales through an additional

distribution channel"Kevin Conroy,

chief marketing Officer andpresident of new technology,

BMG Entertainment

sation Billie Piper. A competitionoffering fans the chance to meet Billieinvolved several Web sites as well asa WAP site for mobile phone users.

"We shall be doing more trials andplan to deliver streamed music [tomobile phones]," says Danny vanEmden, Virgin Music UK's director ofnew media.

Jean-Christophe Hermann, Paris -based CEO of FNAC Direct, declinedto comment on the company's existingWAP-related projects. But he admitsthat FNAC is examining whether touse the technology for sending (pro-motional) information or carrying outwireless transactions.

The next generationLeading European radio stations are,however, bypassing WAP and waitingfor the third -generation (3G) high-speed access mobile phones and pock-et PCs to start offering online ser-vices. "We don't think the [WAP] tech-nology has reached the level of stabil-ity, penetration and consumer accep-

tance," says TomLaidlaw, head of pro-gramming and produc-tion at Capital In-teractive, the onlinedivision of London'sCapital Radio Group.

Last year, UK -based Ginger MediaGroup, parent compa-ny of rock stationVirgin Radio parentcompany (www.virgin-radio.com), joined for-ces with Swedishmobile phone manu-

Jan Ragnarsson

facturer Ericsson to test radio broad-cast via 3G mobile phones and other"wireless Internet terminals."

"These 3G phones can access real-time MP3 downloads and thereforeradio, because the bandwidth allowsthis," explains Virgin Radio'sspokesperson Lee Roberts. He addsthat some 750,000 people already lis-ten to Virgin Radio via the Web, 40%of whom are based outside the UK.

New media owners?However, while established musicindustry companies jockey for posi-tion, it could be that the mobile phonemanufacturers will become key play-ers in the future.

Ericsson has been instrumental inseveral WAP-related and other wire-less music trials. Joint projects withBoxman and Virgin Radio are gradu-ally giving Ericsson valuable insightinto how consumers will enjoy musicin the wireless world.

In March, Ericsson unveiled FMRadio, a small attachable device thatcan turn a mobile phone into aportable radio. Its tiny earphonesmean users can listen to the radio butthe audio sound is immediatelymuted when the listener receivesincoming phone calls.

In Sweden this summer, Ericssonlaunches a plug-in MP3 memorydevice that can store up to 60 minutesof music files copied from a PC andcan be attached to Ericsson mobilephones for listening.

"Music and mobile devices are aperfect combination," says JanRagnarsson, head of business devel-opment, media & entertainment forEricsson's Wireless e -Solutions unit.


Bless to raise sales volumesBoxman: aPan -European online entertainmentetailer Boxman.com is providingsome of the most advanced WAPpackages for mobile music services.Boxman's eight localised Web musicstores, in the UK, the Netherlands,Germany, France, Finland, Norway,Sweden and Denmark, come with aWAP version for mobile phone users(http://wap.boxman.com).

Now the Scandinavian -originatedcompany with headquarters in theUK is working with manufacturersof mobile phones and other handsetdevices, mobile phone network oper-ators and stores, plus radio stationsto home in on Europe's fast-growingmobile phone users.

Currently, people can order theirlocal Top 10 CDs from Boxman viamobile phones. But the company isalso aiming high. "We believe mobilephones will be the impulse -purchasedevices for music because they allowthe interface between what you'rehearing on the radio and a directlink with [Internet] services," saysChristopher Codrington, Boxman's

case studyVP of commercial partnerships.

Boxman entered the WAP arenain August 1999 with the BoxmanMobile Music Store, several monthsbefore Europe's leading mobilephone makers such as Ericsson andNokia and mobile phone networkswere commercially offering WAP-enabled services.

Initially, Boxman sold physicalCDs via Ericsson's own WAP portalto owners of Ericsson's MC 218handheld organiser. Today, Nokia,Ericsson and Motorola mobile phoneusers can shop on Boxman. As cansubscribers to an array of Europeanmobile phone networks that includeSweden's Telia, Telenor and NetComin Norway, TeleDanmark, Dutch ser-vice KPN, France's Itineris andBouygues, plus Germany's Mann-esmann. Boxman is now in talkswith British mobile phone networksOrange and Cellnet.

Additionally, discussions havebegun with leading British radiostations developing WAP Internetsites. Among these are Virgin Radio,

Chrysalis, and EMAP. Other poten-tial European radio partnersinclude France's NRJ, he adds.

Ultimately, the plan will allowconsumers to use their handsets toimmediatelyorder an albumfeaturing a songheard on Box -man's radio sta-tion partners.

Boxman isalso using mobilephones as directmarketing toolsto send SMS textmessages withupdates on newreleases. "In fu-ture, we'll also beable to send youwhat's coming upby allowing youto listen to 10 -second sampleson the phonebefore you order,"Codrington adds.

The move tomobile online retail means Boxman'sreach among interactive customers

is among the most extensive inEurope. In addition to PC -basedWeb sites (www.boxman.com), musicfans can shop on Boxman via inter-active TV on digital satellite services

such as the UK'sOpen (part ofBSkyB's digitalservices), and ondigital cable suchas NTL in theUK.

Codringtonadmits Boxmancannot afford tobe complacent."But because webelieve that 50%of our customerswill be able tofully interactwith us in abouttwo years' time,we're getting agood overall pic-ture of what'shappening inthe market-place, especially

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Reamonn34 21 4 Tuesday - Virgin

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Britney Spears A.DICHN.F.D.GRERILINL.N.P.E.S.CRUKFILIN.CZEFLWA.7 Oops!...I Did It Again - Jive

Eminem A.DKFIN.ED.GRE.IRLNL.N.P.S.CH.UKFL. WA.5 The Marsall Mathers LP - Interscope

Soundtrack41 2 Romeo Must Die - Virgin

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Ry Cooder EIN.F.D.GRENL.N.CH.46 58 Buena Vista Social Club - World Circuit

Busta Rhymes11-1-'' Anarchy - Elektra

SoundtrackDU 63 13 Pokemon: 2.B.A. Master - Koch

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Santana4 2 53 Supernatural -AristaDr. Dre

51 29 2001 - Interscope

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Marc Anthony58 4 Marc Anthony - Columbia

A.D.NL.N.E.S.CH.72 71 4 Kid RockThe History Of Rock - Lava/Atlantic

The Corrs F.D.IRLNLECH.UK.FL.WA39 32 32 Unplugged - 143/Lava/East West In73 23 30 Johnny HallydaySang Pour Sang - Mercury

6 Whitney Houston.E.FLV.D.GREIRL.LIVL.N.P.E.S.CS.UKRUN.FL.WA

6 Whitney - The Greatest Hits - Arista

ED. Eric Clapton & B.B. King A.DKED.INL.N.P.S.CH.UKCZE.FLWA.2 Riding With The King - RepriseIron Maiden

AEnv- EMI.ED.GRE.LNLN.P.E.S.CH.UKHUN.CZE.FLWA.8 7 4 Brave New World

36 17 Aquarius40 UniversalDKLN.E.S.CH.CZE.

@Blink 18255 21 Enema Of The State - MCA

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Gigi D'AgostinoL'Amour Toujours - Media

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KrezipNothing Less - WEA

75 59 3 Paul Van DykOut There And Back - Deviant I Universal

78 75 11 LiveThe Distance To Here - Radioactive I MCA

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Deftones A.FIN.ED.IRL.LNL.N.S.CH.UK.FLWA.White Pony - Maverick I Warner Bros.

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Camela43 38 3 Simplemente Amor - Hispavox

Stephen GatelyIg-V New Beginning - A&M

Sinead O'Connor24 2 Faith & Courage - Atlantic

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Renato ZeroTutti Gli Zeri Del Mondo - Fonopoli /Epic

Belle & Sebastian ED.N.S.UKFold Your Hands Child You Walk Like - Jeepster

Teddybears Stockholm S.Rock'N'Roll Highschool - MVG

Tom JonesAZ 9 38 Reload - Gut I V2

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Sting A.ED.GRE.LIVL.P.CH.UKHLIN.CZE.FL.17 14 39 Brand New Day - A&M

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31 23 Sque'Rez? - Banana Records/ Universal

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Gloria Estefan F.D.I.NL.P.E.CH.WA.16 6 Alma Caribena/Carribean Soul - Epic

Alice Deejay DKD.NL.N.S.CH.BUN.857 42 Who Needs Guitars Anyway? - Violent/ Various

A.DK.D.IRL.NL.N.P.CH.UK.HUN.CZE.FL.Vengaboys@ 27 15 The Platinum Album - Violent/Various O5867Gray67 41 On How Life Is - EpicADK.D.S.CH.UK.FL.

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Helene Segara 22 Au Nom D'Une Femme - Orlando /East West

ECH.WA. Barry White62 69 25 The Ultimate Collection - Mercury

FIN.D.E.FLWA no Patrick Bruelvo 83 31 Juste Avant - RCA

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Guano Apes A.FIN.D.LNL.P.CH.HUN.CZE.EL.25 22 8 Don't Give Me Names - GUN I BMG Koln

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0 Soundtrack88 5 Mission: Impossible 2 - Hollywood A.D.GRE.CH.FL.Various Artists DKS

64 61 6 Eurovision Song Contest Stockholm 2000 - Ariola

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David Gray0 48 5 White Ladder - IHT /East West IRL.UK.CDGianluca Grignani

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66 49 19 The Ultimate Collection - Sony Music TVSantana NL.S.LIKFLWA.

Jane McDonald67 40 3 Inspiration - Universal TVUK

57 72 14 S"Unleash The Dragon - Del Soul /MercuryD.N.S.CH.UKFLWA

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****** SALES BREAKER ****** indicates the album registering the biggest increase in chart points.IFPI Platinum Europe certification for sales of 1 million units, with multi -platinum titles indicated by a number in the symbol.

The European Top 100 Albums is compiled by Music & Media. All rights reserved. Compiled from the national album sales charts of 18 European territories.

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week 28/00 Top National Sellers ©BPI Communications IncUNITED KINGDOM -- te_vearldPotA GERMANY FRANCE ITALYTW LW SINGLES1 NE Kylie Minogue - Spinning Around (Parlophone)2 1 Black Legend - You See The Trouble With Me (Eternal/WEA)

3 3 DaRude - Sandstorm (Neo)4 2 Sonique - It Feels So Good (Universal)5 NE David Gray - Babylon (East West)6 NE Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power Of Love (ZTT)7 NE Damage - Ghetto Romance (Cooltempo)8 NE Girl Thing - Last One Standing (RCA)9 4 S Club 7 - Reach (Polydor)10 6 Mary Mary - Shackles (Praise You) (Columbia)TW LW ALBUMS

1 3 Eminem - The Marsall Mathers LP (Interscope)2 4 Moby - Play (Mute)3 1 S Club 7- 7 (Polydor)4 2 Tom Jones - Reload (Gut)5 7 Gabrielle - Rise (Go! Beat)6 5 Whitney Houston - Whitney - The Greatest Hits (Arista)

7 13 David Gray - White Ladder (East West)8 6 Bon Jovi - Crush (Mercury)9 NE Stephen Gately - New Beginning (A&M)

10 12 Toploader - Onka's Big Moka (Sony S2)

TW LW SINGLES1 1 Zlatko & Jiirgen - Groer Bruder (RCA)2 2 Bomfunk MC's - Freestyler (Sony Music Media)3 3 Bon Jovi - It's My Life (Mercury)4 5 Reamonn - Supergirl (Virgin)5 6 Gigi D'Agostino - The Riddle (Zyx)6 4 Alex - Ich Will Nur Dich (Polydor)7 8 Band Ohne Namen - Take My Heart (Epic)8 12 Aaliyah - Try Again (Virgin)9 24 ATC - Around The World (Hansa)10 7 Zlatko - Ich VermiB Dich (Vie Die Halle...) (Hansa)

TW LW ALBUMS1 NE Wolfgang Petry - Konkret (Na Klee/Hansa)2 1 Bon Jovi - Crush (Mercury)3 NE Scorpions & Berliner Philharmoniker -Moment Of Glory (EMI)

4 5 Eric Clapton & B.B. King - Riding With The King (WEA)5 2 Britney Spears - Oops!...I Did It Again (Jive/Zomba)6 3 Eminem - The Marsall Mathers LP (Motor)7 4 Santana - Supernatural (Ariola)8 11 Soundtrack - Romeo Must Die (Virgin)9 6 Reamonn - Tuesday (Virgin)10 8 Whitney Houston - The Greatest Hits (Ariola)

TW LW SINGLES1 1 Yannick - Ces Soirees La (La Tribu/Sony)2 2 Daniel Levy - L'Envie D'Aimer (Mercury)3 3 Cecilia Dara & Damien Sargue - Ajmer (Baxter/Universal)

4 4 Helene Segara - Elle, Tu L'Aimes(East West)5 5 Lady - Easy Love (Dance Pool)6 6 Anastacia - I'm Outta Love (Epic)7 8 French Affair - My Heart Goes Boom (RCA)8 7 Britney Spears - Oops! I Did It Again (Jive/Virgin)9 15 Bomfunk MC's - Freestyler (Epic)10 9 Sawt El Atlas - Ne Me Jugez Pas(S.MAL.L.)

TW LW ALBUMS1 3 Moby - Play (Labels)2 1 Santana - Supernatural (Ariola)3 5 Helene Segara - Au Nom D'Une Femme (East West)4 4 Era - Era 2 (Mercury)5 NE Sinsemilia - Tout C'Qu'On A (Double T)6 NE Deftones - White Pony (WEA)7 NE Anastacia - Not That Kind (Epic)8 2 Johnny Hallyday - Sang Pour Sang (Mercury)9 6 Britney Spears - Oops!...I Did It Again (Jive/Virgin)10 9 Shania Twain - Come On Over (Mercury)

TW LW SINGLES1 2 Bon Jovi - It's My Life (Mercury)2 1 Paola & Chiara - Vamos A Bailer (Columbia)3 4 Tonino Carotone - Me Cago En El Amor (Virgin)4 3 Britney Spears - Oops! I Did It Again (JiveNirgin)5 NE Bomfunk MC's - Freestyler (S4/Sony)6 6 Maxim feat. Skin - Carmern Queasy (Sell)7 5 Eiffel 65 - Too Much Of Heaven (Bliss Co.)8 14 Metallica - I Disappear (Edel)9 9 Bloodhound Gang - The Bad Touch (Geffen)

10 NE Backstreet Boys - The One (Jive/Virgin)TW LW ALBUMS

1 3 Luna Pop - Sque'Rez? (Banana Records/Universal)2 2 Bob Jovi - Era Crush (Mercury)3 1 Santana - Supernatural (BMG)4 4 Peter Gabriel - Ovo (Virgin)5 6 Iron Maiden - Brave New World (EMI)6 9 Moby - Play (EMI)7 NE Gianluca Grignani - Sdraiato Su Una Nuvolo (Universal)

8 7 Renato Zero - Tutti Glie Zeri Del Monoo (Fonopoli/Epic)

9 10 Nek - La Vita E'Crush (WEA)10 8 Jarabe De Palo - Depende (Virgin)

SPAIN HOLLAND FLANDERS SWEDENTW LW SINGLES

1 1 Tony Sweat - Sex Machine (Blanco Y Negro)2 2 Bon Jovi - It's My Life (Mercury)3 4 Rmil - Sadie Su Boca (Horns)4 5 Rodrigues - Borrequito (Blanco Y Negro)5 3 One Track Mind - I Like You (Mercury)6 9 Gitta - No More Turning Back (Blanco Y Negro)7 8 Chicane - Don't Give Up (Columbia)8 NE 2 Eivissa - Viva La Fiesta (Blanco Y Negro)9 NE Varios Interpretes - Toma Que Toma (EMI)

10 NE S Club 7 - Bring It All Back (Polydor)TW LW ALaums

1 1 Camela - Simplemente Amor (Hispavox)2 2 Bon Jovi - Crush (Mercury)3 4 Raiil - Siren° Su Boca (Horns)4 5 Whitney Houston - Whitney - The Greatest Hits (Ariola)

5 3 Gloria Estefan - Alma Caribena/Carribean Soul (Epic)6 10 Mane - Unplugged (WEA)7 6 Barry White - The Ultimate Collection (Universal)8 11 Estopa - Estopa (Ariola)9 7 Britney Spears - Oops!...I Did It Again (JtveNirgin)

10 9 Tom Jones - Gold (Universal)

TW LW SINGLES1 1 Jop - Jij Bent De Zon (Sony Music Media)2 2 Marc Anthony - You Sang To Me (Columbia)3 5 E -Type - Campione 2000 (Polydor)4 4 Jennifer Lopez - Let's Get Loud (Columbia)5 15 Eminem - The Real Slim Shady (Polydor)6 3 Bon Jovi - It's My Life (Mercury)7 24 Jody Bernal - Que Si, Que No (Dino)8 7 Mary Mary - Shackles (Praise You) (Columbia)9 6 Aaliyah - Try Again (Virgin)10 8 Alex - Een Bossie Rooie Rozen (Multidisk)

TW LW ALBUMS1 4 Krezip - Nothing Less (Warner)2 1 Bon Jovi - Crush (Mercury)3 2 Eminem - The Marsall Mathers LP (Polydor)4 3 Live - The Distance To Here (Universal)5 5 Kane - As Long As You Want This (BMG)6 7 Moby - Play (PIAS)7 16 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication (Warner)8 6 Santana - Supernatural (BMG)9 9 Britney Spears - Oops!...I Did It Again (Jive/Zomba)10 10 Whitney Houston - Whitney - The Greatest Hits (BMG)

TW LW SINGLES1 1 Bon Jovi - It's My Life (Mercury)2 2 Anton Aus Tirol feat. DJ Otzi - Anton Aus Tirol (Ands)

3 3 Milk Incorporated - Walk On Water (Antler -Subway)4 13 Bomfunk MC's - B -Boys & Fly Girls (Dancity/Sony)5 25 Live - They Stood Up For Love (Universal)6 5 1"N T - Al Wie Da Ni Springt (HKM)7 4 Bomfunk MC's - Freestyler (Dancity/Sony)8 9 La Luna - When The Morning Comes (AntlerSubway)9 11 Jennifer Lopez - Let's Get Loud (Columbia)

10 10 Brainstorm - My Star (EMI)TW LW ALBUMS

1 1 Bon Jovi - Crush (Mercury)2 5 Live - The Distance To Here (Universal)3 2 Britney Spears - Oops!...I Did It Again (Jive/Zomba)4 3 Lisa Del Bo - Best Of The Fifties (Piet Roelen/Universal)5 4 Whitney Houston - The Greatest Hits(BMG)6 8 Eminem - The Marsall Mathers LP (Polydor)7 6 Santana - Supernatural (BMG)8 7 K 3 - Parels (Capetown/Wivani)9 9 St. Germain - Tourist (EMI)10 12 Moby - Play (PIAS)

TW LW SINGLES1 1 Markoolio feat. Arne Hegerfors Mora Mili (CNR/Arcade)

2 2 E -Type - Campione 2000 (Stockholm)3 4 Thomas Rusiak - Hiphopper (LED)4 5 Bon Jovi - It's My Life (Mercury)5 3 The Olsen Brothers - Fly On The Wings Of Love (CMC)

6 6 Britney Spears - Oops! I Did It Again (Jive/Zomba)7 7 Bubbles - Happy Girl (CNR/Arcade)8 8 Sisqo - Thong Songg (Universal)9 10 Da Buzz - Do You Want Me (Edel)

10 12 DJ Aligator Project - The Whistle Song (EMI)TW LW ALBUMS

1 2 The Olsen Brothers - Wings Of Love (CMC)2 1 Teddybears Stockholm - Rock'N'Roll Highschool (MVG)

3 7 Eminem - The Mama Mathers LP (Universal)4 3 Bon Jovi - Crush (Universal)5 5 Iron Maiden - Brave New World (EMI)6 6 Marie Fredriksson Antligen - Marie Fredrikssons Basta (EIR)

7 4 Britney Spears - Oops!...I Did It Again (Jive/Zomba)8 8 Various Artists - Eurovision Song Contest Stockholm 2000 (BMG)

9 9 Whitney Houston - Whitney - The Greatest Hits (BMG)

10 10 Eric Clapton & B.B. King- Riding With The King (Warner)

DENMARK NORWAY FINLAND IRELANDTW LW SINGLES1 NE DJ Aligator Project - Lollipop (Flex/EMI-Medley)2 1 The Olsen Brothers - Smuk Som Et Stjemeskud (CMC)3 5 Paffendorf - Everybody Scream (Edel)4 11 Sonique - It Feels So Good (Universal)5 7 Fragma - Toca's Miracle (Edel)6 4 Sisqo - Thong Songg (Universal)7 3 DaRude - Sandstorm (BMG)8 8 Bon Jovi - It's My Life (Universal)9 6 Landsholdet & Det Brune Punktum All We Need Is Love (CMC)

10 2 Barcode Brothers - It's A Fine Day (Universal)TW LW ALBUMS

1 1 The Olsen Brothers - Wings Of Love (CMC)2 2 Engelbert Humperdinck - Hans Storste Hits (Universal)

3 34 Eric Clapton & B.B. King - Riding With The King (Warner)

4 3 Various Artists - Eurovision Song Contest Stockholm 2000 (CMC)

5 4 Bon Jovi - Crush (Universal)6 5 Whitney Houston - Whitney - The Greatest Hits (BMG)7 15 Era - Era 2 (Universal)8 6 Britney Spears - Oops!...I Did It Again (JiveNirgin)9 24 Andrew Strong - Out Of Time (Recart)

10 26 Party Animals - Party Animals (CMC)

TW LW SINGLES1 2 Sonique - It Feels So Good2 1 Racer - Bxnda Fra Nord 20003 4 Bon Jovi - It's My Life4 5 Eminem - The Real Slim Shady5 10 Aaliyah - Try Again6 6 Britney Spears - Oops! I Did It Again7 13 Fragma - Toca's Miracle8 7 Marc Anthony - You Sang To Me (Sony)9 8 Sisqo - Thong Songg (Universal)10 16 Mary Mary - Shackles (Praise You) (Sony)

TW LW ALBUMS

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(Virgin)(Jive/Zomba)

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1 1 The Olsen Brothers - Wings Of Love (Norske Gram)2 2 Britney Spears - Oops!...I Did It Again (Jive/Zomba)3 10 Sven-Bertil Taube - Syager Evert Taube; De Bests (EMI)4 5 Bon Jovi - Crush (Universal)5 3 Eminem - The Marsall Mathers LP (Universal)6 4 Moby - Play (Playground)7 8 Paul Simon - Shining Like A National Guitar (Warner)

8 6 Whitney Houston - The Greatest Hits(BMG)9 7 Santana - Supernatural (BMG)10 11 Era - Era 2 (Universal)

TW LW SINGLES1 1 Petri Nygiird - Vitun Suomirokki (Poko)2 4 Metallica - I Disappear (Edel)3 3 Nightwish - Deep Silent Complete (Spinefarm)4 8 DaRude - Feel The Beat (16 Inch Records/BMG)5 5 Children Of Bodum - Hate Me (Spinefarm)6 2 Fintellingens - Kellareiden Kasvatit (Sony)7 6 Seremoniamestari -Kappale Kauaeinta Suominimia (Ranka)

8 9 Seremoniamestari - Viesti (Ranka)9 11 Tekosekoitin - Kaikki Nuoret Tyypit (Levy-Yhtio)10 7 Klamydia - Snapsin Paikka (Kraklund)

TW LW ALBUMS1 1 Bon Jovi - Crush (Universal)2 2 Nylon Beat - Demo (Mediamusiikki)3 3 Tomas Ledin - Vuodet 1972 - 2000 Aren (Warner)4 4 Eminem - The Marsall Mathers LP (Universal)5 5 Britney Spears - Oops!...I Did It Again (Jive/EMI)6 6 Nightwish - Wishmaster (Spinefarm)7 7 Iron Maiden - Brave New World (EMI)8 8 Mari Rantasila - Vain Rakkaus (Edel)9 9 CMX - Cloaca Maxima (EMI)10 NE Seremoniamestari - Orain Sanoin (Ranks)

TW LW SINGLES1 1 Samantha Mumba - Gotta Tell You(Polydor)2 2 Sonique - It Feels So Good (MCA)3 4 Father Brian & Fon Lovin' Crminak Who's In The House (Paths)4 3 Bloodhound Gang - The Bad Touch (Geffen)5 6 Bon Jovi - It's My Life (Mercury)6 8 Black Legend - You See The Trouble With Me (Bit)

7 7 Britney Spears - Oops! I Did It Again (Jive)8 9 S Club 7 - Reach (Polydor)9 5 Mikey Graham - You're My Angel (Public)

10 12 York - On The Beach (Manifesto)TW LW ALBUMS

1 1 Moby - Play (Mute)2 2 Whitney Houston - The Greatest Hits (Arista)3 5 Eminem - The Marsall Mathers LP (Interscope)4 4 Tom Jones - Reload (Gut)5 3 David Gray - White Ladder (IHT)6 6 Bon Jovi - Crush (Mercury)7 7 Britney Spears - Oops!...I Did It Again (Jive)8 9 Paul Simon - Shining Like A National Guitar (WEA)9 8 Sinead O'Connor - Faith & Courage (Atlantic)

10 12 Barry White - The Collection (Mercury)

SWITZERLAND AUSTRIA PORTUGAL GREECETW LW SINGLES

1 1 Bomfunk MC's - Freestyler (Sony)2 2 Bon Jovi - It's My Life (Universal)3 3 Melanie C. - Never Be The Same Again (Virgin)4 5 Anastacia - I'm Outta Love (Sony)5 4 Britney Spears - Oops! I Did It Again (Jive/Musikvertrieb)6 7 Yannick - Ces Soirees La (Sony)7 6 Santana - Maria Maria (BMG)8 9 Gigi D'Agostino - The Riddle (Zyx)9 8 Sting - Desert Rose (Universal)10 13 Sisqo - Thong Song (Universal)

TW LW ALBUMS1 1 Bon Jovi - Crush (Universal)2 3 Britney Spears - Oops!...I Did It Again (Jive/Musikvertrieb)

3 4 Eric Clapton & B.B. King - Riding With The King (Warner)4 2 Santana - Supernatural (BMG)5 5 Whitney Houston - The Greatest Hits(BMG)6 6 Era - Era 2 (Universal)7 7 Eminem - The Marsall Mathers LP (Universal)8 8 Nek - La Vita E (Warner)9 23 Anastacia - Not That Kind (Sony)10 9 Eagle -Eye Cherry - Living In The Present Future (Universal)

TW LW SINGLES1 1 Bomfunk MC's - Freestyler (Sony)2 2 Bon Jovi - It's My Life (Universal)3 3 Marc Anthony - You Sang To Me (Sony)4 7 Marque - One To Make Her Happy (Edel)5 8 Alex - Ich Will Nur Dich (Universal)6 5 Melanie C. - Never Be The Same Again (Virgin)7 4 Britney Spears - Oops! I Did It Again (Jive/Zomba)8 9 Reamonn - Supergirl (Virgin)9 6 Zlatko - Ich Verrnifi Dinh (Wie Die Belle...) (BMG)10 12 Vengaboys - Uncle John From Jamaica(EMI)TW LW Aram.

1 1 Bon Jovi - Crush (Mercury)2 2 Gigi D'Agostino - L'Amour Toujours (Zyx)3 4 Kastelruther Spatzen - UM Ewig Wird... (Koch)4 3 Britney Spears - Oops!...I Did It Again (Jive/Zomba)5 8 Eminem - The MarsallMathers LP (Universal)6 13 Eric Clapton & B.B. King- Riding With The King (Warner)7 5 Santana - Supernatural (BMG)8 12 Marc Anthony - Marc Anthony (Sony)9 10 Anton Aus Tirol feat. DJ OW - Das Album (EMI)10 7 Whitney The Greatest Hits (BMG)

TW LW SINGLES1 1 Bon Jovi - It's My Life (Universal)2 3 Maria Jose Valerio - Marche Co Sporting(Vidisco)3 2 Sting feat. Cheb Mami - Desert Rose (Universal)4 4 Eagle -Eye Cherry - Are You Still Having Fun? (Universal)5 5 Britney Spears - Oops! I Did It Again (Jive/Virgin)6 8 Santana - Maria Maria (BMG)7 9 Metallica - Nothing Else Matters (Universal)8 NE The JD's - Get Up Aaahh! (Vidisco)9 6 Enrique Iglesias - Be With You (Universal)10 11 Britney Spears - Born To Make You Happy (JiveNirgin)

TW LW ALBUMS1 2 Britney Spears - Oops!...I Did It Again (Jive/Virgin)2 1 Sting - Brand New Day (Universal)3 3 Bon Jovi - Crush (Universal)4 6 Santana - Supernatural (BMG)5 4 Era - Era 2 (Mercury)6 9 Guano Apes - Don't Give Me Names (BMG)7 7 Santamaria - Voar (Vidisco)8 8 Madredeus - Antologia (EMI)9 NE Julio Iglesias - Noche De Cuatro Lunas (Sony)10 9 Vengaboys - The Platinum Album (EMI)

TW LW SINGLES1 1 Giorgos Ntalaras - Tha'ttho Na Se Bro(EMI)2 3 Dionysis Skhinas - Mou Teriazis (Sony)3 2 Bomfunk MC's - Freestyler (Sony)4 4 Bon Jovi - It's My Life (Universal)5 9 Sonique - It Feels So Good (Universal)6 5 Terror X Crew - Xypnios Mesa St Ooira Kapion Mon (FM Records)

7 NE Khristos Antoniadis - Tha Fygo Apopse (FM Records)8 6 Britney Spears - Oops! I Did It Again (Jive/Virgin)9 7 Stamatis Gonidis - Me Pirazi (Alpha)

10 12 Black Legend - You See The Trouble With Me (Universal)

TW LW ALBUMS1 1 Iron Maiden - Brave New World (EMI)2 3 Santana - Supernatural (BMG)3 6 Ry Cooder - Buena Vista Social Club (BMG)4 7 Bon Jovi - Crush (Universal)5 5 Thalia - Arrasando (EMI)6 9 Britney Spears - Oops!...I Did It Again (JiveNirgin)7 4 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication (Warner)8 8 Moby - Play (Virgin)9 11 Madredeus - Antologia (EMI)

10 19 Sting - Brand New Day (Universal)

Based on the national sales charts from 16 European markets. Information supplied by CIN (UK); Full chartservice by Media Control GmbH 0049-7221-366201 (Germeny); SNEP (France); singles: Musics E Disehi/Mario De Luigi, albums: Fimi-Nielsen (Italy); Stichting Mega Top 100 (Holland); Stiehting Promuvi (Belgium); IPSOS/Mahasa-IFPI (Hungary); GLF/IFPI (Sweden); IFPI/Nielsen Marketing Research (Denmark); VG (Norway); ALEF MB/AFYVE (Spain);

YLE 2 Radiomafia/IFPI (Finland); IFPI (Ireland); AFP (Portugal); Austria Top 30 (Austrirt Full chartservice by Media Control AG 0041-260 4455 (Switzerland); IFPI CR (Czech Republic). Labels listed are the national marketing companies.

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MADASUNTHE WAY IT ISV2Release date: August 28The UK production line foridentikit girl groups continuesapace with V2's Madasun-three all singing, all dancingearly-twentysomethings formed

three years ago by a management companylooking for a "Spice Girls -type" act. Decidingto go it alone, the girls soon secured a dealwith V2 and support tours with Five andBoyzone, before denting the UK Top 20 withtheir first two singles, Don't You Worry andWalking On Water. Madasun's debut albumis named after its epic torch song and fallssomewhere between the current trend forsynthetic pop and the more credible brand ofR&B peddled by the likes of TLC. The act areat their strongest when they eschew the girlgroup blueprint and head off in their owndirection which takes in elements of soul,MOR and indie rock, courtesy of co -writersWayne Hector and Ali Tenant (Westlife, Boy -zone). With Madasun, V2 have beefed up theusual anaemic content of the genre andshould have a major success on its hands-both in Europe and the US.

JAMELIADRAMAParlophone Rhythm SeriesRelease date: June 26Described by her recordlabel as "surely the UK'sbrightest R&B hope",Birmingham diva JameliaDavies follows her top five

single Money with this co -written debut album onEMI/Parlophone's Rhythm imprint-home toBeverley Knight and Swede Stephen Simmonds.Money proved popular with radio and record buy-ers alike thanks to its distinctive operatic arpeg-gio and "money don't say you love me" lyric. Thefollow-up, Call Me, reached number 11 in the UKwhen it was released on June 5 (June 12, rest ofEurope) and repeats the classical touch with anunlikely harpsichord riff. Indeed, an oboe turnsup on Not With You, while a lightly -pickedacoustic guitar adds to the sugary, mellifluousR&B strains of One Day. But the instrumentationis not what makes this album stand -out --ratherit is Jamelia's wonderfully assured singing withits rich golden tone and note -perfect inflectionthat both belies her tender years and justifies herlabel's optimism. Each of the 13 tracks on Drama,including the Bee Gees' cover Guilty, are assmooth and lightly spun as silk and, equallyimpressive, they are unmistakably Jamelia-which is some achievement for a 19 year -olddebutante.

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Eurochart A/Z Indexes1-10-1- 100 singles12/0013 70 L'Envie D'AimerAgainst All Odds 65 Last One StandingAimer 14 Lebl (Big Brother Titelsong)Amazed 73 Let's Get LoudAmerican Pie 75 Mama (Who's Da Man?)Another Way 95 Mambo MamboAnton Aus Tirol 38 Maria MariaAround The World 71 Mera MaliBabylon 24 My Heart Goes BoomBe With You 93 Ne Me Jugez PasBon Voyage 60 Never Be The Same AgainBongo Bong - Je Ne T'Aime Plus 81 New Beginning/Bright EyesBrasilia Carnival 99 Nillenaire/Trop De PolemiquesBurning Down The House 83 On The BeachCall Me 80 One To Make Her HappyCampion 2000 27 Oops! I Did It AgainCandy 98 PardonCanto Della Terra 87 PorcelainCes Soirees La 4 Private EmotionDay & Night 77 Que Tu ReviennesDesert Rose 37 ReachDon't Be Afraid 96 RiddleDon't Call Me Baby 76 Ring Of FireEasy Love 23 RiseElle, Tu L'Aimes 16 SandstormFill Me In 68 Say My NameFly On The Wings Of Love 31 Sex BombForgot About D

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