Xfm scoops London licenceby Mike McGeever

LONDON -- Twice a bridesmaid, Xfmhas finally made it to the altar.

Buoyed by unprecedented support fora radio station from the U.K musicindustry-and even rival broadcasters-the alternative music broadcaster wasawarded London's last FM licence byU.K regulator the Radio Authority (RA)on Thursday (January 16).

Xfin was chosen from a field of 25applicants, which included bids backedby Paris -based broadcaster NRJ, CapitalRadio, BBC Radio 1 FM breakfastpresenter Chris Evans' GingerProductions, Atlantic 252 (CLT U.KRadio) and a gay -oriented servicesupported by Elton John. However, CLThas a 15 percent stake in London'snewest-and last-entrant into thebattle for London's listeners.

This was Xfm's third attempt tosecure a fulltime (eight -year) licence inthe capital. The station has staged fivemonth -long temporary broadcasts inLondon over the past five years.

Xfm's managing director Chris Parrylargely credits the U.K music industrywith helping the station achieve itsambition of becoming the country's first

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full time alternative music station. "Thiswhole thing is about support-supportfrom the music industry," he says. Curemanager Parry continues, "Xfm hasdeveloped from 'grassroots' people, whoreally loved the idea of what we havebeen trying to achieve."

Xfm programme director SammyJacob says, "At last London will hear

music-alternative music-that itshould have been hearing for the past 13years. We have our priorities. We can bea public service broadcaster and beconcerned about profits."

Sony Music U.K's vice president ofcommunications Gary Farrow says,"This is what the whole of the recordindustry wanted. It is fantastic news."He adds, "Let's hope they stick to theiroriginal ethos."

London's newest broadcaster willtarget the 15-34 year -old age group withspecialist alternative rock music,according to their application. Xfinshould be able to reach about 5.9 millionLondoners (aged 15 -plus) when itbecomes a permanent fixture onLondon's radio landscape. Parry says thestation hopes to go on air September 1.

Commenting on the award, Sir PeterGibbings, chairman of the RA, says,"Making this licence award for Londonhas been among the authority's mostdifficult tasks. We believe this newstation will be a popular addition to thealready rich diversity of commercialbroadcasting in Greater London."

On learning the news from Music &Media, NRJ president Jean -PaulBaudecroux, who was behind EnergyFM's bid, was surprised. "OncetNtainCLT wins," says Baudecroux, whoadmits being "very disappointed." Headds, "All this money spent with noresult. We knew it would be difficult, butwe were moderately confident." LikeXfm, NRJ's latest bid was the thirdattempt from the French radio group towin a London licence. But Baudecrouxsays he is not discouraged. "One day, wewill be in London," he concludes.

Springsteen wins Polar prizegroeicamm - Bruce Springsteen (pictured) isthe joint recipient of this year's Swedish PolarMusic Prize, writes Keith Foster. He shares thePrize with conductor Eric Ericsson, markingthe first time that a Swedish artist has won thecoveted award.

Both elements of the prize will be presentedto the winners by Sweden's King Carl Gustav onMay 5 in Stockholm. In the official accolade,Columbia artist Springsteen is described as a"Singer of the people."

Previous winners of the Polar Prize includePaul McCartney, Joni Mitchell and QuincyJones. This year's combined prize money for thepop and classical awards totals $300,000.

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Industry leadersunveil targetsIn most European territories, 1996will not be remembered as a year ofgrowth for the music industry. Andyet, leading record companyexecutives across the continent arelooking at 1997 with optimism.

On the eve of Midem 1997, Music& Media has been talking to leadingfigures at the music industryfederations in the four main Europeanterritories about their plans for 1997.

midemThe exclusive quartet consists of

Gerolamo Caccia Dorninioni,president of Italy's FIMI, president ofWarner Music Italy, and managingdirector of CGD-East West; BPIdirector general John Deacon; IFPIGermany chairman and PolyGramGermany president Wolf -D.Gramatke; and SNEP presidentPatrick Zelnik, also chairman ofVirgin Retail, from France.

These four industry leaders tackleseveral current issues: mediaexposure and quotas; creativity;distribution and retail; new ways ofdelivering music and copyright -related challenges; as well asEuropean integration and the relationbetween politics and music.

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France, Holland Revamp ChartsSNEP renews chart deal; Dutch record industry introduces new Top 100 Listingby Remi Bouton

PARIS - After long months of negotia-tions, French industry body SNEP hasrenewed its contract with IFOP andTite-Live, the two companies compilingand producing France's Top 50 albums,Top 75 singles and Top 25 compilationscharts. The new four-year deal runsuntil May 2001.

"The renewal contract takes intoaccount most of our demands," claimsSNEP's economist and chart specialistJean -Yves Mirski. He points out thatthe contract was, "Unanimously votedfor by the SNEP board," which includesall the main major record companiesplus a handful of independents.

The main question at stake in thenegotiations was the price paid by theindustry for the charts. SNEP is notwilling to disclose the amount, butsources say that if the previous dealwas in the region of FF10-11 million($1.8-2 million) a year, the new figureshould be 25 to 30 percent lower.

Some industry executives still con-sider the charts are too expensive,especially as they have limited mediaexposure. At present, the singles andalbums charts are broadcast on ACnational radio network Europe 2, butthere is no TV window. After a briefperiod of less than six months in 1995during which there was a chart showon French public channel France 2, theprogramme was dropped by the chan-nel. SNEP sued France 2 for what itclaimed to be a unilateral breach ofcontract. The case is still pending, anda court decision is awaited in February.

Since then, several options havebeen discussed but no decision has yetbeen made. According to Mirski, negoti-ations are in progress with thematic

cable and satellite music channel MCMEuromusique for a weekly show.

"One of the advantages of MCM isthat it has an international reach,"says Mirski. However, industry sourcespoint out that MCM reaches a mere onemillion households in France. SNEP isalso currently in negotiation with aleading national news magazine tocarry the charts.

As opposed to the Soundscan meth-ods in the U.S. which cover close to 100percent of all accounts selling records,SNEP's system is based on a rotatingsample of 80 stores which representssome 20 percent of the total market.IFOP monitors the super/hypermar-kets, while Tite-Live concentrates onspecialist stores.

According to Mirski, the number ofstores used in the chart sample ispoised to grow gradually, and a newbalance has been implementedbetween different types of outlet, tak-ing into account the growth of hyper-markets and the slight market sharedrop of specialised chains such asFNAC and Virgin Megastore.

One complaint often heard from crit-ics of the system is that the sample ofstores does not include 50 -store retailchain FNAC, which accounts for some25 per cent of total record sales inFrance. So far, FNAC's managementhave been reluctant to make its dataavailable to SNEP, arguing that theywere unwilling to supply their competi-tors with strategic market information.

Mirski says the absence of FNACsales in the sample has been statistical-ly balanced, and tests have shown thatthe sample gives projections which arenot far from the overall picture. Headds that, "Negotiations are still goingon with FNAC."

by Robbert Tilli

AMSTERDAM - The Dutch Mega Top50 sales charts have been expand-ed to include 100 positions, effec-tive from January 1. Modeled onthe German sales chart compiledby Media Control, the new MegaTop 100 listingincorporatesairplay datafrom position51 to 100.

Sales datafor the newcharts is elec-tronically gath-ered at thepoint of sale(POS), withproduct barcodes regis-tered in some450 retail out-lets across thecountry. Hil-versum -basedAircheck,which is owned by performancerights society Buma, monitors air-play with the help of a comput-erised "fingerprint" system, com-paring sound samples to thesignals received from 16 Dutchradio stations.

While the previous Top 50 wasbased on electronically -captureddata, the Tipparade, which featuredthe next 30 titles, was compiledfrom hand-written diary entries.Tipparade has now been dropped infavour of the extended chart.

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greatly harmed the credibility ofthe Dutch chart in the past," com-ments newly appointed Mega Top100 MD Machgiel Bakker. "Wehope that the airplay input in thebottom half of the chart will fuelthe entries of new artists."

Cees Vervoord, CEO at Dutchauthors'rights societyBuma/Stemra,says the sys-tem, "Is objec-tive, and forthat reasonthe new chartgets supportfrom theindustry on abroad basis."Buma/Stemrais one of theparties whichinitiated andbacked thelaunch of theMega Top 100.Other parties

involved in the development of thenew charts are Dutch IFPI bodyNVPI, retailers' association NVGDand public CHR station Radio3FM, which has the broadcastingrights to the Mega Top 100.

Radio 3FM station co-ordinatorPaul van der Lugt says he hopesthat, "The Mega Top 100 will be achecklist for our new music pro-grammers. If songs which get reg-ular airplay do not show anychart action after a given numberof weeks, then our programmersknow they have to readjust some-thing there."

French ratings show NRJ pulling ahead of Interby Emmanuel Legrand

PARIS - A few months ago, NRJpresident Jean -Paul Baudecrouxsaid, "1996 will be the year of allrecords for NRJ," and he has beenproved to be right.

For Baudecroux, who is to behonoured at Midem for his suc-cess in the radio industry (seepage 4), 1996 finished with a majorachievement -for the first time inits 16 -years history, CHR net NRJpulled ahead of public broadcast.er France Inter, and is the no.2radio station in the Mediametrieratings for November -December.

NRJ benefits from a spectacular1.2 percent drop in France Inter'saudience to 10.7 percent comparedto the September -October ratings.NRJ itself has suffered a slightaudience drop, to 10.8 percent.

Leading full -service station RTL

regains some strength at 18.3 per-cent (up from 18 percent); it is still 7points ahead of its most immediatecompetitor NRJ. Full -service sta-tion Europe 1, which changed its

programming to news/talk in Sep-tember, managed to reverse fallingaudience figures and gained 0.5 per-cent, compared to September -Octo-ber. However, the station is 1 per -

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cent down on its 1995 ratings overthe November -December period.

Also ailing is Fun Radio, whichhas steadily been losing audiencefor over a year. New programminglaunched during the third quarterfollowing a management reshuf-fling has not yet paid off, and theCHR station lost 0.5 percent of itslisteners between the September -October and November -Decemberratings. As a result, Skyrock, whichhas gained 0.1 percent, is now on apar with Fun Radio, while it laggedfar behind Fun 18 months ago.

Other stations registering gainsinclude AC nets Europe 2 andRFM, which for the first timepasses the 3 percent mark, as wellas full -service RMC, which is backover 4 percent after a couple ofyears below this mark. All -newsstation France Info is on a down-ward trend.

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ONEWSMidem honours key industry figuresLONDON - Last week, Reed MidemCEO Xavier Roy announced in aninterview with Music& Media thatMidem would honour three MidemMusic Makers "for outstandingachievements and their contribu-tions to the industry." This weekwe profile the distinguished win-ners, who will receive their awardduring a special dinner in Canneson Saturday, January 18.

Emmanuel Legrand profiles Jean -PaulBaudecroux, president of NRJJean -Paul Baudecroux is a man whohas a passion for radio, a vision for thefuture and is ready to put in whateverenergy is required to make it happen.Fifteen years ago, he launched a radiostation in Paris from a tiny apart-ment, with the transmitter in thebathtub and the control board on thesink. His motto was, "Create a stationwhich plays good music and does nottalk too much."

Today, Baudecroux is at the reins ofa group which encompasses its flagshipNRJ, a CHR network which has becomethe second largest station in France,plus AC network Cherie FM and Rire &Chansons, an embryonic third network.

Outside France, NRJoperates stations in Ger-many, Sweden, Finland,Switzerland and Belgium.

The NRJ Group is val-ued at FFr 2 billion ($377million) on the stockexchange market, and hadrevenues of FFr710 mil-lion ($133.9 million) in1995 with profits reachingFFr 83 million ($15.6 mil-lion). As one of the mainshareholders of the compa-ny, Baudecroux is now list-ed among France's wealthi-est people.

Allied's subsidiary Har-vey Goldsmith Entertain-ment is the premier pro-moter in the U.K,working with stars likethe Rolling Stones, EricClapton, The Artist,Elton John, Pink Floydand Barbara Streisand.With another subsidiary,Classical Productions,Goldsmith branched outinto the world of operain 1986 with landmark

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Leading concert promoter HarveyGoldsmith profiled by Chris MarloweWhen promoter Harvey Goldsmithwas made a Commander Of TheBritish Empire (CBE) last year, thehonour crowned a list of achievementswhich include being named Interna-tional Promoter of the Year in 1994,1995 and 1996. The CEO of AlliedEntertainments Group and currentchairman of the Concert PromotersAssociation has come a long way sincestaging his first concert in 1968.

turning the fantasy ofLive Aid into a successful reality madeGoldsmith a household name back in1985. Since then, he has been involvedwith many other charity events. Gold-smith's work for The Prince's Trustcharity organisation and its annualRock Gala earned him the title of vicechairman of the Trust in 1993.

Steve McLure profiles Tom Yoda, AvexD.D. chairmanAvex D.D. Chairman Tom Yodaentered the music business after an

American friend asked him in 1988about the possibility of exporting CDsto Japan. Yoda quit his post as presi-dent of stereo equipment manufactur-er Sansui America and went back toJapan, where he soon joined fledglingCD importer Avex to help it developits international contacts.

In 1990 Yoda became a director ofthe company, which in the same yearestablished its Avex Trax label. In 1992the label shook up the Japanese musicbusiness with its popular Juliana's andSuper Eurobeat overseas dance -musiccompilations. Since then, Avex hasdeveloped a number of wildly successfuldomestic acts, such as dance/pop grouptrf, teen sensation Namie Amuro, pro-ducer Tetsuya Komuro's "globe" trio,rapper m.c. A.T., and most recently Old-nawan female quartet Max.

Yoda was named chairman of Avexin January 1993. Two years later, Yodatook over from Ken Suzuki as AvexD.D. president, while continuing toserve as chairman. At present, the com-pany operates subsidiaries or represen-tative offices in Hong Kong, London,New York and Los Angeles.Steve McLure is Billboard's Japanbureau chief

London's Capitalmove completedLondon's Capital Radio officiallymoved into its new premises on Janu-ary 6. The multi -million pound facili-ties (right), complete with a restau-rant and shop are located in thecapital's Leicester Square. 95.8 Capi-tal FM presenter Richard Allinsonwas the last voice heard on -air fromEuston Towers, the broadcaster's for-mer headquarters for nearly a quar-ter of a century.

Fun Radio plans TV offshootby Remi Bouton

Pius - Fun Radio plans to launch a24 hour music TV channel, called FunTV. The station is scheduled to go onair at the end of January as part of thedigital TPS satellite package on Eutel-sat. Cable distribution is likely to followlater this year.

Fun TV is part of what Fun Radiopresident Benoit Sillard calls an evo-lution of the station towards "a totalmedia scheme", which includes theradio station, the TV channel, anInternet site and public bars whereFun's audience will have the possibil-ity to access the Web site and attendlive concerts.

The station's programming is basedaround Fun Radio's broadcast studio inNeuilly. TV cameras are located in theactual radio studio, which, according toSillard, gives the programme "an FMspirit." He adds, "We will always broad-

cast live. Other than the radio studio,there are no special settings."

Presenters will play cartridgeswhich carry both digital sound andimages, and during commercial breaks,Fun TV will broadcast "neutral"images. Between cartridges, the pre-senter can operate the cameras himselfthrough a touch -screen device.

The video programming of Fun TVis intended to match that of FunRadio's programme schedule, providedthere are videos for the appropriatesongs. However, "We do experience

-problems in finding the necessaryvideos," admits Sillard. "If the songplayed on the radio doesn't have avideo, we have to find other images toprovide the visual output."

According to Sillard, Fun TV willhave a yearly FF15 million budgetwhich includes the payment of royal-ties to collecting societies for the useof videos.

MCM highlights video talentby Emmanuel Legrand

PARIS - For the second year in a row,French music channel MCM Interna-tional hosts its international musicvideo competition Atlas at Midem onJanuary 21 at the Palais des Festivals.

The jury, led by music producerMartin Meissonnier, has selected threeentries in each of the following cate-gories: best direction; best editing; bestscreenplay; cinematography; best lowbudget title; plus best European andbest African video. A special GrandPrix of the jury will also be awarded tothe best clip of the year.

The final shortlist was selected froman initial entry of over 400 videos from40 countries. Leading the pack of nomi-nees with three nominations each areSttellla's Les Tartines from Belgium(editing, screenplay, Francophony),

Noir Desir's Un Jour En France fromFrance (direction, screenplay, Fran-cophony), Ismael Lo's Jammu Africafrom Senegal (cinematography, Africa,Price of the ministry of co-operation)and, from France, La Yellow 357'sQuelle Sensation Bizarre (cinematogra-phy; Europe, direction).

Other videos in the nominations listinclude Prophets of Da City's Under-stand Where We're Coming From(South Africa), Chemical Brothers' Set-ting Sun, Youssou N'Dour's Set (Sene-gal), Sens Unik's Paquito (Switzer-land), Va Bank's Moscow City andYat-Kha's Dyngyldai (Russia).

MCM International managing direc-tor Francois Thiellet says the nomineesand the winner will receive extensiveexposure on the three different feeds ofthe channel-MCM Euromusique,MCM International and MCM Africa.

Jive/Zomba moves into Swedenby Christian Lorenz

STOCKHOLM - Independent record labelJive/Zomba, home of the BackstreetBoys, will open an office in Stockhohn,effective April 1. At present, Jive/Zomba's releases are distributed in Swe-den through Virgin.

The move comes only some twomonths after fast-growing German inde-pendent Edel launched a joint venturewith Stockholm -based dance label PitchControl to control its operations in Scan-dinavia (M&M, 23 November 1996).Zomba Holdings Europe MD Bert Meijer

confirms, "The Stockholm office will alsoserve as Jive/Zomba's Scandinavianheadquarters."

Meijer cites Sweden's potential as asource for international repertoire as themain reason to step up the label's pres-ence in the Scandinavian market. "Scan-dinavia, and especially Sweden, has anunrivalled A&R potential in Europe,"claims Meijer.

Jive/Zomba is expanding fast, andfurther expansion plans are already inthe pipeline. "Sooner or later," saysMeijer, "I would like to set up Jive/Zomba in France."

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Pop seminar seeks Dutch alternativeby Thessa Mooij

AMSTERDAM - The fifth annualDutch Pop Music Seminar saw thecountry's media and record industryfirmly embracing material from outsidethe mainstream.

At the seminar and accompanyinglive music festival, held in Groningenon January 10-11, progressive danceartist DJ Eboman (a.k.a. Jeroen Hoffs)won the Dutch pop music awardPopprijs, while public broadcasterRadio 3 announced plans to steer itsformat away from CHR in favour ofmore live music broadcasts and moresupport for homegrown talent.

Co -organised by the Conamusfoundation for the promotion of Dutchmusic, the seminar and music festivalfavoured the progressive over themainstream. Hoffs' victory came as asurprise to national media, since R&B-influenced pop act Total Touch wasgenerally tipped to be this year'swinner. But, on the strength of hisdebut EP Sampling Madness (Play ItAgain Sam), Amsterdam -based DJEboman has become a much sought-

-.after dance act. He was chosen by thejury for his international appeal and

groundbreaking musicalapproach. Often comparedto the Chemical Brothers,Eboman recently supportedchart topping danceanarchists The Prodigy onvarious U.K. dates.

Radio panels at theseminar were dominated bythe re -shuffling of Radio3FM's music programming,which has seen the eightbroadcasting companieswhich traditionally supplythe station's programmesgive up their previousautonomous positions infavour of centraliseddaytime programming. Under musicdirector Rob Stenders, two music co-ordinators, Basyl de Groot and BenHoudijk, now decide what is played onRadio 3FM between 6:00 and 20:00.

Regardless of the subjects slated fordiscussion, panellists and audiencemembers at the seminar keptreturning to the topic of the newprogramming structure of Holland'slargest radio station. "With the successof commercial stations such as SkyRadio (AC) and Radio 538 (CHR), our

ratings dropped dramatically," saysRadio 3FM co-ordinator Paul van derLugt. Now the station embraces amore daring format, based on popularalternative genres, to boost its appeal.

"We will try to bring as many musicgenres to our 12-35 demographic aspossible," explains Van der Lugt. "Thatincludes picking up new trends in anearly stage. The album chart show onSunday will make way for cutting -edgeprogrammes from broadcasters likeVARA and VPRO. We will leave the

more commercial materiallike happy hardcore andEurodance to Radio 538."

A special panel gave themusic industry a chance totest the new waters atRadio 3FM. Exposed toinquisitive record labelexecutives, pluggers, andartists, Radio 3FM'sHoudijk disclosed theexistence of a budget forbroadcasting showcases byunsigned acts.

Fellow music co-ordina-tor De Groot explains thatthe station will give Dutchmusic a chance "if we per-

sonally like it." However, he adds,"We're not going to support just anyDutch act."

When confronted with a selection ofnew Dutch releases, Radio 3FM musicdirector Rob Stenders dismissed twoacts (alternative rockers Beeswampand veteran Joost Belinfante) as"useless cultural exponents."

However, house artist Armand vanHeiden did meet with the trio'sapproval-and was already playlistedat Radio 3FM.bulletiriboard

FRANCEMinister orders frequency auditFrench minister of culture Philippe Douste-Blazy, who alsooversees the communications sector, says he is going tolaunch an "audit" of the French FM band, which will beconducted by broadcasting authority CSA. According toDouste-Blazy, this "full-scale" examination of thefrequency situation will allow him to, "Evaluate objectivelyand without questioning if there are available frequenciesor ways to free some." Public broadcaster Radio France willbe included in the audit. Douste-Blazy has not set atimetable for the audit's results to be made public, but hewants the CSA to act rapidly. In announcing the audit,Douste-Blazy is reacting to claims by private broadcastersthat, technically speaking, there are still unusedfrequencies available in many French cities and that RadioFrance has too large a share of the frequencies which arecurrently in use.

SPAINTalk radio presenter starts TV careerXavier Sarda is the latest leading presenter to take hisradio formula to the TV screen. Sarda is Spain's eveningnews/talk market leader with his programme La Ventana(The Window) on Cadena SER, which approaches politicalmatters in a serious but light manner. His formula will beused on a Saturday evening show called Moros y Cristianos(Moors and Christians) on private TV channel Tele 5starting in February.

INTERNATIONALSony relaunches MiniDiscSony is relaunching the MiniDisc in Europe with a multi-million dollar campaign. The year -long push, which followsmassive pre -Christmas campaigns in individual territoriesacross Europe, is designed to increase the format'shardware base in Europe. Alan Philips, European VP atSony Software told Billboard, "We are certainly expectingto hit the half a million base in Europe by about April this

year. The intention is that we will more than double thatby 1998." Initially, the relaunch will stress MiniDisc'srecordable facility. Philips observes that software sales inJapan, where there is a strong hardware base, are nowstarting to transfer from blank MiniDiscs to pre-recordeddiscs. The number of Sony Music albums to be madeavailable on the format this year remains unclear, but thefirst quarter will see releases from Silverchair, Jean -Michel Jarre, Reef and Aerosmith amongst others.

U.S.A.DVD set to hit storesThe first Digital Video Disc (DVD) players will finally hitthe stores this spring, at least in the United States. At theConsumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas earlier thismonth, Sony and Philips announced that the first playerswill sell in the $600-$900 range. The new carrier, which hasbeen endorsed by all major electronic hardware companiesand software providers will allow to movie -length storageon a five -inch digital disc. The main market for DVD isundoubtedly the video sales and rental market, but themusic market is likely to be affected also by this new carrierwhich will have the capacity to add animated graphics andtext to sound. According to electronic industry estimates,some 1 million DVD players will be sold world-wide thisyear, half of them in the United States.

Viacom to sell radio stationsU.S. media conglomerate Viacom, which owns musicchannels MTV and VH-1, is considering selling its nineAmerican radio stations in a move designed to cut itsmassive $10 billion debt, inherited from the recentacquisitions of Paramount and Blockbuster. According toreports in the U.S. press, the price set by Viacom chairmanSumner Redstone is in the region of $1.4-$1.5 billion.Reported potential buyers include Evergreen Media,Westinghouse affiliate Infinity Broadcasting and EmmisBroadcasting. Viacom owns stations in cities such as NewYork, Los Angeles and Chicago.

More TV TimeFor Brit Awardsby Dominic Pride

London - The Brit Awards Show willbenefit from an extra half hour of peakviewing time when it is shown in the U.Kon February 25 via national network ITV.

Brit Awards committee chairman PaulBurger, also chairman of Sony MusicU.K, announced the show would now betwo hours long as he revealed the awardnominees at London's Hard Rock Cafe onJanuary 13. Organisers say last year'sshow, produced by Initial Film & Televi-sion, hit 12 million viewers at peak time.

International TV syndication is beinghandled by Big Picture, as opposed toPolyGram TV who have sold the show inprevious years. In continental Europe,deals have already been closed forFrance (M6), Scandinavia (Pay channelTV 1000) and Italy (Stream). Big Pic-ture is investigating the possibility ofsatellite delivery to allow the show to beaired 24 hours after the U.K broadcast.

Commercial radio is involved for thefirst time in the voting procedure, as Inde-pendent Local Radio (ILR) network listen-ers will decide the best British single cate-gory and BBC Radio l's audience willchoose the best British newcomer.

Burger also revealed that this year'srecipients of the award for outstandingcontribution to the British music indus-try will be the Bee Gees. Sony Musicwill release a compilation CD featuringnominated acts to accompany the BritAwards on February 10, available in allEuropean territories.For key award nominees see page 20

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41NEWS - -Swedes flock to Midemby Keith Foster

Smacticcm - Sweden's music industryis following up the success of bands likethe Cardigans, Wannadies and Whalewith a large-scale push at Midem.

The Swedish group stand at Midem,organised by Export Music Sweden(EXMS), has registered a 50 percentincrease in exhibitors compared to 1996.In the past, the Swedish industry atMidem had been split into individuallabels and publishers heading up theirown displays. That is now changing, andone of the country's biggest publishers,

MCA, will join the group stand this yearfor the first time.

One of MCA's representatives,Fredrik Ekander, says the move comesafter, "We joined the group stand at[German music fair] PopKomm lastAugust and it worked well. Swedishmusic gets a lot of exposure these days,and this is about the best meeting placeyou can get." Ekander says he is,"Looking for new products andcatalogues abroad, as well as promotingindependent acts like the Hellacopters,who are available for licensing outsideSweden right now."

On a smaller scale, several Swedishcompanies are making their first -everappearances at MIDEM. One such is PopProduction, a two -man song-writing/artist team consisting of SwedePeo Pettersson and Australian Rod West.They'll be on the EXMS stand in anattempt get their 1995 album Look WhatThe Started released outside Sweden.

"It's a big step to take," says Peo. "It'sexpensive and rve been working aroundthe clock to get things ready. But we havearound 15 meetings lined up already, andRod is coming all the way from Australiafor this. Pm sure it's the right move."

CLT closes Talk Radio dealby Mike McGeever

LONDON - Taking advantage of recentrelaxation of U.K media ownershiplaws, CLT U.K Radio has acquired themajority stake in Talk Radio (Music &Media Jan. 17) from media investmentcompany MVI.

CLT acquired 49 percent of TalkRadio's shares about a year ago, andsubsequently took day-to-dayoperational control of the AM station. Itnow owns more than 60 percent of thenational speech outlet.

Commenting on the deal, CLT U.KRadio managing director, Travis Baxter

says, "Following changes to the cross -media ownership rules in the 1996Broadcasting Act, CLT U.K Radio isdelighted that it is now able to take amajority stake in Talk Radio."

Prior to the legislative changes, CLTwas prohibited from holding the majoritystake of a national U.K radio station,because they are a significantshareholder in Channel 5, the newterrestrial TV broadcaster set to go onair in the U.K later this year.

MVI chief executive Peter Clark says,"Having been successful in winning thishighly valuable licence in the first place,and having brought in CLT U.K radio as

shareholders just over a year ago, we areextremely pleased to have ashareholding structure in place thatsatisfies all parties."

Ten dayshutdown forBelgian stationby Marc Maes

ANTWERP - Belgian broadcastingcontrol body BIPT has takenpunitive action against aFlanders radio station for thefirst time.

Private AC station Radio Parkwas forced off air for a period often days, effective from January 5.

The regulator's move wasprompted by an unauthorisedincrease of transmitter power bythe Antwerp based station.

Park managing director PatrickMarien says the illegal power boostwas made necessary because, healleges, many other Belgianstations have surreptitiouslyupgraded their transmitter'spower output in order to servelarger audiences and raise moreadvertising income.

"You have to run with the packor lose the game," says Marien."We had to increase the power ofour station because we werealmost inaudible in our area."

Marien claims the 10 -day silencewill cost Radio Park, "Severalhundred thousand Belgian Francsin lost advertising income."

Media Watch: Music & Media's weeklyround -up of music -related news frompublications around the world...

The GuardianThe working habits of British radio pluggers werethe topic of a full -page story in the U.K. daily thisweek. The story was titled "Play it safe for thegiraffe's sake", a reference to the days whenpluggers would, "Turn up in the foyers [of Radio 1]with live bears and giraffes", according to writerKathy Sweeny. These crazy days are over, shewrites: pluggers in 1997 have to be "articulate andpersuasive." According to Sweeny, "The rewards arepotentially huge. Inclusion on the playlist [of Radio1] virtually guarantees a hit single, which couldlead to a hit album. But of the 180 singles releasedeach week, only six make it onto the playlist."The Guardian (U.K.), January 13.

BillboardUS independent distributors and labels claim the,"No. 1 spot in the total U.S. album market share,which includes both current and catalogue sales, forthe first time in the history of the modern musicbusiness," according to U.S. trade publicationBillboard. Based on Soundscan point -of -salesmonitoring, indicts grab a 21.2 percent marketshare, up from 20.6 percent, while WEA takes thesecond spot with 21.1 percent (down 0.8 percent).WEA is followed by Sony at 14.7 percent (up 0.9percent), PGD at 13.1 percent (up 0.2 percent),BMG at 10.7 percent (down 0.2 percent), UNI at10.6 percent (up 0.8 percent) and EMD at 8.7percent (down 1.4 percent). "Boosting theperformance of the independent sector was itsstrength in classical and rap albums", writesBillboard retail specialist Ed ChristmanBillboard (U.SA), January 18 issue

Les InrockuptiblesOn the occasion of its tenth anniversary, theFrench weekly magazine has released a specialissue "10 ans; l'album." It features some of themost striking interviews the trendsettingpublication has run during the last decade-fromThe Smiths to Iggy Pop, Jean -Luc Godard toOasis, Serge Gainsbourg to David Bowie-withgreat pictures. Having started as a bi-monthlyfanzine supporting British rock bands, LesInrockuptibles is now an influential culturalmagazine, covering music, cinema and books.Les Inrockuptibles (France), "10thanniversary" issue

Music WeekU.K. trade publication Music Week presents in itsMidem issue a comprehensive overview of 1996 inGreat -Britain, looking at the best sellers of the yearin albums, singles and compilations and at thesongs which earned the most radio airplay. Theno.1 in each of the respective categories are: AlanisMorissette-Jagged Little Pill; The Fugees-Killing Me Softly; Various Artists-Now That'sWhat I Call Music! 35; and George Michael-FastLove. "New artists are clearly the lifeblood ofthe record industry," writes Alan Jones, "And tothat end 1996's intake did better than most. Eightof the 10 biggest hits of the year came from artistswho had not had a Top 40 hit before."Music Week (U.K.), January 18 issue.

SpexGerman pop culture monthly Spex devotes 52pages of its latest issue to a critical review of thepast year. Amongst other topics, the feature looksinto the A&R and marketing strategy ofPolyGram's successful Motor division. A discourseon radio marketing casts a critical eye over

excesses in station branding, merchandising andsponsoring. Spex further investigates emergingtrends in composition and production techniques,based on German techno artist Mike Ink and U.K.dub act Rockers HiFi.Spex (Germany), January issue

The SourceThe U.S. hip -hop magazine looks at "The Power andthe Players of '96" in its current issue, reviewingacts and industry people who made a mark in 1996on the US rap scene. Tupac, Nas and LL Cool J arevoted solo artists of the year, while The Fugees, DeLa Soul, Bone -Thugs -N -Harmony and Outkast aregroups of the year. Leading entrepreneurs of theyear are Death Row founder Marion "Suge" Knight,Russell Simmons and Lyor Cohen of Def Jam aswell as Sean "Puffy" Combs from Bad BoyEntertainment. In a story titled "Beyond TheCoasts", The Source reports on the rivalry betweenrappers from each coast, which allegedly costTupac's life. "East, West, find your mutual groundpeople, and move on", suggests the magazine.The Source (U.S.A.) January issue

Retail WeekTower Records managing director for Europe,Andy Lown, says that the U.S. retail chain isaiming to double the number of its U.K stores, to12, within the next five years. "Tower is a smallchain with a big voice," asserts Lown in the tradepublication. Lown, who started his career with thechain as a sales assistant ten years ago at Tower'sflagship site in London's Piccadilly Circus, adds,"The record labels have a great respect for it, andbig name artists like Cliff Richard and BarryManilow choose to do U.K. signings in Towerstores. The labels are very co-operative."Retail Week (U.K.), January 10 issue

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MIDEN NECIA41Local markets and a global perspectiveWhat's in store for the music business in the year ahead?Sales -wise, 1996 was a disappointing year in most mar-kets, so record company bosses are looking for a swiftupturn of fortunes during 1997. Beyond that initial aim,there are concerns about new ways of delivering musicand the related copyright issues, and also questions abouthow far European integration will become a reality during1997. As part of our Midem '97 coverage, Music & Mediahas been talking to leading figures from IFPI-recognisedmusic industry federations around the continent.

Italy: continual renewalMark Dezzani talks to Gerolamo CacciaDominioni, president of FIMI, presidentof Warner Music Italy, and managingdirector of CGD-East West.

Caccia Dominioni believes 1997 will seea continuation of the transformationwhich has taken place within Italy'smusic industry over the past five years.

"One of the most significant changeshas been in distribution," he says. 'Thisyear will see the growing influence ofwhat we call here 'Big Distribution'[shopping malls and hyper -markets].The entrance of hyper -markets into themusic market has been predicted for sev-eral years now, but 1997 will see themaccounting for a significant market shareand becoming an important reality."

Dominioni predicts that the process ofcontinual renewal will continue withinthe music industry in Italy. This yearwill see the business focusing on promo-tion, with the launch of the three -trackCD single as a consumer item ratherthan just a radio promotional device.

"The music industry is also review-ing the way music is promoted on tele-vision," he says. "We will be looking atnew showcases for music outside of thetraditional events such as the annualSan Remo Song Festival and other sea-sonal song competitions. We need toconcentrate on breaking new artistsand establish careers which last longerthan just one or two albums."

A significant increase in the volumeof CD sales in Italy is the FIMI presi-dent's dearest wish for 1997. "We have alow per capita spend on recorded musichere, and I would like to see usapproaching the levels of other developedmarkets," Dominioni says.

"I am hoping," he continues, "that thelaunch of the new CD single format willbe a huge success, and promote both

"We need toconcentrate onbreaking new artistsand establish careerswhich last longer thanjust one or two albums"

- Dominioni

more impulsive purchasing and the moreephemeral pop and dance trends whichhave not been very successful in Italy inrecent years.

"Linked to this, I am hoping thatradio and television will take a few morerisks and showcase new artists and morediverse genres of music."

Dominioni suggests that "Niche gen-res in Italy need consolidating, and it isfundamental for us to redefine niche gen-res and reach sales levels of up to100,000 for the most successful specialistreleases. Up until now, this has beenquite difficult to achieve."

A united Europe, Dominionibelieves, is "becoming a reality that weare all considering and confrontingmore and more." He cites the success-es across Europe of Eros Ramazzottiand Laura Pausini last year-and themore recent success of Andrea Bocel-li-as sure signs of this.

"One of the barriers holding thingsback at the moment is the amount ofeconomic resources needed to launch anartist in a new territory, which canmake an affiliate reticent about tryingout a non -domestic act," he argues. "Ihope that, as more and more artistscross national borders there will be lessapprehension in this respect."

U.K.: realism and optimismChris Marlowe interviews BPI directorgeneral John Deacon.

The indications are that the U.K musicindustry's extended period of optimism iscoming to an end. Although the finalquarter figures are not in yet, the BPIexpects to see just over six per centgrowth for 1996. However, director gen-eral John Deacon strikes an upbeat notewhen he observes, "I think we have to berealistic. Last year was a good year forthe industry. You couldn't expect to con-tinue the double-digit growth rate ofrecent years."

Deacon therefore believes that ensur-ing a sustainablefuture-and allthat conceptencompasses-must be the musicindustry's keyobjective for 1997.

"Some peopleconsider that theprevious growthwas due to cus-tomers replacingvinyl with CD, butrm not one ofthose doom mer-chants," Deaconsays. "Besideswhich, actually,here in the U.Kthe penetration ofCD equipment isstill only aroundabout 60 per cent."

Deacon alignshimself with thosewho see the musicindustry continuingto build on theU.K.'s status as aprolific breedingground for new tal-ent. "I'm not surehow Britpop came

"Good law makes goodbusiness, but it's now aglobal answer, and that'smuch, much harder"

- Deaconabout," he laughs,"but the Britpop revolution is essential-ly new artists. The U.K has alwayshad that, the creation of exciting newartists who are going to sell worldwide,and I think that's going to continue."

Taking a global perspective, Deaconnotes that Europe's market share is setto surpass that of North America's."With our added consumer power andnow the Eastern Bloc as well, I think it'sgoing to continue to go up. So I'm againfar from gloomy!"

However, Deacon notes that piracyremains a major problem, which needs tobe cooperatively addressed. Using lastyear's developments in Eastern Europegenerally and Poland in particular as anexample, he illustrates the critical rolea PI has to play. "We've got joint taskforces of anti -piracy investigators nowwith Germany, Holland, Belgium andother countries. Piracy doesn't respectinternational borders, and thereforeyou've got to look at it that way yourself."

"The facts are beginning to speak forthemselves," he concludes. "If you can

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defeat piracy than undoubtedly the legit-imate business will go up substantially."

Also requiring close international tiesis the other major challenge facing themusic industry-the advent of new digi-tal technologies. Deacon firmly believesthat the potential outweighs any nega-tive concerns in this area.

"Whether we in the industry like itor not," he says, "the new interactiveelectronic media are with us." He addsthat the effect on marketing and distri-bution will be substantial. "To whatextent? I'm not an expert and don'tknow. And I have a feeling that the peo-ple who claim to be experts are probablythe people that you've got to worry

about most!"Deacon says

that, in the areaof intellectualproperty rights,excellent progresswas made atDecember's WIPOconference (Music& Media, Decem-ber 21, 1996) inGeneva. "Onelearns not to usethe word 'protec-tion' anymore," hesuggests, "be-

implies you don'twish to change. Ithink what hasbeen achievedhas gone someway to enablerecord compa-nies to startlooking aheadwith a little moreenthusiasm."

He notes thatthis is particular-ly important toindependentmembers of theBPI who employ

less than ten employees apiece approxi-mately half of the body's 220 members."Good law makes good business," hestates. "But it's now a global answer, andthat's much, much harder. That's whereWIPO and the WTO come into it."

Deacon adds that the U.K. govern-ment's attitude towards the musicindustry has been changing for thebetter, thanks to ongoing lobbying andeducating efforts. He believes that thisshift will prevail regardless of thepolitical party in power, and that it issignificant that this year the Britishambassador to France will be visitingthe "British At MIDEM" booth for thefirst time.

"I know," concludes Deacon, "thatthis industry doesn't like the word sta-bility, because stability and creativitydon't always go hand -in -hand."

However, the BPI director generaladmits that he has nothing more sig-nificant on his wish list than a desirefor those positive, cooperative trendsof 1996 to continue.

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Germany: the digital ageChristian Lorenz talks with IFPI Ger-many chairman and PolyGram Ger-many president Wolf -D. Gramatke.

Copyright issues in the digital age aretop of the agenda for IFPI Germanychairman Wolf -D. Gramatke. Therenegotiation of existing contractsbetween IFPI member companies andcollecting society GEMA is the mostprominent aim for the German IFPIthis year, followed closely by talks withfederal politicians regarding changes ofcopyright legislation in the wake of therecent EC green book on the subject.

According to Gramatke, "both tasksare vital to save the profitability of theindustry in the digital environment." Headds that the position of the recordindustry has to be strengthened in theface of the network providers, "who cur-rently seem to think that they are thestars of digital media age."

However, IFPI members encounternetwork providers and users from a posi-tion of confidence, based on a high mediaprofile. Past efforts to make the culturaland economic importance of the musicindustry more visible to the eyes ofpoliticians and the public have borneremarkable results, especially in thewake of last year's Echo awards show.

`The Echo awards have won theindustry international recognition," saysGramatke, who adds that improved cov-erage on prime -time TV this year willfurther enhance the industry's profile.

"We have been able to startof re -thinking in key issues concerningthe music industry in politicians' minds,"he observes. "Personally, I do not believethat we will see a lowering of VAT onpre-recorded music to the rates applica-ble to books in thenear future, but wehave started theball rolling. I thinkwe have succeededin explaining thatwe do not simplywant to pay lesstaxes, but that ourrequest simplywants to end thediscriminationbetween two simi-lar industries."

Whether alower VAT rate canhave a positiveimpact on themusic marketremains to be seen.Gramatke is cau-tious in his evalua-tion of the effects ofVAT rates onmusic consump-tion. "Through apolicy of aggressivelow -price offers,large retailers haveestablished a com-paratively lowprice level for CDsin Germany." heexplains. "Even ifretail prices sankfurther because ofa lower VAT rate,the additional

"At most of the largerbroadcasters, we're in arather weak position if wewant to talk about newtalent or alternativemusic genres."

- Gramatke

demand would probably be negligible.The kind of positive effect on sales vol-umes we saw in France last year afterthe introduction of a new VAT rateseems unlikely."

Another issue on IFPI Germany's1997 agenda is to convince the Germangovernment CD jewel boxes are notwrapping material but part of the actu-al product itself. The issue came upafter Parliament passed regulationslast year which hold manufacturersresponsible for the recycling and dis-posal of the packaging materials usedfor their products.

"The costs and logistics of dealingwith jewel boxes could harm the indus-try significantly," warns Gramatke,although he is confident IFPI can resolvethe issue to the mutual satisfaction ofrecord companies and politicians.

Regulatory questions aside, the Ger-man music market goes into the newyear with an improved infrastructure.The introduction of new sales chartsbased on electronic point of sale (EPOS)data has progressed smoothly, and agrowing number of radio stations in Ger-many are opening up their programmesto new talent.

`There is a light at the end of the tun-nel," believes Gramatke. "There aremore and more stations with which wecan discuss ways of presenting newmusic." He nominates SWF 3/Baden-Baden, Radio Regenbogen/Mannheimand Fritz/Potsdam as creative partnersof the music industry.

most of the largerbroadcasters, we are in a rather weakposition if we want to talk about new tal-ent or alternative music genres."

Music television provides anotherplatform for the German record indus-

try. "MTV took afew steps towardsthe German indus-try last year," Gra-matke comments.

Meanwhile,Viva continues tofulfil its self-imposed 40 percentquota for Germanproductions,although Gra-matke says theCologne -basedbroadcaster "couldmake more roomfor unconventionalmusic. But I amaware that the sta-tion has to make aprofit and cannotserve as a playbackchannel for ourproduct."

Returning toradio, Gramatkesays he has oneclear wish for 1997.He would like to seemore stationsannounce the titlesof all the songs theyplay. "What use isit if you can't findout what it was youjust enjoyed listen-ing to? If you playit, say it!"

France: creativity is the keyEmmanuel Legrand interviews SNEPpresident Patrick Zelnik .

Compared to previous years, 1996 inFrance was flat, with a stagnant salesmarket. "But," argues Patrick Zelnik,"the phenomenon is not limited toFrance; other countries were also affect-ed by limited growth. Besides, the end ofthe year was also hindered by strikesand bomb threats, which are never goodfor retail sales, especially a few weeksbefore Christmas.

"We also noticed that albums fromestablished acts tended to sell less thanpreviously, while the new generation ofartists did not reach the kind of saleslevels that could compensate."

On the positive side, Zelnik reports asurge in singles sales, which he views asa good omen for the future, because itwill help finance recording new acts. "Weare in a transition period," he admits. "Ifthere is a sales crisis, I don't see any cri-sis in creativity. There is no shortage oftalent-our problem is how to exposethese new acts."

1996, of course, was the first year ofFrench -language quotas for radio sta-tions, designed to give home-grownartists greater exposure. Does Zelnikthink they have helped?

"I think the outcome has been quitepositive," he says, "although I still thinkwe shouldn't have needed quotas in thefirst place if everyone had played thegame. In Europe, quotas are associatedwith milk quotas, and have bad press. I'drather describe it as 'minimum content.'Nobody likes to have things imposed onthem, but sometimes, as on the roads,safeguards are necessary."

The SNEP president continues, "Quo-tas have provided a window and giventhe record companies an incentive toproduce more acts. At Midem, we willunveil the results of our commitments toproduction made last year. Radio sta-tions confronted us by saying 'provide uswith more records,' and so we did."

Zelnik identifies several challengesfor the French music industry in 1997."We are in the final stages of our discus-sions with the economic ministry and allthe parties involved in the implementa-tion of a regulation which will preventretailers selling goods as loss -leaders!When it is passed, major retailers will nolonger be able to sell records with a zeromargin. It is a measure to protect and

"It is important to stillhave local identitiesand let them flourish"

- Zelnik

develop independent retailers by givingthem some breathing space. Concentra-tion of major accounts in retail is one ofour major concerns," admits Zelnik.

Another key issue for 1997 is negoti-ations with musicians over royaltiespayments, but Zelnik is confident that"we'll come to a conclusion very soon."

Zelnik says that the issue of reducingVAT on records, promised by JacquesChirac when he was a candidate for theFrench presidency, is no longer simply aFrench concern. "It's down to lobbying,and this time, it's at a European level.We'll discuss with Brussels authoritiesand try to get as much support as wecan, including support from artists."

Zelnik argues that is no longer possi-ble to create something in music whichdoes not have wider European rele-vance-be it in the field of record releas-es, touring, distribution or broadcasting.

"Even the creation of a label hasbecome European," he observes. "Lookat V2. When Branson launched Virginin the UK in the early '70s, it took himeight years before he created theFrench affiliate. Today, you have a glob-al launch, almost in the same way asrecords are released simultaneouslythroughout Europe. But if Europebecomes a crucial part of our activities,it is important to still have local identi-ties and let them flourish.

"Europe must be multi -cultural andnot mono -cultural," procliams Zelnik."The public needs cultural diversity."

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by Mark Dezzani

With a host of chart successes chalked up aroundEurope during 1996, Italian artists appear to have suc-ceeded in crossing borders where acts from other conti-nental European countries have failed. As Sony MusicEntertainment Europe president Paul Russell recentlypointed out, "Language doesn't seem to be much of abarrier with Italian music."

n 1996, Italy's music industry had oneof its best years ever for exporting itsmusic. Moreover, its biggest musicalexports have been displaying a realconsistency in following up previous

global hits, proving that the creative pro-duction, promotion and marketing tal-ents supporting those artists haveachieved a high level of expertise.

Of the reasons given by Italy's musicindustry executives for its prolific inter-national performance in recent times, itslong-standing reputation for producingstrong melodies is the most recurrent.

Managing director of Universal MusicItaly (formerly MCA Music Italy) PieroLa Falce says that Italy's combination ofmemorable melodies and a reputationfor style is being matched by a newknow-how in cutting edge production.

"Italy has always been a fertile coun-try for producing rich melodies," he says,"and our reputation for design and fash-ion has now been adopted by the musicindustry to give a greater stylisation inour production.

"One of the most important criteriafor judging good music," continues LaFalce, "is emotion, and our ability toexpress emotions breaks down the lan-guage barriers which can inhibit theacceptance of music internationally."

A melodic historyItaly's reputation for melody goes back toits folk roots and the multi -cultural influ-ences which arrived thanks to its geo-graphical position and ancient politicalrole as the centre of an empire.

Walter Maioli, a musicologist andmusician who has recreated the music ofancient Rome, says it was influencedthrough trading links with Asia andAfrica. "The music of ancient Rome wasthe first world music, with the African,Arabic and Asian instruments boughtback by traders influencing rhythms andharmonies," he claims

Following the decline of the RomanEmpire, the Roman Church exported thecomplex structures of religious chants,and post -Renaissance Italy spawned theforerunner of the contemporary song bycombining an early classical musicaltradition with poetry.

Classical composers like Vivaldi andScarlatti, and the creation of Italy's oper-atic tradition through the likes of Verdiand Rossini, influenced light opera andNeapolitan popular song in the 19thCentury. Great operatic tenors of thiscentury, such as Beniamino Gigli andEnrico Caruso, were among the first tobe exploited by gramophone companiesand achieve an international reputation.

"The roots of modern Italian melodygo back to the last century and the Ital-ian operatic tradition," confirms Poly -Gram Italy president Stefano Senardi.He adds, "Italian immigration abroadhas also created a situation where influ-ences have been bought back fromabroad, and significant expatriate Ital-ian communities have created a basicmarket for exporting Italian music."

Despite these traditions and musicalroots, Italian popular music has onlysporadically achieved international suc-cess this century. Although artists likeDomenico Modugno created standardssuch as Volare (1958), the U.S. industryhas always been more efficient at mer-chandising its musical culture. The Ital-ian Cappuccino/coffee bar culture whichbecame an international trend in the late'50s/early '60s had more cause to thankItalo-American artists such as FrankSinatra or Dean Martin than Italiansinger/songwriters themselves.

Know-how and necessityItaly has also benefited from assimilat-ing international trends such as rock 'n'roll, R&B and folk, combining them with

its melodic tradition to create its own dis-tinctive style of pop.

Bob Dylan's protest songs influenceda whole generation of Italian singer/songwriters, whilst the pop sensibility ofLennon and McCartney was a stronginfluence on Italy's greatest contempo-rary pop songwriting team, Lucio Bat-tisti and Mogul in the '60s and '70s.

"Zucchero is stealing from the houseof thieves," admits Polydor Italy manag-ing director Roberto Biglia, referring tothe artist's mixture of Italian melody andballad with R&B and rock. "But his ulti-mate success is built on his constanttouring and live shows, and all of thisinvestment is now being rewarded."

The recent emergence of Italy as aconsistent exporter of popular music hasmore to do with know-how and necessitythan any previous lack of creative talent,suggests Gerolamo Caccia Dominioni,president of Warner Music Italy.

"Italy has always had a very deeppool of talent and creativity," he says. "Itis inherent in our nature, and perhapsalso reflects a certain lassitude or lazi-ness-unlike, say, the Germans, who aremore efficient and technically gifted, butperhaps less artistically prodigious."

He adds, "Given that the domesticmusic market in Italy is relatively smallcompared to other markets, there is alsoa necessity to find export markets and topromote our creative talent abroad."

Sharing Latin cultureStefania Manetti, head of internationalexploitation at EMI Music Italy, saysthat Italy has a natural export market inthe Spanish-speaking markets whoshare a Latin culture.

Italian artists who produce Spanishlanguage versions of their music have abetter chance of success than in otherterritories, where most non -domestic hitsare sung in English. Although Italianrockers such as Vasco Rossi and GiannaNannini have enjoyed significant successin Germany, most Italian music whichsuccessfully crosses borders is melodicpop rather than rock.

France has also been a fertile territo-ry for several of Italy's more sophisticat-ed singer/songwriters-artists such asPaolo Conte, Ricardo Cocciante andAngelo Branduardi have all found equal,if not greater, success, than in theirhome market.

Managing director of BMG RecordsItaly, Adrian Berwick, says that one ofthe major factors behind Italy's new-found global success is a new determina-tion within its music industry. Multi-nationals like BMG can now beconvinced by its local affiliates to getbehind a non-English language artistand give it the same priority as estab-lished international stars.

"Previously the domestic Italianindustry didn't have the drive; it lackedself -belief," he says. At the same time, agroup of artists have emerged whohave consistently created arrange-ments which are competitive on aninternational level.

"Twenty years ago," concludesBerwick, "popular melodic artists likeRicchi E Poveri and Toto Cotugno hadsuccess in Germany thanks largely towidespread German tourism in Italy.Now we are not dependent on peoplecoming to Italy any more to hear ourmusical talent."

ITALIAN SUCCESS STORIES

Eros Ramazzotti is well on the way to surpassingthe five million units sold of his 1993 release, TutteStone, with his latest album Dove Ce Mu,sica(DDD/BMG), which promises several more hit singlereleases in 1997. Zucchero, meanwhile, hasconsolidated the two million sales for his 1995release Spirito DI Vino (titled Mad Dog In A Stray CatCity for its international release) with over one millionsales for his Best Of album (Polydor), which includesthree new songs.

Robert Miles established the new genre ofMediterranean progressive (or "dream house") withhis global smash single Children, and went on tofollow it up with three more single hits and asuccessful album release, Dreamland (DBX). LauraPausini has built on the success of her debut album,with La Cose Che Vivi (CGD/East West) doingespecially well in Spanish speaking territories.Jovanotti has also stayed in the internationallimelight, with a greatest hits album entitled Lorenzo1990-1995 (Solelune/Mercury).

On the club scene, Corona (DWA), Whigfield (X -Energy) and D.J. Dado (Time) keep the Italian flagflying, whilst a new operatic tenor is set to followLuciano Pavarotti's work in combining pop melodywith light opera. Andrea Bocelli has profited fromthree years of consistent promotional work with asales of 2.5 million for his album Bocelli (Sugar). Thealbum provided a number one hit in Germany, with1.3 million sales for the single Time To Say Goodbye.

Melody and passion: Eros Ramazzotti

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The emerald in the Celtic crownby Dominic Pride

A new generation of Irish musicians eager to fuse theirtraditions with contemporary forms of expression is help-ing to keep Celtic music alive and vibrant in the late1990s. Meanwhile the market for Irish folk and Celtic -based music is expanding, with huge marketing effortsbeing made by major and independent labels alike.

Celtic music from Irelandhas never reached moreears than it has today.Whether it's the upfrontdance grooves of

Hyper[Borea], Anuna's ethereal chant,the dazzling stage phenomenon that isBill Whelan's Riverdance, or Dervish'ssmoky bar -room ambience, Celticmusic is now reaching audiences farbeyond its traditional buyers.

For many of Ireland's contemporarymusicians, mixing the cadences of theirforefathers with forms such as rock,roots, dance and blues does not consti-tute the crossing of the Rubicon that itdoes for U.S. or U.K performers.

One challenging example of whereCeltic music is going is Hyper[Borea],brainchild of producer David Bickley.Hyper[Borea]'s album Serpentine (onDublin indie Starc) hits a Deep For-est/Sacred Spirit groove, embroideringelectronic music with Gaelic lyrics, butwith the added edge of live perfor-mances by labelmates Deiseal andMaire Breatnach, (whose Celtic Loversalbum drew critical acclaim in 1996).

Another project in a similar vein isRealWorld's Afro -Celt Sound System,which mixes the uileann pipes of DavySpillane and the whistles and bodhransof James McNally with the Africanvocals of Baaba Maal and the roots anddub sensibilities of '90s Britain on itsalbum Sound Magic Vol.1. MartinOkasili explores similar connections onhis WEA album The Invisible History ofthe Black Celts. A single from the album,Freedom, was released in the U.K at thebeginning of January.

Dervish fuse non -Celtic instrumentssuch as bouzoukis with a soulful yet fieryatmosphere on their third album, At TheEnd Of The Day, released on their ownWhirling Discs imprint.

Atlantic crossingsThe Corrs are another example of youngIrish musicians bringing traditionalIrish forms to a wider audience. The pho-togenic siblings, signed to 143 Recordsand licensed to Warner Music throughAtlantic's Lava label in the U.S., havecaptured American audiences with theiralbum Forgiven Not Forgotten. Accord-ing to EastWest U.K, it's sold over a mil-lion copies outside the U.S., with 550,000in Europe including the U.K

Amina is a young choral act which isattracting international acclaim for itsmix of sacred and secular vocal style.Signed to Ireland's Danu label, andlicensed internationally to Celtic Heart-beat, Anrina draw on Ireland's rich her-itage of Gaelic myths. The act found an

audience among lovers of traditionalmusic as well as new -age and worldmusic buyers when Celtic Heartbeatmarketed their albums Invocation andAntina. Their fourth set, Deep Dead Blueis already out in Ireland. Meanwhile,Amina's soloist Eimear Quinn has leftthe act, and is recording a solo album.

Virgin Records dipped a toe into theCeltic waters with Altan, a traditionalIrish music act from Donegal, whose1996 album Blackwater achieved"respectable" sales figures for the genre,according to the label. The band havejust finished a U.S. tour and start record-ing a new album this month. "The wholeIrish music scene is very healthy at themoment," says Declan Colgan, Virgin'shead of specialist music." There are peo-ple who say traditional music should bekept sacred, but they're in a minority."

The Irish education system and a

strong sense of national pride are instru-mental in keeping the nation's tradition-al music alive, reckons Colgan. "There'sa great sense of optimism. The folk tradi-tion is round them, whereas English folkmusic still suffers from the '60s image ofpeople in woolly jumpers."

Celtic Heartbeat's managing directorBarbara Galavan adds: "the success ofEnya and Clannad also encouraged a lotof other musicians. After their successthere was an enormous amount of effortput into Irish and Celtic music."

An adventurous traditionMany observers see the adventurousstyle of today's musicians as part of atradition pioneered by Sean 0 Riada andhis group Ceoltoirie Chualann, popu-larised by The Chieftains and continuedby acts such as Planxty, Moving Heartand the Bothy Band. The market for tra-ditional Irish folk music seems as strongas ever-the Chieftains' last album San-tiago, on which the band collaboratedwith Iberian musicians such as Spain'sCarlos Nunez, has sold 250,000 copiesworldwide, according to BMG.

The efforts of labels like Celtic Heart-beat and the U.K's Grapevine haveplayed a part in spreading the wordabout the strength of Ireland's Celticmusic. Meanwhile, major labels in theform of Virgin have marketed the likes of

Clockwise: Anuna, Bill Whelan, Altan

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Altan to discerning buyers and theU.K's EMI Premier has had successwith its compilation Common Ground.

Celtic Heartbeat, founded in 1994 byPaul McGuinness, Dave Kavanagh, andBarbara Galavan, has been among themost prolific exporters of Celtic music inits short life. A joint venture withAtlantic Records in the U.S. its output ismarketed through Warner Music sub-sidiaries worldwide. However, despitethe success of the venture, Atlantic isreportedly unlikely to renew its option onthe label, and Celtic Heartbeat looks setto conclude another deal this spring.

Bill Whelan's Riverdance is the label'smost spectacular success, with over300,000 copies sold in Europe and900,000 worldwide. On Jan 6, CelticHeartbeat also released Whelan's musicfor Some Mother's Son, the politically -charged film starring Helen Mirren.

As well as producing compilationssuch as Celtic Heartbeat Christmas, thelabel has introduced other Irish acts,including Frances Black, Alec Finn,Maire Breatnach and composer PatrickCassidy to international audiences.

Through the GrapevineLondon -based Grapevine has also beeninstrumental in spreading the Celticword by licensing records from Irishindependents for the U.K and for conti-nental Europe, where it has a deal withCNR Music for most territories. Amongits best-sellers is Mary Black, licensedfrom Ireland's Dara Records. Black has anew album, Shine, due for U.K andEuropean release March 17.

The label is also still working ChristyMoore's latest album, Graffiti Tongue,and is gearing up for the U.K-onlyrelease on Jan 27 of And Now In TimeTo Be, a collection of W.B. Yeats' worksinterpreted by acts such as The Cranber-ries, The Waterboys, Shane MacGowanand Van Morrison. Upcoming releaseswill include an album from Leslie Dow -dill, former lead singer of In Tua Nua,and Belfast band Tamalin. Founded in1991, Grapevine has helped establishthe careers of young Irish musicianssuch as singer/songwriter Sinead Lohan(who is due to appear at the IrishEvening at MIDEM this year) and accor-dion player Sharon Shannon.

With the success of such projects asEMI Premier's Common Ground Celticcollection, which featured Elvis Costello,Kate Bush and Sinead O'Connor, it'slikely that A&R and marketing moneywill flow into the traditional Irish musicscene in the months to come. "I would bevery optimistic that [interest in Celticmusic] is going to continue" says CelticHeartbeat's Galavan. "Riverdance is agood example of the move towards bring-ing the old into the present.

"People are continually looking for`traditional but contemporary' music,"concludes Galavan. As that search con-tinues, and as borders between differ-ent forms of music tumble, the influenceof Celtic music seems set to extend intopreviously uncharted territories.Assistance in preparing this story by KenStewart in Dublin

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Midem's Boogie Wonderlandby Christian Lorenz

The Dances D'Or show-the first ever internationalplatform exclusively for popular European dance-waspremiered at Midem last year. This year, the TV awardsshow returns to Cannes in an expanded form to honourEurope's best-selling dance acts.

French media group AB Produc-tions struck gold when it enteredthe awards show business lastyear with the Dances D'Or cere-mony. Based on Music & Media's

Eurochart Hot 100 singles chart, theawards honour the best selling danceacts of the year.

Broadcast live by CHR radio net-work NRJ, and televised by both MTVEurope and French TV station TF1,last year's debut show reached apotential audience in excess of 250million. A tie-in compilation albumreleased on Pense A Moi/BMG wentgold in France, shipping over 100,000units, according to AB Productionspresident Jean -Michel Fava. Original-ly launched as a record label back in1977, AB Productions has several yearsexperience in marketing records whichare tied to TV shows.

The success of the Dances D'Orawards last year clearly came as some-thing of a surprise to critics of popawards shows. Dances D'Or does notadhere to a specific dance music genre,and the origin of the artists is irrele-vant. Indeed, this year's winners rangefrom progressive U.K act Faithless tothe creators of the Macarena craze, LosDel Rio. The mix may seem eclectic, butit obviously appeals to a broad audience.

No performance, no prizePart of the success of Dances D'Orstems from the fact that producersGilbert Di Nino and Thierry Bruant areable to keep the programme tight andwell -organised, as the event only hon-ours artists who actually participate inthe show. This policy gives AB Produc-tions the chance to work closely withhighly motivated artists who want tomake the show a success.

This year for instance, there will beonly seven Dances D'Or winners, due tolate cancellations. Fava does not, howev-er, see this as presenting a problem forthe appeal of the awards show. "If theartists don't come, they don't come," hesays. "I'd rather hand out seven awardsthan go out and beg somebody to com-plete the numbers."

For technical reasons, artists per-forming during the event do so to arecorded playback rather than playinglive. Fava says thjat he does not expectto switch to live performances in theforeseeable future.

"Last year the performances wentdown extremely well with the audi-ence," comments Dances D'Or head ofPR Suzy Glespen. "This time we willgive the winners more opportunity toprofile themselves. Each winning actwill have time to perform two songs,enabling them to showcase a widerrange of their repertoire."

Glespen confirms, however, thatguest acts at the ceremony will still belimited to one song each. She claims thatthis ratio between star names and newtalent will work better than having everyact play the same number of songs. "Thekids in the audience really go wild whenthe big name acts are performing theirhits," she says.

Glespen also believes that mixingMidem attendants with local teenagersin the crowd contributes to the atmos-phere. Because the floor was largelyconstructed over a swimming pool lastyear, the audience was limited to 2,000."This year we will be able to admit morepeople," she says. "We are continuing togive most of the 1,500 non-Midem tick-ets away through competitions on NRJ,but there will also be free tickets avail-able through local record shops."

Dances D'Or '97: The Winners

Robert Miles (DBX)Los Del Rio (Serdisco)Faithless (Cheeky/Blow Up)B.B.E. (Triangle)

Gala (Do It Yourself/Scorpio)Worlds Apart (Power Brothers/EMI)Ophelie Winter(East West)

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Michel Fava and Thierry Bruant

Profit and potentialThe Dances D'Or project as a whole,including the show and the compilationalbum, made a profit last year, accord-ing to Fava. In 1998 AB Productionsplans to launch a Dances D'Or showwith European and Asian artists atMidem Asia.

Fava admits that he, "Wanted tolaunch the event at Midem Asia lastyear, but the plan fell through becausewe could not find a suitable venue inHong Kong." Indeed, Fava is alreadylooking even further ahead and now hashis sights set on Midem Latin America.

"Miami would be the ideal place fora show like theDances D'Or," saysFava "We wouldfeature a mixture ofartists popular overthere and some bigname acts fromEurope," revealsFava. "Latin Ameri-ca has the potentialbecome an excitingdance market."

The 1997 editionof the show has beenco -organised byFrench dance organi-

Dances D'Or

performers:

G -Squad (top) and

Robert Miles with

Maria Nayler

sation Extravadance. Officially titledDances D'Or-Extravadance, the galatakes place on Monday January 20 atthe Palm Beach venue in Cannes,between 21:00 and 23:00.

Eight guest acts, including GSquad, Party People and Boris Dlu-gosch will support the winners, takingthe total number of performing acts to15. The accompanying compilationalbum to the event was released inFrance on January 13 and is distrib-uted by EMI, as opposed to BMG inthe previous year. Highlights of theevening will be broadcast by NRJ,MTV Europe and TF1.

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`Homework' pays off for France's Daft Punkby Emmanuel Legrandand Dominic Pride

They're certainly not daft andtheir music has nothing to dowith punk. In fact, if this Frenchtechno-funk twosome manage toachieve daytime radio airplay

while keeping their credibility at clublevel intact, then they really will be theteacher's pets.

That's the challenge facing VirginU.K. as they introduce Daft Punk toBritish audiences-and for the moment,they appear to be winning the battle, asthe mainstream U.K. dance press hasalready feted the duo as one of thebrightest hopes for '97. The pair's firstalbum Homework will have a Europeanrelease through Virgin companies fromJanuary 20.

Rarely has a debut set by a Frenchact been so eagerly awaited at home andacross Europe. Although initially promo-tional activity will be concentrated ontheir homeland of France and the U.K,Thierry Jacquet, export manager at Vir-gin France, says there is a "growinginterest for the band around Europe."

In just a couple of years, Daft Punkhave risen from nowhere to becomeFrance's newest techno/dance sensation.The members of the band, Thomas Ban-galter and Guy -Manuel de Homem-Christo, have already proved their cre-

ativity and ashrewd busi-ness sense,even thoughtheir combinedage hardlyexceeds 40years. Theband managethemselvesand control allartistic aspectsof their career,from musicproduction totheir logo and the sleeve of the album.

A series of memorable concerts,notably at the Transmusicales festivalin Rennes in December 1995 and asopeners for the Chemical Brothers inthe U.K, together with a series of 12 -inch tracks released on the U.K.'s indielabel Soma, earned them dancefloorrecognition and raised interest from themusic industry. Yet, despite manytempting offers, the band decided to goat its own pace, doing its... homework.

Eventually, they signed a world-widelicensing deal with Virgin. But onceagain doing it their own way, through ajoint deal with the U.K. and French com-panies. "I've been following them forabout two years, before there was all thiscraze around them", remembers MayaMasseboeuf, techno/dance manager at

Virgin's sub -label Labels inFrance.

She contin-ues, "At theend of 1995,everybodywoke up andwas afterthem. Theytook time andchose the teamthey wanted towork with. TheFrance/U.K.

combination is strong and everythingis done with co-operation between thetwo companies."

Homework is mainly instrumentaland features samples, squelchy mono -synths and cut-up beats, giving thealbum an innovative but retro feel,perfect for the late '90s.

Even though some of the playfulmaterial on Homework is too marginalfor even specialist dance shows, radiohas warmed to the melodic track DaFunk in the U.K., garnering eveningplays on Radio One. Virgin U.K. prod-uct manager Orla Lee says: "Peoplehave read a lot about them and theobject now is to broaden that out."

Resistance to dance -based singles ondaytime radio is weakening, says Lee:"Two years ago, the Chemical Brothers

were having difficulty in getting air-play. Now with acts like the Orb, Prodi-gy and the Chemical Brothers, dance isbecoming the new indie music of '97."

The first single release by Virgin inFrance is Da Funk, currently beingplayed on all French key Top 40nets-NRJ, Skyrock and Fun Radio."There is a lot of radio enthusiasm fortheir music", says Masseboeuf. Thisweek, for example, saw Da Funkadded to the playlist of DRS in Zurich.

Labels GM Main Artaud says theband and the label favoured a "lightmarketing" strategy. The first step wasto capitalise on the band's core audi-ence. Da Funk was first released as a12 -inch vinyl single sent to 500 keyDJs around the world. Then, a 2,000 -unit vinyl version of the Homeworkalbum was also sent to DJs and sold inselected dance music stores in order tostrengthen Daft Punk's dancefloor ties."It is a way for the band to thank allthe DJs that supported them", saysMasseboeuf. In the U.K., Da Funkcomes out on February 4, with thealbum appearing a week later.

The band will embark January 17-25 on a U.K. club tour, to be followedlater in March by a full Europeantour. The second single to be releasedwill be Around The World. "We have aminimum of four to five singles in thealbum", says Artaud.

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Girls and guitars Spice up Brits listby Dominic Pride and Paul Sexton

he spotlight among nominationsfor the 1997 Brit Awards falls onsome of the big names of the Brit -pop boom, confirming that theyear was dominated by the popu-

larity of guitar bands.The nomination list favours MCA's

Ocean Colour Scene, Epic's Manic StreetPreachers and Columbia's Kula Shaker

The deliberations of the 500 -strongvoting academy were announced Monday(13) at London's Hard Rock Cafe, andinclude two appearances for each of thosebands, in the best British group and bestalbum by a British artist categories.

The Brit Awards take place on Febru-ary 24 at London's Earls Court and willbe televised the following evening by theITV network in a two-hour show. SonyMusic TV will release a 40 -track compila-tion featuring this year's nominees, Brits97-The Album Of The Year in the U.Kon February 10.

Sony nabs three of the five BestBritish Group nominations, with ManicStreet Preachers and Kula Shaker joinedby Epic's lightning Seeds. In the albumcategory, the Manics' Everything MustGo, Ocean Colour Scene's Moseley Shoalsand Kula Shaker's K are nominated withthe Lighthouse Family's Ocean Drive(Wildcard/Polydor) and George Michael'sOlder (Virgin). Michael is also nominat-ed as best British male solo artist.

Britpop was not the only force tomake its presence felt. The year's popphenomenon, the Spice Girls, also fea-tured strongly with five nominations.The list also took in the growing main-stream popularity of dance and R&B,with WEA's breakthrough artist MarkMorrison garnering four nominations,and Mercury's Dina Carroll andGo!Discs' Gabrielle featuring in the bestBritish female solo category.

Two WEA-affiliated chanteuses,Donna Lewis (Atlantic) and Eddi Read-er (blanco y negro) are also in the run-ning in the latter category, in whichLouise gives EMI its only nomination inthe main British awards).

In a year when underground dancemusic went overground, the shortlisttakes in nominations from Tricky, TheProdigy, Orbital, Underworld and TheChemical Brothers, who all score nomina-tions outside the best British dance catego-

NOMINATIONS IN THE KEY BRITSCATEGORIES ARE:

British male solo artist:

George Michael (Virgin)Mark Morrison (EternaltWIASimply Red (EastWest )Sting A&MTricky (4th&BM:aylsland)

British female solo artist

Dina Carroll (1st AvenueiMercury)Donna Lewis (Atlantic)Louise ( lst Avenue/EMI)Eddi Reader (Blanco y NegralWEA)

British group

Kula Shaker ( Columbia)Lightning Seeds (Epic)Manic Street Preachers (Epic)Ocean Colour Scene (MCA)Spice Girls (Virgin)

Album by a British artist

Kula Shaker: K (ColumbiaLighthouse Family: Ocean Drive(Wild Cartl/Polydor)Manic Street Preachers: Everything Must Go (Epic)George Michael: Older (Virgin)Ocean Colour Scene: Moseley Shoals (MCA)

British newcomerAlisha's Attic (Mercury)Ash (Infectious)Babybird (Echo)Bluetones (A&M)Kula Shaker (Columbia)Lighthouse Family (Wild CardtPolydor)Longpigs (Mother/Polydor)Mansun (Parlophone)Mark Morrison (Eternal/WEA)Skunk Anansie (One Little Indian)Space (Gut)Spice Girls (Virgin)

ry. That bracket features two rare indienominations, for XL Recordings' the Prodi-gy and Junior Boy's Own's Underworld,next to Morrison, Sony S2's Jamiroquaiand Virgin's the Chemical Brothers.

This year, two of the categories will

International male solo artistThe Artist +EMI)Bryan Adams (A&M)Babyface (Epic)Beck (Geffen/MCA)Robert Miles (DIY/deConstruction)

International female solo artistToni Braxton (LaFace/Arista)Neneh Cherry (Hut/Virgin)Sheryl Crow (A&M)Celine Dion (Epic)Joan Osborne (Blue Gorilla/Mercury)

International groupBoyzone (Polydor)Fugees (Columbia)Presidents of the U.S.A. (Columbia)R.E.M. (Warner Bros.)Tony Rich Project (LaFacelArista)

British dance actChemical BJamiroquai (Mark MorrisonProdigy (XL RanUnderworld (Juni

British single

Babybird: You're Golgeaous (Echo)Kula Shaker. Tattoo (Columbia)Lighthouse Family: Lifted (Wild Card/PolydorlManic Street Preachers:A Design For Life (EpicGeorge Michael: FastLove (Virgin)Mark Morrison: Return Of The Mack (WEA)Oasis: Don't Look Back In Anger (Creation)Prodigy: Firestarter (XL Recordings)Spice Girls: Wannabe (Virgin)Underworld: Born Slippy (Junior Boy's Own)

International newcomerFun Lovin' Criminals (Chrysalis)Robert Miles (Deconstruction)Joan Osborne (Blue Gorilla)Presidents of The U.S.A. (Columbia)The Tony Rich Project (LaFace/Arista)

be voted for by the public: the bestvideo by a British artist will be votedfor by viewers of interactive cable TVstation The Box, and the British singlecategory will be chosen by listeners tothe Independent Local Radio network.

Video by a British artist

Chemical Brothers: Setting Sun (Virgin)Dodgy: Good Enough (A&M)Jamiroguai: Virtual Insanity (Sony S2)Manic Street Preachers: A Design For Life (Epic)Orbital: The Box (Internal)Prodigy: Firestarter (XL RecordingsProdigy: Breathe (XL Recordings)George Michael: FastLove (Virgin)Spice Girls: Wannabe (VirginSpice Girls: Say You'll Be There (Virgin)

British Producer

Absolute/Richard Stannard/Matt RoweHugh JonesMike HedgesJohn LeckieTricky

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stop most radio formats embracingthis from day one.

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REPUBLICAREADY To Godeconstruction/BMGProducers: RepublicaEuropean release February 3Republica came out of the U.K. clubscene, but in recent months they'vebecome darlings of U.S. modern rockradio and resident in the BillboardHot 100 with this inspirational single.Techno meets rock guitar with stri-dent vocals from singer Saffron, alladding up to a fresh, gritty pop soundwhich Europe simply can't afford tomiss. The self -titled album followslater in February ahead of a tour withthe Fun Lovin' Criminals.

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DEPECHE MODEBARREL OF A GUNMute/Disc/VariousProducer: Tim SimenonEuropean release February 3Now slimmed down to three of thefour founder members, Depeche Modeserve up the sombre, industrial soundfor which they've become huge inEurope, but with Simenon addingsome open space to the production.David Gahan's distorted vocals bringa touch of Nine Inch Nails to theparty. The radio edit is rough for day-time ears, yet ironically, Underworld'ssoft mix is a polished jewel.

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GENEVAINTO THE BLUENude/3mv/Vital/Sony SINEProducer: Mike HedgesEuropean release January 27Geneva have a bit more substance tothem than most of their Brit guitarband contemporaries, with clear, crispvocals from Andrew Montgomeryhighlighting simple melodies. Downbelow, walls of flanged guitars-Ex-Cure producer Hedges' trademark-evoke memories of early Cure andNew Order. Essentially an indie rocktrack, yet this has possible crossoverpotential for daytime lists.

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US3COME ON EVERYBODYBlue Note/EMIProducers: Geoff Wilkinson, Jim HawkinsInternational release January 27(U.K. February 17)

British producer Wilkinson delveseven deeper into Blue Note's vast cat-alog, and on this track, now beingserved to radio, uses the same combi-nation of breaks, pianos, samples, lazytrumpets and rap which led to themassive worldwide success of Can-taloop (Flip Fantasia) in 1992. Thisswings at the same pace as Us3's ear-lier hit, and the Come On Everybodysample is every bit as memorable asCantaloop's "Funky Funky."

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NENEH CHERRYFEEL ITHut/VirginProducers: Booga Bear/Johnny DollarEuropean release February 3The third single from the Man albumis a stripped -down, back -to -basicssong with a simplicity which high-lights Cherry's lyrics. It has arestrained feel until a harder -edgedelectric guitar sound kicks in, approxi-mately two-thirds of the way through.The radio edit is much like the origi-nal album version but there's also apiano version which has more momen-tum for radio.

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MAUJARDTECHNO SALSAEast West FranceProducer: MaujardRelease date TBAAs the title would suggest, this singlefrom French bass player/vocalist Mau-jard offers a highly exotic combinationof latin salsa and techno. The catchyhook line-"Para bailar la salsa, no senecesita tomar un ecsta" ("You don'tneed to take ecstasy to dance thesalsa")-is as hypnotic as the illegalsubstance to which it refers in StaceyLee's remix.

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AlbumsERIC SERRATHE SOUNDTRACKSVirgin FranceProducers: VariousInternational release January 20Some of the most spectacular cinematog-raphy of Jean -Luc Besson's films hasbeen accompanied by the equally stun-ning, widescreen compositions of EricSerra. From the opening title sequence ofThe Big Blue through to the mobile Mas-querade from Subway, Sarra shows hisflexibility in creating music which both

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fits the action and stands alone withoutvisual stimuli. Themes from Subway,Nikita, Leon and Goldeneye are includedhere. With musicians such as ManuKatche, Vanessa Paradis and Noa, thecollection is at times haunting, at otherseuphoric and would equally suit latenight jazz programmes or chill -out zones.

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TONE NORUMSTEPPING OUTCNRProducers: Bo Knutson, Max SchultzEuropean release January 13If this young Swedish singer/songwritersounds mature, it's because she beganrecording at the age of 18. Four albumson, Norum has perfected a husky, rootsysound, which comes quite close to SherylCrow's musings. John Hiatt's Have ALittle Faith In Me and Dylan's You Ain'tGoing Nowhere get star treatment fromher, but her own material is strongenough to stand on its own. The album'stitle track is a slow churning affair, witha strong melodic chorus screaming forairplay. A bit bluesier is the up -tempoTurn Them On with its wailing harmoni-ca and Norum's sexy vocals.

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PAULO BRAGANCAAnuiLuaka Bop/Warner BrosProducers: Rui VazU.K. release February 24;Spain, Italy, Benelux, January 27.Heartbreaking Portugese fado songsfrom David Byrne's Luaka Bop label.These melancholy laments have receiveda slick makeover and occasional Englishlyrics, which should broaden their appealto the alternative 35+ crowd. The

emphasis on melodies, accompanied bydreamy synthesizers, steers Bragancainto the new age realm (The Spirit OfThe Flesh). The semi -religious vocals onVox Populis add an esoteric touch. Themore traditional Lighthouse is an excep-tion; its native lyrics, swirling rhythmsand accordion, should find airplay onworld music programmes.

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Producers: Dominique Blanc-Francard/Jean-Jacques NyssenFrench release January 14

After a first album for indie labelBoucherie, Clarika has switched to amajor company, but not much haschanged in her style, as the first singleBeau Comme Garcon proves- nice littlemelodies, a jazzy touch, unorthodoxarrangements, funny and witty lyrics.Musically, it would fit neatly into a foldermarked "contemporary French chanson."

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Reviewers: DP -Dominic Pride; EL -Emmanuel Legrand; SS -Sally Stratton; TM-Thessa Mooij.Please send review copies to: Dominic Pride, Music Editor, Music & Media, 23 Ridgmount Street, London, WC1E 7AH, U.K.

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WALDOThe Look - Blue BubbleRecords (Finland)Producers: Risto

Asikainen, James BlackSix playful remixes ofRoxette's big hit. TheOriginal Radio Edit fea-tures Waldo's wackyvocals, female back-upsingers and a hint ofragga. Minello's RadioLook has a stripped downbeat, highlighting thevocals. Waldo's shot atthe nearly exhausteddreamhouse genre(Dreammaker's View)actually sounds perkierand more energetic with its 108 bpna. No traces of Robert Miles here, but there'sa funky ragga sequence smack dab in the middle.Contact CBA Artist management: tel (+31) 35 6830515,fax: (+31) 35 6835759.

PAULA HEDVIGFields - Pure Records (Sweden)Producers: Christofer Stannow,Paula HedvigThis young Swedish singer/songwritershares a producer with her compatriotSophie Zelmani. But where Zelmani isbacked by a rock band, Hedvig hasopted for a stark, ethereal sound. Hersoft, clear voice takes centre stage,supported unobtrusively by acousticguitar, flute, a string section andsaxophone. Hedvig's distinctive vocalstyle and preference for grand piano isreminiscent of Tori Amos, althoughshe brings none of Amos' anger intoher music. On Hedvig's first Swedishsingle, Hook Of Life, the percussionand other arrangements are featuredmore prominently.Contact Torbjorn Svensson atPure Records: tel (+46) 8 33 4470;fax (+46) 8 33 7670.

FAITH PILLOWRun In The Sunshine - VAN(Netherlands)Producers: Bill Preskill, Billy DickensThis Kentucky native spent a couple ofyears touring Europe before hookingup with VAN Records. After hangingout in the Chicago and L.A. musicscenes and several stints with Danishbig bands, she formed her own outfit toperform her self -penned material. Theresult, her second album for VAN, is astylish blend of blues, rock and soulwith a slight jazz flavour.

Pillow's voice has the husky quality ofTracy Chapman, but is a little tougherand funkier than her folky colleague.Album opener Run In The Sunshinefeatures One Of Us (Joan Osborne) co -writer Eric Bazilian on mandolin.Although Pillow's compositions arestrong enough for a life of their own, she

choses to feature some covers, includingStuck In The Middle With You and RikkiDon't Lose That Number.Contact VAN Records: tel (+31) 70360 0306; fax (+31) 70 356 3300.

BEAU DELITCoeur En Bataille - Do It (France)Producer: Patrick Liotard,Stephane LarribatNo empty-headed pretty faces or pushyproducers will do for this funky FrenchR&B quartet. Drummer Stephane andguitar -player Patrick have done theproduction themselves, while lyricstJacky and the 21 -year female Fab takecare of the vocals. They may funk inFrench, but this first single from theirsame -titled album is also available in anEnglish version: Love Is Bright (radioand club mix).Contact Main Abehsera at Do ItMusic: tel (+33) 1 4071 8219; fax(+33) 1 4651 6703.

BAY LAURELDays Of Joy - Noxious Records(Sweden)Producers: VariousAlthough the Swedish may be generallywell-known for their skills in the poparena, there are plenty of other genresalive and well in their country. The titleof this album carries in it a certainamount of irony, because Bay Laurelare definitely of the Gothic persuasion;doom and gloom is their stock in trade.The album opens with the joyous LustIn Black Love, but really kicks offproperly with A Lighter Of Sperm. Theup -tempo beats, skillfully used guitarsand dramatic vocals are compellingonce they get hold.Contact House Of Kicks (Swedishdistribution): tel (+46) 8 791 8989,fax: (+46)8 20 0726.

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NEW YORK IN DA HOUSEThe deep, pumping house sound of NewYork is still a favourite in Europe andtwo new solid tracks have just arrived.James Christian is at the productiondesk on Bionic Grooves' Music Takes UHigher (DigitalDungeon). This swingingstomper of a track is set to spread conta-giously across the continent.Contact: tel (+1) 212 333 3102.Roger Sanchez' house label NarcoticRecords comes through with the newinspiring single Stand Tall from Depart-ment of Soul featuring Toney Jones.Wikman & Donaldson of Deep SwingProductions lay down a solid production,while DJ Spen of the Basement Boysadds a sizzling remix.Contact: fax (+1) 212 675 1272.

ON A TRULY OTHER TIPDue out 17 February, The Man In TheShadow (SSR/Freezone/Cranuned Di-scs) is the debut album from Frenchelectronic artist Snooze. An assortmentof soundscapes, atmospheres and set-tings, it is a tribute to cinema expressedthrough jazz and hip -hop. The titletrack, Your Consciousness Goes Bip,Middle Class Lady and The Chase arejust a few of the choice cuts included.February 23 will see the release ofJapanese artist Tao's debut album, Eso-teric Red (Language/Crammed). Filledwith 14 impressive tracks such as Kalei-doscope, Nocturnal and Curvature Over-ture, this album is an interculturalexpression of rhythms, beat and soul."My music isn't East or West," explainsTao, "It's in the middle. Sounds are avery important aspect of Japanese cul-ture." Tao's combinations of jazz, funkand electronic music includes manyeffects and sounds. "Frogs, insects, rain,

all have rhythms," he adds. "It's the orig-inal freeform."Contact: tel (+32) 2 640 7914,fax +32 2 548 8369.

DIVERSE CUTSGreetings From Deepest America(Aquarhythms) is a collection of primecuts exposing the shining skills still leftin transatlantic techno-house. High-lights: Gigi Galaxy's brilliant Who Is TheAquarian, Phenom's beautiful Sage andDJ Joost & Flux's intriguingHydr(o)remix. This high -quality selec-tion also includes tracks from DeepDish, Aquarian and Hydronaut.Contact: fax: (+44) 171 792 9871.Sony's new German label Epidromereleases an easy crossover option inHart & Held's I Can't Take It. This BenHart and Hubee Held production is fullof clichés, a famous vocal sample andsimple beats, and is very radio -friendly.Remixes add to the interest, with variedinfluences from disco to wild pitch.Contact: fax (+49) 69 138 88 170Mary Go Wild! (EC Records) fromGrooveyard is an ideal crossover housetrack. Dutch producer Jeroen Verheyhas used club elements, minimal vocalsand added a lot of pop appeal.Contact: tel (+31) 10 410 1167,fax: (+31) 10 48 1 7104.Mel O'Ween is currently bulletingthrough the clubs of Europe with thenew single, The King (School/Moxmu-sic). Written and produced by PatrickLindsay, The King is a catchy houserecord revolving around the words of aMartin Luther King thematic freedomspeech. Remixes provided by LaidbackLuke and Jamez.Contact: tel (+ 31) 252 676 272,fax (+31) 252 676 244

A BYTE OF BELGIUMBelgian record company Byte Records achieved international renown with chart -top-pers 2 Unlimited in 1991. Six years later, Byte is still a highly productive label and 2Unlimited are preparing to unveil a new sound/look in early summer.

"I still believe in commercial vocal dance music," states Byte managing directorJean -Paul de Coster, adding, "We want to develop album -selling artists." Two othervocal -oriented priorities for Byte are Pearl and CB Milton.The latter is currently attracting club attention throughoutthe U.S. with Time Is Up., which has spent the last month onthe Billboard Club Play chart. Meanwhile in the Beneluxcountries, clubs are picking up on two tracks on Byte's under-ground sub -label, Byte Blue, namely German productions Red5's Da Beat Goes and Sash!'s Encore Une Fois.

Byte Blue has released 24 cuts in 1996, and expects to putout even more in 1997. "Club records are easier to promoteand you break them even quicker than with commercial vocaldance music," asserts de Coster, "Radio is very sceptical-youfirst need proof of potential [before they will play a tune)..."

Keeping active on the club scene is essential, according tode Coster: "Underground records from two years ago are becoming more accessibleand crossing over-Faithless, for instance." Club elements undoubtedly play a solidrole in the pop world, he adds. "How Everything But The Girl and Dune have used thedrum'n'bass influence is really good," comments de Coster.

Byte will continue its tightrope walk between the club and radio worlds with astring of potential hits for '97 starting with the current bubbling track in the Beneluxcountries on Byte Progressive, The Sound from De Donatis III.Contact Byte Records: tel (+32) 3 385 3737; fax (+32) 3 385 3939.

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Records featured in Market Place are by acts signed to independent labels forwhich licensing and /or publishing rights are available, except where noted.Please send your samples to Thessa Mooij, PO Box 59115, 1040 KC Amsterdam,The Netherlands. Fax (+31) 20 682 0614

All new releases, news, biographies, photographs and tour schedules for consid-eration for inclusion in the Dance Grooves column should be sent directly toMaria Jimenez at PO Box 58193, 1040 HD Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Fax (+31)35 621 2750.

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EUROPEAN SALE

TopUNITED KINGDOM GERMANY

National SellersFRANCE ITALY

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1 3 Tori Amos - Professional Widow (East West)2 6 Lisa Stansfield - People Hold On (Arista)3 7 Madonna - Don't Cry For Me Argentina (WEA)4 5 Havana - I Can Make You Feel Good (Virgin)5 1 Spice Girls - 2 Become 1 (Virgin)6 2 No Mercy - Where Do You Go (Arista)7 19 Texas - Say What You Want (Mercury)8 2 Orbital- Satan Live (London)9 9 Whitney Houston - Step By Step (Arista)10 58 East 17 - Hey Child (London)

TW LW Ainums1 1 Spice Girls - Spice (Virgin)2 31 Soundtrack - Evita (Warner)3 15 Various - The Annual II (Ministry Of Sound)4 2 Beautiful South - Blue Is The Colour (Go!Discs)

5 4 Celine Dion - Falling Into You (Epic)6 5 Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go (Epic)

7 9 Jamiroquai - Travelling Without Moving (Sony 82)

8 22 Lighthouse Family - Ocean Drive (Polydor)9 12 Various - Hits 97 (Warner/Global/Sony)10 7 Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill (Warner)

TW LW SINGLES1 1 Brightman/Bocelli - Time To Say Goodbye (East West)

2 2 Toni Braxton - Un-Break My Heart (BMG)3 10 No Doubt - Don't Speak (MCA)4 3 Tic Tac Toe - Verpiss' Dich (BMG)5 7 No Mercy - When I Die (BMG)6 4 Dune - Who Wants To Live Forever (Virgin)7 12 DJ Quicksilver - I Have A Dream (Arcade)

8 8 Wolfgang Petry - Die LNngste Single... (Ariola)9 9 Prodigy - Breathe (Intercord)10 6 Robert Miles - One & One (Motor)

TW LW ALBUMS1 1 Andrea Bocelli - Bocelli2 2 Toni Braxton - Secrets3 11 Soundtrack - Evita4 3 Tic Tac Toe -Tic Tac Toe5 17 No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom6 6 Spice Girls - Spice7 8 Celine Dion - Falling Into You8 4 Kelly Family - Almost Heaven9 9 Backstreet Boys - Backstreet Boys10 5 SchlAmpfe - Voll Der Winter

(Polydor)(BMG)(WEA)(RCA)

(MCA)(Virgin)

(Columbia)(EMI)

(Rough Trade)(EMI)

TW LW SINGLES1 1 Gala - Freed From Desire2 2 Spice Girls - Say You'll Be There3 5 2 Be 3 - Partir Un Jour4 4 Worlds Apart - Everlasting Love5 7 3T - I Need You6 3 %haled - Aicha7 24 Faithless - Insomnia8 16 Teri Moise - Je Serai La9 12 Ophelie Winter - Shame On U10 17 Down Low - Vision Of Life

TW LW &Bums1 3 Celine Dion - Live A Paris (Columbia)2 5 Mylene Farmer - Anamorphosee (Polydor)3 2 Spice Girls - Spice (Virgin)4 1 Worlds Apart - Everybody (EMI)5 7 Noir Desir - 666667 Club (PolyGram)6 9 Celine Dion - Falling Into You (Columbia)7 8 Julio Iglesias - Tango (Columbia)8 4 Fugees - The Score (SMALL.)9 30 Soundtrack-Evita (Warner)10 17 Jamiroquai - Travelling Without Moving (Sony S2)

(Scorpio)(Virgin)

(EMI)(EMI)(Epic)

(Barclay)(Happy)(Virgin)

(East West)(Mascotte)

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1 Robert Miles - One & One (Flying)5 Blackwood - Thelide On The Rhythm (A&D)

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(Warner)(Self)

(Warner)

(Sony)(Flying)

2 Underworld - Born Slippy6 Sash! - Encore Une Fois3 D.J. Dado - Revenge4 Braids -Bohemian Rhapsody12 Datura - Von-Doo Believe14 Madonna - Don't Cry For Me Argentina7 Jamiroquai - Cosmic Girl11 Mario Pio - DedicatedLW AinumsNE Litfiba - Month Sommersi (EMI)1 Zucchero - The Best Of Zucchero (Polydor)2 Lucio Dalla - Canzoni (Pressing)3 Spice Girls - Spice (Virgin)4 Claudio Baglioni - Attori E Spettatori (Columbia)

7 Eros Ramazzotti - Dove C'E Musica (DDD)6 RAF - Collezione Temporanea (CGD)8 Soundtrack - Evita (Warner)10 Ligabue - Buon Compleanno Elvis (Warner)12 Renato Zero - Le Origini (RTI)

SPAIN HOLLAND BELGIUM SWEDEN

TW LW SINGLES1 1 Mark Owen - Child (BMG)2 3 Whitney Houston - Step By Step (BMG)3 2 Los Del Rio - Macarena Christmas (Serdisco)4 4 Jamiroquai - Cosmic Girl (Epic)5 NE No Doubt - Don't Speak (MCA)

TW LW ALBUMS

1 1 Spice Girls - Spice (Virgin)2 3 Rosanna Arbelo - Lunas Rotas (MCA)3 2 Julio Iglesias - Tango (CBS -Sony)4 4 Ana, Miguel, Victor & Serrat - El Gusto... (BMG)

5 5 Rosario - Mucho Por Vivir (Epic)6 6 Ella Baila Sola - Ella Bails Solo (Hispavox)7 7 Laura Pausini - La Cose Che Vivi (DRO)8 8 Los Rodriguez - Rasta Luego (DRO)9 9 Crowded House - Recurring Dream (EMI)10 15 Cecilia - Desde Que Tu Te Has Ido (Epic)

11 10 Luz - Pequero Y Grandes Exitos (Hispavox)12 12 Isabel Pantoja - Amor Eterno (Polydor)13 16 Roxette - Baladas En Espanol (Hispavox)14 11 Mike Oldfield - Voyager (Warner)15 21 Ricky Martin - A Medio Vivir (CBS -Sony)

TW LW SINGLES1 1 No Doubt - Don't Speak (MCA)2 4 Spice Girls - 2 Become 1 (Virgin)3 2 Marco Borsato - De Waarheid (Polydor)4 6 Gabber Piet - Hakke & Zage (Sunny)5 5 3T - I Need You (Epic)6 7 Flamman & Abraxas - Good To Go (Polydor)7 3 Hakkuhbar - Gabbertje (Edel/Roadrunner)8 15 Gala - Freed From Desire (Polydor)9 8 Toni Braxton - Un-Break My Heart (BMG)

10 32 Madonna - Don't Cry For Me Argentina (Warner)TW LW ALBUMS

1 2 Celine Dion - Falling Into You (Columbia)2 1 Helmut Lotti - Goes Classic II (BMG)3 4 Toni Braxton - Secrets (BMG)4 3 BZN - A Symphonic Night (Mercury)5 6 No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom (MCA)6 5 Andre Rieu - In Concert (Mercury)7 7 Andrea Bocelli- Bocelli (Polydor)8 11 Frans Bauer - Voor Jou (That's Entertainment)9 10 Marco Borsato - Als Geen Ander (Polydor)10 9 Kelly Family - Almost Heaven (EMI)

TW LW SINGLES1 1 Gala - Freed From Desire (Private Life)2 2 Robert Miles feat Maria Nayler - One & One (BMG)

3 3 Faithless - Insomnia (Jive)4 5 DJ MD - Rio (CNR Music)5 4 Get Ready - Wachten Op Jou (Play That Beat)6 7 Prodigy - Breathe (PIAS)7 9 Sanne - Land Van Ons Twee (BMG)8 6 Backstreet Boys - Quit Playing Games (Jive)9 14 Celine Dion - All By Myself (Columbia)10 15 3T - I Need You (Epic)

TW LW ALBUMS1 1 Helmut Lotti - Goes Classic II (BMG)2 3 Celine Dion - Falling Into You (Columbia)3 2 Andrea Bocelli - Viaggio Italians (Polydor)4 4 Dana Winner - Waar Is Het Gevoel (EMI)5 8 Get Ready! - Get Ready! (Play That Beat)6 9 Gunther Neefs - Special Request (Polydor)7 5 Celine Dion - Live A Paris (Columbia)8 6 De Smurfen - Smurfenhits (EMI)9 11 Simply Red - Greatest Hits (WEA)10 7 Helmut Lotti - Goes Classic (RCA)

TW LW SINGLES1 1 Prodigy - Breathe (MNW)2 2 Toni Braxton - Un-Break My Heart (BMG)3 3 Various - Ringaren I Notre Dame (Musiksaga) (SGA)

4 11 No Doubt - Don't Speak (MCA)5 5 East 17/Gabrielle - If You Ever (London)6 14 Braids - Bohemian Rhapsody (Warner)7 9 Vacuum - I Breathe (Stockholm)8 16 Rzibit - Paparazzi (BMG)9 8 E -Type - Free Like A Flying Demon (Stockholm)

10 12 Lutricia McNeal - Ain't That Just... (Metronome)

TW LW ALBUMS1 3 Smurfarna - Smurfhits 1 (CNR Music)2 1 Vaya Con Dios - Best Of (BMG)3 6 Kiss - Greatest Kiss (Mercury)4 5 Rod Stewart - If We Fall In Love Tonight (Warner)

5 2 Hassan - Tillvaratagna Effekter - Volym 5 (MD)

6 8 Spice Girls - Spice (Virgin)7 4 Orig. Cast - Kristin FrUn Duvemilla (Mono Music)

8 11 Celine Dion - Falling Into You (Columbia)9 9 Eros Ramazzotti - Dove C'E Musica (BMG)10 10 Tomas Ledin - T (Warner)

DENMARK NORWAY FINLAND IRELANDTW LW &Nous1 1 Aqua - Roses Are Red2 17 No Doubt - Don't Speak3 12 Robert Miles feat. Maria Nayler - One & One

4 3 Blackstreet feat. Dr. Dre - No Diggity5 4 Toni Braxton - Un-Break My Heart6 6 Whitney Houston - Step By Step7 2 Prodigy - Breathe8 7 Spice Girls - 2 Become 19 5 Faithless - Insomnia

10 10 Fugees - No Woman No CryTW LW ALBUMS1 5 Toni Braxton - Secrets2 3 Vaya Con Dios - Best Of3 1 Lene Siel - Mine Favoritter4 2 Spice Girls - Spice5 4 Celine Dion - Falling Into You6 12 Soundtrack - Evita7

8910

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(BMG)

(MCA)(BMG)(BMG)

(MD)(Virgin)

(Scandinavian)(Sony)

(BMG)(BMG)(CMC)

(Virgin)(Sony)

(Warner)7 Ostkyst Hustlers - Fuld M Lagn (Sony)10 Thomas Helmig - Groovy Day (BMG Ariola)9 Simply Red - Greatest Hits (Warner)39 No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom (MCA)

TW LW SINGLES1 1 No Doubt - Don't Speak (MCA)2 2 Toni Braxton - Un-Break My Heart (BMG)3 4 Spice Girls - 2 Become 1 (Virgin)4 5 Cranberries - When You're Gone (PolyGram)5 6 Prodigy - Breathe (MD)6 7 Blackstreet feat. Dr. Dre - No Diggity (MCA)

7 3 Kelly Family - I Can't Help Myself (EMI)8 NE Robert Miles - One & One (BMG)9 10 Warren G - What's Love Got To Do With It (MCA)10 8 Braids - Bohemian Rhapsody (Warner)

TW LW ALBUMS1 1 Spice Girls - Spice (Virgin)2 3 No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom (MCA)3 NE Santana - Summer Dreams (Sony)4 9 Cranberries - To The Faithful Departed (PolyGram)

5 5 Toto - Greatest Hits (Sony)6 10 Toni Braxton - Secrets (BMG)7 2 Celine Dion - Falling Into You (Sony)8 4 Kelly Family - Almost Heaven (EMI)9 NE Wham 1 - The Final (Sony)10 29 Suede - Coming Up (Sony)

1W LW SINGLES1 1 Apulanta - Anna Mulle Pilskaa (Levy)2 2 Prodigy - Breathe (SMD-Musiiki)3 3 Punaiset Messiaat - Oma Rotta (Levy)4 4 Mascara - Erittain Hyv3 (PolyGram)5 NE Pandora - A Little Bit (MCA)6 12 ELS - Talviaamun Prinsessa (Zoo)7 NE D.J. BoBo - Respect Yourself (EAMS)8 5 Alexia - Number One (DWA)9 14 Ricky Martin - Maria (Sony)10 NE Erasure - In My Arms (SMD-Musiiki)

TW LW ALBUMS1 1 Smurffit - Tanssihitit Vol. 1 (EMI)2 2 Eppu Normaali - Repullinen HittejN (Poko)3 4 No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom (MCA)4 5 Mr. President - UpNAway - The Album (Warner)5 6 Spice Girls - Spice (EMI)6 3 Vanessa -Mae - The Violin Player (EMI)7 7 Aikakone - Toiseen Maailmaan (BMG)8 8 Enigma - Le Roi Est Mort, Vine Le Roi! (EMI)

9 9 Van Halen - Best Of Volume 1 (Warner)10 10 Toto - Greatest Hits (Columbia)

TW LW SINGLES1 1 Spice Girls - 2 Become 1 (Virgin)2 3 Toni Braxton - Un-Break My Heart (BMG)3 4 Robert Miles - One Sr One (Deconstruction)4 2 Prodigy - Breathe (XL)

5 5 Boyzone - A Different Beat (Polydor)6 48 Tori Amos - Professional Widow (Warner)7 7 Warren G - What's Love Got To Do With It (MCA)

8 11 Faithless - Salve Mea (Cheeky)9 32 Orbital - Satan Live (London)10 6 East 17/Gabrielle - If You Ever (London)

TW LW ALBUMS1 1 Spice Girls - Spice (Virgin)2 2 Celine Dion - Falling Into You (Sony)3 6 Beautiful South - Blue Is The Colour (PolyGram)

4 7 Jamiroquai - Travelling Without Moving (Sony)

5 3 Dustin - Unplucked (EMI)6 4 Fugees - The Score (Sony)7 13 Various - Faith Of Our Fathers (RTE)8 5 Various - Hits 97 (Warner/Global/Sony)9 9 Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill (Warner)10 16 Corrs - Forgiven Not Forgotten (Warner)

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TW LW SINGLES1 3 Brightman/Bocelli - Time To Say Goodbye

2 1 Toni Braxton - Un-Break My Heart3 2 Tic Tac Toe - Verpiss' Dich4 4 Backstreet Boys - Quit Playing Games5 5 'N Sync - I Want You Back6 7 Robert Miles - One & One7 6 Boyzone - Words

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(Warner)(BMG)

(PolyGram)(Polydor)

8 10 Prodigy - Breathe (Warner)9 20 The Course - Ready Or Not (Exclusa)10 8 Toten Rosen - Zehn Kleine Jagermeister (Warner)

TW LW ALBUMS

1 1 Andrea Bocelli - Bocelli (PolyGram)2 3 Toni Braxton - Secrets (BMG)3 2 Zucchero - The Best Of Zucchero (PolyGram)4 6 Tic Tac Toe - Tic Tac Toe (BMG)5 4 D.J. BoBo - World In Motion (EMI)6 5 Spice Girls - Spice (EMI)7 7 Backstreet Boys - Backstreet Boys (Warner)8 8 Schltimpfe - Voll Der Winter (EMI)9 27 Soundtrack - Evita (Warner)10 9 Kelly Family - Almost Heaven (EMI)

TW LW SINGLES1 7 Toni Braxton - Un-Break My Heart (BMG)2 3 Brightman/Bocelli - Time To Say Goodbye (Warner)

3 6 Tic Tac Toe - Verpiss' Dich (BMG)4 5 Dune - Who Wants To Live Forever (EMI)5 2 Tina Turner - In Your Wildest Dreams (EMI)

6 8 Madonna - Don't Cry For Me Argentina (Warner)7 1 Backstreet Boys - Quit Playing Games (Echo-Zyx)8 20 Unique 2 - Do What You Please (Sony)9 4 Boyzone - Words (PolyGram)

10 13 Prodigy - Breathe (EMI)TW LW ALBUMS

1 1 Soundtrack - Evita (Warner)2 2 Backstreet Boys - Backstreet Boys (Echo-Zyx)3 6 Eros Ramazzotti - Dove CT Musica (BMG)4 5 SchlAmpfe - Voll Der Winter (EMI)5 8 Rod Stewart - If We Fall In Love Tonight (Warner)6 3 Kelly Family - Almost Heaven (EMI)7 12 Toni Braxton - Secrets (BMG)8 4 Simply Red - Greatest Hits (Warner)9 9 Zucchero - The Best Of Zucchero (PolyGram)10 27 Andrea Bocelli - Bocelli (Polydor)

1W LW ALBUMS1 1 Delfins - Saber A Mar2 5 Rio Grande - Rio Grande3 3 Vaya Con Dios - Best Of4 2 Pedro Abrunhosa - Tempo5 9 Spice Girls - Spice (Virgin)6 4 Maria Joao Pores - Chopin -Nocturnes (PolyGram)7 15 Julio Iglesias - Tango8 RE Queen - Greatest Hits I & II9 6 Mania Morissette - Jagged Little Pill10 12 Luis Represas - Ao Vivo No CCB11 18 Celine Dion - Live A Paris12 7 Rod Stewart - If We Fall In Love Tonight (Warner)

13 25 Roxette - Baladas En Espa§ol (EMI)14 28 Simon & Garfunkel - The Definitive Collection (Sony)

15 17 Toni Braxton - Secrets (BMG)16 21 Said - 0 Bacalhau Quer Alho (Vidisco)17 8 Carlos Paredes - Na Corrente (EMI)18 RE Fugees - The Score (Sony)19 RE Celine Dion - Falling Into You Sony)20 RE Enigma - Le Roi Est Mort, Vine I.e Roi! (Virgin)

The Portuguese singles chart has been suspended untilfurther notice by local IFPI body AFP.

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12 G. Bregovic - Underground (PolyGram)3 Celine Dion - Falling Into You (Sony)5 No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom (MCA)9 Spice Girls - Spice (Virgin)4 Soundtrack - Trainspotting (EMI)6 Soundtrack - Evita (Warner)10 Vaya Con Dios - Best Of (BMG)13 George Michael - Older (Virgin)11 Backstreet Boys - Backstreet Boys (Virgin)8 Chris Rea - La Passion (Warner)RE Fine Young Cannibals - The Finest (PolyGram)

35 Stevie Wonder - Song Review (Motown)19 Rolling Stones - Rock And Roll Circus (PolyGram)

14 Fugees - The Score (Sony)42 Bob Marley - Legend (PolyGram)30 Deus - In A Bar Under The Sea (PolyGram)25 Tanita Tikaram - The Best Of (Warner)

Based on the national sales charts from 16 Europe. markets. Information supplied by Music Monitor/ChartTrack (UK); Full ebartservice by Media Control GmbH 0049.7221-366201 (Germany); SNEP (France); singles: Musica E DisehifMario De Luigi, albums: Fimi.Nielsen (Italy); Stichting Top 50 (Holland); Stichting Promuvi (Belgium); LPSOS/Makass.r8PI (Hungary); GLF/IFPI (Sweden); IFPI/Nielsen Marketing Research (Denmark); VG (Norway); ALEF 111B/AFTVE(Spain);

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Goldhead MusicYnglingagatan 20, PO Box 23149, 11347, Stockholm, Sweden; tel:(+468) 4409214,fax: (+468) 337670, E -Mail: sales@nextstop.seContact: Peter Hartzell, Torgjorn SvenssonStand at MIDEM: 1123Hotel during MIDEM: De FranceActivities: Record production, Record label, Record distribution/import, PublishingLabels (owned): Tempo Records, Parc Records, Pavilion Records, Why Not Records, Strike RecordsProduct/genres handled: Pop, Dance/Techno, Rock, Alternative/MetalTop acts: Paula Hed vig, Juice, Drop Zone feat. EmblaSuccess of 1996: Destination Goa -series (Various artists)Priority in 1997: Da Known Fellons, Juice, Drop ZoneActive in: Scandinavia

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Steppin' Out Records (UK) Ltd4 - 4a Murderdean Road, Newtongrange, Scotland EH22 4PD; tel:. (+44) 0131 654 1888,fax. (+44) 0131 654 2888, E -Mail. WWW.STEPPINOUT.Co.UKContact: Ian RobertsonStand no. at MIDEM: 19.02 Telephone no at stand: 33 04 92998050Hotel during MIDEM: Cannes Beach ResidenceActivities: Record production, Record Distribution/Import, Publishing, Remixing and producingLabels (owned): Cuckooland Records, Steppin' Out Records, Euro CollectionLabels (distributed): Bam City RecordingsProduct/genres handled: Pop, Dance (Euro and House)Top acts: DJ Scott, Outer Rhythm, TechnocatSuccess of 1996: "Heaven"' "Piano Madness 1",Priority in 1997: "Heaven", "Piano Madness 1", "Popcorn"Active in: France, Belguim, Holland and Germany

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EAMS Lesser GmbH & Co. KGGraflingerstr. 132, 94469 Deggendorf, Germany: tel: (+49) 991 290260, fax: (+49) 991 24866

Contact: Helmut Oswald, Thomas HaberederStand no. at MIDEM: G3.15 Telephone no. at stand: 0033 6 492 998793

Hotel during MIDEM: MartinezActivities: Record production, Record distribution, Record label, Publishing

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Priority in 1997: Jam & Natascha Wright, DJ BoboActive in : U.S., U.K., Japan

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Bluebird Music/Blue BubbleArinatte 8, 00370 Helsinki, Finland; tel: (+358) 95061877, fax: (+358) 95061786, E -Mail: niko@bluebird.s:

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Stand no. at MIDEM: Hotel Splendid

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A weekly Eurochart analysis by Bob Macdonald

Her heart may need un-breaking, but her careerremains firmly intact.

Toni Braxton scores her first Eurochart number 1this week, as Un-Break My Heart (LaFace/Arista) jumpsto the top of the Hot 100 in its 13th week on the chart.The R&B star achieves this feat despite being number 1in only one individual country, Austria. The secret of hersuccess lies in her pan-European appeal-the single iscurrently number 2 in five other markets (see TopNational Sellers, page 25). Braxton's previous mostsuccessful Eurochart entry was another ballad, BreatheAgain, which peaked at number 8 in 1994.

In a banner week for Braxton, her album Secrets earnsthe Sales Breaker award on the European Top 100Albums list. Although it stays at number 3, Secrets enjoysa huge increase in chart points this week, emphaticallyclosing the gap with Celine Dion's number 2 title, FallingInto You (Epic/Columbia). Braxton's gain is even largerthan that of No Doubt, whose Tragic Kingdom(Trauma/Interscope) nonetheless rockets from 28 to 6.

The Sales Breaker on the Hot 100 Singles chartbelongs to Madonna, as Don't Cry For Me Argentina(Warner Bros.) benefits from its new uptempo mixes andthe box-office success of Evita, leaping seventeen placesto number 7. The movie soundtrack's first single YouMust Love Me could only manage a number 29 peak lastautumn, but Argentina is Madonna's biggest Eurohitsince Secret climbed to number 4 just over two years ago.

Snapping at her heels, Sarah Brightman & AndreaBocelli take a ten -place jump to number 8. Time To SayGoodbye (East West) has the GSA region sewn up,topping the German and Swiss charts and climbing tothe runner-up slot in Austria. The only other single inthe top 10 which can't yet be described as a Europe -widehit is Gala's Freed From Desire (Do It Yourself) , which

is stillnumber/1 inFrance andBelgiumand rankedeighth inHolland,good enoughfor an over-all number5 position inits 17thchart week.

Thereare no lessthan 23 newentries onthe Hot 100this week, as countries shake offthe Christmas/New Year lull. These range from thestreetwise rap of MC Lyte's Cold Rock A Party (EastWest), which samples Diana Ross' 1980 classic UpsideDown, to the vintage pop of the Kinks' Days (When!),enjoying renewed exposure in a British TV commercial.Other new entries include Barbra Streisand & BryanAdams' US top 20 hit I Finally Found Someone, onColumbia in the States but released on A&M inEurope, and D.J. BoBo's Respect Yourself (Metrovinyl),which provides an instant Hot 100 replacement for theSwiss star's outgoing hit Pray.

Two other long -running smashes get their marchingorders this week, Los Del Rio's Macarena (Serdisco) andthe Spice Girls' Wannabe (Virgin). The Girls retain thenumber 1 album this week with Spice, but lose out on athird chart -topping single, as 2 Become 1 experiences afaster burnout in many territories than its twopredecessors and slips one Euro-notch to

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Eurochart A/Z IndexesI-IcDt 100 singles Top, 100 albums2 Become 1 4 In The Ghetto 46 3T 94 M People 98A Different Beat 72 In The Meantime 88 Alanis Morissette 13 Manic Street Preachers 26Aicha 25 In Your Car 74 Ana, Miguel, Victor & Serrat 63 Mark Owen 46Aii...Tchaaa!! 63 In Your Wildest Dreams 37 Andre Rieu 56 Metallica 84All By Myself 35 Insomnia 16 Andre Rieu 77 Michael Jackson 28Bad Boys De Marseille 76 It's All Coming Back To Me Now 39 Andrea Bocelli 4 Mina 81Bails 53 Je Serai La 41 Andrea Bocelli 35 Mina 96Bailando 49 Je Te Prendrai Nue... 81 Articolo 31 90 Mylene Farmer 23Betcha By Golly Wow 80 No Diggity 19 Backstreet Boys 15 No Doubt 6Beyond The Invisible 84 No Woman No Cry 83 Beautiful South 21 No Mercy 45Bicycle Race 100 No Woman, No Cry 36 Beautiful South 100 Noir Desir 37Bohemian Rhapsody 26 Nuclear Holiday 90 Blackstreet 75 Oasis 41Born Slippy 38 One & One 2 Boyzone 43 Pascal Obispo 72Break It Up 70 Ouelli El Darek 93 Bryan Adams 79 Pavarotti & Friends 42Breathe 3 Paparazzi 34 BZN 89 Phil Collins 22Child 29 Partir Un Jour 18 Celine Dion 2 R.E.M. 52Cold Rock A Party 67 People Hold On 14 Celine Dion 10 RAF 59Cosmic Girl 32 Professional Widow 11 Celine Dion 83 Renato Zero 73Da Funk 89 Quit Playing Games 10 Celine Dion 74 Robert Miles 36Days 85 Ready Or Not 60 Claudio Baglioni 50 Robson & Jerome 71De Waarheid 69 Respect Yourself 52 Cranberries 49 Rod Stewart 20Die Langste Single Der Welt 65 Revenge 96 Crowded House 33 Rosanna Arbelo 55Do What You Please 95 Rever 51 D.J. BoBo 44 Rosario 80Don't Cry For Me Argentina 7 Ringaren I Notre Dame 73 Dana Winner 93 Runrig 95Don't Let Go (Love) 40 Rio 75 East 17 53 Santana 68Don't Marry Her 66 Salva Mea 56 Eddy Mitchell 64 Sarah Brightman 82Don't Speak 6 Satan Live 33 Ella Bails Sole 92 Schltimpfe 24Encore Une Fois 77 Say What You Want 31 Enigma 11 Schltimpfe 88Everlasting Love 22 Say You'll Be There 9 Eros Ramazzotti 12 Scooter 99Every Baby 48 Shame On U 45 Faithless 32 Sheryl Crow 58Freed From Desire 5 Show Me The Way 57 Fugees 9 Simply RedFreedom 2 68 Snoop's Upside Ya Head 62 George Michael 14 Smurfarna 39Gott Deine Kinder 71 So Strung Out 87 Hassan 69 Smurffit 91Hakke & Zage 86 Step By Step 15 Helmut Lotti 34 Snoop Doggy Dogg 85Hey Child 42 Sugar Coated Iceberg 64 Jamiroquai 5 Spice GirlsHorny 59 The Message 97 Joe Cocker 62 Stephan Eicher 78How Bizarre 54 The Ride On The Rhythm 55 Johnny Hallyday 66 Stevie Wonder 47I Ain't Mad At Cha 92 Time To Say Goodbye 8 Julio Iglesias 16 Suede 61I Am 79 Un-Break My Heart 1 Kelly Family 19 Symbol 97I Believe 82 Verpiss' Dich 12 Khaled 60 Tic Tac Toe 18I Can Make You Feel Good 23 Vision Of Life 47 Kiss 40 Tina Turner 48I Can't Help Myself 98 Wachten Op Jou 94 Kristina Fran Duvemala 87 Toni Braxton 3I Finally Found Someone 78 What's Love Got To Do With It 17 Kula Shaker 67 Toten Hosen 31I Have A Dream 58 When I Die 28 Laura Pausini 38 Toto 57I Love You Always Forever 30 Where Do You Go 21 Lene Siel 76 Trainspotting 51I Need You 13 Who Wants To Live Forever 20 Ligabue 70 Van Halen 65I Want You Back 43 Why Don't You Dance With Me 61 Lighthouse Family 30 Vaya Con Dios 17If You Ever 27 Words 24 Litfiba 25 Wolfgang Petry 54In My Arms 91 Zehn Kleine Jagermeister 44 Lucio Della 27 Woolpackers 86

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1 Un-Break My Heart - Toni Braxton

2 Don't Let Go (Love) - En Vogue

3 I Believe I Can Fly - R. Kelly

4 Nobody - Keith Sweat/Athena Cage

(LaFace)

(East West)

(Warner Sunset)

(Elektra)

5 I Believe In You And Me - Whitney Houston (Arista)

6 No Diggity - BLACKstreet ( feat. Dr. Dre) (Interscope)

7 Mouth - Merril Bainbridge (Universal)

8 I'm Still In Love With You - New Edition (MCA)

9 It's All Coming Back To Me Now - Celine Dion (550 Music)

11 If It Makes You Happy - Sheryl Crow (A&M)

Wannabe - Spice Girls (Virgin)

12 Where Do You Go - No Mercy (Arista)

20 You Were Meant For Me - Jewel (Atlantic)

13 When You Love A Woman - Journey (Columbia)

10 Fly Like An Eagle - Seal (ZTT)

16 I Love You Always Forever - Donna Lewis (Atlantic)

23 Ooh Aah...Just A Little Bit - Gina G (Eternal)

18 No Time - Lil' Kim feat. Puff Daddy (Undeas)

22 Cold Rock A Party - MC Lyte (East West)

14 I Finally Found Someone - Streisand/Adams(Columbia)

15 Last Night - Az Yet

24 Twisted - Keith Sweat

17 Pony - Ginuwine

- This Is Your Night - Amber

25 Change The World - Eric Clapton

(LaFace)

(Elektra)

(550 Music)

(Tommy Boy)

(Reprise)

USA Billboard To 25 AlbumsArtist/Title

1 No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom

2 2 Soundtrack - Romeo + Juliet

3 3 Celine Dion - Falling Into You

4 8 LeAnn Rimes - Blue

5 7 Toni Braxton - Secrets

4 Soundtrack - The Preacher's Wife

O 12 Soundtrack - Evita

5 Soundtrack - Space Jam

9 6 Bush - Razorblade Suitcase

10 9 Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill

11 11 Makaveli - The Don Killuminati

12 10 Deana Carter - Did I Shave My Legs For This? (Capitol)

O 19 Counting Crows - Recovering The Satellites (DGC)

14 16 BLACKstreet - Another Level (Interscope)

15 14 Keith Sweat - Keith Sweat (Elektra)

16 15 311.311 (Capricorn)

17 13 Kenny G - The Moment (Arista)

18 23 Foxy Brown - Ill Na Na (Violator)

- Jewel - Pieces Of You (Atlantic)0

Label

(Trauma)

(Capitol)

(550 Music)

(Curb)

(LaFace)

(Arista)

(Warner Bros.)

(Warner Sunset)

(Trauma)

(Maverick)

(Death Row)

20 21 Soundtrack - Beavis & Butthead Do America (Geffen)

21 18 Snoop Doggy Dogg - Tha Doggfather (Death Row)

22 17 Alan Jackson - Everything I Love (Arista)

CD - Aaliyah - One In A Million (Blackground)

24 22 Van Halen - Best Of Volume 1 (Warner Bros.)

O - Various - Ultimate Dance Party 1997 (Arista)

1997, Bil board/BPI Communications. Singles chart compiled from a national sample oftap 40 radio airplay monitored by Broadcast Data Systems, top 40 radio playlists, andretail and rack singles sales collected, compiled, and provided by SoundScan. Albumschart based on retail and rack sales collected, compiled, and provided by SoundScan.

0 BPI Communications

MUSIC & MEDIA CD JANUARY 25, 1997AmericanRadioHistory.Com

Station Reports include allnew additions to the playlist.Some reports will alsoinclude "Power Play" songs,which receive special em-phasis during the week. AllPower Play songs areprinted. whether they arereported for the first time ornot. Some lists includefeatured new albums, asindicated by the abbreviation"AL." Within each country,stations are grouped byranking and listed alpha-betically. Rankings include:Platinum (P), Gold (G), Silver(S) and Bronze (B). Allplaylists must be receivedby Monday at 13.00 h. CET.

AUSTRIAO3/Vienna PCHR

Alfred Rosenauer Head Of MusicPlayliet Additions:

DJ Bobo- Respect Yourself

No Doubt- Don t Speak

Phil Collins- Its In Your Eyes

Spice Girls. 2 Become I

BELGIUMBRTN STUDIO BRUSSEL/Brussels P

CHRAlock

Jan Hautekiet ProducerPower Play:

Blur- Beetlebum

Playliet Additions:David Bowie- Little Wonders

REM.- Electrolite

Texas- Say What You Want

RADIO CONTACT N/Mussela PCHR

Danny de Bruyn - Prog DirPlayliet Additions:

Streisand/Adams- I Finally

Commimaris B. My Name Is Bob

DJ MD- Rio

Donn -AlineMA- Zaterdag

Khaled- Akita

Laura Paneled- Le Case/Lae Cows

Abriond/Proby- Yesterday Iles Gone

Peter Andre- I Feel You

She Na- Aan De Weise Rivier

Willy Sommers- Met Rijn Ogen

Yasmine- Porselein

BRTN RADIO 2 -EAST

FLANDERS/Ghent G

CHR

Johan Van Achte ProducerPlayliet Additions:

Mr. President- I Give You..

She-Na- Aan De Wolgarivier

BRTN RADIO 2 -WEST FLANDERS/

Kortrijk GCHR

Peter de Groot - Head Of Music

Power Play:

Beautiful South -Marry

AL Stephan Eicher

HIT -FM 106.1/Flasselt B

CHR

Andre Hemeryck Prog DirPlayliet Additions:

A Tribe Called Quest- Stressed Out

Amber- This Is

DJ Bobo- Respect Yourself

Double Vision- Alone Again Or

Erasure- In My Arms

Faithless- Salve Mee

Jamiroquai- Cosmic Girl

Kaleef- Golden Brown

Krapoel In Axe- Zamrdag

Kristine W- Land

Madonna -Argentina

NAS- Street Dreams

No Mercy. Where Do You Go

Spice Girls- 2 Become 1

Tatjana Calendar Girl

Tony Di -Bart- Falling

RADIO EXPRES/Aatwerp B

CHR/Gold

Mare Dhollander Head Of MusicPower Play:

Spice Girls- 2 Become 1

Playlist Addition.Streisand/Adams- I Finally

Rea/ Baeeey- Glove La Passions

Diana Rom- In The Ones

Madonna -Argentina

RADIO ROYAAUllamont-Achel B

CHR

Tom Holland - Prog DirPower Plan

No Mercy- When I Die

Playliet Addition.Rea/ Hassey. Disco' La Passion

Inspiration C T- LucianKaleef. Golden Brown

Laura Pamini- Le Cose/Las Cosas

One Two Trio- Svimgen

CZECH REPUBLIC

RADIO JOURNAL/Prague PNews/AC

Rent linilicka - Head Of Maeie

Playlist Additions:Fine Young Cannibals -The Flame

Joe Cocker- Don't Let Me Be

Scatman John- Everybody Jam

Tina Turner- In Your

RADIO NOVA ALFA/Prague GAC

Pavel Henske - Head Of Music

Playliet Additions:Alice Spring- Jak Chces Sam

Lightning Seeds- Sugar Coated

Wonders- That Thing

RADIO ORION/Oatrava G

CHR

Pete Magera - Prog Dir

Playliet Additions:

Fun Factory I Love You

RTL CITY RADIO/Prague 0CHR

Karel Oubrecbt - Prog Mgr

Playliet Additions:Manis Morissette. All I Really Want

Jamiroquai- Cosmic Girl

RADIO DRAGONACarlovy Vary S

CHR

Zdenek Pachovaky - Music Manager

Playliet Additions:Spice Girls- 2 Become 1

RADIO PROFLUPardubice

AC

Michel Holy - Head Of MusicPower Play:

Alice Spring- Jak Chces Sam

Playlist Additions:

Amanda Marshall -Fell From

Chris Rea- Girl

DENMARKDANMARKS RADIO Pa/Copenhagen

CHR

Morten Rindholt - Playliet Co-ord.Power Play:

MOMS- Sea Of Time

Playlist Addition.:Cathy Dennis- Waterloo Smear

Lutricia McNeal -Ain't That Just

Suede- Saturday Night

Texas- Say What You Want

Tony Toni Tonc- Let's Get Down

U2- Discotheque

THE VOICE/Copenhagen P

CHR

Eik Frederiksen - Prog Dir

Power Play:

For Real- The Saddest Sang

Weezer- The Good Life

Playliet Additions:Beautiful South- MarryKavana- I Can Make

Lisa Stans5eld/DRS- Purple Hold On

M.R.- To France

Madonna -Argentina

Manic Street Pr.- Australia

MOMB- Sea Of Time

Salt -N -Pepe- Champagne

Texas. Say What You Want

Tiny- Ring -A_ -Ling

Sari Alma Professional Widow

U2- Discotheque

You Know Who- The Greatest Gift

ARHUS NiftRADIO/RADIO COLOM-BO/ Mhos GCHR

Deeper Raab - Music Director

Playliet Unchanged

ANIL/Aalborg G

AC/CHR

Lars Trillingsgaard - Head Of MusicPlayliet Additions:

Dodgy, If You're

Faithless- Salve Mea

For Real- The Saddest Song

Madonna -Argentina

MC Lyte- Cold Rock

MOMB- Sea Of Time

R. Kelly- I Believe

Skunk Anansie- Hedonism

Suede- Saturday Night

U2- Discotheque

Warren G- I Shot

You Know Who- The Greatest GAR

RADIO ABC/Randers G

CHR

Kent Haman - Music Director

Playliet Additions:

En Vogue. Don't Let Go

Gloria Eatefan- I'm Not GivingMelded- Ascha

Madonna -Argentina

U2- Discotheque

You Know Who- The Greatest Gift

RADIO VIBORGNiborgCHR

Pout Foged Head Of MusicPlayliet Additions:

Cathy Dennis- Waterloo Sunset

Eros Ramazzotti- L Aurora

No Mercy- When I Dee

RADIO MOJN/Aabenraa S

Hoc AC

Tom Rue Henriksen - Head Of Music

Playliet Additions:

Ann -Louise- Stay

Maggie Reilly- To France

Merry- Only The Strong

Mr. President- Show Me The Way

Steen/Brygman- Brim Dit Hjerte

Qkumba Zoo- The Child

Simply Smooth- Lady

RADIO ROSKILDE/Roskilde SCHR

Anders Eichhorn - Head Of Chan.

nel/HOM

Playliet Additions:Farahy- Wake Up

George Michael- Older

Kavana- I C. Make

Lutricia McNeal- Mat That Just

Madonna- Argentrm

News- Jeg Elsker Dig

UY Discotheque

You Know Who- The Greatest Gift

RADIO SILKEBORG/Silkeborg S

AC/CHR

Allan Henriksen - Head Of Music

Playliet Additions:

'N Sync- I Want You Back

Amanda Marshall. Birmingham

Ann -Louise. Stay

Boris Dlugosch- Keep Pushin

Erasure- In My Arms

Faith Hill. Somebody Ekes Dream

For Real- The Saddest Sang

Warren G- I Shot The Sherrif

VLR/Vejle SCHR

Peter Larsen - Head Of Music

Playliet Additions:Ann -Louise- Stay

Cathy Dennis- Waterloo Sunset

Erasure- In My Arms

Kavana- I Can Make

Meja- Welcome To..

MOMS- Sea Of Time

SteeniBrygman- Brig Mt Hjerte

LL Kelly- I Believe

Simply Smooth- Lady

Teeko 5- We Got To Move

RADIO HOLMK/Holbamk B

CHR

Mette Kofoed - Prog Dir

Playliet Additions:

Donna Lewis- Without

George Michael- Older

Almond/Proby- Yesterday Has Gone

Soultans- Grapenne

RADIO HOLSTEBRO/Holstebro BCHR

Thomas B. Pedersen - Head Of Music

Power Play:

Dilba- Not Directly

Playlist Additions:Babyfac- Close My Eyes

David Bowie- Little Wonders

News- Jeg Elaker Dig

Steen/Brygman- Brag Dit Hjerte

U2 Discotheque(Island) 38

Texas Say What You Want(Vertigo) 19

Madonna Don't Cry ForMe Argentina

(Warner Brothers) 18Warren G I Shot The Sheriff

(Interscope) 15Varius Manx Ruchome Piaski

(Zic Zac) 14Hey Child

(London) 13I Can Make You Feel Good

(Virgin) 13Don't Let Go

(East West) 122 Become 1

(Virgin) 12Usa Stanfield/ People Hold OnDirty Rotten Scoundrels (Arista) 10Suede Saturday Night

(Nude) 10

Spachog- In The Meantime

Texas. Say Whet You Want

FRANCEEUROPE 2 NETWORK/Paris P

AC

Nicolas du Roy Prog DirPlayliet Additions:

Axelle Red- Men

Gloria Eatefan- You'll B Mine

OMC- How Bizarre

Victor & Eux-J'Cache

FRANCE INTER/Paris P

AC

Marc Garcia - Prog Dir

Playliet Additions:

Adrien- La Lune A Tes Pieds

Ascii° Red- Rien

Cyndi Lauper- You Don't Know

Fred Poulet- Lee Jeunes Males

Gianmarie Testa -Joking Lady

Lake -Rives Polyesters

Francoim/Wiener- Si Tu MDis

Stephan Eicher- 10(1) Vies

FUN RADIO/Paris PCHR

Benoit Sillard - GMCaroline Devigny Prog DirPlayliet Additions:

Blur- 13eetlebum

Leah Andreone- Ire Alright

Offspring- All I

Tribal Jam- Remind Me

Most Added are those songs which received the highestnumber of playlist additions during the week. In theclue ylnhybeti Alit

Ginuwine- Pony

Kaman- I Can Make

L.Vandroae- I Can Make

Madonna- Argentina

MOMB- Sea Of Time

Neneh Cherry- Feel It

Sheryl Crow. Every Day Is

Simply Smooth- Lady

Soultans- Grapevine

Tony Toni Tone- Let's Get Down

Warren G- I Shot

You Know Who -The Greatest MR

STATION OtBENHAVN 102,6 FM/

Copenhagen S

Hot AC/CHR

Jacob Mondrup - Prod Dir/Head Of

Music

Playlist Additions:

Belinda Carlisle- California

Braids -Bohemian

George Michael- Star People

Mr. President. Show Me The Way

Suede- Saturday Night

Tony Rich- Leaves'

Tony Tod Tone- Let's Get Down

THE WAVE -RADIO 89.I/Helsingor

CHR

Jeanette Majolund - StationLeader/OMPlayliet Additions:

Ann -Louise- Stay

David Bowie- Little Wonders

Dicta Queen It

Dilba- Not Directly

For Real- The Saddest Song

MOMB- Sea Of Time

Simply Smooth- Lady Tony Toni Toni- Let's Get Do.

U2- Discotheque

Puff Johnson- Over & Over

Qkumba Zoo- The Child

U2- Discotheque

Warren G. I Shot

ESTONIARADIO HUHU/Tallinn GRock/AC

Jean Riikoja - Head Of MusicPlayliet Additions:

Baby Bird- You're Gorgeous

Havana- I Can Make

No Doubt -Don't Speak

Tori Amos- Professional Widow

FINLANDYLE MIADIOMAFIA/Helsinki PCHR

Leena Pakkanen Prog Dir

Jukka Haarma - Head Of Music

Playlist Additions:Lutricia McNeal- Aint That Just

Maritsa Kuula. Men En Tarvi

Marks Mark. Hey DJ

Mr. President. Gonna Get Along

Offspring- Break It Up

Pandora- A Little BitSam Saari- Ainutkertainen

Suede- Saturday Night

Terra- Say What You Want

U2. Disceteque

Weems The Good Life

KISS FMAIelainki GCHR

Mega Vainio Prog DirPlayliet Additions:

DC Talk- Between You And Me

Sound Of RELS- Crazy Mimic

U2- Discaeque

NRJ NETWORK/Paris P

CHR

Max Guamini DirPlayliet Additions:

Celine Mon- Its All Coming Back

Paradisia Reiland°

U2 -Discotheque

Warren G- I Shot

RTL/Paris PAC

Alain Tibolla - Head Of Prog

Playliet Additions:

Andrea Boerili- Con Te Part.

StreM.d/Adams- I FinallyCeline Dion- Ifs All Coming Back

David McNeil- Quand La Lettre

David Bowie- Little Wonders

De Palmas. Comme ca

Jean -Michel Jerre- Oxygene 8

Joe Cocker- Del. Lady

Maurane- Les Coeurs

Pascal Obispo- II Feat Du Temps

Patricia Kaas- Peer De Tout

Rack Voisin- Kissing RainStephan Eicher- 1000 Vies

C2- Discoteque

ROC FM/Lille GDance/CHR

Philippe Schemberg - Prog DirPlayliet Additions:

Down Low- Vision Of Life

G -Squad- Bebe

Jamiroquai- Cosmic Girl

Sash- Encore Un Fois

Seal- Fly Like

VMRATION/Orleans G

REPORTSDance/CHR

Maxime Caubel Prog Cooed

Playliet Additions:Counting Crows- December

Peter Kitsch/Olivia- &immure)Warren G- I Shot

GERMANYRAYERN 3/Munich P

CHR

Jim Sampson - Music DirWalter Sehmich - Music Dir

Playliet Additions:Alisha's Attic- Alisha Rules

Curtis Mayfield- Just A Little

DC Talk- Between You And Me

Eli Vogue- Don't Let Go

Erasure- In My Arms

Julian Cope- Planetary

Havana. I C. Make

Lighthouse Family- Loving Every Minus

Organized Noire- Set It Off

R.E.M.- Electroh.

Texas -Say What You Want

Warren G- I Shot

RADIO NRW/Oherhausen PAC

Jeff v. Gelder - Head Of MusicPlaylist Additions:

2 Sky- You Give

Streisand/Adams. I Fleetly

Boyzone- A Different Beat

Jamie Lee- Wherever

Merril Bainbridge- Mouth

Nana- Darkman

Texas -Say What You Want

HIT RADIO N [/Nuremberg CDance

Stefan Mti101er Prog DirEranie Funderbunk - Music Editor

Power Play:

Prodigy- Breathe

Playliet Additions:Flip Da- Everybody

No Doubt- Ions Speak

Scatman John- Everybody Jam

HUNDERT 6/Berlin G

AC

Rainer Gruha - Music DirPlayliet Addition,.

Boyzone. A Different Beat

Intrigue- If You ire

ORB/FRETZTotadam G

CHR

Bernd Albrecht, Freak Menzel,

Jens Motile - Producers

Playliet Addition.Boyzone- A Different Beat

Depeche Mode- Barrel Of A Gun

Die Toten Hosea Alles Aus

Dub War. Cry Dignity

Funky Green Dogs- Fired Up

G's Incorporated- Stairway

1.1. Cool J- Ain't Nobody

MC Lyte- Cold Rock

Offspring- All I

Salt-N-Pepa- Champagne

Selig- Knockin

Snoop Doggy Dom- Snoop's Upside

U2- Discoteque

ORB/FRITZ: FRITZ ROADSHOW)

Potsdam G

CHR

Bern Albrecht, Frank Menzel,Jena Molle - Producers

Playliet Additions:

Az Yet- Last

Bed/Breakfast- Falling In Love

Depeche Mode- Barrel Of A Gun

Die Toten Roma- Alles Aus

DJ Bobo- Respect Yourself

L.L. Cool J- Ain't Nobody

Republica- Ready To Go

Tra-X- Back To The Swing

RADIO 7/IllsCHR

Walter No. - Head Of Music

Playliet Additions:2 Young- Crimson & Clover

9T- I Need You

911. Don't Make Me Wait

Streisand/Adams- I Finally

Bed/Breakfast- Falling In Love

Bliimchen- Bicycle Roe

Bomone. A Different Beat

Chicane -Offshore

DJ Bobo- Raspect Yourself

Mmblame- Knockia

En Vogue- Don't Let Go

Flip Da. Everybody

Future Breeze- Why Dont You

Garbage- MilkGeorge Michael -Older

Ginuwine- Pony

Intrigue- If You've

Jamiroquai- Cosmic Girl

Keleef- Golden Brown

Kelly Family- Every Baby

L.L. Cool J- Ain't Nobody

Madonna- Argentina

AhnondProby. Yesterday Has Gone

Murky Mark- Hey DJ

MC Lyte- Cold Rack

M Adebisi- Shake That Body

Nana- Darkman

OMC- On The

Painted Love- You Can Do magic

Peter Andre- I Feel You

Salt -N -Pepe- Champagne

Sarah Brightman- Time

Scooter- Break It Up

Snoop Doggy Dogg- Snoops Upside

Spice Girls- 2 Become I

U2- Discoreque

Worlds Apart. I Was Rom To Los Yen

RADIO ARABELLA/Munich G

National Music

KarlHeinz Schweter Prog Dir

Playliet Additions:Eva -Maria- Zwei Weisse Tauben

Michelle- Er Renate Sie

Schur -moil., Homo Erectus

RADIO FFN/Isernhagen

CHR

Rainer M. Cabanis - Prog Dir

Arnie Schmidt - Head Of MusicPower Play:

X.Perience- Magic Fields

Playliet Addition.Alisha's Attic- Alishe Rules

Duriblame- [(mainDune- Who Wan. To Live

Erasure- In My Arms

Flip Da- Everybody

Kaleef- Golden Brown

Nana- Darkman

No Mercy- When I Die

R.E.M.- Electrolite

Sarah Brightman- Time

Warren G- I Shot

Yello- To The See

RADIO GONG/Nuremberg G

Rock'CHR

PeterMare Sting' - Prog DirPlayliet Additions:

Mark Owen- Child

Merril Bainbridge- MouthOMC- On The

Tool Braxton- Uri -Break My Heart

RADIO REGENBOGEN/Mannheim

CI-IR/Gold

Martin Schwebel - Music Dir

Power Play:

Seal- Fly Like

Playliet Additions:Boyzone- A Different Beat

Der Wolf. Gill's_.

East 17- Hey Child

Erasure- In My Arms

Heath Hunter- Mauler

Nam- Darkman

X.Perience- Magic Fields

RSH/Kiel G

CHR

Stephan Hampe - Head Of Music

Power Play,Merril Bainbridge- Mouth

Playliet Addition.24 C -Clock- So Strong

Allsha's Attic- Alisha Rules

Streieand/Adams- I Finally

Ihmblame- KncekinGloria Estefan- Fm Not Giving

Jamiroquai- Cosmic Girl

MAC- Argentina

Nana- Darkman

Peter Many -Sense

Source- Ready

Spice Girls- 2 Become 1

Texas- Say What You Want

Yello- To The Sea

AL No Doubt

SDR 1/Stuttgart G

CHR

Hann Thomas - Producer

Playliet Additions:Neneb Cherry. Feel It

GREECE

KISS 209 FM/Athena G

CHR/Dance

Michael Taaoussopoulos - Prog Dir

Power Play:

Free- Loveletmr From Space

Playliet Addition.:Natural Born- Universal Love

U2- Discotheque

HOLLANDTROS RADIO 3/Hilvermm P

CHR

Maas Samplonius Head Of Music

Power Play:

No Doubt. Don't Speak

Playliet Additions:Anneke DOWER- Bonkevaart

Bliimehen- Bicycle Race

Freaky Boy- Katrien

Ft's Choice- Dad

Laura Pamirs- Le Cose/Las Cosm

Maribelle- Geef Mij Je Hand

Nachraove- Zing

Nine- Lyn). King

No Mercy- When I Die

Puff Johnson- Over & Over

Red 5- Da Beat Goes

Sarah Brightman -Time

Tarsi Tani- Viva Tirol

675 RADIO 10 GOLD/Ameterdam G

Gold/Oldies

Tom Mulder Prog DirPlayliet Unchanged

LOVE RADIO/Amsterdam G

AC

Elliott Robinson Mogan DirPlayliet Unchanged

HUNGARYHUNGARIAN TOP 20 AIRPLAY

CHART/

Budapest P

CHR

Playliet Additions:

Amokfutok- A Hold Dela

Baby Bird- You're Gorgeous

Backstreet Boys- Quit Playing

Braids -Bohemian

Elo/Alexa- Tiltott Szerelem

Fine Young Cannibals- The Flame

La Luna Ugy Mint Reg

Ladanyls.. Meg Caak Alom

Mr. President- Show Me The Way

Presser Gabor- Nem Szerethet

Spice Girls- Say You'll

Sting- Fm So Happy

Whitney Houston- Step By Step

X.Perience- A Never Ending

RADIO DANUBIUS/Budapest P

CHR

Laszlo Bertok - Music Dir

Playliet Additions:

Eros Ramazzotti- L'Aurora

No Doubt- Don't Speak

Presser Gabor- Nem Szerethet

Robson & Jerome. Broken Hearted

X-Perience- A Never Ending

RADIO BUDGE/Budapest G

AC

Orsolya Megyeri - Head Of Music

Playliet Additions:Robert Miles- One

ITALYITALIA NETWORK: LOS

CUARENTA/

Bologna P

Dance

Michele Menegon - Prog Dir

Playliet Additions:Braids- Bohemian

Disco Rouge- Disco Rouge

Future Breeze- Why Don't You

Indiana -I Wanna Be Loved

Milk Inc.- La Vache

ITALIA NETWORK: MUSIC

FIWBologna P

CHR

Michele Menegon - Prog DirPlaylist Additions

Ginuwine- Pony

HBlocks Step Back

Jovanotti- BellaNo Doubt- Don t Speak

Nuyoric. Soul- RunawayScooter- Break It Up

RADIO 105/Mihm P

CHR

Angelo De Robertis Head Of MalikPlayliet Additions:

Apollo 440- Talkie About Dub

Bagio Antonacci- Lasciami

Cake- The Distance

Donna Lewis- Without

MUSIC & MEDIA JANUARY 25, 1997AmericanRadioHistory.Com

STATION REPORTSGinuwine- Pony

Jean -Michel Jerre- Oxygtine 8

Kula Shaker- Govinda

Kym Mimetic- Young Hearts

Madonna- Argentina

U2 -Discotheque

US 3- Come On Everybody

Wes -Awe Awa

RTL 102.3 HIT RADIO/Bergamo PCHR

Grant Benson - Head Of Mimic

Luca Vineardi Head Of MimicPower Play:

Niccolo' Fabi- Parlami Sombre

Playlet Additions:Alex &wont- Ce La Faro

Andrea Bocelli- Miserere

Articolo 31- 2030

Babyface- Close My Eyes

Streisand/Adams- I Finally

Cyndi Lunar- You Don't Know

Gerideau- Let The Sunshine

Jovanotti- Bella

Laura Pausini- Ascolta II

Ligabue- Seduto In RiveLionel Richie- Arno, TAmo

Litfiba- Ritmo 2

Los Locos- Tie Tie Tac

Madonna- ArgentinaNek- Vivere Senea Te

Nomadi- Quando Ci Sarni

Raf- Un Grande Salto

Renato Zero- Bella Gioventu

Suede- Beautiful Ones

Yaw. Paelianama- Civilization

RADIO BABBOLEO/Genoa GCHR

Lenny Rattone DJ/Prog DirFlavio Vidulich - Head Of Music

Power Play:

Texas- Say What You Want

Playlist Additions:Cyndi Lauper- You Don't Know

Depeche Mode- Barrel Of A Gun

Franco Battiato- La CornJimmy Cliff- Breakout

Jovanotti- BellaNeneh Cherry- Feel ItSmashing Pumpkins- AeroplaneSuede- Saturday Night

RV1 FM/Turin GDance

Max D.iato - Head Of MuskPower Play:

Fabrisio &Andre. Dolcenera

Playlist Additions:Angelo Branduardi. L Apprenthsta

Eva- Place To Be

Frasemeo De Gregori. Compagni DiVggis

F.S.O./London- My Kingdom

Lightning Seeds- What IL..

ANTENNA DELLO S'TREITO/M.si-na SCHR

Filippo Pedeli - DJPower Play:

Blur- Beetlebum

Irene Lainredi.- Malasciatacistare

Playli. Additions:Audio 2- CEra E Non C'e

Ginuwine- Pony

Jan Peter- U Make Me Feel

Havana- I C. MakeRoot & The Gang- In The Mood

Kula Shaker- Govinda

MC Lyte- Cold Rock

No Way Sic- rd Like

OMC- On The

Scooter- Break It Up

Texas- Say What You Want

RADIO SOUND STEREO/Ferrara S

CDR

Sandra Alberghini - Prog DirPower Play:

Backstreet Boys- Quit PlayingBeautiful South- RotterdamPhil Caine- It's In Your Eyes

Playlist Additions:112- Come See Me

ST. I Need You

Artirolo II- 2030

Audio 2- C'Era E Non C'e

Axel Boys- Mr. Vain

Biagio Antonacci- Lasciami

Cores- Love To

Dimblame- Kn.kin'Fabio Coneato- Bell'Italia

Franco Battiato- La Cora

Laura Pausini- AscoltaMark Morrison- Horny

No Mercy- Please Don't Go

Sheryl Crow- Every Day Is

Spice Girls- 2 Become 1

Suede- Saturday Night

RADIO BLUNerona BCHR

Renzo Campo Dell'Orto Prog DirAlex Azzord - Head Of Mimic

Power Play.Fabio Concato. Bell' Italia

Jamiroquai- Cosmic Girl

No Doubt- Don't Speak

Pet Shop Boys- Single Bilingual

Raf- Un Grande Salto

Suede- Beautiful Ones

Symbol- Betcha By Golly

Zucchero- Monte

Playlist Additions:Bagio Antonacci Lestiamr-

Blur. Beetlebum

Jovanotti- Bella

Ligaboe- Seduto la Rive

Madonna- Argentina

LATVIARADIO SWIVRiga

AC

J. Sipkevies - Prog DirPower Play:

Ashley Maelsaae- Sleepy Maggie

Chris Rea- Girl

Boyzone- A Different Beat

Runrig- Greatest Flame

Playlet Addition.:George Michael- Star People

Gloria Estefan- rm Not GivingGorky Park- Stare

?Wind Sen. Ruth Rend. Complete Huhn

Wonders- That Thing

LITHUANIARADIO M-INiloiueCHR

Donates Prog DirPower Play:

Black Box. Native

Playlist Addition.:En Vogue- Don't Let Go

Kavana. I Can Make

Lighthouse Family- Loving Every Minute

Mark Morrison- Horny

LUXEMBOURGELDORADIO/Luxembourg S

CHR

Jim Devans Head Of MusicPlaylet Addition.:

Etienne also- Au Commencement

H -Blocks- Step Back

Madonna -Argentina

No Doubt- Don't Speak

Sarah Brightman. TimeSpice Girla- 2 Become 1

NORWAYNRH PETRE/Oalo PCDR

Nils Heldel - Head Of MU/lie

Playlist Addition.:Kula Shaker- Govinda

Locomotives- Flintaton.Lovebites- Travelling

Neneh Cherry- Feel It

Offspring- All I

Silverchair- Freak

Suede. Saturday Night

Ultrammic- Nothing /a

NTITEDAL RADIO EXTRA/fineby

CHR

Morten Bakke - Head Of MusicPlaylist Addition.:

Baby Bird- Candy Girl

Depeche Mode- Barrel DTA

G.Intrigue- If You've

Line -Needles

IL Kelly- I Believe

U2- Discotheque

Warren 0- I Shot

RADIO 102/Haugesund C

CHR

Egil Hcatehnad - Head Of Music

Playful Additions:CC Cowboys- Et SkolebrId

Puff Johnson. Over & Over

Suede- Saturday Night

Texas- Say What You Want

POLANDRMF-FM/Krakow PCHR

Piotr Metz Head Of MimicPower Play:

Pivo- Slonce

Robert Gawlinski- Sid I Nancy

Playlist Additions:Amanda Marshall- Fall From

Baby Bird- Candy Girl

Bugs Bunny- Bugging

Emit 17 -Hey Child

Gus- Tomorrow Man

Jim Carr.- Someone To Love

Suzanne Vega- Caramel

RADIO BIALYSTOK/Bialystok G

CHR

Tomek Wolski Head Of MusicPower Play:

Crowded House- Don't Dream

Varies Manx- Ruchome Rash

Playlist Additions:91I - Dont Make Me Wait

Dave Matthews- Crash Into Me

Enrique Iglesias- Experiencia

FalBia Nosowaka- Nim Stacie

Kolekcja- Przeplynel. MiLisa Mansfield/DRS People Hold On

Madonna- Argentina

Me & My- Waiting

Mucha- I liwiers Mi

My Life Story. 12 Reasons Why

RADIO FLASH/Gliwice GCAR/Rack

Tomsk Enema - Head Of MusicPower Play:

Presidents/USA- Volcano

Symbol- The Holy River

Playlist Additions:Anita Lipoleka- Rzucilam Karmen

Crash T.t Dummies A Worm's Life

Dunblame- Knockin'

Eels- Mental

E. Johnson- S.R.V.

Lion's Share- Don't Come Easy

Lisa Stansfiel&DRS- People Hold On

Merck Razowaki- Switanie

Rare- Something Wild

U2- Discotheque

Ultimate Rao. CasanovaFarina Manx-Ruchome Piaski

RADIO GDANSK/Gdansk G

CHR

Marek Cegielski - Head Of Music

Power Play:U2- Discotheque

Playlist Additions:Corn- Love To

Dave Matthews -Crash Into Me

East 17- Hey Child

Fine Young Cannibals- She Dm.

Kasia Kowalska- Nim StoneLady Pank- Za1110We

Nice Little.... Daydream Believer

Space -Neighbourhood

Variue Manx- Forborne Piaski

RADIO KOSZALIN/Koszalin

CHR/Rock

Przemyslaw Mroczek - DJ/ProducerPower Play:

Baby Bird- Candy Girl

Ultimate Kees- Casanova

Playlist Additions:Dream Warriors- Float On

East 17- Hey Child

Mule -Desire

My Life Story -12 Reasons Why

02- Discotheque

Varies Manx- Ruchome Piaski

RADIO LUBLIN/Lublin GRock

Wiktor Jachacz - DJ/ProducerPower Play:

East 17- Hey Child

Varius Manx- Ruchome Mash

Playful Additions:

911- Don't Make Me Wait

A Tribe Called Quest. Stressed Out

Crowded House- Don't Dream

D'Angelo- Me And Those

Dave Matthews- Crash Into Me

Fine Young Cannibals- She Drives

Fugees- No Woman No Cry

Isabela Trojanowska- Mon Party

Me & My- Waiting

02- Discotheque

RADIO MERKURY/Ponum GAC

Ryszard Ginger - Head Of Music

Power Play:U2 -Discotheque

Varius Manx- Ruchome Piaski

Playlist Addition.:Blackstreet/Dr. Dee- No Diggity

Roberts/Summer- Whenever mere

D'Angelo- Me And Those

Dave Matthews- Crash Into Me

Enrique Iglesias- Experiencia

Fluke -Atom Bomb

Grua T. TeamJ. Skubikoweki- Hey Blondyna

Limn Z Kopyta Kulig

Lyle Lovett- EasierMe & My- Waiting

Pod Buda- Pastorale Karnawal

RADIO OLSZTYN/Olsztyn G

CHR/Rock

Jacek Hopfer Head Of MusicPower Flap

US- Discotheque

Playliet Additions:911- Don't Make Me Wait

Crowded House- Don't Dream

D'Angelo- Me And Those

Dave Matthews- Crash Into Me

East 17- Hey Child

Enrique Iglesias- Experiencia

Fine Young Cannibals- She Drives

Lisa Stansfiel&DRS People Hold On

Me & My- Waiting

Moby- Come On Baby

Varius Manx- Ruchome Piaski

RADIO PLUS/Gdansk G

AC

Edi Frenkler -Head Of MusicPower Play:

911- Don't Make Me Wait

Playlist Additions:Cathie Dion- Les DeniersCotton Cat- Opowiesc

Kenny. Nosowaka- Nim StineMy Life Story- 12 Reasons Why

US- Discotheque

Varian Manx- Ruchome Pi.ki

POMORZA I KUJAW/Byd.

goszez GCHR/Rock

Pawel Turski Head Of Music

Power Play:Robert Gawlinaki- Sid I Nancy

Playlist Additional

Crowded House- Don't Dream

East 17- Hey Child

Enrique Iglesias- Experiencia

Fine Young Cannibals- She Driven

Grua T.- TanczyKasia Kowalska- Nim Stanje

Madonna- Argentina

Me & My- Waiting

Pangea- Memories

U2 -Discotheque

Varius Manx- Ruchome Pinch

X-Perience- A Never Ending

RADIO ZACHOD/Zielona Gora

CHR

Eugenia.. Bansehowiet - HOMPower Play:

U2 -Discotheque

Playlist Additions:911- Don't Make Me Wait

Aldoeea Dabrowska. Cry Pamietssz

Az Yet- Last

Celine Dion -All By Myself

D'Angelo- Me And Those

Dave Matthews- Crash Into Me

De Lucia -Di Meola-

McLaughlin- ManhaDodgy- If You're

Enrique Iglesias- ExperienciaEternal- Semen

Gloria Estefan- rm Not GivingHoward New- Battlefield

Journey- When You Love A Woman

Moby- Come On Baby

Montell Jordan- Falling

Trine Rein TornVaries Mau- Ruchome Piaski

Worlds Apart- I Was Born To Love You

RADIO AS/Szczecin S

CHR

Tomasz Zaklukiewies - Head OfMusic

Power Play:Enrique Iglesias- Experiencia

Playlist Additions:911- Don't Make Me Wait

A Tribe Called Quest- Stressed Out

Crowded House- Don't Dream

D'Angelo- Me And Those

Dave Matthews- Crash Into Me

Fine Young Cannibals- She Drives

Lisa Stansfield/DRS- People Hold On

Me & My- Waiting

U2- Discotheque

Varies Manx- Ruchome Pi.ki

RADIO LELIWATarnobrireg S

AC/CHR

Rafal Freyer Head Of MusicIwona Kutyna - Music CoordinatorPlaylist Additions:

Andrzej Kreywy- Spelivenie

Firebirds- 24 2/milady

Golden Life- Helicopter

Mafia- hole Demon

U2- Discotheque

Yarns Manx- Hoene Graffiti

RADIO PULS/Gliwice S

AC

Derek Kapturski - Head Of MusicPower Map

Crowded House- Don't Dream

Phylist Addition.:Amirian- To Wszystko By

Enrique Iglesias- Experiencia

Fine Young Cannibals- She Drives

Grua T.- TeamHarry Connick- City Beneath

Pet Shop Boys- Confidental

Vin. Manx- Ruchome Piaski

RADIO RYFM/Lublin S

CHR/Rock

Krzysztof Zesa - Head Of Music

Power Plop911- Don't Make Me Wait

Farina Manx- Ruchome Pi.kiPlaylist Additions:

Crowded House- Don't Dream

D'Angelo- Me And Those

East 17- Hey Child

Enrique Iglesias- Experiencia

Fine Young Cannibals- She Drives

Lisa Stanfield/DRS-People Hold On

Me & My- Waiting

02- Discotheque

RADIO GORZOW/Gorzow B

CHR

Miroslaw Rostkowski - Head OfMusic

Power Play.US -Discotheque

Varius Manx- Ruchome Piaski

Playlist Additions:911- Don't Make Me Wait

Crowded House- Don't Dream

D'Angelo- Me And Those

Dave Matthews- Crash Into Me

Enrique Iglecina- ExperienciaFine Young Cannibals- She Drives

Fluke -Atom Bomb

Lisa Stanafield/DRS. People Hold On

Me & My- Waiting

Moby- Come On Baby

RADIO GRAtTorun B

CHR

Kruestof Komenda - Head of MariePower Play:

Varies Manx- Ruchome Piaski

Playlist Additions:Gawlinaki- Sid I Nancy

Hater.. Nosowska- Sim StankLisa Stansfield/DRS- People Hold On

Madonna- ArgentinaUS- Discotheque

RADIO TORUNTorun BCHR

Pawel Penske Head Of MuskPower Play:

U2- Discotheque

Playlist Additions:911- Don't Make Me Wait

Butelka- King Bruce

Crowded Flou.- Don't Dream

Dave Matthews- Crash Into Me

Dream Warriors- Float On

East 17- Hey Child

Fine Young Cannibals- She Drives

Grua T.- Tanczy

Ich Troje. Milion Sect

Lisa Stansfield/DRS- People Hold On

Point -Bet Konca

Varna Manx- Ruchome Piaski

Worlds Apart.' Was Born To Love You

PORTUGALANTFNA 3/Lisbon P

CHR

Jose Marinho - Head Of MusicPlaylist Additions:

Future Breeze- Why Don't You

George Michael- I Can Make

Hyper Go Go- High

Muwell- Til The Cops

Offspring -All I

Seal- Fly Like

Soultans. Grapevine

U2 -Discotheque

Warren G- I Shot

RFM/Lisbon PCHR

Pedro Tojal Head Of MusicPhylist Additions:

George Michael- OlderMadonna -Argentinasting- I'm So Happy

U2- Discotheque

RUSSIARADIO MAXIMUM/

Moscow/St. Petersburg PCHR

Mikhail lioaareff - Prog DirPlaylist Additions:

Celine Dion- All By Myself

Jamiroquai- Cosmic Girl

Madonna- Argentina

Prodigy -Breathe

Sheryl Crow- Every Day h

MRADIO/Moscow CCHR

Roman Vavilov - General DirectorVied Savinov Prog DirPower Flap

Leah Andreone- Alright

Ans.'s Attic- Aloha RulesGeorge Michael- Older

Merril Bainbridge- MouthPlaylist Additions:

Pearl Jam- Hail HailSheryl Crow- Every Day Is

Soultans- Grapevine

RADIO MAXIMUM/Perm C

CHR

Alekey Glasatov - Prog Dir

Playbill Additions:

Agate Kristi- 2 Korablya

East 17- Hey Child

Ghetto People- In The Ghetto

Heath Hunter- Master

Maxim Leonidov- Kngda Ty

No Mercy- When I Die

Scooter- Break It Up

Tony Rich- Leavin'

SLOVAKIATOP RADIO/Kosi. SAC

Oto Tache - Prog Dir

Playlist Addition.Everything B/T Girl- Driving

lighthos. Family. Loons Every Minute

Maduar- Hafanana

Marley Mark- Hey DJ

OMC- On The

Scorpions- When You

SLOVENIARADIO CITY MARIBOR/Maribor SCHR

Sandi Krim:tole . Head Of Music

Playlist Additions:Beautiful South- MarryBoyce.- A Different BeatDonna Lewis- WithoutGeorge Michael- OlderPet Shop Boys- Single Bilingual

STUDIO D/Novo Mesto S

CHIRasto Bozic - DJ/ProducerPlaylist Additions:

Foxy Brown- Gotta Get

Future Breeze- Why Don't You

No Mercy- When I Die

Sheryl Crow- Every Day Is

Semite.- GrapevineSpice Girls- 2 Become 1

Technotronie- Pump Up The Jun '96

Whitney Houston- Step By Step

Zuechero- She's My Baby

SPAINCADENA 100/Madrid PRocinCHR

Rafael Revert - GMCarlos Finely - Prog DirPower Play:

No Doubt- Don't Speak

Playlist Additions:Streisand/Adama- I Finally

Billy Paul- Me & Mrs. Jones

Eros Ramat:on/ Dove CE Mums

Esclarecidos- View A La Eternal.

Everything BT Girl- Walking

Hemartigeia- La PhonemeIsabel Montero- Canada De Ti

Rodrigo Lew- Solitarium

Roxette- The Look

Texas- Say What You Want

CADENA 40 PRINCIPALES/Mathid

CHR

Luis Merino - MD/Read Of MusicSandra &Angell - Prog DirPower Play:

Miguel Bose- Este Mundo Va

Phylist Additions:Depeche Mode- Barrel Of A Gun

East17/Gabrielle- If You Ever

Eros Ramazzotti- Donde Hay Musics

Javier Alvarez- Barrio

Patricia Oliver- Reina So La Noche

Qkumba Zoo- The Child

Rosario- A Tu Lade

Terse -Say What You Want

SWEDENRADIO MEGAPOL/Stockholm P

AC

Ian Goren Hinson Prog DirPlaylist Additions:

Streisand/Adams- I FinallyCeline Dion- All By Myself

Chris Rea- GirlGeorge Michael- OlderMichael Bolton- The Power

Phil Collins- It's In Your Eyes

Tomas Ledin Varje Steg

SVERIGES RADIO P3: MEST

SPELADE/

Stockholm PCHR

Mate Grimberg - Producer

Playlist Additions:Blacknuss- Roll With Me

Beetlebum

Depeche Mode- Barrel Of A Gun

MC Lyte- Cold Rock

US, Discotheque

RADIO RIXStockhohn GAC/CHR

Mikael Agnepil - Head of MusicPlaylist Additions:

Boyzone- A Different Beat

En Vogue- Dont Let Go

Jaz.j- Pared.Lighthouse Family- Lming Every Minute

Merril Bainbridge- Mouth

Pandora- A Litde Bit

Robert Miles- One

Tex.- Say What You Want

RADIO STOCKHOLM/Stockholm C

CHR

Robert Sehlberg - Music DirectorPlaylist Additions:

Atomic Swing- Walking My Devil

Az Yet- Last

Belinda Carlisle- CaliforniaEn Vogue- Don't Let Go

Madonna- ArgentinaNiklas Strimstedt- Sum er Livet

Stakka Bo & friends- We VieWonders- That Thing

RADIO FM 104.3/Linkiping S

CHR

Matti. Arwidson - Head Of MuskPlaylist Additions:

En Vogue- Dora Let Go

Lutricia MeN.1- My Side Of Town

Merril Bainbridge- Mouth

Pandora- A Little Bit

Spice Girls- 2 Become 1

RADIO RIX/Giteborg S

AC

Peter %Mktg. - Music DirPlaylist Unchanged

STUDIO HIT FM/Stockholm S

Dance

Jocke Bring - Prog DirPlaylist Additions:

Anna -Clara- Som Den Jag er

Depeche Mode- Barrel Of A Gun

George- Love Me All The Way

Jorn- Back To

Mauro Sc..- KNylekenSalt-N-Pepa- Champagne

SWITZERLANDCOULEUR 3/Lausanne GRock

Thierry Catherine - Head Of MusicPower Play:

Global Communication- The Way

Playlist Additions:B.B.E.- Flash

Blur- Beetlebum

Chicane- Offshore

Cranberries- HollywoodHAS- Street Dreams

Neneh Cherry- Feel It

Republica- Ready To Go

U2- Discotheq.

Warren G- I Shot

DRS 3/Zurich CRock

Chriatoph Alispach - Music Co -Ord

Playliat Additions:

Chaka Khan. Never Miss The Water

David Bowie- Little Wonders

Festival Robles- Au-Tchsa

G.Punkt- D. tech Mi Tag

Michelle Gayle- Do You Know

Texas- Say What You Want

Warren G- I Shot

RADIO 24/Zurich

CHR

Dani Richiger Head Of MusicPlaylist Additions:

Funky Diamonds- Bad Girls

Spice Girls- 2 Become 1

RADIO BASILLSK/Baael G

AC

Nick Schulz Head Of MusicPlaylist Additions:

Celine Dion- Because You

Spice Girls- 2 Become I

RADIO EXTRA BERN/Bern GAC

Pierre Barbezat - Head Of MunkPlaylist Additions:

911- The Day We Find Love

Amanda Marshall- Fell FromBed/Breakfast. Falling In Love

Chaka Khan- Never Miss TheWater

Chaka Demos & Mere WitnessConstruction- My Heart IsCounting Crows- December

Donna Lewis- Without

Kaye- On My Way Horne

John Doe- The King Is Gone

Joro H.I- Nod Time IMika- Golden Brown

No Mercy- When I Die

Painted Love -You Can Do magic

Peter Andre- I Feel You

Puff Johnaon. Over & Over

R. Kelly- I Believe

RADIO FRAMBOISE/

Lausanne-Crissier GCHR

Jean Luc Zwickert - Prog DirPlaylist Additions:

Music Instructor- Friends WillPuff Johnson- Over & Over

RADIO PILATUS 104.9/Luzern GCDR

Ralf Tschuppert - Music DirPhilippe Unterschtitz - Head OfMusic

Playlist Additions:Beautiful South. Marry

Foxy Brown Gotta Get

Jovanotti- Bella

Lighthouse Family. Loving Every Minute

Michelle Gayle- Do You Know

Nu Yorican Soul- Runaway

Pine Panduri- Milano

R. Kelly- I Belie.Tex. -Say What You Want

This Generation- DancingWarren G- I Shot

RADIO LAC/Geneva SCDR

Jacky Sanders Prog DirPlaylist Addition.:

Alan Jackson- Everything I Lave

Baby Bird- Candy Girl

Erasure- In My Arms

Gretchen Peters- When You Are Old

Jane Fang- La Tolle De Mon Amour

Joane Labelle- lei Et Nulle

Leah Andreone- Remember

Lucie Della- Tti Nor Mi Rani Mai

Michelle Gayle- Do You Know

Proby- Pam In Your Heart

Sheryl Crow- Every Day le

Texas- Say What You Want

RADIO 3 IO/Mendrisio BCHR

Born Piffaretti - Prog DirRiccardo Pellegrini Head Of Mimic

Power Play:Fugees- No Woman No Cry

Lucie Dalla. To Non Mi Bagti Mai

Sting- Um So Happy

Tina Turner- In Your

Whitney Houston- Step By Step

Zucchero- Men.Playlist Additions:

Chicane- Offahore

Damage- Forever

En Vogue- Don't Let Go

Metallica- Mama Said

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gad.Cliff P. Love Rollercouter

George Michael. I Can Make

James- She s A Star

Kavana. I Can Make

LL Cool J- t Nobody

Electronic- Second Nature

Erasure- In My Arms

No Doubt. Don't Speak

1.12. Discotheque

RED DRAGON FM/Cardiff/Newport

CHR

Phil Roberts - Programme Con-

Spice Girls. 2 Become 1

Terrorvision- Easy

Texas- Say What You Want

The One- One More

Blackstreet/Dr. Dee- No Diggity

George Michael- Older

Madonna -Argentina

Prodigy Breathe

2Pac- I Ain't Mad At Cha

Backstreet Boys- Quit Playing

Blackstreet- No Diggity

Boysone- Words

TURKEY Lightning Seede. Sugar Coated Undercover- Bring Back Your Love troller Tori Amos- Professional Widow Robert Miles- One Damage. Forever

Lisa StansfieldORS- People Hold On Warren G. I Shot Chris Moore - Head Of Music Spice Girls- 2 Become 1 DJ Supreme- Tha WildstyleRADIO 1121SER ONE FM/Istanbul

Michelle Gayle- Do You Know Wonders- That Thing Playlist Additions: FM RADIO NETWORK/Germany C Toni Braxton- Un-Break My Heart Fugees- No Woman No Cry

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Erasure- In My ArmsCHR Lightning Seeds- Sugar Coated

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Babyface. Close My EyesJamiroquai- Cosmic Girl Foxy Brown- Gotta Get

Eocene. I Can MakeA List: The One. One More

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41 NEWS41Polygram calls in ECby Jeff Clark -Meads, European newseditor for Billboard

LONDON - Europe's competition author-ity has been asked to investigate theincreasingly heated dispute between theU.K and the European continent'smechanical collecting societies.

On Wednesday January 15, Poly -Gram International Music Publishingcomplained to the European Commissionantitrust body DG4 about what it claimsto be unfair practice from Scandinavianmechanical society NCB and its Frenchcounterpart SDRM.

PolyGram's complaint says NCB andSDRM have taken illegal sanctionsagainst the company in retaliation for itspivotal role in the new and controversialsystem of direct distribution. U.K.mechanical society MCPS introduced thesystem last year (M&M January 18), andit has caused angst on the Europeancontinent because it means socities thereare deprived of a significant proportion oftheir traditional income. While MCPSoffers direct distribution to all itsmembers, so far only PolyGramPublishing has taken the service.

According to PolyGram, the mea-sures taken by SDRM and NCB fallunder Articles 85 and 86 of the Treaty of

Rome, one of the constitutional foundingdocuments of the EU. Article 85 aims tosafeguard fair competition and Article86 legislates against abuse of a domi-nant position.

PolyGram Music Publishing's direc-tor of legal and business affairs,Crispin Evans, says NBC is the subjectof the complaint because, he argues, ithas witheld rebates due to PolyGram'srecord arm. SDRM is also citedbecause of its declared termination ofits reciprocal rights representationdeal with MCPS. SDRM presidentJean -Loup Tournier said last weekthat SDRM's actions were taken as"retaliation", following PolyGram'sdeal with MCPS.

PolyGram is complaining about abuseof dominant market position as well as adistortion of competition because, accord-ing to Evans, 'These societies have adominant position in the country theyoperate. Commercially, we have nowhereelse to go."

This latest development in the rightsrow comes at the eve of a major meetingto be held in Cannes during Midem onJanuary 21 where senior representativesof publishers and collecting societiesaround Europe aim to find a solution tothe dispute.

Chris Evans to quit Radio 1by Mike McGeever

LONDON - Chris Evans, BBC Radio1 FM's golden boy turned enfantterrible, is to leave the station atEaster. His last breakfast show willbe on March 27; the announcementwas made on January 16.

The corporation's director ofradio and controller of Radio 1,Matthew Bannister had refused tore -negotiate Evans' contract toallow him to have every Friday off."This did not fit into my plans forthe schedule," said Bannister in astatement. "He has therefore

excercised his contractual right togive notice."

Evans, who joined the networktwo years ago, has been creditedwith helping Radio 1 reverse thedecline of its audience when it wasundergoing music policy changes.

Evans and his company Gin-ger Productions were behind anunsuccessful bid to secure thelast FM London licence on thesame day it was announced hewas leaving Radio 1 (see story,page 1). No statement from Evanswas forthcoming at time of goingto press.

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1 NE WHITNEY HOUSTON/STEP BY STEP (ARISTA) 111 2

2 NE No Doubt/Don't Speak (Trauma/Interscope) 90 9

3 NE Toni Braxton/Un-Break My Heart (LaFace) 86 1

4 NE JamiroquaVCosmic Girl (Sony S2) 84 6

5 NE Fugees/No Woman No Cry (Ruffhouse/Columbia) 77 1

6 NE Spice Girls/2 Become 1 (Virgin) 78 12

7 NE Robert Miles/One & One (DBX/Discomagic) 72 2

8 NE SymboUBetcha By Golly Wow! (NPG/EMI) 78 0

9 NE Madonna/Don't Cry For Me Argentina (Warner Brothers) 59 18

10 NE Backstreet Boys/Quit Playing Games (With My Heart) (Jive) 64 2

11 NE Spice Girls/Say You'll Be There (Virgin) 50 1

12 NE Texas/Say What You Want (Vertigo) 37 19

13 NE East 17 feat. Gabrielle/If You Ever (London) 48 1

14 NE Phil Collins/It's In Your Eyes (WEA) 54 2

15 NE Sheryl Crow/Every Day Is A Winding Road (A&M) 51 6

16 NE U2/Discotheque (Island) 39 38

17 NE Blur/Beetlehum (Food) 34 9

18 NE Barbra Streisand & Bryan Adams/I Finally Found Someone (A&M) 43 9

19 NE Warren G/What's Love Got To Do With It (Interscope) 36 0

20 NE Mark Owen/Child (RCA) 45 1

21 NE George Michael/Older (Virgin) 31 8

22 NE En Vogue/Don't Let Go (East West) 35 12

23 NE 3T/I Need You (MJJ/Epic) 44 2

24 NE Tina Turner feat. Barry White/In Your Wildest Dreams (Parlophone) 47 1

25 NE Braidaohemian Rhapsody (Big Beat/Atlantic) 32 3

26 NE Beautiful South/Don't Marry Her (Go!Discs) 40 6

27 NE Soultans/I Heard It Through The Grapevine (CoconutlAriola) 43 5

28 NE Celine Dion/All By Myself (Epic) 40 4

29 NE Pet Shop Boys/Single Bilingual (Parlophone) 44 1

30 NE Erasure/In My Arms (Mute) 28 9

31 NE Donna Lewis/I Love You Always Forever (Atlantic) 28 0

32 NE Fine Young Cannibals/The Flame (London) 39 2

33 NE Baby Bird/You're Gorgeous (Echo/MCA) 32 2

34 NE No Mercy/When I Die (MCI) 38 7

35 NE Rod Stewart/If We Fall In Love Tonight (Warner Brothers) 33 0

36 NE Prodigy/Breathe (XL) 23 3

37 NE Boyzone/A Different Beat (Polydor) 32 9

38 NE Sting/I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying (A&M) 31 2

39 NE Peter Andre/I Feel You (Mushroom) 33 3

40 NE Puff Johnson/Over And Over (Columbia) 26 5

41 NE Kavana/I Can Make You Feel Good (Virgin) 23 13

42 NE Garbage/Milk (Mushroom) 28 1

43 NE Counting Crows/A Long December (Geffen) 22 3

44 NE Lightning Seeds/What If... (Epic) 30 0

45 NE Merril Bainbridge/Mouth (RCA) 27 6

46 NE Dune/Who Wants To Live Forever (Orbit/Virgin) 27 1

47 NE Beautiful South/Rotterdam (Go!Discs) 26 0

48 NE Lighthouse Family/Loving Every Minute (Wild Card) 30 5

49 NE Celine Dion/It's All Coming Back To Me Now (Epic/Columbia) 23 2

50 NE Boyzone/Words (Polydor) 25 0

The European Radio lbp 50 chart is based on a weighted -scoring system. Songs score points by achieving airplay at all of M&M's reporting stationswith contemporary music fulltime or duringspecific dayparts. Stations are weighted by market size and by the number of hours per week.

TW = This Week, LW= Last Week, NE = New Entry, TS = Total Stations

To our readers

Music & Media launchesan all -format airplay chartMusic & Media introduces in this issue a new pan-European airplay chart, the European Radio Top50, which will replace the former EHR Top 40airplay chart. The European Radio Top 50 is thefirst airplay chart to encompass all radio formatsbroadcasting in Europe, from CHR to Gold

This change reflects the evolution of the radiomarket throughout Europe, with the developmentof AC stations and their increasing audience, andanswers the music industry's need for a toolproviding a global picture of airplay at a Europeanlevel, not purely limited to the CHR format.

The changes in scope are immediately visible:for example, last week Whitney Houston's Step ByStep was No.1 in the EHR airplay chart with 70stations reportedly playing the song. This week,the track is also No.1, but with 111 stationsreporting.

In addition to these changes, we have relocatedin the opening section of the Station Reports pages(see page 29) the "Most Added chart," whichdetails the songs which received the highestnumber of playlist additions during the week. Thisweek's most added song was U2's Discotheque,with 38 new adds throughout Europe.

The European Radio Top 50 is based on airplayreports from 273 stations from 28 differentEuropean countries. The breakdown of thestations is the following: 175 CHR, 65 AC, 19Rock, 11 Dance, 2 National music and 1 Gold.

The number of stations included in the M&Mchart will be gradually expanded during the nextmonth as part of our plan to deliver the mostaccurate and thorough picture of European radioairplay.

The chart shows the songs which are on theairplay lists of these stations, and is based on aweighted -scoring system. Each station is weighedaccording to the market size. Stations included inthe M&M panel come from the following regions ofEurope: the British Isles, GSA, France,Scandinavia and Finland, Benelux, Italy, Spain,Poland, Portugal, Balkan Area (Turkey andGreece), East Central (Czech Republic, Slovakia,Bulgaria and Rumania), Baltic Republics,Hungary and Russia/CIS.

M&M also takes into account some pan-European outlets such as music channel MTV andits different regional feeds, Rick Dees Weekly Top40 Show, syndicated throughout Europe or theNokia Eurohit Parade from Finland.

Last but not least, we would like to apologisefor the inconvenience created by some technicalproblems to some of our Chartfax subscribers, whoexperienced delays in their weekly service. We areendeavouring to remedy this as soon as possible,but in the meantime, please contact our chartsdepartment on (+44 171 323 6686) in the event ofany enquiries or difficulties.

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0 1 15 ROBERT MILES/ONE & ONE (DBX/DISCOMAGIC) ITALY 68

0 2 16 Eros Ramazzotti/LAurora/La Aurora (DDD) ITALY 23

3 3 11 Scatman John/Everybody Jam (Iceberg) DENMARK 22

® 7 10 Khaled/Aicha 4 (Barclay) FRANCE 26

0 8 6 Soultans/I Heard It Through The Grapevine (Coconut/Ariola) GERMANY 25

6 4 8 Gala/Freed From Desire (Do It Yourself) ITALY 19

7 5 5 No Mercy/When I Die (MCl/Arista) GERMANY 22

0 11 2 Mr. President/Show Me The Way (WEA) GERMANY 17

0 13 25 No Mercy/Where Do You Go (MCl/Arista) GERMANY 12

0 16 10 Whigfield/Gimme Gimme (X -Energy) ITALY 13

11 9 5 Laura Pausini/Le Cose/Las Cosas (CGD) ITALY 12

12 10 5 Zucchero/She's My Baby (Polydor) ITALY 11

13 6 13 Enigma/Beyond The Invisible (Virgin) GERMANY 9

0 14 2 Scooter/Break It Up (Club Tools) GERMANY 12

15 12 5 Trine Rein/Torn (EMI -Medley) DENMARK 15

0 24 2 Flip Da Scrip/Everybody Funk Now (Nighttown/CNR) HOLLAND 5

0 - NE Luka/Reves Polyesters (Mercury) FINLAND 5

0 )=- NE X-Perience/A Never Ending Dream (WEA) GERMANY 5

19 18 2 Massimo Di Cataldo/Anime (Columbia) ITALY 10

0 =- RE Mr. President/I Give You My Heart (WEA) GERMANY 7

0 )=- RE B.B.E./Seven Days And One Week (Triangle) FRANCE 5

0 22 2 Dune/Who Wants To Live Forever (Orbit/Virgin) GERMANY 1.0

0 ' NE Andrea Bocelli/Con Te Partiro (RTI) ITALY 3

0 ),- NE Total Touch/Somebody Else's Lover (RCA) HOLLAND 7

0 - RE DJ Bobo/Pray (Metrovinyl/EAMS) GERMANY 6

TW = This Week, LW = Last Week, WOC = Weeks On Chart, TS = Total Stations, NE = New Entry, RE = Re -Entry. Titles registe ing a significant point gain areawarded a bullet. ...jc indicates the Road Runner award, assigned to the single with the biggest Increase in chart points.

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Off the recordEdited by Christian Lorenz

The new sample period of German ratings surveyMedienanalyse (MA) started on January 5,

causing consternation among Berlin's privatebroadcasters. It transpires that winning extralisteners for as little as ten minutes during peakhours in the weeks up to March 22 will boost hourlyreach on paper when the MA is published on June11. The larger commercial stations like BerlinerRundfunk and 104.6 RTL operate with annualpromotion budgets of around DM 1 million ($ 0.6million), and OTR hears that a large share of thatmoney will be spent on intensified off -air activitiesover the next two months.

And staying with German ratings, OTRunderstands that Medienanalyse plans to publishtwo surveys per year from 1998 onwards. Inaddition to the familiar June report, the institutewill publish a second MA report each December.

The U.K's Radio Authority is expected topublish a consultation document on the proposedfourth national commercial station within the nextmonth. The idea of another national broadcaster, onlong wave, met with mixed reaction from the radioindustry when the regulator raised the issue (Music& Media Dec. 14, 1996) in December.

Kula Shaker are currently in India with a MTVEurope camera team shooting a documentaryfeature for the pan-European music channel. OTRalso hears that MTV will hold a seminar forEuropean label executives and video producers onthe guidelines issued by U.K. regulatory body ITC.The seminar is scheduled for a whole day and willtake place in London at the end of March.

Nik Martin is to produce Heart 106.2

FM/London's flagship breakfast show startingFebruary 1. Martin will take over from KevinPalmer who was recently promoted to deputyprogramme controller following the departure ofBethan Davies.

French singer Michel Polnareff and French ACnetwork Europe 2 have linked up to produce aglobal interview session. Polnareff, who has beenliving in the U.S.A. for 20 years, answers questionsfrom his current home in Los Angelessimultaneously on the radio station in Dolby stereoand on the Europe 2 Internet site. Due to take placeon Thursday Jan 16, the live hook up was intendedto be a premiere, according to the singer, who will beseen on the Net via a WebCam set in his own studio.

Franco-German political activist Daniel Cohn-Bendit, who was one of the leaders of the 1968student revolt in France, will be paying a short visitto Midem on January 20. Cohn-Bendit, who is nowmember of Frankfurt's city council for the Greenparty, is not in Cannes to sell a record but topromote his project of a European music festival inBosnia this year. The proceeds of the festival will beallocated to the Mostar Music Centre.

On a lighter note, a small controversy started lastweek in France about Johnny Hallyday'scomments in the daily USA Today. The French rockicon is reportedly seeking to obtain Americancitizenship because, "TheFrench are too rude".Hallyday, who lives most ofthe year in Miami denies tohave said that and commentsthat he is perfectly happyand proud to be French. Headds, "If the French are rude,so am I."

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AIRPLAY

The most aired songs in Europe's leading radio marketsTW=This Week, LW=Last Week, WOC=Weeks On Chart, TS=Total Stations

UNITED KINGDOMArtist/Title Original LabelTW LW WOC

1 5 BEAUTIFUL SOUTH/DON'T MARRY HER (GO!DISCS)2 17 Lightning Seeds/Sugar Coated Iceberg (Epic)3 1 Whitney Houston/Step By Step (Arista)4 2 Toni Braxton/Un-Break My Heart (LaFace)5 11 Spice Girls/2 Become 1 (Virgin)6 9 Madonna/Argentina (Warner Brothers)7 8 Mark Morrison/Horny (WEA)8 3 JamiroquailCosmic Girl (Sony S2)9 4 Sheryl Crow/Every Day Is (A&M)10 13 Fugees/No Woman No Cry (Ruffhouse/Columbia)11 14 Texas/Say What You Want (Vertigo)12 En Vogue/Don't Let Go (East West)13 10 Robert Miles/One & One (DBX/Discomagic)14 19 Warren G/What's Love Got (Interscope)15 Supernaturals/The Day Before (Food)16 > Blur/Beetlebum (Food)17 12 East17/Gabrielleilf You Ever (London)18 Gabrielle/Walk On By (Go!Beat)19 Michelle Gayle/Do You Know (RCA)20 Kavana/I Can Make You Feel Good (Virgin)

TS TW LW WOC Artist/tItle

GSA

9 1 1 5 WHITNEY HOUSTON/STEP BY STEP8 2 2 5 Toni Braxton/Un-Break My Heart9 3 7 2 No Doubt/Don't Speak8 4 6 2 Spice Girls/2 Become 19 5 8 3 Dune/Who Wants To Live9 6 4 4 SymboVBetcha By Golly Wow!7 7 5 2 Fugees/No Woman No Cry8 8 3 5 Robert Miles/One & One7 9 12 4 Soulttum/Grapevine6 10 10 2 No Mercy/When I Die7 11 9 10 Warren G/What's Love Got7 12 17 10 Backstreet Boys/Quit Playing8 13 16 2 Tic Tac Toe/Verpiss Dich7 14 n NE DJ Bobo/Respect Yourself6 15 11 3 Bryan Adams/Star6 16 19 10 'N Sync/I Want You Back7 17 3> NE Streisand/Adams/I Finally6 18 18 15 Donna Lewis/I Love You6 19 20 6 Mr. President/Show Me The Way6 20 n- RE Tina Turner/In Your

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TW LW WOC tle

11

11

III MNISM

Original Label TS

Original Label TS

(ARISTA)(LaFace)

(Trauma/Interscope)(Virgin)

(Orbit/Virgin)(NPG/EMI)

(Ruffhouse/Columbia)(DBX/Discomagic)

(Coconut/Ariola)(MCI)

(Interscope)(Jive)

(RCA)(MetrovinyVEAMS)

(A&M)(Ariola)(A&M)

(Atlantic)(WEA)

(Parlophone)

26242223

1818

18

1618

1615

1814101513

1211

11

13

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1W LW WOC ArtiaVltitle Original Label TS

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FRANCETW LW WOC Artiet/Title

1 2 9 SPICE GIRLS/SAY YOU'LL BE THERE2 1 8 Fugees/No Woman, No Cry3 3 9 Warren G/What's Love Got lb Do4 5 12 JeanJaequee GoldmanfElle Attend5 9 7 Down LowNision Of Life6 7 13 Reciprok/Thhi Tcha7 10 II Mad In Parie/Reveillez-Vous8 6 12 Etienne Daho/Au Commencement9 35 3 Jamiroquai/Cosmic Girl10 8 8 Mylene Farmer/ReverII 31 18 Ophelie Winter/Shame On You

12 13 5 Leah Andreone/It's Allright, It's OK13 18 12 Akhenaton/Bad Boys De Marseille14 4 14 Donna Lewis/I Love You Always Forever12 23 3 Braida/Bohemian Rhapsody16 37 2 Toni Braxton/Co-Break My Heart17 17 6 Luka/Reves Polyesters18 16 7 Teri Moieo/Je Serai La19 14 9 Zucchero/Cosi Celeste20 32 7 Mania Morissette/You Learn21 21 10 OMC/How Bizarre22 27 14 Gala/Freed From Desire23 47 3 G-Squad/Aumme File Au Monde24 49 2 Blackstreet/No Diggity25 34 6 Elton John & Luciano Pavarotti/Live Like Horses

Original Label TS

(VIRGIN)(SMALL)

(MCA)(Colombia)

(Scorpio)(SMALL)

(MCA)(Virgin)

(SMALL)(Polydor)

(East West)(RCA)

(Delabel)(East West)(East West)

(La Face)(Mercury)

(Source)(Polydor)

(Maverick)(Polydor)(Scorpio)

(BMG)(Interscope)

(Decca)

Data supplied by SNEP/IPSOS from an electronically monitored panel of national andregional stations. Songs are ranked by number of plays.

1W LW WOC Artiettlitle

1 3 3 NO DOUBT/DON'T SPEAK (TRAUMA/INTERSCOPE) 24 1 2 10 BACKSTREET BOYS/QUIT PLAYING (JIVE) 11 1 1

2 1 5 Whitney Houston/Step By Step (Arista) 23 2 1 2 Gala/Freed From Desire (Do It Yourself) 10 2 5

3 4 3 Jamiroquai/Coemic Girl (Sony S2) 22 3 3 7 Robert Miles/One & One (DBX/Discomagic) 10 3 7

4 2 10 Toni Braxton/Un-Break My Heart (LaFace) 19 4 4 2 3T/I Need You (MJJ/Epic) 10 4 8

5 10 2 Spice Girls/2 Become 1 5 8 10 Toni Braxton/Un-Break My Heart 5 n(Virgin) 18 (LaFace) 9

6 12 2 Phil Collins/It's In Your Eyes (WEA) 17 6 7 2 Spice Girls/2 Become 1 6 2

7 6 2 Sheryl Crow/Every Day Is (A&M) 18 7 11 2 Blackstreet/Dr. Dre/No Diggity (Interscope)rgin) 96 7 98 5 5 Symbonetcha By Golly Wow! (NPG/EMI) 19 8 12 5 Donna Lewis/I Love You (Atlantic) 7 8 n9 8 4 Robert Miles/One & One (DBX/Discomagic) 15 9 6 4 Symbonetcha By Golly Wow! (NPG/EMI) 9 9 13

10 7 6 Fugees/No Woman No Cry (Ruffhouse/Columbia) 15 10 14 2 Az Yet/Last Night (LaFace/Arista) 6 10 n11 11 2 Blur/Beetlebum (Food) 10 11 18 3 Whitney Houston/Step By Step (Arista) 9 11 n12 n NE U2/Discoteque (Island) 10 12 5 4 Prodigy/Breathe (XL) 6 12 12

13 n- NE Streisand/Adams/I Finally 13 9 2 No Doubt/Don't Speak 13 n-

14 13 2 Space/Neighbourhood(A&M) 13

14 10 6 Marco Borsato/De Waarheid(Trauma/Interscope) 7

(Polydor) 8 14 n15 17 2 George Michael/Older

(Gut) 9

(Virgin) 10 15 20 2 Mark Owen/Child (RCA) 9 15 10

16 n NE Texas/Say What You Want (Vertigo) 7 16 16 7 Faithless/Insomnia (Cheeky/Champion) 5 16 4

17 n NE Madonna/Argentina (Warner Brothers)ude) 10 17 n NE Khaled/Aicha (Barclay) 6 17 6

18 n NE Suede/Saturday Night 18 13 2 Guus Meeuwis & Vagant/Verliefd Zijn (Xplo) 6 18 19

19 n NE En Vogue/Don't Let Go (East West) 13 19 n RE Peter Andre/I Feel You (Mushroom) 7 19 n(Genlyd) 11 (Epic)20 16 2 Thomas Helmig/Groovy Day 20 15 6 Celine Dion/All By Myself20 n

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SPAINTW LW WOC Artistflitle

1 n2 15

34 m56 878910

ll n12

13

14

15

16 n17

18

19

20

MADONNA/ARGENTINABlur/BeetlebumLightning Seeds/What If..Wonders/That Thing You DoTexas/Say What You Want

Original Label TS

(WARNER BROTHERS)(Food)(Epic)(Epic)

(Vertigo)Fugees/No Woman No Cry (Ruffhouse/Columbia)Celtas Cortos/En Eatos Dias Inciertos (DRO)Mania Morissette/All I Really WantCounting Crows/A Long DecemberMiguel Bose/Este Mundo VaEast17/Gabrielle/If You EverPatricia Oliver/Reina De La NocheSpice Girls/Say You'll Be ThereRevolver/Ten Fe En MiBackstreet Boys/Quit PlayingDepeche Mode/Barrel Of A GunProvidence/Sigue AsiIllusion/Just An IllusionEros Ramazzotti/Dove C'E MusicsMercedes Ferrer/Adios

(Maverick/Sire)(Geffen)

(WEA)(London)(Arcade)

(Virgin)(WEA)(Jive)

(Mute)(Max Music)

(Columbia)(DDD)(DRO)

32

2

2

2

2

22

2

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

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POLANDTW LW WOC Artisil,

1

2 1

3 24 356 47 98 79 610 5

12 12

13 15

14

15 14

16 81718 n19 13

20

YARNS MANX/RUCHOME PIASKIGolden Life/HelicopterAndrzej Krzywy/SpelnienieRenate Przemyk/Bo Jesli Talc Ma BycU2/DiscotequeJoe Cocker/Into The MysticMy Life Story/12 Reasons WhyBeautiful South/Don't Marry HerMafla/hoie DeszczuWhitney Houston/Step By StepEast 17/Hey ChildLighthouse Family/Loving Every MinutePhil Collins/It's In Your EyesGraze TJTanczy Tanczy I WirujeLouise/One Kiss FromBudka Suflera/Jeden RazMadonna/ArgentinaTytua Wojnowiez/Kaprys Pana PPet Shop Boys/Single BilingualKhaled/Aicha

Original Label TS

(ZIC ZAC) 17(Zic Zac) 17(Zic Rae) 17

(Columbia) 14(Island) 15

(Parlophone) 17(Parlophone) 13

(Go!Discs) 15

(Zic Zac) 18(Arista) 18

(London) 9(Wild Card) 14

(WEA) 12(Pomaton) 12

(lot Avenue/F,M1) 12(New Abra) 7

(Warner Brothers) 7

(Columbia) 9(Parlophone) 12

(Barclay) 12

Compiled by M&M on the basis of playlist reports, using a weighted -scoring system,based on audience size.

JAMIROQUAI/COSMIC GIRLCeline Dion/It's All Coming BackWhitney Houston/Step By StepLitfiba/Ritmo 2Jovanotti/BellaSymbol/Betcha By Golly Wow!Simply Red/AngelLucio Dalla/Tu Non Mi Basti MaiArticolo 31/2030Mark Owen/ChildBraids/BohemianUnderworld/Born SlippyNo Doubt/Don't SpeakCyndi Lauper/You Don't KnowZucchero/Menta E RosmarinoRobert Miles/One & OneFun Lovin' Criminals/We HavePhil Collins/It's In Your EyesJimmy Cliff/Breakout'96Madonna/Argentina

Original Label TS

(SONY S2) 9

(Epic/Columbia) 6

(Arista) 6

(EMI) 6(Solaluna) 5

(NPG/EMI) 6

(East West) 6

(RCA) 5

(Flying) 4(RCA) 5

(Big Beat/Atlantic) 4(Junior Boys Own) 3

(Trauma/Interscope) 5

(Epic) 3

(Polydor) 5

(DBX/Discomagic) 4(EMI) 4

(WEA) 4(Chaos/Columbia) 4(Warner Brothers) 4

Compiled by M&M on the basis of playlist reports, using a weighted -scoring system,based on audience size.

TW LW WOC Artist/Title

1 3

2 10

3

4 65

67

89

10

12

13

14 18

15

16

1718

19 19

20 2

ROBERT MILES/ONE & ONEScatman John/Everybody JamSting/I'm So HappyTatrai Band/Hajnali SzelSpice Girls/Say You'll Be ThereAmokfutok/A Hold DelaMr. President/Show Me The WayBraids/BohemianX-Perience/A Never Ending DreamFine Young Cannibals/The FlameWhitney Houston/Step By StepLa Luna/Ugy Mint RegElo/Aleaafriltott SzerelemEmberek/GyertyafenyLadanybene 27/Meg Cask MomBaby Bird/You're GorgeousBackstreet Boys/Quit PlayingPresser Gabor/Nem SzerethetBeautiful South/RotterdamBoyzone/Words

Original Label

(DBX/DISCOMAGIC)(Iceberg)

(A&M)(Magneoton)

(Virgin)(Magneoton)

(WEA)(Big Beat/Atlantic)

(WEA)(London)

(Arista)(MIK)(Felix)

(Ariola)(EMI)

(Echo/MCA)(Jive)

(Ariola)(Go!Discs)

(Polydor)

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CONTENTS

2 & 3MIDEM CANNESFrench presence at Midem New talents Live acts

4JAZZ IN FRANCELABEL NEWS

5TOP FEMALEARTISTS Patricia Kaas Khadja Nin Opholie Winter Guesch Patti

6NEW RELEASESMAD IN PARISWORLD MUSIC AWARDS

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NEWS REPORT

Issue 9

January 1997

EDITORIAL

On behalf of the French musicindustry, the French Music ExportOffice wishes you the best for1997. We have lots of good newsto share with you and Midemoffers a wonderful opportunity tomeet up, work hard but also tocelebrate.

Although our market is knownto be quite particular, for 31years France has still been wel-coming the biggest internatio-nal music fair in Cannes. As theFrench production is develo-ping levels of quality, diversi-ty and quantity, Midem offersa very rich palette. MidemTalents presents over adozen excellent new bandsand artists who brightly provethat chanson can mix styles,colors, tradition and hyper -modernism. Apart from theJazz Talent night with the bestof the new crop, the jazz spot-light this year will introduceyou to French jazz with fivespecial concerts. We will WNW

also take this as an oppor-tunity to briefly explain thehistory of French jazz. There are alsomany other musical styles to be enjoyed at Midemincluding some of the greatest traditional and also modern celtic, African orcaribbean bands. You will notice that French rock fusion is at the same level as inter-national bands, with many original touches. Last but not least, after its club andmedia success abroad, the French house techno wave, with its particularly creative,sensual and delicate new mixtures is at last getting recognition at home in France !

SENTENCEDTO PRISON,NTM RECORDSWITH NASHardcore group NTM was sentencedto prison for provocative lyricsagainst the police. The general opi-nion finds this judgement as a strongattempt against freedom of expres-sion and now awaits the outcomeafter the appeal. The band has justrecorded a half French, half Englishtrack with Nas. This single is due to beout in France in January and on a re-release of the album "Paris sous lesbombes" wich has already sold230,000 copies (Epic/Sony).

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We don't have enough space to be moreinformative but you can discover the bignames on the long record release sheet.We've had to focus on a few growinginternational successes and decided tospotlight on our borderbreaker femaleartists, as it seems they have betterchances abroad... also giving variousaspects of French chanson.Finally, to help understand the Frenchmusical landscape, radio and salescharts figures will show you the set up ofthe international/French balance. If youwant to know more, The French trademagazine Le Bulletin is offering freeissues.

We want to congratulate EmmanuelLegrand who just became editor in chieffor Music & Media. Notably, he was ourfirst chief editor and the French corres-pondent for Billboard and Music &Media. We are proud of him and wish himthe best of success!

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COME AND JOIN US AT THEFRANCE EXPORT AREA STANDB 1.00 (UPSTAIRS BETWEEN SACEM & ADAMI STAND)

Bureau Export, FCM, FMO, Francophonle Diffusion will warmly welcome you rn idein

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FRENCH TALENTS AT MAGIC MIRRORFor the third consecutive year, the beautiful Magic Mirror circus will be opening every night at 6 pm in front of the Palais des Festivals and will presentsome of the bestFrench new talents. These MIDEM TALENTS shows have been produced over the last six years by SACEM, ADAMI (collecting rights socie-ties for French authors and performers) and MIDEM, who were the first to focus on the promotion of new talents. This has proven to bea great success,as the concept has since been largely used by record producers (re. their charter of Midem 96 and the quota law) and the media. Now new artistsobviously have better chances but also selections are becoming more competitive: they are all very professional and their styles mix tradition, hypermodernism and different cultures with harmony and intelligence.The artists selected this year will be present for a drink at the SACEM-ADAMI stand (B1-00) at noon on the day of their performance and a special pro-motion is being set up by the French professional magazine Le Bulletin (see p. 7 ).

SUNDAY JANUARY 19

With a strong funky image, BazBaz (Island /Polygram) is a reggae -duband R&B artist playing with a modulating band. His career is moving fast :he just performed at the famous Transmusicales festival in Rennes, playedas a supporting act in FFF national tour and the Chaka Demus & Pliersconcert in Paris.

La Foule (The Crowd) (Tristar/Sony) plays a noisy, strong pop-grungerock music, accompanied by well written texts, melody, harmony, goodvoices, and impressive drums. They interact with the public, manage-ment, publishers etc. and it obviously works very well as everyones' reac-tion is" lets be carried away by the crowd !".

Ultra Orange (Barclay/Polygram) is a five person post -atomic bandwhose music is based on the readaptation of rock all the way to noisy gui-tars. Techno mixes or ambiant stratospheric beats and science fictionthemes launch this multi -orgasmic spectacle on a voyage into the future.

MONDAY, JANUARY 20

Van & Les Abeilles (WH Records) sings a new brain -washing style ofFrench chanson drawing his inspiration from Brel, Brassens; Vian andothers. Having performed 300 shows including two concerts at theOlympia and being warmly welcomed by the media, he is truly a verypromising artist.

For six years now Sawt el Atlas has been structured around two trios ofbrothers originating in Morocco. Born from the sources of rat, reggae,and ragga, touring in the biggest festivals and playing as supportingacts of stars, the group has progressively found a strong cohesion with11 musicians, including a horn section : the new "beur" (Arab in slang)generation assumes their wild cultural blend with a beautiful energy.LP "Generaliser" (Rue Bleue /CNR Music)

Les Hurleurs (The Howlers) (Auvidis Chorus) gives a new original tonewith a generous French variety. Their music, concocted with taste, is acolored and poetic rock with a touching authenticity. The seven pieceband has done more than 200 concerts and their first album was pro-duced by Theo Hakola.

IRMA'EUROPOP BOOK 97 IS OUT !IRMA, Music Information Ressources Centre, is having a very busyseason: in November, they released their music and traditionaldance guide, "Trad' 97", and "Questions pour la chanson". IRMA isalso preparing a new detailed guide on French radios, "L'Officiel dela Radio" due to come out in March. On December 3, IRMA's biggestday celebrated their ten year anniversary which consisted of a dayof panel discussions, a press conference and a huge party andconcerts throughout the night.At Miderri, don't miss the presentation of the new EUROPOPBOOKduring the press conference which will be held at the Sacem /Adami stand (B1.00) on January 19 at 5 p.m. IRMA's publication, inclu-ding the successful EUROJAllBOOK, will also be available at theirstand 2216.

Contact: IRMATel: (33 1) 44 83 10 30 - Fax: (33 1) 44 83 10 40

TUESDAY, JANUARY 21

Ceux qui Marchent Debout (Those Who Walk Standing) describe them-selves as a soul brass band, with collective compositions and someunexpected covers. They will definitely make you dance and laugh withtheir live fanfare instruments, playing dance soul music, mixing ska, latin-soul, funk or rap.

Castafiore Bazooka includes six divas oscillating between dreams andreality, existing only for your good fortune and making you laugh or cryacross a caberet of illusions. This exclusively female vocal group, withmulti -styled music, draws from all roots and is accompanied by anaccordion and percussions. They just won the famous award ofAcademie Charles Cros. LP "Au cabaret des illusions perdues" (lesCompagnons de la Tete de Mort/Lucie Productions)

Chanson pop has rarely sounded as determined as it does withBoochon. 3 years experience as a bass player with a rock band andnow a solo performer, he entertains the audience with his humorousrhymes and melodies. Even his nickname, translated as "cork" in English,will prevent you from taking him seriously. LP "Les femmes preferentprendre le bus" (Shaman/Polygram)

Mathieu Boogaerts's sweet melodies and lyrics sound like children'ssongs. His guitar and soft voice are so natural and intimate that theylead people's mind into his personal dream world full of imagination.Abroad his record is already out in Japan and Germany.LP "Super"(Remark/Polygram)

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22

The music of the Julien Lourau Groove Ganq is born from a crossoverbetween free jazz and funk, with rhythm and melody, and some Africanand East European influence. Comprised of a trombone, trumpet, bass,drums, vibraphone, and saxophone, this group has set itself apart fromthe influences of mainstrean jazz. One of the most gifted young artists inFrance to -day ! LP Julien Lourau Groove Gang " - single "VoodooDance" (Label Bleu/ Harmonia Mundi)

Daniel Mille is a young jazz accordionist who combines chambermusic, popular reminiscents, swing and improvisation with eleganceand warmth. In 1993 he received the jazz trophy Django d'Or for "bestnew artist of the year" and he is already compared to Marcel Azzola,Galliano or even Tools Thielemans. His musicians come from diverse ori-gins and horizons and are particularly talented.LPs "Sur les quaffs", "Les Heures Tranquilles" (Saravah / Media 7)

Zoomtop Orchestra is a "true playing machine" with 11 musicians. Thesevery good soloists are totally invested in the original, both melodic andadventurous compositions of the leader, Bertrand Renaudin, an excel-ent jazz drummer and composer. Live LP "Enregistrement Public"

ADAMI

ADAM'S CLASSICAL REVHATIONSconsisting of 4 soloists and 5 lyri-cal artists, will perform January19, 20 and 22 at 11:30 am inAuditorium A at the Palais desFestivals.

RADIO NOVA ON SATELLITEALL OVER EUROPE

This famous parisian "worldwidesoundsystem" is available bysatellite ASTRA 1 E all overEurope. You just need to subscri-be to Canal Satellite or to get itthrough a digital receiver withEuropean standard MPEG2/DV.

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#3, FRENCH ARTISTS PRESENT AT MIDEM 97The following schedule is based on the information confirmed at time of printing

SUNDAY, JANUARY 19

EURONIGHT at the Palm Beach,with the support of the European Commission (DGXI

FUTUREUROPE - RFI - AFROCELTICTri Yann, probably the most popular Celtic Medieval rock group fromBrittany, has performed together for 25 years. Two times a gold album,the group uses traditional and modern instruments. They continue toattract new fans, especially the young Bretons, as they move furtheralong in their career. LP "En Concert" (Declic )

Toure Kunda (WEA) is one of the major African bands who woke upOccidental ears to African music at the end of the 70's and early 80's.From Senegal, these two brothers sing in 5 different African dialects.Beautiful melodies from Casamance, harmonies of the voices andstrength of the percussions are only a few of their talents.LP "Mouslai " (WEA)

MONDAY JANUARY 20:

MIDEMOTION2 BE 3 (EMI) - "To be Three" or "To be Free": you can choose whichevertraduction you prefer. These three hot young guys and childhoodfriends are all into sports, dance and music. Their first single "Partin UnJour" reached n°6 in the charts only 2 weeks after its release.

THE JAZZ LOUNGEClaude Barthelemy has been a must of the French jazz scene over thelast fifteen years: not only an incomparable guitarist but also a magni-ficent composer. His unforgettable performances are full of emotion. Hehas always played and recorded with lots of famous artists. Check outhis new album : "Monsieur Clod" (Deux Z / Harmonia Mundi).

TUESDAY JANUARY 21

GUITAR NIGHTNoel Akchote (2Z) is a young guitarist who has already been involvedwith the biggest French jazz musicians (Louis Sclavis, Daniel Humair, AldoRomano, etc.) and has been playing with Henri Texier since 1990.Having already created different bands and recorded several filmsoundtracks, his career is definitely going to be huge !

LOCAL GLOBALAt the crossroads of punk, metal and indus Hoax (BoucherieProductions) has been a main participater in the French hardcorescene since 89, and on the European scene over the last few years. Their3rd album "Brainstorm at Dawn", with English lyrics, is a treasure of syn-copated and groovy rhythms. Discover their incredible fire power onstage.Tripod's music has a fusion style, with free jazz deviations and a rhythmthat originates from funk, trash, and hardcore. Always researching andlooking for originality, they produce themselves, and although theyremain a fairly recent group, over 300 concerts are scheduled for 1997.Although Kill the Thrill mixes hard-core and industrial wave, they areappreciated by a large and diverse audience of all age groups.Involved in a noisy French scene, the group gives as much as any otherinternational band: the soul which comes together in a compact, revol-ving, noisy and hypnotic sound. Their 1st album "Dig" is a Franco -Swissco -production distributed by Semetery Records.

ATLANTICO - RFITito Paris breaks all musical boundaries with his modern version of thearchipelago's musical traditions, and has earned himself the reputationas being one of the best known musicians on the dynamic CapeVerdean scene in Lisbon. LP "Graga de Tchega" (Lusafrica)

MCMMCM VIDEOMUSIC ATLAS 1997Don't miss the video competition!

On January 21, the music channel MCM will present a complete newversion of its 3rd international videoclip competition: a 90 minute pro-gram featuring 3 entries and the winners from 9 different categories.The election committee will be led by Martin Meissonnier (film direc-tor and record producer).

Contact: MCM InternationalTel: (33 1) 53 64 61 00 - Fax: (33 1) 45 00 12 71

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22

CARRIBEAN GROOVE NIGHTPiano player Alain Jean-Marie (Declic Jazz) enhances and combinesthe styles of jazz and its creole cousin biguine. He works with excellentartists ranging from Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guyana and NewOrleans.Beethova Obas is giving a wonderful hommage to his home islandHaiti and its culture. In 1988 the Radio France International award as"Best Young Singer" and meeting with Malavoi boosted his career. Hislast album, influenced by Brazilian troubadours, will take you into theworld of emotions and friendship. LP "Pa Prese" (Declic/Blue Silver)

LOCAL GLOBAL JAZZThis non -conventional string group, No Quartet plays with a warm andwhimsical personality. Their music is a mixture of styles, drawing from thediverse musical sources of classical, jazz, contemporary and ethnical. LP"Coup de lune" (Stupeur & trompette / OrkhOstra)Juan Carmona has a flawless knowledge of traditional forms and atalented technique. As a particularly creative and sensitive guitarist, herepresents a tie between the modern world of today and an importantcommitment to tradition with his flamenco family. LP "Borboreo"(l'Empreinte Digitate/ Harmonia Mundi)

THE JAZZ LOUNGEBabik Reinhardt (Django's son) is known for his immediately identi-fiable sound with splendid guitar choruses and the ever-present nostal-gia of the gipsy wanderers. He composes powerfully constructed melo-dies colored with inspired arrangements and the rhythms he delights in:ballads in which he excells as well as jazz-rock, or Brazilian tempos.Last LP "Vibration" (RDC Records)

PALM BEACH BEATS IIRFI / CODA : DETROIT/PARIS/VIENNAAlso known as Chris the French kiss, owner, producer and manager ofthe label Yellow Productions, The Mighty Bop is the pioneer of the newFrench house -trip hop wave. By combining jazz, house, hip hop andlatin music, his atmospheric, experimental and sensual music includesbeautiful voices which really please the ear. LP 'Autres Voix Autres Blues"(Yellow Productions)With a classical musical background (piano and percussion) andmany diverse influences, Chaotik Ramses is mainly into the machines'waves and electronic distortions. He mixes technology and classical ins-truments with an aim to bring humanity into electronic music. Altough itsounds dark, his music is definitely brilliant and classy."First ep"(F .Communications)Mixing hip -hop, jungle, house and acid jazz, 23 year old DJ Cam callshis music abstract hip -hop. Starting his own labels, he was quickly ingreat demand worldwide (Massive Attack, DJ Krush, ex -Dee Lite LadyMissKier etc) and is now starting a French career. LP"Substances"(Columbia/Sony)Under the name of ODC, Olivier Le Castor composes a profound elec-tronic groove. He is known for his collaborations with famous DJs suchas Ralphie Dee (New York label Mentality), Emmanuel Top, LaurentGamier etc. and he is one of the founders and the techno specialist ofthe POF label. LP "The Groove/Mecano" (POF/Labels/Virgin)

RFI, ALWAYS CLOSER TO YOU

Radio France International has changed to three specialized pro-grams, RFI 1, the information station in French, RFI 2, the foreign lan-guage station and RFI 3, the 24 hour "a la carte" music station .

RFI 1: Last September, Radio France International launched RFI 1, the first newsradio station in French providing international coverage: 24 hours of information,magazines and reports adapted to different continents with specific journals for eachregion of the world.

RFI 2: Programs of RFI in 18 foreign languages. RFI 3: Strengthened by music in French and broadcasted by satellite, the music sta-

tion RFI 3 presents the best of RFI music, in a format called "cool south" consisting ofrather warm melodies and tones. The 250 daily selected songs reflect the musicalcolors of France in a mix that includes everything, not just the elite.In addition to the music on the station, RFI 3 offers recorded musical programs to its700 partner radios. Available on CD or K7, the recorded programs allow radios toregularly broadcast French music and other useful information via their station(French, English, Spanish, Portuguese).The official announcement of RFI 3 and a press conference will beheld at MIDEM.

Contact: RFI/PR Dept - Tel: (33 1) 42 30 29 51 - Fax: (33 1) 42 30 30 71

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JAZZ IN FRANCEJAZZ GIVESFRANCE

ITS OWN VOICE

Throughout Europe, France has probablybeen the most welcoming to jazz musicians,especially to Americans. Being a bit jealousof this prerogative, French jazz musicianshave made the most out of their resourcesand many are now able to make a living offof their music. The jazz scene in France haschanged dramaticallyin the past years, explo-ding with new talent(about 3000 jazz musi-cians) and continuingto keep up its develop-ment, not only in theareas of broadcasting,recording, and tea-ching, but also with themedia and publicacceptance: notablywith 3 jazz magazines, aNational Jazz Orchestra(ONJ), 230 festivals aswell as many jazz clubs.

Since the late 60's andearly 70's with the last remnants of free jazz,France initially familiarized itself with the ideaof improvized music. Stephane Grappelli inthe Pre War era and Martial Solal (JMS) inthe 50's were the original pioneers of theFrench touch, but there were also HenriTexier (Label Bleu), Aldo Romano, MichelPortal (Label Bleu), Bernard Lubat, andothers who played a major role in the crea-tion and evolution of jazz music throughoutFrance. Concurrently, jazz-rock stayed fairlybig in the U.S., but never really picked up inFrance.In 1981, a special division of the Ministry ofCulture was created and became the firstorganization to officially recognize and helpjazz music. Following that came a slow emer-gence of jazz schools, workshops, associa-tions, and classes, as well as the creation ofJazz Musicians Union and big bands. Thisgrowth also took place outside of Paris due todecentralization laws of the socialist govern-ment. With more jazz learning centers , thestyle of teaching began to transform fromimprovisation to written music. Orchestrasshowed an even more advanced structurewith complex writing for different instruments.Jazz began to be scheduled regularly at cul-tural centers throughout various regionsaround France. Improvisation was sometimesjoined with contemporary music. Soloistsemerged with music expressing their cultureand past. One of the most famous composersand improvisers is Louis Sclavis. MichelPetrucciafai (Dreyfus Jazz) became a starand gained international status upon hisdeparture to the United States. Born frommany different influences, each musicianhad an original sense of inventiveness andopenness and contributed to France's uniquecreations. One of the best examples of this at

Midem is Claude Barthelemy, a particularlycreative guitar virtuoso.

If one takes a look geographically at wherejazz musicians have located themselves, it is

mainly centralized in Paris and the suburbs.However, in the north of Normandy, the regio-nal council has invested more than 3 millionFrancs in the promotion of jazz. Furthermore, alot of passionate people have helped theprosperance of Jazz outside of Paris such asMichel Orier (Label Bleu), Armand Meignan(AFIJMA) and Jacques Panisset (GrenobleJazz Festival).Although France is definitely the world's lea-der in jazz festivals, it only occupies 3-4% of

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the record market. There has been an over-production of recordings and a limited num-ber of distribution networks. There are unfortu-nately very few sales points for jazz CDs inFrance. The major companies have domina-ted, especially Polygram Jazz who has runthe jazz market on a worldwide scale, mainlyby signing and recording many artists ontheir Verve label. Dreyfus has played a fun-damental role in the French jazz product, butone must not forget the hard work of smallerindependent producers such as OwlRecords, Label Bleu, Deux 2, JMS, RDCRecords and others.

In France, jazz has made a strong impact onpeople and will always hold a place in themusic world. To -day, there is a new generationentering the scene with their own identity anddetermination, such as Laurent de Wildewho brings back to date the traditional style,or SIXUN, Julien Lourau and Noel Akchote,who mix with rap, funk, and Afro-Carribeaninfluences. Don't miss these last two at theTalents Jazz night at Midem

Sources: "Les Cahiers du Jazz" n° 6 (PUF):"Vingt ans de jazz en France: essai de chro-nologie" by Sylvain Siclier, "Geographie dujazz en France aujourd'hui" by PascalAnquetil - "Jazz in France" in Euro Jazz Book(IRMA).

ERR@TUMIn our last issue of "Music News From France" in August. wequickly announced some Internet sites without getting veri-fication and approval by the artists and recording compa-nies. We apologize to thorn for our mistake.

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LABEL NEWS

BOUCHERIE

PRODUCTIONS,

10 YEARS

ALREADY !

December 1996 celebrates the 10th anni-versary of BOUCHERIE PRODUCTIONS. In tenyears, BOUCHERIE PRODUCTIONS hasbecome the leading Alternative Rocklabel in France by following a core prin-ciple : to sign and develop young bandswith artistic integrity. Now it has largely out-grown its original style, reaching a widerspectrum ranging from Folk to Metal. As atestimony to its spirit, it released a very spe-cial project: a compilation encompassingartists from the four labels (Abathrash,Acousteack, Boucherie and Chantonssous la truie) in collaboration with gueststars such as CharlElie Couture, Alan Stivell,Rodolphe Burger (leader of Kat Onoma),Frederic Paris or Kni Krik. This project is

unique because all the songs are originalmaterial written specially for children byadult -oriented artists.

Contact: Boucherie Prod. - Stan HintzyTel.' (33 1)44 52 94 15 - Fax: (33 I)44 52 94 16

OMNISONUS

Omnisonus is one ofthe most importanttechno labels in France. As the name sug-gests, the label is made of different subdi-visions which are: Apricot Records (house),Vivid Underground (trance), E. Child (expe-rimental, hardcore), Virtual (ambient), andthe techno division with OmnisonusRecords.On the one hand, this label is proud ofhaving its own artistic managementthrough the release of vinyls and on theother hand it is dedicated to the organiza-tion of specific compilation projects.Among these, "Techno Travel" was licensedby Euro Nervous (USA) last June. Two diffe-rent projects have also been recentlyreleased: "Basic Techno" (presenting 14techno / hardtechno tracks in the spirit ofthe Detroit sound), which will soon be dis-tributed for Germany by Logic Distributionas well as the last underground project"Hardcore Fever Extrem Mission Part 3".

Contact: Omnisonus - Thierry RuedaTet (33 1) 40 34 22 66 - Fax: (33 1)40 34 22 88

TECH NO

One can find information onOmnisonus and other Frenchtechno labels on the Internet:FITTPWWWW.PRANCETECKNO.FR

ORIGINS OR IG4 NSMusic at its source

MusicFor man's better beingFor spirituality, cultureEnvironment, NatureFor Universality.

Contact: ORIGINS - Tel: (33 1) 45 38 50 00Fax: (33 1) 45 38 96 01

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TOP FEMALE ARTISTSPATRICIA KAAS

NEW ALBUM EAGERLY AWAITED

29 years old, 9 millionalbums sold worldwide, "LaKaas" is the only Frenchsongstress to have everachieved such a fast,popular and continuoussuccess both in France andabroad. Following her natu-rally close relationship withher public, the youngFrench star is now beco-ming completely involvedin the creative process andin production.Patricia and her manage-ment are devoted to work

because, since the debut of her career at 8 years old, she has alwayscommitted herself to her public, who reciprocates it warmly back. Everyone of her 3 studio albums sell regularly between 2 and 3 million units,half of this amount at an international level. Throughout every continent,she attracts enthousiastic crowds of all ages who eagerly await her nextalbum and tour. Patricia has been busy working and recording in NewYork both French and American albums. Looking for the best recipe foreveryone, she naturally imposed herself with the right arrangementsand has developed most of the creative ideas, giving her work morepersonality and cohesion .

We will discover the French album "Dans Ma Chair" (In My Heart) onMarch 18th. It is co -produced with Phil Ramone, the legendary top Ame-rican producer who worked with stars such as Sinatra, Billy Joel and PaulSimon. The first single "Huand J'ai Peur de tout" (When I'm scared ofeverything) has just come out. Written by Jean -Jacques Goldman andDiane Waren, it will probably be one of the first international hits of theyear. Apart from Goldman and a few big French names who alreadydid most of Patricia's hits, some tracks are written by other great Frenchauther-composers such as Franck Langolff (Renaud, Vanessa Paradis)and Jean Fauque (Bashung). Some songs are created by anglo-saxonsongwriters but sung in French. The bonus track, the only song in English,is a duet with James Taylor!The international album is scheduled for the summer of 97. Created in avery close A&R partnership with Columbia records in NY, it is being pro-duced by Joel Dorn (Roberta Flack, Bette Midler, Leon Parker, DebbyHarry etc.). Although 80 % of the songs are in English, she maintains herclassical French chanteuse way of singing but, the music has becomemore alternative and very contemporary. Almost as if Bjork and AnnieLennox had a younger French sister... It is a shame we do not know moreabout the album right now, however we do know that one of the songsis composed by Sheryl Crow.

Impatiently awaiting the release of Patricia's new album, we are veryconfident and congratulate her for taking on her own artistic direction.

Contact: Sony Music - Tel: (33 1) 44 40 67 28 - Fax: (33 1) 44 40 67 80

GUESCH PATTI

PETER GREENAWAY DISCOVERS GUESCH PATTI'S MUSICAL TALENT

After the release of her album"Blonde" (XIII Bis Records) in Europeand Canada, three titles from thesame album ("La Marquise", "LaChinoise", "Blonde") were chosenby the English producer PeterGreenaway to be part of the sound-track of his film "The Pillow Book". Itis a film full of emotions in whichGuesch's music blends in perfectlywith the splendid aestheticism ofimages.

With the worldwide release of the film (France - January 15) and of thesoundtrack (on the label La Bande Son), there will also be a promotio-nal CD with the single "Blonde" (XIII Bis Records) which is the principaltheme song of the film and of the CD Extra (XIII Bis Records), which isdue to come out in the beginning of 1997.

Contacts: XIII Bis RecordsTel: (33 1) 42 12 52 82 - Fax: (33 1) 42 12 52 83La Bande Son - Tel: (33 1) 44 25 71 93 - Fax: (33 1) 44 25 71 95

KNADJA NIN

A CAPTIVATING VOICE FROM BURUNDI

Khadja Nin was born in Gitega, Burundi, a citywhere the music industry is nonexistant and onemust either give it up or go abroad to pursue it,Khadja comes from a rather privileged family anda childhood in which she was surrounded bymusic. She was blessed with a beautiful, warm andpowerful voice, but forced to go elsewhere to useit. The first 10 years of her life outside of Burundiwere quite a struggle, but in 1985 she met a produ-cer who has helped her achieve success. Khadjawrites her own lyrics which express her feelings,

emotions and ideas. She has already released 3 albums and is current-ly living in Brussels with her son.Her most recent album, "Sambolera", with lyrics in both French andSwahili (the most used African language), has already sold 280,000copies just in France which is a great achievement for a world musicartist. Her first single "Sambolera Mayi Son" reached Top 10 in theFrench radio charts this summer and her recent single "Free," an adap-tation of Stevie Wonders's famous song, should soon reach similarheights. Her success has expanded beyond the boundaries of France,for example, German charts have recognized her with one of the TopTen World Music Albums (N°7 in October).

The album has been released in 20 countries: Europe: Austria, Belgium,Denmark, Germany (one single used for TV Premier, Gueld Oder LiebeTV performance in November), Great Britain, Greece, Holland, Poland(album with lyrics in Swahili and Polish), Switzerland, CSFR, Iceland /Africa: Ivory Coast / Asia: Hong Kong, Japan (imported), Taiwan,Thailand / Middle East: Israel, Lebanon, Turkey / North America: soonto be released in the United States.

Contact: 8MG - Catherine CunyTel: (33 1) 44 88 68 80 - Fax: (33 1) 44 88 69 15

OPHELIE WINTER

NEXT R&B STAR GAINING FAME ON TV, MUSIC, AND FILM

Having quickly revealed hertalent as a singer, OphelieWinter is gaining worldwiderecognition. A year ago, shedebuted as a sexy hostess onTV, now she is considered atrue artist in the music world.With a beautiful, deep andpowerful R&B voice, she hasreleased one album titled"No Soucy" in France withsongs in French and English.The international album

"Soon" came out with all the same songs in English.

Instead of going in only one direction with her music, Ophelie enjoysmixing styles. She works with famous artists from all over: Los Angeles,London, Brussels, Paris. Notably, she used two songs written by SiedahGarret (re. duet with Michael Jackson), and recorded one with Coolioand the gang ("Keep It On The Red Light" which will be the third inter-national single - video featuring Coolio).

Ophelie has done amazingly well in France. Her album "No Soucy" isdouble gold with over 220,000 copies and her top single "Dieu, m'adonne la foi" ("Living In Me") has sold 450,000 copies (soon platinumsales award) and reached number 1 in the radio charts.Not only has she had success in France, but her single "Living in Me"has also been listed in the radio charts in Italy (number 2) and Canada."Living in Me" is broadcasted on MTV Europe, MTV Japan and MuchMusic / Music + in Canada. In addition to her musical success, sheplayed a role in Lelouch's latest film released in September ("Hommes,Femmes, Mode d'Emploi").

The album has been released worldwide and will come out in theUnited States in March on Elektra. She recently finished two months ofinternational promotion in over 10 cities throughout the world and willcontinue as of January (Canada, US, Japan).

Contact: East West France - Estelle CohenTel: (33 1)44 71 60 23 - Fax: (33 I) 44 71 60 01

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CHANSONBarbaraBrigitte BardotCharlElie CoutureCharles AznavourEdith PiafElsaEnzo EnzoEric SerraEtienne DahoFrancis CabralGeorge BrassensGilbert BecaudJacques Brel .

Jane BirkinJean-Louis AubertJulien ClercL'Affaire Louis TrioLeo FerreLiana FolyMichel JonaszPatricia KaasRenaudSerge LamaStarmaniaUte LemperValerie Lemercier

ROCKBarking DogsChildren CompilationDaniel ChenevezDe PalmasDouble NelsonFrancois Hadji-LazaroIndochinaKat OnomaLes Rita MitsoukoNoir DesirNo One is InnocentRachid TahaShai No ShaiSilmarilsStephan Eicher

RAP / FUNKAlliance EthnikChinaCompilationDee NastyIAMMalka FamilyMC SolaarMellowmanMerlelikTribal Jam2 Be 3

Date

Available nowAvailable nowFebruaryAprilAvailable nowAvailable nowFebruaryAvailable nowAvailable nowBeginning of 97'Available nowAvailable nowAvailable nowAvailable nowBeginning of 97'Beginning of 97'MarchAvailable nowBeginning of 97'Available nowMarchAvailable nowAvailable nowAvailable nowAprilFebruary

Available nowAvailable nowFebruaryJanuaryAvailable nowAvailable nowAvailable nowAprilAvailable nowAvailable nowFebruaryMarchAvailable nowMarchAvailable now

/ GROOVEMayJanuaryAvailable nowAvailable nowFebruaryFebruaryt.b.aMarchJanuaryJanuaryFebruary

WC,F21_1:,Amino t.b.aBoubacar Traore Available nowCesaria Evora FebruaryDan Ar Braz AprilDeep Forest JuneDenez Prijent Available nowDjam & Fam JanuaryFenoamby Available nowIsmael Lo Available nowKali Available nowKhaled Available nowManu Dibango Beginning of 97'Mory 'Kante Available nowRalph Tamar Available nowSally Nyolo Available nowTri Yann Available nowYazid Available now

TECHNIC, HOUSE, ABSTRACT 11 -111a -11-10F.A Reminiscent Drive January & March 2 EpsCompilation January "Source Lab 3"Daft Punk January "Homework"DJ Cam Available now "Substances"Juantrip' April t.b.aLaurent Gamier Available now "Laboratoire Mix"Laurent Gamier March Studio albumManu Le Malin January "Biomecanik"Motorbass Available now "Pansoul"SEPT sl Available nowSherpas Available now EP "Freezin'"

Title

no title"Best of B.B."t.b.at.b.a"1936 - 1945"'Cheque jour est un long chemin""Oui""Best of""Eden"Spanish LPRe -editions"Ensemble""Quand on n'a que l'amour""Live a ('Olympia"t.b.at.b.at.b.a"Chantent les Poetes"t.b.a"Soul Music Airlines""Dans ma chair""Paris Provinces aller retour""L'Ami"different versionsFrench LP & International LPt.b.a

"Spasm""Petite Oreille""Excentrique""Les Lois de la Nature""Le Grand Cornet""Francois detexte Topor""Wax"t.b.a"En concert prive""666667 Club"t.b.aCompilation"Human Condition"t.b.a"1000 Vies"

t.b.at.b.a"Hostile 2""Funky mix Party Vol.2"t.b.a"Foutoukonkass"'t.b.at.b.at.b.at.b.at.b.a

JAZZClaude BarthelemyDidier LockwoodDjango Reinhardt

JanuaryAvailable nowAvailable now

t.b.a"Sa Golo"t.b.at.b.at.b.a"Ar Gouriz Koar""Djam & Fam""Ravo""Jammu Africa""Racines Vol. 3 Noel""Sahra"Compilation"Tatebola""Embarquement Creole""Tribu"Live"Je suis l'Arabe"

"Monsieur Clod""Storyboard""1942 - 1943"

Record Company

Mercury / PolygramPolygramEMIEMIChansophoneAriola / BMGBMGVirginVirginSonyPolygramRCA / BMGBarclay / PolygramMercury / PolygramVirginVirginEMIEPMVirginEMISonyVirginWEAWEAPolygramAriola / Vogue

° XIII Bis RecordsBoucherie ProductionsEMIEMIMusidiscBoucherie ProductionsRCA / BMGEMIDelabelBarclay / PolygramPolygramBarclay / PolygramRCA / BMGEast WestBarclay / Polygram

VirginVirginLabels / VirginMCADelabelRCA / BMGPolydor / PolygramEast WestSonyEMIEM!

PolygramLabel BleuBMGSonySonyRosebud / PolygramWEACobaltIsland / PolygramDeclicBarclay / PolygramPolygramLabel Misslin / ArcadeArcadeLusafricaDeclicPIAS

F CommunicationsSource / VirginLabels / VirginSonyF CommunicationsLevel II / Pias FranceF CommunicationsLevel II / PiasPIASWEAEMI

Harmonic MundiDisques DreyfusClassics/ Melodie

THIS LIST IS NON -EXHAUSTIVE. It is difficult to categorize each recording with the large variety and mixing of styles in France today.We apologize to any of the above artists if they are not placed under a style exactly representing their music.

MAD INPARISMad In Parisbreaks throughwith Frenchfunk -rap

This ten -member live band has created anexciting blend of rap, funk, soul and GoGo.The combination of a lead rapper, funkyfemale vocalist, rich rhythm section (percus-sion - bass - drums - guitar - keyboards) andstrong horn section (trumpet -tenor sax -altosax) results in a sophisticated, driving musicalsound. The group's style is unique, born of adeep -seeded love of music and an impres-sive live performance ability. Live appea-rances have been the key to the band's suc-cess, and they have shared the stage withsuch big names as Steve Coleman,AngOlique Kidjo, and Maceo Parker. Today,having worked the circuit for three years andafter numerous festival performances, Mad InParis enjoys an excellent reputation in Francewhich is quickly spreading throughout theContinent.

The group's first recording, on the "ParisGroove Up" compilation of new French artists(released by East West/Carrere and byAtlantic Jazz in New York), was very wellreceived. In 1995, they performed at the "NewTalents" exhibition during the Midem Festival.Their self -titled first album, released on theMCA France label, has been very successful,and the remix by Dee Nasty of the single"Paris a le Blues" attained Number 1 in theclub charts. The band is also doing extreme-ly well internationally, with album releasesplanned in 16 countries. Following an exten-sive French tour during the month of October,the group performed in Holland andThailand in November.

Album releases are planned in 16 countries:Europe: Austria, Belgium, Denmark,Germany, Holland, Italy, Norway, Sweden,Switzerland / Asia: Japan, Malaysia / NorthAmerica: Canada / South America:Argentina, Brazil / Oceania: Australia, NewZealand.

Contact: MCA - Vicky Rummler - Tel: (33 1)44 90 84 44 - Fax: (33 I) 44 90 84 45

MUSIC AWARDSWORLD MUSIC GROUPS EARN RECOGNITION

KORA, All African Music Awards, recognizedthe most talented African artists. Recorded inJohannesburg, South Africa in September, theshow has now been broadcasted by MCMall over Africa and Europe. Among the 12artists awarded, 3 are produced in France :Cheb Mami (Algeria - Virgin) for Best NorthAfrican Artist, Khadja Nin (Burundi - BMG) forBest East African Artist, Lokua Kanza (Zaire -BMG) for Most Promising Artist.

D'Gary and Regis Gizavo received theaward "le Prix Miroir de la ChansonFrancophone" at the "Summer Festival" inQuebec last July.

For its sixteenth production, the internationalcompetition of southern music "96Discoveries of Radio France International"awarded Coco M'Bassi (Cameroon) theGilles Obringer African Award, Dina Tavares(Brazil) the American Award, and one of ourfavorite signed to EMI France, Yuba (Guinea,Cameroon, Senegal) the Media-ADAMIAward.

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RADIO TRENDS & MUSIC SALES IN FRANCE:INTERNATIONAL/FRENCH BALANCE CONFIRMEDThe quota law has caused a big controversy in France and abroad, but after a year, its implementation seems toconfirm the natural equilibrium that already existed in France between national and international music sold andplayed on the radio. This is proved by different figures: SACEM - SDRM copyrights, the aircheck (IPSOS) and the radiocharts and sales (see below the top 20 of the main charts). The album sales don't show any significant change in the50/50 balance between international and French artists. The only real influence of the quotas has been on the launchof new French talents who now appear in radio charts and on single sales!

TOP 50 - SINGLES

SINGLES SALES CHARTS

SNEP IFOP TITE LIVE

week of Nov, 28 to Dec. 4

GalaDesire" - Scorpio / Polygram

2. Khaled"Aloha' - Barclay / Polygram

3. Spice GirlsWonnabe" - Virgin / Virgin

4. Spice Girls'Say You II Be There' - Virgin / Virgin

5. Worlds Apart'Everlasting Love" DLA / EMI

6. Donna Lewis'I Love you Always For Ever' - East West

7. 2 BE 3Tarte Un Jour' EMI / EMI

8. Florent Pagny'Oh Happy Day' - Mercury / Polygram

9. Warren Gwhars Loye Got To Do With It" - MCA / BMG

10. to Festival Robles'All . Tchaaar - Versailles / Sony

11. Les Chevaliers du Fiel'Je Te Prendrai Nue..." - Flarenash / AMC

12. ParadisioEar[undo' CNR Must / AMC

13. Pascal Obispo°Personne" - Epic I Sony

14. Mirline Farmer"Fever - Polydor I Polygram

15.1MSIf I Ruled The World' Columbia / Sony

16. Ophehe Winter"Shame On U" - East West / East Weal

17. Celine DionEli Frk Myself' - Columbia / Sony

18. Nada Surf'Popular Dekko I WEA

19. Eric Clapton'Change The World' Reprise / Wea

20. No MercyWhere Do You Go - NIVB / 8MG

TOP 50 - ALBUMS

ALBUMS SALES CHARTS

SNEP - IFOP - TITE LIVE

week of Nov. 28 to Dec. 4

1, Celine Diona Paris' - Columbia / Sony

Worlds Aparttybody DLA / EMI

t Noir Desk68e667 Club" Barclay / Polygram

5ltice Girls\Mum / Virgin

Eddy Mitchell`Mr Eddy" Polydor / Polygram

6. Khaled"Saga" Barclay I Polygram

7. The CranberriesTv The co thful Deported Island/Polygram

8. Enigma'Le Rai Est Marl Me Le Ror - Virgin /Virgin

9. The FugeesThe Sure Small ( Sony

10. Michael Jacksoniltelory Epic / Sony

11. Celine Dion77alltng Iola You Columbia I Sony

12. Barbara'Barbara' Mercury / Polygram

13. Various"Slormania WEA / WEA

14. Les Enfoires'La Soiree des Enfoues 96" WEA / WEA

15 Soundtrack`Le Boss r de Notre Dame Disney / Sony

16. Le Festival Robles'Ben Mon Cochonr Versailles / Sony

17. Julio Igleis'Tango' Colombia / Sony

18. Ml lone Farmer"Anamorphosee" Polydor I Polygram

19. M. Plasson & R. Alagna"Chants Sac*" EMI Classics / EMI

20. Etienne Daho'Eden" Virgin / Virgin

The full lists of French sales charts are available on the intemet http://www.ifopir

Some specific radio charts are compiled by the Bulletinde I'industrie du disque et des medias, which isactually the only French bi-monthy magazine in thisfield. On average, 2,500 copies are distributed to musicprofessionals, notably media, labels, retailers. The"Bulletin" offers regular information about the musicbusiness, new trends and current difficulties faced in themusic profession (author rights, TVA, Multimedia, electro-nic commerce, etc.).

Developed a little after the launching of FM radios inFrance, "The Bulletin" has been producing for the pastten years different airplay charts based on the play listsof independent radios. These consist of either the lea-ders in an area outside of Paris or the leaders in parti-cular musical styles. The three principal charts whichcome out every two weeks by The "Bulletin" are the "Top150" (the 150 most broadcasted titles from all styles), the

AIRCHECK IPSOS

GENERAL RADIO

AIRPLAY CHARTS

week of Nov. 28 to Dec. 4

1. Pascal Obispo"Peisonne' - Sony / Epic

2. Donna Lewisi love You Arsew Earever East West

3. Jean Jacques Goldman'Elle Attend" - Sony / Columbia

4, Spice Girls"Soy You II Be There" - Virgin

5. The Fugees'No Woman No Cry Sony / Smell

6. Alisha S. Attic'I Am I Feel Mercury

7. Sheryl Crow"II It Makes' oe Happy A SAI

8. Etienne Daho"Au Commencement" - Virgin

9. Jamiroquai'Virtual Insanity' ' Sony / Small

10. Warren G."Whets love Gel To Do With It" - MCA

11. Gala'Fiend From Deese - Scorpio Music

12. Reciprok'Tchi TCha" - Sony / Small

13. Stephan Eicher'Oh Ponta' Barclay

14. Myline Farmer*Rdver" - Polydor

15. Axelle Red'A Talons' - Virgin

16. Erie Clapton'Crush, Ire WEA

17. The Cranberries'When yell re Gone' - Island Remark

18. Phil Collins'Dunce Into The Light" - WEA

19. The Cardigans"Lovelac' Remark

20. Hysteric Ego'What I hyr Happy Music

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LE 150

HIGHEST AIRPLAY ON THE

PARTNER RADIOS OF LE BULLETIN

December I to 15

I. Pascal Obispo"Personne" - Sony / Epic

2. Axelle Red."A talons' Virgin

3. C. Dion J.J. Goldman'Les premiers sour les demiers" - Sony / Col.

4. Mylene Farmer'Rover - Polydor / Polygram

5. Jean Jacques Goldman'Elle Attend" - Sony / Columbia

6, Phil Collins"Dance Into The Light" - WEA

7. Donna LewisEver" - East West

8. Teri Mouse"Je serai - Source / Virgin

9. Stephan Eicher'Oh Pante - Barclay I Polygram

10. Etienne Daho'Au Commencement" -Virgin

11. Marc Lavoine"C'est go la France' - RCA 18MG

12. JamiroquaiWool Insanity" - Sony / Small

13. Alisha's Attic'I am, I fuel' - Mercury / Polygram

14. Spice Girls"Say Tou Jr Be There" - Virgin / Virgin

15. The CardigansL ove Fool - Island I Polygram

16. Helene SeguraUne voix Dans la nut' - East West

17. Sheryl Crow"II it Mores You Happy" - Polydor I Polygram

18. Les InnocentsDes jours adverses" - Virgin

19. Eric ClaytonChamp the world -Woo

20. Eddy Mitchell1.In portrait de N. Rockwell" - Polygram

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"Top 75" (the top 75 broadcasted French titles) and the"Rock 30". For years, these three charts have been areference to radios and record companies, permittingthem to follow the development of the airplay of theirnew releases, and serve as indicators for regionalizeddistribution and for the expositional development innational medics. As international music has developedand significant new types of music have opened up,"The Bulletin" has taken this into account and new chartshave been created.

Today one can find : the "B.P.M." (Beat per Minute) forDance Music airplay (30 titles), the "Futur Mix" (20 titlesfrom Techno, House. Trans, Hardcore, Ambiant, and Hiphop), the "Metallic K.O." (25 albums of hard rock musicbroadcasted on French radios specializing in this style),the "Rock 30", (the 50 titles most played by specializedrock radios) and last but not least the "Black Liste" and"Mega Jazz", to respond to the interest of the market forWorld Music and its differents trends.

For information or subscription:"The Bulletin"Tel: (33 4) 71 59 71 71 - Fax: (33 4) 71 65 86 56

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96' INTERNATIONAL CHARTS FOR

FRENCH SPEAKING COUNTRIES

1. Celine DionPour qua to m'aimes encore (Col./Sony)

2. Tonton DavidPour tout le monde pareil (DelabelMrgin)

3. KhaledArch° (Barclay/PolyGram)

3ex. Princess ErikaFoul quitravaille (Polydor/PolyGram)

5. Celine DionJe sets pas (Columbla/Sony Music)

6. Alliance EthnikHonesty & Jalousie (DelabelMrgln)

7. Maxime Le ForestierPasser ma mule (Polydor/PolyGram)

8. Lokua KanzaShadow Dancer (RCWBMG)

8ex. B. Lavilliers/J. CliffMelody tempo harmony

Mylene Farmer.-_California (Polydor/PolyGram)

Annual top 20 French titles compiled byFrancophonie Diffusion from its network of

108 radios In 50 countries.

Contact: Francophonie Diffusion Tel, (33 1)53 33 33 75 Fax: (33 1) 43 44 35 60

LE FUTUR MIX

HIGHEST AIRPLAY ON SPECIFIC

PARTNER RADIOS OF LE BULLETIN

December 1 to 15

1. Di ShadowI Endlioductrig Source / Virgin

2. Headz 2'Camp Ma Wok" - Source / Virgin

3. Future Sound of Londonne.0 rakes" - Coronet / Virgin

4. DJ Cam'Substances" - Columbia / Sony

5. Compilation'Basic lechno* - Omnisonus / Polygram

6. Emmanuel Top'Asteroid' - Labels / Virgin

7. WinxLen above Ire clouds` - Nervous I EMS

8. Alex Reece"So For" - Istronrt / Polygram

9. Compilation'Naomi, 7 ' Labels / Virgin

10. DJ Sonic'Module' - Ornalsonus / Polygram

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ON THE ROAD :r FRENCH CONCERTS ABROAD ANGELIQUE IONATOS (Auvidis)March - Germany: Munich (21 tba) -April - Mainz (9), NOrnberg (10),Munich (12).

BRATSCH (Polygram)February - Germany: Leipzig (16),Dresden (19), Regensburg (21),Passau (22), Landau (27),Schorndorf (28) - March - Freiburg(1) - Switzerland: Zurich (2).Contact: Adalid Productions - Tel :

33 1 43 43 38 60 - Fax: 33 1 43 44 9258

CACHE CACHE (AA Records)March - Finland: Kouvola (13),Rauma (14), Turku (15), Helsinki (16),Oulu (20), Raahe (21).Contact: Jean Aussanaire - Tel: 33 247 52 84 18 - Fax: 33 2 47 52 88 30

CHEB MAMI (Totem / Virgin)April - Brazil (7 to 15 tba).Contact: Mad Minute Music -Tel: 331 40 10 25 55 - Fax: 33 1 40 10 17 37

DANIEL HUMAIR (Label Bleu)January - Germany: Munster (4 & 5).Contact: Inclinaisons -Tel: 33 4 67 4552 54 - Fax: 33 4 67 03 25 04

D.N.C. (EMI)April - Germany: Erfurt (16 tba),Rostock (17), Leipzig (18),ROsselsheim (20).Contact: Tourbillon - Tel: 33 3 20 5806 72 - Fax: 33 3 20 58 06 73

EDDY MITCHELL (Polygram)March - Switzerland: GenevaApril - Belgium: Brussels (2).Contact: CWP - Tel: 33 1 45 72Fax: 33 1 45 74 22 42

ELSA (BMG)February - Korea (14).Contact: Alias - Tel: 33 1 45 96Fax: 33 1 45 96 00 92

JULIETTE GRECO (Polygram)April - Germany: Berlin (2 tba), Erfurt(4 tba), Stuttgart (5 tba), kiln (7 tba),Hamburg (29 tba), Frankfurt (30 tba)- May - Switzerland: Zurich (1) -

Austria: Linz (2) - Germany: Bremen(4), Siegen-Wittgenstein (16 tba),Gutersloh (17 tba).Contact: Maurice Marouani -Tel: 331 42 25 88 68 - Fax: 33 1 42 25 93 21

KADDA CHERIF HADRIA (Al Sur /Media 7)January - Germany: from 1 to 5.Contact: Lusafrica -Tel: 33 1 43 58 2027 - Fax: 33 1 43 58 20 29

KALI (Declic)April - Germany: tour in planning (15to 30).Contact: Philippe VaillantOrganisation - Tel: 33 1 42 47 01 80 -Fax: 33 1 42 47 04 00

KENT (Barclay)April - Romania (21).Contact: Azimuth - Tel: 33 1 44 79 0036 - Fax: 33 1 44 79 00 34

KHALED (Barclay)January - Germany: tour in planning(20 to February 4) - February -

Scandinavia: tour in planning (5 to15) - March - Belgium: Brussels (7) -Switzerland: Lausanne (26) - April -Switzerland: Lausanne (25).Contact: MMP - Tel: 33 1 44 92 09 70Fax : 33 1 44 92 09 71

LAURENT DE WILDE (Sony Jazz)January - Germany: Hamburg (28),Katt: (29), Leipzig (30), Nurnberg (31)- February - Berlin (1), Frankfurt (2),

(3) Munich (3) - Switzerland: Winterthur(4).

11 68 Contact: Khat Production - Tel: 33 142 23 18 18 - Fax: 33 1 42 23 12 00

LOUIS SCLAVISJanuary - Germany: Munster" (3) -

06 64 Guadeloupe: 29 to February 2.Contact: Inclinaisons - Tel: 33 4 67 4552 54 - Fax: 33 4 67 03 25 04

ENZO ENZO (BMG)April - Germany (12 dates), Poland &Holland in planning - May & June:Midem Asia, Japan, Korea, Taiwan inplanningContact: Azimuth - Tel: 33 1 44 79 0036- Fax: 33 1 44 79 00 34

F.F.F. (Sony)April - Germany, Italy, Spain, Hollandin planning.Contact: Alias - Tel: 33 1 45 96 06 64

,,Fax: 33 1 45 96 00 92

MUVRINI (Sony)April- Germany: Mainz (19), on tourfrom 17 to 27.Contact: Osquitos Buzz - Tel: 33 1 4472 07 40 - Fax : 33 1 44 72 07 31

%JOACHIM KOHN (Label Bleu)January - Germany: MOnster (3 & 5).'Contact: Genevieve PeyregneTel: 33 1 47 97 01 57 Fax: 33 1 47 97 09 06

MAXIME LE FORESTIER (Polygram)April - Germany: Aachen (23), Mainz(24), Saarbrucken (25), Munich (26),Nurnberg (27), Berlin (28) - Hollandin planning.Contact: VMA - Tel: 33 1 47 23 55 80Fax: 33 1 47 20 15 86

MICHEL PETRUCCIANI (DreyfusJazz)January - Germany: Gottingen (31) -February - Munich (1), Kaln (4),Leipzig (5), Hamburg (7), Bielefeld(8), Berlin (11), Lubeck (14),Mannheim (16), Villingen-Schwenningen (17), Nurnberg (23),Frankfurt (27).Contact: Jazz Up! - Tel: 33 2 98 91 5054 - Fax: 33 2 98 91 57 87

MAROUSSE (EMI)March - Germany: Stuttgart (13), ontour till the 31.Contact: SDG Warhead - Tel: 33 1 5379 00 11 - Fax: 33 1 45 83 43 10

/ MORY KANTE (Label Misslin)January - Switzerland: Bern (18), Zug(19) - Germany: Friedrichshafen(21), Karlsruhe (22), Leipzig (23),Hannover (24), Mainz (25), Bielefeld(26), Kaiserslautern (27), Schorndorf(28), Munich (31) - Austria: Salzburg(29), Wien (30) - February -

Germany: Berlin (1), Hamburg (2),Kassel (4), Freiburg (5) - Belgium:Anvers (6) - Holland: Amsterdam(12), Nighttown (13), Goes (14),Leiden (15), Alkmaar (16).Contact: LBDH Productions -Tel: 33 143 53 91 00 - Fax: 33 1 43 53 42 82

NOIR DESIR (Barclay)January - Belgium: Brussels (23) -

February - Switzerland: Geneva (4) -April - Belgium: Brussels (5) - May -Ireland, Germany, Holland, Italy,

Spain in planning.Contact: Alias - Tel: 33 1 45 96 06 64Fax: 33 1 45 96 00 92

RACHID TAHA (Polygram)March - Germany: Munich (22).Contact: Turnstable - Tel: 49 30 6112940 - Fax: 49 30 611 294 11

RENAUD (Virgin)Germany : April & May in planning.Contact: VMA - Tel: 33 1 47 23 55 80Fax: 33 1 47 20 15 86

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April - Germany: Freiburg (16),Munich (18), Mainz (20), Ulm (21),Bremen (22), Hamburg (23),Braunschweig (24), Berlin (25),Dusseldorf (26 or 27 tba), Hannover(26 or 27 tba) - Austria: Wien (19) -Switzerland: Basel (28 or 29 tba).

RICHARD GALLIANOJanuary - Germany: Minster (3 to 5).Contact: Jazz Up! - Tel: 33 2 98 91 5054 - Fax: 33 2 98 91 57 87

SALIF KEITA (Polygram)January - movies making in

Bamako (8 to 20) - February -

Guadeloupe : Basse Terre (15) -

Australia/New Zealand (February 28to March 9).Contact: Mad Minute Music - Tel: 331 40 10 25 55 - Fax: 33 1 40 10 17 37

TAKFARINAS (Label Misslin)March - Germany : Hannover (7),tour in planning from 1 to 15.Contact: LBDH Productions - Tel: 33 143 53 91 00 - Fax: 33 1 43 53 42 82

These dates are based uponthe information we have

available at this time.

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PRINTEMPS DE BOURGES 97> THE SPRING FESTIVAL OF BOURGES

The 21st edition of "Le Printemps deBourges," the first international music festi-val in France, will take place April 15-20. 14performance rooms, 80 concerts, andmore than 200 artists will be present. It willbe a true display of current internationalmusic, the necessary passage for stars andthe essential springboard for new talents.

TAM TAMFRANCE #3

The Spring Festival ofBourges will welco-me, from April 15-20,1997, the third edition of Tam TamFrance, the international meeting for pro-fessionals in the music industry. This year,more services will be offered to professio-nals including meeting rooms, seminars,showcases and evening programs follo-wing different themes.

Contact: Le Printemps de Bourges & TamTam France - Tel: (33 1) 40 35 09 09 - Fax: (331) 40 36 60 59

NEWS FROM THEFRENCH MUSICOFFICE IN NEW YORK

RELEASES: Patricia Kaas next album willbe released by Sony in June of this year.Caroline Records will release Arno's nextalbum in February.

CONCERTS: Cesaria Evora and LokuaKanza will both perform in the U.S. this year.The Nouvelles Polyphonies Corses (TheNew Corsican Polyphonies) will perform aconcert with John Cale in March at St.Anne's Church in New York. The South BySouthwest festival will as usual be held inAustin, TX from March 12-16, with one eve-ning program dedicated to Corsica.

CONVENTIONS: The French Music Officewill represent French producers during theNaird Convention (National Association ofIndependent Records Distributors) whichwill be in Baltimore at the beginning of thisyear, and at Naca (National Association ofCampus Activities) in California.

Contact: F.M.O.Tel: 1 (212) 397 40 18 - Fax: 1 (212) 397 40 19

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One hour of music that will re -define the so often misinterpreted concept of 'Crossover'.

Andrea Bocelli: No. i in album charts in: Italy, Belgium, Holland, Germany and Switzerland.

Total European sales approaching 3.000.000 units.

New album release January 1997.

Including the German million selling Hit single 'Time To Say Goodbye' (duet withSarah Brightman), Miserere (duet with John Miles), Con to Partin') and many morepowerful hits.

Formats:CD: 533-790-2 Spanish version also available: 533-991-2MC:533-790-4 Spanish version also available: 533-991-4 Personal Manager A/ international representationfyr Dolyclor (Containing 5 tracks in Spanish, including a duet with MartaSanchez, Album avaiible in February 1997)

Michele Torpedine /17-ASrl [Italy] /1144-skedZi4vil Ltd

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