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Radio can see for Miles...Robert's 'Freedom' is crossingfrontiers on M&M's BorderBreakers chart; page 34.

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RADIO ITALIA SMI AT 15This year, against a background ofincreased airplay across Europe fordomestic music, one of the pioneersin the fieldis celebrat-ing 15years withthe formatM&M crashes the Radio Italia SMIparty. Pages 16-24

LOST IN FRANCE?M&M takes an in-depth look at howthe French music and radio indus-tries are facing up to life in a radi-cally different landscape in the lastyears of this decade. Pages10-15

BLACKWELL/ POLYGRAM SPLITIsland Recordsfounder ChrisBlackwell hasparted compa-ny with musicindustry giantPolyGram- seethis week's OffThe Record.Page 34

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EMI Italy 'broke ranks'over price-fixing cartelby Mark Dezzani

MIL - The saga of "price-fixing" bymajor record labels in Italy took anothertwist this week.

In its full writtenreport on "price fixing"activities by Italian labels,the Italian anti-trustauthority has revealedthat it levied EMI MusicItaly a substantiallyreduced fine after EMI promised theauthority in July that it would "modifyits behaviour." It has also emerged thatEMI suspended itself from the board of(IFPI-recognised labels trade body) FIMI

in order to distance itself from the linetaken on the matter by other membersof the federation.

The four other major labels-allFIMI members-found guilty of operat-

ing a price-fixing cartel(BMG Ricordi, Poly-gram, Sony and Warn-er) were fined 1.5 per-cent of their 1996turnover (Music &Media, November 1),

whilst EMI Music Italy was fined onepercent of its '96 turnover.

The anti-trust authority's report-published on October 29-stated that

continued on page 33

EMI

No Fun as Sillard quitsby Renzi Bouton

PARIS - An era has ended at nationalCHR network Fun Radio with thedeparture of Benoit Sillard, who hadhelmed the national CHR network forthe past eight years.

Sillard resigned on November 3from Fun Radio's operating companySERC, jointly owned by Luxembourg -based broadcasting groupCLT and French TVchannel M6. Sil-lard-who hasalso relinquishedhis other activi-ties withinCLT-wasimmediatelyreplaced by AxelDuroux, president of CLT's AC net-work RTL2.

Sillard sayshe hasresigned for"personal rea-sons," andthat his depar-ture is linkedto "the futureevolution ofFun Radio." This has led to concern

amongst station employees thatFun willlose itsindepen-dence. Sil-lard was

`the soul ofthe station, theone who builtthe editorialpolicy of the


French livingthe single lifeby Remi Bouton& Emmanuel Legrand

PARIS - The French music industry islearning to live with the new realitythat one record out of three sold inFrance is a single.

That figure compares with one insix just two years ago; as reported inM&M last week, sales of singles roseto 29 million units from January toSeptember 1997, up from 21.5 millionunits during the same period of 1996,according to figures from recordlabels' organisation SNEP.

The sudden rise of a format thatwas almost moribund a few years agoreflects a shift in consumer's atti-tudes, which many within the musicindustry are explaining in terms of a


Christmas pay -outfor Elton's Candle?by Christian Lorenz

LONDON - The world's best sellingsingle ever, Elton John's Candle InThe Wind 1997/Something About TheWay You Look Tonight, is likely togenerate first payments to the Diana,Princess Of WalesMemorial Fundbefore Christmas.

John's artistroyalties for allthree titles on theRocket/Mercurysingle will bedonated to thecharity fund;Simon Prytherch at John Reid Enter-prises, John's management company,says the accounting procedure will start


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Cosgrave teaches Sony todance with new divisionby Christian Lorenz

LONDON Sony MusicEntertainment U.K. has launched anew dance division to handle theDance Pool and S3 imprints, headedby former Ministry Of Sound labelmanager Lynn Cosgrave.

Cosgrave-whodeveloped the highlysuccessful DanceNation and TheAnnual compilationalbums for theMinistry's label-saysthe main challenge inher new position is "toteach people [at SonyMusic U.K.] how todeal with dance andthe whole culturearound it."

Previously, Sony Music U.K. did

not employ a dedicated dance A&R ormarketing person.

"Eventually," Cosgrave adds, "wewill hire people and build our own pro-motion force." In the meantime,Cosgrave will use independent club,radio and press promoters while han-dling A&R and marketing in-house.

She will be supported in theseactivities by A&R promotionsmanager Mark Bounds andnewly -appointed dance co-ordinator and former Ministryemployee Tina Arena.

The first ever releases onSony's Dance Pool label in theU.K.-Alexia's Top 50Eurochart hit Uh La La Laand Sunclub's Single MindedPeople-will follow shortly.Both tracks are licensed fromSony's international Dance

Pool network, but the search for U.K.

Dance Pool signings will commencesoon. Meanwhile, the S3 label willrelease the garage track Happiness byKamasutra featuring vocalist JocelynBrown on November 10.

Londonbased SonyMusic EuropeVP DancePool GuyBrulez com-ments: "I amglad that theU.K. is partic-ipating in anactive way inour interna-tional DancePool network. I am convinced that thesuccess of Dance Pool tracks acrossEurope can be mirrored over here, nowthat we have a dedicated dance divi-sion within the U.K. company."

Venture capitalists buy Chante Franceby Remi Bouton

PARIS - Chante Francefinally has new owners.

The Paris -based domes-tic music station has beensold by industrial conglom-erate Lagardere and thestation's founder PierreBellanger, (each held 50percent of its shares) toventure capitalist companyInstitut de DeveloppementIndustriel (IDI). Bellangerwill retain a single share inthe new company and will remain thestation's president.

"If IDI has acquired ChanteFrance, it is probably because theybelieved the offer was attractive,"comments Bellanger, who declined toelaborate on the price paid by IDI.

French daily Liberation has sug-

gested that IDIpaid in theregion of Ffr 15million ($ 2.6 m),but OlivierLabesse, a con-sultant for DGM,the companywhich advisedIDI in the trans-action, says thisfigure "is closerto the value ofthe stationrather than the

price paid to acquire it."Asked why a group such as IDI

would want to invest in radio-a busi-ness in which they have no previousexperience-Labesse explains: "Wehave worked with the Lagardere groupon several occasions, and they offeredus this deal. We are not that far from

the media world and had some experi-ence as original shareholders in thelaunching of the weekly [magazine]VSD a few years ago."

Labesse reveals that IDI's businessstrategy is "to make mid-term invest-ments, for three to five years. Our goalis to value our assets before sellingwhole or part to other investors."

The transaction has been autho-rised by broadcasting authority CSA."The format of the station, dedicatedto French chanson, as well as itsname, will be preserved," it commentsin a statement.

The sale of Chante France allowsLagardere to slip below the CSA'santi -concentration ceiling of 150 mil-lion potential listeners, all networkscombined. However, Bellanger con-firms that the sale "doesn't affect theplans to float Skyrock," which will goahead as planned by Lagardere.

Oplesch out at MN Europe on eve of awardsby Christian Lorenz

HAMBURG - Michael Oplesch, man-aging director of MTV NetworksEurope (Central), left the companyless than a week before the 1997 MTVEurope Music Awards in Rotterdamon November 6.

Preparations for last week's awardsceremony were not affected byOplesch's October 31 departure,according to MTV Europe presidentand CEO Brent Hansen. Until a per-manent successor for Oplesch has beenfound, Dwight Tierney, the London -based vice-president of humanresources and administration at MTVEurope's parent company Viacom, willmove to Hamburg as interim MD forMTV Europe's central region.

Tierney will besupported by headof brand manage-ment Stefan Vogel,head of businessand strategyWolfgang Herrionand head of opera-tions RichardThompson. Aspokesperson forMTV Europe toldM&M: "We are cur-rently looking for a new MD and expectto make an announcement shortly."

Oplesch joined the music TV giantin 1995 with the brief to build MTVEurope's German operations into anindependent subsidiary of theLondon -based broadcaster and to

develop local programming con-tent. In a prepared statement,Hansen credits Oplesch as a keyfactor for the recent success ofthe station in the G/S/A region,and says the former MD will con-tinue to "work closely togetherwith the MTV Networks team" asa consultant. However, the sta-tion was unable to confirm anyfuture projects at this time.

Industry sources hint thatOplesch's departure might be

linked to the continuing struggle ofMTV's VH-1 channel in Germany(Music & Media, October 11). Opleschwas not available for comment atpress time-according to MTV'sHamburg office he is on vacation untilmid -November.

Open mikeBilly JoelSinger/songwriter,pianist/composerRecently in the news over hisdecision to leave pop music

behind in favour of classi-% cal composition, Joel

spoke to M&M while in London40 promoting his new Columbia

album Greatest Hits Volume 3.

Q: Is life easier for acts in thenineties than it was when you start-ed-or do they have to work harder?A: A lot of the groups that came out ofthe '60s had to learn how to writemusic, which took them a long time.They also had to learn how to performlive. Older acts had to learn to dowhat they do while working in obscu-rity for a long time as opening acts.They developed.

Today, the machinery of the musicindustry is such that a group has thepotential for a hit right away becauseof the incredible amount of mediaattention. They're written about incelebrity gossip columns and seen onTV. They're under a microscope fromday one.

So it's very difficult for them todevelop because-bang-they startright at the top with a hit. I had a[U.S.] hit with Piano Man, [1974] butI didn't become a worldwide sensa-tion or a household name. It tookyears for that to happen. I was tour-ing as a opening act for the BeachBoys, the Doobie Brothers andChicago; they even put me on tourwith Olivia Newton John-it was likeSnow White meets Lenny Bruce. Youhad to work at development.

Q: If acts today don't have time todevelop, how much blame for thatlies with the record companies?A: I can't really blame the music busi-ness. Their job is to market and sellrecordings. The music business hasnever pretended to be anything else.And, the music industry is moreinternational and efficient than it'sever been. It can sell more recordsthan it used to. If a record companyfinds someone who they think willsell lots of records, they'll sign them.It was the same way in the old daysas it is today. If they found AdolfHitler in Brazil, they would be sign-ing him.

Q: You're moving into classicalmusic-so where do you stand onpop music these days?A: Rock or pop music is now at thestage similar to what happened tojazz. Jazz was very accessible when itwas Dixieland and during the bigband era and to some extent, theswing era-the music was popularbecause it became relevant to peo-ple... But I'm writing classical musicnow-it's something I wanted to dosince I was about 13 or 14-so I'vebeen out of touch with what's beengoing on in popular and contempo-rary music. I'm writing music forother people to play.

Interview by Mike McGeever

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NEWS

ON T BI ATRADIOROPA GETS SAXON AUTHORISATIONLEIPZIG - The local radio regulator in the German fed-eral state of Saxony, the SLM, has authorised Leipzig -based Radioropa to broadcast via satellite from the stateof Saxony. The broadcaster had been operating with alicence from the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, where itused to have its headquarters. Radioropa broadcasts ter-restrially in the state of Saxony, but its 24 -hour AC andnews programme is available throughout Germany andEurope via the Astra 1C satellite.

NEW GUIDE TO ULSTER MUSIC SCENEBELFAST -A guide to the thriving local music scene inNorthern Ireland has been produced in the form of VibeNet:The Northern Ireland Music Industry Source Book.Published by Belfast -based Meta Management, VibeNetoffers contact details for companies and individuals operatingwithin the music industry in the U.K province. Interestedreaders should contact VibeNet on (+44) 1232 230628.

NEW VIBE FROM ESSEX RADIOLONDON - The U.K's newest dance station, Vibe FM/BurySt. Edmunds, is to go on air on November 22, three months

ahead of schedule. The Essex Radio Group -con-trolled regional service will have a potentialaudience of 1.8 million adults (aged 15 -plus) inthe east of England. Vibe will target 15-35 year -olds with classic and contemporary dance, giv-ing the output a "mainstream rather thanextreme feel," according to group programmedirector Paul Chantler (pictured). Specialistweekend shows will feature house, garage, souland R&B.

CELEBRITIES LINE UP TO BACK RTVEMADRID - Several hundred luminaries from the worlds ofculture, politics and the media attended the October 25presentation in Madrid of a "manifesto in defence of publicradio and television" drawn up by Spanish public broad-caster RTVE. The manifesto states that "no modern statehas neglected the need for a public radio and televisionservice. It is now when the economic viability of RTVE isbeing questioned that it is necessary to affirm that thispublic service must continue." RTVE is currently the mostindebted public broadcaster in Europe, with a forecast debtat the end of 1997 of Pta440 billion ($2.9 billion).

SBS REVENUES SHOW INCREASESTOCKHOLM - Pan -European TV and radio broadcasterSBS has reported a 37 percent increase in net revenuesto just over $50 million in the three months toSeptember 30, compared to the same period in 1996.SBS' radio operations include The Voice (Denmark),Radio City (Sweden) and Radio Sata, Radio Mega, RadioKISS FM, Radio City and Radio PRO 957 (Finland).Operating losses for the group fell from $19 million inthe three months to September 30 1996, to $8.3 millionin the same quarter of 1997.

FORMER CAPITOL EXEC BROWN MEGGS DIESSAN FRANCISCO - Brown Meggs, a former executive atEMI's U.S. label Capitol Records in the '60s and '70s, diedon October 8, aged 66. Meggs entered industry history whenBeatles' manager Brian Epstein convinced him in 1963 tosign the band to Capitol, after the label had rejected fourprevious singles by the band. Meggs left EMI as chief execu-tive officer in 1976 and returned to the company in 1984 torun EMI's classical operation Angel until departing in 1990.

MOVING CHAIRSMUNICH - Jane Smith, Virgin Records Germany head ofpromotions, will leave the company, effective December 31.Smith has been with Virgin for 11 years. Virgin GermanyMD Udo Lange has appointed Radio NRW head of musicJeff van Gelder as Smith's successor. Van Gelder will jointhe Munich -based label on February 15 next year.ANTWERP - Iris Maas has been appointed radio promo-.tions officer at Polygram Belgium, dealing with StudioBrussel, Radio 1 (BRTN) and the Flemish press.

Girls and Boys play in Spainby Howell Llewellyn

MADRID - The Spice Girls andthe Backstreet Boys will joinSpanish crooner Alejandro Sanzand ex-Mecano singer AnaTorroja when they perform atthe 44th Premios Ondas awardsceremony in Barcelona onNovember 13.

The 35 Ondas prizes areawarded annually in Spanish,Latin American andInternational sections to radio,cinema, TV and-since1991-music. Until this year, theywere Spain's most prestigiousmusic awards, but 1997 has seenthe emergence of two new majormusic award events in the shapeof the Premios de la Miisica andthe Premios Amigo awards(Music & Media, November 8).

Unlike the two newerevents, the Premios Ondaswinners are announced sometwo weeks before the event andnot at the ceremony itself.

In the Spanish music cate-gories, the best Spanish songaward went to Jarabe De Palofor La Flaca, with Dover votedthe best new artist andKetama's Konfusion receivingthe best album accolade.Bagpiper Carlos Nunez was

voted the best live act, while theclassical music award went totenor Placido Domingo.

In the Latino categories, thebest artist was Mexico's LuisMiguel, while the best new actaward went to Brazil's Skank.

In addition to nine Ondasmusic awards, special juryprizes were awarded. Queenreceived one of the specialawards for their internationalcontribution to music, whilethere were also awards forsinger Raimon for his "defence offreedom" during the latter yearsof the 1939-75 General Francoregime, and guitarist JuanCarmona Habichuela for hiscontribution to flamenco music.

In the radio awards cate-gories, the best Spanish radiomusic programme accolade wasgiven to the nostalgic oldiesshow Onda Melodia, on thenational full -service stationOnda Cero Radio. The same net-work was also commended bythe jury for La Semana QueConmovio a Espana (The WeekThat Moved Spain), a pro-gramme which looked at theweek of massive street protestsfollowing the kidnapping andmurder of a Basque town coun-cillor by ETA gunmen in July.

Galician bagpiper CarlosNuiiez-winner of the bestlive act category at thePremios Ondas awards-withRafael Revert (right) directorof AOR/talk network Cadena100 at a party held by the sta-tion. Nunez is pictured withhis platinum (100,000 units)award for Spanish sales of hisAriola album A Irmandatedes Estrellas (Ariola).

National news/talk stationCadena SER's late night phonein show Hablar Por Hablar-where listeners call in withpersonal problems and anec-dotes-was voted best nationalradio programme, while thebest local radio programmeaward was shared by twoCatalonian offerings-RadioBarcelona's El Terrat, andCatalunya Radio's AlgunaPregunta Mes?

Hungarian national licences awardedby Susan L. Schuhmayer

BUDAPEST - Consortia led byU.S. broadcaster EmmisInternational and the U.K.'sDMG Radio have emerged victo-rious in a battle for two nationalradio licences in Hungary.

Texas -based Emmis put inthe winning bid for a brand newservice which will reach 85 per-cent of the country, while DMGRadio-the radio division of theDaily Mail & General Trustnewspaper group-is takingover Radio Danubius, therecently -privatised AOR stationwhich can be heard in 65 per-cent of Hungary.

The consortium led byEmmis is paying around 4 bil-lion forints ($20.5 million) forthe new radio licence. The othershareholders include the Swissowners of Hungarian newspa-per Magyar Hirlap and theHungarian Quantum Bank.

According to MartyGreenberg, president of EmmisInternational, the as -yet -unnamed new station is likelyto go on air early next year.Greenberg cannot yet predictthe station's format-marketresearch is now underway. "Somuch of it [the format] depend-ed on which licence we won,"he says.

Acquiring Danubius is part ofDMG Radio's global broadcast-ing expansion strategy, accord-ing to managing director CharlieCox. He says: "The radio salesmarket in Hungary has beenenjoying a boom in recent years,and we expect to offer practicalhelp and support to grow themarket. This is an importantdeal for us. It signals DMG'splans to grow its presence andinfluence globally." DMG has

also recently bought 25 regionalstations in Australia, making itthe biggest commercial radiooperator there.

Unsuccessful bids for theHungarian licenses includedapplications from U.S. companyMetromedia (which operatesRadio Juventus, the only majorcommercial station currently onthe air in Hungary) and theU.K.'s GWR Group.Additional reporting by Mike McGeever

After recently topping the Danish album charts with heralbum Timeless (eastwest), Sarah Brightman visitedCopenhagen to receive a gold disc making 40,000 unitssold of the album-recorded with the London SymphonyOrchestra-in Denmark. Pictured (l -r) are: Warner MusicDenmark (WMD) promotion manager Maria Ok von derLieth; WMD head of marketing Bent Mouritzen; SarahBrightman; WMD managing director Finn Work; andWMD label manager Kenneth Ohrberg.


P4's SA expansionby Kai Roger Ottesen

OSLO - P4, Norway's only nationalcommercial radio broadcaster, is hop-ing to win a second radio licenceSouth Africa, following its September1 launch of P4 Radio Cape Town.

AC station P4 entered into discus-sions with Durban authorities onOctober 31 concerning the "financial,editorial and technical aspects" of itsapplication for a licence to broadcast tothe city. The Durban licence is beingcontested by five other groups, includingU.K classical music station Classic FM.

According to P4 president SveinLarsen, the Durban station's musicformat would be based on the "smoothurban AC/jazz" music policy of P4'sexisting Cape Town station, the first

audience ratings for which are pub-lished in the end of this month.

P4 is applying for the licence in co-operation with the Makana Trustorganisation, a union of former SouthAfrican political prisoners. Larsentold Music & Media after his meetingwith the Durban authorities that he"got the impression that the hearingwas positive. However," he adds, "it'simpossible to say what the conclusionwill be." The winner of the licence willbe announced at end of November.

Meanwhile, P4's parent company P4Radio Hele Norge ASA has posted thebest quarterly results in its four-yearhistory. In the third quarter of 1997,turnover increased 42 percent toNkr168.9m ($24 m), while pre-tax prof-its increased 30 percent to Nkr 19.3m.

mediawatchMusic industry/GermanyThe seemingly unstoppable rise ofGerman hip -hop culture is the subject ofa supplement in music trade weeklyMusic Woche. In the last five years,writes Music Woche, the scene has gonefrom its perception as a novelty genre tobringing home platinum sellers. As wellas showcasing new acts, the feature pro-files the companies behind the music,such as 3P Productions, Booya Musicand Juiceful Records.HEADLINE: "Hiphop Special" -Musik Woche (Germany), October 27

Radio/FranceAfter the recent court case against rat-ings organisation Mediametrie (Music& Media, November 1), radio stations,advertisers and sales houses are eval-uating the need to make changes inratings methodology. French advertis-ing trade magazine CB News reviewsthe positions of all the players in adouble page feature.HEADUNE: "Comment faire evoluerla mesure d'audience" - CB News(France), November 9

Music industry/World"Entertainment companies weren'tspared from the global stock markets'

wild ride," comments Billboard in aspecial report. But if industry execu-tives "are still assessing the fallout,for most part they are finding them-selves unharmed."HEADLINE: "Music firms weatherWall St. upheaval" - Billboard (U.S.),November 8

Music industry/U.K.U.K classical labels are "looking fornew ways to boost sales," according tothe financial daily. These include sign-ing "star performers capable of achiev-ing significant sales in a lacklustre mar-ket," "converting" new consumers whooccasionally buy classical records, anddesigning new marketing schemes.HEADLINE: "No Nigels in modernclassics" - The Financial Times(U.K), November 3

Radio/FranceFrench public broadcaster Radio Franceis preparing for next year's footballWorld Cup in France with the creationof 98 Radio France, a long wave stationdevoted to the tournament, which willbroadcast June 8 -July 13 next year."This is an enormous project which fitsperfectly with Radio France's public ser-vice spirit," says Radio France deputygeneral manager Gilbert Denoyan.HEADLINE: "Radio Frances' entrainepour la Coupe du monde" -LeMonde (France), November 3

[Internet in -siteFans of dance music thriveon how quickly the genremoves, so it seems naturalthat specialist label AM:PMhas established a nicely laidout home on the equally mer-curial Web. News pages andan active message board fitright in to this mindset.Visitors can also peruse anillustrated library of briefinformation about artistsand releases, after whichthey can purchase productvia links to the Internet Music Virtual Shop. A "private" area, accessible afterfilling out a short subscription form, offers goodies such as clips of unreleasedtracks, competitions and other promotional activities.

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Spice Girls

Emap project addsextra pinch of Spice

by Mike McGeever

LONDON - U.K broadcasting groupEmap Radio launched its new in-house sales and marketing company,Emap On Air, on November 2 with amonth -long Spice Girls/VirginRecords campaign.

The initiative, which involves all 19Emap stations in the U.K, will promotethe act's new album, Spiceworld, whileproviding youth brands the opportunityto reach their target market throughadvertising and sponsorship.

The Spice Girls campaign, whichEmap says is a pilot for future pro-

jects with record

companies and major sponsors, willculminate with the group presentinga 60 minute live programme onSunday November 30.

The show will be syndicatedbetween 15:00-16:00 across all ofEmap's FM stations (except Kiss 100FM/London), just ahead of U.K com-mercial radio's Network Chart pro-gramme. Emap claim-based on com-bined audience ratings for its stationsin that time slot-that the Spice Girlsprogramme should have an audience ofabout five million listeners.

"This a great example of how we aresuccessfully developing creative pro-motional opportunities that exploitEmap Radio's various networking ini-tiatives," comments Tom Toumazis,managing director of Emap On Air.

Emap set up the newcompany ear-lier this year to deliver what

it says will be more effi-cient, accountable and com-

prehensive promotions andsponsorship campaigns.Toumazis says the groupintends to develop Emap OnAir as a brand, with particu-

lar emphasis on servicing theyouth market.

U.S. gets access toraw airplay data

by Susan NunziataManaging editor, Billboard

ORLANDO - Record companies in theU.S. can now monitor exactly how theirreleases are faring on air by directlyaccessing raw monitored airplay data.

Broadcast Data Systems (BDS), theU.S. airplay monitoring company, haslaunched a new data delivery systemwhich will enable its subscribers-mainly the U.S. record industry-todirectly reach raw detection data viatheir own computer networks, and totailor the information to their

ENcore debuted at thenewjgairifgindividual reports.

The system-called

Billboard/Airplay MonitorRadio Seminar & Awards,held in Orlando on October Broadcast Data Systems16-18. Lisa Moen, senior ay ar arm

Y Recognition ServicesAl rp la ogdirector of sales and oper-ations for BDS, saysENcore is designed to eliminate the Joe Wallace, "but I don't have thebacklog that can occur when BDS answers. On specific records, whenprocesses more than 1,200 reports on necessary, we can create short-dura-any given day. tion patterns for tracking when we're

"Instead of receiving our report, aware of heavy remixing on a song."customers will get raw detection data, BDS is part of the BPI group, pub -which they can use as they see fit," lisher of Billboard and Music & Media.

says Moen. "We're just sending it tothem differently, so they can get itquicker. We want to eventually get all[data] processing off our hands."

BDS customers will need a dedicat-ed server to access the ENcore system.By early December, however, the com-pany also expects to make the dataavailable to customers via the Internet.

The difficulties in tracking stations'own mixes of records was a hot topic ata panel on October 18 at theBillboard/Airplay Monitor seminar. "Iknow all the issues," said BDS VP/GM

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: .,ylisted on Radio 2, Donna & Contact. Nostalgie add this week.Denmar p to No 4 in the airplay chart.France: " aylisted on NRJ & Europe2.Germany: ;p to No 24 in the airplay chart. 85,000 albums shipped in 2 weeks.Ital o No 37 (from 54) in the airplay chart.No No 5 in the radio top 30. A list on Radio 1 & P4. Playlisted on P3.Portug. Up to No 4 in the airplay chart.Spain: p to No 13 in the airplay chart.Swed Up to No 9 in the airplay chart.Switzerla Up to 12 in the airplay chart. New entry for the album

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CONTROLLED BEAUTYIt might have missed its natural slot as a summer record,but Groove Control's Beautiful (on U.K. label eXstatique) isstill a fine pop song. An uptempo house groove supports aspirited vocal performance and a fine chorus which is fur-ther enhanced by a tight, business -like, radio edit. Best ofthe club mixes are the appropriately named Strobelight Mixwith its full -on lurved-up deep house groove and Tuff Jam'sUnda-Vybe Dub.

MORE DELIGHT FROM MR CHENGAnnouncing its intentions with a banging pop/technogroove, hard guitar riffs and hands -in -the -air keyboards,Rockers Delight (on Dutch indie Mr. Cheng's Quality Tunes)by The Fanclub looks set to explode onto Europe's dance -floors this winter. Co -written and produced by Amsterdamdance experts Ferry and Garnefski, the track defines a newbut highly recognisable crossover style.

YOUNG DEENAY STARTS WALKINGOn Young Deenay's Walk On By (WEA) further proofemerges of the growing ability of Europeans-in the iscase, a German-to produce solid, commercial rap tunes.The unmistakably youthful voice of Deenay is nicelycounterpointed by a melodic chorus and a string -ladenbacking. In a similar vein to Cookie Crew/Salt'n'Pepa,Walk On By could well stroll to hit status with a bit ofradio support.

ON A CYCLE TRIP?Drum'n'bass has been drowned in hype, but sales figuresrarely matched the ecstatic press clippings so far. Click NCycle's debut EP Trippin (SOS.com) introduces a newer,softer approach. While fellow U.K. acts like Alex Reece havebecome increasingly lounge -core in search of a wider audi-ence, Click N Cycle retain all the gutsy immediacy of thebreakbeat but soften the blow with swirling soul voices andflashes of Spanish guitar. Not a radio record but one withcrossover potential nonetheless.

IN THE MIXHaving created one of 1997's most listener -friendly ambi-ent/trip hop albums-Great Ocean Road on London -basedlabel Other Records-the U.K.'s Coco, Steel & Lovebombare now aiming for the dancefloor with two club mixes ofthe album's title track by Coco and A Man Called Adam."Loads of DJs tell me they love the album but can't fit itinto their sets because it's too laidback," says Chris Mellor

a.k.a. Coco. "These mixesare intended to get thematerial out there a bitmore." However, Coco,Steel & Lovebomb cur-rently have no intentionof trying to squeeze oneof their lush, melodicsoundscapes down toradio size.

Written as a travel-ogue, Great Ocean Road's

strength lies in its sense of purpose. Piano, sax and mutedstrings plus lengthy but disciplined arrangements providea relaxing glimpse into somebody else's adventures. "Wewere sick of making house records and the feeling that ifyou don't include the obvious sounds it won't sell," saysCoco. "So although we're still coming from a dance angle wedecided to just do exactly what we wanted."

All new releases, biographies and photographs for con-sideration for inclusion in the Dance Grooves columnshould be sent direct to: Gary Smith, c/o. Roger deLluria 45 -3° -2, 08009 Barcelona, Spain.

London Ministry starts to get Realby Christian Lorenz

Legendary London house club Ministry OfSound is the latest member of the music com-munity to get caught up in the Internet.

The club began regular audio webcasts of itsFriday and Saturday night events on October 31.The peak audience for Friday's live webcast withDJ Brian "BT" Transeau was 23,000 listeners,according to the club's new mediadirector Will Lovegrove. Sincethe introduction ofregular webcasts,the averagenumber of usersseeking accessto theMinistry'swebsiteincreased to10,000 per daycompared with8,000 in October.

Weekly, the clubattracts visitors fromall over Europe with its upfront house musicpolicy and DJs such as Judge Jules, SisterBliss, Danny Tenaglia and Boy George. Themain rationale behind the webcasts is "tointensify the communication among our visi-tors," says Lovegrove. "The dance communityis incredibly close-knit and very keen toexchange personal views and information."

Even though the Ministry already offersmail-order sales of club -related merchandise andreleases on its own record label through theInternet, commercial exploitation of the club'swebsite is still at an early stage. "We are cur-rently looking into ways to attract advertisersand sponsors," reveals Lovegrove. "In the longrun, I want our Internet activities to fund them-selves and finance the development of new, cre-

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"Our objective is to provide content abovewhat our U.S. company does," says London -based RealNetworks European web publisherDavid Bradwell. "Music that's relevant to

European users will attract more people todownload the RealAudio player and

increase our business with contentproviders who want to use our system."

The Ministry approachedRealNetworksearlier thisyear with theaim to developa special eventfor the club'ssixth anniver-sary inSeptember."That's whenthe idea forthe webcastswas born,"says Bradwell.He adds: "Weare now look-ing for similarinnovative

content providers in continental Europe."In the long run, Bradwell says he sees

music on the Internet as a possible seriousrival to radio. "There is an enormous mass ofmusic that the radio generation has nottapped into yet," explains Bradwell. "With theright content, we can turn the web into a neatmass market medium."

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Sunchyrne introduces new dance Creweby Christian Lorenz

The debut single from three football and dancefanatics from the north of England is taking theEuropean charts by storm. Sunchyme(Eternal/WEA) by Dario G.-named after DarioGradi, the manager of one of England's oldestfootball league clubs, Crewe Alexandra-is cur-rently riding high on Music & Media's EurochartHot 100 and on the European Radio Top 50. Itcontinues to be one of radio's most added tracksacross Europe.

WEA U.K. head of international HassanChoudhuri says the single has shipped morethan 650,000 units since its international releaseon September 15. Dario G.'s biggest markets out-side the U.K (498,000 units) are Germany-where Sunchyme shipped close to 120,000units-and France (36,000 units). Choudhuriexpects European sales "to reach the millionunits mark before the endof the year"

The upbeat dance/poptrack is built around thevocal hook from DreamAcademy's 1985 U.K. Top20 hit Life In A NorthernTown (BlancoNegro/WEA). Originallyreleased earlier this yearin June as a white -label12" single financed by theact themselves,Sunchyme was picked up

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straight away by dance station Kiss102/Manchester.

In the second week of July, presenter PeteTong declared Sunchyme as essential record ofthe week on his dance show on national CHRbroadcaster BBC Radio 1-Dario G. suddenlyfound themselves in the middle of a bidding war,eventually won by Warner Music's Eternal.

Early advocates of the track outside the U.Kinclude Germany, Denmark, Holland and Italy.Europe's key music TV stations. MTV Europe,The Box (U.K), MCM in France, VIVA-inGermany and The Music Factory in Holland-all have the title in rotation at presstime.

The track will receive a new lease of life inGermany later this year, with a specially com-missioned remix by Sash. By mid -January, WEAplans to release a second, yet -to -be -named singleand the band's debut album Super Dario Land isdue out in early March. At the time of album's

release, Eternal/WEA willalso reveal the identity ofthe three band members forthe first time.

"The idea behind thealbum is that Dario G. trav-el around the globe andbring influences from differ-ent corners of the world ontothe dance floor," explainsChoudhuri. He adds, "Thenext single will be complete-ly different from the African -flavoured Sunchyme."


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Alpha's Heavenly soundis massively melancholyby Christian Lorenz

Over the six years sinceMassive Attack explodedonto the pop scene withtheir debut album BlueLines (Wild Bunch),Bristol has become recog-nised as the home ofartists who aim to pro-vide the soundtrack forthe films in your mind...Now Alpha-the firstsigning on MassiveAttack's recently foundedown label Melankolic-have taken that Bristoltradition and given it anew spin.

Call it post -trip -hop orwhatever, on their debut album Come FromHeaven (Melankolic/Virgin)-released onSeptember 15-Alpha's Corin Dingley andAndy Jenks draw their inspiration from thelikes of Burt Bacharach, Bobby Gentry andScott Walker. Their aim is to write songs thatlast the test of time

"We are into songs with layers of differentsounds," explains Jenks, "not just straightfor-ward, simple tracks." Dingley adds, "The wayBacharach & David built rhythm into theirsongs on different levels has a great influenceon us."

Alpha point out that they do not conscious-ly try to conjure images of movies in theirmusic. "It could have been written for films,"says Jenks, "but that is not intentional. If youwanted to, you could say that some of our

songs work likemovies in a waybecause theyare a bittrancey, theygive you achance to driftoff and thinkyour ownthoughts."

The duo ofDingley andJenks is sup-ported on ComeFrom Heaven bythree guestvocalists-M a r tinBarnard,Wendy Stubbs

and Helen White. "We wanted singers who canexpress themselves openly," explains Dingley."Barnard, Stubbs and White have their ownstyles but the common feature between themis that they are very extrovert and have astrong presence."

Now that the album is out, what's next onAlpha's agenda? "We are experimenting withadding more and more live elements to ourmusic," says Dingley. Over the next fewmonths, Alpha are likely to come up with moresoundtracks for your mind. As Dingley says:"With Come From Heaven, we have developed acharacteristic sound for Alpha which we willstick to for now." For his part, Jenks promises:"We won't let Alpha become more `dancefloor,'we get that side of our personalities out inremixes for other artists."

Antiloop break out of Swedenby Gary Smith

After two years of local success in the Swedishdance scene, Antiloop have suddenly leapt intothe charts across Northern Europe.

The producer/DJ duo of Robin Soderman andDavid Westerlund are charting acrossScandinavia with their third Swedish single InMy Mind (Fluid/Stockholm Records/PolyGram)-also their first single outsideSweden-and their debut album LP, releasedinternationally on October 20. Both releasesmade inroads into the charts in Sweden, Finland,Norway and Denmark and PolyGram recentlydeclared Antiloop a European priority act.

Antiloop's fourth Swedish single, I Love Youwas released at the beginning of Septemberand instantly picked -up support from Swedish

public CHR station P3. "People everywherelike harmonies," says Soderman, trying toexplain Antiloop's success. "Even though weproduce quite heavy trance tracks, we alwaystry to make room for a decent tune."Westerlund adds: "Before we started makingour own music we were DJs. After a while werealised that much of the music we wereexpected to play was pretty average and wedecided to make our own."

Unlike many of their contemporaries on thedance scene, the group are keen to get out onthe road. `.!Our main aim for the moment is toperform a lot more, because that's where youget all the proper action," says Westerlund.

Meanwhile, international momentum isbuilding. According to Stockholm Records MDThomas Gustafsson, "Scandinavian radio real-ly got behind In My Mind and then MTVEurope's Northern Service picked it up for itsBuzz Bin rotation." MTV was so smitten withthe group that they offered Antiloop thechance to host an edition of the Party Zoneshow and to perform at the station's Bomb TheBeach party in Norway this summer.

Stockholm hopes that the second interna-tional single Nowhere To Hide-due out beforethe end of the year-will help the duo to followlabelmates The Cardigans into the charts acrossEurope. Gustafsson concludes: "We receivedinquiries from both PolyGram labels and othercompanies in most territories-now we are cau-tiously optimistic about Antiloop's future."

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KID CREOLE & THE COCONUTSTHE CONQUEST OF YouK&L/Progressive (Germany)Producer: Frank Loncar, Nata CumerfieldAugust Darnell returns with a couple of new Coconutsand a hip 1990's sound. He still has his Caribbean partybeats sussed-but now they're flavoured with ragga,dance and hip -hop styles. The album's second single IGot My Handy On is an energetic, mid tempo track withinfectious beats and a surprisingly soulful Darnell-notsurprisingly, the AC sound of this album is aimed at anolder audience than in the past. Licensing and distribu-tion available outside Europe.Contact Rudy Holzhauer at Progressive: phone(+49) 40 642 5046; fax (+49) 40 642 5999

HALLO VENRAYHALLO VENRAYVAN (Holland)Producers: HansVandenburg, Halo VenrayThis eccentric quartetwill transport you intotheir own private, eclec-tic universe-you toocould wash up onCaribbean shores whilelistening to the dark,deep Leonard Cohen-ishtones of Deep Blue Sea orfeel the desert sun in the ohwarped country song Turn On. A stripped -down version ofHallo Venray's alternative rock lunacy is best enjoyed onthe basic My Place, which has "U.S.stamped all over it. Licensing and distribution is avail-able outside the Benelux countries.Contact Wim Reijnen at VAN Records: (+31) 703600306; fax (+31) 70 3563300

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BRAINS BEAT BEAUTYSHINE A LIGHTStockhouse (Sweden)Producer: Mats BokstrOmFormer Europe drummer Ian Haughland met his cur-rent sidekick Goran Danielsson when they both joined acovers band in 1994. Like Haughland, Danielsson hadenjoyed international success in the 1980's as one half ofpop duo Visitors, who won a Swedish Grammy in 1990.This first single by their new project is a classic AC bal-lad with sturdy rock overtones-the two are currentlybusy writing and recording more material.Contact Roy Colegate at Warner/ ChappelScandinavia: phone (+46) 8 6220900, fax (+46) 87551596

BEAT ANGELSRED BADGE OF DISCOURAGEEpiphany/Cargo (USA)Producer: Gilby ClarkeIs the pop world ready for the glam rock revival? Thisyear, we've seen ska, punk rock and new wave revivalsspringing up all over the place Now, produced by formerGuns 'N Roses guitarist Gilby Clarke, the Beat Angelsdeliver a wonderfully sleazy sound with catchy newwave melodies. Undoubtedly, we're dealing with a greatlive band here, as glam rock is often best experienced insweaty dark clubs where the beer and the ladies comecheap... However, the Beat Angels can easily be enjoyedfrom the speakers in your own home: Saturday Punkshas an especially memorable Clash/Undertones chorus.Contact Cargo Records: phone (+44) 181 875 9220;fax: (+44) 875 9227)

Records featured in Market Place are by acts signed toindependent labels for which licensing and/or publishing rights areavailable, except where noted. Please send your samples to ThessaMooij, PO Box 59115, 1040 KC Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Fax(+31) 20 682 0614. When submitting material for this column, pleaseindicate for which territories licensing is still available.

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France's tough approachheralds return to glamourViews on the current health of the French music marketare many and varied as record companies strive to adaptto a new environment, where the market is driven by sin-gle sales. Remi Bouton investigates.

There's nothing wrong with theFrench market," declaresPolyGram Musique presidentPascal Negre. The raw statis-tics would seem to bear him

out. Figures from record labels organ-isation SNEP for the first ninemonths of 1996 show the music mar-ket's value up 4.5 percent comparedto the same period in 1996, to Ffr4.6billion (U.S.$807 million).

Such a sales performance-with-out taking into account the forthcom-ing Christmas season-recently ledSNEP general manager Herve Ronyto forecast total yearly growth in theregion of 4-5 percent in value for1997. "I was the only one to be opti-mistic at the beginning of the year,and I was right," says Negre.

Negre has more good reason torejoice. His company is the marketleader by a wide margin. According tochart share figures compiled by Music &Media, PolyGram's album chart shareexceeded 40 percent in September.

Sobering realityBut behind PolyGram's winning smileand encouraging statistics from SNEP,the reality of the market seems to beless buoyant. If singles sales posted a45.5 percent rise in units to 29 million,CD sales dropped slightly (less thanone percent) to 71 million units.

These statistics reflect only oneaspect of the changes in the Frenchmarket. Interviews with most of themajor companies' managing directorspinpoint several issues which current-ly concern the music community. Theyinclude: reduced margins-a result of

"We're back to anindustry which makespeople dream,"

- Gilbert Ohayon, EMI

pressure from retailers; the presenthigh VAT rate on records; the concen-tration of sales on a small number ofblockbuster releases; the lack of expo-sure for music on TV; the increasingdifferentiation between singles andalbum sales and the steady rise inmarketing investment.

Reasons for concern"We still shift the same volume, butemphasis is switching from albums tosingles," explains Sony MusicEntertainment France president Paul -Rene Albertini-newly elected presi-dent of SNEP. "This creates a problemwith margins for the industry, becausewe work with very slim margins onsingles. If you add to that the continu-ing downward trend in mid -price andback catalogue sales, which are prod-ucts with high added value, there isreason to be concerned."

EMI France president GilbertOhayon concurs: "The French market isbecoming increasingly competitive, andthis directly affects our margins. Thereis a direct connection between revenuesand the growth of the singles market,where our margins are smaller."

On the other hand, the full -pricemarket in France remains strong,although it does tend to concentrate ona small number of items which sellmassively, such as, this year, AndreaBocelli, Era or Jean -Jacques Goldman.

Albertini suggests that: "This con-centration of the market is the directconsequence of the concentration ofadvertising expenditure. The marketleader [PolyGram] has over -investedin marketing, and the rest have beenforced to follow." For his part, Ohayonsays there are too many "badlyplanned and inefficient" TV advertis-ing campaigns.

"TV advertising is a necessaryevil," Negre concedes. "The impor-tance of TV advertising is tied to theorganisation of retail in France,where 60 percent of all record salesare through hypermarkets. It is alsoan answer to the lack of exposure ourartists receive on television."

Price war leaves scarsSome companies also suggest thatPolyGram's pricing policy on mid -price items 18 months ago, whichresulted in CDs being sold for aroundFfr50 (US$8.7) at retail, has left somewounds. "The price war has been dev-astating," comments Ohayon.

On the positive side, Ohayon sayshe does consider that the threat fromparallel imports has decreased. Hecredits that in part to "the strength ofthe British pound," which has made

U.K. imports far less attractive.Changing CD prices in France have

also played their part. "Today," statesAlbertini, "after several years of con-stant reduction in France, album pricesare harmonised with the rest of Europe.France is now on a par with what youfind in Germany and in the U.K"

However, Albertini contends,"Shrinking margins is a phenomenonthe industry will have to learn to livewith." One way to keep margins at anacceptable level, adds Albertini, is tolimit operating expenses.

"We have to reduce back office[expenses] and put all our efforts intoour new signings," concludes Albertini,declaring that growth is tied to thecapacity of a company to come up withnew and attractive artists.

Ohayon echoes that view, sayingthat EMI's solution is "to bet every-thing on music." He explains: "Wehave to produce good music, concen-trate on one artist per genre, andhave a responsive structure, able toreact to changes in the market."

BMG France has also decided to

"Shrinking marginsis a phenomenon theindustry will have tolearn to live with"

-Paul -Rene Albertini, Sony

keep a tight rein on investment, andhas reduced its number of artisticprojects by some 40 percent, accord-ing to its president, Herve Lasseigne."We have entered a management eraduring which you have to be extravigilant on expenses, where market-ing expenditures are on the way up,pushed by television -driven promo-tional operations. Although budgetshave increased less than in the pastyears, we need tight control on over-heads, to produce less but better."

Return to glamourBut tough times also influence theway people do business. According toOhayon: "What's happening is good ina way. It's a return to the old roots,when production was at the heart ofthe business, and it made the whole

"I can see a realdynamic, but it's get-ting tougher to sellalbums"

- Gerard Woog, Universal France

business much more glamorous."We're back to an industry which

makes people dream, to the develop-ment of fan bases, where record com-panies produce entertainment ratherthan talent which can be a pain in theneck." Illustrating his point, one ofEMI's biggest hits during the past 18months were the boy band 2 Be 3,who are also the stars of a TV sitcom.

Negre summarises the challengefacing the industry in one sentence:"The only good solution is to releasegood records, and to try to get asmuch media exposure as possible."

Universal France presidentGerard Woog takes an optimistic viewof the end of the year, both for themarket as a whole and for his compa-ny, which has had its own sales forcein France since July 1st.

"I can see a real dynamic," saysWoog, but admits that "it's gettingtougher to sell albums." He considersthe market now to look a bit like it didin the '60s and '70s. "In those days,"he explains, "everybody sold singles,and artists were recording and labelsreleasing singles systematically.What's happening now will force theindustry to find different concepts,and to show much more rigour."

Too much marketing?Looking at the scene from a retailangle, FNAC's director of music,Thierry Hidoux, suggests that toomany projects are marketing -driven.Record companies' special marketingdepartments have "gone full circlewith compilations," and are nowsearching for new ideas, he explains,but: "The market doesn't need allthese marketing projects."

"During the Christmas period,when our stores will be jammed withconsumers, artists' records face the riskof having limited visibility becausewe'll be flooded with marketing offerssuch as 2/3 -CD sets, with or withoutChristmas gift packaging. Record com-panies would be better employed,"Hidoux considers, "clarifying theiroffer, investing in new soundcarriersfull of potential such as MiniDisc, andconcentrating more on artists' albums."

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TalentspottingLes Valentins

Barclay/PolyGramPop duo LesValentins-EdithFambuena andJean-Louis Pierrot,schoolmates fromthe southern city ofAix-en-Provence-were once pop starEtienne Daho's pro-tégés, but haveblasted out from his

orbit to fly on their own. In 1997 theyreleased their critically acclaimedthird album, Ego, on Barclay.

Mixing British pop influences witha strong French identity and a talentfor melodies, Les Valentins created aunique sound which earned themartistic recognition. Focusing on theirown recording career has not prevent-ed them from producing a forthcom-ing (as -yet -untitled) album of one ofFrance's key songwriters and per-formers, Alain Bashung.

"I have always had a soft spot forLes Valentins," says Michael Gentile,general manager of Paris rock -orient-ed station Oui FM. "Their new single,On Le Sait, is a very catchy tune, butunlike other radio stations, we havedecided to play the album versioninstead of its [radio] remix."

G.SquadAriola/BMGLaunched just over a year

ago in the heat of "boyband fever," G.Squad

are an all -male four-some who havecaught the atten-

tion of a pre-dominantly youngfemale fanbase.Currently on touracross France, G.Squad have made

their mark bysinging live

instead of mimingto pre-recorded tapes like many of theirrivals. Their debut Ariola CD, G.Squad,has sold some 150,000 units to date,well short of the sales figures of leadingboy band, 2 Be 3. Nevertheless, theirfaithful following could help G.Squadsurvive beyond the current boy bandtrend. "Of all the boy bands," saysChristophe Sabot, music programmerfor CHR station NRJ, "G.Squad are theonly ones delivering material which hasan international production standard.Their latest single, Touche En PleinCoeur, has a good twist to it."

MenelikS.M.A.L.L./Sony MusicOnce regarded as a MC Solaar clone(mainly because they both rapped inSolaar's 501 posse), Menelik has nowmade a name in his own right, thanksto his use of original samples and hisdistinctive cool rapping. Born AlbertTjamag in Cameroon, Menelik wasdiscovered in 1995 through the singleQueue Aventure, originally indepen-

Cecile Tesseyre's pickof the latest crop ofFrench artists.

dently releasedbut later pickedup by SonyMusic's imprintS.M.A.L.L. In1996 his debutalbum, Phen-omenelik, sold90,000 unitsand S.M.A.L.L.

released his second album, Je MeSouuiens, last June. In January, helaunched his own production company,Kaz par Kaz, to support new acts."Menelik is a very interesting artist,"says Alain Tibolla, programming direc-tor for leading national full -servicenetwork RTL. "His lyrics are cleverand the melodies are stylish."

Doc GynecoVirginOriginally a member of hardcore hip -hop band Minister AMER, Doc Gynecohas produced a solo album which hasbeen either loved or loathed. His songson Premiere Consultation are very

much sexuallyoriented andsound like shortstories from hisneighbourhoodin a northParisian sub-urb-they havebeen CHRfavourites overthe past year.

"Two years ago, when I said DocGyneco's album would sell 500,000units, everyone laughed," saysSkyrock director of programmesLaurent Bouneau. The figures giveBouneau the last laugh: since April1996 the album-Gyneco's Virgindebut-has sold more than 450,000copies, and produced three hit sin-gles. "He is a fantastic artist, a mod-ern version of a [Serge] Gainsbourg,"adds Bouneau, who earlier this yearplayed Gyneco's songs more than 100times a week for two months.

SqueegeeMercuryThis rap quartet, comprising threeFrenchmen and an Englishman,formed in 1990, but it wasn't until 1995that things began to get serious. InJuly 1996 the band signed a deal withMercury, and their radio -friendly funkyrap tunes Money B and By Your Side,from their eponymous debut album,made it into the French sales charts.

"Unlike many rap acts, Squeegeeare not aggressive. That's why it was

easy forus to putthem onour playlist," saysFredericPimenta,musicprogram-mer forParisianlocal sta-

tion FM 95.2. "The melodies are easyto remember," adds Pimenta, "and thegeneral atmosphere is groovy. TheFrench singing is particularly good."

AnggunColumbia/Sony Music

Born in Jakarta 23 years ago, thisartist (full name Anggun Cipta Sasmi)built a flourishing career in Asia,where she sold a total of more than 4million albums during 1981-1994.

After an unproductive exploratoryvisit to England, she met up in 1996with Jean -Jacques Goldman's work-ing partner Eric Benzi, who wroteand produced the album Au Nom dela Lune for her; it spawned this sum-mer's hit La Neige Au Sahara.

"Anggun is a true revelation," saysAlain Tibolla, programming managerfor leading national full -service net-work RTL. "She has a beautiful voice,and her singles have been played a loton RTL." Her album is also availablein English, and will be released inter-nationally by Sony Music this autumn.

FaudelSankara/MercuryFaudel is a new artist whose style com-bines NorthAfrican raj: withmore upbeatrock grooves.Born in 1978 toAlgerian parentsin the troubledstreets of Mantesla Jolie, a suburbof Paris, Faudelwas only 12when he joinedrai combo LesEtoiles du Rai. In December 1996 hesigned with Sankara, Mercury France'sworld music label.

Although Faudel received verywarm press reviews for his debutalbum, Baida, most radio stations arehesitant to play it, a reflection ofFrench radio's inability to deal withmusic from North Africa. "It's sad,"says Eric Hauswald, programmer forfull service radio France Inter,"because his album is beautiful, butwe lack the space to play it."

"The artist is certainly interest-ing," says Skyrock's programme direc-tor Laurent Bouneau. "The album isworth listening to."

DoraneastwestDiscovered two years ago through thepowerful debut hit single DormirDehors (WEA), rocker Daran is backwith a new label (eastwest) and a newalbum, Demenage. His straightfor-ward guitar -driven songs havealready put him high on the list ofFrance's rising talent. Demenage, his

third album, waswritten over twomonths-with lyri-cist Anna Filipi-andrecorded in 12 dayswith producer YarolPoupaud (FFF, Mud,Ultra Orange). "I ama true fan," says EricHauswald, one of theprogrammers at fullservice public stationFrance Inter. "It came straight intoour playlist, even though we'd ratherplay it in the evening because itsounds too rough for our main audi-ence. Anna Filipi's lyrics are great andYarol Poupaud's production is perfect."

Les EllesBoucherie

On their eponymous second CD,released in September on indie labelBoucherie Productions, all -girl grouples Elles offer a feisty combination oftheatre and cabaret music. Theirsongs are short stories which haveoften been described by reviewers as"real -life poetry." Les Elles managedto sell 15,000 copies of their debut CD,despite a low level of radio exposureTheir label concentrates its efforts onstage appearances-to take advan-tage of the act's strong "visual"appeal-and on press coverage. LesElles have performed over 120 con-certs during the past two years andare currently on tour in France.

Dimitrieastwest"My album may sound abit weird, but it isaimed at a verywide audience,"says DJ Dimitriabout his debutCD for eastwest,Sacrebleu. Bornin Istanbul 33years ago,Dimitrikicked offhis careerin radio sta-tions, first as a DJ andthen as a sound producer.

He remixed more than 100 Frenchand international titles for CHR net-work's Skyrock and NRJ. That experi-ence led him into composing fashionshow soundtracks for the likes ofJean -Paul Gaultier and to hostingparties in the world's hippest clubs.Adding "from Paris" to his surname,on his album Dimitri blends influ-ences ranging from Jacques Tati-inspired French clichés to post mod-ern house culture. He is widely con-sidered as one of the leading hip newDJs to have emerged from the Frenchtechno/house scene.

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SPECIAL MMusic radio wakes up to personality clashMorning radio programming in France, once dominatedby news and current affairs, has become a battlegroundfor the country's music stations, as Wayne Bodkin reports.

The growing importance of themorning audience to Frenchmusic radio is reflected in thefiercely contested "battle of themorning shows" raging in Paris.

The nation's leading music stations,aware of the need to capture listenersearly in the day, are fighting on twofronts: against the full -service stationswho have traditionally dominated themorning airwaves with news and cur-rent affairs; and against each other.

The main weapon in their armouryis the strongly branded, personality -driven morning show, spiced with bigmoney on -air competitions. GuyBanville, programme director of ACoutlet Europe 2, remarks: "In Francepeople aren't watching TV in themornings. Therefore, the potentialmorning [radio] audience is huge."

Hence theresources Europe2 and its leadingnational rivals,CHR stationNRJ, CHR for-matted Fun Radio

and CHR outlet Skyrock, are pre-pared to pour into the branding oftheir morning offerings.

NRJ leads the way nationally. Its06.00 to 09.00 morning show-LeFestival Robles-has been running forfour years, anchored by family enter-tainer Bruno Robles and his assistantPascal Gigot, employing a total team ofseven. A daily on -air prize accumulatorof FFr10,000 (U.S.$1,600), with a jack-pot sometimes reaching Ffr200,000,adds spice. Only power songs, supergold and current hits are played.

Maximising appealNRJ programme direc-tor ChristopheSabot says the per-sonality approachbroadens the appealbeyond the 15-25core target. "Parents,older brothers and sisters are listeningand need to be taken account of. Pascal'shumour bridges the generation gap."

NRJ makes its own stars, accordingto Sabot. "I'm not interested in 'names,'but in developing new talent," he says."Bruno and Pascal have just signed aTV contract with TF1 for a prime timeshow-four years ago they wereunknown. I'm proud of what's hap-pened for them."

Europe 2's Banvillehas gone for an estab-lished name for the sta-tion's 07.00-09.00 morn-ing slot. "Comedyworks," he says, "and Arthur, our host[already a major TV presenter] hasdoubled our audiences with his jokes."

The station targets a 25-34 demo-graphic and the speech element is

and up -tempo gold tracks,but there is also the opportu-nity to break new music withthe "new sound" featurewhich gets 33 morning show

rotations a week.Skyrock runs a 06.00 to 09.00 morn-

ing show named after its presenter,Cauet, which programme directorLaurent Bouneau describes

very important. Only 4-6 records-all as "a talk show linked byup -tempo hits-are played each hour, music." Six carefully selectedand a team of 20 works through the "hit oriented, up -tempo"night preparing sketches, gags, phone songs each hour slot into acalls and topical jokes. The show is range of speech -based fea-distinctly different from the rest of the tures arranged in six 30 -day's programming, which is music- minute segments. "Peopleoriented. "NRJ is my main competi- are moving during a break -tor," says Banville, "but we're catching fast show," says Bouneau.them up quickly. People zap channels "Eating, dressing, talkingin France. Listening habits have and listening. In cars, onchanged, especially in Paris." headphones in the metro, walking, on

bikes. The music and speech needs toTaking a lead from the BBC reflect that."Fun Radio's morning show has some As with NRJ, there is a dailysimilarities with the new co -presenter Ffr10,000 prize competition, plus asetup on the U.K's BBC Radio 1 break- phone-in "confessions" feature where lis-fast show, featuring Zoe Ball and Kevin teners admit to indiscretions in returnGreening. "Since September I've for CD and holiday prizes. "Cauet's giftchanged things, "says programme direc- is his cross -generationtor Carl Watts. "We now have appeal, his wit, and alsoLorenzo and Genie, who are his strong language," saysbright and bubbly." Bouneau. "He's not

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The early yearsThe early '80s were heady times forItaly's commercial radio operators;there was a feeling in the air that any-thing was possible.

Five years after the legalisation ofprivate radio, which sparked a chaoticexpansion of thou-sands of radio sta-tions throughout theItalian peninsula,the first players whowould become theleading broadcastinginfluences of thefuture were begin-ning to emerge.

In such an envi-ronment, few paidmuch attention atfirst to the launch of asmall new stationbroadcasting from aMilan apartment andplaying only Italianmusic. Even MarioVolante and his part-ner Franco Nisi wereunaware of the repercussions theirexperiment would have on Italy's radioand music industries.

Nisi is now a member of the RadioItalia SMI board of directors, withresponsibility for the network's newsand information content. He says thefact that the new commercial stations,focused almost exclusively on interna-tional music at the expense of domesticproduct created an absurd situation.

However, Nisi rejects the idea of anover -nationalistic approach to RadioItalia SMI's programming policy. "It isvery important to point out that we arenot xenophobes," he says. "We are not

Public judgmentRadio Italia SMI has come a long waysince those modest beginnings: twotape recorders and a transmitter inthe kitchen of an apartment in aMilan tower -block.

"Radio Italia SMI grew into anational network on the back of publicacclaim," says Nisi. "When we startedup, and each time we expanded ourcoverage, the public response wasexactly the same-`at last, a radio sta-tion that plays Italian music.'

"I understood that many of the val-ues applied to local radio could beextended nationwide, and following theenthusiastic listener response wereceived each time we opened a newrepeater in the north of Italy, MarioVolante decided, 'OK, if all of Italy wantsto hear us, let's go to all of Italy. ' "

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working against foreign music, but infavour of Italian music. Italy has a greatmusical heritage. Just look at the stan-dard musical terms used universally,such as andante and allegro-weinvented the language for writingmusic. But back in 1982, no one allowedItalians to hear their own music in theirown country."

Nisi adds that Radio Italia SMI's phi-losophy has remained constant to the

"Following our success, mostnetworks have dedicated muchmore space on their playlists toItalian artists, and several imi-tators have sprung up."

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Fifteen years of exclusively Italian musicRadio Italia Solo Musica Italiana had a low key launch on February 261982, with adeclared aim of bringing Italian music to a national audience. At that time, radioconcentrated on international product-since then, the domestic -only music formathas been copied throughout Europe. Italian artists now acknowledge the importanceof Radio Italia SMI, which broadcasts their work to a daily audience of more than 4million, as Mark Dezzani reports.

The format of Radio Italia SoloMusica Italiana is carried inthe station's name: "SoloMusica Italiana" means, quitesimply, "Italian Music Only."

Founder and president MarioVolante explains the concept which,in 1982, he saw as a desperately need-ed addition to Italy's radio output:"The idea was an intuitive one-tocreate a station playing only Italianmusic, in a country where you couldhear only international music onthe radio.

"Back in 1982," Volante adds, "themajor commercial stations such asRadio Milano [now 101 Network], Radio105 and Radio Deejay were playingalmost exclusively international music.Now, following our success, most net-works have dedicated much more spaceon their playlists to Italian artists, andseveral imitators have sprung up."

The sincerest form of flatteryThe Radio Italia SMI format has cer-tainly been imitated in Italy, and since1982 the domestic -music -only concepthas been successfully established inmarkets throughout Europe. Giventhat radio programmers across the con-tinent are always looking for ideaswhich work, and are always willing toadapt proven formats for their own use,widespread imitation of Radio ItaliaSMI's pioneering music policy is themost honest possible accolade.

"The Home Of Italian Music," as thestation styles itself, reinforces its 100percent domestic music format withinformation about artists and theirmusic. Since those modest beginnings in1982, it has established itself amongstItaly's leading networks as a nationalformat leader. It is acknowledged as aneffective vehicle for breaking newdomestic artists, and also offers majorsupport for Italy's established stars,

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Volante's passion was already evi-dent before he decided to set up his ownstation. He had presented programmesdedicated to Italian artists on a varietyof local stations in Milan-after failingto convince a series of station ownersthat his Italian -music -only concept wasviable, Volante decided to go it alone andinvited his erstwhile colleague, presen-ter Nisi, to join him on the new project.

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1982February 26: Radio Italia SoloMusica Italiana launches from anapartment in central Milan, cover-ing the city. Coverage quicklyexpands throughout north-westItaly to the Lombardy and Piemonteregions.

1985Radio Italia SMI begins building theradio links which will eventuallyallow them to communicate with andserve new affiliates nationwide.

1986The first regional affiliates inVeneto, Tuscany, Lazio and Palermo(Sicily) sign up to the Radio ItaliaSMI brand, and to the network'ssyndicated programming

1987National coverage (with the excep-tion of some small zones in EmiliaRomagna and Sicily) is achieved.

1991Radio Italia SMI passes the 1 mil-lion average daily listeners mark.

1992Radio Italia SMI becomes Italy'smost listened -to commercial radiostation, registering an averagedaily audience of 1,867,000 listen-ers.

1996The first steps outside Italy aretaken as Radio Italia SMI rents twoanalogue transponders for stereotransmission throughout Europevia Eutelsat II Fl (Hot Bird 1) 13°East.

1997Digital quality is available to listen-ers on satellite and cable acrossEurope, with the launch of RadioItalia SMI's digital signal via Astra19.2° East.

A transatlantic satellite link isestablished, allowing cable and FMdistribution in the U.S. and SouthAmerica. Launched via the SBS5123° satellite, the service is avail-able through a holding company setup with Ethnic AmericanBroadcasting Company, set up todistribute Italian language radioand TV programming in the U.S.Key Radio Italia SMI programmesare also relayed on New York ethnicstation WNWK 105.9 FM. LatinAmerica is next on Radio ItaliaSMI's expansion plan.


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By 1986, Radio Italia SMI could beheard along the full length of the Italianpeninsula, and had created its first affil-iate station in Sicily, in Volante's homecity of Palermo. The following year,coverage was virtually complete inmost of the rest of the regions. Smallreception black -spots are still beingfilled in all the time, the latest beingCagliari (Sardinia) this October.

Radio Italia SMI is licensed as a syn-dicated network; which means thatmost of the affiliates throughout Italyare not owned by the station, but adoptthe network identity and rebroadcastprogramming and national advertising

supplied from Milan.Radio Italia SMI owns its own affili-

ates in the regions of Lombardy,Liguria, Friuli and parts of Piemonteand Sicily. Twenty-two privately ownedregional affiliates cover the rest of thecountry; all have the capability to insertlocal advertising during two allocated 3-

minute windows each hour.Volante says Radio Italia

SMI is now recognised as abrand leader, with brandingwhich has achieved the statusaccorded to a few select prod-ucts. "We are like Guinness," hesays. "We were the first of ourkind, and since our successbegan to become apparent, imi-tators have arrived."

Other stations which havefollowed in Radio Italia SMI'swake include Tuscany -basedRadio Cuore, which launched

an Italian music syndicated network in1986. That was followed by RadioLattemiele, based in the region ofEmiglia Romagna, launching theirItalian music syndication in 1989.Regional stations have also launchedItalian music services throughout Italy.

Volante says he welcomes such com-petition, as it has helped Radio ItaliaSMI to develop its own distinctivesound and character to differentiate itfrom newer competitors. "When our for-mat was copied in a massive way," hesays, "it was necessary to create ourown strong identity. While the newcompetitors played just music, we start -

A multi -artist live concert at Monza during the weekend of theItalian Formula 1 Grand Prix (Friday, 5th September, 1997) was oneof the events organised this year to celebrate Radio Italia SMI's 15thanniversary. Pictured (from left) at the event: Franco Nisi, head ofnews & information, Radio Italia SMI; Paola Gallo, presenter, RadioItalia SMI; Fiorella Felisatti, presenter, Radio Italia SMI; twoComune di Monza officials, representatives of Monza local govern-ment; Mario Volanti, president and managing director, Radio ItaliaSMI; Francesco Cataldo, presenter, Radio Italia SMI; Roberto daCrema, TV presenter and contributor to Radio Italia SMI.

ed covering major concerts and bigmusical events such as the SanremoSong Festival, and we built up a com-prehensive information service on themusic we played, including extensiveinterviews with the artists."

Interaction with domestic starsVolante believes Radio Italia SMI hasnow established its own relaxed on -

air "personality," built up throughclose links with listeners who are reg-ularly invited to talk at length withtheir idols on -air.

"We have a very friendly on -airatmosphere, thanks to a close rela-tionship with our listeners, and withthe artists, who feel very relaxed andcomfortable. As we like to say, we arethe home of Italian music."

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listener/artist interactionThe continuing growth of RadioItalia SMI's appeal throughoutItaly is inextricably linked tothe network's attitude to domes-tic artists, writes Mark Dezzani.

Singles are programmed, wherepossible, to enhance the longer -termexposure of artists' latest albums-andof their past work. Acts are alsoencouraged to participate in extendedinterviews, where listeners call in toask questions and talk to the stars.

"We are contemporaries," com-mented Eros Ramazzotti at the begin-ning of an hour-long interview onRadio Italia SMI to promote his newBMG album, Eros. The Italian inter-national star was commenting on thefact that both he and Radio Italia SMIare celebrating 15 years in show busi-ness this year. The interview was atypical example of programmingdesigned to create close links not justbetween the station and listeners, butalso with artists.

Interview hours are a regular fea-ture of Radio Italia SMI's programmeschedule, taking place each day at15.00. they epitomise the friendly,relaxed atmosphere the station's on -air sound aims to promote. Often, aguest star will host an hour eachafternoon throughout a whole week,and during each interview, listenerspose the questions and are givenample time to chat with the artist.

An international interestThe Ramazzotti interview, broadcaston Thursday, 30th October, featuredfour tracks from the new album,interspersed with calls from through-out Italy and one listener-an Italianexpatriate ground hostess atHamburg airport-calling in fromGermany. "When I heard that Eroswas on live, myself and two friendstuned in on the satellite receiver atthe airport," the listener explained.

"We get at least one call per pro-gramme from a listener abroad tuningin via satellite or cable," says RadioItalia SMI's programme directorFilippo Broglia. 'There are parallels,"he continues, "between Radio Italia

SMI and Eros Ramazzotti's career. Weboth started out in 1982. The San RemoSong Festival launched Eros' career,and our coverage of the event markedthe beginning of our in-depth coverageof the artists and their music. Eros isnow a global star, and Radio Italia SMIis now available in many countriesthrough satellite, cable and FM relays."

Programming for involvementRadio Italia SMI's day is built on abedrock of segued music, with blocksof presentation built around news,information and listener feedbackfeatures. There are four news bul-letins daily, at 07.30, 09.55, 13.55 and00.00. Music news is featured at14.30, 16.30, 17.50 and 18.30.

Another example of combining lis-tener involvement with guest stars ison Fiorella Fioribon's morning show,Bongiorno Italia, (Good MorningItaly), which starts at 08.30. Alongsidethe listing of historic anniversariesand star birthdays, a listener who iscelebrating their birthday is invited totalk live on -air with a star who alsohas a birthday on the same day.

At 10.30, there is an album chartshow with four selections each dayfrom a playlist compiled from theFLMI/Nielsen Top 25 sales chart, lis-tener requests and sales from tworecord shops in Milan and Rome out-side the FIMI/Nielsen sample of stores.

At 11.30, Patricia Rossetti presentsAmichevolmente Vostra, featuring con-sumer advice, listeners' letters andcalls. Guest artists feature daily at15.00 and often again at 17.00, andeach evening between 21.00 and 23.00features the Radio Italia Speciale diSera (Radio Italia's Evening Special)show. The evening show typically fea-tures a live or recorded concert, or alive studio session from a guest artist.

Long-term commitment"Seventy percent of our playlist fea-tures recent and gold hits-often lis-tener requests-with the remaining 30percent new material," says Broglia,who emphasises that the music selec-tion is 90 percent based on melodicmusic and 10 percent on more rock -ori-ented Italian music.

"We give equal treatment to all theartists with new releases whom wefeature," explains Broglia. "To help usstand out from other stations, we giveartists with a new release extensivecoverage. This means that, out of thesix daily plays an artist with a newrelease typically receives, the followingrotation is applied: 1-current singlefrom the album; 2-a gold hit from the

"We give artists witha new release exten-sive coverage"

- Fillipo Broglia, Radio Italia

artist; 3-current single; 4-a trackfrom the album (a different one eachday); 5-another gold hit; 6-currentsingle. We will work an album for up to18 months, and when a new albumfrom the same artist comes out, we willcontinue to feature the strongest tracksfrom the previous album. This ensuresthe continuity and exposure whichartists deserve."

Sanremo in depthItaly's principal music event, theannual Sanremo Song Festival whichattracts up to 15 million televisionviewers for the final night, is the majorevent in Radio Italia SMI's calendar.

"Most media focus is on the clothesand appearance of the artists, and thegossip surrounding the event," saysBroglia. "We cover all of that, but wetake the festival seriously and focuson the artists and their music."

He adds that the station followsthrough after the five-day festival isover, dedicating a whole month to thewealth of new albums released duringthe event. "We have become a point ofreference, and we are recognised as anauthority on Italian music. This is

"We arecontemporaries"

- Eros Ramazzotti

clearly demonstrated by the fact that,during the week of the Sanremo SongFestival, our ratings soar 150 percent."

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ucio Dalla, Mango, MarcoMasini, Laura Pausini, I Pooh,Eros Ramazzotti, EnricoRuggieri, Antonello Venditi,and Zucchero-only some of the

names from a long list of Italian artistswith whom Radio Italia SMI claims awarm, ongoing relationship.

Laura Pausini told M&M thatRadio Italia SMI were important fromthe beginning of her career. "When Iparticipated at my first Sanremo SongFestival, even before I had won thatevent, Radio Italia SMI gave me a lotof encouragement, and throughout mycareer they have been there with con-stant support," says the singer.

"I feel very close to Radio ItaliaSMI, and I enjoy listening to keep upwith the latest in Italian music. Theygive a lot of airtime to young, up-and-coming artists who don't always find iteasy to get played. Without that radioexposure, they can't break through."

SynergyTony Vandoni, responsible for radiopromotions at BMG Records, also hasclose links withRadio Italia SMI."Ten years ago Iworked there forthree years andsaw it grow withmy own eyes.Although I was amusic program-mer, I also had avery hands-on rolebuilding the newcentral Milan stu-dios, workingalongside the car-penters andbuilders," saysVandoni. Hedescribes the sta-tion as "anabsolute mirror ofwhat is happeningin Italian music.Their slogan`prima in antepri-ma (first with theexclusives)' ringstrue. Throughtheir unique play -list structure theygive the extensivesupport new albumreleases deserve.

"They involvethe listeners direct-ly with the artists,and they are involved with a lot ofancillary promotions through jointpress and TV advertising on newreleases. It is the sort of synergywhich demonstrates how record labelsand radio can work best together."

Sandor Mallasz, promotions direc-tor at Virgin Music Italy, says heworked closely with Radio Italia SMIat his previous posting with WEAItaly, promoting artists such asLigabue and Gino Paoli. That relation-ship continues with Virgin signings

"Radio Italia SMI gaveme a lot of encourage-ment, and throughoutmy career they havebeen there with con-stant support,

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Marina Rei andNicolo Fabi.

"Radio ItaliaSMI made a bigimpact whenthey started."At the time anItalian -music -only formatwas a revolu-tionary idea,and was thefirst real for-mat 'made inItaly' that wecould really callour own. Theother formatswere adaptations of foreign formatmodels," says Mallasz.

DedicationStefano Zappatera, marketing directorat Polydor Italia, applauds Radio ItaliaSMI's dedication to Italian music. "Theyare very good at their job, and are real-ly very dedicated to Italian music," hesays, and adds: "Our more rock -oriented

artists such asTimoria will get lessattention than ourmore traditionalartists such as MafiaBazar and Zucchero.

"However, RadioItalia SMI hasgiven a lot of sup-port to our risingsinger/songwriterCarmen Consoli. Inthe past 15 years,the network hasmade a very big con-tribution to develop-ing the careers ofmany local artists."

Radio Italia SMIstation managerand programmedirector FilippoBroglia says he wel-comes the new gen-eration of Italianartists such asCarmen Consoli,who embrace a moreinternational soundand contemporaryproduction values.

"Italian musicisn't changing, butit is opening thedoors to other gen-res such as rock and

soul. New bands such as [rap outfit]Articolo 31 and [rock band] Mao & LeRevoluzione get regular air -play onRadio Italia SMI, since they bothhave classic Italian melodic hooks intheir music.

"The essential ingredient-and themain criterion for our playing asong-is still a strong melody, and therecent diversification of styles withinthe Italian melodic concept can onlybe a good thing for Italian music andRadio Italia SMI," Broglia concludes.

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Italian message, overseas potentialNationwide coveragethroughout Italy has notstopped Radio Italia SMIfrom steadily expandingfurther afield.

Two years ago,the network spreadits wings beyondItaly's nationalboundaries and intoEurope with thelaunch of its firstinternational ven-ture. This took theshape of an analoguestereo transponderon Eutelsat II Fl(Hot Bird 1) 13° east,11.408 GHz Verticalpolarisation. (Audiosub -carriers7.38/7.58 MHz.)

In 1996, the network added digitalsignals on Eutelsat's Hot Bird II

"There are 60 millionItalian expatriatesaround the world.That's the same as thenumber of Italians liv-ing in Italy. That givesus a worldwide targetaudience to aim for."

- Franco Nisi, Radio Italia SMI

Telecom B2 and Astra 19.2° east(11.805 GHz). November 1997 seesthe official launch of Radio Italia'stransatlantic satellite link, whichtakes the signal into the U.S. and

includes a dailyFM relay-forone hour eachmorning-onNew York eth-nic broadcasterWNWK 105.9MHz from theEmpire StateBuilding, witha 100km range.

The sameU.S. satellite(SBS5 123°west) will sup-ply cable net-works with a

24 -hour feed of Radio Italia SMI, andit is anticipated that further FM relays

Where Radio Italia SMI is nowAudiradio's second quarter 1997survey reveals that Radio ItaliaSMI has a 4,036,000 daily averagelistenership, making it the thirdmost listened to commercial sta-tion, and the fifth most listened

to station overall in Italy."We are overall leaders in the

24-44 demographic, and amongfemale listeners of all ages,"adds head of news and informa-tion Franco Nisi.

Franco Nisi (left), Radio Italia SMI head of news and information,on stage at the station's birthday concert with Max Pezzali andMarco Guarnerio from Italian band 883.

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An Italian world picture"There are 60 million Italian expatri-ates around the world," commentsRadio Italia director Franco Nisi."That's the same as the number ofItalians living in Italy. Plus, there isan increasing interest in Italianmusic abroad. That gives us a world-wide target audience to aim for."

Radio Italia SMI also has an infor-mal arrangement with several cableand FM stations in Australia, who usethe Radio Italia SMI brand and takespecial programming from the Italianmother station. "This year," says Nisi,"we broadcast live coverage of theSanremo Song Festival with an ISDNfeed to our Australian partners, and toan audience of 1 million listeners inthe antipodes."

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Spice Up Your LifeA.B.DIEFIN.F.D.IRELNLIV.S.CH.UKIIUN3 3 4 Spice Girls - Virgin (Windswept Pacific I PolyGram)How Come, How Long A.F.D.S.CH

36 26 23Babyface feat. Stevie Wonder - Epic (Sony ATV 1 ECM' 1 Steuland Morris)

Pour Entre Libre F

70 65 7 2 Be 3 - EMI (Les Disques A La Maison)

0 As Long As You Love Me A.B.DED.IRE.NLNE.S.CH.UKHUN

4 5 Backstreet Boys - Jive (Grantsville I Zomba)Mo Money Mo Problems A.B.DK.F.D.IRE.NL.S.CH

37 25 15 The Notorious B.I.G./PufiDaddy/Mase - Puff Daddy (Various)........... Lonely UK

MVP Peter Andre - Mushroom (Rondor / EMI)

Men In Black AliDKF.D.IRE.LIVL.N.S.CH.UK

5 5 18 Will Smith - Columbia (Various)Everybody (Backstreet's Back) B.DEF.D.IRE.INLCH

38 32 16 Backstreet Boys - Jive (Zomba)I'll Be There For You RFS

72 9 Rembrandts - East West (Warner Chappell)

Stay AB.DKFIN.DXE.I.NL.N.S.CH.UK

6 6 6 Sash! - Byte Blue (Step By Step I Strongsongs)Party People...Friday Night UK

47 3 911 - Ginga I Virgin (Windswept Pacific/Sony ATV I 19)History/Ghosts B.F.D.S.CH

74 18 Michael Jackson -Epic (Mijac I W -T 1 EMI Inyte Tyme 1 Donril)

0 Da Ya Think I'm Sexy? AB.DEFIN.F.D.IRE.LNL.NS.UK12 6 N -Trance feat. RodStewart- All Around TheWor Id (NitestalkliVarntrChappellIEMil

Tout B.F

40 38 20 Lara Fabian - Polydor (Not Listed)#........ Never Gonna Let You Go Mr

NEP Tina Moore - Delirious (Jonathan I Uneve)

I'll Be Missing You ARDKF.D.IRE.I.NL.NE.S.CH.UK

7 21 Puff Daddy & Faith Evans feat. 112 - Bad Boy I Arista (Various)® N'Oubliez Jamais RED.NL

41 27 3 Joe Cocker - Capitol (MCA)Meine Kleine Schwester D

3 Spektakolar - Hansa (Primer° I Gluck /Intro)

®Tubthumping AB.DK.F.D.IRE.LNL.N.S.UK.HUN

8 13 Chumbawamba - EMI (Chumbawamba)Crush On You A.D.NL.NS.CH

42 35 11 Aaron Carter - Edel (Trans Continental)Everything I Wanted UK

76 77 2 Dannii Minogue - Eternal/WEA (IMN I Rive Droite)

Got Til It's Gone A.B.DKEDIRE.NLIV.S.CH.UKHUN

10 - 7 Janet Jackson - Virgin (EMI /Windswept /Various)....n, All You Good Good People UK

balP Embrace - Hut (Copyright Control)Where's The Love RFIRE.S.CH.HUN

77 61 10 Hanson - Mercury (WC IMCA 'Beef Puppet/Sandblaster)

0 Ain't That Just The Way AFD.CH

13 7 Lutricia McNeal - Siljemark I CNR (MCA)Avenues B.FINF.D.NL.N.S

55 4 Refugee Camp All Star feat. Pins - Arista antersong I Warner Chappell)Gabriel UR

78 75 2 Roy Davis Jr. Feat. Peven Eve - XL Recordings (EMI)

0 Sunchyme B.DKF.D.IRE.NL.UK

19 8 Dario G - WEA (Warner Chappell)Ma Melissa F

78 10 Les Minikeums - FTD (Not Listed)@ 'K Heb je Lief En Wacht Op Je NL

IMP Paul De Leeuw - Epic (Not Listed)

Savoir Aimer RE13 11 2 Florent Pagny - Mercury (Not Listed)

You've Got A Friend IRE.UK

40 4 Brand New Heavies - ffrr (Sony ATV I Black Chick)Le Temps Qui Court F

8046 68 16 Alliage - Bax Dance (Not Listed)

***** SALES BREAKER *****0 Torn IRK UK

109 2 Natalie Imbruglia - RCA (Island I EMI I BMG)

Stand By Me FIN.F.D.IRE.I.NL.E.S.UK

7 Oasis - Creation (Oasis I Creation I ATV I Sony)Rock To The Funky Beat ux

93 2 Natural Born Chillers -East West Dance (Chrysalis (Bucks I Bring The Noise)

Samba De Janeiro B.FIRE.CH21 22 Bellini - Virgin (BMG)

.......... Je T'Aime F

kw Lara Fabian - Polydor (Not Listed)

Rescue Me15 14 6 Bell, Book & Candle - Ariola (EMI)

Phenomenon B.IRE.NL.S.UK

53 2 LL Cool J - Def Jam (EMI /LL Cool J I Def Jam)How Could An Angel Break My Heart

IMP Toni Braxton - Laface I Arista (Copyright Control)

I Will Survive F0 17 6 Hennes House Band - Xplo Music (PolyGram)Les Temps Changent B.F

73 3 MC Solaar - Polydor (Sentment Sud 1 Arretez Ecoutez)Beachball RIRE.LUK

84 52 3 Nalin & Kane - Motor (Warner Chappell)

# Te Extrano, Te Olvido, Te Amo B.F24 6 Ricky Martin - Tristar I Columbia (Various)

Picture Of You A.RFIRE.S.CH60 16 Boyzone - Polydor (PolyGram/19/BMG/Sony ATV I Island)

Leven Na De Dood B.NL

85 86 12 Freek De Jonge - EMI (Not Listed)

C)Cherish AD.CH

57 3 Pappa Bear - Universal (Delightful)Useless DKFIN.D.S.IXIIIIN

52 42 2 Depeche Mode -Mute (EMI)Still Waters (Run Deep) ISSUE

UAW Bee Gees - Polydor (Gibb Bros I BMG)

®Du Fehlst Mir AD.CH28 4 Cappuccino - Mercury (EMI)0 Gib Mir Noch Zeit ADCH

4' 7 Blume/len - Edel (Peer Music /Edition Antenna)I Need A Miracle ux

PMP Coco - Positiva (MCA)

0 I Wanna Be The Only One RF.D.NL.S.CH

37 24 Eternal feat. BeBe Winans -1st Avenue/EMI (EMI I BMG)Been Around The World B.D1RE.NL.S.UK

54 46 2 Puff Daddy & The Family - Puff Daddy (Various)Take Me Where The Sun Is Shining A.D

IMP Coleske - WEA (Not Listed)

Alane B.F.D.NL23. 19 24 Wes - Saint George I Columbia (Sony 1 Michel Sanchez)

0 The Drugs Don't Work B.D.IRE.NL.N.S.UK

59 10 The Verve - Hut 'Virgin (EMI)Because It's Love A-DIVL,CH

89 81 9 The Kelly Family - Kel-Life (Kel-Life)

Bitch ARF.D.IVL.S.CH

n 16 16 Meredith Brooks - Capitol (EMI I Hit & Run)Ripgroove UK

56 29 2 Double 99 - Satellite (EMI)Guantanamera D.NL.S.CH

90 70 2 Wyclef Jean - Ruffliouse / Columbia (Fall River)

C U When U Get There A.B.DKD.IRE.IVL.NS.CH

23 15 17 Coolio - Tommy Boy (IQ 'Various)Prenons Notre Temps F

57 59 24 Poetic Lovers - M6 Int. (Not Listed)Honey RFIRE.NL.S.CH

91 63 10Mariah Carey Columbia (Chrysalis I EMI I Sony ATV 1 Charisma)

Quanto Amore Sei A.B.F.D.LNL.E.CH

24 20 5 Eros Ramazzotti - DDD (EMI)Gotham City D.NL.NS.CH

58 36 17 R. Kelly - Jive (Zomba I CC)Choose Life UK

UAW PF Project feat. Ewan McGregor - Positiva (Sony)

@Bittersweet Symphony A.B.F.D.IRE.LNL.Cf1

31 21 The Verve - Hut /Virgin (EMI)Angel Of Mine IRE.NL.UKHUN

59 45 6 Eternal - 1st Avenue I EMI (Rhettrhyrne I Warner ChappellIPolyGram)Rumours DIX

iii4P Awesome - Universal (EMI)

0 Te Garder Pres De Moi F39 2 Alliage & Boyzone - Mercury (Not Listed)

......., Tell Him NL.UK

lalP Celine Dion & Barbra Streisand - Columbia (Various)Je Voudrais La Connaitre B.F

94 91 8 Patricia Kaas - Columbia (JRG)

He's Comin' LOCH27 30 9 Nana - Motor (Warner Chappell)

You Might Need Somebody A.F.D.CH.HUN

61 51 30 Shola Ama - WEA (EMI)Ya Rayah F

95 87 9 Rashid Taha - Barclay (Not Listed)

Anybody Seen My Baby? A.F.D.IVL.E.S.CH.HUN

28 33 6 The Rolling Stones - Virgin (Promopub I Bumstead I PolyGraml Zavion)

Formula A

64 6 DJ Visage - Dancelab /EMI (NR)Che Guevara F

96 88 2 Ines Rivero - MGN (Not Listed)

Please RFINF.D.IRELNL.E.S.CH.FHIN

29 34 6 U2 - Island (Blue Mountain)Take It To The Limit A.D.CH

63 58 6 Mr. President- WEA (Jetzt Kommz IJens Neumann/Hanseatic/WC)4 Seasons Of Loneliness RD.IRE.1VL.S.CH

9°. 8 Boyz II Men - Motown (EMI)

Free B.F.D.LCH

30 18 23 Ultra Nate - A&M (Strictly Rhythm)Don't Change BF

64 56 4 Worlds Apart - EMI (Not Listed)Sing A Song UK

98 71 2 Byron Stingily - Manifesto (EMI)

0 U Sexy Thing IRE.UK

41 4 Clock - Media (Rak)Burnin' S

66 4 Cue - Pool Sounds (Not Listed)0 Big Bad Mama D.NL.CH

Foxy Brown feat. Dru Hill - Def Jam (EMI)

@ Uh La La La AF.D.CH

43 23 Alexia - DWA I Dance Pool (Extravaganza)Meet Her At The Love Parade A'Raffia'

82 13 Da Hool - Kosmo (Warner Chappell)Just For You D.IRENL.E.UK

M. M -People - M People I BMG (EMI I BMG)@

M.I Say A Little Prayer FIRE.N.UK

33 22 4 Diana King- Work (New Hidden Valley 1 Casa David2Raincloud D.IRE.UK

67 54 5 Lighthouse Family - Polydor 1 Wildcard (PolyGram I Lots Of Hits)

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**it*** gki.FS BREAKER ****** indicates the single registering the biggest increase m chart points. The Eurochart Fla 100 Singles ia compiled by Music & Media and based on the following national singles sales charts:ChartTrack (UK); Ireland; Full chartservice by Media Control GmbH 0049-7221-366201 (Germany); SIVEP/IFOP Tite-Live (France); tangles, Musics E Dischi/Mario De Luigi, albums: Fimi-Nielsen (Italy);

Stichting Mega Top 100 (Holland); Stichting Promuvi (Belgium); CLEM:FPI (Sweden); IFPI/Niolsen Marketing Research (Denmark); VG (Norway); ALEF MB/AFYVE (Spain); YLE 2 RadieroafuilIFP1 (Finland); Austria Top30 (Austria);Full chart service by Media Control AG 0041-61-2718969 (Switzerland); IPSOS/Mahasz-IFPI (Hungary) IFPI (Czech Republic).

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***** SALES BREAKER *****Eros Ramazzotti A.B.DK.FINFD.INL.NP.S.CH.CZE

24 2 Eros - DDD 0

Mina34 28 2 Leggera - PDUOdd Borretzen & Lars Martin Myhre N

69 51 4 Vintersang Tylden & Co.

Soundtrack IRE.UK®38 6 The Full Monty - RCA VictorPuff Daddy A.B.D.NL.S.CHHUN

69 42 16 No Way Out - Bad Boy

The Verve A.B.DK.FIN.F.D.GRE.IRE.LNL.N.P.E.S.CH.UK.CZE

2 1 6 Urban Hymns - Hut /VirginSpice Girls B.DKFIRE.NL.S.UIC

36 33 53 Spice - Virgin g Wolfgang Petry D

70 63 19 Alles - HansaCI

The Rolling Stones AB.DEFINED.GRE.INLN.P.E.SCHRUNCZE3 2 6 Bridges To Babylon - VirginAndrea Bocelli F

37 34 4 Viaggio Italiano - Sugar/PolydorNana D.CH.HUN

71 58 24 Nana - Motor

Backstreet Boys ABDKI7N.D.GREIRE.INL.N.P.ESCRUKHUN.CZE

4 4 13 Backstreet's Back - Jive 0Claudia Jung A.D.CH

j a 37 5 Augenblicke - EMITic Tac Toe D.CH

72 61 28 Klappe Die 2te - RCA 0Elton John A.B.DKFINID.INL.N.P.E.S.CH.UKHUN.CZE

5 3 6 The Big Picture -Rocket 0Helmut Lotti B.NL

76 2 Goes Classic III - RCAClouseau B.IVL

85 2 Verzameld 87-97 - EMI

Janet Jackson A.B.DKFIN.F.D.GRE.IRE.INL.NS.CH.UK

6 5 5 The Velvet Rope - VirginFrancesco De Gregori 1

40 31 2 La Valigia Dell'Attore - ColumbiaBilly Joel ADK.D.IRE.UK

74 36 11 Greatest Hits Volume III - Columbia

Aqua ADKFIN.D.INL.N.P.E.S.CHHUN7 12 31 Aquarium - Universal

0 Magnus Uggla sLel-1P Karaoke - Columbia

Charlie Landsborough IRE.UK

MO Further Down The Road - Ritz

Joe Cocker - karam.NcaczE8 6 9 Across From Midnight - Capitol

Daniel O'Donnell IRE.UK

99 2 I Believe - RitzHellbillies N

76 66 2 Live Laga - TAden & Co.

* 11 41 RomanzaaB o ceallriiB.DKF.D.INL.N.P.E.S.CH.CZE

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--7:).III -V Storm - EMI

Chris De Burgh D.P.CH.UK

77 49 5 Love Songs - A&M

___, Spice Girls UK

10 LW Spiceworld - VirginJudas Priest FINDCH

IMO Jugulator - SPV® Hot Chocolate UK

Ei* Their Greatest Hits -EMI

The Corrs DKF.D.IRE.NL.N.E.S.CH.UK

3420 2 Talk On Corners - 143 /Lava /AtlanticJewel DKD.IRE.N.E

46 59 4 Pieces Of You - AtlanticGiorgia /

86 7 Mangio Troppa Cioccolata - RCA

Era B.F.D.NL.S

1248 2 Era - MercuryMeredith Brooks ABRGRENLECH

46 32 15 Blurring The Edges - CapitolJimmy Nail IRE.UK

80 64 4 The Nail File - Best Of - East West

Oasis A.B.DK.F.D.IRE.LIVL.E.S.CH.UK.HUN.CZE

13 9 11 Be Here Now - Creation g Prodigy B.F7N.D.IRKIVL.E.S.UKHUN

47 39 19 The Fat Of The Land - XL g Ligabueal 53 25 Su E Giu' Da Uri Pala) - WEA

104 ___, John Lennon AIRE.NL.UK

L'Ilt. Lennon Legend - ParlophoneKastelruther Spatzen A.D.CH

44 6 Herzschlag Fur Herzschlag - Koch.D.CH....c:',.., Shola Ama F

TIF) 87 9 . Much Love - WEA

M People ADILD.IRE.NL.S.CH.UK.CZE

15 7 4 Fresco - MPeopleIBMGTexas B.DKIRE.IVL.S.LTK

57 17 White On Blonde - Mercury CIDe Kast Au.

83 68 3 Niets Te Verliezen - CNR

Michel Sardou B.F

16 19 3 Salut - TremaAlejandro Sanz

50 43 8 Mas - WEA

E Kiss FIND.IVL.N

CI* Carnival Of Souls - Mercury

Wolfgang Petry A.D.CH

17 16 11 Nie Genug - AriolaGenesis AD.CH.CZE

51 35 10 Calling All Stations - VirginMano Solo F

85 40 2 Je Sais Pas Trop - East West

Eternal D.IRE.NL.N.UKis 22 2 Greatest Hits - 1st Avenue/EMI

Florent Pagny F

IMP Savoir Aimer - MercuryThe Jam IRE.UK

86 73 3 The Very Best Of The Jam - Polydor

Lighthouse Family D'IRKUK19 19 3 Postcards From Heaven - Polydor 1 Wildcard

0 Presuntos Implicados E

Siete -WEAPixies B.FIRE.P.UK

U Death To The Pixies - 4AD

Bjork A.B.DK.FIN.F.D.NL.N.P.E.S.CH

20 13 7 Homogenic - Mother I One Little IndianGotthard CH

54 45 6 Defrosted - AriolaChumbawamba ANL.NCH.HUN.CZE

88 71 6 Tubthumper - EMI

Mariah Carey A.B.F.D.GRE.IRE.INL.E.S.CH.UKHUNCZE

21 18 8 Butterfly - ColumbiaIAM B.F

55 47 5 L'Ecole Du Micro D'Argent - DelabelLL Cool J D.NL.S.C11

89 54 3 Phenomenon - Del Jam

Portishead A.B.DK.FIN.F.D.GRE.IRE.NL.N.P.S.CH.UK

22 8 6 Portishead - Go!Beat___, Bjorn Eidsvag N

MP Pa Svai - NorskJarabe De Palo E

90 52 4 La Placa - Virgin

Jean -Jacques Goldman B.F.CH

23 23 1u En Passant - ColumbiaGreen Day A.FIN.D.GRE.IRE.NL.P.E.S.CH.CZE57 29 4 Nimrod - Reprise

0 ......, Bloodhound Gang DKS

kW One Fierce Beer Coaster - Interscope

Loreena McKennitt B.F.D.GRE.INL.E.CH.CZE

24 21 5 The Book Of Secrets - Quinlan Road 'WarnerSash! B.IRE.IVLUKHUN

58 41 2 It's My Life - Byte BlueSoundtrack A.D.GRE.CH.HUN.CZE

92 60 12 Men In Black - Columbia

...., Badesalz 065D Monica Naranjo E PatriciaMa Chair - Columbia

Radiohead B.F.D.GRE.IRE.INL.N.S.UK

26 17 21 OK Computer - ParlophoneCI

Lara Fabian B.F

97 3 Pure - PolydorMidge Ure r

UHF Breathe - Arista

Rammstein AD.CH

27 15 10 Sehnsucht - MotorWorlds Apart B.F

78 11 Don't Change - EMI.P.E__...n Madredeus B

MP- 0 Paraiso - EMI

Bob Dylan A.B.D.GRE.ERE.NL.N.S.CH.UK

28 14 6 Time Out Of Mind - Columbia883 /

62 46 19 La Dura Legge Del Gol - FRIDoc Gyneco F

GO Premiere Consultation - Virgin

Sarah Brightman/LSO DKFIN.D.NP.S

29 25 12 Timeless - East WestMC Solaar F

CO Paradisiaque - PolydorClawfinger AD.S.HUN

97 74 4 Clawfinger - MVO 1 WEA

3+D.....,Vikingerna DKFIN.N.S

OS Kramgaa Latar 1997 -EMIAnouk

93 2 Together Alone -Dinom, Don Huonot FIN

96 95 7 Hyvati 'Ma Ja Huomenta - Terrier Records

Elton John ARDK.FIND.GRE.IRE.IIVL.N31 26 8 Lovesongs - Rocket g Michael Learns To Rock DKCH

- Nothing To Lose - EMI -MedleyLuis Miguel E

99 80 11 Romances - WEA Latina

Led Zeppelin AB.DKFIND.N.P.E.S

32 27 9 Remasters - AtlanticLeonard Cohen B.F7NNL.N.PE

67 3 More Best Of - Columbia.@ ....., Huey Lewis & The News DK

W. If This Is It - CMC

Boyz H Men F.D.NL.S.CH

33 30 6 Evolution - MotownBo zone F

rri113) A Different Beat - Polydor 11.1

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I= Italy, HUN = Hungary, NL = Netheelande, N = Norway, P = 8 = Sweden, GA = SmMerland, UK = United Emgdom.

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

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

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UNITED KINGDOM GERMANY FRANCE ITALYTW LW SINGLES

1 I. Aqua - Barbie Girl (Universal)2 33 Natalie Imbruglia - Torn (RCA)3 2 Spice Girls - Spice Up Your Life (Virgin)4 3 ®Ws John- Something About./Candle In The Wind 1997 (Mercury)

5 8 5Tnect feat Rod Stewart -Da Ya Think I'm Sexy? Aroand The World)

6 4 Sash! - Stay (Multiply)7 5 Dario G - Sunchyme (WEA)8 12 911 - Party People...Friday Night (Virgin)9 11 Clock - U Sexy Thing (MCA)

10 54 Embrace - All You Good Good People (Virgin)TW LW ALBUMS

1 NE Spice Girls - Spiceworld (Virgin)2 1 The Verve - Urban Hymns (Virgin)3 64 John Lennon - Lennon Legend (Parlophone)4 5 Various - Huge Hits 1997 (Global)5 2 Lighthouse Family - Postcards From Heaven (Polydor)

6 4 Eternal - Greatest Hits (EMI)7 13 Elton John - The Big Picture (Mercury)8 11 Soundtrack - The Full Monty (RCA)9 26 Daniel O'Donnell - I Believe (Ritz)

10 6 Various - Now Dance '97 (Virgin/EMI)

TW LW SINGLES

1 2 Aqua - Barbie Girl (Universal)2 1 Elton John - Something About/Candle In The Wind 1997 (Mercury)

3 7 Pappa Bear - Cherish (Universal)4 3 Bell, Book & Candle - Rescue Me (Ariola)5 5 Cappuccino - Du Fehlst Mir (Mercury)6 4 Backstreet Boys - As Long As You Love Me (Rough Trade)

7 8 Lutricia McNeal - Ain't That Just The Way (Arcade)8 6 Will Smith - Men In Black (Columbia)9 10 Dario G - Sunchyme (WEA)10 9 Nana - He's Comin' (Motor)TW LW ALBUMS

1 13 Eros Ramazzotti - Eros (Ariola)2 1 The Rolling Stones - Bridges To Babylon (Virgin)3 2 Wolfgang Petry - Nie Genug (Ariola)4 NE Badesalz - Wie Mutter Und Tochter (Columbia)5 4 Backstreet Boys - Backstreet's Back (Rough Trade)6 3 Rammstein - Sehnsucht (Motor)7 24 Era - Era (Mercury)8 5 Joe Cocker - Across From Midnight (EMI)9 NE Judas Priest - Jugulator (SPV)

10 6 Janet Jackson - The Velvet Rope (Virgin)

TW LW SINGLES

1 2 Aqua - Barbie Girl (Universal)2 1 Florent Pagny - Savoir Aimer (Mercury)3 5 Hermes House Band - I Will Survive (Scorpio)4 7 Ricky Martin Te Extrano, Te Olvido, Te Amo (Tristar)

5 3 Elton John - Something About/Candle In The Wind 1997 (Mercury)

6 4 Spice Girls - Spice Up Your Life (Virgin)7 8 Alliage & Boyzone - Te Carder Pres De Moi (Mercury)

8 6 Nathalie Cardone - Haste Siempre (Columbia)9 28 Eternal feat. Belie Winans - I Wanna Be The Only One (EMD

10 22 Les Minikeums - Ma Melissa (PolyGram)TW LW ALBUMS

1 1 Michel Sardou - Salut (Trema)2 2 Jean -Jacques Goldman - En Passant (Columbia)3 32 Eros Ramazzotti - Eros (BMG)4 3 Various - Sol En Si (WEA)5 4 Andrea Bocelli - Viaggio Italiano (Polydor)6 5 Joe Cocker - Across From Midnight (EMI)7 NE Florent Pagny - Savoir Aimer (Mercury)8 7 LAM - L'Ecole Du Micro D'Argent (Delabel)9 18 Era - Era (Mercury)

10 20 MC Solaar - Paradisiaque (Polydor)

TW LW SINGLES


3 9 Spice Girls - Spice Up Your Life (Virgin)4 3 N -Trance feat. Rod Stewart - Da Ya Think Ten Sexy? (Media)

5 6 Will Smith - Men In Black (Columbia)6 7 Chase - Stay With Me (BMG)7 8 Run DMC Vs. Jason Nevins - It's Like That (Time)

8 12 Simone Jay - Midnight (Virgin)9 4 Smoke City - Mr. Gorgeous (Virgin)10 13 Chumbawamba - Tubthumping (EMI)TW LW ALBUMS

1 NE Eros Ramazzotti - Eros (BMG)2 4 The Verve - Urban Hymns (Virgin)3 1 Mina - Leggera (RTI)4 2 Francesco De Gregori - La Valigia Dell'Attore (Columbia)

5 3 Elton John - The Big Picture (Mercury)6 8 Aqua - Aquarium (Universal)7 5 883 - La Dura Legge Del Go] (FRI)8 9 Andrea Bocelli - Romanza (Sugar)9 13 Giorgia - Mangio Troppa Cioccolata (BMG)

10 7 Ligabue - Su E Giu' Da tin Palco (WEA)

SPAIN HOLLAND BELGIUM SWEDENTW LW SINGLES

1 1 Elton John - Something About/Candle In The Wind 1997 (Mercury)

2 3 Aqua - Barbie Girl (Universal)3 6 Backstreet Boys - As Long As You Love Me (Virgin)4 4 Eros Ramazzotti - Quanto Amore Sei (RCA)5 5 Puff Daddy & Faith Evans feat.112- I'll Be Missing You (Ariola)

6 9 U2 - Please (Mercury)7 7 Elton John Something About The Way You Look Tonight (Mercury)

8 8 The Rolling Stones - Anybody Seen My Baby? (Virgin)

9 NE M -People - Just For You (RCA)10 10 Oasis - Stand By Me (Columbia)TW LW ALBInos

1 1 Alejandro Sanz - Mas (WEA)2 NE Presuntos Implicados - Siete (WEA)3 4 Monica Naranjo - Palabra De Mujer (Epic)4 2 Backstreet Boys - Backstreet's Back (Virgin)5 3 Jarabe De Palo - La Placa (Virgin)6 5 Luis Miguel - Romances (WEA)7 7 The Rolling Stones - Bridges To Babylon (Virgin)8 6 Ketama - Konfusion (Mercury)9 8 Dover - Devil Came To Me (Subterfuge)10 29 Elvis Presley -20Aniversario - Sus Grandes Canciones (RCA)

TW LW SINGLES

1 2 Wes - Mane (Epic)2 1 Elton John - Something About/Candle In The Wind 1997 (Mercury)

3 8 Anouk - Nobody's Wife (Dino)4 7 Paul De Leeuw -'K Heb je Lief En Wacht Op Je (Epic)5 3 Aqua - Barbie Girl (Universal)67

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4 Spice Girls - Spice Up Your Life (Virgin)5 Backstreet Boys - As Long As You Love Me (Zomba)6 De Kast - In Nije Dei9 Sash! - Stay

13 Keith Sweat - NobodyTW LW ALanas

4 Anouk - Together AloneNE Helmut Lotti - Goes Classic III2 De Bast - Niets Te Verliezen7 Era - Era1 BZN - Pearls

(CNR)(Byte)

(Warner)

1 (Dino)2 (BMG)3 (CNR)4 (Mercury)5 (Mercury)6 8 Backstreet Boys - Backstreet's Back (Zomba)7 12 Ry Cooder - Buena Vista Social Club (Munich)8 3 Golden Earring - The Naked Truth H (CNR)9 51 Eternal - Greatest Hits (EMI)10 NE Eros Ramazzotti - Eros (BMG)

TW LW SINGLES

1 2 Aqua - Barbie Girl (Universal)2 1 Elton John- Something About/Candle In The Wind 1997 (PolyGram)

3 3 Spice Girls - Spice Up Your Life (Virgin)4 4 Sash! - Stay (Byte)5 5 Wes - Mane (Sony)6 8 Backstreet Boys - As Long As You Love Me (Rough Trade)

7 7 Freek De Jonge - Leven Na De Dood (EMI)8 16 Fiocco - The Spirit (Import Partners)9 13 Mama's Jasje - Laat Me Alleen (Virgin)10 6 Will Smith - Men In Black (Sony)TW LW ALBUMS

1 1 Helmut Lotti - Goes Classic III (BMG)2 2 Clouseau - Verzameld 87-97 (EMI)3 7 Get Ready! - Go For It! (Virgin)4 3 Mama's Jasje - Hommages (Virgin)5 12 Eros Ramazzotti - Eros (BMG)6 4 Joe Cocker - Across From Midnight (EMI)7 10 Michel Sardou - Salut (Distrisound)8 5 Soulsister - The Way To Your Heart (EMI)9 6 Garry Nagger - My Life (Paradiso)10 9 Backstreet Boys - Backstreet's Back (Zomba)

TW LW SINGLES

1 1 Elton John - Something About/Candle In The Wind 1997 (PolyGram)

2 3 Cue - Burnin' (DHE)3 2 Spice Girls - Spice Up Your Life (Virgin)4 4 Backstreet Boys - As Long As You Love Me (Virgin)5 5 Aqua - Barbie Girl (Universal)6 7 Chumbawamba - Tubthumping (EMI)7 8 Magnus Uggla - Kung For En Dag (Sony)8 6 Kent - Om Du Var HAr (BMG)9 12 Refugee Camp All Star feat. Pros - Avenues (BMG)

10 9 Puff Daddy & Faith Evans feat.112- PII Be Missing You (BMG)

TW LW ALBUMS

1 NE Magnus Uggla - Karaoke (Sony)2 NE Vikingerna - Kramgaa Later 1997 (EMI)3 1 The Verve - Urban Hymns (Virgin)4 4 Aqua - Aquarium (Universal)5 2 The Rolling Stones - Bridges To Babylon (Virgin)6 3 Sarah Brightman/LSO - Timeless (Warner)7 6 Janet Jackson - The Velvet Rope (Virgin)8 43 Era - Era (PolyGram)9 5 Backstreet Boys - Backstreet's Back (Virgin)10 7 Frank Sinatra - His Very Best (Warner)

DENMARK NORWAY FINLAND IRELANDTW LW SINGLES

1 1 Elton John - Something AboutiCandle In The Wind 1997 (PolyGram)

2 2 Spice Girls - Spice Up Your Life (Virgin)3 3 Backstreet Boys - As Long As You Love Me (Virgin)

4 8 Sash! - Stay (Scandinavian)5 5 Daze - Toy Boy (Sony)6 6 Backstreet Boys - Everybody (Backstreet's Back) (Virgin)

7 4 Puff Daddy & Faith Evans feat.112-111Se Missing You (HMG)

8 14 Janet Jackson - Got Til It's Gone (Virgin)9 11 Space Frog feat. The Grim Reaper - I Feel UR Pain (Sony)

10 9 N -Trance feat. Rod Stewart- Da Ya Think I'm Sexy? (Scandinavian)

TW LW ALBUMS

1 1 Elton John - The Big Picture (PolyGram)2 5 Backstreet Boys - Backstreet's Back (Virgin)3 4 Michael Learns To Rock - Nothing To Lose (EMI)4 8 Huey Lewis & The News - If This Is It (CMC)5 3 Janet Jackson - The Velvet Rope (Virgin)6 31 The Corrs - Talk On Corners (Warner)7 12 Bloodhound Gang - One Fierce Beer Coaster (Universal)8 9 Aqua - Aquarium (Universal)9 2 James Last - In Scandinavia (PolyGram)

10 28 Thorleifs - En Liten Angel (BMG)

TW LW SINGLES

1 2 The Rapsody feat. Warren G. & Sissel - Prince Igor (PolyGram)


3 3 Chumbawamba - Tubthumping (EMI)4 5 Nana - Lonely (PolyGram)5 4 Spice Girls - Spice Up Your Life (Virgin)6 6 Sash! - Stay (Scandinavian)7 NE Refugee Camp All Star feat. Bras - Avenues (BMG)8 7 Backstreet Boys - As Long As You Love Me (Virgin)

9 18 Energy 52 - Cafe Del Mar (Edelpitch)10 11 Antiloop - In My Mind (PolyGram)TW LW ALBUMS

1 NE Bjorn Eidsvag - Pa Svai (BMG)2 1 Odd Borretzen & Lars Martin Myhre - Vintersang (1)iden &

3 3 Hellbillies - Live Laga (BMG)4 4 Janet Jackson - The Velvet Rope (Virgin)5 11 Vikingerna - Kramgaa Litter 1997 (EMI)6 5 Jewel - Pieces Of You (Warner)7 17 Sarah Brightman/LSO - Timeless (Warner)8 2 Postgirobygget - Esensuell (Norske Gram)9 7 Leonard Cohen - More Best Of (Sony)

10 8 Joe Cocker - Across From Midnight (EMI)

TW LW SINGLES

1 3 Klamydia - Kosketus (Kritklurid)2 4 Spice Girls - Spice Up Your Life (Virgin)3 1 Apulanta - Liikaa (Levy)4 2 Apulanta Mita Vaan (Levy)5 7 Daze - Superhero (Sony)6 5 NTrance feat. Rod Stewart - Do Ya Think I'm Sexy? (K -Tel)

7 8 Elton John Something About/Candle In The Wind 1997 (PolyGram)

8 6 Aqua - Barbie Girl (Universal)9 10 Hinllis Infernal Majesty - When Love And Death Embrace (BMG)

10 11 Sash! - Stay (K -Tel)TW LW Auorms

1 1 Don Huonot - Hyvaa Yota Ja Huomenta (BMG)2 8 Leevi And The Leavings - Keasanko - 40 Ansimmaista Rua Negarmonal

3 2 Aqua - Aquarium (Universal)4 NE Eros Ramazzotti - Eros (BMG)5 4 Ultra Bra - Kroketti (Pyramid)6 3 Led Zeppelin - Remasters (Warner)7 6 Elton John - The Big Picture (PolyGram)8 NE Kirka - Hetkl Iyo (BMG)9 5 The Verve - Urban Hymns (Virgin)

10 7 Ismo Alanko - Alangolia (Poko)

IV LW SINGLES


3 3 Spice Girls - Spice Up Your Life (Virgin)4 5 Dario G - Sunchyme (WEA)5 4 Trisha Yearwood - How Do I Live (MCA)6 6 Sash! - Stay (Multiply)7 8 Backstreet Boys - As Long As You Love Me (Jive)8 7 The Verve - The Drugs Don't Work (Virgin)9 11 Clock - U Sexy Thing (MCA)

10 10 The Corrs - Only When I Sleep (East West)TW LW ALBUMS

1 1 The Corrs - Talk On Corners (East West)2 2 The Verve - Urban Hymns (Virgin)3 12 Various - Huge Hits 1997 (Global)4 NE Charlie Landsborough - Further Down The Road (Ritz)

5 9 Eternal - Greatest Hits (EMI)6 6 Soundtrack - The Full Monty (RCA)7 3 M People - Fresco (M People/BMG)8 5 Oasis - Be Here Now (Creation)9 4 Christy Moore - The Christy Moore Collection Par (Columbia)

10 42 Various - Now Dance '97 (Virgin/EMI)

SWITZERLAND AUSTRIA PORTUGAL GREECETW LW SINGLES


2 2 Aqua - Barbie Girl (Universal)3 4 Lutricia McNeal - Ain't That Just The Way (CNR)4 3 Will Smith - Men In Black (Sony)5 8 Spice Girls - Spice Up Your Life (Virgin)6 5 Backstreet Boys - As Long As You Love Me (MV)7 12 Cappuccino - Du Fehlst Mir (PolyGram)8 6 Puff Daddy & Faith Evans feat.112- Be Missing Yon (BMG)

9 9 Bell, Book & Candle - Rescue Me (BMG)10 7 Eros Ramazzotti - Quanto Amore Sei (BMG)TW LW ALBUMS

1 2 Eros Ramazzotti - Eros (BMG)2 1 Gotthard - Defrosted (BMG)3 3 Elton John - The Big Picture (PolyGram)4 4 The Rolling Stones - Bridges To Babylon (Virgin)5 6 Backstreet Boys - Backstreet's Back (MV)6 7 Janet Jackson - The Velvet Rope (Virgin)7 5 Joe Cocker - Across From Midnight (EMI)8 8 Andrea Bocelli - Romanza (PolyGram) 9 9 Sens Unik - Panorama 1991 - 1997 (TBA)10 11 Polo Hofer & Die Schmetterband - Ober Alli Binge (Sound Service)

TW LW SINGLES


2 3 Aqua - Barbie Girl (Universal)3 2 Lutricia McNeal - Ain't That Just The Way (Zya)4 5 Bell, Book & Candle - Rescue Me (BMG)5 6 DJ Visage - Formula (EMI)6 4 Backstreet Boys - As Long As You Love Me (Rough Trade)

7 7 Will Smith - Men In Black (Sony)8 8 Puff Daddy & Faith Evans feat.112 ell Be Missing You (BMG)

9 9 Meredith Brooks - Bitch (EMI)10 10 Babyface feat. Stevie Wonder - How Come. How Long (Sony)

TW LW ALBUMS

1 1 The Rolling Stones - Bridges To Babylon (Virgin)2 2 Claudia Jung - Augenblicke (EMI)3 NE Eros Ramazzotti - Eros (BMG)4 NE Vanessa Mae - Storm (EMI)5 8 Bjork - Homogenic (PolyGram)6 4 Backstreet Boys - Backstreet's Back (Rough Trade)7 6 Kastelruther Spatzen - Herzohlag Fiir Herzschlag (Koch)

8 5 EAV - Im Himmel Ist Die Holle Los (EMI)9 13 Janet Jackson - The Velvet Rope (Virgin)10 3 Elton John - The Big Picture (PolyGram)

TW LW ALBUMS

1 1 Andrea Bocelli - Romanza (PolyGram)2 3 Daniela Mercury - Feijao Com Arroz (Sony)3 2 Madredeus - 0 Paraiso (EMI)4 4 Paulo Gonzo - Quase Tudo (Sony)5 NE Eros Ramazzotti - Eros (BMG)6 5 Aqua - Aquarium (Universal)7 6 Santana - Summerdreams (Sony)8 7 Sarah Brightman/LSO - Timeless (Warner)9 8 Backstreet Boys - Backstreet's Back (Virgin)10 11 The Rolling Stones - Bridges To Babylon (Virgin)11 NE Various - Caribe Latino (Vidisco)12 NE Demis Roussos - 34 Titulos (PolyGram)13 15 Leonard Cohen - More Best Of (Sony)14 16 Skunk Anansie - Stoosh (Virgin)15 23 Ney Matogrosso - 25 Mos (PolyGram)16 10 Maria Callas - The Voice Of The Century (EMI)17 9 The Kelly Family - Almost Heaven (EMI)18 NE Cock Robin - Best Ballads (Sony)19 14 Rio Grande - Rio Grande (EMI)20 30 Chris De Burgh - Love Songs (PolyGram)

TW LW ALBUMS

1 1 Loreena McRennitt - The Book Of Secrets (Warner)2 3 Metallica - Metallica (PolyGram)3 4 Bob Marley - Legend (PolyGram)4 6 Soundtrack - Braveheart (PolyGram)5 8 Portishead - Portishead (PolyGram)6 5 Vangelis -1492 - Conquest Of Paradise (Warner)7 10 Metallica - Ride The Lightning (PolyGram)8 11 Metallica - Master Of Puppets (PolyGram)9 12 Metallica - ...And Justice For All (PolyGram)10 17 Dire Straits - Money For Nothing (PolyGram)11 9 Loreena McRennitt - The Mask & The Mirror (Warner)

12 14 Metallica - Kill'em All (PolyGram)13 32 Green Day - Nimrod (Warner)14 21 Robbie Williams - Life Through A Lens (EMI)15 NE Janet Jackson - The Velvet Rope (Virgin)16 13 Dream Theater - Falling Into Eternity (Warner)17 7 The Verve - Urban Hymns (Virgin)18 27 Bon Jovi - Crossroads (PolyGram)19 2 The Rolling Stones - Bridges To Babylon (Virgin)20 20 Bryan Adams - So Far So Good (PolyGram)

Based on the national sales charts from 16 European markets. Information supplied by ChartTrack (UK); Full chartservice by Media Control GmbH 0049.7221466201 (Germany); SNEP (France); singles: Minden E Dischi/Mario De Luigi, albums: Find -Nielsen (Italy); StMhting Mega Top 100 (Holland); Stichting Promuvi (Belgium); IPSOS/Mahass.IFPI (Hungary); GLF/IFPI (Sweden): IFPI/Nielsen Marketing Research (Denmark): VG (Norway); ALEF MB/AFYVE (Spain);

YLE 2 Radiomafia/IFPI (Finland); IFPI (Ireland); AFP (Portugal); Austria Top 30 (Austria); Full chartservice by Media Control AG 0041.614718989 (Switzerland); IFPI CR (Czech Republic). Labels listed are the national marketing companies.


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JOE GRUSHECKYCOMING HOMEBig Star/MusidiscInternational release date: November 17

Return of The Bosscould be an appropri-ate sub -title for thisalbum of vintagegood-time rock. BruceSpringsteen and Gru-shecky hooked up forthe first time on Joe'sprevious AmericanBabylon album andSpringsteen co -wrote

four brand new songs for Coming Home-CheapMotel, 1945, Idiot's Delight and I'm Not Sleep-ing. The potential radio gem here, however, isGrushecky's own title track which will also bethe first single and is due out on the same dayas the album. All 13 tracks on Coming Homecontinue the great tradition of blue-collar Sat-urday night rock'n'roll made popular in the1970's by Springsteen's E -Street band andcronies like Southside Johnny & The AsburyJukes. Unpretentious and fun, Coming Home isactually an European album by default-U.S.rocker Grushecky is signed to French indepen-dent label Big Star.

OE GRUSHECKY

LALOMIE WASHBURNLALOMIE WASHBURNSoulciety/RCRU.K. release date: November 17

Originally released inGermany on Febru-ary 21 and availablein most territoriesthrough Soulciety'sEuropean distribu-tion partners, Wash -burn's debut albumfor the Hamburg -based independent .;,:ifiE;iynow gets its first fullrelease abroad. RCRand Soulciety decided to give the album astrong promotional push in the U.K. after thatcountry's club scene warmed to its uptempogarage beats and scorching vocals during thesummer. The first single from the album TryMy Love, was released on November 3. Thetrack was remixed by Phil Chill, widely respect-ed for his production work for U.K. R&B singerMark Morrison. Soulciety eventually expectsthe album to do better in the U.K. than in Ger-many, thanks to the still -growing popularity ofuptempo garage there. Los Angeles -basedWashburn will promote her album in the U.K.from November 18 onwards. Interviews withdance station Kiss FM in London and Echoesmagazine are already lined up.

Please send review copies, information and artistphotographs for consideration as Album Spotlight entries

to: Christian Lorenz, Music Editor, Music & Media,23 Ridgmount Street, London, WC I E 7AH, U.K.

*** Billboard ***TOP 20 US SINGLES TOP 20 US ALBUMS

NOVEMBER 15, 1997

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1 1SOMETHING ABOUT THE WAY...CANDLE IN THE WIND1997

ROCKET/A&M ELTON JOHN

2 2 YOU MAKE ME WANNA...LAFACEJARISTA USHER

3 3 HOW DO I LIVECURB LEANN RIMES

4 4 4 SEASONS OF LONELINESSMOTOWN BOYZ II MEN

cp 5 ALL CRIED OUTTRACK MASTERS/CRAVE ALLURE FEATURING 112

(1), 6 MY LOVE IS THE SHHH!WARNER BROS. SOMETHIN' FOR THE PEOPLE FEATURING IRINA & TAMARA

(1), 8 TUBTHUMPINGREPUBLIC/UNIVERSAL CHUMBAWAMBA

(i) 12 MY BODYEAST NEST/EEG LSG

im 10 THE ONE I GAVE MY HEART TOBLACKGROUND/ATLANTIC AALIYAH

10 7 FOOLISH GAMES/YOU WERE MEANT FOR MEATLANTIC JEWEL

11 9 QUIT PLAYING GAMES (WITH MY HEART)JIVE BACKSTREET BOYS

a) 14 FEEL SO GOOD (FROM "MONEY TALKS")BAD BOY/ARISTA MASE

13 11 SEMI -CHARMED LIFEELEKTRA/EEG THIRD EYE BLINDin 17 SOCK IT 2 MEEASTWESTIEEG MISSY "MISDEMEANOR' ELLIOTT FEATURING DA BRAT

(D, 15 I DON'T WANT TO WAITIMAGO/WARNER BROS. PAULA COLE

C) 16 WHAT ABOUT US (FROM "SOUL FOOD")LAFACEJARISTA TOTAL

OT) 21 BUTTA LOVEARISTA NEXT

18 13 HONEYCOLUMBIA MARIAN CAREY

19 18 BUILDING A MYSTERYARISTA SARAH MCLACHLAN

20 19 ALL FOR YOUUNIVERSAL SISTER HAZEL

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2 2 YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE - INSPIRATIONAL SONGSCURB LEANN RIMESa) NEW LIVE AT RED ROCKS 8.15.95BAMA RAGS/RCA DAVE MATTHEWS BAND

4 4 BUTTERFLYCOLUMBIA MARIAN CAREY

5 1 THE FIRM - THE ALBUMAFTERMATHIINTERSCOPE NAS ESCOBAR, FOXY BROWN, AZ AND NATURE

6 3 THE DANCEREPRISE/WARNER BROS. FLEETWOOD MAC

7 8 AQUARIUMMCA AQUA

8 15 TUBTHUMPERREPUBLIC/UNIVERSAL CHUMBAWAMBA

9 6 SOUL FOODLAFACEJARISTA SOUNDTRACK

10 7 EVOLUTIONMOTOWN BOYZ II MEN

11 5THE VELVET ROPEVIRGIN JANET

12 9 GHETTO DNO LIMIT/PRIORITY MASTER P

13 12 NO WAY OUTBAD BOY/ARISTA PUFF DADDY & THE FAMILY

14 10 PIECES OF YOUATLANTIC/AG JEWEL

15 13 YOURSELF OR SOMEONE LIKE YOULAVA/ATLANTIC/AG MATCHBOX 20

16 18 SPICEVIRGIN SPICE GIRLS

scm, NEW SLIP STITCH AND PASSELEKTRA/EEG PHISH

18 16 BRIDGES TO BABYLONVIRGIN THE ROLLING STONES

19 14 (SONGBOOK) A COLLECTION OF HITSMCA NASHVILLE TRISHA YEARWOOD

20 - FUSH YU MANG

Records with greatest sales and/or ai play gains 1997, Billboard/BPI Communications.

Eurochart A/Z IndexesHot 100 singles

4 Seasons Of Loneliness 97 Les Temps Changent 50Ain't That Just The Way 11 Leven Na De Dood 85Alone 21 Lonely 71All You Good Good People 43 Ma Melissa 45Angel Of Mine 59 Meet Her At The Love Parade 66Anybody Seen My Baby? 28 Meine Kleine Schwester 75As Long As You Love Me 4 Men In Black 5

Avenues 44 Mo Money Mo Problems 37Barbie Girl 1 N'Oubliez Jamais 41Beachball 84 Never Gonna Let You Go 74Because It's Love 89 Nobody's Wife 69Been Around The World 54 Party People...Friday Night 39Big Bad Mama 99 Pas Toi... 68Bitch 22 Phenomenon 49Bittersweet Symphony 25 Picture Of You 51Burnin' 65 Please 29CU When U Get There 23 Pour Etre Libre 70Che Guevara 96 Prenons Notre Temps 57Cherish 18 Prince Igor 34Choose Life 92 Quanto Amore Sei 24Crush On You 42 Raincloud 67Do Ya Think Pm Sexy? 7 Rescue Me 15

Don't Change 64 Ripgroove 56Du Fehlst Mir 19 Rock To The Funky Beat 81Everybody (Backstreet's Back) 38 Rumours 93Everything I Wanted 76 Samba De Janeiro 48Formula 62 Savoir Ajmer 13Free 30 Sing A Song 98Gabriel 78 Something About/Candle In The Wind 1997 2

Gib Mir Noch Zeit 53 Spice Up Your Life 3

Got Til It's Gone 10 Stand By Me 47Gotham City 58 Stay 6

Guantanamera 90 Still Waters (Run Deep) 86Rasta Siempre 35 Sunchyme 12He's Comin' 27 Take It To The Limit 63History/Ghosts 73 Take Me Where The Sun Is Shining 88Honey 91 Te Extrano, Te Olvido, Te Amo 17

How Come, How Long 36 Te Garder Pres De Moi 26How Could An Angel Break My Heart 83 Tell Him 60I Need A Miracle 87 The Drugs Don't Work 55I Say A Little Prayer 33 Torn 14

I Warms Be The Only One 20 Tout 40I Will Survive 16 Tubthumping 9

I'll Be Missing You 8 U Sexy Thing 31I'll Be There For You 72 uh La La La 32Je T'Aime 82 Useless 52Je Voudrais La Connaitre 94 Where's The Love 77Just For You 100 Ya Rayah 95Le Temps Qui Court 80 You Might Need Somebody 61'K Heb je Lief En Wacht Op Je 79 You've Got A Friend 46

Top) 100 clIkDurns883 62 Kastelruther Spatzen 48Shola Ama 82 Kiss 84

..Anouk 64 Charlie Landsboreugh 75

Aqua 7 Led Zeppelin 32Backstreet Boys 4 John Lennon 14

Badesalz 25 Huey Lewis & The News 100Bjork 20 Ligabue 81Bloodhound Gang 91 Lighthouse Family 19Andrea Bocelli 9 LL Cool J 89Andrea Bocelli 37 Helmut Lotti 39Odd Borretzen & Lars Martin Myhre 68 M People 15Boyz II Men 33 Madredeus 95Boyzone 67 Vanessa Mae 43Sarah Brightman/LSO 29 Loreena McKennitt 24Meredith Brooks 46 Michael Learns To Rock 65Chris De Burgh 77 Luis Miguel 99Mariah Carey 21 Mina 34Chumbawamba 88 Jimmy Nail 80Clawfinger 97 Nana 71

Clouseau 73 Monica Naranjo 59Joe Cocker 8 Daniel O'Donnell 42Leonard Cohen 66 Oasis 13

The Corrs 11 Florent Pagny 52Doc Gyneco 96 Wolfgang Petry 17Bob Dylan 28 Wolfgang Petry 70Bjorn Eidsvag 56 Pixies 87Era 12 Portishead 22Eternal 18 Presuntos Implicados 53Lara Fabian 60 Prodigy 47Genesis 51 Puff Daddy 69Giorgia 79 Radiohead 26Jean -Jacques Goldman 23 Eros Ramazzotti 1

Gotthard 54 Rammstein 27Green Day 57 The Rolling Stones 3

Francesco De Gregori 40 Alejandro Sans 50Hellbillies 76 Michel Sardou 16Hot Chocolate 78 Sash! 58Don Huonot 98 MC Solaar 63TAM 55 Mano Solo 85Janet Jackson 6 Soundtrack - Men In Black 92The Jam 86 Soundtrack - The Full Monty 35Jarabe De Palo 90 Spice Girls 10

Jewel 45 Spice Girls 36Billy Joel 74 Texas 49Elton John 5 Tic Tac Toe 72Elton John 31 Magnus Uggla 41Judas Priest 44 Midge Ure 94Claudia Jung 38 The Verve 2

Patricia Kaas 93 Vikingerna 30De East 83 Worlds Apart 61

MUSIC MEDIA 0 NOVEMBER 15, 1997AmericanRadioHistory.Com

STATION REPORTS

billboard Music Group

Most addedWarren G & Sissel

Enya

Hanson

Toni Braxton

Dubstar

Queen

Mariah Carey

Sheryl Crow

Dario G

Cons

Jimmy Ray

Prince Igor(Mercury) 16

Only If(WEA) 16

I Will Come To You(Mercury) 13

How Could An Angel(LaFace) 12

No More Talk(Food/EMI) 12

No One But You(Parlophone) 12

Butterfly(Columbia) 11

Tomorrow Never Dies(A&M) 10

Sunchyme(Eternal/WEA) 10

Only When I Sleep(Lava/Atlantic) 9

Are You Jimmy Ray?(Sony S2) 9

Most Added are those songs which receivedthe highest number of playlist additionsduring the week. In the case of a tie, songsare listed alphabetically by artist.

Station Reports include all new additions to the playlist. Some reports will alsoinclude 'Power Play" songs, which receive special emphasis during the week.All Power Play songs are printed, whether they are reported for the first time ornot. Some lists include featured new albums, as indicated by the abbreviation'AL." Within each country, stations are grouped by ranking and listed alpha-betically. Rankings include: platinum (P), Gold (G), Silver (S) and Bronze (B).All playlists must be received by Monday at 13.00 h. CET.

GERMANYBAYERN 3/Munich P

CHR

Jim Sampson - Music DirWalter Schmich - Music Dir

Playlist Additions:

Green- Pray

Holly Cole- Dark Dear Heart

Paul Simon- BernadettePearlff shore- Even On A

Queen- No One

Sheryl Crow- Tomorrow Never Dies

The Sundays- SummertimeUB40- Always There

EINS LIVE/Cologne PCHR

Jochen Rausch - Music DirPlaylet Additions:

Brownstone- Kiss

Coolio- Soh La La

Amold/Propellethead- On Her Magnis

Freundeskreis. Wean Der %hang

Lighthouse Family- Raincloud

Mose- Feel So Good

Mono- Slimcea Girl

RADIO FFEI/Frunkfurt PCHR

Ralf Blasberg Head Of MusicPlaylist Additions:

Brand New Heavies- You've Got

RADIO NRW/Oberbaueen PAC

Jeff van Gelder - Head Of Music

Playlet Additions:Robert Miles -Freedom

104.6 RTL BERLIN/Berlin GCHR

Bernhard Hiller - Head Of Music.Power Play:

M -People- Juet For You

Papa Bear- Cherish

Playlist Addition.Aline- Nur Fur Dich

Awesome- Rumours

Enya. Only If

Eternal- Angel Of )fine

Warren GSissel. Pnnce Igor

HIT RADIO N 1/Nuremberg GDance

Stefan Meixner Prog DirRonnie Funderbunk - Musk EditorPower Play:

Squeeze, Tamagotchi

Playlist Additions:Depeche Mode- Useless

Erotic- The Winner

Encore- Le Disc -Jockey

HUNDERT 6/Berlin G

AC

Rainer Gruhn - Music DirPlaylist Additions:

Chris Rea- The Blue Cafe

Michael Jackson -SmilePeter Cetera- InspirationQueen- No One

Toni Braxton- How Could An Angel

ORB/FRITZ/Potsdam GCHR

Bernd Albrecht, Frank Menzel,Jens Molle - ProducersPlaylet Additions:

Da Hoot Bora Bora

U.B.F.- Bible In My Hand

Warren G/Sissel- Prince Igor

ORB/FRITZ: FRITZ ROADSHOW/

Potsdam GCHR/Rock

Bern Albrecht, Frank Menzel,Jens Mole - ProducersPlaylist Additions:

Future Breeze- How Much Can

Jackethive- Oh Honey!

Life Of Agony- Desire

Salt-N.Pepa- R U Ready

Sweetbox- Everything's

Touche- 1 Want You Back


Weetbam- Hard Times

RADIO 7/Ulm G

CHR

Walter Note. Head Of MusicPlaylet Additions:

N Sync- Together

Aerosmith- Pink

Alin. Nur Fur Dich

Espen Lind -When Susannah Cries

Puff Daddy- Been Around

Queen- No One


RADIO ARABELIA/Munich G

National Music

Matthias Friedrich - Prog DirPlaylet Additions:

Bettina Stein- Und Ich LiebDirk Busch- Wer Weiss Dem Heine

Rendezvous- Kindertraume

Roger Whittaker- Do Kannst Zaubern

RADIO ENERGY/Munich G

Rock

Stefan Wooer Prog DirPlaylet Additions:


Catch- Bingo

Club Unique- Just The Way

Espen Lind- When Susannah Cries

Robert Allies- Freedom

RADIO FFN/Hannover GCHR

Rainer M. Cabanis - Prog DirAntje Schmidt Head Of MusicPlaylet Additions:

Cultured Perth- Sue. Sugar Honey

Junketer -SlidePuff Daddy- Been Around

Robyn- Show Me Love

RADIO GONG/Nuremberg G

Rook/CHR

Peter 'Ware" Stingl - Prog DirPlaylet Additions:

Depeche Mode- Useless

Phil Collins- The Same Moon


AL Lighthouse Family

RADIO REGENBOGEN/Mannheim

CHR/Gold

Martin Sehwebel - Music DirPower Play:

Zucchero- To Penmera

Playlet Additions:Awesome- Rumours

Enya- Only If

Espen Lind- When Sosannah Cries

Trademark- MI Be The One

RADIO SALC/Saarbruecken GAC/CHR

Brigitte Barthel Prog DirPlaylist Additions:

Genesis- Congo

Kosmonova- Ayla

Paul Carrack- The Way I'm Feeling

RSH/KieI GCHR

Stephan Hampe - Head Of Music

Power Play:Coleske- Take Me To Where

Playlet Additions:Chris Rea- The Blue Cafe

Solid Harmonic I'll Be There


AL Spirt Girls

SDR I/Stuttgart GCHR

Hans Thomas ProducerPlaylet Additions:

Babyface- Close My Eyes

AL Big Country

UNITED KINGDOM95.8 CAPITAL FM/London P

CHR

Pete Simmons - Programme Con-trollerPlaylet Additions:

Boyzone- Baby Can I Hold

Embrace- All You Good People

Lightning Seeds- What You Say

Louise- Let's Go Round

M -People- Fantasy Island

Robert Miles- Freedom

Sleeper- Romeo Me

Various- Perfect Day

ATLANTIC 252/Dublin P

CHIT

Al Dunne - Program DirectorPower Play:

Natalie Imbroglio- TornMaylist Additions:

911- Party People

Dion/Streisand. Tell HimEmbrace- All Yon Good People

Gary Barlow- Open Road

Hurricane 111.- Step


Pulp- Help The Aged


Sleeper -Romeo Me

BBC RADIO I/London PCAR

Jeff Smith - Head Of Mimic Policy

A List:

AD Boyzone Baby Can I Hold

Verve- Lucky

B List:

AD Dro Hill- 5 StepsFirm- Firm Biz

Huff And Herb- Feeling


M -People- Fantasy Island

Moby- James Bond Theme

Super Furry Animals- Demons

C List AdditionBobby Brown- Frtlin' Inside

Lucid- I Can't Help Myself

Mainstream- PrivilegeMissy Elliott- Sock It 2 Me


AL CornerahopPortisheadRoni Size

Spire Girls

KEY 103/Manchester PCHR

John Dash - Programme DirectorMike Bowden - Deputy ProgrammeDirectorPlaylist Additions:

187 Lockdown- Gunman

All Saints- Never Ever

Connor Reeves -Earthbound

Faithless- Don't Leave

Kylie Minogue- Did It Again

L.L. Cool J- Phenomenon



Meredith Brooks- I Need

Todd Terry- Les Over Love

KISS 100 FM/London P

Dance

Mark Matthews - Programme Direc-

torSimon Sadler - Head Of Music

Power Play:Firm- Firm Biz

Heartists- Belo Horuouti

Industry Standard- Volume 1Jungle Brothers- Jungle Brother

SexOSonique- I Thought It WasSting & Peas- RoxanneFremtylers- B -Boy Stance

Playlist Additions:Bobby Brown- Feehn' Inside

Buckshot Lefonque- Another Day

Kristine Blond- Love Shy

Serious Danger- DeeperShots Ana- Who's Laving My Baby

METRO FM/Newcastle P

CHR

Sean Marley Programme ControllerLids Clark - Head of Music

Playlist Additions:Embrace -All You Good People

Gina G- Everytime

Lightning Seed. What You Say

Mariah Carey- Butterfly


Rosie Gaines- I Surrender

Sybil- Why

VIRGIN RADIO/London PRock

Ian Grace - Programme DirectorTrevor White - Head Of MusicPlaylist Additions:

Beck -Deadweight


Rialto- Monday Morning 5:19

Sleeper- Romeo Me

Teenage Fanclub- Start Again

CITY FM/Liverpool G

Cliff

Dave Shearer - Program ControllerPlaylet Additions:



Mariah Carey- ButterflyMeredith Brooks- I NeedPhat Ti Funky- CarwashRosie Gaines- I Surrender

Sleeper- Romeo Me

Verve- Lucky

CLYDE t FM/Glasgow G

CHR

Ross Macfadgen - Head Of Music

Playlet Additions:Boyzone- Baby Can I Hold

Del Amitri- Some Other Sucker's

Hanson -1 Will Come To You


Spacehog- Carry

DOWNTOWN RADIO/Belfast G

Full Service

John Rosborough Prog DirPloylist Additions:

Aqua- Barbie Girl

Orange Orange- Beautiful Day


FORTH FM/Edinburgh GCHR

Tom Wilson - Music Co-ordinatorPlaylist Additions:

Alabama 3- Speed The Sound

Boyzone- Baby Can I Hold

Genesis- Shipwrecked


Queen- No One

Various -Perfect Day

Verve- Lucky

GALAXY 101 FM/Bristol G

Dance/CHR

Simon Dennis Program ControllerMike Case - Read Of MusicPlaylet Additions:

Kaleef- Sands Of Time

HALLAM FM/Sheffield GCHR

Tony McKenzie - Program ControllerChris Straw - Head Of Music

Playlet Additions:Brain Bug- Benedict.Cast- Pm So Lonely

Dru Hill- 5 Steps

Kamasutra- Happiness

Kyle Minogue- Did It Again


Mary J. Blige- Missing You

Michelle Weeks- Don't Give

Rialto- Monday Morning 5:19


Verve- Lucky

INVICTA FM/Whitstable G

CID/

Tim Stewart - Head Of MusicPlayliat Additions:

Amold/Propellerhead. On Her Majesty's

Various- Perfect Day.

MELODY FM/London GMOR/AC

Francis Currie - Program DirectorPlaylet Additions:

Bee Gees- Still Waters Run Deep

Dion/Streisand- Tell Him

Paul Young- Tularosa


ESSEX FM/Soutend-On-Sea S

CHR

Paul Chantler - Prog DirPlaylist Additions:

Hanson- I Will Come To You


Lutricia McNeal- Ain't That Just

Ocean Colour Scene- Better DayPulp- Help The Aged

FOX FM/Oxford S

CHR

Mark Flanagan -Prog DirMark Chivers - Head Of Music

Playliat Additions:

Beck- Deadweight

Cast- I'm So Lonely

Conner Reeves- EarthboundEmbrace- AR You Good People





Ocean Colour Scene- Better Day

The Sundays- CryVerve- Lucky

Q 102.9 FM/Londonderry SCIDf

Trevor Thomas - Head Of MusicPlaylist Additions:

Charlatans- Tellin' StoriesEmbrace -All You Good People

Faithless- Don't Leave

Genesis -Shipwrecked

Gina G- Everytime


N -Trance- Pm Sexy?

Pulp- Help The Aged

Smash Mouth- Walking On The Sim

%FM 104.9:London B

Alternative

Sammy Jacob - Program DirectorPlaylist Additions:

Alabama 3- Speed The Sound

Catherine Wheel- Delicious

Metallica- The Memory Remains

Make- My Desire

Paul Weller- Mermaids

Spearmint- Sweeping The Nation

Steve 8s Eydie- Black Hole Sim

Super Furry Animate- DemonsTanya Donnely- The Bright Light

FRANCE

FRANCE INTER/Paris PAC

Marc Garcia - Mimic Dir

Playlet Additions:Alain Chamfort- Tombouctou

Bocelli/Segara- Vivo Per Lei

Brigitte Fontaine- Les PalatesFaudel- Tellement N'Brick

Francois Derange, Combien Ca Coate

Enfoires/Belavoine- Seem L'Amour

Teofilo Chantre- Nha Fe

FUN RADIO/Paris PCHR

Carl Watts Head Of ProgrammingPower Play:

The Sundays- Summertime

Playlist Additions:All Saints- I Know Where It's At

Debatcha's. Le Grand PardonGinie Line- Un Simple Pas

IPSOS CHART/Paris PCHR

Playlist Addition.Bootsy rm Leavin' U

Figure 2 Style- Le Pommy -

Hyper Trophy. Just Come Back 2 Me

Jimmy Ray- Are You


Nathahe Cardone- liana Stempre

Shawn Colvin -Sunny Came Rome

NOSTALGIE NETWORK/Paris P

AC

Christian Savigny - Program Dirgestor

Power Play:Bocelli/Segara- Vivo Per Lei

Playlist Additions:Eddy Mitchell- Mister JB

Eros Remanent Quamo AmerCuante

Harry Connick- Learn To Love

NRJ NETWORK/Paris PCHR

Max Guazzini - Dir

Playlet Additions:Blackstreet- FixBlackout- Gotta Have Hope

Ce Ce Peniston- FinallyDelavoix- Mien ne Vaut

Festival Robles- On A Plein

Florent Pagny- Savoie Aimer

Lil' Kim- Not Tonight

Robyn- Do You Know

Roiling Stones- Anybody Seen

RTL/Paris PAC

Alain Tibolla - Head Of Ping

Playlet Additions:Bocelli/Segara- Vivo Per Lei

Cornershop- Brimful Of Asha

Eddy Mitchell- Mister JB

Jimmy Ray -Are You

Queen- No One

AL Florent PagnyL.L. Cool J

Sylvain Vonot

RTL 2/Paris PAC

Christian Lefebvre - Program Direc-torPower Play:

Anggun- La Rose Des Vents

Florent Pagny- Savoir Aimee

Francis Cabrel- Les PassantesOasis-- Stand By Me

Texas- Black Eyed Boy

ROC FM/Lille G

Dance/CHR

Philippe Schemberg Prog DirPlaylist Additions:

Blackstreet- Call Me

Charles L.- L'Avenir

DJ Cam- Dieu

I Am- Nes So.


Menelik- Je Me Souviens

Native- Le Saut

Puff Daddy- Don't Stop


LE MOUVtTouloumAlternative.

Gilles Seydoux . Head Of Program-ming

Playlist Additions:Cherche Midi- Gamine

Cure- Wrong Number

Finley Quart- Even After All

I Am- Elle Donne Son Corps

Kheops- Def Bond

Morcheeba- Shoulderholster

Stereophonies- Not Up To You

Victor & Eux- Moms Domains

ITALY101 NETWORK/Milan PAC

Stefano Carboni . Musk DirDario Desi Head Of MusicPloyilst Additions:

Backstreet Boys- As Long As

Billy Lawrence- Up & Down

Di Malta- Piccolo Pesniero


Giorgio- Dimmi Dove Sei

Lisa Stanfield- The LineRoachford- The Way 1 Feel

Smash Mouth- Walking On The Sun

ITALIA NETWORK: LOS

CUARENTA/

Bologna PDance

Michele Menegon - Frog Dir

Playlet Additions:Carl- Celebration

Fabrica- Missing

Mario Piu- All I Need

Mimmomix- It's My Heart

Sandy B- Ain't No Need

Tipical- Live For

ITALIA NETWORK: MUSIC

FM/Bologna PCHR

Michele Menegon Prog DirPlaylet Additions:

Ambertunshower- Running Sim

Corm- Only When I Sleep

Elio E Le Storie Tese- Born

Enya- Only If

Erika Mania- Ritorro lb Flamma

Gape Palmieri- Le Tue Mani



Litfiba- Imparero'

Mariah Carey- Fly Away

Mose- Feel So Good

Ragami- C'e Una Stella

Salt.N.Pepa- R U Ready

Snoop Doggy Dogg- Wan. Party

KISS KISS NETWORK/Naples P

AC/Dance

Davide Nirtpoli . Head Of Program-ming

Playlist Additions:Ambersunshower- Running Sun

Gala- Come Into

Janet Jackson- TogetherLighthouse Family- Raincloud

Litfiba- Imparero'


Massimo Di Cataldo Cosa Rimane D Noi


RADIO 105/Milan P

CHR

Angelo De Robertis - Head Of Music

Playlist Addition.Gala- Come Into

Lighthouse Family- Rioncloud

Sulk!- Stay.

Shot Aim You're The One I Love

RADIO DEEJAY NETWORK/Milan

CHR/Dance

Dario Usuelli - Head Of Music

Playlist Additions:Beck- Deadweight

Cure- Wrong Number

Enya- Only If

Jimmy Ray- Are You

Ti.Pi.Ctd- Live For

RADIO DIMENSIONE SUONO/Rome

CDR

Carlo Mancini - Music DirPower Play-:


Ens Rmaiszotti. Qusnto Amore/Cuanto

Giorgio- Dimmi Dove Sei

Oasis- Stand By Me

Andrea Bocellt La Luna Sue Non UK

Aqua- Barbie Girl

Elton John- Something About The

Mina- Resta Si

Playlist Additions:D'Andre/Mina- Le Canso.Fiorella Mannoi. Belle Speranse

Kool & The Gang- Summer


Wham!- Everything She Wants '97

RTL 102.5 . HIT RADIO/Bergamo P

CBS

Grant Benson . Head Of Music

Paolo Ravasi - Deputy Head OfMusic

Playlist Additions:

Eliaa- Labyrinth

Fiorella Mannoia. Belle Speranza

Percentonetto- SaLyami

RV1 FM/Turin GCHR

Max Desiato Head Of MusicPower Play:


Playlet Additions:Clara Thomas- The Girl With


Gatto Pancieri- Le Tue Mani

Jon Bon Jovi- Janie, Don't Take

Le Orme- Amici DI Teri '97

Riccardo Cocciante- Grande E La Citta

Texas- Put Your Anna


ROCK FM/Alibm S

Rock

Marco Garavelli - Head Of MusicPlaylist Additions:

Ash- A Life Less

Kim- Jungle

Matchbox 20- 3 A.M.

SPAINCADENA 100/Madrid P

Rock/CHR

Rafael Revert - GM

Carlos Finely Prog DirPower Play:

Jarabe De Palo- Si Ledo Oscuro

Playlist Additions:Alan P2/8011B- Eye In The Sky

All Saints- I Know Where It's At

Amistadas Peligroses Nada Que Perder

CCCP- Kalinka

Coolio- C U When U Get There

Dream Theater- Hollow Years

Finley Quaye- Sunday Shining

Fiona Joyce- TreesJ. Teixi Band- Estoy Loco

Jewel- Foolish Games

Joe Cocker- N'OuhheKe No Fake- Tonto Amor

Luis Auseron- Gritando

Miguel Dautart- En La Palma

No Doubt- You Can Do It

Pedro Guerra- PasoRy Cooder- Cromroads

Sly & Robbie- Night Nurse

CADENA 40 PRINCIPALES/Madrid

CHR

Luis Merino - MD/Head Of MusicSandra d'Angeli Prog DirPower Play:

Mariah Carey- HoneyPlaylist Addition.


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TROS RADIO 3/MEGA TOP 100/

Hilversum PCHR

%la. Samploni.. Head Of MusicPlaylist Additions:

Allure- AR Creed Out

Aqua- Doctor Jones

Bobby Brown- Feel.' Inside

Dion/Streisand- Tell HimErikah Karst- Nobody KnowsJewel- Foolish Games

Notorious BIG/2Pac- Runnin'Solid Harmon.- IT Be ThereToni Braxton. How Could An Angel

WOW I-Lekker Lang Lekker

675 RADIO 10 GOLD/Amsterdam

Gold

Tom Mulder Prog DirPlaylist Addition.

Paul de Leeuw- Heb Je Lief

Spice Girls. Spice Up Your Life

BELGIUMBRTN RADIO DONNA/Brussels P

CHR

Marc Deschuyter Head Of MimicPower Play:

Marco Borsato- Je Zit Op Rome

Playlist Additions:Dade- Get To You

Paul Carrack- Beautiful WorldPlane Vanilla- Listen To

T.Spoon- Message Of Love

BRTN RADIO DONNA-. DANSFOLIE/

Brussels PDeuce

Power Play:

Coolie- Ooh La La

Playlist Additions:Anne Clerk- Sleeper

Awesome- Rumours

B -One- Play The Game

Bobby Brown- F..' GardeBohannon- Let's Start

Fleece- The Spirit

Firm- Firm Biz

Future Breeze- How Much C.Jocasta- Something To Say

JW Hendry:- 111 Face The Rale

Lauryn Hill- The Sweetest

Mese- Feel So Good

PC Groove Sensation- Givin. It Up

Soul II Soul- Pleasure Dome

TM Jones. Swing Thing

BRTN STUDIO BRUSSEL/Brussels

Rak/CHR

Jan Hautekiet ProducerPlaylist Additions:

16 Horsepower- Coal Black Horses

Black Grape- Get Higher

Charlatan,- Tellin' Stones

Cinerea I SpyEmbrace- All You Good People

Insane Clown Posse. Halls Of Illusions

Jingle Brothers- Jungle BrotherMeredith Brooks- I Need

Midnight Oil- White SkinMono- Shmcea Gel

Tranquility Bass- Lalala

RADIO CONTACT IV/Brussels P

CHR

Danny de Bruyn Prog DirPlaylist Additions:

Bob Carlisle- Butterfly Kisses

DJ Bobo- Shadows Of The Light

Elmo- Kom D.sen!

Fiocco- The Spirit

N.Trance- I'm Sexy,

T.Spoon- Message Of Love

X.Seeaioa- Say Yeah

BELHTL/Brussels GCHR

Serge Jonckers - Prog DirPlaylist Additions:

Pascal Obispo- Oh Et Avec Qui

Sol En Si- Fouls Sentimentale

Tam `Echo' Tani- Master Blaster

BRTN RADIO 2 -EAST

FLANDERS/Ghent G

CHR

Johan Van Achte - Producer

Playlist Additions:Andreas Dorau- Girls In Love

Dario G- Sunchyme

Fioeeo- The Spirit

BRTN RADIO 2 -WEST FLANDERS/

Kortrijk GCHR

Peter de Groot - Head Of Music

Power Play:Tam 'Echo' Tam- Master Blaster

AL Joan Baer

BRF/Eupen SAC

Guy Janssens - ProducerPower Play:

Dario Sunchyme


Rolling Stones- Anybody Seen

Playlist Additions:Brand New Heavies- You've Got

Encore. Le Disc -Jockey

Eros Eamanoth Quanto Amore/Pusnto

Leman Mimes- How Do I Live


Sheryl Crew- Tomorrow Never Dies


HIT -FM 106.1/Hasselt BCHR

Andre Hemeryck - Prog DirPlaylist Additions:

Indiana- Not Afraid Of The

Paradisio- Dime Como


Solid Harmonic.- I'll Be There

Sunclub- Single Minded

Toccato- I J.t DiedWee- Awa Awa

Worlds Apart- Don't Change

X.Presion- Say Yeah

SWITZERLANDCOULEUR 3/Lausanne GRock

Thierry Catherine - Head Of MusicPower Play:

Adam F- Music

Black Star Liner- Rock Freak

Playlist Additions:Beck- Deadweight

Black Grape- Get HigherClawfinger- Nobody Knows

Cure- Wrong Number

Embrace- Al You Good People

G. Love- You Shall See

L.L. Cool J- Candy

Mono- Slime. Girl

Natural Born Caen -Rork The Tolky Best

Oran Juice- Peppin' That Fly

Sprinkler- Tinted Eyes

U2- Please

DRS 3/Zurich GRork

Christoph Alispach - Music Co -Ord

Playlist Additions:Aerosmit. PinkAnnette Taylor- Upside Down

Bobby Brown- Fmlin' InsideFeudal- Omri

G. Love- Stepping Stones

Hemid Bmouni- TM Me

Lutricia McNeal- Ain't That JustPatti Smith- 1959

Salt -N -Pepe- The Cleric

Skala Ama- You're The One I Love

Sinead O'Connor- For My Love

Van Der Meer- Shakin' That Ass

RADIO 24/Zurich G

CHR

Deal Richiger - Head Of Music

Power Play:Backstreet Boys- As Long As

Eros Renewal -lb quanta Amore/Comte

Will Smith- Men In Black

Playlist Additions:Genesis- Shipwrecked

Jimmy Ray- Are You

Polo Hofer- Uber dill Barge

RADIO BASILISK/Basel GAC

Nick Schuh Head Of MusicPlayliat Unchanged

RADIO EXTRA BERNHern G

AC

Pierre Berbezat - Head Of MusicPower Play:


Lighthouse Family- Rainclo.Nice Little-- Friends Forever

Sister Hazel- All For You

Playlist Additions:Dario G- Sunchyme

Delbert McClinton- Leap OfJ.Jacqu. Goldman- On IraQueen- No One

RADIO FOERDERBAND/Berne G

CHR

Martin Freiburghaus ProgramDirectorMichael Baholzer - Head Of Music

Power Play:Jimmy Ray- Are You

Steps Ahead- FreeSheryl Crow- Tomorrow Never Di.

Playlist Additions:Billy Joel- Hey Girl


J.Jacques Goldman- On IraJovanotti- D Muratere

Queen- No One

Robyn- Show Me Love


RADIO FRAMBOISE/

Lausanne-GrissierCHR

Jean Luc Zwickert - Prog DirPlaylist Additions:

Dolphin's Mind- The Flow

Down Low- Moonlight

Florent Pagny- Savoie Aimee

RADIO PILA1US 104.9/Luzern GCHR

Ralf Tschuppert - Music DirPhilippe Unterschiits Head OfMusic

Playlist Unchanged

RADIO Z/Zurich G

AC

Chris Kremer - Head Of MusicPlaylist Additions:

Babyface- Close My Eyes

Billy Joel- Hey Girl

Coolie- Doh La La

Delbert McClinton- Old Weakness

Eoya- Only If

Jon Bon Joel- Janie, Don't TakeMarla Glen- Hot Love


Patent Ochaner- SunnechiungPhil Collins. The Same Moon

Queen- No One

Rite Share- Walk TallSpektacoolir- Maine Kleine

T. Chapman/B.B. King- The Thrill

UB40- Always There

Warren G/Sherel- Prince Igor

RADIO LAC/Geneva S

CHR

Jacky Sanders - Prog DirPower Play:

Dario G- Sunchyme

Lutricia McNeal- Ain't That JuatPlaylist Additions:

Alliage/Boy.. Te GarderCorm- Only When I Sleep

Gina G- Everytime

Natalie Imbruglia- Tom

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Lufricia McNeal -My Side Of Town

Metallic,- The Memory Remains

Platinum Radice- Sugar Sugar

Revolver- El Peligro

Rexene- I Call Your Name

Various- Todo Exitos

HOLLANDNPS HORT EN KLIJN/Hilversum PCHR

Tom Blomberg - DJ/ProducerCome Klijn - DJ/ProducerPlaylist Additions:

Allure- All Cried Out

Bobby Brown- Feelin' Inside

Boozy- Angela

Boston DJ's. Move Your Roily

Cure- Wrong Number

Deborah Anderson- Lonely

Manbreak- Ready


Metallica- The Memory Remains

Queen- No One

RADIO 3/Hilversum PCHR

Paul van der Lugt - ConedPower Play:


Playlist Additions:Adam F- Circles

Jewel- Foolish Games

Notorious BIGMPac- Ramie'Queen- No One

Radiohead- No SurprisesSheryl Crow. Tomorrow Never Dim

Suburbs -ForeverAL Van Dik Hoot

RADIO 538/Hilversum PCHR

Erik de ZwartPower Play:

Molly. James Bond Theme


Playlist Addition.Aqua- Doctor Jones

Mass- Feel So Good

Smash Mouth- Widking On The Sue

Verve- The Drugs Don't Work

Volumicd- Het Is Over

RADIO NOORDZEE

NATIONAAL/Naerden PNational MuslcIAC

Ron Sterrenburg - Head Of MusicPlaylist Addition

Anouk- Nobody's Wife

De Groot/Rot- Roast Jou

Erikah Karst- Nobody Knows

Exposure- 3 Little WordsMylene- Scheer Je Weg

Nance- He's My Favorite DJ

Normaal- Twiefel

Rob de Nijs- Nu Het Om Hear Gael

Romeo- Always Fall For Love

Milk- Op Feeler

Sylvia Millecam. In Zijn Chaderhroek

WOW:- Lekker Lang Lekker

SKY RADIO 100.7FM/Bussum PAC

Ton Lathouwers - MD

Playlist Additions:Is Ook Schitterend- Voltooid

AUSTRIA WhigReld- No Tears To Cry

RADIO VIBORG/Viborg G

CBS

Pout Foged - Operations ManagerJan Thulstrup - Head Of MusicPlaylist Additions:

Gessle- I Want You To Know

CHR

Mage Vainio - Prog Dir

Playlist Additions:Cerra- Only When I Sleep

Danny- Everything I Wanted

FR David- Words '97


Toni Braden- How Court An Angel

Aqua- Lollipop (Candyman)

Eaya- Only If

Marcel Romannff- Stay The Night

Natalie Imbruglio- TomONA.- Mimo Wszystke

Pawel Kukiz. Caluj Mnie

Sinclair/Wilde- Tell Me Why

O3/Vienna PCHR

Alfred Rosenauer Head Of MusicPlaylist Additions:

Cultured Pearls- Sugar Sugar Honey


Sweetbox- Everything's Joe Cocker- Tonight RADIO LODZ/Leds G

Lea & Matten- For Kendt

Maria Morita- Jeg er D. RUSSIACHR

Adam Kolacinaki - Head Of Music

SWEDEN Mourin- By My SideRADIO MAXIMUM/Perm G

Power Play:

Queen- No One

Saone Graulund- Ay AyCUR

Dubritar- No More Talk

E.Bartoinewica Nie Seamy ReRADIO MEGAPOUStockhohn P

AC

Fredrik Severin Music DirectorSavage Garden- Truly Madly Deeply

Sister Hemel. All For You

Aleney Glanatov - Prog DirPower Play:

0.N.A.- Mime Wsaystko

Playlist Additions:Power Play: Sneakers- Den Sidste Nat

Sash1 StayAnita Lipnicka- I Tylco Noce

Cue- Burma' Playlist Additions:Art Garfunkel- You're A Wonderful

Elton John. Something About The UPTOWN FM/Copenhagen GDario 0- Sunchyme

Black Attack- ft'. A ShameEternal/Winans-1 Wayne Be AC/CUR

Kosmonova- AylaBoyz II Men- A Song RP Mama

Meredith Brooks- Bitch Stig Hartvig Nielsen - Head Of ProgLa Bouche- You Won't Forget Me

Lewis/Richard- At The Beginning

Daddy/Evans-1'11 Be Messing Jan Brodde - Music CooedSheryl Crow- Tomorrow Never Dies

Faye- Onl IfPlaylist Additions: Power Play: Gary Moore- Always

Cerra- Only When I Sleep Kate- Lave ShinesMUSIC RADIO/Perm S

Krystyna Prontko. SlossMauro Some- Mimes. Fervid Playlist Additions:

ACLiroy- Cho. Opowiem

Michael Bolton -The Best Of Love Aerosmith- PinkMikhail Eidebn. - Prog Controller

Lisa Loeb- I Do

Daze- TamagotchiPlaylist Additions:

Metallica- The Memory RemainsSVERIGES RADIO P3: MEST Humleridderne- De SmA Marginaler

Gipsy Kings- Sueno De NochePawed Cahn Mode

SPELADE/ JOE- Can't Let GoNikolay 'Trubach- Dobroe Utru

Peter Cox- If You Walk AwayStockholm P Savage Garden- Telly Madly Deeply

Supertramp- Sooner Or LaterSinclair/Wilde- Tell Me Why

CHR Solid Harmonic.- ITT Be There Suede -PlaygroundMats Griinberg - Producer Sunset. Winter Sunshine PORTUGAL Toni Braxton- How Could An Angel

PlaylistDepeehe Mode- Useless RADIO MOJN/Aabenraa S ANTENA 9/Lisbon P RADIO LUBLIN/Lublin GL.L. Cool J- Phenomenon Hot AC CHR Rock

Lisa Ekdahl- Tvi Lyckhge Direr Steen Siidergreen HOM/Prog Dir Jose Marinho - Head Of Music Wiktor Jac.. - DJ/ProducerPaul McCartney -The World Tonight Conte S. Rasmussen - Head Of Music Playlist Additions: Power Play:Pulp- Help The Aged Playlist Additions: Beck- Deadweight E.Bartosiewi.- Nie Seamy Sie

2 Eivissa- Ooh La La La Corn- Only When I Sl.p Maya- Only IfRADIO RM/Stockholin G Amber- This Is Jay.Z/BeWace/Brown. Sunshine Playlist Addition.:AC/CHR Anders Glenmark- Leva Lange Kenny Wayne Shepherd. Blue NM. Boys 11 Men- A Song For MamaMikael Agnepil - Head of Music Bell & Oates Promise Ain't Enough Mark Morrison- Who's The Mack Debater- No More TalkPlaylist Additions: Laurnea- Can't let Go Meredith Brooks- What Would Happen, Gary Barlow- Open Road

Dario G- Sunchyme Maria Montell- Jeg er Den Queen- No One Gary Moore -AlwaysEagle -Eye Cherry- Save Tonight Savage Garden- Trul Madly Deeply Sheryl Crow- Tomorrow Never Dies ON.A.- Mimo Wasystko

East 57th Street- Saturday Sneakers- Den Sidste Nat Smash Mouth -Walking On The Sun Pawel Holds- Cahn MnieSheryl Crow- Tomorrow Never Dies Yared- Silent Cry Sweetbox. Everything's Peter Cox- If You Walk AwayTitiyo- Before The Day Sinclair/Wilde- Tel Me Why

STATION KOBENHAVN 102,9 FM/ RFM/Liabon P Third Eye Blind- How Going To Be

RADIO STOCKHOLM/Stockholm G Copenhagen S CHR Young DJ- Walk On By

CHR Hot AC/CHR Pedro Tojal - Head Of MusicRobert Sehlberg - Mimic Director Kristi. Mayn't!, Prod Die/Head Of Playlist Additions: RADIO MANHATTAN/Lads GPlaylist Additions: Music 'N Sync- For The Girl CHR/Reck

Ere- Ameno Playlist Additions: Beck -Deadweight Marcia Bieiorek - Head Of MusicGary Barlow- Open Road Cerra- Only When I Sleep Brand New Heavies- You've Got Power Play:Hanson- I Will Come To You Dam- Tamagotchi Cool Bemire- Panto Sem Referee Dube.. No Mom TalkLook Twice- Funk You Up Jay'2BabylaceBrown- Sunshine Madredeus- Hine 0 Q. Mower Rem.- Only IfMagnus Uggla- Jag Vill La Bouche. You Won't Forget Me Spice Girls- Tee Moby- James Bond ThemeMariah Carey- Butterfly Mariah Carey- Butterfly Sweet.. Everything's ONA.. Mimo WszyatkoPuff Daddy- Been Around Paradisio- Dime Como Pawed Mikis- Caluj MnieTease- Put Your Arms Real McCoy- I Warm Come Playlist Additions:

POLANDWarren G/Sissel- Prince Igor Solid Harmonies III Be There Anita Lipnicka- I Tylco NoceYellowbelliese Curly Kim UB40- Always There Boys 11 Men- A Song For Mama

Usher- You Make Me MannaPOLSKIE RADIO 3/Warsaw P

Budka Suflera- Strefa PolcieniaHIT FM 94.2/Bromma S CHR

E.Bartosiewics- Nie Znamy SieDance

Merck Niedzeri.ki - ProducerGary Barlow- Open Road

NORWAYJocks Bring . Prog Dir Power Play:Gary Moore- Always

Playlist Additions: Troika- TygodmuKrystyna Prontko- Slosc

Brooklyn Bounce- The Real BassNRK PETREJOido P Playlist Additions:

Limy- Chcecz Opowiem

Dr. Alba. Long Time Ago CUR Anita Lipnicka. I Tylco NoceMetallica- The Memory Remains

Gina G- Everytime Nils Heldal li.d-Of Music Boys Il Me. A Song For MarnaPeter Cos- If You Walk Away

Goblins- Dance Of the GoblinsPlaylist Additions: Debater- No More Talk

Suede- PlaygroundMagnus Uggle- Jag Till

Velvet Belly- Fast And Far Away Ellarlosiewies- Nie Znamy SonThird Eye Blind How Ids Going To Be

Paradisio- Dime ComoWarren G/Sissel- Prince Igor Enya- Only If

Wegorze Tape 3- StykSonic Dream- Love Gary Moore- Always

SW V- Loose My CoolRADIO 102illaugesund G Jimmy Ray- Are You

RADIO MERKURY/Poenan GCHR Liroy- Chmcz Opowiem

ACEgli Houeland - Head Of Music

Playlist Additions:Metallica- The Memory Remains

ONA Mimo Wray..Ryseard Gloger - Head Of MadePower Play:DENMARK

Cecilia Vennersten- Her liar Vi Pawel Kukla Caluj MnieBoys DI Men- A Song For Mama

DANMARKS RADIO PS/Copenhagen HoeUAlbrigtsen- Love Will Come Peter Cox- If You Walk AwayE.Bartoeiewica Nie Znamy Sie

Janet Jackson- Got Til Rena. Przemyk- As Po GrobPlaylist Additions:

CHR Nan. Lonely Suede- PlaygroundDion/Streisand- Tell Him

Morten Rindholt - Playlist Co-ord. Third Eye Blind- Bow It's Going To BeHarlem- Kora

Power Play: RADIO EXI'MVAneby G Toni Braxton- How Could An Angel DNA, ?Alma WurtkeGlindemannelicta You're The Bom CHR

Suede- Sci-Fi LullabiesPlaylist Addition. Gjermund Moastuen - Head Of Musk RADIO 4 U: DANCE/Warsaw G

Tina Moore- Never Let You GoD.A1).- Empty Heads Playliet Additions: Dance

Encore- Marathon Design Catch -Bingo Bogdan Fabianski DJ/Prod.Kent- Om Du Var Her Diana King- L -I -lies Playlet Additions:

RADIO PLUS/Gdansk G

Sleeper- She A Good Robyn- Show Me Love Black Hill- Little JamAC

Steve Earle- N.Y.C. Srinscreem- Catch Blue Tribe- What's Going OnPlate Felgentreu - Head Of Musk

Sunset- Winter Sunshine Warren G/Sissel- Prince Igor Carlinhoe Brown- A NamoradaPower Play:

Y. Michele. Just Keep Playing Erne Ranassetti- Quante AmoreCosntoP. Kosiarkiewics- Kobee

THE VOICE/Copenhagen P Lil Suzy- Can't GetPlaylist Additions:

CHR NTM- Affirmative ActionGeasle- I Want You To Know

FINLANDEik Frederiksen - Prog Dir Refugee Camp- AvenuesHanson- I Will Come To You

Playlist Additions: Scooter- She SaidWarren G/Sissel- Prince Igor

Olive- MiracleFINNISH AIRPLAY TOP 30/Tampere

Telles- The Beat Of The YearRADIO SZCZECIN/Ssczecin G

ARHUS NAD1RADIO/

RADIO COLOMBO/ Arhus G

CHR

Pentti Terivitinen DirectorRADIO GDANSH/Gdanak

CHR

CHR

Piotr Rokicki - Head Of Music

CHRPlaylist Additions:

Merck Cegielski - Head Of MusicPlaylist Additions:

Seeger Raab - Music Director Brand New Heavies- You've GotPower Play:

Cure- Wrong Number

Power Play: Don Buono: HyvkiEIlartosiewies- Nie Znamy Sie

Debater- No More Talk

Jon- Can't Let It Go Nelo Tu Sei, Tu SaiPlaylist Additions:

Gary Moore- Always

Playlist Additions: Puolikuu- Vielaki KaipaatDebater- No More Talk

Krystyna Prentice- Slum

Hall & Oates Promise Ain't EnoughRicky Martin- Corason

Enya- Only IfONA.- Mime Waystko

hide Schutt. Innen Mitt Jon Boo Joel- Janie, Don't TakeP. Kosiarldewica Kolna

Mariah Carey- Butterfly YLE 2/RADIOMAIDA/Helsinki PLiroy- Daleko Zaszlo

Peter Cos- If You Walk Away

Randy Crawford- Are You SureCHR

Metallica- The Memory RemainsPiersi- Caluj Mnie

Refugee Camp- AvenuesLeers Pakkanen Prog Dir

0.NA- Mimo WmystkoSinclair/WiMe- Tell Me Why

Robbie Williams -AngelaJukka Haarma - Head Of Music

Pawel Mike- Caliq MnieSuede -Playground

Sneakers- Den Sidste Nat Playlist Additions:Pulp- Help The Aged

Will Smith- Just Cruised911- Love Sensation

UH40. Always ThereRADIO ESKA NORD/Gdynia S

Denali. Everything I Wanted AC

Impeach -007 Pintrit Patter Head Of MimicRADIO ABC/Randers GCHR

Kent Kordt Roder Prog Dir

J. Hakulinen- Suden Hetki

Laiskat Auringossa- Pelye

RADIO KOSZALDUKosanlin G

CHR/Rock

Prsemyslaw Mrecsek - DJ/Producer

Power Play:Dubstar- No More Talk

Power Play: Metallica- The Memory RemainsPower Play:

Playlist Addition.

Janet Jackson- Together Melia Baritone- PopmusiikkiaE.Bartosiewicz- Nie Znamy Sie

Anita Lipnicka- I Tylco Noce

Playlist Additions: Sheryl Crow -Tomorrow Never DiesEros Rainazzot. Quante Amoretuanto

Boys H Men- A Song For Mama

Daze- Tamagotchi Texas- Put Your ArmsPlaylist Additions:

E.Bartoeiewica Nie Znamy Sie

Enya- Only IfSmash Mouth- Walking On The Sun

KISS FM/flebiinki G911- Party People

Gary Moore- Always


STATION REPORTS

INXS- Searching

107etyna Prontko- Slosc

No Authority. Don't Stop

O.N.A.-Mime Wszystko

Peter Cox. If You Walk Away

Piersi- Coluj Mnie

She Moves- Breakin'

Sinclair/Wilde- Tell Me Why

Third Eye Blind -How lee Going To Be

Young DJ- Walk On By

Zap Marna- Damn

GREECEKISS 909 FM/Athens GCHRTIance

Michael Thaouasopoulos Prog DirPower Play:

Prodigy. Smack My Bitch Up

Playkai Additions:Aqua- lollipop Candyman

Gala- Come rob

Hearasutra- HappinessSheryl Crow- Tomorrow Never Dies

TURKEY

RADIO NUMBER ONE FM/Istanbul

CHR

Entre YOnter - Prog DirPower Play:


Com- Only When I Sleep

Diana King- L4 -has

George Michael. You Havearmignst

Jimmy Ray- Are You


Atelier- Nutuk '97

Playlist Additions:911- Party People

East 67th Street- SaturdayEdwyn Collins- Dream Lover


L.L. Cool J. Phenomenon

Nadanuf- The Breaks

Refugee Camp- Avenues

Will Smith- Just Cruiain'

CZECH REPUBLICEVROPA 2/Prague C

AC

Milos Pokorny Head Of Programming

Roman Ondrecek - Head Of MusicPlaylist Additions:


Bee Gees- Still Waters Run Deep

Genesis -Shipwrecked

Janet Jackson- Got Til It'sJimmy Ray- Are You

Poetry 74' Motion- Rom. &

Sheryl Crow- Home


FREKVENCE 1/Prague GAC

Rene Hnilicka Music ManagerPlaylist Additions:

Cores- Only When I Sleep

Daniel Hulk.- Dest, Vat A PlacRillueBertosova, ban Zeds Se Mnou

Michael Jackson -SmileWorlds Apart- Back

RADIO ALFA/Prague C

AC

Dusan Rotors - Head Of MusicPlaylist Addition.

Eternal- Angel Of Mine



RADIO ORION/Ostrava GCHR

Petr Magera Prog DirPlaylist Additions:

Aqua- Barbie Girl

N -Trance- Pm Sexy,

Oasis- Stand By Me

RTL RADIO CITY 93.7/Prague G

CHR

Karel Oubreeht Prog MgrDavid Beck - Head Of Music

Playlist Additions:Alannah Myles- Bad For You

Joe Cocker- N'Oublie

Nana- He's Comic'

RADIO FM PLUS/Pilsen S

AC

Jan Hanousek - Head Of MusicPlaylist Additions:

Ook La La


HUNGARYHUNGARIAN TOP 20 AIRPLAY

CHART/ Budapest PCHR

Playlist Additions:Auth Caine- Veyel ElBackstreet Boys- As Long As

Bon Bon- Pia Olympia

Dario G- Sunchyme

Haddaway. What About Me

Unisex- Suguldj Velem

RADIO DANUBIUS/Budapest PCHR

Lamle, Bertok Music DirPlaylist Additions:

Eros Ramersotti Quavto Amore/Cue=

N -Trance- I'm Sexy?

Savage Garden- To The Moon


RADIO BIUDGE/Iludapest CAC

Barna Hader - Head Of Music

Playlist Additions:Arnold1Propellerhead On Her Majesty's

Hobo- Barbel Hajtom


RADIO BUDAPEST 96.4

FM/Budapest S

CHR

Tibor Vey.. - Music ProgrammerPower Play:

Auth CAN- Vigyel El

Donna Lewis- Fool's

M -People- Just For You

Kimnowak- Hello Ma &evenOasis- Stand By Me

Pleyliat Additions:Dion/Streisand- Tell Him

Fool's Garden- Probably

Om.. Say NothingShute Asa- You're The One I Love

ESTONIARAADIO 2/Tallinn GCHR

Immo Mihkelson Head Of MusicPlaylist Additions:

Dannii. Everything I Wanted

Duran Duran. Electric Barbarella

Eternal -Angel Of Mine


Metallica. The Memory Remains

Natalie imbruglia- Torn

RADIO KUKUTallinn

Rock/AC

Jaen Itiikoja Head Of MusicPlaylist Additions:

Bell Book & Candle- Rescue Me

Jimmy Nail- Black & White

MetaRica- The Memory Remains

Radiohead- No Surprises

LATVIARADIO SV/H/Riga

AC

J. Sipkevics - Prog DirPower Play:

Jimmy Nail- Black & White

Noisy Nation- Shake


Playlist Additions:Blackmores Night- Greensleeves

Chumbawamba. Amnesia


Liege- Smaids

Opus- Hands In The Air

SLOVAKIAFUN RADIO/Bratislava SCDR

Patrik Zinan Music DirPlaylist Additions:

Alexander O'Neal- Let's GetB3- Out Of Here

Breakdown- WithoutDent Hines- It's Alright

Marance. I'm Sexy?Papa Bear- Cherish


Vidlek- Nie Je To Lahke

LITHUANIA

1-1.Y114U

art hot 100

Eurochart radio show number 454Each week, some 10 million European listeners time into listen to the two hour Eurochart singles countdownshow, based on Music & Media's Eurochart Hot 100.

Supplied in a kit form (with records, script and soundbites) and syndicated by London -based company UniqueBroadcasting, the Eurochart is a 20 -song chart countdown,with behind the songs stories, artist interviews, gossip, tips,new entries, hits to happen and the album of the week.

Content of the Eurochart Hot 100 show this week (number 454):

>Interviews: Spice Girls (Victoria, Mel B, Gerry, MelC), Gary Barlow and Aqua>Rita to happen: Hanson/I Will Come To You (Mer-cury); Shola AmaIWho's Loving My Babe(Freakstreet/WEA); Gary Barlow/Open Road (RCA)-Album of the week: Spice Girls/Spiceworld (Virgin)

Stations broadcasting the show include: Antena3 (Lisbon); FM104 (Dublin); Ml Radio Station (Lithuania);

Ag. Itel Power FM (Istanbul); Radio Danubius(Budapest); RTL Radio City (Prague).

Station interested in the show should contact Pascal Griersonor Olivier Semonnay at Unique Broadcasting.

Tel: (+44) 0171 402 1011; Fax: (+44) 0171 723 6132.

,9,317

CityRADIO

RADIO M.1/Vilnius

CHR

Donates Bucelia Prog DirPower Play:

Louise- Arms Around

Playlist Additions:Depeche Made- Useless

Jimmy Ray- Are You

Lengvai- Sel


Usher- You Make Me Wanna

LUXEMBOURGELDORADIO/Luxembourg SCHR

Luc Mellen - Head Of Music

Playlist Additions:Awesome- Rumours

Eternal- Angel Of Arne

Gary Barlow- Op. RoadPapa Bear- Cherish

Sunclub- Fiesta De Los


Wee- Awa Awe

LIECHTENSTEINRADIO I./Liechtenstein BCHI/AC

Daui Sigel - Program DirectorRoland Blum - Head Of Music

Pleyliet Additions:Aerosmith. PinkEspen Lind- When Susannah Cries

Mariah Carey- ButterflySheryl Crow- Tomorrow Never Dies

Spice Girls- Never Give Up

PROGRAMMESUPPLIERSRN MUSIQUE/Parie PCHR

Alain Rossi - Music ProgrammerErie Francais - Music ProgrammerA List:

AD Alain Chamfort- Tombouctou

Arthur H- La Lionne

Brigitte Fontaine- Les PalacesCh.lelie Couture. Le Grand Bureau

Claude Nougaro- Les PasEmma Should.- Spentele StolleHenri Dikongue- C'eet La Vie

Jean -Louie Murat- Dieu

J.Jacques Goldman- On IraJovanotti- Big Bang

Legitime Demenee. Ni Regrets

Masao- Dee

Michel Serdou- SalutSally Nyolo- Shane

THE BRIDGE RADIO NETWORK/

St. Petersburg PCHR

Irene Krutskikh Music DirectorA List:

AD Backstreet Boys- As Lang As

Daft Punk- Burnie'

M -People- Just For You

Marilyn Manson/Sneak- Long Hard

Mr. President- Take MeNTrance- Pm Sexy?Reef- Come Back

FM RADIO NETWORK/Germany GCHR

Armin Weis - Prog Dir

Power Play:Moby- James Bond Theme


A List:

All Saints- I Know Where It's At

Aqua- Barbie Girl

Backstreet Boys- As Long AsCappuccino- Du Fehlst Mir

Chumbawamba- Tubthumping

Cultured Pearls- Sugar Sugar Honey

Dario 0- Sunchyme

Fresh N Funky- Welcome To Tee Club

Hanson- Where's The Love

Janet Jackson- Got Til It'sLighthouse Family- Raincloud

N -Trance- I'm Sexy?

Nana- He's Comin'

Papa Bear- CherishStiehl- Stay

Spektacoollir- Maine Kleine

Sweethos- Everything's



A List:

AD Spice Girbs- Spice Up Your Life

MUSICTELEVISIONMTV EUROPE/London PMusic Television

Peter Good Controller MusicProgramming MTV NetworksA List:

Backstreet Boys- As Long AsBjbrk- Joga

Blur- M.O.R.

Chumbewarnba- TubthumpingOoh La La

Dario G- Sunchyme



Green Day- Ilitchin' A Ride

Janet Jackson- Got Til It'sJayZ/Babyface/Brown. Sunshine

Jon Bon Jove Janie, Don't Take

Jovanotte Per La Vita

LL Cool J- Phenomenon

Lighthouse Raincloud

MPeople- Just For YouAL Mighty Bosston.- ImpressMn

Refugee Camp- AvenuesSmash Mouth. Walking On The Sun

Spice Girls- Spice Up Your Life

Supergrass- Late In The Day

U2- Please


New Videos

Missy Elliott- Sock It 2 Me

Pulp- Help The Aged

MTV/Central Region PMusic Television

Andreas Heineke Head Of MusicA List:

AD Lee Buddah- Manchmal


Niels Frever. Doppelgtmger


MTV/Southern Region PMusic Television

Clive Evan Eked Of MusicA Liat:

A/) Brand New Heavies- You've GotGiorgio- Dimen Dove Sei

Midge Ure- Breathe

Paolo Marlene- L'Angelo


Seism- Rosemary Plesiglass

MTV/Northern Region PMusic Television

Hans Hagman . Head Of Music

A Liett

AD Beck -Deadweight

Mob), James Bond Theme

Portishead- Over

MTV UJIA.andon PMusic Television

A ListAD Addict -Dust

Beck -Deadweight

Dru Hill- 5 Steps

MCM/Paris PMusic Television

Herve Lemaire Prog DirCecile Estrade - ProgrammerA List:

Anissa- A Contra -Bens

Aqua- Barbie Girl

Beanie Mao- Danceludl Queen

Cornershop- Brimful Of Aaha

Hanson- Where's The Love

I AID- Nei Sous

J.Jacques Goldman- Sachs Que Je

MC Solaar- Les Temps Changan

Meredith Brooks- BitchRefugee Camp- Avenues

Squeegee- RappezMoi C,es Temps

Stomy Bugsy- M. Emcee Decuplent


New Videos

Cabrel- Yo Van.Different Teep- MaintenantDru Hill- In My Bed

Florent Pagoy- Savoir AimerJimmy Ray- Are You

No Doubt- Sunday Morning

Olive- Outlaw

Paeai. Je Zappe Et Je Mate

VELI/London PMusic Television

Mark Hagen Head Of Programming& Acq

Heavy RotationBrand New Heavies- You've Got




MPeople- Just For YauActive Rotation

Conner Reeves- EarthboundDiana King- Little PrayerGenesis- Shipwrecked

Medium RotationRolling Stones- Anybody Seen

Sheryl Crow- Home

Shola Ama. You're The One I Love

Sly & Robbie- Night NurseTexas- Put Your Arms


New RecurrentChumbawamba- Tubthumping

George Michael -Yin HavelStranbast

Toni Braxton- I Don't Want To

Truths & Garth. In Anther's Eyes

MO- Tell Me Is 12 True?

New Videos

Coin -Only When I Sleep

Mariah Carey- ButterflyVarious- Perfect Day

Wynonna- When Love Starts Tall.'

VIVA TV/Cologne PMusic Television

Tins Busch - Prog Dir

airborne

Taken from the album QueenRocks, this is the kind of epicrock track we came to expectfrom these veterans while Fred-die Mercury was still withthem. All the familiar compo-nents-a strong compositionand matching production job-are in the right place, and it'squite remarkable how easilyone gets used to Brian May asthe new lead singer (in thiscase, alongside Roger Taylor).Alfred Rosenauer, head ofmusic at Austrian public CHR

QUEENNO-ONE BUT You(ONLY THE GOODDIE YOUNG)ParlophoneProducer: QueenPublishers: Queen/EMI

network 03 based in Viennasays: "Although it is a bitstrange to hear Queen withoutFreddie Mercury, I have thefeeling that No-one But You isgoing to be a big hit." Rose-nauer continues, "From thefirst time we aired it, we wereflooded by phone calls from peo-ple who wanted to know what itwas and where they could getit." Finally, Rosenauer notes:"It certainly doesn't hurt torelease the single and albumjust before Christmas either."

A List:

Aaron Carter- Crush On YouAlexia- Uh La La

Aqua- Barbie Girl



Bliimchen- Gib Mir Noch

Cappuccino- Do Fehlet Mir


Coolie- C U When U Get There

Da Hoot- Love Parade

Dario G- Simony.Lutricia McNeal- Ain't That JustNana- He's Comic'

Papa Bear- CherishSashl- Stay

Spektacoolar- Meine Kleine


Warren Gassel- Prince IgorWill Smith- Men In Black

B List:

Awesome- Rumours

Babyface/Wonder Row Come, flow Long

Basis- Nur I Tag


Dolphin's Mind- The Flow

EternallWinana- I Wanna Be

Foxy Brown- Big Bad Mama

Janet Jackson- Got MI It'sMeredith Brooks- BitchMr. President- Take Me

Notorious BIG- Ma Motley !do Problems

/MG- Hem ComesR. Kelly- Gotham City

Salt -N -Pepe- R U Ready

Westbam- Hard Times

Wyclef Jean- GuantanameraX-Perience- I Don't

C List:

Booby Collins- I'm U

DJ Bobo- Shadows Of The Light

Encore- Le Disc4ockey

Future Breese- How Much Can

Jay-Z./Babyface/Brown. &makes

Kelly Family- Because Ns Love

Kosmonova- Ayla

La Bouche- You Won't Forget Me

Malin INC- Planet Violet

Poetry 'N' Motion- Borneo &


Squeezer- Tamagotchi

Tank- Can U Feel The Bass

Touche- I Want You Back

112- Please

N List:

Ato- Call Me

Black Attack- It's A Shame

Brooklyn Bounce- The Real BassCatch- Bingo

Da Hoot- Bora Bora

De Boa- On The

Down Low- Johnny B

Freundeskreis- Wean Der Vorhang


L.L. Cool J. Phenomenon


Stefan Raab- Es War Sommer

Worlds Apart- Back

Young DJ- Walk On By

New Videos

'N Sync- The Lion Sleeps

DJ Sammy & Carisma- Golden Child

DJ Phantasma- Welcome To The Club

Gil- Round I° Round

Groove Zone- Eisbaer

Noble Savages- C. We TalkSweetbox- Everything's

Trey D- Mirror

Will Smith -Just Cruisin'

VIVA ZWEI TV/Cologne P

Music Television

Jorge Cebrian Lopes Prog DirA List:


Dario G- Sunchyme



Will Smith- Menlo Black

B LiH:


Coolio- C U When U Get There

Eros Ramassotg QuantoArnomiCtionm

Janet Jackson- Got Til It'sMeredith Brooks- BitchDaddy/Evans- PD Be Missing

It Kelly- Gotham City


Salt -N -Pepe- R U Ready


U2- Please

Wyclef Jean- Guamanamera

C List:

Bootsy Collins. I'm Leave' U

Boys EI Men. 4 Seasons

Cultured Pearls- Sugar Sugar Hooey


Elton John- Candle In The Wind

Joe Cocker- N'Oublie

Lighthouse Family- RaincloudM.P.ple- Just For YouMariah Carey- Honey

Michael Jackson- GhostsMichael Jackson- HistoryOasis -Stand By Me

Roachford- The Way I Feel

Savage Garden- To The Moon

N ListBobby Brown- Feelin' Inside

Corn- Only When I Sleep


En Vogue- Too long, Too Gone

Eternal- Angel Of Mine

Faith No More- Stripsearch





Shale Area -You're The Doe I Love

Stereophooke- Traffic

New Videos

Cora E- leis's MirPulp- Help The Aged

Riehy Martin- Te Extrano, Te Olvido

Selig- Sie Sieht Aus

THE BOX/London G

Music Television

Liz Laskowski Dir of ProgBox Tops

911. Party People

Aaron Carter- Crush On You


Aqua- Barbie Girl

Backstreet Boys- As long As

Backstreet Boys- Everybody


Dario G- Sunchyme

Double 99- B.I.P. Groove

Lyndon David Hall- Sexy Cinderella

NTrance- Pm Sexy?

Natalie Imbroglio- TomOasis- Stand By Me

Sam Walker. Just Can't

Stiehl- Stay


Steps- 5,6,7,8

Vanilla -No Way, No Way



Breakin' Out Of The BonAaliyak The One I Gave My Heed

Allure- All Cried Out

Comer Reeves- EarthhotmdFirm- Firm Biz

five- Slam Dunk Da Funk

Gala- Let A Boy Cry


H.M.H. Boo -Tee Bounce

Lutricia McNeal- Ain't That JustMilk Inc.- La Vache

Party Animals- Atomic

Peter Andre- lonelyUsher- You Make Me Wanna

Wee -Alone

Will Smith- Just Cruisin'New Videos

Brain Bug- Benedict.Dion/Streisand- Tell Him

Celetia- Special

Confucius Says- Window

AreoldfAkAhnond Diamonds Are Forever

Gina G- Everytime


Happy Clappers- I Believe

Imani Copolla- Legend Of A Cowgirl

Jewel- You Were Meant For Me


Michael Bolton. The Best Of Love

No Doubt- Sunday Morning

Ocean Colour Scene- Better DayPulp- Help The Aged

Robert Miles- FreedomVanessa Mae- I Feel Love


Verve- Lucky

THE MUSIC FACTORY/

Busmen, Holland BMusic Television

Erik Krone Mimic DirectorPower Play:


A List:

Anouk- Nobody's Wife

Antiloop- In My Mind

Backstreet Boys -As Long As

Chumbawamba- TubthumpingDario G- Sunchyme

Cool J. Phenomenon

Stiehl- Stay


Wee -Alone

New VideosEn Vogue- Too Lang, Too Gone

Firm- Firm BA

Jay-Zeabytacedtrown- Sunshine


Junkie XL- Billy Club

Kosmonova- Ayla


Mane- Feel So Good


Replay- Kqk Om Je Heen

Roachford- The Way I Feel



Usher- You Make Me Wanna


Will Smith- Just Cruiein'

MUSIC & MEDIA NOVEMBER 15, 1 9 9 7


AIRPLAY CHARTS

n4rance:-7-,Sf ...Tames° Rod StoiniVart

On the airM&M's weekly airplay analysis column

"Dario on your radio!" Howmany times have presen-ters used that phrase onthe European airwavesthis week?

Well, undoubtedly moretimes than last week, be-cause Dario G's Sunchyme(Eternal/WEA) is (again)M&M's greatest gainer in

airplay points. The record is performing partic-ularly well in northern and central regions: inScandinavia it rises from 14-4, in the G/S/Acountries from 9-6, and it's the second mostplayed in the Benelux countries at the moment.

Many instrumental hits are, of course con-nected to movies or TV series. The fact thatSunchyme isn't makes it a real phenomenon.Although it contains the wordless hook ofDream Academy'sLife In A NorthernTown (a U.K. hit onBlanco Y Negro, in1985), it is by far themost successful "in-strumental" track atradio this year.

Daft Punk's Da Funk (Virgin) only reachedthe number 35 slot earlier this year, while theother three instrumentals to reach the Euro-pean Radio Top 50 so far in 1997-B.B.E's Flash(Triangle), Orbital's The Saint (ffrr) and DJQuicksilver's Bellissima (on Dos Or Die) wereeven less successful radiowise. So, let's declareDario G "this year's Robert Miles"-the latter'sChildren (DBX/Discomagic) was 1996's instru-mental airplay wonder.

Speaking of Miles, his new single Freedom(DBX/Discomagic/Deconstruction) is on the rise,although it's still just outside the chart. Therecord takes the Roadrunner Award this weekfor gaining the biggest increase in airplaypoints in Music & Media's Border Breakerchart, because, outside its native Italy, it's alsospinning well in the U.K. and Germany.

Other acts flying around just below the 50this week are Mariah Carey's Butterfly(Columbia) and Toni Braxton's How Could AnAngel Break My Heart (La Face/Arista). Alsobubbling under are Texas (Put Your ArmsAround Me, Mercury) and The Cure (WrongNumber, Fiction/Polydor).

Finally, N -Trance'stake on D'Ya Think I'm

4 Sexy (All Around The

t World), featuring the: 4

real vintage Rod Stew -167e. art vocal, slips into the

top 10 this week.There's another sur-SEXY? prising collaboration

between the '90s and the '70s on the airwavesthis week. An addition on the Music -FMplaylist of Italian EHR-chain Italia Networkbased in Bologna shows a record by Elio E LeStore Tese. Their reworked version of the discoclassic Born To Be Alive (Asprine) features noneother than the real Patrick Hernandez.

Menno Visser

DA IrA THINK

week 46/97 I-turopean Radio Top 50

©Billboard Music Group

TW LW WOC Artist/Title OriginalLabel

TotalStations

NewAdds

1 1 8 SPICE GIRLS/SPICE UP YOUR LIFE (VIRGIN) 129 3

® 4 6 Backstreet Boys/As Long As You Love Me (Jive) 120 5

3 2 9 Rolling Stones/Anybody Seen My Baby (Virgin) 120 2

4 3 8 Oasis/Stand By Me (Creation/Sony) 99 2

5 5 9 Janet Jackson/Got `Til It's Gone (Virgin) 95 20 7 6 Dario G/Sunchyme (Eternal/WEA) 100 100 9 8 Lighthouse Family/Raincloud (Wild Card/Polydor) 97 7

8 6 14 ChumbawambalTubthumping (EMI) 89 0

® 12 7 Eros Ramazzotti/Quanto Amore Sei/Cuanto Amore Me Das Blif,ftrei (DDD) 91 5

ED 11 5 N -Trance feat. Rod Stewart/Da Ya Think I'm Sexy? (All Around The World) 77 6

11 8 9 M-People/Just For You (Sens Unik/BMG) 86 1

12 10 9 Aqua/Barbie Girl IMP, Wr.i (Universal) 70 30 14 8 Verve/The Drugs Don't Work (Hut/Virgin) 70 30 19 5 Brand New Heavies/You've Got A Friend (ffrr) 77 7

15 15 8 Elton John/Candle In The Wind '97 (Rocket/Mercury) 71 10 18 4 Eternal/Angel Of Mine (EMI) 78 5

17 16 5 Sash!/Stay ligeht (Byte Blue) 68 3

18 13 17 Will Smith/Men In Black (Columbia) 58 0

19 22 13 Elton John/Something About The Way You Look Tonight (Rocket/Mercury) 53 1

20 21 8 Joe Cocker/N'Oubliez Jamais Qui Tu Es (Parlophone) 64 2

21 20 7 Sly & Robbie feat. Simply Red/Night Nurse (East West) 61 3* 24 3 Puff Daddy/Been Around The World (Puff Daddy) 50 6

23 17 12 Diana King/I Say A Little Prayer (Work/Columbia) 52 0

@ 26 3 Gary Barlow/Open Road (RCA) 63 8

@ 36 4 Corrs/Only When I Sleep (Lava/Atlantic) 48 9

26 27 13 Mariah Carey/Honey (Columbia) 42 0# 42 4 Refugee Camp Allstars/Avenues (Arista) 44 6

@ 39 4 Jon Bon Jovi/Janie, Don't Take Your Love To Town (Mercury) 45 6

CD 45 2 Jimmy Ray/Are You Jimmy Ray? (Sony S2) 47 9

30 23 14 Hanson/Where's The Love (Mercury) 41 0

31 29 8 Roachford/The Way I Feel (Columbia) 57 4

CD 40 3 Smash Mouth/Walking On The Sun (Interscope) 42 7

33 25 18 Verve/Bitter Sweet Symphony (Hut/Virgin) 28 1

34 32 10 All Saints/I Know Where It's At (London) 35 2g ). NE Hanson/I Will Come To You (Mercury) 45 130 38 4 Coolio/Ooh La La (Tommy Boy) 38 4

37 30 17 Coolio/C U When U Get There (Tommy Boy) 38 1

38 34 16 Boyzone/Picture Of You (Polydor) 32 0

39 35 7 U2/Please (Island) 35 1

40 33 19 Meredith Brooks/Bitch (Capitol) 29 00 48 2 Michael Bolton/The Best Of Love (Columbia) 37 3

42 46 5 Lisa Stansfield/The Line (Arista) 42 1

43 37 9 Boyz II Men/4 Seasons Of Loneliness (Motown) 41 0

@ 50 2 L.L. Cool J/Phenomenon (Def Jam) 30 4

45 28 21 Puff Daddy & Faith Evans/I'll Be Missing You (Bad Boy/Arista) 34 0

46 31 10 Savage Garden/To The Moon And Back (Columbia) 45 1# - NE Warren G & Sissel/Prince Igor InW,Ibt (Mercury) 40 16

MI - NE Enya/Only If (WEA) 33 16

@ )- NE Celine Dion & Barbara Streisand/Tell Him (Epic/Columbia) 35 8

50 41 10 Shola Ama/You're The One I Love (Freak Street/WEA) 32 3

The European Radio Top 50 chart is based on a weighted -scoring system.Sows score points by achieving airplay on all of M&M's reporting stations with contemporary music Minnie or during specific dayparts.

Stations are weighted by market size and by the number of hours per week.TW = This Week, LW = Last Week, NE = New Entry, 7S = Total Stations

IttftV. Indicates singles which previously featured in the Border Breakers chart n Highest new entry Greatest chart points gainer


NEWS

French single lifecontinued from page 1

tougher economic climate and theinfluence of radio.

"Singles were a promotional toolwhich boosted album sales. Today,they are a specific product in theirown right," says Paul -Rene Albertini,president of Sony Music Entertain-ment and the newly -elected presidentof SNEP.

If singles are a product in their ownright, labels are discovering that theyalso reach different types of buyers.According to leading retail chainFNAC's director of music ThierryHidoux, singles "cater for two differentpublics-young consumers, who havelimited purchasing power, and the lessyoung, so to say, who are becomingmore and more cautious after havingbought, on several occasions, albumswith only one or two interesting tracks."

"The singles and the albums mar-kets are definitely different marketsthat don't necessarily overlap," agreesSNEP director of economic affairsJean -Yves Mirski. A study made bypolling organisation IFOP for SNEPlast July shows that eight percent of15-49 year -old music purchasers aresingles -only buyers; this shareincreases to 21 percent amongst the10-14 year -old demographic.

"The top ends of the singles andalbums charts are increasingly differ-ent," notes Michael Wijnen, manag-ing director of eastwest France. "Sin-gles don't boost album sales anymore. The albums that sell are notalways those with songs prominenton radio."

The segmentation of the singlesand albums markets has a lot in com-mon with the segmentation of theradio market, according to label execu-tives. Pascal Negre, president of Poly -Gram Musique France, explains that"the singles market reflects what isprogrammed on youth -oriented [CUR]stations-Fun, Skyrock and NRJ-while the albums market reflects whatis played on other radio stations andon TV."

The singles market is also charac-terised by a concentration on a limit-ed number of releases. Since thebeginning of 1997, SNEP statisticsshow that just seven titles accountedfor 20 percent of total single sales-the best-seller to date, Wes' Alane(Saint George/Columbia) has soldover 1.5 million units.

Record companies see a lot of posi-tive aspects in the current situation asfar as developing local acts is con-cerned-indeed, some 65 percent of thesingles sold during the first ninemonths of 1997 were domestic product.

"Before, we would produce twoalbums of a new act which could havecost Ffr2 million each, and the pres-sure would be high on developing actsto break with the third album. Today,we can develop [domestic] acts withless initial investment," says SNEP'sAlbertini. "The entry ticket for newacts is less costly-you can releasethree or four singles [before producingan album] and eventually recoup theinvestment. It is an opportunity forDew a

EMI Italy 'broke ranks' over price fixingEMI Music Italy received a lower finebecause: "Without prejudicing theoutcome of the investigation, [EMI]agreed to modify their behaviour byassuming a series of commitments.These included a voluntary with-drawal from any collaboration withthe other record companies charged."

A spokesman from the anti-trustauthority adds: "A delegation fromEMI Music Italy made a series ofcommitments at a hearing with inves-tigators last July prior to the conclu-sion of the investigation. The lowerfine of one percent was a result of theauthority's appreciation that theyoffered to modify their behaviour."

EMI Music Italy President RobertoCiterio, who is also president of Italy'santi -piracy federation FPM, wasunavailable for comment on the mat-ter. However, a FIMI spokespersonconfirmed that "EMI Music Italy hadofficially suspended themselves from

participating in FIMI board meetingssince last July until the results of theanti-trust authority's investigationwere published inOctober."

Of the total fine ofL7.69 billion lire($4.5m) levied on thefive majors, EMIMusic Italy's shareamounted to 1.04 bil-lion lire ($601,000.) Allfive majors-includingEMI-have stated thatthey intend to appealagainst both the"guilty" verdict and the fines imposedby the anti-trust authority.

The authority's report also clari-fies the confusion surrounding theculpability of FIMI, which representsthe five multi -nationals along with56 other member labels, and which iswhere the co-ordination of pricing


strategies between the majors wasalleged to have taken place.

The report does not charge FIMI asbeing guilty of anyoffence, although it doesissue a series of recom-mendations includingthe adoption of newrules to ensure thatFIMI's premises andofficial functions cannotbe used for the arrange-ment of anti -competitivepractices in the future.

FIMI PresidentGerolamo Caccia, who

is also president of Warner MusicItaly, says he is satisfied with thefact that FIMI has not been chargedwith any offence. Commenting on thereport, Caccia notes: "Just because amurder is alleged to have taken placein your house it doesn't mean to saythat you committed the murder."

Elton's 'Candle'

"as soon as the single stops selling."Prytherch adds that John Reid

Enterprises is currently discussingwhether the money should be madeavailable to the Diana fund in onelump sum or if an initial paymentwill be made, with the outstandingamount due at a later date. "We arelikely to make one big presentation,"says Prytherch, "but it's not decidedyet, and we can't rule out the idea ofan initial payment at present." Oneway or another, Prytherch hopesthat "some money will be madeavailable before Christmas."

In addition to John's artist royal-ties, Mercury's parent companyPolyGram will donate the profitsfrom the sale of the single to thefund. A PolyGram spokesperson tellsMusic & Media: "it is impossible atthis stage to tell how much will be


donated to the fund and when. Themain reason that we cannot make anaccurate calculation-and the fundis fully aware of this-is the tax situ-ation. In each country, the localPolyGram companies work withtheir respective tax authorities tominimise the tax load and make surethat the maximum amount willbecome available to the fund."

Something About The Way... ICandle '97 has sold close to 32 mil-lion copies world-wide since the firstshipments of the single were madeon September 11. The Elton Johnsingle plus the album of the BBCrecording of the Princess' funeralservice-which includes John's liveversion of Candle '97 - generated netsales of Dfl184 million ($92.5m) forPolyGram in the period up to Sep-tember 30 alone.

No Fun for Sillardstation, who represented the compa-ny's culture and the spirit of Fun,"according to one staff member.

Duroux, credited with the success-ful launch of RTL2, and its change informat from CHR to AC/gold twoyears ago, will now be in charge ofboth Fun and RTL2. His brief isapparently two-fold-to increase thesynergy between Fun and RTL2, andto improve Fun's financial and rat-ings performances.

According to sources, CLT hasbeen concerned with the financial sit-uation at Fun, whose turnoverpeaked in 1995 at Ffr170 million ($4.2m)-with profits of Ffr24m. Afterpeaking at an 8.7 percent reach in1995 (boosted by the evening showLovin' Fun) Fun Radio's audience hasalso steadily declined. The stationcurrently has a 6.6 percent reach.

A source close to Sillard says:"Shareholders only look at the bottomline. They forget to take into accountthat the station has invested heavilythis year in the' development of newprojects [Café Fun and Fun TV], whilesales house IP is partially to blame for


the poor turnover because it has fallenfar short of its original [sales] target."

Insiders also say that CLT, whichbought Fun Radio from publishinggroup Hersant five years ago, hadproblems coming to terms with Sil-lard's rather "non -corporate" atti-tude. "But, as long as the resultswere good, he was untouchable," com-ments a source.

Duroux says that he is taking overat Fun "without any pre -conceivedideas." He explains: "Fun has a bigpotential and I don't want to breakthe momentum. No change is plannedon my agenda, neither in the team,nor in the scheduling, or in the licens-ing and branding strategy."

Duroux does, however, point outthat "Fun Radio's current core target isvery young -15 to 19 year -old listen-ers-and it would gain by covering the15-24 [demographic]." He also says that"as CLT now has its own integratedsales house it seems logical to improvethe integration of the different productswithin the group. The departure ofBenoit Sillard gives us the opportunityto implement such a strategy."

Prodigy clean upat MTV awardsby Christian Lorenz

ROTTERDAM - The Prodigy emergedas the biggest winners at the fourthannual MTV Europe Music Awards(EMA) in Rotterdam on November 6.

The band won the Best AlternativeAct, Best Dance Act and Best Videocategories. Other winners include JonBon Jovi (Best Male Artist), JanetJackson (Best Female Artist) and theSpice Girls (Best Group).

Winners were voted by MTVviewers via phone, post or e-mail.The station itself selected The Land -mine Survivors' Network as the win-ner of its Free Your Mind Award forsocial and political engagement.

The station's flagship show wentthrough a couple of changes this year,as MTVEuropepresidentand CEOBrentHansencom-ments:"We tight-ened the MUSIC TELEVISION®programme to two hours, cut adver-tising breaks down to a minimumand integrated a live audience of2,000 fans to provide the right kind ofbuzz. Our aim is to produce anupbeat pop show, not just a documen-tary of an awards ceremony."

1997 MTV Europe MusicAwards: The Winners

Best Male Jon Bon Jovi

Best Female Janet JacksonBest Group Spice Girls

Best Song Hanson MmmBopBest Breakthrough Act Hanson

Best Rap Will Smith

Best Rock Act Oasis

Best Live Act U2

Best Alternative Act The Prodigy

Best R&B Act BlackstreetBest Dance Act The Prodigy

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AlkrIAT CHARTS

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week 4 6 / 9 7 Border BreakersMainland European records breaking out of their country of signing


TW LW WOC Artist/Title Original LabelCountryOf

Signing TS

ED 1 11 AQUA/BARBIE GIRL (UNIVERSAL) DENMARK 72

0 2 9 Eros Ramazzotti/Quanto Amore Sei/Cuanto Amore Me Das (DDD) ITALY 83

3 3 9 Sash!/Stay (Byte Blue) BELGIUM 59

0 4 34 Lutricia McNeal/Ain't That Just The Way (Siljemark/CNR) SWEDEN 30

0 5 19 Wes/Alane (Saint George/Columbia) FRANCE 27

0 7 10 Fool's Garden/Probably (Intercord) GERMANY 31

7 6 18 Robyn/Do You Know (What It Takes) (Ricochet/Ariola) SWEDEN 11

0 20 2 Robert Miles/Freedom r: (DBX/Discomagic/Deconstruction) ITALY 13

9 8 19 2 Eivissa/Ooh La La La (Club Tools) GERMANY 13

10 10 11 Michael Learns To Rock/Paint My Love (EMI -Medley) DENMARK 14

0 13 26 Alexia/Uh La La (DWA/Dance Pool) ITALY 12

12 12 4 Da Hool/Meet Her At The Love Parade (Kosmo/Ariola) GERMANY 8

0 14 14 No Mercy/Kiss You All Over (MCl/Arista) GERMANY 11

CI ''. RE Lutricia McNeal/My Side Of Town (Siljemark/CNR) SWEDEN . 5

15 11 10 Nalin & Kane/Beachball (Motor) GERMANY 4

16 15 6 Jaydee/Plastic Dreams (R&S) BELGIUM 6

17 16 2 La Bouche/You Won't Forget Me (MCI) GERMANY 14

18 17 9 Supertramp/Sooner Or Later (EMI) FRANCE 15

19 18 26 Sash!/Ecuador (Byte Blue) BELGIUM 3

20 9 22 Bellini/Samba De Janeiro (Virgin) GERMANY 12

ED > NE Andreas Dorau/Girls In Love (Motor) GERMANY 7

22 19 6 Klubbheads/Disco Hopping (A&M) HOLLAND 3

0 )=- NE Era/Ameno (Mercury) FRANCE 4

24 21 2 MC Solaar/Les Temps Changent (Polydor) FRANCE 6

25 23 2 Gessle/I Want You To Know (EMI) SWEDEN 14

TW = This Week, LW = Last Week, WOC = Weeks On Chart, TS = Total Stations, NE = New Entry, RE = Re -Entry. Titles registering a significant point gain are awarded a bullet.

I,: indicates the Road Runner award, assigned to the single with the biggest increase in chart points.

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BPI CocctrriurnicctaticirnsChairman: Gerald S. HobbsPresident & CEO: John Babcock Jr.Executive vice-proxidentm Robert J. Dowling,Martin R. Feely, Howard LanderSenior vice-presidents Georgina Chalks. Paul Curren,Mare Di:my. Ann Haire, Rosier LovettVice-president Glenn Heffernan

Off the recordEdited by Christian Lorenz

At time of going to press, a brief statement fromPolyGram announced that Island Recordsfounder Chris Blackwell-chairman of theIsland Group-had parted company withPolyGram, which acquired Island in 1989. Thestatement, dated November 6, read: "Main Levy,president and CEO of PolyGram, and ChrisBlackwell announced today the termination of theagreement under which Mr Blackwell's serviceswere provided to the film and music operations ofPolyGram's Island Entertainment Group."Blackwell will also leave the board of managementof PolyGram NV. The news follows a L.A. Timesinterview in which Blackwell was highly critical ofthe way Levy was dealing with him.

BMG France president Herve Lasseigneannounced on Monday November 3 to the compa-ny's employees committee that financial strictureshave forced a restructuring at the company; as yet,it's unclear how many jobs will be affected.

George Michael's Aegean label is selling thedebut single of its latest signing exclusivelythrough its website [www.aegean.net] sinceNovember 1. Customers can download Chameleonby Trigger directly onto DAT or CD. At somepoint, music by Michael himself may well beincluded on the website.

OTR hears that, starting next week, Frenchrecord labels organisation SNEP will provide itsmembers with a Top 75 albums sales chart suppliedby Hop/rite Live instead of the current Top 50.

In the U.K, City sources suggest DMGRadio-an arm of newspaper publishers theDaily Mail & General Trust-is looking to sellits minority stake in broadcast group, GWRRadio. DMG is apparently keen to concentrate onoverseas radio investment (see story page 4).

EMI Music Publishing U.K. has signed a sub -publishing deal with Chris Schwartz' RuffhouseMusic Publishing. The deal with Schwartz-whodiscovered and signed The Fugees and CypressHill to his own label Ruffhouse Records-is for theworld, excluding North America.

Once again, commercial radio has registered arecord quarter for advertising revenue in the U.KDuring the third quarter of this year, the industrypulled in £89.25m ($142.8m)-up 15.3 percent onthe same period last year. A significant increasecame from national advertising budgets; bigspenders over the past three months were BritishTelecom, the National Lottery, Renault,Carphone Warehouse and McDonalds.

Chris Evans, high profile presenter of U.K.national commercial rock station Virgin Radio'sflagship breakfast show offered a verbal olivebranch to his former boss, director of BBC radioMatthew Bannister, this week. The two havebeen on less than amicable terms since Evan'smuch -publicised departure from BBC Radio 1 ear-lier this year. Presenting an award to the Prodigyat the annual Q magazine awards ceremony inLondon this week, Evansadopted a conciliatory tonetoward Bannister from thestage, saying: "Matthew,life's too short-let's have abeer." OTR hopes Evans'suggestion found a friendlierresponse from Bannisterthan his on-stage proposal toplay the entire Prodigy album on air received fromthe U.K act, who promptly told him to "fuck off"...

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AIRPLAY (HAMSweek 46 /97 Major Market Airplay

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

UNITED KINGDOMArtietifitle Original Label TSTW LW WOC

1 5 5 NATAL IE IMBRUGLIA/TORN (RCA) 192 2 7 Spice Girls/Spice Up Your Life (Virgin) 203 4 7 Brand New Heavies/You've Got (ffrr) 204 1 10 Lighthouse Family/Raincloud (Wild Card/Polydor) 215 16 2 Pulp/Help The Aged (Island) 16

6 14 4 911/Party People (Virgin) 18

7 9 2 Gary Barlow/Open Road (RCA) 18

8 3 4 SashnStay (Byte Blue) 19

9 8 9 M-People/Just For You (Sena Unik/BMG) 19

10 10 7 Eternal/Angel Of Mine (EMI) 19

11 7 3 Dannii/Everything I Wanted (WEA) 17

12 17 4 Aqua/Barbie Girl (Universal) 15

13 11 9 Dario G/Sunchyme (Eternal/WEA) 18

14 15 2 Texas/Put Your Arms Around Me15 6 8 Oasis/Stand By Me (Creation/Sony)16 a NE Embrace/All You Good People 131166

17 a RE Tina Moore/Never Let You Go (Delirious) 17

18 20 6 ChumbawambaiTubthumping (EMI) 16

19 a NE Cast/I'm So Lonely (Polydor) 1520 13 5 Backstreet Boys/As Long As (Jive) 15

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

J L__r-- kAND,INAVIA,

OTW LW WOC Artistaltle

GSAOriginal Label TS


FRANCETW LW WOC Artiat/Title

1 2 8 ROLLING STONES/ANYBODY SEEN (VIRGIN) 28 1

23

1

355

Backstreet Boys/As Long As (Jive)Bell Book & Candle/Rescue Me (Ariola)

23

21

234

4 6 6 Spice Girls/Spice Up Your Life (Virgin) 22 55 4 10 Chumbawamba/Tubthumping (EMI) 23 6

67

98

37

Dario G/Sunchyme (Eternal/WEA)Eros Ramazzotti/Quanto Amore/Cuanto (DDD)

21

23

789

8 5 8 Elton John/Candle In The Wind (Rocket/Mercury) 21 109 12 5 Lighthouse Family/Raincloud (Wild Card/Polydor) 19 11

1011

7

10136

Will Smith/Men In Black (Columbia)M-People/Just For You (Sens Unik/BMG)

2018

121314

12 11 5 Janet Jackson/Got '151 It's Gone (Virgin) 16 1513 a NE Sweetbox/Everything's (RCA) 13 16

1415 1314

5

4Oasis/Stand By Me (Creation/Sony)Sly & Robbie/Night Nurse (East West)

14

16

171819

16 17 2 Cappuccino/Du Fehlst Mir (Mercury) 11 2017 a NE Papa Bear/Cherish (Universal) 12 21

1819

16a

2RE

Nana/He's Comm (Urban/Motor)Joe Cocker/N'Oubliez (Parlophone)

12

14

222324

20 a- NE Warren G & Sisael/Prince Igor (Mercury) 14 25


BENELUX

Local Label

15

14457

1352796

MC SOLAAR/LES TEMPS CHANGENT (Polydor)Janet Jackson/Got' Milt's Gone Wirgin)Jean -Jacques Goldman/On Ira (Columbia)The Verve/Bitter Sweet Symphony (Virgin)Aqua/Barbie Girl (Universal)Eternal feat. Bebe Winans/I Wanna Be The Only One (EMI)

31 3 Oasis/Stand Byy Me (SMALL)19 8 Joe Cocker Oubliez Jamais (Chrysalis)11 7 Florent Pagny/Savoir Aimer (Mercury)10 6 Blackstreet/Flx (Universal)3 18 Doc Gyneco/Ne Ici (Virgin)

13 6 Robyn/Do You Know (RCA)9 9 I Am/Nes Sous La Meme Etoile (Virgin)

17 10 Mel Groove/Pas Toi (Chrysalis)15 7 Isabelle Caux/On Ne Pense A Rien (Epic)12 8 The Rolling Stones/Anybody Seen My Baby (Virgin)6 4 Hanson/Where's The Love (Mercury)

16 5 Spice Girls/Spice Up Your Life (Virgin)21 4 Ricky Martin/Te Extrano, Te Olvido, Te Amo (Tristar)33 5 Deni Hines/It's Alright (RCA)27 5 Lutricia McNeal/Ain't That Just The Way (CNR)16 10 Pascal Obispo/04 Et Avec Qui Tu M'Aimes (Epic)23 5 Boyzone/Picture Of You (Polydor)36 2 Notorius B.I.G/Mo Money, Mo Problems (Ariola)2 13 Meredith Brooks/Bitch (Chrysalis)

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

TW LW LW WOC Artist/ Title Original Label TS TW LW WOC Artiat/Title Original Label TS TW LW

1 1 5 BACKSTREET BOYS/AS LONG AS (JIVE) 25 1 1 5 BACKSTREET BOYS/AS LONG AS (JIVE) 14 1 6

2 3 6 Spice Girls/Spice Up Your Life (Virgin) 19 2 4 4 Dario G/Sunchyme (Eternal/WEA) 13 2 2

3 2 7 Rolling Stones/Anybody Seen(Virgin) 20 3 5 3 Spice Girls/Spice Up Your Life (Virgin) 13 3 5

4 14 4 Dario G/Sunchyme (Etemal/WFA) 20 4 3 8 Janet Jackson/Got 'nil It's Gone (Virgin) 12 4 75 6 5 Lighthouse Family/Raincloud (Wild Card/Polydor) 19 5 6 5 Wes/Alane (Saint George/Columbia) 11 5 1

6 4 10 ChumbawambaiTubthumping (EMI) 15 6 7 3 Clouseau/Door De Muur (EMI) 9 6 a-

7 8 8 Janet Jackson/Got Til It's Gone (Virgin) 16 7 10 5 SashnStay (Byte Blue) 11 7 3

8 9 5 Verve/The Drugs Don't Work (Hut/Virgin) 15 8 8 7 Elton John/Candle In The Wind (Rocket/Mercury) 9 8 4

9 11 3 Brand New Heavies/You've Got (ffrr) 17 9 2 7 Rolling Stones/Anybody Seen (Virgin) 8 9 13

10 5 5 Eros Ramazzotti/Quanto Amore/Cuanto (DDD) 16 10 12 6 Buckshot Lefonque/Another Day (Columbia) 8 10 a11 10 4 Corrs/Only When I Sleep (Lava/Atlantic) 16 11 9 7 De Kast/In Nije Dei (CNR) 6 11 1012 12 3 Smash Mouth/Walking On The Sun (Interscope) 14 12 20 3 Eros Ramazzotti/Quanto Amore/Cuanto (DDD) 8 12 1613 16 2 Sash!/Stay (Byte Blue) 16 13 a NE Smash Mouth/Walking On The Sun (Interscope) 6 13 1214 7 8 Oasis/Stand By Me (Creation/Sony) 11 14 14 2 L.L. Cool J/Phenomenon (DefJam) 6 14 a15 13 2 Elton John/Something About The (Rocket/Mercury) 10 15 a NE Refugee Camp Allstars/Avenues (Arista) 8 1516 19 4 Refugee Camp AllatarsAvenues (Arista) 11 16 a NE Stmclub/Single Minded (Epic) 7 1617 a NE Michael Bolton/The Best Of Love (Columbia) 13 17 18 2 Eternal/Angel Of Mine (EMI) 9 17 1518 a NE Sheryl Crow/Tomorrow Never Dies (A&M) 9 18 11 2 Puff Daddy/Been Around (Puff Daddy) 7 18 819 a RE Puff Daddy/Been Around (Puff Daddy) 12 19 15 5 Joe Coeker/N'Oubliez (Parlophone) 8 19 11

20 18 2 Thomas Helmig/Jeg Ta'R Imod (RCA) 14 20 a NE Is Ook Schitterend/Voltooid (Bunny Music) 5 20 a-


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POLANDTW LW WOC Adisentle

JARABE DE PALO/EL LADO OSCURO (VIRGIN) 2 1

Eternal/Angel Of Mine (EMI) 2 2Sly & Robbie/Night Nurse (East West) 2 3Robyn/Do You Know (Ricochet/Ariola) 2 4Ana Torroja/Como Sue§an Las Sirenas (Ariola) 2 5

Spice Girls/Spice Up Your Life (Virgin) 2 6Wallflowers/6th Avenue Heartache (Interscope) 2 7Jon Bon Jovi/Janie, Don't Take (Mercury) 2 8Lisa Stansfield/The Line (Arista) 2 9Corrs/Only When I Sleep (Lava/Atlantic) 2 10Verveatter Sweet Symphony (Hut/Virgin) 2 11

Manolo Tena/La Carta (Epic) 2 12Presuntos Implicadostrodas Las Flores (WEA) 2 13Eros Ramazzotti/Quanto Amore/Cuanto (DDD) 2 14All Saints/I Know Where It's At (London) 2 15Aqua/Barbie Girl (Universal) 2 16Enya/Only If (WEA) 2 17Map/Necesito Oxigeno (Sony Music) 2 18Lighthouse Family/Raincloud (Wild Card/Polydor) 2 19La Union/Humo (WEA) 2 20


1

1642

17

3

6

5

11

7

101215

8

FOOL'S GARDEN/PROBABLYP. Kosiarkiewicz/KobzaGessle/I Want You To KnowElektryczne Gitary/KilerHarlem/KoraE.Bartosiewicz/Nie Znamy SieONAJMirno WszyatkoDubstar/No More TalkNatalia Kukulska/W BieguRolling Stones/Anybody SeenBig Mountain/Let's Stay TogetherBetty Wright/Every Breath You TakeEros Ramazzotti/Quanto Amore/CuantoSpice Girls/Spice Up Your LifeRoachford/The Way I FeelJustyna Steczkowska/Za Duzo WieszPhil Collins/The Same MoonDepeche Mode/UselessCure/Wrong NumberJoe CockerN'Oubliez

WOC

7

Artiatintle Original Label

OASIS/STAND BY ME (CREATION/SONY)

TS

13

6 Spice Girls/Spice Up Your Life (Virgin) 125 Finley Quaye/Even After All (Epic) 10

6 Aqua/Barbie Girl (Universal) 108 Rolling Stones/Anybody Seen (Virgin) 11

RE Backstreet Boys/As Long As (Jive) 10

9 Janet Jackson/Got Til It's Gone (Virgin) 123 N-Trance/I'm Sexy? (All Around The World) 8

3 Shola Ama/You're The One I Love (Freak Street/WEA) 7

RE Elisa/Labyrinth (Sugar/Polydor) 62 Robert Miles/Freedom (DBX/Discomagic) 6

5 Robbie Williams/South Of The Border (Chrysalis) 8

4 Chumbawamba/Tubthumping (EMI) 11

RERE

Elton John/Something About TheMariah Carey/Honey (Columbia)

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7

NE Lighthouse Family/Raincloud (Wild Card/Polydor) 8

5 Irene Grandi/Che Vita E 9

10 Smoke City/Mr. Gorgeous 5

3 M-People/Just For You 7

RE Verve/The Drugs Don't Work 7


HUNGARYTW LW WOC Artist/Title

(INTERCORD) 18 1 4 5(Izabelin Studio) 15 2 19 5

(EMI) 14 3 10 7

(Mercury) 16 4 20 2(Pomaton) 12 5 2 4

(Izabelin Studio) 12 6 3 3(Columbia) 13 7 a NE(Food/EMI) 13 8 7 2

(Mercury) 16 9 8 5(Virgin) 16 10 a NE(Giant) 13 11 a NE

(EMI) 13 12 1=.- RE(DDD) 11 13 1 6

(Virgin) 16 14 a NE(Columbia) 11 15 a RE(Pomaton) 13 16 a- NE

(WEA) 12 17 a NE(Mute) 11 18 6 2

(Fiction/Polydor) 10 19 15 2

(Parlophone) 12 20 12 2


HANSON/WHERE'S THE LOVEChumbawambefubthumpingWill Smith/Men In BlackSpice Girls/Spice Up Your LifeMariah Carey/HoneyRolling Stones/Anybody SeenBackstreet Boys/As Long AsShola Ama/You Might Need SomebodyBoyzone/Picture Of YouDario G/SunchymeUnisex/Szaguldj VelemThird Eye Blind/Semi-Charmed LifeNo Mercy/Kiss You All OverBon Bon/Pia OlympiaCserhati Zsuzsa/Mennyit Er Egy No?Auth Csilla/Vigyel ElHaddaway/What About MeM-People/Fantasy IslandTunyogi Rock Band/A Tegnap ItthagyottEros Ramazzotti/Quanto Amore/Cuanto

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(Sony)(Elektra)

(MCl/Arista)(PolyGram)

(Rosza/Warner)(Sony)

(Coconut)(BMG)

(Self)(DDD)

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