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Tom Waits' Mule Variations(Epitaph) is this week'ssales breaker on the M&MEuropean Top 100 Albumschart, kicking up a massive45 places to number three.

we talk -Co radioM&M chart toppers this week

Eurochart Hot 100 SinglesBRITNEY SPEARS

...Baby One More Time(Jive)

European Top 100 AlbumsCRANBERRIES

Bury The Hatchet(Island)

European Radio Top 50Te

No Scrubs(Laface/Arista)

Inside M&M this week

FIRST QUARTER CHART SHARESIn the first quarterly figures sincethe Universal/PolyGram merger,M&M reveals Columbia is still thetop label in both singles andalbums chart shares. WEA, secondin both listings, contributes toWarner Music's strong recovery,and Jive dances into the singleschart at number three thanks toBritney Spears, Steps, 2Pac... Fullchart shares by label and compa-ny, plus top singles, albums andartists inside. Page 6

Mylene Farmer

FARMER'S EXPORT GOODSFrench singer Mylene Farmer ispoised to become her country'sbiggest pop export with her fifthalbum Innamoramento (Polydor).Page 7

World sales bring mixed blessingsby Emmanuel Legrand

LONDON - The music industryenjoyed "an OK year" in 1998, accord-ing to Jason "Jay" Berman, chair-man/CEO of international labels bodyIFPI.

Worldwide music sales posted athree percent increase in constantdollar value at US$ 38.7 billion (euro

36.5 bn) in 1998, according to statis-tics unveiled April 27 by the IFPI,covering music sales from 73 coun-tries. However, Berman warns that"behind the global numbers, there aresome very mixed results. There was avery marked improvement in the U.S.and a very marked turnaround inwhat had been our growth markets-Asia and Latin America."

Helped by "robust growth" in theU.S., the North American market sig-nificantly increased its overall shareof the worldwide market in 1998 to36.6 percent, a 2.7 percentage pointsincrease over 1997, and its highestshare of the decade. During the sameperiod, the European market lost 0.1of a point to 33.2 percent.

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Ricky: don't lose that numberby Christian Lorenz

LAKE COMO - It's not every day thatan artist challenges his record label todouble his sales figures.

So when Ricky Martin askedColumbia Records executives to sellan additional 15 million of hisalbums after an April 26/27 showcaseat the Villa Erba on Lake Como, hecertainly had theattention of every-body present.

The showcase, infront of some 600staff from SonyMusic affiliates and400 representativesof the internationalmedia, was held tolaunch his first Eng-lish language albumRicky Martin (C2/Columbia), withwhich Sony is hop-ing to break Martinin the U.S. and U.K

Martin can affordto be bullish. Sonyexecutives alreadyhad good news awaiting them ontheir return from Italy as Martin'ssingle Livin' La Vida Loca, takenfrom the new album, moved fromnumber eight to the top spot on the

Billboard Hot 100 chart for May 8.Ricky Martin is due worldwide on

May 10 and features duets withMadonna-Be Careful (Cuidado ConMi Corazon), co -written by Madonnaand William Orbit-and Swedish starMeja on Private Emotion. "A duetwith Madonna is certainly a talking -point for any album," Sony MusicEurope senior VP Richard Ogden tells

Music & Media, "butthe main thrust here isthat we have anotheroriginal record by anartist who created astyle of his own withhits like (Un, Dos, Tres)Maria and The Cup OfLife/La Copa De LaVida, and who is per-fectly bi-lingual."

In Europe, Martin isalready an establishedSpanish -language ar-tist in Spain, Portugal,Greece, France Italy-where he sold 350,000units of his previousalbum Vuelve-and,surprisingly, Sweden

where Vuelve is one and a half timesplatinum following sales of around120,000 units.

"English audiences don't buycontinued on page 17

Versatile Peel'sSony triumphby Jon Heasman

LONDON - Music radio legendJohn Peel picked up the most acco-lades at the U.K.'s 1999 Sony RadioAwards-yet, ironically, none werefor his music shows.

Peel, whostill broadcastshis famous cut-ting -edge night-time shows onpublic CHR sta-tion BBC Radio1, has recentlybroadened hisradio career bypresenting aseries of pro-grammes looking at family life inBritain for BBC speech networkRadio 4. Peel's programme, entitledHome Truths, won gold awards inthe short form, magazine andweekends news/talk categories,while he also picked up a silveraward in the Talk/News Broadcast-er category.

The BBC's AC/MOR networkRadio 2, whose repositioning hasattracted controversy in the pastcouple of years, answered some of

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

The 1998 world market figures unveiled last week by theIFPI give a mixed message.

First, the music industry is evidently still a robustinternational business, selling more than $38 billion (euro35.8 billion)- worth of physical pre-recorded goods in 1998.And a 3 percent growth rate is quite a pleasant surprise.So much for the Cassandras!

A significant revelation from these figures, highlightedby the comments of Universal's Jorgen Larsen in thisissue, is that electronic piracy has not-at least for themoment-made an impact on music sales. So much for themerchants of doom!

Otherwise, the clearest feature is that music saleshave been following macroeconomic trends very closely.

Overall sales were boosted by a strong performancefrom the US market, where the music business, like the

rest of the economy, is on an upward trend. On the otherhand, Europe's mixed results match the economic circum-stances of its various components-on track in the U.K.,moody in Germany, so-so in France, bullish in Spain andSweden.

In the developing economies of eastern Europe, LatinAmerica and Asia, the music business dipped drasticallyfollowing the economic crises of the past year. In thesecountries, consumers have reacted immediately to eco-nomic turmoil by cutting down their leisure budget infavour of more basic necessities.

A solid US market, a revivedeconomy in Germany and animprovement of the situation inemerging markets could mean sig-nificant growth for the music indus-try. Slower expansion in the US andcontinuing recession in emergingmarkets will cause music sales tosuffer.

Let's hope that the former ratherthan the latter scenario prevails.

UN diplomat to replace Tournier at Sacemby Remi Bouton

PAIUS - French authors' rights soci-ety Sacem has chosen a diplomat toreplace president Jean -Loup Tournier,who has been at the helm of the organ-isation for the past 50 years.

Tournier tells Music & Media thatafter a three-year search, he is inadvanced discussions with civil ser-vant Bernard Miyet, 53, currentlyUnited Nations under-secretary gen-eral for peacekeeping operations, tosucceed him in February 2001.

"We have not yet signed an agree-ment, but we have agreed in princi-ple," says Tournier. Miyet will benamed vice president of Sacem's

board of directors at theend of his UN term inApril 2000 and will suc-ceed Tournier onFebruary 1, 2001. Theappointment will be offi-cially announced at thenext annual Sacem gen-eral assembly on June 8.

According to Tour-nier, Miyet will "easilyget into Sacem's mould"and will work "to continue what hasbeen done so far."

"Miyet is the closest to the profile Iwas looking for," he says. Tournieradmits that his successor might not beas well versed as he is in intellectual

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property rights, but "heknows international insti-tutions very well, he hasexperience of runningbroadcasting companiesand, as a diplomat, he hasa great talent as a nego-tiator."

Head-hunters havecontributed to the searchbut Tournier says hefinally identified and

selected Miyet himself."This was my last task, and now

it's done," he says. "I think that Ihave been lucky to find Miyet andabove all that he has acceptedthe job."

RTE launches 'accessible' classical stationby Jon Heasman

LIMERICK - Public broadcaster RTEis launching the Irish Republic's firstever station dedicated to classicalmusic and the arts.

From May 1, LyricFM will broadcast 24hours a day from brandnew studios inLimerick, airing pop-ulist classical musicprogramming duringpeak times, and more"difficult" works in theevenings and earlyafternoons. Like otherRTE services, it will bepartly financed by on -air advertising.

Previously, the only classicalmusic programming available to Irishlisteners had been in the evenings onRTE's Irish national music channel,Radio Na Gaeltachta, under thebranding FM3. There are also a fewclassical and arts programmes onRTE's full -service flagship Radio 1.The advent of Lyric FM will enableNa Gaeltachta to focus full-time onits national music format.

Head of Lyric FM SeamusCrimmins, previously in charge ofFM3, is being aided in the launch ofLyric FM by Chris Vezey, who until

last year was head of programmes atnational U.K. commercial stationClassic FM, which he helped to suc-cessfully launch in 1992.

"In Ireland at the moment, if youdon't like guitars, there isn'ta station for you," notesVezey. "When Classic FMlaunched in the U.K, it was[targeting] more of a nichemarket. Over here it's morelike a huge great gulf."

But, adds Vezey, "a lot ofthings we did at Classic weneed to do here...not talk-ing over people's heads;giving [the audience] a rea-son to stay listening; andnever, ever putting themusic on a pedestal. This is

the rock n'roll music of the last 300years-so why should it be presentedin any different way other than total-ly naturally?"

Like Classic FM, Lyric FM is usinga number of presenters better knownfor hosting pop music shows to helpincrease its accessibility. LorcanMurray and Michael McNamara, pre-viously DJs at RTE's national CHRservice 2FM, will both present showson the station, while Lyric's breakfasthost Michael Comyn previously had astint at Dublin commercial CHR sta-tion FM104.

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Warner to mergeFrench label salesPARIS - Warner Music hasannounced the merging of the salesdivisions of WEA Music and EastWest in France, writes Renzi Bouton.

In a statement issued April 26,Warner Music Southern Europe pres-ident Gerolamo Caccia says that anew framework will be operationalfrom July 1 under East West Francecommercial director BernardDelerue, with WEA sales managerNicolas Vinet and WEA commercialpromotion manager Franck Tuilreporting to him. WEA France com-mercial director Alain Figari is leav-ing at the end of April.

Layoffs in both business units(which together employ around 80)have not been ruled out. "We are cur-rently considering this question,"says a WEA spokesman.

Michael Wijnen, managing direc-tor of East West France, adds that "itis quite possible that this merger willlead to some departures," within thejoint sales team.

In 1998 the combined marketshare of WEA and East West inFrance was 9.2 percent (WEA 5.7 per-cent and East West 3.4 percent),putting the labels in fourth positionafter Universal, Sony andEMI/Virgin.

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ON THE BEATMIDANI TO RECEIVE MIDEM HONOURPARIS - Warner Music Latin America (WMLA) presidentAndre Midani will be the second recipient of the Nesuhi Erte-gun Person of the Year trophy to be awarded at the forth-coming Midem Americas trade fair in Miami on June 23.Last year's Person of The Year was Spain's EduardoBautista, president of the rights society SGAE. Midani waschosen for his "contribution to Latin music's shining perfor-mance" and "for over three decades supporting the Latinmusic industry," according to event organiser Reed MidemOrganisation's chief executive Xavier Roy. Midani joinedWarner in 1976 as managing director of Warner MusicBrazil; he has been associated with acts such as CaetanoVeloso, Gilberto Gil, Gal Costa and Maria Bethania. Midaniis currently chairman of Latin American' Music FederationFLAPF and a board member of the IFPI.

XFM GETS NEW PROGRAMMERLONDON - The Capital Radio group hasnamed Andrew Phillips (pictured) as thenew programme controller of its Londonalternative rock station 104.9 Xfm.Phillips currently occupies a similar postat Capital's hot AC station in Kent, Invic-ta FM. He will join Xfm on May 17.Phillips previously programmed GWR's hot AC outlet 2 -TenFM/Reading, and has also worked for stations in Australia,where he grew up. Since Capital purchased Xfm last sum-mer, it has been programmed by Des Shaw (acting on a con-sultancy basis from production company Planet 24 Radio)and, more recently, by Capital's group head of programmes,Clive Dickens.

REMIXED BUYS SWEMIXSTOCKHOLM -The entire share capital of one of Sweden'smost successful indie labels/production companies, Swemix,has been bought by Remixed Records managing director Gio-vanni Sconfienza from Swemix's owner Stonebridge, for anundisclosed amount. The label, which during its 1989-92 hey-day launched the careers of Dr. Alban, Dayeene and Kayo,hasn't been active for three years. "[Sconfienza] and I did aDJ -compilation together a few years back, and I found thetime suitable to ask if he would be interested in taking overthe entire label. It wasn't an obscene amount of money, butenough to keep me happy," Stonebridge says. It is understoodthat Stockholm -based Remixed -which is distributed by EMIin Scandinavia -will use Swemix as an imprint.

BERLIN STATION LAUNCHES LABELBERLIN - AC commercial radio station 94.3 r.s.2 will launcha record label, RadioCity Records, on April 30. Its firstrelease will be a 12 -track dance project by two comedy pre-senters from the Berlin station. The station has already soldmore than 500,000 compilation CDs since 1996 through aseries of licensing deals. It has hired Erich Schoepe-former-ly at WEA Germany -as A&R manager for RadioCity.According to 94.3 r.s. 2 managing director Ulrich Gathmann,the label will ultimately sign local acts. RadioCity will ini-tially be operated as a part of the station, but there are plansto set up an independent company with capital from the sta-tion and the proceeds of its first products. Distribution inGermany will be via EFA.

VISSI'S NEW YORK VISITGreek superstar AnnaVissi kicked off herNorth American tourwith a sell-out date atNew York's The Theatersupporting her latestalbum, Antidoto. Pic-tured are (1 to r): JerryShulma, VP, marketingdevelopment, Sony Mu-sic International; Mel

Merman, chairman, SMI; Vissi; Peter Asher, senior VP, SonyMusic Entertainment; Lisa Frank, VP, artist development,SMI; and Don Lindgren, associate director, artist develop-ment, SMI.

P3, Mix and Power gain in Swedenby Johan Lindstrom tor NRJ,

which hasSTOCKHOLM - Sveriges been numberRadio's public CHR channel P3 one in theand commercial AC network capital's com-Mix Megapol win out in the lat- mercial radioest survey from Swedish rat- market sinceings bureau RUAB Radio- its launch inundersokningar. late 1993,

P3 has increased its daily slipped to sec -reach since the end of last year and place,from 14.1 to 14.6 percent, while while MixBonnier's Mix Megapol grew Megapol grewfrom 8.1 to 8.5 percent, push- its audienceing NRJ into second place in by just over half a percentagethe national commercial radio point to 7.4 percent. There aremarket. Hot AC Rix FM (for- now four commercial stationsmerly Radio Rix), run by MTG, in Stockholm within reach ofis still the biggest the number one posi-commercial net- el p3 tion: Power Hitwork, although its DIZ Radio, NRJ, C LT -daily reach has UFA's Soft AC Lugnadipped slightly. 401°4 Favoriter 104.7 RTL

MTG-owned CHR/ M II, and Mix Megapol.dance outlet Power Hit In Gothenburg, Swe-Radio is for the first MEGAPOL den's second city, listen -

Top Swedish networks(% daily reach)

Station (format) Oct -Dec '98 Jan -Mar '99SR P4 (local, various) 38.6 38.8SR P3 (CHR) 14.1 14.6SR P1 (news/talk) 11.7 11.2Rix FM (Hot AC) 9.0 8.7Mix Megapol (AC) 8.1 8.5NRJ Energy (CHR) 8.3 8.1SR P2 (classical/culture) 2.2 2.0

Source: RUAB, based on 80,000 interviews

time the biggest com-mercial station inStockholm, gaining onepercentage point in reach to 8.6percent. Power has doubled itsaudience since last year, profit-ing from a move to a broaderformat. Power's main competi-

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ing to commercialradio is down byalmost two percent,

while public stations P3 and P4Radio Goteborg have madegains. NRJ lost 1.4 percent to9.6 percent and P4 grew from32 to 33.5 percent in their cov-

erage areas.The resurgence of P3, the

continuing dominance of thepublic service local stations P4and the slump for NRJ can alsobe seen in Malmo, the country'sthird -largest metropolitanarea. P4 increased its dailyreach from 32.1 to 33.2 percentin its coverage area. MixMegapol is now the biggestcommercial radio station inMalmo, with a daily reach of16.1 percent, while NRJ haslost 1.6 percentage points to15.1 percent. SBS's stationRadio City 107.0 grew by halfpoint to 11 percent. Further information can befound at www.ruab.se.

Hippo becomes River Horseby Mark Solomon

LONDON - Former Warner/Chappell Music U.K. manag-ing director Robin Godfrey -Cass has changed the name ofhis new joint venture labelwith Sony Independent LabelsEurope, Hippo Records.

The move follows a letter toGodfrey -Cass from solicitorsacting for Universal MusicGroup, which claimed that useof the name was an infringe-ment of its trademark in U.S.-based Hip -O Records, part ofthe Universal group.

The label will now beknown as River HorseRecords. Godfrey -Cass hasregistered the name as a lim-ited company in the U.K., andintends to also register it as atrademark. The changerequired the production ofnew artwork for the label'sfirst release, Never Knew Loveby the Nightcrawlers, due inthe U.K. June 14.

"This has cost me somemoney, but I didn't want to getinto an expensive legal battlewith Universal," says God-frey -Cass.

Arcade finds permanentreplacement for Siljemarkby Kai R. Lofthus

STOCKHOLM - Arcade MusicGroup has named Clas Dahlenas Stockholm -based managingdirector ofthe com-*pany'sSwedishaffiliate. Dahlen, 34, willjoin the company onAugust 1 and report togroup president/CEONico Geusebroek. He wasformerly marketing man-ager of internationalrepertoire at the pre -merger PolyGram Swe-

den and before that, productmanager at BMG Sweden.

Arcade Sweden sales/mar-keting manager Ulf Walde-crantz will continue to be

interim man-aging directoruntil the endof July. The

previous incum-bent, Jonas Sil-jemark, was dueto leave the com-pany to set up arecord label forpublishinggroup Bonnieron April 30.

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Media to addnew Germanoperationby Mark Dezzani

MILAN - Brescia -based danceindie label Media Records issetting up a German affiliate.

The new operation will com-mence operations in Frankfurton June 1. The Italian compa-ny, which has scored interna-tional hits with releases fromthe 49ers and Capella, hasalready established offices inLondon, Paris and Hilversum.

"This is a major step in com-pleting our mosaic of Europeanoperations," says MediaRecords managing directorGianfranco Bortolotti, whoadds that a major GermanDJ/Producer has been lined upto head the new operation."Due to ongoing contractualobligations we cannot revealour German partner -who willalso own a minority stake inMedia Records Germany -until late May," he says.

According, to Bortolotti, thenew affiliate will initially focuson promoting existing product,but will eventually seek to signlocal artists.

In other news, Media haslicensed Lizard, the latestrelease from DJ/ProducerMauro Picotto on the compa-ny's BXR imprint, to VirginRecords U.K.

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Premios awards putradio centre -stageby Howell Llewellyn

MADRID - BMG-Ari-ola singer ManoloGarcia was a triplewinner at Spain'sthird Premios de laMusica awards at theReal Madrid SportsPavilion on April 22,which this yearacknowledged therole radio plays inhelping to developartists by arrangingfor presenters fromseveral music net-works to anchor thethree-hour event.

Garcia won thepop artist, producerand album awards-Arena En LosBol-sillos has sold some650,000 units,according to hislabel-but the fla-menco- fl a v o ur e dartist was not inattendance, insteadpreparing concertsin the CanaryIslands, as part of awhich began MarchMay 28.

National public alternativemusic broadcaster RNE Radio 3transmitted the ceremony live,while several other networks,including Los 40 Principales, Cade-na 100, Cadena Top Radio andCatalunya Radio, broadcast shortcuts from booths at the venue. Pro-viding links were, among others,Los 40's Joaquin Luqui and TonyAguilar, and Cristina Tarrega fromSER's AC/gold out,Nt M80.

Alejandro Sanz; also receivedthree awards, including an hon-orary prize from the Premiosorganising committee, composed ofmembers of the Spanish authors'and publishers' society, SGAE andartists' association AIE.

Sanz, who is resting this year tolearn English, received pop com-poser and video awards, as well asan honorary mention for best tour.

The 31 awards voted by AIE and

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national tour13 and ends

SGAE music -relatedmembers and some1,000 media andindustry representa-tives, plus the fivehonorary awards,made the April 22event the biggestmusic award ceremo-ny ever in Spain.

M80's weekdaylate show La Gramo,la, presented byJoaquin Guzman,took the award for

best music radioshow.

Singer/actorMiguel Bose-theevent's artistic dir-ector-received anaward for best TVmusic show, Septi-mo de Caballeria,which he presentson public broadcast-er TVE 1 on Mondaynights.

Guitar virtuosoPaco de Lucia wonthe flamenco artistaward, and the gui-

tarist who De Lucia himself consid-ers to be his successor, VicenteAmigo, took the flamenco composeraward.

Other award winners includedMiguel Rios (rock artist), NavajitaPlatea's Noches de Bohemia (song),Compay Segundo's Lo Mejor De LaVida (traditional -folk), and Sub-terfuge Records (independentlabel).

Mexico's 80 -year -old singerChavela Vargas received an hon-orary latino award from herbiggest fan, film-maker PedroAlmodovar. All the voted awardswere for Spanish artists, or latinoartists whose album was releasedby a Spanish label.

The ceremony was transmittedsimultaneously on April 24 by TVstation Tele 5, and on the Internet.All funds raised from the 3,000pesetas (18 euros) entrance feewent to the Yehudi Menuhin Inter-national Foundation, which sup-ports minority European cultures.

sacra-tsBasyl de Groot,

music director,Radio 3FM (Netherlands)

What was your first ever job?Freelance journalist at [bi-weeklymusic magazine] 00R.

What was your first break in themusic/radio business? When Ibecame a plugger for BMG Holland.

Three words that describe youbest... Mr. Know -It -All.

What makes you mad? Narrow-mindedness of all sorts.

What other career would youhave liked to have followed? Anight-time DJ, as the music soundsmuch better then.

What keeps you awake at night?My cats! They make a lot of noise.

What radio stations do you listento most? The whole range fromRadio 538 to Noordzee FM andArrow Classic Rock. Also foreign sta-tions such as BBC Radio 1 and Stu-dio Brussel. Internet radio is bril-liant too. First I was only interestedprofessionally, but I'm actuallybeginning to like it.

What was the first record youbought? Either Low or Heroes byDavid Bowie. According to my par-ents, Mud's Dynamite was the firstsong I liked as a two year -old.

Who do you most admire withinthe industry? My colleague [3FM

DJ/music program-mer] Rob Stenders.Not only is he agenius, but he's themost open-mindedperson I know.

When was the lasttime you bought arecord? And what was it? Lastweek. I bought a lot of CDs. One ofthem was by Heart. The newermaterial I get from pluggers, theolder stuff I buy.

What are your favourite Websites? For new music I checkmp3.com and rollingstone.com.

Describe, in three words, theradio business? Lots of potential.

Do you have any hobbies? Radiois my hobby. Every day I'm surprisedI get paid for it.

What is your favourite holidaydestination? Faraway countriesthat I know little of. Lately I've beento Peru and El Salvador.

What's the best gig you've everseen? Lauryn Hill in London recent-ly. It knocked my socks off. She'sawesome.

What is your favourite single ofthe moment? You Got Me by TheRoots featuring Erykah Badu.

Who is your favourite all-timeartist? Otis Redding

How would you like to beremembered? As somebody who lethis heart prevail over the radioresearchers.

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VARIERIY FIGURES

Pop on top in first figures of the 'new era'LONDON - In the first meaningfulquarterly results since the seismicshift of the Universal/PolyGrammerger, pop music as purveyed bysuch artists as Cher, Madonna,Celine Dion, Britney Spears, theCorrs and Robbie Williams is thegenre which has had most impact.

If 1998 was the year of SonyMusic -which swept to the top ofboth singles and albums chartshares on the crest of the Celine

Dion/Titanic phenomenon -it wasalready being calculated then thatthe combined shares of PolyGramand Universal could put the newUniversal in pole position in 1999.But it hasn't quite happened yet.Universal's 25.4 percent is enoughto take the enlarged companyahead of Sony in singles marketshare in this first quarter, but thenew Universal management struc-ture will need time to bed in, it

appears, before the longer -termmatter of album share receives thefull benefits of scale. Sony's 26.8percent share of the albums marketis still comfortably ahead ofUniversal's 22.1 percent.

Warner has staged a recovery,increasing share in both categories,and pulls ahead of EMI -experienc-ing a slow quarter -in albumsshare. BMG has cause for anxietyas a particulalry barren quarter

sees the company sinking to thebottom of the "Big 5" tables.

Columbia is still the star -per-former among the labels, repeatingits singles and albums double top of1998, but the standout label for afirst-quarter surge is Jive. Fuelledby a roster of winners includingBritney Spears, Steps and 2Pac,Jive makes it to number 3 in thesingles chart shares with 7.5 per-cent, behind Columbia and WEA.

Singles 1st quarter 19991 Cher/Believe (WEA)2 Emilia/Big Big World (Rodeo/Universal)3 Mariah Carey & Whitney Houston/When You Believe (Columbia)4 The Offspring/Pretty Fly (For A White Guy) (Columbia)5 Britney Spears/...Baby One More Thme (Jive)6 Spice Girls/Goodbye (Virgin)7 Liquido/Narcotic (Virgin)8 Bryan Adams feat. Melanie CJWhen You're Gone (A&M)9 Daniel Lavoie/Belle (Pomme/Sony/Universal)10 Larusso/Tu M'Oublieras (DLA)11 Will Smith/Miami (Columbia)12 Laam/Chanter Pour Ceux Qui Sont Loin De Chez Eux (DLA)13 Steps/Heartbeat Tragedy (Jive)14 Manau/Mais Qui Est La Belette (Polydor)15 Loona/Hijo De La Luna (Urban/Motor)16 Boyzone/No Matter What (Polydor)17 Jay.Z/Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem) (Roc-A-Fella/Northwestside)18 Madonna/The Power Of Goodbye (Maverick/Warner Bros.)19 Sasha/If You Believe (WEA)20 Vengaboys/We Like 7b Party (Violent/Jive)21 TQ/Westside (Clockwork (Epic)22 Armand Van Helden/You Don't Know Me (ffrr)23 Touch & Go/Would You... (Oval/V2)24 2Pac/Changes (Jive/Amaru)25 Blondie Maria (Beyond/RCA)

Albums 1st quarter 19991 Cher/Believe (WEA)2 George MichaeULadies & Gentlemen, The Best Of George Michael (Epic)3 U2/The Best Of 1980-19901B Sides (Island)4 Madonna/Ray Of Light (Maverick/Warner Bros.)5 The Offspring/Americana (Columbia)6 Mariah Carey/#/'s (Columbia)7 Robbie Williams/I've Been Expecting You (Chrysalis)8 The Corrs/Talk On Corners (143/Lava/Atlantic)9 Alanis Morissette/Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (Maverick/Warner Bros.)10 Lauryn HilUThe Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill (Ruffhouse/Columbia)11 Phil Collins/Hits (Vrgin/WEA)12 Whitney Houston/My Love Is Your Love (Arista)13 Boyzone/Where We Belong (Polydor)14 Fatboy Slim/You've Come A Long Way Baby (Skint/Epic)15 Lenny Kravitz/5 (Virgin)16 Original Cast/Notre Dame De Paris (Pomme/Sony/Universal)17 Xavier Naidoo/Nicht Von Dieser Welt (3P/Epic)18 Emilia/Big Big World (Rodeo/Universal)19 Dire Straits/Su/tans Of Swing -The Very Best Of (Vertigo)20 The Cardigans/Gran 71trismo (Trampolene/Stockholm)21 Metallica/Garage Inc. (Vertigo)22 ManaulPanique Celtique (Polydor)23 Vonda Shepard/Songs From Ally McBeal (Epic)24 Will Smith/Big Willie Style (Columbia)25 Celine Dion/These Are Special Times (Epic/Columbia)

Chart Shares: Albums Chart Shares: SinglesCompany Percentage (Q1/1998) Company Percentage (Q1/1998)Sony Music 26.8 (23.1) Universal 25.4 (8.1)*Universal 22.1 (4.8)* Sony Music 22.5 (18.7)Warner Music 21.1 (10.6) EMI 16.8 (17.1)EMI 13.6 (23.6) Warner Music 13.9 (7.1)BMG 8.5 (11.5) BMG 8.9 (14.0)Others 7.9 (5.9) Others 12.5 (12.4)

PolyGram (20.5) 'PolyGram (22.6)

Chart Shares: Albums Chart Shares: SinglesLabel Percentage (Q1/1998) Label Percentage (Q1/1998)Columbia 10.4 (9.8) Columbia 11.9 (10.2)WEA 8.2 (4.2) WEA 8.6 (-)Epic 7.7 (5.5) Jive 7.5 (-)Polydor 5.6 (-) Virgin 7.3 (7.5)Maverick/Warner Bros. 5.0 (-) Rodeo/Universal 5.1 (-)Island 4.3 (-) Polydor 5.0 (4.5)Virgin 3.1 (7.3) DLA 3.7 (-)143/Lava/Atlantic 2.9 (-) Epic 2.4 (-)EMI 2.8 (-) Hansa 2.3 (-)Chrysalis 2.7 (-) Maverick/Warner Bros 2.0 (-)Others 47.3 (45.9) Others 54.2 (45.9)

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The percentages in M&M's quarterly figures are based on cumulative M&M chart points collectedduring the relevant quarter.

Top 25 singles artists1 Cher/Believe, Strong Enough (WEA)2 Emilia/Big Big World (Rodeo/Universal)3 Mariah Carey & Whitney Houston/When You Believe (Columbia)4 The Offspring/Pretty Fly (For A White Guy) (Columbia)5 Spice Girls/Goodbye (Virgin)6 Vengaboys/We Like 7b Party, Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom, Up And Down (Violent/Jive)7 Britney Spears/...Baby One More Time (Jive)8 Boyzone/No Matter What, I Love The Way You Love Me, When The Going Gets 7bugh (Polydor)9 Bryan Adams feat Melanie CJWhen You're Gone (A&M)10 Steps/Heartbeat Thagedy, Better Best Forgotten (Jive)11 Liquido/Narcotic (Virgin)12 Will Smith/Miami (Columbia)13 Oli P1Flugzeuge Im Bauch, I Wish (Hansa)14 Daniel Lavoie/Belle (Pomme/Sony/Universal)15 Larusso/7It M'Oublieras (DLA)16 Madonna/The Power Of Goodbye, Nothing Really Matters (Maverick/Warner Bros.)17 Manau/Mais Qui Est La Belette, Panique Celtique (Polydor)18 Laam/Chanter Pour Ceux Qui Sont Loin De Chez Eux (DLA)19 Jay-Z1Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem) (Roc-A-Fella/Northwestside)20 Loona/Hijo De La Luna (Motor)21 Sasha/If You Believe (WEA)22 Touch & Go/Would You...? (Oval/V2)23 Tarkan/Simarik, Sikidim (Istanbul Plak/Universal)24 Armand Van Helden/You Don't Know Me (ffrr)25 TQlWestsicle (Clockwork/Epic)

Top 25 album artists1 Cher/Believe, Greatest Hits (WEA)2 George Michael/Ladies & Gentlemen, The Best Of George Michael (Epic)3 Madonna/Ray Of Light (Maverick/Warner Bros.)4 The Corrst7hlk On Corners, Forgiven Not Forgotten (143/Lava/Atlantic)5 The Offspring/Americana (Columbia)6 Robbie Williams/roe Been Expecting You, Life Thru A Lens (Chrysalis)7 Celine Dion/These Are Special ?Imes, S71 Suffisait D'Aimer, Let's Talk About Love

i Epic/Columbia)8 Original Cast, Notre Dame De Paris/Notre Dame De Paris (Integral)

(Pomme/Sony/Universal)9 Mariah Carey/#/'s (Columbia)10 Alanis Morissette/Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (Maverick/Warner Bros.)11 Boyzone/Where We Belong (Polydor)12 Phil Collins/Hits (Vugin/WEA)13 Lauryn Hill/7'he Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill (Ruffhouse/Columbia)14 Whitney Houston/My Love Is Your Love (Arista)15 Fatboy Slim/You've Come A Long Way Baby (Skint/Epic)16 Lenny Kravitz/5 (Virgin)17 Xavier Naidoo/Nichi Von Dieser Welt (Epic)18 The Cardigans/Gran 71trisnw (Trampolene/Stockhohn)19 Vonda Shepard/Songs From Ally McBeal (Epic)20 Metallica/Garage Inc. (Vertigo)21 Will Smith/Big Willie Style (Columbia)22 Manau/Panique Celtique (Polydor)23 Bee Gees/One Night Only (Polydor)24 Joe Cocker/Greatest Hits (EMI)25 Roxette/Have A Nice Day (Rosette Recordings/EMI)

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Texas head for Lifetime achievementby Sally Stratton

The return of Texashas been greeted withenthusiasm acrossEurope. The single InOur Lifetime (Mer-cury) has scored astring of airplay dis-tinctions since it burstinto the M&M Euro-pean Radio Top 50chart as highest newentry at 24, six weeksago. In subsequentweeks it's been great-est chart points gainertwice, and the most added track onEuropean radio.

In our Lifetime was released to the publicon April 19, and it's given the campaign forTexas' new album, The Hush, due out on May10, a strong start. "I've never seen somethingmove so quickly [as In Our Lifetime]," saysSian Thomas, the recently appointed directorof international marketing at Mercury UKwho has worked with the band since their1989 debut album Southside.

"With this song Texas have moved on, butnot too far," says Bobby Hain, programmedirector at U.K national rock station VirginRadio. "It's a progression from the last albumbut it's very familiar, it's very obviously Texasand as time goes on [Sharleen Spiteri's] voicematures and just gets better and better."

Clive Dickens, group head of programmesat the U.K's Capital Radio group adds:"Sharleen's voice has matured together withher and her group's songwriting skills. In OurLifetime is a classic radio song written by oneof the UK's most talented groups."

The band's new material has a lot to liveup to, following the success of 1997's WhiteOn Blonde with its run of five U.K hitsincluding Say What You Want and BlackEyed Boy. The album marked their resur-

gence after a two -album drop inpopularity, selling four millionworldwide and spending threemonths atop the U.K album chart.

"When we went into White OnBlonde we were coming off a realcareer dip," remembers Thomas."By the end of the life of White OnBlonde everybody in Europe wasback up to speed again and Texaswere back in the frame."

Throughout Texas' career, evenwhen sales were slow in the U.K,they have had consistent supportfrom France and strong encour-agement from Spain, Switz-erland, Denmark and Sweden.

"They can cross the border of any demo-graphic because they have great songs,"says Thomas. "They're not a British fad andthey can translate internationally becauseof that."

Christoph Alispach, music coordinator atZurich -based Swiss CHR station DRS 3, seesthe band's long-term appeal rooted in theirsongwriting. "Texas consistently come upwith unusual songs that are well presented,"he says. "[In Our Lifetime] is a move ahead inthat it is more contemporary, less of a 'classi-cal' rock track. Thanks to Sharleen's voice it isstill very much Texas, though."

Texas' manager Rab Andrew sees TheHush as the album to bring the big interna-tional breakthrough for Texas. "I think ourtiming is right, Sharleen looks good, she'ssounding great and together they've made afantastic record."

The radio date for The Hush is May 3, aweek ahead of its commercial release.Mercury has already decided on the first foursingles from it which will take Texas well into2000. The follow-up to In Our Lifetime isscheduled for a mid- to late July release. "Youcan expect classic Texas radio records,"promises Thomas.

Additional reporting by Christian Lorenz

Farmer's cream of the cropby Cecile Thsseyre

French singer MyleneFarmer looks set tobecome the country'sbiggest mainstreampop export this yearwith her fifth album,Innamoramento,which was releasedinternationally onUniversal's Polydorlabel on April 24.

In France, Innamoramento went straightin at number two after its domestic releaseon April 5, selling 256,000 units in the firstweek alone, according to Universal MusicFrance. "It's been a long time since we'veseen so much enthusiasm for an album,"comments Diane Attali, the communicationdirector at Virgin Megastore's flagship outleton the Champs Elysees in Paris. "We've hadfans waiting for 48 hours prior to the release.We opened the shop half an hour earlier thanusual, and within 10 minutes all copies hadbeen snapped up."

Innamoramento benefited from exposurevia an appearance by Farmer on TF1,France's leading TV channel, a cover story inlifestyle magazine Elle and a live interviewthe evening before the album's release on

CHR-formatted radio network NRJ.The album's success mirrors that of its

first single, L'ame Stram Gram, which wasreleased on February 9 and also wentstraight into the French charts at number 2.

Already a strong seller in French speakingterritories, Innamoramento has beenreleased in Germany-Farmer's biggest for-eign market so far-Spain, Italy, Holland,Scandinavia and Russia. Japan is scheduledto follow in June.

It is significant that the album is onlyavailable in its original French version, andFarmer has no plans to re-record any tracksin English "You should never say never,"laughs Farmer, "but my lyrics are importantand would lose meaning once translated."

Even though she has been relatively suc-cessful with Francophone material outsideFrance-her 1995 album Anamorphoseesold 1.1 million units locally and anothermillion abroad-she comments: "I find itvery sad that the French language hits usu-ally face a barrier when it comes to beingplayed abroad."

Since 1986, when she was "discovered"through her very provocative singleLibertine, on which she stridently announcedshe was a "catain" (hooker), Mylene Farmerhas developed a successful career built on aconsiderable base of die-hard fans.

Danceg pc) (c)Nis

by Gary Smith

LOOP DA LOOPThe current trend for including a vocal loop on otherwisereally quite thumping tunes has led to some surprisingbreakthroughs-see Stardust and Southside Spinners, toname but two. Next contender for crossover tune of themonth is Feelin' Lonely by Sound Design (World OfDance/Holland). A track which combines a soft technogroove with a lilting, easygoing chord progression and asoul vocal, it could click with programmers. There is noradio edit available as yet, but this one feels like a winner.

ITALIAN STALLIONAfter a string of hits in 1997/8, DJ Dado and occasional col-laborator Michelle Weeks are back together on Forever(Time/Italy). The 12 -inch comes with a sultry, Crusaders -style R&B version where Weeks, for once, gets the chanceto take a breath and get down to some serious soul stirring.The Original Radio Mix is business as usual, with Dado'sever-present tinkling piano and a slowish 126 bpm groove.The song is devilishly catchy.

CATCH THE WAVEAfter being picked up by Ministry Of Sound's new labelData Recordings, Dutch track Endless Wave by KamayaPainters has been given a makeover by man of themoment Ferry Corsten under his Albion nom de plume. Atop notch trancer, the track has all the ingredients tobecome one of the early summer dancefloor smashes. Thegroove is just the right side of relentless. A lovely, screamymelody tops it all off to perfection.

NOT SHEEPAfter stirring up 1996 with theirself -titled debut album, Lamb areback with a new single, B -Line(Mercury/U.K.), which finds theduo being different without run-ning off the rails. Singer LouRhodes has now perfected herBillie Holliday -style semi -whis-per, while her partner Andy Barlow's music has developedto the point where he manages to be surprising, mature,risque and conventional all in the space of a few bars. TheHerbaliser Mix is a marriage made in heaven with plentyof clanky piano and scratching galore.

NOT HARDFLOORThe German duo Oliver Bondzio and Ramon Zenker, betterknown as Hardfloor, have made an album of downtempomaterial in recognition of Bondzio's hip hop roots. Workingunder the name Da Damn Phreak Noize Phunk, Bondzioand Zenker's Electric Crate Digger (k7 Records/Germany)has all the elements which made their 1993 debut technorelease, TB Resuscitation, such a classic record.

Based around bold, sweeping melodies which seem tomaterialise from nowhere, and arranged with care andingenuity, the album is undeniably classy. There is, howev-er, a problem in the duo's home market of Germany. "Thereare a lot of big Hardfloor fans here," says k7 A&R managerStefan Struver, "and they don't know how to deal with anon-techno record."

Despite that, the reception in the U.K and U.S. hasbeen excellent. k7 also have a busy couple of months aheadwith albums due later this year from A Guy Called Gerald,Smith & Mighty, Funkstorung, Terranova, Shantal andImpulse.

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.

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0 4 8 2 Mule Variations - EpitaphTom Waits

B.DK.IR.NE.S.UK Ilse De Lange121)178 7 World Of Hurt - Warner Bros.

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37Blondie

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Massive Tone36 I Uberfall - East WestD Fish

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The Offspring AB.DK.SFYD.GRE.IR.INLNP.E.S.CHUKHUN.CZ5 "3 Americana - Columbia

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Britney Spears6 3 9 ...Baby One More TimilliDeK:SJF. iFvDe.GREIR.LNL.N.P.S.CH.LIKHUNTom Petty & The Heartbreakers40 22 2 Echo Warner Bros.

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B.F.S James Last/t187 2 Country Roads - Polydor/ Universal TVUK

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Liane Foly78 81 13 Acoustique - Virgin

Boyzone84 49 Where We Belong - Polydor

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" De Andre In Concerto - RicordiTLCCt 20 9 Fanmail - Laface 1 Arista

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***** SALES BREAKER ***** 36 34 14 Lrgen-sFlex EMI -Medley

Modern TalkingAlone (The 8th Album) - Hansa

FreundeskreisEsperanto - Columbia

B.OKSED.GRE.M.LIVL.N.S.UKCZ

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28 32 7 Back On Top Exile I Pointblank I VirginBlur29 19 6 13 - Food ParlophoneRobbie Williams

30 25 27 I've Been Expecting You - Chrysalis

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Elton John A.B.D.GRE.N.CFI61. 46 5 Elton John & Tim Rice's Aida - Rocket Mercury

Litfiba62 37 13 Infinito - Ira /EMI

V95 82 6 On Ballroomair - Murmur Epic

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A.B.SF.D.GREN.P.E.S.CH.HUN.C2Roxette32 24 9 Have A Nice Day - Roxette Recordings EMI

Metallica66 61 23 Garage Inc. - Vertigo

B.D.GRENL.N.CH Bryan Adamscp 1 > On A Day Like Today - A&MD.E.S.UK

Mylene Farmer33 33 3 Innamoramento - Polydor

F Thomas Helmig67 73 4 Dream - RCA

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es**** SALES BREAKER ***A** indicates the album registering the biggest increase in chart points.113 1FPI Platinum Europe certification for sales of 1 million units, with multi -platinum titles indicated by a number in the symbol.

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Top National Sellers ;PI Communications IncUNITED KINGDOM GERMANY FRANCE ITALY

TW LW SINGLES1 NE Westlife - Swear It Again (RCA)2 NE Fatboy Slim - Right Here Right Now (Skint)3 1 Martine McCutcheon - Perfect Moment (Virgin)4 NE Texas - In Our Lifetime (Mercury)5 NE Basement Jaxx - Red Alert (XL)6 NE Basta Rhymes feat. Janet - What's It Gonna Be (WEA)7 NE TQ - Bye Bye Baby (Epic)8 2 Phats & Small - Turn Around (Multiply)9 6 TLC - No Scrubs (Arista)10 7 Cartoons - Witchdoctor (EMI)TW LW ALBUMS

1 2 Abba - Gold - Greatest Hits (Polydor)2 1 Catatonia - Equally Cursed And Blessed (WEA)3 NE Reef - Rides (Sony 52)4 4 The Corrs - Talk On Corners (East West)5 6 Fatboy Slim - You've Come A Long Way Baby (Skint)

6 3 The Corrs - Forgiven Not Forgotten (East West)7 NE The Cranberries - Bury The Hatchet(Island)8 5 Stereophonics - Performance & Cocktails (V2)9 NE Tom Waits - Mule Variations (Epitaph)10 7 Robbie Williams - I've Been Expecting You (Chrysalis)

TW LW SINGLES1 1 Mr. Oizo - Flat Beat (Connected)2 2 Die Fantastischen 4 - MfG (Columbia)3 4 Xavier Naidoo - Sie Sieht Mich Nicht (Epic)4 3 Britney Spears -...Baby One More Time (Jive/Rough Trade)5 5 Blondie - Maria (RCA)6 6 Tarkan - Simarik (Motor)7 10 Blue Nature - A Life So Changed (Intercord)8 7 Saraffic Tac Two - Nie Wieder (RCA)9 9 Vengaboys - Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom (Violent/Motor)

10 11 The Offspring - Pretty Fly (For A White Guy) (Columbia)TW LW ALBUMS1 NE The Cranberries - Bury The Hatchet (Universal)2 1 Xavier Naidoo - Nicht Von Dieser Welt(Epic)3 NE Freundeskreis - Esperanto (Columbia)4 NE Tom Waits - Mule Variations (Connected)5 3 Cher - Believe (WEA)6 NE Massive Tone - ITherfall (East West)7 2 Britney Spears - Baby One More Time (Jive/Rough Trade)

8 7 Sasha - Dedicated To... (WEA)9 6 George Michael - Ladies & Gentlemen... (Epic)10 9 Bruce Springsteen - 18 Tracks (Columbia)

TW LW SINGLES

1 2 Britney Spears - ..Baby One More Time (JiveNirgin)2 1 Larusso - Tu M'Oublieras (EMI)3 6 Moos - Au Nom De La Rose (Mercury)4 4 Vengaboys - Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom (Scorpio)5 3 Cher - Strong Enough (WEA)6 5 Liane Foly - La Vie Ne 1VIApprend Bien (Virgin)7 8 Mr. Oizo - Flat Beat (PIAS)8 7 Emilia - Big Big World (Universal)9 10 Bisso Na Bisso - Bisso Na Bisso (V2)10 9 Wamdue Project - King Of My Castle (Private)TW LW ALBUMS

1 1 Francis Cabrel - Hors Saison (Columbia)2 NE The Cranberries - Bury The Hatchet(Island)3 2 Mylene Farmer - Innamoramento (Polydor)4 3 Supertramp - It Was The Best Of Times (EMI)5 4 Manau - Panique Celtique (Polydor)6 9 Celine Dion - S'll Suffisait D'Aimer (Columbia)7 5 Andrea Bocelli - Sogno (Polydor)8 11 Lara Fabian - Live (Polydor)9 8 Helene Segara - Coeur De Verre (East West)

10 14 Pierpoljak - Kingston Karma (Barclay)

TW LW SINGLES1 1 Mr. Oizo - Flat Beat (Level One/Universal)2 2 Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time (JiveNirgin)3 6 The Cranberries - Promises (Mercury)4 7 Eiffel 65 - Blue (Level One)5 4 Anggun - La Neige De Sahara (Epic)6 3 The Offspring - Pretty Fly (For A White Guy) (Columbia)

7 5 Alex Britti - Oggi Sono Io (Universal)Gigi D'Agostino - Bla Bla Bla (Media)

(Time)(Energy)

8 8

9 11 Phats & Small - Turn Around10 9 Ann Lee - 2 TimesTW LW Ahsums

1 NE Mina - Olio2 NE Pooh - Un Poste Felice

(RTI)(CGD)

3 1 Andrea Bocelli - Sogno (Sugar)4 NE The Cranberries - Bury The Hatchet (Mercury)5 2 Skunk Anansie - Post Orgasmic Chill (Virgin)6 NE Tom Waits - Mule Variations (Venus)7 3 Litfiba - Infinite (EMI)8 7 Anggun - Anggun (Epic)9 5 Biagio Antonacci - Mi Fai Stare Bene (Mercury)

10 6 Fabrizio D'Andre - De Andre In Concerto (BMG Ricordi)

SPAIN HOLLAND BELGIUM SWEDENTW LW SINGLES

1 2 Chayanne - Salome (Columbia)2 NE Five - Until The Time Is Through (RCA)3 NE Marta Sanchez - Desconocida - Remixes (Mercury)4 4 The Cranberries - Promises (Mercury)5 1 Blondie - Maria (Ariola)6 3 Whitney Houston - It's Not Right But It's OK (Ariola)7 5 Mr. Oizo - Flat Beat (Vale Music)8 9 Los Cucas - La Ultima Carta (Remixes) (Columbia)9 NE Texas - In Our Lifetime (Mercury)10 10 TLC - No Scrubs (Ariola)TW LW ALBUMS

1 2 Chayanne - Atado A Tu Amor (Columbia)2 1 Hevia - Tierra De Nadie (Hispavox)3 NE Carlos Nunez - Os Amores Libres (Ariola)4 3 La Oreja De Van Gogh - Dile Al Sol (Epic)5 5 Cher - Believe (WEA)6 4 El Chaval De La Peca - El Chaval De La Peca (WEA)7 6 Alejandro Sanz - Mas (WEA)8 NE Carlos Cano - La Copla: Memoria Sentimental (EMI)9 17 Cartoons - Toonage (Hispavox)10 9 Roxette - Have A Nice Day (EMI)

TW LW SINGLES

1 1 Vengaboys - We're Going To Ibiza (Violent/Jive/Zomba)

2 4 Sasha - If You Believe (Warner)3 2 Toy -Box - Tarzan & Jane (Edel)4 3 Britney Spears -_Baby One More Time (Jive/Zomba)

5 8 TLC - No Scrubs (BMG)6 6 TQ - Bye Bye Baby (Epic)7 5 Mr. Oizo - Flat Beat (PIAS)8 10 DJ Jurgen - Better Off Alone (Zomba)9 7 Frans Bauer It Corry Konings - Dien In Mijn Bart (Koch)

10 15 Poco Loco Gang - Poco Loco (Arcade)TW LW ALnums

1 1 Vengaboys - Up & Down - Greatest Hits (Violent/Jive/Zomba)

2 2 Use DeLange - World Of Hurt (Warner)3 5 Abba - 25 Jaar Na Waterloo (Polydor)4 3 Blof - Boven (EMI)5 4 Andrea Bocelli - Sogno (Polydor)6 10 Ruth Jacott - Vals Verlangen (Dino)7 6 George Michael - Lathes & Gentlemen... (Epic)8 7 Cher - Believe (WEA)9 8 Matilde Santing & The Oversoul 13 - To Others... (Epic)10 33 The Cranberries - Bury The Hatchet (Mercury)

TW LW SINGLES1 1 Britney Spears - ..Baby One More Time (Jive/Zomba)2 3 Mr. Ozio - Flat Beat (PIAS)3 2 The Black & White Brothers - Pump It Up (NEWS)4 4 Cher - Strong Enough (Warner)5 6 Vengaboys - We're Going To Ibiza (Violent/JivefLomba)

6 5 Larusso - Tu M'Oublieras (EMI)7 8 Milk Incorporated - Promise (Antler -Subway)8 16 Liquido - Narcotic (Virgin)9 9 Poco Loco Gang - Let's Go To The Party (Arcade)

10 7 Wamdue Project - King Of My Castle (Arcade)TW LW ALBUMS

1 1 Francis Cabrel - Hors Saison (Sony)2 2 Cher - Believe (Warner)3 3 Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time (Jive/Zomba)

4 7 Mylene Farmer - Innamoramento (Universal)5 5 Andrea Bocelli - Sogno (Universal)6 8 Axelle Red - Toujours Moi (Virgin)7 6 Deus - The Ideal Crash (Universal)8 4 Clouseau - In Stereo (EMI)9 11 Volumia! - Volumia! (BMG)

10 9 Lara Fabian - Live (Universal)

TW LW SINGLES1 1 Vengaboys - Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom (Violent/Jive/Zomba)

2 2 Martin - (Du Ar Si) Yeah Yeah Wow Wow (Universal)

3 NE Shania Twain - That Don't Impress Me Much (Universal)4 3 2Pac - Changes (Jive/Zomba)5 4 Mr. Oizo - Flat Beat (MNW)6 8 Robyn - Electric (BMG)7 5 Lene Marlin - Unforgivable Sinner (Virgin)8 11 Blondie - Maria (BMG)9 7 Caramel - Om Du Var Min (Warner)

10 6 Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time (Jive/Zomba)

TW LW ALBUMS

1 2 Dean Martin The Very Best Of Dean Martin apitel & RepriseYr (PHI)

2 1 Andrea Bocelli - Sogno (Universal)3 3 The Offspring - Americana (Sony)4 NE The Cranberries - Bury The Hatchet (Universal)5 NE Bjorn Afzelius - Elsinore (MNW)6 7 Smurfarna - Smurfhits 6 (Arcade)7 11 Tom Waits - Mule Variations (BOR)8 6 Cher - Believe (Warner)9 4 Eva Dahlgren - Lai Lai (Warner)

10 19 Vengaboys - Up & Down - Greatest Hits (Violentgive/Zomba)

DENMARK NORWAY FINLAND IRELANDTW LW SINGLES

1 3 Bla Ojne - Dig & Mig (Edel)2 2 D.J. Sakin & Friends - Protect Your Mind (Flex/EMI-Medley)

3 1 Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time (Jive/Virgin)4 9 Vengaboys - Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom (Violent/JiveNirgin)5 NE Mythos 'N D.J. Cosmo - The Heart Of The Ocean (Edel)6 4 ATB - 9 P.M. (Till I Come) (Edel)7 14 Mr. Oizo - Flat Beat (MNW)8 6 Me & My - Let The Love Go On (EMI -Medley)9 7 2Pac - Changes (Jive/Virgin)

10 5 Blii Ojne - Romeo (Edel)TW LW ALBUMS

1 1 Thomas Helmig - Dream (BMG)2 4 Soundtrack - Den Eneste Ene (BMG)3 2 The Cardigans - Gran 'Purism° (Universal)4 5 The Offspring - Americana (Sony)5 3 Cher - Believe (Warner)6 NE Loreena McKennitt - The Book Of Secrets (Warner)7 8 Andrea Bocelli - Sogno (Universal)8 NE Smokie - Our Danish Collection (CMC)9 6 Vonda Shepard - Songs From Ally McBeal (Sony)

10 7 Richard Mara - Greatest Hits (CMC)

TW LW SINGLES

1 1 2Pac - Changes (Jive/Virgin)2 3 Mr. Oizo - Flat Beat (EMI)3 2 Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time (JiveNirgin)4 4 Modern Talking - You Are Not Alone (BMG)5 RE Vengaboys - Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom (Violent/Jive/Virgin)

6 NE Liquido - Narcotic (Virgin)7 12 Estima - Hitman's Paradise (Warner)8 7 Van Eijk - Living My Life Without You (Sony)9 5 Suede - Electricity (Sony)10 8 Eminem - My Name Is (Universal)TW LW ALBUMS

1 .4 Tom Waits - Mule Variations (Voices Of Wonder)2 2 Bruce Springsteen - 18 Tracks (Sony)3 1 Lene Marlin - Playing My Game (Virgin)4 NE The Cranberries - Bury The Hatchet (Universal)5 3 Andrea Bocelli - Sogno (Universal)6 7 Soda - Sodapop (Norske Gram)7 NE Hellbillies - Sol Over Livet (BMG)8 9 The Corrs - Talk On Corners (Warner)9 21 Bjorn Afzelius - Elsinore (Norske Gram)

10 11 Shania Twain - Come On Over (Universal)

TW LW SINGLES

1 NE Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time (Jive/EMI)2 1 Apulanta - Hallaa - EP (Levy)3 2 Don Huonot - Kannibaali (BMG)4 10 Mr. Oizo - Flat Beat (MNW)5 3 Aikakone - Anna Mom Bailaa (BMG)6 4 Nightwish - Walking In The Air (Spinefarm)7 5 Suede - Electricity (Sony)8 7 Children Of Bodum - Downfall (Spinefarm)9 8 ATB - Don't Stop (K -Tel)

10 RE Bomfunk MC's - B -Boys & Fly Girls (Sony)TW LW ALBUMS1 NE Don Huonot - Tahti (BMG)2 1 Ultra Bra - Kalifornia (Megamania)3 4 Kirka, Hector, Pave & Pepe - Mestarit Areenalla (EMI/BMG)4 NE The Cranberries - Bury The Hatchet (Universal)5 7 Andrea Bocelli - Sogno (Universal)6 6 The Offspring - Americana (Sony)7 NE Popeda - Vieraissa (Poko)8 9 Nylon Beat - Valehtelija (MTV-Musiikki)9 8 Janne Tulkki - Janne Tulkki (BMG)10 17 2Pac - Greatest Hits (Jive/EMI)

TW LW SINGLES

1 1 Westlife - Swear It Again (RCA)2 2 Cartoons - Witchdoctor (EMI)3 6 Martine McCutcheon - Perfect Moment (Virgin)4 5 Eminem - My Name Is (Interscope)5 3 Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time (Jive)6 7 Supertroopers - Thank You For The Music (Epic)7 9 Phats & Small - Turn Around (Multiply)8 8 New Radicals - You Get What You Give (MCA)9 10 Vengaboys - We Like To Party (Positiva)

10 11 TLC - No Scrubs (Arista)TW LW ALBUMS

1 1 Various - Now 42! (EMI/Virgin/PolyGram)2 3 Abba - Gold - Greatest Hits (Polydor)3 2 Vengaboys - Up & Down - Greatest Hits (Positiva)4 NE The Cranberries - Bury The Hatchet(Island)5 6 Robbie Williams - I've Been Expecting You (Chrysalis)

6 4 Fatboy Slim - You've Come A Long Way Baby (Skint)7 8 The Chieftains - Tears Of Stone (RCA)8 5 Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill (Columbia)

9 9 Stereophonics - Performance & Cocktails (V2)10 7 Various - Eist (Dara)

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Britney Spears -...Baby One More Time (Jive/Musikvertrieb)

Die Fantastischen 4 - MfG (Sony)2Pac - Changes (Jive/Musikvertrieb)Mr. Oizo - Flat Beat (Musikvertrieb)Tarkan - Simarik (Universal)Xavier Naidoo - Sie Sieht Mich Nicht (Sony)Blondie - Maria (BMG)The Offspring - Pretty Fly (For A White Guy) (Sony)Fusion - China In Your Hand (BMG)Blue Nature - A Life So Changed (EMI)

ALBUMS

The Cranberries - Billy The Hatchet (Universal)Andrea Bocelli - Sogno (Universal)Britney Spears ...Baby One More Time (Jive/Musikvertrieb)

Kisha - Kisha (BMG)Cher - BelieveGala - Ut U DervoTom Waits - Mule VariationsThe Offspring - AmericanaGotthard - OpenSasha - Dedicated To...

(Warner)(Phonag)(Phonag)

(Sony)(BMG)

(Warner)

TW LW SINGLES1 1 Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time (Jive/Rougb Trade)

2 5 Die Fantastischen 4 - MfG (Sony)3 12 Mr. Oizo - Flat Beat (Edel)4 2 Blondie - Maria (BMG)5 3 The Offspring - Pretty Fly (For A White Guy) (Sony)6 4 A Elena Indiana - A Klana Indiana (EMI)7 6 Sara@Tic Tac Two - Nie Wieder (BMG)8 8 Vengaboys - Boom, Boom, Boom, BOOM (Universal)

9 10 Sasha - We Can Leave The World (WEA)10 7 2Pac - Changes (Jive/Rough Trade)TW LW Ainums

1 1 The Offspring - Americana (Sony)2 2 RurtOstbalm & Die Ronk -50VerschillendeJahrIn Nage tt. (Universal)

3 9 Bruce Springsteen - 18 Tracks (Sony)4 4 Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time (Jive/Rough Trade)5 5 Falco - The Final Curtain - The Ultimate Best Of (EMI)

6 6 Andrea Bocelli - Sogno (Universal)7 3 Claudia Jung - Fiir Immer (EMI)8 NE The Cranberries - Bury The Hatchet (Universal)9 7 Modern Talking - Alone (The 8th Album) (BMG)

10 8 Xavier Naidoo - Nicht Von Dieser Welt (Sony)

TW LW ALBUMS1 1 Andrea Bocelli-Sogno (Universal)2 2 Alejandro Sanz - Mas (Warner)3 4 Ala Dos Namorados - Solta-Se 0 Beijo - Ao Vivo (EMI)4 3 Cher - Believe (Warner)5 6 Abba - Love Stories (Universal)6 5 The Offspring - Americana (Sony)7 7 Hands On Approach - Blown (Universal)8 11 Supertramp - It Was The Best Of Times (EMI)9 10 Lenny Kravitz - 5 (Virgin)10 9 Daniels Mercury - Eletrica (Sony)11 15 Silence 4 - Silence Becomes It (Universal)12 12 Blondie - No Exit (BMG)13 26 Rui Veloso - Avenidas (EMI)14 13 Roxette - Have A Nice Day (EMI)15 16 Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill (Sony)

16 NE Hevia - Tierra De Nadie (EMI)17 17 Skunk Anansie - Post Orgasmic Chill (Virgin)18 14 Guano Apes - Proud Like A God (BMG)19 21 Fafa De Belem - Coracao Brasileiro (Sony)20 NE U2 - The Best Of 1980 - 1990 (Universal)

TW LW SINGLES1 2 Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time (Jive/Virgin)2 NE Notis Sfakiakis - Around The World (EMI)3 3 Blondie - Maria (BMG)4 1 Pix-Lax/Papadopoulos - Netrino (EMI)5 6 The Cranberries - Promises (Universal)6 10 Cher - Strong Enough (Warner)7 7 Cher - Believe (Warner)8 5 The Offspring - Pretty Fly (For A White Guy) (Sony)9 8 Boney M. vs. Sash! - Ma Baker (BMG)10 13 The Cardigans - Erase/Rewind (Universal)

TW LW ALBUMS

1 2 Andrea Bocelli - Sogno (Universal)2 4 Cher - Believe (Warner)3 7 Cesaria Evora - Best Of (BMG)4 6 Emma Shapplin - Carmine Meo (EMI)5 5 Mariah Carey - #1's (Sony)6 8 Andrea Bocelli - Romanza (Universal)7 1 Blur - 13 (EMI)8 9 Elton John - Elton John & Tim Rice's Aida (Universal)

9 15 The Offspring - Americana (Sony)10 13 The Cardigans - Gran 'Purism° (Universal)

Based on the national sales charts from 16 European markets. Information supplied by CIN (UK); Full ehartservice by Media Control GmbH 0049-7221-966201 (Germany); SNEP (France); singles: Musics E Divehi/

Mario De Luigi, albums: Fimi-Nielsen (Italy); Stiehting Mega Top 100 (Holland); Stiehting Promuvi (Belgium); IPSOS/Mahasc-IFPI (Hungary); GLF/IFPI (Sweden); IFPI/Nielsen Marketing Research (Denmark); VG (Norway); ALEF IVILEAFINE (Spain);YLE 2 Radioma5a/LFPI (Finland); DPI (Ireland); AFP (Portugal); Austria Top 90 (Austria); Full ehartservice by Media Control AG 0041-260 4455 (Switzerland); IFPI CR (Czech Republic). Labels listed are the national marketing companies.

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by Christian Lorenz

RICKY MARTINRICKY MARTINC2/ColumbiaInternational release date: May 10This is the first English language album bysuave Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin.He has already sold some 15 millionalbums worldwide in Spanish. Sony Music

aims to break Martin in the U.S., the U.K, France andGermany with this release. Ricky Martin contains thefirst single, Livin' La Vida Loca, a Salsa -tinged,sweaty party tune which was released internationallyon April 26. On two songs Martin teams up with afemale duet already established in the English lan-guage markets: Madonna and Swedish shooting starMeja. Be Careful (Cuidado Mi Corazon) was co -writtenby Madonna and William Orbit, and is probably thestrongest ballad on the album, giving Martin amplebreathing space to deliver a wider dynamic range thanon the more densely produced, more Latin -orientedtracks. Private Emotion, written by Eric Bazilian andRob Hyman, sees Martin in more familiar waters, butgenerously letting Meja shine on what is essentially acandidate for the next single. With Columbia takingno chances on Martin's first foray into the English-speaking markets, this album also contains two DianeWarren compositions-You Stay With Me and I CountThe Minutes-as well as the John Secada co -pennedBella (She's All I Ever Had).

GOO GOO DOLLSDIZZY UP THE GIRLHollywood/EdelU.K. release date: June 21After rolling across the rest ofEurope at the beginning of theyear, this red hot rock albumis finally getting a full releasein the U.K this summer.Since we are currently seeing a bit of a rock revivalin the English market, the timing might just be per-fect. Blondie, Texas, Catatonia and-most of all-theStereophonics have set the agenda over the last cou-ple of weeks, and now U.S. trio Goo Goo Dolls jumpin head first with their own brand of alternativerock. Theirs is a very American blend of punk andmetal, with glorious pop melodies honed over 11years on the road. You even get Bon Jovi style bal-lads with Acoustic No.3 and the second single, Iris(also featured in the soundtrack of City Of Angels),which is due out on May 31. It's a lifestyle thing-turn up Dizzy Up and smell hot asphalt on a summerevening, feel the skateboard under your trusty oldpair of Vans and look forward to an ice cold beer withyour buddies. A short skip through the top tunes onthe album should always include the hard -edgedBroadway, the '60s harmonies on January Friendand the anthemic Hate This Place. U.K. public CHRnetwork BBC Radio 1 and London -based commercialalternative outlet Xfm were already behind theDolls' first single, Slide, back in March. Great sum-mer music.

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.

MAY 8 1999

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4 4 EVERY MORNINGLAVA/ATLANTIC SUGAR RAY

5 3 BELIEVEWARNER BROS. CHER

65 WHAT'S IT GONNA BE?!

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7 6 HEARTBREAK HOTELARISTA WHITNEY HOUSTON FEAT. FAITH EVANS & KELLY PRICE

8 9 SLIDEWARNER BROS. GOO GOO DOLLS

9 7 ANGEL OF MINEARISTA MONICA

CO 18 WHO DATFREEWORLD/TONY MERCEDES/PRIORITY JT MONEY FEATURING SOLE

11 10 PLEASE REMEMBER MECURB TIM MCGRAW

(R) 15 FLY AWAYVIRGIN LENNY KRAVITZ

mi 16 GIVE'IT TO YOUINTERSCOPE JORDAN KNIGHT

14 14WHAT IT'S LIKETOMMY BOY EVERLAST

(-E) 17 ANYWHEREBAD BOY/ARISTA 112 FEATURING LIL'Z

16 12 SWEET LADYRCA TYRESE

17 13 IF YOU (LOVIN' IIIE)ELEKTRA/EEG SILK

18 ...BABY ONE MORE TIMEJIVE BRITNEY SPEARS

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4 5 BELIEVEWARNER BROS. CHER

5 3 ...BABY ONE MORE TIMEJIVE BRITNEY SPEARS

6 6THE SLIM SHADY LPWEB/AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE EMINEMm 9 AMERICANACOLUMBIA THE OFFSPRING

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10 8 SOGNOPOLYDOR ANDREA BOCELLI

11 12LIFEROCK LAND/INTERSCOPE SOUNDTRACK

12 15WIDE OPEN SPACESMONUMENT/SONY (NASHVILLE) DIXIE CHICKS

13 16B*WITCHEDEPIC B*WITCHED

14 14WHITEY FORD SINGS THE BLUESTOMMY BOY EVERLAST

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) Records with greatest sales and/or ai play gains. © 1999, Billboard/BPI Communications.

Eurochart A/Z IndexesHot 100 singles

A Mane. IndianaA Life So ChangedAll Night LongAsAu Nom De La Rose...Baby One More TimeBabelBelieveBetter Best ForgottenBig Big WorldBisso Na BissoBlame It On The WeathermanBlueBoom, Boom, Boom, BoomBring My Family BackBye Bye BabyCan I Get A...ChangesChina In Your HandDead From The Waist DownDon't Stop(Du Ar Si) Yeah Yeah Wow WowElectricityEnjoy YourselfErase/RewindFlat BeatFlowerzFly AwayGirlfriend/BoyfriendGood SignHalt's MaulHeartbeat/TragedyHeartbreak HotelHow Will I Know (Who You Are)I Still BelieveI Want To Kn5w What Love IsI Won't Forget YouIf You BelieveIn Our LifetimeIt's Not Right But It's OKJava (All Da Ladies Come Around)Joining YouKing Of My CastleL'Ame-Stram-GramLa MusicaLa Neige Au SaharaLa Vie Ne M'Apprend RienLes Vallees D'IrlandeLove Of A LifetimeMa Baker

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My Name Is 18Narcotic 27Nie Wieder 30No Scrubs 6Nothing Really Matters 69On Ne Change Pas 64Parisien Du Nord 46Perfect Moment 13Phuture Vibes 98Pretty Fly (For A White Guy) 9Promises 17Protect Your Mind 39Pump It Up 66Put Your Hands Up 81Real Life 51Red Alert 25Requiem Pour Un Fou 42Right Here Right Now 12Sie Sieht Mich Nicht 16Simarik 23Strong 90Strong Enough 4Swear It Again 10T'Es Zinzin 91Taboo 70

Tarzan & Jane 48Tender 96Thank You For The Music 31That Don't Impress Me Much 56The Heart Of The Ocean 92Tous Les Maux D'Amour 78Tu M'Oublieras 11Tuesday Afternoon 88'Turn Around 29Walk This Land 99We Can Leave The World 35We Like To Party 59We're Going To Ibiza 38Westside 68What's It Gonna Be 22What's It Like 86When The Going Gets Tough 76Whiskey In The Jar 58Wish I Could Fly 67Witchdoctor 24You Are Not Alone 19You Don't Know Me 41You Get What You Give 32

Top 100 albums2PacAbbaAbbeAbolute BeginnerBryan AdamsBjorn AfzeliusFabrizio D'AndreAnggunBiagio AntonacciBlondieBlurAndrea BocelliBoyzoneAlex BrittiFrancis CabrelThe CardigansMariah CareyCartoonsCatatoniaMann ChaoChayanneCherThe CormThe CorrsThe CranberriesEva DahlgrenPino DanieleDeine LakaienIlse DeLangeCeline DionEmiliaEminemEverlastLara FabianFalcoMylene FarmerFishLiane FolyFreundeakreisThomas HelmigHeviaLauryn HillWhitney HoustonElton JohnClaudia JungB.B. KingKishaLenny KravitzJames LastLitfiba

24 Madonna86 Manau8 Manic Street Preachers

88 Lene Marlin100 Dean Martin

49 Massive Tine84 Metallica76 George Michael82 Mina37 Modern Talking29 Alanis Morissette

2 Van Morrison79 Xavier Naidoo98 NAS

19 New Radicals16 Carlos Nunez89 The Offspring36 Orbital15 La Oreja De Van Gogh65 Original Cast - Notre Dame De Paris51 Kurt Ostbahn & Die Kombo

4 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers9 Pierpoljak

27 Pooh1 Axelle Red

99 Reef93 Roxette87 Alejandro Sanz70 Sasha43 Helene Segara96 Vonda Shepard69 Silverchair48 Skunk Anansie55 Fatboy Slim44 Smurfama33 Soundtrack - Den Eneste Ene72 Britney Spears78 Dusty Springfield23 Bruce Springsteen67 Steps52 Stereophonics14 Supertramp31 Tarkan61 TLC

83 Shania Twain92 U275 Ultrasound53 Vengaboys77 Tom Waits62 Robbie Williams

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Sixpence NoneThe Richer

Kiss Me(Squint)

"It's nice to comeacross a track withthis kind of potential.It's still early days, butthis is a fantasticsummer tune and weare happy to give itour support."

Markus Onnestammusic director

WOW! 105,5/Sweden

Sixpence None The Richer

Each week, M&M brings you the latest airplay additionsfrom market leaders and taste -makers at radio across

Europe-the Power Players(figures in brackets are the predicted number of plays for the current week)

Denmark: DR P3

FORMAT: CHRSERVICE AREA: NationalPLAYLIST MEETING: Wedniida;] AM

GROUP/OWNER: PublicBroadcaster

Playlist Additions

Basement Jaxx/Red Alert (23)Pretenders/Human (7)Geri Halliwell/Look At Me (7)Tin Star/Raincheck (2-3)Armand Van Helden./Flowerz (2-3)Natacha Atlas/One Brief Moment (2-3)Gay Dad/Joy (2-3)Super Furry Animals/NorthernLites (2-3)Yum Yums/Be With Me (2-3)

Morten RindholtMusic controller

ZJIMINW

UK: Galaxy 105

FORMAT: Dance.]SERVICE AREA: YorkshirePLAYLIST MEETING: Wednesday AllGROUP/OWNER: Chrysalis Radio

Playlist Additions Ande MacPhersonProgramme director

Shanks & Bigfoot/Sweet Like Chocolate (n/a)DJ Krush/Final Home (n/a)Brandy/Almost Doesn't Count (n/a)Macy Gray/Do Something (n/a)

4!..1lk Galaxy 105

Spain: Cadena 40 Principales

FORMAT: CHRSERVICE AREA: NationalPLAYLIST MEETING: Friday AMGROUP/OWNER: SER

Jaime BaroMusic manager

Playlist Additions

Geri Halliwell/Look At Me (n/a)Deviot/Wait Here (n/a)Joshua/Dime Que Te Gusto (n/a)Adamski's Thing/One Of ThePeople (n/a)Princesse Won't Forget You (n/a) ACartoons/Doodah! (n/a) PRINC !PALES

Caracoles/Fenomeno (n/a)

Germany: Bayern 3

FORMAT: RockSERVICE AREA: BavariaPLAYLIST MEETING: Wednesda:, 11:00

GRouP/owNER: Public Broadcar

Playlist Additions

Jennifer Brown/Alive (7-10)Amanda Marshall/Believe In You (7-10)Mellow Sirens/Breeze (7-10)Jimmy Somerville/Something To 1---41Bayer 14Live For (7-10) oe"Number Nine/Hold On (7-10)

Walter SchmichMusic