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SEPTEMBER 11, 1999

Volume 16, Issue 37

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RONAKEATINGWhen You Say Nothing At All

The UK no.1 single.Out Now.

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Eurochart Hot 100 SinglesLOU BEGAMambo No.5

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European Top 100 AlbumsWHITNEY HOUSTONMy Love Is Your Love

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European Radio Top 50TEXAS

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Inside M&M this week

IT'S A KIND OF MAGICMark Story, managing director ofUK stations Magic 105.4 and Kiss100, reveals the secret of successfulformatting. Page 8.

SUPERGRASS CUT IT IN '99Following the success of their sin-gle, Pumping On Your Stereo, theoriginal Britpop trio are about torelease their third album, with "amore groovy, funky and relaxed"sound. Page 7.

FUN TAKES TO TECHNOFrance's Fun Radio (dance/groove)and RTL2 (AC) go hi -tech for 2000and invest in state-of-the-art digi-tal technology. Page 11.

SACD breathes new life into analogueby Emmanuel Legrand

BERLIN - A new dimension insound reproduction will be avail-able to European consumers nextmonth, with the launch of Sony'sSuper Audio CD (SACD) playersand software.

Sony Corp. president/CEO Nobuyuki Ideiintroduced the new soundcarrier as "a sound -enhancement" rather than"a replacement for CD."

Addressing the press inBerlin on Friday, Idei saidthat SACD is a carrierexclusively for soundreproduction that willreactivate hardware sales and "revi-talise catalogues of the past."

SACD software is based on a

technology called Direct StreamDigital (DSD) developed by Sonyand Philips that reproduces ana-logue audio performances withextreme accuracy.

"SACD sounds just like analogue,and I mean that as a compliment,"

Sony Classical recording artist, gui-tarist John Williams, in a preparedvideo tape, adding that DSD technol-

ogy "catches the warmth and thedepth that we are aiming for whenwe play live."

Sony Music Europe chairman PaulRussell said in Berlin that "thelaunch of SACD does not obscure thewell -established CD market as the

Super Audio CD player canplay both audio CD and SuperAudio CD. Therefore, its back-ward compatibility ensuresthat consumers can continue toplay and enjoy their entire col-lection of existing audio CDs."

Russell added that theSACD will also help the musicindustry in the battle againstpiracy. "It can use both visibleand invisible digital water-

marking incorporated in the disc toestablish uniquely secure methods of

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Zomba ups global presenceby Dominic Pride

LONDON - Indie music company,The Zomba Group has created a newinternational record group as part ofits global expansion strategy, andappointed independent marketingconsultant Stuart Watson to head upthe new division.

"I've known Stuart for 20 years.His energy levels and knowledge ofthe international record markets aresecond to none," says Zomba Groupchairman/CEO Clive Calder. "He hasbuilt a great relationship with ourkey executives over the past threeyears, and we welcome him from hisprior cousin status to that of a fullfamily member."

Watson has operated his own UK -based SWAT Enterprises since leav-ing MCA Records in 1994 after 18years with the major. He is due totake up the London -based MD post

in mid -September.In his new role, Watson will work

with European territory heads BertMeyer (Benelux, Scandinavia), KurtThielen (Germany, Switzerland, Aus-tria), Christophe Lameignere(France), and Steve Jenkins (UK).

Watson will report to Nick Howeon Zomba's main board in London,and European licences will continueto be supervised by Bert Meyer fromZomba's Dutch office. He will stay onas managing director of SWAT Mar-keting, which has enjoyed a healthyrelationship with Zomba over thepast five years.

During this association, Zombagroup label Jive's, sales have grownsubstantially in Europe. According toZomba, the Backstreet Boys' Millen-nium sold over two million, with Brit-ney Spears exceeding one million.

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Marley's Sunshines again

LONDON - A house mix of Bob Mar-ley's 1970's reggae tune, Sun IsShining, stands out from the crowdof big trance anthems this summer

Danish deephouse DJ MartinOttersen, akaFunkstar DeLuxe, fusedMarley's gravel-ly vocals with atrance -influenced,progressive housebeat back in June.In the hands ofDJs such - as PeteTong, Judge Jules and Danny Ram-pling, some 100 white label copies of

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BPI corr-nuniccstic>nsChairman: Gerald S HobbsPresident & CEO: John B. Babcock, Jr.Executive vice-presidents: Mark Dacey, Robert J. Dowling,Howard LanderSenior vice-presidents: Georgina Challis, Paul Curran, Ann Haire,Rosalee Lovett, Craig Reiss

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

Phil Spector wanted to get "back to mono." These days,though, the new motto is "back to analogue." The twistis that the road back to analogue is now digital.

Sony's launch last week of the SACD sound carrierformat in Europe came with the promise that this newcarrier will transport the audiophile "back to thefuture" to the sound virtues of analogue recordings.

One of the consumer's first reactions will be to feelconned by spin doctors who have hailed CD as thesource for "perfect sound quality." Which begs thequestion: if CD is so perfect, why do we need SACD?

CD was a revolution that radically transformed themusic industry. But as far as sound was concerned, itwas far from perfect, simply because digital compres-sion-needed to store all the information on the carri-er-had scrapped the high and low frequencies whichmade the analogue sound so special.

Record producer James Bourne is a great supporter

of the new SACD format in that it offers all thewarmth that analogue sound carriers delivered, whileallowing for tweakings from digital technology.

But Bourne also offers a theory for the developmentof digital sound carriers. In his opinion, carriers will bedeveloping in two parallel ways: one by using the com-pression technology, with "low quality" products rang-ing from current CDs to downloadable MP3 files (andthe more you compress, the lower the sound quality);and the other with carriers such as SACD, which takessound to another level.

But getting a better sound doesn't come cheap, foreither the hardware or the software. The "real" soundwill be more expensive than the mass market clones,so it's like paying twice the pricefor so-called organic products.

When it's possible to downloada full SACD carrier via a comput-er or a telephone line onto aportable device without losing anynuance of sound, then both worldswill converge. Until then, if youwant the best sound and can'tafford SACD, stick to vinyl.

Gassner: `13MG behaves like its market'by Emmanuel Legrand

NEW YORK - Revenues at BMGEntertainment's international divi-sion remained stable during1998/99, with sales of $2.4 billion(euros 2.496bn), while the compa-ny's global turnover increased by6.9% to $4.6bn from $4.3bn.

"Outside the USA, we sufferedfrom the macro -economic climate,"BMG Entertainment Internationalpresident/CEO Rudi Gassner tellsMusic & Media. Yet he adds that the"profitability of the internationaldivision has improved by 25%." Hesurmises: "Strained purchasingpower in Asian and Latin markets,also affected Europe especially inthe Netherlands and Germany."

Gassner says that while thecompany's strategy to invest indomestic repertoire has paid off-

with successes such as ModernTalking from Germany and ErosRamazzotti from Italy-it stillneeds time to develop.

In Europe, Gassner admits thatoverall, BMG `behaves like its mar-ket and conditions were not kind toeverybody." He also predicts thatbefore the end of the year, BMGshould post higher chart shares,"especially in Europe."

He believes that the company isbenefiting from managementchanges in some European key ter-ritories. Last year, BMG changedits reporting structure in Europe.Previously, there were three unitsand now the company operateswith only two management umbrel-las in Europe: one for UK/Irelandand central Europe, headed byRichard Griffiths; and one for GSAcountries and Eastern Europe, with

BMG Entertainment Germanypresident Thomas Stein at thehelm. "I couldn't be more happywith Griffiths and Stein," enthusesGassner. "For me, people are moreimportant than structures."

In the UK, Griffiths is creditedfor having reorganised the compa-ny, bringing in new executives suchas Ged Doherty, managing directorof Arista. In France, Griffithsappointed Bruno Gerentes, formerMD of Polydor, who has stoppedthe French affiliate's decline.

Gassner believes that the newstructure in Europe will pay divi-dends: "I'm looking forward tomajor achievements in Europe. Inthe UK, we've already seen animportant turnaround taking placeat RCA, and I also think we'll beable to increase our market sharein Germany."

Time Warner chairman and CEO Gerald M. Levin recentlyenjoyed a visit to Europe to co-incide with Warner Music's inter-national meeting in Dublin. Accompanied by new chairman ofthe Warner Music Group Roger Ames, Warner MusicInternational chairman and CEO Ramon Lopez and WMI presi-dent Stephen Shrimpton, Levin met a range of regional and man-aging directors. Pictured (l -r): Gerald M. Levin; Sandji Tandan,managing director, Warner Music Sweden; and Dennis Woods,managing director, Warner Music Ireland.

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Billing itself as the world's largestlibrary of pre -cleared, licensedmusic, LicenseMusic has enhancedits on-line capabilities. Registeredusers can search, browse, down-load and pay for original record-ings. Clients can both previewsounds in RealAudio as well asacquire MP3 samples to simplifyproduction demos. This interna-tional company also advertises apricing scale according to servicesselected. There are, as yet, noexamples available for guests toevaluate this function. More provi-sions for curious visitors mighthelp attract new business, but forLicense Music's existing customersthis site should prove useful.

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ON THE BEATMP3-RADIO.COM TO LAUNCH BY 2000ATLANTA - MP3.com and Cox Interactive Media(ClMedia) have joined forces to launch a network ofradio stations broadcasting via the Internet by the

end of 1999. Based in Atlanta, thenetwork will offer seven formatsand develop co -branded sites offer-ing MP3 downloads and musicproducts for purchase. Cox RadioInc, which operates 60 stations in12 US markets, has assigned someof its stations as MP3 affiliates.

The link -up relates to ClMedia's $45 million (euros43.2 million) investment in MP3.com in June.

DANISH IFPI LAUNCHES ANTI -PIRACY CAMPAIGNCOPENHAGEN - The Danish arm of internationalmusic body IFPI has launched a major campaign tocrack down on those illegally recording and sellingmusic. Two arrests have already been made and theorganisation plans to launch an ad campaign aimedat changing attitudes. "We want to make people fullyaware of the fact that it is illegal, and to get the mes-sage across that there will be consequences forbreaking the law. A lot of people don't believe thatanything will happen to them for doing this," saysSony MD and IFPI chairman Jan Degner.

SWEDEN GETS MORE GOLDSTOCKHOLM - Oldies station Gold 105 in Nor-rkoping, in south-east Sweden, has been re -launchedas Gold FM to co-incide with Gold's new transmittergoing live in nearby Linkoping. A promotional cam-paign will run during September, advertising themove to a broader Gold/AC format for the 30-50 yeartarget group.

CULTURE MINISTER KEEPS QUALITYSTOCKHOLM - Sweden's minis-

Marita Ulvskog

ter of cultural affairs MaritaUlvskog is to give public servicecompany Sveriges Radio (SR)additional money from thelicence fee to enable network P1to switch to digital production. Ina recently leaked internal SRmemo, it was revealed that P1would have to cut its program-ming budget to invest in newtechnology, but extra moneyfrom the licence fee will help

maintain current programming quality. Detailsabout the strengthening of SR's budget are expectedin the state budget, to be unveiled on September 20.

MOVING CHAIRSLONDON - Bruce Daisley has been appointed tothe position of national commercial manager ofEmap Radio's soon -to -be -launched new Internetbusiness, effective immediately. Reporting to man-aging director lain Clasper, Daisley will cultivateand develop relationships with major Internetbrands. Daisley was the first staff member to beemployed by Emap On Air when the company waslaunched two years ago and before that, worked atLondon's Capital Radio.MADRID - Journalist Javier del Castillo has beenappointed to the new post of external communica-tions director at Onda Cero Radio. Former commu-nications director Raul Domingo is now internalcommunications director. (see story, opposite)STOCKHOLM - Fredrik Severin has been appoint-ed music director at NRJ in Sweden. He was recruit-ed from MTV in London.LONDON - Emap Radio has appointed Dave Lincolnto the newly -created role of broadcast director for allEmap's radio stations. Lincoln, previously managingdirector of Emap-owned Key 103 and Magic 1152 inManchester, will oversee programming output toensure brand consistency across the Emap network.

France clicks onto Internet securityby Renzi Bouton

PARIS - Music industryorganisations have respond-ed positively to news thatthe French government is tointroduce a law next springsecuring e -commerce trans-actions and protecting rightsholders on the Internet.

Jerome Roger, head ofindie label body UPFI, says:"The involvement of the gov-ernment in the electronicbusiness is good newsbecause it reduces the riskof US domination."

Herve Rony, generalmanager of music industrybody SNEP, comments thateven though the law isaimed at the multi -mediaindustry more than themusic business "this is stilla step in the right direc-tion."

French Prime Minister

Lionel Jospin has assignedfinance minister DominiqueStrauss Kahn to be respon-sible for the law, alongisdeminister of justice ElisabethGuigou and culture andcommunication ministerCatherine Trautmann.

Jospinsays:"Artisticworksare notlike othergoodsas theartistmustmaintain

rights over his or her work,even after broadcast. This iswhy we remain fundamen-tally attached to theauthors' rights system."

Jospin has announcedpossible alterations to therights "if they are essential

for thedevelop-ment ofthe Frenchcontent,"and hasaskedTraut-mann tocompleteresearch into collective workas well as the issue of trans-ferring of rights within acontractual frame by theend of the year.

He has also said thatInternet regulation will notbe via the [French broad-casting authority] CSA-anew regulation authoritydedicated to on-line will becreated.

Meanwhile, Roger wel-comes the moves, but urgesEuropean indie labels towork together to ensure on-line success.

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OCR launches Europa networkby Howell Llewellyn

MADRID - Spain's OndaCero Radio (OCR) is launch-ing a new Spanish musicradio network later thismonth. Called Europa FM,the 40 -station AC networkmerges 33 CHR stationsunder the Onda 10 network,alongside the seven stationsunder the umbrella of theexisting Europa FM, set upthree years ago.

The launch, expected onSeptember 20, is part of ashake-up of Spain's thirdlargest private radio groupfollowing its purchase inJuly by telecommunicationsgiant Telefonica. AlthoughTelefonica's plans includethe creation of a large radiogroup to challenge sectorleader Cadena SER, theshort-term plan is for OCR toexpand within the Telefonicaorbit and keep its name.

The network's news/talkand music formats-OCRand Onda 10-have steadilylost listeners, and so OCRannounced the network'smajor relaunch at its firstexecutive committee meeting.

At the meeting, OCRexecutive chairman JavierGimeno, said the networkwas planning a businessstrategy to convert OCR into"a radio reference point for2000, with new projects,qualified personnel, andalliances with other compa-nies."

He added that "Telefonicafully backs our projects withall its investor strength andfinancial seriousness." -

Gimeno did not elaborate onspecific plans.

Olivia Fernandez, head ofradio promotion at Sony'sEpic Records welcomed talkof the new network, saying:"This is good news for usbecause the more stationsthere are the greater the pos-sibility of having our productplayed. Spain's music indus-try can only benefit fromadditional music radio cover-age."

New radio acquisitions byTelefonica through its affili-ate Telefonica Media will bechannelled into OCR. Thisincludes the purchase of 51 -station news/talk Radio Voz,and the imminent acquisi-tion of some Radio Espanafrequencies in a deal that isexpected to include the jointtransmission of somenews/talk programmes.

Europa FM will cover all

major Spanish cities, and thepriority will be to boost theaudience that Onda 10 hadin the last national EstudioGeneral de Medios (EGM)survey covering April -May,which had slumped to just137,000.

OCR external communica-tions director Javier delCastillo said OCR's long-term plans included theexpansion of Europa FM intoother European countriesthrough accords with othernetworks. OCR's eight -sta-tion Onda Melodia, whichplays "muzak," is also expect-ed to expand into latin mar-kets in the US and LatinAmerica through a syndicat-ed programme service.

Details of Europa FM'slaunch will be given on Sep-tember 8 when OCR execu-tives will unveil the group'sfuture plans.

Rudolph Werthen, co-founder and artistic director ofFlemish classical ensemble I Fiamminghi, has signedan exclusive worldwide deal with Universal MusicPublishing. Werthen (left) is pictured with LucStandaert, general manager MCA Polygram MusicPublishing in Belgium.

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Fun extends its on-line roleby Remi Bouton

PARIS - "I don't want to provokethe record industry but I also don'twant to send my Internet audienceto other web sites when they wantto buy records which Fun plays,"says CEO of France's Fun Radio,Axel Duroux. The dance groovestation is gearing up to launch i-Fun in mid -October as a retail sitefor music and videos, and alreadyhas the support of two indie labels,according to Duroux.

"Obviously the majors are stillcautious, but they will have toaccept it one day or another," saysDuroux. "Our web site is alreadypopular, but we want to go further.Today Fun Radio is more than aradio station, it's a brand that wehave to develop through all media,from satellite and DAB to Internet."

i-Fun will be an on-line exten-

sion of the station's database,downloading extracts from musicand videos. Duroux explains that,in his view, this is the evolving role

of the radio station in the Internetage: "We want to show the recordindustry that we are now ready tosell downloaded music and considerthis to be the role of a radio stationtoday. We don't want to contraveneany rights system, and we certain-ly won't do anything without theauthorisation of rights holders."

Duroux describes the Internetas "a fabulous tool" and firmly

believes that "it is more friendly fora Fun Radio listener to buy arecord spun on the Fun websitethan to go to an outlet or a record

company website."Duroux is satis-

fied with theprogress of bothFun and (AC)RTL2. "Our pro-gression in termsof audience isalready bringing

in new revenues for both formats,"says Duroux, who claims thatRTL2 advertising revenueincreased by 60% during the firsthalf of 1999 at Ffr 100 million(euro 15.24m). What's more, Funwill break even in 2000 with agrowth of 43% on first 1999 half -year (compared with the sameperiod in 1998), according toDuroux.

Norway adds final link in digital chainby Kai R. Lofthus

OSLO - The Norwegian radioauthority Statens Medieforvaltning(SMF) has awarded the final digitallicence to private station Radio 2Digital.

The station will broadcast a softAC -format as well as a religiousservice, and is scheduled to go onair from April 1 2000. It is fman-cially supported by, among others,Danish publishing house Aller andLuxembourg -based media consor-tium SBS Broadcasting.

Four frequencies on the digitalmultiplex have automatically beenassigned to public broadcasterNRK, while the fifth was given toprivate national AC -station P4.

The station received the licencebased on its intentions to co-operatewith several existing local stations.In the process, the companies' pro-gramming and financial plans werereviewed over financial bids. Radio

2 Digital competed with NorskRadio Digital, and its applicationalso attracted a lot of support fromindie record company executives aswell as local artists.

Ivar Andens, managing direc-tor of SMF, com-ments: "Radio 2 is thebest alternative inpromoting a largervariety in radio pro-gramming."

Other industrybacking came from thelikes of Tom Hovde,managing directorMD of Norway's col-lecting societyGRAMO; and AudunTylden-the MD of indie labelTylden & Co., and the artists HanneKrogh (formerly CNR/Arcade, nowsigned to ex -Arcade MD Ole VidarLien's new company), Bjorn Eidsvag(formerly on BMG, now signed toMetropol Music), Oystein Sunde

(operates his own label SpinnerRecords, licensed to Tylden & Co.and distributed by Universal).

The managing director at Radio2 will be. Alf Lande, previously achief executive at Radio 1, the

CHR-station ownedby Aller, and also aninvestor in soft AC -station Melodi FM. Itis understood thatRadio l's staff may beincluded in day-to-day operations.

The station'sannual operatingbudget is Nkr 5 mil-lion (euro 605,300)until 2004, according

to Norsk Aller managing directorOle Sther. The investors, Aller(33%), SBS (30%), Kristen Riksra-dio (17%), Olav Thon (12%), andEinar Nagell-Erichsen (8%) haveinjected a total of Nkr 50 millioninto the station.

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'1,2 mlAlbum8 Wee Gina G, British 1998 entry for the Eurovision song contest, has signed anew recording contract with Warner Bros. Records in the USA. The deal

is worldwide, excluding the UK. Gina G is expected to release a single inthe US in November, with the album following in the new year. The for-mer Eurovision artist celebrates the signing with Warner Bros. Recordsexecutives. Pictured (l -r) back row: David Katz Nelson, A&R; AndySchuon, general manager; Mick Cater, Gina G's manager; David Altschul,VP business affairs. Seated: Gina G; Phil Quartararo, president.

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What was your first break inthe music/radio business? Join-ing [French international radioservice] RFI in 1990.

What has been the highlight ofyour career to date? The feelingthat I have contributed to thetransformation of RFI into asuccessful broadcaster.

Three words that describe youbest. Obstinate, curious, flexible.

What makes you mad? Sillyquestions.

What other career would youhave liked to have followed?I'm quite happy with what I'vedone so far.

What keeps you awake atnight? Not much-I sleep soundly.

What radio station(s) do youlisten to most? With the Internet,I have become a world-wide zapper.

What was first record youbought? Neil Young's Harvest.

Who do you most admire withinthe industry? I have quite a lot ofprofessional respect for [presidentof NRJ] Jean -Paul Baudecroux.

What are your favourite websites? yahoo.com (it's withoutquestion one of the best portals onthe net); cisac.org (our web sitewhich is soon to be redesigned);abcnews.com; lemonde.fr. (both fornews).

How do you relax? Readingbooks-mostly sci-fi ones, watch-ing TV, listening to music andspending time with friends.

What is your favourite holidaydestination? California.

What is your favourite all-timesingle and album? I'm too old forthis question.

What is your favourite book?Dan Simmons' Hyperion.

Do you think record companyor radio station executives arepaid too much? In the case ofradio, no, but for record companies,it's debatable.

What's the best piece of adviceyou've ever been given? Getsome perspective and you'll see it'snot that important.

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Supergrass still making hayby Christian Lorenz

Supergrass inject a healthy dose of R&B intotheir brand of no-nonsense rock'n'roll andshow that guitar -based music can still cut itin 1999.

The trio are about to release their third

album on Parlophone acrossEurope come September 20th. TheCD is simply titled Supergrass,and follows up their high-octaneteen punk/Britpop masterpiece IShould Coco (1995) and the moreintrospective In It For The Money(1997). Lead singer and guitaristGaz Coombes, drummer DannyGoffey and bass man Mick Quinnare confident that Supergrass pro-pels their sound forward into new territory.

"Our music has more soul now," statesGoffey. "There is a stronger groove elementwith the drums and bass coming to the fore."Coombes chips in: "Supergrass is more groovy,funky and relaxed. Something we haven'tdone on our last two albums."

All three agree on influences such as VelvetUnderground and Can, but also cite CurtisMayfield and Marvin Gaye. What is it aboutlads in their mid -twenties looking back to '60sicons?

Quinn sets the record straight. "When Igrew up in Oxford," he recalls, "the chartswere full of bands like Kajagoogoo. That did-n't make sense to me. That's how I got intostuff like Hendrix and the Beatles." Goffeyjumps in: "Everybody came to Oxford.Costello, Cocteau Twins, the lot. But at thesame time, outside the live scene, there was abit of a vacuum. The charts were crap and wewould listen to old '60s records."

Other angry young men of their generationare quick to namecheck the Beatles in this sit-uation. How do Supergrass feel about the FabFour? "You can't get around the Beatles,"admits Coombes, but Quinn offers a differentview. "The Beatles did not cover everything inmusic," he shrugs. "They didn't do the sort of

things that, say, Sly & The Family Stone did."At the end of the '80s their peers submerged

themselves in the rave scene and, later, somecorner of the dance underground. So how comeSupergrass picked up guitars instead? "We'rebetter at playing guitars than programmingdrum machines," grins Coombes.

"It's too technical," sighs Quinn. "I justcouldn't be bothered with it. I had an old[Korgi Dr. Rhythm drum machine, but inthe end I found you spend more time pro-gramming it than actually enjoying theresults."

Goffey insists: "Guitars and drums aremore immediate. It's all about rock'n'roll,isn't it?" he laughs. "Immediacy. It's somuch faster to express yourself on ourequipment." Quinn asks: "Have you evertried to get a bass line out of a keyboard?"then volunteers the answer: "It's a pain.You'd spend ages getting all the bitstogether when I could knock it out hereand now on an old-fashioned bass guitar."

The songs are better in rock music aswell, all three agree. "All the great recordsalways seem really simple," muses Goffey."It's all about lyrics and melody. The wayI see it, songs are universal. Beats areuniversal, too, to a certain extent, but youcan't beat songs."

The first single off the album, PumpingOn Your Stereo, was released on May 24.With its tongue-in-cheek references andriffs reminiscent of classic early '70sStones records it's the ideal, breezy sum-mer record. At press time, the next single,

Mooing, is due outSeptember 6. Thepiano -driven tune callsup sunny autumnafternoons like...let'sface it, nobody sincethe Kinks have man-aged to evoke.

Stones, Kinks-isSupergrass purely aretro trip? No, the twosingles only show oneaspect of the band outof a Kaleidoscope ofinfluences. Supergrass

have widened their scope quite substantially,including the odd "groove" as Coombes andGoffey pointed out. Most remarkable is theband's knack for lyrics that won't go awayafter you've switched off the stereo.

Take Beautiful People, for instance, a taleof life on the road. "It's about seeing people'sfaces rather than listening to what they aresaying," offers Coombes. "It's seeing all thatcoked -up aggression." Goffey muses: "in thesekinds of situations it's almost more interest-ing to watch." "It's about nobody in particular,though," Coombes cautions, and Goffey con-cludes with: "But then, all the best songs area bit vague."

It is only fitting, then, that Jesus CameFrom Outta Space "is not about religion," asGoffey is quick to assert. "We just had allthese really interesting phrases. It's a coupleof good one-liners, basically." Coombes laughs,adding: "We don't know where the idea forthis song comes from. But the chorus is about,well, whatever you encounter, love is tallerthan you."

"Some songs here are better captured thanothers," shrugs Quinn. "Jesus for instancecomes over really well. Having said that,there is no song on this album that I can'tstand behind."

EDgroovesby Gary Smith

BIG SPLASHWith no less than seven mixes, a fizzy, riffy tune and allmanner of incidental vocal and synth noises, Sunclub'sSplash (Sony/Holland) could well turnout to be bigger than their 1997 hitFiesta. The tune-which dominates theradio edit-should please crossover pro-grammers, and the trance elements willensure plenty of dancefloor action. TheIbiza mix comes complete with birdsounds and should stir a few memoriesof long, long nights.

TOP TRACKCombining a smooth R&B vocal sound with big, melodra-matic brass riffs, Sensitize by Cantaloop (Diva Records/UK)is a commercial, highly proficient rap. Programmers look-ing for something highly musical but a bit different shouldcheck this one out. Already getting airplay in Germany andproving to be a top live attraction, this group are worth yourattention.

LIL' PROBLEMDespite a title that will prove tricky to repeat on air, Demon'sLil'Fuck (Small/France) is an excellent, and happily exple-tive -free, slice of downtempo house/funk. Based around aclutch of sound bites which includes a fine but brief choruslaid over wah-wah guitar and tinkling Rhodes e -pianos, thetrack is slinky and funky rather than just sleazy.

1NTERESTIN'It is less than entirely original, but Fourth Inc.'s Trip ToJulich (Front/Netherlands) has a couple of fine drops and amemorable, if slightly plodding, tune. Trance in the '99style has provided a surprising number of crossover hits,and Trip To Julich might just be another.

VERY INTERESTIN'Can you imagine anything dafter than a rap/funk version ofCrowded House's Don't Dream It's Over? Dove's version forUK label ZTT is, thanks to a finely honed sound and somesturdy vocals from all concerned, almost certainly a hit. TheK -Klass mix is pretty good, too.

BERLIN NIGHTLIFE MAPPEDContinuing its pioneering ways, Berlin -based label MFS hasjust released a compilation called Stadtansichten (CityViews). The 19 -track compilation is both a guide to some ofthe very best of the third German techno/trance generation-the oldest musician on the album is 27 and the youngest 17-and a trip around Berlin's thriving and varied club scene.

"The diversity of the music on Stadtansichten is a reflec-tion of the various scenes that you'll find around the city,"says MFS' managing director Mark Reeder. "Techno as weknow it is changing; it's time to move on from the trancesound. We have to be prepared for how music will develop inthe years to come."

Stadtansichten certainly provides a pointer to how thingsare changing in the netherworld of techno. MFS is a labelwhich has always been as much concerned with melody andprogression as with beats, hence the fact that while this is anunderground record it has more than the average number ofcommercial moments. Liquid Crystal's Looking For Love is avocal trancer with fabulous breakdowns and a fine hook,while Denki Groove's Niji is groovy, dreamy and original. Allin all, a fine and varied compilation which undeniably pointsto the future.

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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The Magic programmer's StoryDelivering the keynotespeech at the musicradio conference atPopkomm last month,EMAP Radio's Mark Storygave delegates the insidetrack on the thinkingbehind the recent con-troversial format changesat London's Magic 105.4and Kiss 100, the twoLondon stations of whichStory is managing direc-tor. He also spoke of theimportant mutual self -interests which the radioand record industriesshare. Here, M&M pre-sents highlights of thespeech.

Magic 105.4, formerlyknown as MelodyRadio, has an easy lis-tening format. It wasstarted nearly 10 years

ago and was regarded back then asrather specialist.

The station was the brainchild ofLord Hanson, who made his moneyin bricks and then made a lot moremoney in the US buying unprof-itable companies and making themvery profitable. Lord Hanson hadbeen taken by the easylistening stations he hadrelaxed to in New York,and was somewhat dis-appointed that nothingsimilar existed in theUK. So in 1990 heapplied for, and won, alicence for Melody.

Melody, with its for-mat of Mantovani andVic Damone records,became the firm favouriteof the London taxi dri-ver-and anyone over 60.In fact, the service was sowell supplied with olderlisteners that at onestage when Lord Hansonwas asked what wasMelody's biggest competi-tor for listeners hereplied "probably death."

Chance of a lifetimeTwo years ago LordHanson, now an elderlyman, began selling offhis vast empire and Melodywas put up for sale. EMAPpaid £26 million [euro 43.2in] for the station and I got acall to ask if I would be inter-ested in running it. Of course,I acted cool and didn't letthem know that I was inter-ested. When they asked couldI drop in sometime in thenext few days I don't think Igave the game away when Isaid I'll be there in five min-utes-and made it in three.

The reason that I was soexcited was that I felt theopportunity was genuinely aonce -in -a -lifetime one. I hadspent the past six months in theFar East consulting and wanderingaround Singapore and Hong Kong.Everything in Singapore and HongKong is subjected to the art of FengShui, the ancient Chinese art ofplacement.

Feng Shui for "middle youth"As I walked around taking photosin the back streets of Monkok inKowloon-the most populatedplace on earth-I began to thinkabout Feng Shui'ed Radio: A radio station which would be anoasis of calm in a desert of noise. A station with presenters who don'tbelieve they are paid by the word

and keep speech to a minimum. A station which didn't scream atyou and was a welcome relief fromthe so-called personality jocks onthe CHR and AC stations. A station to take advantage ofwhat we call "middle youth," the35+ audience who still wear jeans,go to concerts, restaurants and pubsand are going to grow old disgrace-fully rather than gracefully. A station with no clutter, no jin-gles, no on -air phone calls, no

sive and helpful bunch, mostly com-posed nowadays of ex -radio people.

The Authority regulates whattypes of music you can or cannotplay, how much speech, and so on.In Melody's case this meant we hadto play music from the '40s and '50s.I went to see the Authority andasked what they really wanted toprotect about the station, and theyreplied: "Its soft melodic sound." Iasked whether, if we did that, couldwe modernise the music? The

Authority agreed, andMagic was born.

"New music is thelifeblood of stations

such as Kiss, but it onlyworks when introduced

carefully to the audi-ence, sandwiched withmore familiar music."

Mark Story, managing director

Magic 105.4 and Kiss 100annoying competitions, no news-readers-and no Mantovani, either.

Instead, quality news and finan-cial reports, plus traffic and travelupdates given by the presenter toavoid interrupting the flow.

Getting youngerBut we still had a huge problem.The music we were obliged to playwould always make the stationvery old. Melody's audience profilewas 75% over the age of 65.

All stations in the UK must com-ply with a format agreement madewith the regulator, the RadioAuthority. To their credit, theAuthority are generally a progres-

Ratings vindicationOut went Mantovani. Incame Madonna, EricClapton, Elton John andall the melodic icons of the35+ audience, with anallowance of 30% currentmusic. The sound becamea lot more contemporary.By the end of the year,before we started market-ing, Magic had risen fromthe sixth to the secondmost popular commercialstation in London-aposition it has nowretained for three succes-sive surveys. The audi-ence rose from 800,000 to1.3 million. But we wereaware that there was ahuge number of peoplewho hadn't tried the newservice, and who regardedMelody as the station

their granny listened to.I have been at dinner par-

ties where a guest would hap-pily tell me he cheated on hiswife, stole money from theblind and liked killing ani-mals, but would only veryreluctantly admit that he lis-tened to Melody-the stationfor old people who are waitingto die. We had to do somethingto get people to tune to the105.4 FM frequency again.The answer was a series ofcommercials devised with ourad agency Mother.

Effective repositioningThe commercials have been a bigsuccess in repositioning the sta-tion. Now, over 60% of Magic'saudience is under 55. Over half ofthe output is automated, and intotal Magic employs 15 people(including sales staff and presen-ters). Its profits have nearly tre-bled in the past year.

In January this year I was askedto look after EMAP's dance stationKiss 100 as well, and together withAndy Roberts-whom I regard asone of the UK's brightest program-mers-we have set about a similarmodernising exercise.

In the past Kiss has been ratherniche and inaccessible. Our fresh

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policy has been to broadcast anunashamedly popular dance formatby day, but retain and build up thespecialist dance music programmingat night. The policy is simple:"Ratings by day, reputation by night."

Taking the riskPredictably, some of the UK recordcompanies have been quick to criti-cise Kiss for not beingrisky enough. What theyneglect to consider isthat Kiss now broadcastsover 40 hours of uncom-promising specialistdance music program-ming every week, cover-ing a wider range ofdance genres than anyother station in the UKor, I believe, Europe. It ison these programmesthat new dance musicbreaks and then trans-fers to daytime Kiss.

Getting more peopleto listen during the dayhas given us a lot morepeople to direct to our specialistoutput. It was a risk, but thankful-ly eight monthslater Kiss hasincreased its audi-ence from 800,000to 1.3 million, itshighest audience 100

ever. But what about those special-ist dance shows? Well, most ofthem are now market' leaders inLondon amongst 15-24 year -olds,despite the pop alternatives avail-able. I can think of nothing thatcould be better for the recordindustry.

Respect for radio skillsNew Music is thelife blood of sta-tions such as Kiss,but only workswhen introducedcarefully to theaudience, sand-wiched with morefamiliar music.That is a skillwhich is best left toprogrammers, andone which recordcompanies shouldrecognise andrespect. On theother hand, likethe environment,unless we con-

stantly renew our resources theywill run out.

Those radio programmerswho believe they can just usemusic which researches welland play nothing else are, Ibelieve, in effect cutting downradio's rain forest. I believe

that without exposure for newartists, record companies will relymore and more on tried and testedcatalogue, will invest less and lessin new artists, and the oxygen ofnew music will be denied to radioand its listeners. That in turn willkill popular contemporary musicradio. Radio needs to understandand value the record company con-tribution, while record companiesmust try to understand whatmakes the relationship between aradio station and its listener work.

A cautionary taleLet me tell you the sad history ofLondon's Xfm.

In the UK anyone can apply fora licence to broadcast for a limitedperiod of 30 days-aso-called RestrictedService License(RSL). Xfm, a groupof indie-alternativeenthusiasts, built upa dedicated Londonfollowing of fans fortheir frequent one -month trans-missions. They were going to bevery different from the rest ofradio, which had "sold out." They,heavily encouraged by the recordcompanies, were going to be "risky,very risky" Virtually every rele-vant record label in the UK sup-ported Xfm's application for a per-

manent licence, and eventually itwas awarded one.

No fairytale endingIt was a fairytale story of the tri-umph of good over evil, brave overbland, and they all lived happilyever after. Except they didn't alllive happily at all. A year after itwent on air, Xfm-with virtuallyno listeners-was crucified by therecord industry for being so... eh...."risky" that it had little impact onrecord buyers. Xfm has now beenbought by Capital Radio, the verystation they criticised.

In my view, the lesson of Xfm isthis: to succeed you must bringan original format to the market,not repeat what someone else

had done. On theother hand, formatsmust be sufficientlypopular and main-stream to allow youto make a living. Noamount of researchis a substitute for

vision, passion and a good idea,and don't allow advertisers, recordcompanies, journalists or yourmother to influence you. Don'tdevelop your format by committee,and don't believe them whenthey say there will be a BertKaempfert and Mantovani revival.They're lying.

RONANKEATINGWhen You Say Nothing At All

The massive UK No.1 singleNow a pan-European hit

Norway (No.07) Denmark (No.10) Sweden (No.03)Holland (No.07) Finland (No.05)

Chart entries due this week in Germany, Austria

and Switzerland

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Digital technology plus the humcFun Radio and RTL2, CLT-UFA's music stations inFrance, are now operat-ing in a fully customiseddigital environment withstate -of -the art equip-ment. Remi Boutonexplains how the newsetup is designed to givea competitive edge tothe stations.

he man behind the desk is key-ing in some code on his key-board and clicking away withhis mouse. On the flat screen

I in front of him, differentframes appear and he asks: "Whichstation do you want to hear, whichday and what time?" Once the choicehas been selected, music suddenlyemerges from the speakers linked tothe hi-fi set.

The scene is the office of AxelDuroux, president of CLT-UFA sta-tions Fun Radio (Dance/R&B) andRTL2 (AC). He's demonstrating hisnew digital goodies. Duroux, who haspreviously worked for IBM, says thatone of the primary uses of this newsoftware is as a programming tool.

Broad programming accessUsers are able at any time to accessthe programming schedules of thetwo CLT-UFA networks on the screen,and to make changes in the sequenceof songs. They also have full instantaccess to a database of music titles,jingles and ads.

But in addition to this internalinformation, there is access to thecomplete programming of eight dif-ferent stations (ranging from NRJ to

Skyrock), which is recorded andstored in a database for a full 30 days.This allows theFun and RTL2teams to moni-tor anythingwhich has beenbroadcast bytheir direct com-petitors, frommusic to adver-tising, on -airpromos to DJs'comments.

The sound isnot great (toocompressed),but it is listenable. Tracks can be fast -forwarded, so that in just a few min-utes a full day's programming can bemonitored and programmers canreact instantly if needs be. "We can bemuch more reactive, much quicker,"says scheduling manager Sam Zniber."This allows us to build up a betterpicture of the radio market."

Zniber, though, emphasises thatthe technology is not an end in itself,but an adjunct to programming andmanagerial expertise. "It's very user-friendly," he says, "but it is only atool."

This new software is just one ele-ment of the built-in state-of-the-art

digital facilities installed inthe two stations following FunRadio's move into the samerue Bayard, Paris building asRTL2 last year. Durouxadmits that moving officesoffered the ideal opportunity

"We wantedto use

advancedtechnologies,

while keeping ahuman feeling."

-Axel Duroux,

president,

Fun Radio and RTL2to create, from scratch, a whole newworking environment, including boththe programming software and the

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1 G ACin element adds up to Fun Radio

recording studios, and using the besttechnology available to move fullyinto the digital age.

Duroux reveals that the stations'total investment in the new technolo-gies came to some Ffr 15 million (euro2.3 million), which includes furnitureand hardware as well as the software.Fun's operations are now fully digitalwhile RTL2's are in the last stage ofdigitalisation. Duroux says he wanteda setup which remained user-friendlywhile givingthe station amodern twist.

The humandimensionThis is reflect-ed, for exam-ple, in the factthat the pro-grammingsoftware iseasy to oper-ate, and in theuse of special-ly designed wooden furniture inthe recording studios. The phi-losophy of Fun, says Duroux,has been to benefit from theadvantages of digital technolo-gy whilst retaining the humanfactor. "We wanted to useadvanced technologies, but keepa human feeling in the studio,"says Duroux.

The ergonomics of Fun's twinbroadcasting studios and thethree production studios havebeen carefully crafted. In thebroadcasting suites, DJs haveaccess to a mixing board whichis fronted by five different flatscreens: one giving access to themusic library (all the titles inthe digital database, the promosand the jingles), with thesequence of the songs listed andtime coded; another to handle theadvertising spots (local and national);a third which is a digital replica of atraditional 16 tracks cartridge deck;number four highlighting the pro-

gramming for the full day; and thefifth giving access to the Internet.However, there are still CD playersand even vinyl turntables available.

Creative benefitsAll the music titles and the jingles arestored on hard -drive. Titles are trans-ferred by the DJs from the library tothe virtual cartridge player and acti-vated when needed. "With the newgeneration of digital equipment you

don't have tospend toomuch timelearning howto operate themachines.They are veryeasy to use,"says produc-tion managerJean -MichelMeschin.

"The dif-ference with

"With the newgeneration of digitalequipment you don't

have to spend toomuch time learninghow to operate themachines. They are

very easy to use."- Jean -Michel Meschin,

production manager,

Fun Radio

these fully digital studios is that nowyou don't have physical contact withthe music you play any more," saysDJ Evan, referring to the absence inthe studio of any physical sound carri-

er. "However, it gives you more timeduring the show to prepare your talk.You're more concentrated on the prod-uct because you're not distracted bycomplicated handling."

Evan adds: "I spend less time onthe technical side of preparation, butI wouldn't want the radio to becomemore automated."

The technology, similar to thatused in other radio stations acrossEurope, also allows presenters torecord all their talk segments inadvance which can then be editedwith music. But, says Meschin, "wenever do that at Fun-there is alwaysa live DJ behind the mixing desk."

Pace and personality"The advantage of the system is

that we have amore precise prod-uct on -air," Znibersays. "The cuesbetween the songsare smoother andwe can also controlthe overall musicalrhythm of the pro-gramme better."

"This is crucialwith our type ofmusic format,"adds Zniber. "Thepace of the tracksis in synchrony

Designed for flexibility and efficiencyFun Radio and RTL2 are equippedwith the Protools production soft-ware. Production manager JeanMichel Meschin explains: `We choseProtools because the system's perfor-mance represents excellent value formoney, and because it has potentialfor additional facilities. You makeyour mix as if it you were using an oldmixing desk, but everything is storedin the computer. If is a very flexiblesystem: if you want to change onething in the programme, you don'thave to restart from scratch. You justdo a few tweaks."

On the production side, Meschinsays the 3 productions studios-a bigone and two smaller-are all connect-ed to the database and fully compati-ble. The production of a soundbite can

be started in one of the small studiosand finished in the big one withoutneeding to transfer anything. "Whenthe soundbite is ready, you can put itdirectly in the sound database. Theoperation takes only a few secondsand needs no tape," says Meschin.

This represents huge productivitygains. "When we simply need tochange one word or one music samplein a message, we select what we wantto change on the track, and once themix is done, it is automaticallyreloaded in the computer," saysMeschin.

The main production studio hasenough equipment to accommodatethe recording of an album. "We wouldprobably have problems storing allthe instruments," jokes Meschin.

However, what is more likely to hap-pen is getting artists in one of the stu-dios to record soundbites.

Several national and internationalacts including Brenda, Lauryn Hilland Will Smith have recorded jinglesfor Fun Radio in the studios. "In orderto keep the warmth of the analoguesound, even if the studio is fully digi-tal, we use a big tube pre -amplifier,"says Meschin.

Thanks to these new facilities,Fun's 5 -member production team cantake on more sophisticated productsand make changes more often. "Itoffers the possibility to create soundswe couldn't make before in order tohave maximum smoothness on theair, dynamic without being aggres-sive," Meschin concludes.

with the liners, and the DJs can focusmore on their spoken links For thelisteners, this probably creates-con-sciously or unconsciously-a morepleasing overall sound," he concludes.

Digital technology is present inevery aspect of the station, and itspresence does change the way peoplework, but Zniber is adamant thattechnology shouldn't overshadow thehuman factor in radio, or interfacewith the skills and intuition of pro-grammers or presenters.

"The most important thing," hestates, "is to make a good product,with soul and a human touch, with aunited team. More and more, asInternet downloading becomes domi-nant, these human aspects will beincreasingly important."

The Fun Radio stationsare a combination ofadvanced technologyand the "human" feelof specially designedwooden furniture.

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Top National SellersUNITED KINGDOM GERMANY FRANCE ITALYTW LW SINGLES

1 31 Lou Bega - Mambo No. 5 (RCA)2 NE Shaft - Mucho Mambo (Wonderboy)3 1 Geri Halliwell - Mi Chico Latino (EMI)4 RE Moloko - Sing It Back (Echo)5 2 DJ Jurgen - Better Off Alone (Positiva)6 3 Westlife - If I Let You Go (RCA)7 NE Another Level - Summertime (Northwestside)8 4 Bran Van 3000 - Drinking In L.A. (Capitol)9 6 TLC - Unpretty (Arista)10 7 Ricky Martin - Livin' La Vida Loca (Columbia)TW LW ALBUMS

1 1 Travis - The Man Who (Independiente)2 2 Boyzone - Boyzone...By Request (Polydor)3 3 Shania Twain - Come On Over (Mercury)4 17 Andrea Bocelli - Sogno (Polydor)5 4 Texas - The Hush (Mercury)6 11 Stereophonics - Performance & Cocktails (V2)7 7 Abba - Gold - Greatest Hits (Polydor)8 9 Vengaboys - Up & Down - Greatest Hits (Positiva)9 NE Puff Daddy - Forever (Arista)10 6 Elvis Costello - The Very Best Of Elvis Costello (Universal TV)

TW LW SINGLES1 1 Eiffel 65 - Blue (Hansa)2 6 Christina Aguilera - Genie In A Bottle (RCA)3 3 Wamdue Project - King Of My Castle (Universal)4 2 Lou Bega - Mambo No. 5 (Hansa)5 4 Whitney Houston - My Love Is Your Love (Ariola)6 5 Ann Lee - 2 Times (Zyx)7 17 Texas - Summer Son (Mercury)8 7 Sixpence None The Richer - Kiss Me (East West)9 10 Freundeskreis - Mit Dir (Columbia)

10 8 Bloodhound Gang - Along Comes Mary (Universal)TW LW ALBUMS

1 1 Ry Cooder - Buena Vista Social Club (East West)2 2 Soundtrack - Notting Hill (Mercury)3 3 Whitney Houston - My Love Is Your Love (Ariola)4 56 Puff Daddy - Forever (Ariola)5 4 Wolfgang Petry - Miss - Live (Hansa)6 13 John Williams/LSO - Star Wars: Episode 1 (Sony Classical)

7 5 Jennifer Lopez - On The 6 (Columbia)8 8 Freundeskreis - Esperanto (Columbia)9 7 Lou Bega - A Little Bit Of Mambo (Hansa)10 14 Texas - The Hush (Mercury)

TW LW SINGLES1 4 Lou Bega - Mambo No. 5 (Ariola)2 1 Eiffel 65 - Blue (Hot Tracks/Sony)3 2 Zebda - Tomber La Chemise (Barclay)4 3 David Hallyday - Tu Ne Was Pas Laisse Le Temps (Mercury)5 5 Laam - Jamais Loin De Toi (DLA/EMI)6 NE Johnny Hallyday - Un Jour Viendra (Mercury)7 8 Will Smith - Wild Wild West (Columbia)8 6 Jennifer Lopez - If You Had My Love (Columbia)9 7 Wazoo - La Manivelle (Une Musique)10 9 Ofasia - Sate San (Une Musique)TW LW &mums

1 1 Emile & Images - Jusqu'Au Bout De La Nuit (Une Musique)

2 NE Celine Dion - Au Coeur Du Stade (Columbia)3 4 Whitney Houston - My Love Is Your Love (Ariola)4 2 The Offspring - Americana (Columbia)5 5 Bee Gees - One Night Only (Polydor)6 3 Francis Cabrel - Hors Saison (Columbia)7 6 Manau - Panique Celtique (Polydor)8 7 Manu Chao - Clandestino (Virgin)9 12 Tryo - Mamagubida (Yelen)10 9 Jean -Jacques Goldman - Live '98 En Passant (Columbia)

TW LW SINGLES1 2 Lou Bega - Mambo No. 5 (BMG Ricordi)2 1 Jovanotti/LigabuelPiero Pell' - B Mio Nome E' Mai Au' (WEA)

3 3 Lene Marlin - Unforgivable Sinner (Virgin)4 4 Jennifer Lopez - If You Had My Love (Columbia)5 10 Will Smith - Wild Wild West (Columbia)6 6 Sasha - If You Believe (WEA)7 8 Madonna - Beautiful Stranger (WEA)8 7 Jovanotti - Raggio Di Sole (Mercury)9 5 Five - If Ya Gettin' Down (BMG Ricordi)10 18 Geri Halliwell - Mi Chico Latino (EMI)

TW LW ALBUMS1 7 Ry Cooder - Buena Vista Social Club (IRD)2 2 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication (WEA)3 3 Mango - Visto Cosi (WEA)4 4 Jovanotti - Capo Horn (Mercury)5 6 Vasco Rossi - Rewind (EMI)6 1 Rappers Against Racism - Only You (Baby Records/Sony)

7 8 Adrian Celentano - Is Non So Parlor D'Amore (Clan/Sony)

8 13 Backstreet Boys - Millennium (Jive/Virgin)9 9 Litfiba - Infinite (EMI)10 5 Renato Zero - Amore Dopo Amore Tour Dopo Tour (Epic)

SPAIN HOLLAND BELGIUM SWEDENTW LW SINGLES

1 1 Lou Begs - Mambo No. 5 (Ariola)2 2 Enrique Iglesias - Bailamos (Universal)3 3 Luis Miguel - Sol, Arena Y Mar (WEA)4 4 So Pra Contrariar - Santo Santo (RCA)5 8 Ben So Tumba Et Son Orchestre - La Banana (Universal)

6 NE Joaquin Sabina - 19 Dias Y 500 Noches (Ariola)7 9 Eiffel 65 - Blue (Blanco Y Negro)8 5 Will Smith - Wild Wild West (Columbia)9 6 Chayanne - Salom' (Columbia)10 7 Elvis Crespo - Merengue (USA Remixes) (Epic)

TW LW ALBUMS1 1 Abba - Gold - Greatest Hits (Polydor)2 3 Chayanne - Atado A Tu Amor (Columbia)3 2 Britney Spears - ...Baby One Mom Time (Jive/Virgin)4 4 Vonda Shepard - Songs From Ally McBeal (Epic)5 6 Mana - Todo Mana - Grandes Exitos (WEA)6 5 Backstreet Boys - Millennium (Jive/Virgin)7 7 Maita Vende Ca - No Hay Luz Sin Dia (Horns)8 8 Ricky Martin - Ricky Martin (Columbia)9 10 Hevia - Tierra De Nadie (Hispavox)

10 12 Soundtrack - Notting Hill (Mercury)

TW LW SINGLES1 2 Eiffel 65 - Blue (BMG)2 1 Lou Bega - Mambo No. 5 (BMG)3 3 City To City - The Road Ahead (EMI)4 5 De Poema's - Mijn Houten Hart (S.M.A.R.TJColumbia)5 7 Enrique Iglesias - Bailamos (Universal)6 4 Whitney Houston - My Love Is Your Love (BMG)7 NE Ronan Keating - When You Say Nothing At All (Polydor)8 11 TLC - Unpretty (BMG)9 9 Ome Henk - Mambo Nr. 6 (CNR)10 6 Five - If Ya Gettin' Down (BMG)TW LW ALBUMS

1 1 Soundtrack - Notting Hill (Mercury)2 5 Andrea Bocelli - Sogno (Polydor)3 4 Shania Twain - Come On Over (Mercury)4 2 Abba - 25 Jaar Na 'Waterloo' (Polydor)5 3 Whitney Houston - My Love Is Your Love (BMG)6 7 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication (Warner)7 15 Elvis Presley - Artist Of The Century (BMG)8 6 Destiny's Child - The Writing's On The Wall (Columbia)

9 12 TLC - Fanmail (BMG)10 13 Ilse DeLange - World Of Hurt (Warner)

TW LW SINGLES1 1 Lou Bega - Mambo No. 5 (BMG)2 2 Eiffel 65 - Blue (BMG)3 3 Ann Lee - 2 Times (High Fashion)4 4 Whitney Houston - My Love Is Your Love (BMG)5 5 David Heyday - Tu Ne Was Pas Laisse Le Temps (Mercury)

6 7 Sixpence None The Richer - Kiss Me (Warner)7 8 Five - If Ya Gettin' Down (BMG)8 11 Goo Goo Dolls - Iris (Edel)9 6 Will Smith - Wild Wild West (Columbia)10 10 Jennifer Lopez - If You Had My Love (Columbia)

TW LW ALBUMS1 1 Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time (Jive/Zomba)2 2 Whitney Houston - My Love Is Your Love (BMG)3 3 Shania Twain - Come On Over (Mercury)4 4 Johnny Hallyday - Ballades (Mercury)5 5 Jennifer Lopez - On The 6 (Columbia)6 11 TLC - Fanmail (BMG)7 7 Texas - The Hush (Mercury)8 38 Soundtrack - Notting Hill (Mercury)9 8 Boyzone - Boyzone...By Request (Polydor)10 15 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication (Warner)

TW LW SINGLES1 4 Eiffel 65 - Blue (BMG)2 1 Lou Bega - Mambo No. 5 (BMG)3 5 Ronan Keating - When You Say Nothing At All (Universal)

4 2 Abba Teens - Super Trouper (Universal)5 3 Vengaboys - We're Going To Ibiza (Jive/Zomba)6 7 Westlife - If I Let You Go (BMG)7 6 Antique - Opa Opa (Bonnier)8 8 TLC - Unpretty (BMG)9 NE Christina Aguilera - Genie In A Bottle (BMG)10 15 Bliimchen - Heut' Ist Mein Tag (Edel)

TW LW ALeuoeS1 NE Abba Teens - The Abba Generation (Stockholm)2 NE Vikingarna - Kramgoa LAtar 1999 (EMI)3 1 Di lova - Fir Sverige I Rymden - Di Levas Basta(Warner)

4 2 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication (Warner)5 3 Backstreet Boys - Millennium (Jive/Zomba)6 NE Smokie - Our Swedish Collection (CMC)7 6 Mary J. Blige - Mary (Universal)8 10 Patrik Isaksson - Nzr Verkligheten Tranger Sig Pi (Sony)9 7 Boyzone - Boyzone...By Request (Universal)

10 4 Cher - Cher's Greatest Hits: 1965 -1992 (Universal)

DENMARK NORWAY FINLAND IRELANDTW LW SINGLES

1 1 Eiffel 65 - Blue (BMG)2 2 Lou Bega - Mambo No. 5 (BMG)3 3 Wamdue Project - King Of My Castle (Orange)4 5 Barcode Brothers - Dooh Dooh (Universal)5 4 Ann Lee - 2 Times (Swemix)6 7 Whitney Houston - My Love Is Your Love (BMG)7 6 Vengaboys - We're Going To Ibiza (Jive/Virgin)8 12 Enrique Iglesias - Bailamos (Universal)9 8 Jennifer Lopez - If You Had My Love (Sony)

10 NE Abba Teens - Super Trouper (Universal)TW LW ALBUMS

1 1 Vengaboys - Up & Down - Greatest Hits (Jive/Virgin)2 3 Det Brune Punktum - Helbredelsen (EMI -Medley)3 4 Whitney Houston - My Love Is Your Love (BMG)4 20 Danny - Danny Kool (Spin/Edel)5 6 Shania Twain - Come On Over (Universal)6 2 Michael Learns To Rock - MITE - Greatest Hits (EMI -Medley)

7 5 Lou Bega - A Little Bit Of Mambo (BMG)8 7 Boyzone - Boyzone...By Request (Universal)9 8 Backstreet Boys - Millennium (Jive/Virgin)10 NE Mary J. Blige - Mary (Universal)

TW LW SINGLES1 2 Eiffel 65 - Blue (BMG)2 1 Lou Begs - Mambo No. 5 (BMG)3 3 Wamdue Project - King Of My Castle (Orange)4 5 Whitney Houston - My Love Is Your Love (BMG)5 4 Ann Lee - 2 Times (Swemix)6 6 Vengaboys - We're Going To Ibiza (Jive/Virgin)7 13 Ronan Keating - When You Say Nothing At All (Universal)

8 8 Tarkan - Simarik (Universal)9 7 Slinky - The Revenge (BMG)

10 12 Westlife - If I Let You Go (BMG)TW LW ALBUMS1 NE Savoy - Mountains Of Time (Warner)2 1 Soundtrack - Notting Hill (Island)3 NE Vikingarna - Kramgoa Latar 1999 (EMI)4 2 Soundtrack - The Matrix (Warner)5 5 Shania Twain - Come On Over (Universal)6 4 Boyzone - Boyzone...By Request (Universal)7 7 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication (Warner)8 3 Lou Bega - A Little Bit Of Mambo (BMG)9 6 Randy Crawford - Hits (Warner)

10 10 Soundtrack - Dawson's Creek (Sony)

TW LW SINGLES1 1 Lou Bega - Mambo No. 5 (BMG)2 2 Klamydia - Letiosa Lewinsky (Kreklund)3 NE Eiffel 65 - Blue (BMG)4 4 Lene Marlin - Sitting Down Here (Virgin)5 NE Don Huonot - Suojelusenkeli (BMG)6 8 Nelja Ruusua - Hunningolla (EMI)7 NE Westlife - If I Let You Go (BMG)8 7 Heikki Hela - Naisen Hymy (Zen Garden)9 6 Pet Shop Boys - I Don't Know What You (EMI)10 NE Christina Aguilera - Genie In A Bottle (BMG)

TW LW ALBUMS1 1 Dingo - Parhaat (Warner)2 18 Zen Cafe - Ua Ua (Warner)3 4 Bomfunk MC's - In Stereo (Sony)4 15 Lou Bega - A Little Bit Of Mambo (BMG)5 2 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication (Warner)6 7 Soundtrack - The Matrix (Warner)7 9 Shania Twain - Come On Over (Universal)8 8 Abba - Gold - Greatest Hits (Universal)9 3 Backstreet Boys - Millennium (Jive/EMI)10 25 Kirka, Hector, Pave & Pepe - Mestarit Areenalla (EMUBMG)

TW LW SINGLES1 2 Lou Begs - Mambo No. 5 (RCA)2 1 Westlife - If I Let You Go (RCA)3 3 DJ Jurgen - Better Off Alone (Positiva)4 4 Ronan Keating - When You Say Nothing At All (Polydor)5 5 Ricky Martin - Livin' La Vida Loca (Columbia)6 6 Goo Goo Dolls - Iris (Ede))7 10 TLC - Unpretty (Arista)8 7 Five - If Ya Gettin' Down (RCA)9 9 Will Smith - Wild Wild West (Columbia)10 12 Geri Halliwell - Mi Chico Latino (EMI)TW LW ALBUIVIS

1 NE Various - Big Hits '99 (Global/Sony/Warner)2 21 Various - Music To Watch Girls By (Sony Music TV)3 1 Various - Now TWIC Music! 43 (EMI/Virgin/Universal)

4 2 Mary Black - Speaking With The Angel (Grapevine)5 9 Ricky Martin - Ricky Martin (Columbia)6 4 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication (WEA)7 3 Soundtrack - Dawson's Creek (Columbia)8 11 Various - The Best Ibiza Anthems...Ever! (Virgin/EMI)9 7 Boyzone - Boyzone...By Request (Polydor)10 5 Vengaboys - Up & Down - Greatest Hits (Positiva)

SWITZERLAND AUSTRIA PORTUGAL GREECETW LW SINGLES

1 1 Eiffel 65 - Blue (BMG)2 2 Lou Bega - Mambo No. 5 (BMG)3 3 Whitney Houston - My Love Is Your Love (BMG)4 8 Christina Aguilera - Genie In A Bottle (BMG)5 5 Jennifer Lopez - If You Had My Love (Sony)6 4 Will Smith - Wild Wild West (Sony)7 7 Sixpence None The Richer - Kiss Me (Warner)8 9 Wamdue Project - King Of My Castle (Universal)9 6 Shania Twain - That Don't Impress Me Much (Universal)10 19 Texas - Summer Son (Universal)TW LW Aunrms

1 2 Lou Begs - A Little Bit Of Mambo (BMG)2 4 Whitney Houston - My Love Is Your Love (BMG)3 1 G&la - Wildi Roses (Sound Service)4 3 Soundtrack - Notting Hill (Universal)5 5 Shania Twain - Come On Over (Universal)6 6 Jennifer Lopez - On The 6 (Sony)7 8 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication (Warner)8 NE Puff Daddy - Forever (BMG)9 9 Ricky Martin - Ricky Martin (Sony)10 12 Gala - Ut U Dervo (Sound Service)

TW LW SINGLES1 1 Eiffel 65 - Blue (BMG)2 2 Whitney Houston - My Love Is Your Love (BMG)3 3 Lou Bega - Mambo No. 5 (BMG)4 4 Ann Lee - 2 Times (Zyx)5 9 Wamdue Project - King Of My Castle (Universal)6 5 Bloodhound Gang - Along Comes Mary (Universal)7 6 Shania Twain - That Don't Impress Me Much (Universal)

8 17 Sixpence None The Richer - Kiss Me (Warner)9 7 Will Smith - Wild Wild West (Sony)

10 8 X-Treme - Love Song (EMI)TW LW ALBUMS

1 1 Whitney Houston - My Love Is Your Love (BMG)2 4 Soundtrack - Notting Hill (Universal)3 10 John Williams/LSO - Star Wars:Epsiode 1 (Sony)4 3 Lou Bega - A Little Bit Of Mambo (BMG)5 2 Soundtrack - Dawson's Creek (Sony)6 5 Shania Twain - Come On Over (Universal)7 6 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication (Warner)8 7 Jennifer Lopez - On The 6 (Sony)9 9 Soundtrack - The Matrix (Warner)10 17 Ry Cooder - Buena Vista Social Club (Lotus)

TW LW ALBUMS1 4 Vengaboys - Up & Down - Greatest Hits (Jive/Virgin)2 NE Fafa De Belem - Apaixonada -18 Grandes Exitos (Sony)3 6 Santamaria - Sem Limite (Vidisco)4 2 Santos E Pecadores - Voar (BMG)5 21 Lou Bega - A Little Bit Of Mambo (BMG)6 1 Gypsy Kings - Volare! The Best Of... (Sony)7 7 Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time (Jive/Virgin)8 3 Trovante - Uma Muite so (EMI)9 12 Backstreet Boys - Millennium (Jive/Zomba)

10 14 Skunk Anansie - Post Orgasmic Chill(Virgin)11 9 Michael Learns To Rock - MLTR - Greatest Hits (EMI)

12 15 Anjos - Ficarei (Vidisco)13 16 Netinho - Radio Brasil (Universal)14 10 Shania Twain - Come On Over (Universal)15 25 Jon Secada - Greatest Hits (EMI)16 19 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication (Warner)17 8 Roberto Carlos - Mensagens (Sony)18 20 Guano Apes - Proud Like A God (BMG)19 11 Ricky Martin - Ricky Martin (Sony)20 12 Cartoons - Toonage . (EMI)

TW LW SINGLES1 1 Lou Bega - Mambo No. 5 (BMG)2 2 Pix-Lax/Muvrini - As Tin Ikona Na Milai (Minos)3 3 G. Mazonakis - Thelo Na Griso (Universal)4 4 Jennifer Lopez - If You Had My Love (Sony)5 5 Ricky Martin - Livin' La Vida Loca (Sony)6 7 S. Rokkos - Kapos Alios (MBI Records)7 6 Madonna - Beautiful Strangerr (Warner)8 9 ATB - 9 P.M. (Till I Come) (Universal)9 14 Enrique Iglesias - Bailamos (Universal)10 12 If Ya Gettin' Down - Five (BMG)

TW LW ALBUMS1 1 Ricky Martin - Ricky Martin (Sony)2 2 Cesaria Evora - Best Of (BMG)3 3 R.E.M. - Up (Warner)4 7 Cher - Believe (Warner)5 5 Jennifer Lopez - On The 6 (Sony)6 6 Santana - Supernatural (BMG)7 10 The Cranberries - Bury The Hatchet (Universal)8 4 Backstreet Boys - Millennium (Jive/Virgin)9 9 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication (Warner)

10 11 Andrea Bocelli - Sogno (Universal)

Based on the national sales charts from 16 European markets. Information supplied by C1N (UK); Full chartservice by Media Control GmbH 0049-7221466201 (Germany); SNEP (France); singles: Musica E Dischi/Mario De Luigi, albums: FimiNielsen (Italy); Stichting Mega Top 100 (Holland); Stichting Promuvi (Belgium); IPSOS/Mahasa-IFPI (Hungary); GLF)IFPI (Sweden); IFP1UNielsen Marketing Research (Denmark); VG (Norway); ALIKE MB/AFYVE (Spain);

YLE 2 RadiomafiaAFPI (Finland); IFPI (Ireland); AFP (Portugal); Austria Top 30 (Austria); Full chartservice by Media Control AG 0041.260 4455 (Switzerland); IFPI CR (Czech Republic). Labels listed are the national marketing companies.

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FOUL PLAY PRODUCTIONSFIELD OF ACTIONPartisanInternational release date:September 27Foul Play go back to the hard core days of 1992, andstill churn out killer drum'n'bass tunes in these times

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