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Bon Jovi's Crush (Mer-cury) goes straight in atnumber one this week onM&M's European Top 100Albums chart.

we k to radioM&M chart toppers this week

Eurochart Hot 100 SinglesBRITNEY SPEARSOops! I Did It Again

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European Top 100 AlbumsBON JOVI

Crush(Mercury)

European Radio Top 50BRITNEY SPEARSOops! I Did It Again

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European Dance TraxxBLACK LEGEND

You See The Trouble With Me(Rise/'Time)

Inside M&M this week

WEIN MOVES FORWARDWith the help of the UK's GWRGroup, Vienna AC stationAntenne Wein is mapping out aclearer direction for itself after aproblematic start to life two yearsago. Page 7

FOOTBALL FERVOURIt's been said that only two thingsreally matter in-life football andmusic. The two come togetheronce again for Euro 2000 in atournament which offers recordcompanies a massive marketingoportunity. Pages 8-9

TOUCHED AGAINA forerunner of the"French Touch" elec-tronic movement, StGermain-akaLudovic Navarre-isback with Tourist,his first album forEMI's famous Blue

Note label. Page 10

EU reaches CopyrightDirective consensusby Kai R. Lofthus

BRUSSELS -A chain reaction oflong-awaited enhancements toEuropean and international copy-right legislation is set to be sparkedby the EU's agreement on the sub-stance of its Copyright Directive.

At a June 7 meeting of the EU'spermanent representatives commit-tee, the 15 member states estab-lished common ground on the direc-tive. That significant accord nowopens the door to its speedy passagethrough Europe's Council of Minis-ters, who, because of the commonposition, now can simply adopt the

legislation without debate.If the political timetable holds

water, the EU copyright directive-designed to protect intellectualproperty rights in the digital are-na-may become reality by year'send. Moreover, it paves the way forthe ratification of the two Internettreaties of the United Nations'World Intellectual Property Organi-sation (WIPO), scheduled for imple-mentation before the end of 2001.

An EU spokesperson describesthe directive as "an agreement ofsubstance," and adds that "[it] isbased on a high level of protection,

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Sinead's journey of survivalby Nigel Williamson

DUBLIN - Although it's been sixyears since Sinead O'Connor's lastfull-length album, she has hardlybeen out of the headlines duringher long sabbatical.

The birth of herdaughter, an allegedsuicide attempt, a bit-ter custody battle andbecoming a priestessin a religious order areonly some of the sto-ries that have servedto keep her in the spot-light. Now she is backin the news for thebest reason of all withthe release of her newalbum Faith and Courage onAtlantic.

Released in most territoriesJune 12, O'Connor describes it as arecord about "survival" whichdepicts her own troubled "journey"

as she bares her soul on a series ofautobiographical and often cathar-tic songs. But musically the albumglows with a strongly commercialsheen, combining reggae elements,Irish influences, contemporary pro-

grammed beats and astrong pop sensibility.

The result is thebest reviews O'Connorhas picked up in years.The Irish music titleHot Press even sug-gested Faith andCourage is her equiva-lent of Bob Dylan'sBlood On The Tracks.

"It's exciting and a lit-tle scary to be back,"O'Connor says. "I wanted

to make a record which was strongand positive. It's about getting myspirit back on its feet and standingup."

Her first release on a new labelcontinued on page 21

Viva to makeradio waves?by Tayfun Kesgin

COLOGNE - Dieter Gorny, CEO ofViva Media, has confirmed that theGerman music TV channel's long-awaited flotation will takeplace on the Frankfurtstock exchange in the thirdquarter of this year, andhas also revealed plans forViva -branded radio.

Speaking at the Medi-enforum NRW in Cologneon June 7, Gorny revealedthat the sum of euro 75 to 100 mil-lion-the estimated proceeds of thestockmarket float-will be used forthe channel's further international

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EU uncertainty dogsWarner -EMI mergerA M&M I Billboard staff report

LONDON - The vote later thismonth by EMI Group shareholderson the company's proposed mergerwith Time Warner will almost cer-tainly go in favour ofthe deal, given the highproportion of institu-tional investors clam-.ouring for the deal,according to stockmarket analysts.

However, uncertainty remainsover the EuropeanCommission's view onthe merger, as the

deadline for thefirst Warner EMI

WARNER MUSIC Music investiga-tion looms large.

The Commission's merger author-ity concludes its ongoing "phase one"review of the proposed deal on June14. That deadline will signify the

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

The Copyright Directive, the question of parallel imports,the legal framework for e -commerce, the future of digitalradio, schemes to develop independent labels, theAOL/Time Warner and the Warner Music/EMI mergers-all these different issues have one thing in common. Theyall start or end in Brussels.

Slowly, Europeans are waking up to the notion thatEurope is being ruled by policy -makers in Brussels whoappear more and more to be the transatlantic equiva-lent of the US's federal government in Washington DC.Europe is not (yet?) a federal entity, but the number ofissues that are now discussed not at a local level but ata pan-European level in Brussels are growing.

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issues failed to show.What currently characterises the bureaucratic and

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

Oldham promoted in Capital reshuffleby Jon Heasman

LONDON - The UK's CapitalRadio group has announced aseries of managerial changesdesigned to reflect the expandedsize of the organisation followingits acquisition of Border Television(M&M, June 3).

Current managing director ofgroup radio Sally Oldham is pro-moted to Capital's board as strategyand development director, a briefwhich will include new growthopportunities both in the UK andoverseas, digital radio andpublic affairs. Paul Davies,previously group commer-cial director, becomes opera-tions director assumingresponsibility for all of Cap-ital's radio operations,including the integration ofBorder's Century -brandedAC/talk stations.

At a regional level, group financedirector Adrian Jones has beenappointed regional director of the corn-

pany's stations in the south of England(excluding London) in addition to hiscurrent duties, while a new regionaldirector will be appointed tooversee the Century stationsin the north. BRMB/Birming-ham's managing directorJulie Fair continues asregional director for the mid-lands and west.

In London, 33 year oldGraham Bryce, currentlyCapital's head of group cor-porate strategy, has been appointedmanaging director of alternative

rock station Xfm. This is anew position at Xfm whichbrings the station in linewith the managementstructure of Capital's otherstations. Xfm's programmercontroller Andrew Phillipsand marketing managerCharlotte Soussan will both

report directly to Bryce.Capital also says it will be

recruiting a new managing direc-tor for 95.8 Capital FM and Capital

Gold in London. This appointment,plus Bryce and the regional direc-tors, will report to Paul Davies.

One man who won't bepart of the newly expandedCapital empire is formerRadio Authority head ofprogramming and adver-tising, David Lloyd. Fol-lowing Capital's take-over,Lloyd has left his dual posi-tion as managing directorof Century 106/Notting-

ham and group programme directorof all the former Border stations.Programming at the Century sta-tions will now come under the aus-pices of Capital's head of adultbrands Jeff O'Brien. CE Digital, the digital radiojoint -venture between CapitalRadio and Emap Radio, launchedthe UK's first local digital radiomultiplexes on June 7 in London,Birmingham and Manchester.Each multiplex will broadcast digi-tally a mixture of existing and newradio services in each area.

NRJ signs up new Norwegian affiliatesby Kai R. Lofthus

OSLO - Paris -based radio groupNRJ is creating a stronger presencein Norway, with an expected full-scale launch of three additional affil-iates across the country in Septem-ber or October.

M&M has learned that NRJ Nor-way, already in operation at Nesod-den on the outskirts of Oslo, hasstruck deals with Power FM inLillestrom (also outside Oslo), RadioLanternen in Randaberg (broad-casting in the Stavanger area), andRadio Midt-Norge (in Trondheim).

Once the individual stations' pro-gramming has been treated toNRJ's makeover in the course of thesummer, the local heads of musicwill report to NRJ's Oslo -based

music director Sverre Vedal, withlocal station managers reporting tomanaging director Finn Norvold.Power FM currently airs a CHRformat, while the twoother stations have adistinct AC style.

Radio Lanternenmanaging director ThorJaasund, who willremain with the station,says: "The informationis still at a privilegedstage, but we can con-firm that the deal has been done.Radio Lanternen has gone throughsome tough times, so we welcomedthe approach from NRJ."

Radio Midt-Norge managingdirector Per Aage Hansen, who for-merly owned 66% of the station,

refused to comment, referring allquestions to NRJ's Norvold, whocould not be reached at presstime.

Says Warner Music head of radiopromotion Espen Waage:"NRJ's listeners [inNesodden] are loyal, andthe station is animmensely importantpartner in relation tobreaking hits, specificallywith [Warner -signedlocal dance/hip-hop act]Multicyde."

Virgin Records radio promotionmanager Kathrine Bfflkkevoldadds: "[NRJ] is a station for youngpeople, and those are the ones whobuy records. But it would be inter-esting to have more stations with amore specialist format [than CHR]."

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Def Jam debuts in Berlinby Tayfun Kesgin

BERLIN - The first local arm ofAmerican hip hop label Def Jamoutside its home market waslaunched May 29 in Berlin.

The cult New York -based label,founded by Rick Rubin and RusselSimmons in 1984, was home to the firstwhite rap group, The Beastie Boys, andthe current roster features internation-al acts such Jay Z and Foxy Brown.

Def Jam Germany will be part ofUniversal daughter company Mer-cury Records, with a repertoirespecifically aimed at the Germanhip hop scene. The R&B market willbe targeted with releases under thesub -label Def Soul. In a statementissued by the label, Def Jam Ger-many says it "will present andestablish itself on the scene with itsnational German and Englishspeaking R&B and hip hop signingsas an autonomous and independentcompany, and will also take anactive part in defining the scene."

The first release from the newlabel comes from Berlin -based hiphop act Spezializtz with theiralbum GBZoholika II released onMay 29, at the same time that theBerlin office opened for business.

Forthcoming projects includefemale R&B artist Bintia fromBerlin, whose debut will bereleased under the Def Soul seg-ment, and a series of duets betweenGerman and American artists isplanned in line with the coopera-tion between the American parentand the German offspring.

The team at Def Jam Germanyis led by marketing and productionmanager Oliver Dallmann, whowill be, assisted by Natascha Hop-per. The position of A&R managerwill be filled by Marius Herz.Andreas "Bar" Lasker, head of BearEntertainment, who initiated thefirst contacts with the Americanlabel, will advise the Berlin -basedlabel in the areas of A&R, joint ven-tures and merchandising.

Bertelsmann hires Schmidtto lead e -commerce driveby Wolfgang Spahr

HAMBURG - Bertelsmann is pool-ing its e -commerce activities andincreasing its electronic tradingefforts in a bid to become the glob-al leader in media e -commerce.

The new Bertelsmann e -com-merce Group will be headed by pres-ident Andreas Schmidt, previouslymanaging director of AOL Europe.

The new group, which will beheadquartered in Hamburg and NewYork, is divided into e -commerce, m -commerce (mobile commerce) and b -commerce (broadband commerce)segments. The e -commerce groupwill invest in the development andexpansion of new technologies andbrands via its own venture capitalfund (BeCG Ventures). In addition,the global alliances between Bertels-mann and AOL Inc. andTerraLycos will be bundledand further developed bythe company's strategicalliances division.

Thomas Middelhoff,Bertelsmann's chair-man/CEO, says: "Today,Bertelsmann is one of thelargest content providersof the analogue mediaworld. [We also have] one of theleading content providers in the dig-ital media world. Bertelsmann isdigitising its content and offering itto customers through all availableplatforms all over the world. Ourvision is to have Bertelsmann's con-tent everywhere."

According to Bertelsmann's pro-jections, Middelhoff says that fouryears from now, 13% of all pur-chases of books, videos and CDs inGerman households will be made

through the Internet. By 2014, thisnumber will have risen to almostone third of all media purchases.

Bertelsmann is already secondonly to global market leader Ama-zon.com in the US, via its stake inBarnesandnoble.com, and is in thesame position in Europe thanks toBertelsmann Online (BOL), butMiddelhoff's goal is to achieveglobal market leadership formedia content.

The new e -commerce group ispart of a planned "BertelsmannDirect" division, in which multi-media, club and direct customerbusiness will be pooled under theaegis of board member Klaus Eier-hoff. Schmidt will become a mem-ber of the division board.

"The group is the only e -com-merce business to cover all major

distribution channels viathe Web, wireless com-munications, and broad-band/cable/TV," saysMiddelhoff. "Successfullysetting up worldwide e -commerce operationsover the Internet, wire-less communications,and broadband technolo-gies enjoys highest prior-

ity at Bertelsmann. To this end,we will resolutely set up new plat-forms, deploy and develop cut-ting -edge technologies and buildnew brands."

He adds: "The newly establishede -commerce Group will be the dri-ving force behind Bertelsmann'spursuit of these new growth areas."

A spokesman says there are noplans to float the nevi; Bertels-mann e -commerce group on thestock market.

Miranda Sexgarden founderand lead vocalist KatherineBlake is pictured on stage atthe band's first gig in sixyears at London's Barflyvenue on June 6. The UKindie/goth act release a dou-ble A sided single, Sexgar-den and ibnight, to the UKand the rest of Europe onJune 12, to be followed by analbum, Carnival Of Souls(Sugarhill) in mid -July.

'Confront US invasion'says SGAE initl directorby Howell Llewellyn

MADRID - The Spanish authors' andpublishers' society SGAE has repeat-ed its call for a French -style 40% min-imum quota on radio for nationalmusic repertoire at the first Spanish -French music forum, MusicactualUno. Held in Madrid on June 2, it wasorganised by music industry figuresfrom both countries.

Francisco Aguilera, SGAE direc-tor of international relations,asserted at the forum that "Span-ish artists and authors [as well asFrench] need a safety cushion intheir own market. As Europeans,the Spanish and French must con-front the US invasion and theunwillingness of that country toopen its frontiers to our product."

Jean -Francois Michel, whoholds positions as director of theFrench Music Export Office, direc-tor general of the European MusicOffice and president of the FrenchMusic Office in New York, addedthat "traditionally, France hasbeen very bad at exporting itsmusic, but this tendency has beencorrected over the past five or sixyears. Artists such as the GypsyKings and Manu Chao demon-strate that the frontiers betweenFrance and Spain are an obsoleteconcept."

The forum, which is planned tobe an annual event alternatingbetween Madrid and Paris, wascalled to analyse music industry

relations between the two Euro-pean neighbours who share a sig-nificant common border. The coop-eration follows "years of relativemutual incomprehension," accord-ing to SGAE executive presidentEduardo Bautista, who added thatFrance was, after Argentina andthe US, the country where SGAEreceived most rights.

Brigitte Veyne, herself a Frenchnational and head of SGAE'spatronage department, said "werealised that despite sharing acommon border, Spain and Franceare ignorant of each other's musicprofessionals and didn't know thatjust the other side of the borderthere are things that could be ofmutual interest.forum is to inform them of what'sgoing on and put them in contactwith each other."

Veyne added that "France ismore protective of its music culturewithin its own borders, but doesn'tdo the same abroad. Spain is moreopen to outside influence, but for-gets to promote its artists outsideits natural linguistic sphere, whichis mainly Latin America."

The one -day forum included tworound -table discussions with,among others, BMG Ariola Spainpresident Jose Maria Camara,EMI Music Publishing Spain direc-tor general Fabrice Benoit,Bernard Batzen, director ofAzimuth Productions and ThomasLorain of Sony France.

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European parliament debatesdigital's 'crisis of confidence'by Keith Nuthall

BRUSSELS - Europe'sstalled transition towardsdigital radio is causing a cri-sis of confidence in the sec-tor, with some trailblazingbroadcasters consideringabandoning the new tech-nology, a senior broadcastingindustry figure has claimed.

David Wood, head of newtechnology at the WorldDAB Forum, told the Euro-pean Parliament's culturecommittee on May 24: "Tenyears after DAB was devel-oped in Europe, digital radioreceivers are still not avail-able or plentiful in theshops; digital radio broad-casts are available-butonly in modest numbers.

"And some broadcastersin Europe," warns Wood,"are running out of thecash, and the will, neededto continue broadcastingdigital radio, [because]there are no receiversaround to receive it. Inspite of the technical excel-lence of the DAB system,we are near a crisis."

At a special hearingorganised by the European

Parliament's culture commi-tee, BBC Radio directorJenny Abramsky called onthe institutions of the Euro-pean Union to give a clearpolicy lead and financialsupport for digital radiobroadcasting. Abramskysaid: "A substantial concert-ed effort is now requiredfrom all stakeholders-broadcasters, manufactur-ers and legislators-to carrythe transition forward. Thesituation is not helped bythe lack of a public policy

lead from Europe."We urge the European

Institutions to recognisethe unique character andimportance of radio inEurope, to support radio'sdigital transition and toassert through its audio-visual programmes andstrategies that radio willbe, in its own right, a key

industry in the informa-tion society," Abramskyconcluded.

Hamed Amor, director ofThyssen Krupp Multime-dia, listed the measures hewanted taken by EU insti-tutions to ensure mass pro-duction and use of theEureka System of DAB.These included: The correct regulatoryframework; The acceleration oflicensing; Adequate allocation andharmonised management offrequency; Support for the develop-ment of networks and ser-vices by commercial andpublic broadcasters; Helping to meet the costsof transitional digital -ana-logue simulcasting.

The debate in the Euro-pean parliament follows ajoint plan of action on digitalradio drawn up by represen-tatives from Europe's publicand commercial radio sectorsand electronics manufactur-ers at a conference in Stock-holm last month organised bythe European BroadcastingUnion (M&M, June 3).

Legendary writing/composing team Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller received theSpecial International Award at the Ivor Novello Awards in London on May 25,marking 50 years of songwriting history. Pictured (1-r): Mike Stoller; RichardThomas, MD, Rondor UK; Jerry Leiber.

Norway tunes in to Internetby Johan Lindstrom

OSLO - According to a sur-vey conducted by researchorganisation Norsk Gallup,0.6% of the Norwegian popu-lation is listening to radio onthe Internet everyday. The weeklyreach is 4.1%, ris-ing to a 4.8%monthly reach.

The most popular channelfor listening to Internet radio

in Norway is commercialnational radio P4, which has48,000 listeners aweek. Public broad-caster NRK's radiostations have 24,000listeners in total, and Oslo's

Radio 1 draws atotal listenershipof some 21,000.Collectively, other

Norwegian stations attract14, 000 people weekly to tunein via the Internet, and for-

eign stations draw 54,000Norwegian Internet radio lis-

teners each week.NRK is planning

later this summerto start up Inter-

net -only radio services on itswebsite which will includemusic channels and cate-gorised news bulletinswhere the listeners canchoose between domestic,foreign, sports, finance andlocal news.

ON THE BEATSIX DEBUTS IN MAY IFPI PLATINUM LISTBRUSSELS - Eight IFPI Platinum Europe awards forsales of over one million albums in Europe were givenin May, six of them for albums reaching the one million

sales mark for the first time. Thesingle platinum winners are: AndreRieu's Fiesta I Das Jahrtausendend-fest (Universal); BloodhoundGang's Hooray For Boobies (Uni-versal); Johnny Hallyday's SangPour Sang (Universal); SavageGarden's Affirmation (Sony); Bob

Dylan's The Best Of, Volume 2 (Sony); and Moby's Play(Mute). Both Britney Spears with Baby One More Time(Zomba) and Santana with Supernatural (BMG)received four times platinum awards.

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NUDE SPLITS WITH SONYLONDON - London -based Nude Records has confirmed thetermination of its international licensing deal with SonyMusic, ending an agreement wich began in 1992 whenNude was the first label to sign a deal with Sony's licens-ing arm SINE. Nude MD Saul Galpern says the label is intalks for a new international agreement, but will continueto work with Sony outside the UK on its biggest act, Suede,which re-signed to Nude last week for future albums.

PIAS ACQUIRES MAJORITY OF R&S DANCE LABELBRUSSELS - European indie record company and distribu-tor PIAS, part of the edel network, has announced theacquisition of 51% of the Belgian dance label R&S records,based in Ghent, which has an international presence in thedance field with acts such as Derrick May, Aphex Twin,Jaydee, Kenny Larkin and Ken Ishii on its roster. R&Sfounder Renaat Vandepapeliere will continue to head thecompany as creative director, and PIAS will take on admin-istration and international distribution of the R&S cata-logue. Vandepapeliere comments: "This deal will strength-en R&S even more, as it will allow me to concentrate onmusic more. PIAS is a strong business unit, and R&S is acompany with a mind of its own, and it will stay that way."

MOBY HAS WHALE OF TIME AT DANCESTAR 2000LONDON - US artist Moby was top winner at the UK'sinaugural DanceStar 2000 Awards held in London onJune 1, picking up best album of the year forPlay (Mute) and the DanceStar of the yeartitle. William Orbit was named best producerand Basement Jaxx won best house act withRed Alert (XL Recordings). All but three cate-gories were voted on by consumers. Theevent's main sponsor, Worldonline, offered alive webcast of the show, which was also airedon UK national commercial TV Channel 4 onJune 4. Negotiations are under way to sell broadcastrights in other countries.

MOVING CHAIRSNEW YORK - In a move which marks completion ofthe structure of the new Warner Strategic Market-ing (WSM) operation within Warner Music Interna-tional, vice president Dennis Ploug has announcedsix key appointments. Olivier Goulon, formerlydirector strategic & ancillary marketing for WarnerMusic Europe, is confirmed as senior director cata-logue marketing; Matthias Bauss, former Europeanmarketing manager for Sony Music Europe; isnamed director TV marketing; Patrizia Caruselli,currently senior marketing manager, special projectsat BMG Germany, is appointed director special pro-jects, effective September 1; Gail Inkpen, formerlywith the international marketing department at Poly -Gram and Universal Music, becomes internationalproduct manager, effective immediately; and DanChalmers, former marketing assistant at UniversalMusic International, will act as PA to Ploug, and assistInkpen in managing the WSM Intranet website. Lind-say McHale, a graduate from Oxford University, com-pletes the WSM lineup, joining on June 6 as depart-mental assistant.

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Creating Vienna's better music mixVienna AC station AntenneWien saw its initial audi-ence ratings plummet aftera high -profile launch twoyears ago. In the spring of1998, the UK's GWR Groupwere brought in as newshareholders to bring addi-tional know-how from amore mature commercialradio market. Susan L.Schuhmayer reports on theprogress to date.

STATIONIN FOCUS

Antenne Wien's best audi-ence figures to date wereachieved in the very firstquarter it went on the airin April 1998, scoring a 7%

marketshare. But by the end of theyear it had tumbled to just a 2% shareof the Vienna audience.

"It was an amazingly high -profilelaunch," reflects Antenne Wien man-aging director Peter Don. "There wasa great marketing strategy.Unfortunately, I don't think it had avery good music policy. The stationdidn't really find an audience andcater to it." Don, an Australian, wasnamed general manager of the ACstation following the GWR Group'sinvestment in March 1999. Fellowcountryman Ian Walker was chosenas programming director.

Rather than starting completelyfrom scratch, however, the Aussie duodecided to retain the name AntenneWien because brand awareness, atleast, was high. "Our task was to refo-cus this brand and find a place to putit into the market," says Don.

Female -friendlyThe first step was to define a moreprecise target audience, which-itwas decided-would be women aged20 to 40. This was an important stepin a one year -old Austrian commercialradio market which had been repeat-edly criticised for offering stationsthat all sounded alike, with virtuallyall the new commercial operators(perhaps inevitably) trying to claimthe lucrative CHR and AC centre -ground for themselves.

During the past year, the Viennamarket has gradually witnessed agreater differentiation of formats.NRJ-backed Radio Energy has carvedout a niche for itself as the station foryoung listeners between the ages of

10 and 29 who are more open to alter-native rock and dance. The AC/Goldstation 88.6 (the most successful of allVienna's new commercial stations)caters to a slightly older crowd, whileCLT-UFA's 92.9 RTL has developed arock focus after a number of musicformat changes.

All the newcomers are doing theirupmost to put a dent in the domi-nance of ORF's 03, the state-ownedCHR station that remains the coun-try's only national pop music outlet.In the fourth quarter of 1999, 03retained a 33% market share in theVienna market. 88.6, the top -ratedcommercial station, held a 12% share,while Antenne Wien took a 4% share,according to market research insti-tute Fessel Gfk.

Don admits that progress has beenslow going, and that Antenne Wien'sshareholders, which include StyriaMedien (publishers of the newspaperDie Presse), Constantia Privatbank andMedien 2000, a joint venture betweenGWR and Antenne Wien's originalinvestors, Austria's News Group, can beimpatient to see positive results.

Panel gamesOne of the keys to turning round thestation, according to Don, is a better -defined music policy: "We recognisethe need to be quite focused and veryconsistent." Antenne Wien's AC for-mat promises listeners the best mix ofthe '80s, '90s and today. In order todeliver this, the station has set up apanel-comprised entirely of womenbetween the ages of 24 and 34-whoevaluate the station's hits and poten-tial hits every two weeks.

Some of the 130 panellists describeAntenne Wien as their favourite sta-

ly on rotation, "although for this typeof format that's probably too many,"Walker admits.

Current and recurrent hits aretested every time panellists meet,while Gold tracks are tested twice ayear. Test results are fed into a com-puter, 'which charts the rise and fall ofeach song's popularity over time.Programming meetings are held afterevery test to decide which songs toadd to the playlist.

Walker says he is open to addingreleases by Austrian artists, and ifhe was offered a new internationalsong and one from an Austrianartist, "my preference at the momentwould be to play the Austrian song. Ireally think there are a lot of talent-ed people here. We need to help thelocal music industry."

He also pays attention to hitsfrom other continental Europeanmarkets, particularly in light of thestation's new Euro Hit countdown,which monitors 15 European coun-tries and then counts down the Top30 songs. The show can now also beheard on several other regional sta-tions in Austria, the result of aninformal network involving eight ofthe country's 10 regional commercialstations, which have begun sharingprogramming and promotional activ-ities. "The commercial sector needsto act in a very co-ordinated way,otherwise it will be a collection ofcompetitors that a strong ORF willbe able to deal with one by one,"explains Don.

`Difficult' relationshipsWorking together also allows recordlabels to co-ordinate the introduc-tion of new music across the eight

Keyfacts: Antenne WienOwnership: Medien 2000, StyriaMedien, Constantia PrivatbankFormat: ACManaging director Peter DonProgramming director Ian WalkerKey presenters: Dominic Heinzl, Sylvia Saringer,Ilse KrotmayerSales House: RMSTSA: Aprox. 1.5- 2 millionAudience ratings: 4% market share. Source:Fessel Gfk, Q4'99Web site: www.antenne-wien.at

tion, while others prefer competitorssuch as 03 or 88.6. This intensive andongoing research "gives me a fairindication of what is going to be suc-cessful. A lot of it is also gut feeling,"says programme director Walker.

The four highest rated hits areaired 40 times a week. The next mostpopular songs are played 36 times perweek.

In the mixAntenne Wien usually plays 13 songsper hour. Six are from mid -1998 totoday, with four of those being currenthits. Three to four songs are from the1980s, the rest from the earlier part ofthe '90s. Some 330 songs are current -

regional stations. In the past, rela-tionships with the labels had been"difficult. But it's getting better,"says Walker. "At first there was a lotof resistance to this station. Itseemed to be the mindset with a lotof [record] companies that ORF arethe kings, and are the people whoneed to have the music first. I thinkthat's just very wrong."

The station has now developed agood relationship with two or threerecord companies, but Walker sayshe has still been struck by thebehaviour of many Austrian labels.In Australia, he recalls, record com-pany representatives visited himregularly to introduce new artists

and new music. Here, he justreceives product sent by post. Headds that if label representativesvisited in person to introduce theirproduct, they'd have a much betterchance of piquing his interest.

As Australians operating in anAustrian market, Walker said the keybenefit "is the knowledge we havegained in other markets, and passing iton to our talent and staff. A lot of whatwe are doing now has been done verysuccessfully in other major markets."

Don points out that Austrian com-mercial stations now reach morethan a million listeners per day, andthree to four million listeners perweek in a country of eight million."The significant amount of listenersto commercial radio really is notrecognised," he laments.

Building awarenessTo change this, Antenne Wien is try-ing to boost its own presence throughregular advertising in newspapers

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and magazines in which its share-holders are involved. It's a much qui-eter campaign than when AntenneWien was launched two years ago,when billboards and posters wereplastered all over the city. Many peo-ple criticised the station at the timefor running too aggressive an adver-tising campaign.

Antenne Wien has also begunadvertising on the new commercialAustrian television station ATV, onGerman commercial TV stationswhich have special time set aside forAustrian advertisers, in movie the-atres and on billboards en route to thecity from Vienna's airport.

With its healthy economy, highadvertising levels and sophisticated,wealthy population base, Austria has"the perfect ingredients for commer-cial radio," Don predicts. "But it's adifficult challenge because it is new,and obviously we still have quite along way to go."

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EURO 2000 SPOTLIGHT

Music and football: aFrom the chants of the crowd,to the marching band, to theoperatic diva singing thenational anthems; footballhas always had a musicalassociation. Euro 2000provides an internationalstage and a massivemarketing opportunity forthe music industry. PaulSexton takes a look atwho will be providing thesoundtrack to the eventand talks to the peopleresponsible for the officialalbum.

f the hopes of music businessmoguls are realised, by the time thefinal of Euro 2000 takes place inRotterdam on July 2, the sounds ofthe soccer-fest will be every bit as

vivid as the footballing images them-selves. Neither sports fanatics norfootball widows need telling that thetournament kicked off on Saturdayevening (10 June) in Brussels, whenBelgium, joint hosts with Holland,took on Sweden at the King BaudouinStadium.

The rewards for success at Euro2000 will be immense, and that's notjust on the pitch. The event representsnot only a massive pan-European cele-bration of football, but a golden goal inmusic marketing for the record indus-try. Music entrepreneurs in the 16nations to qualify for Europe's biggestsoccer festival have their own plans tomaximise the commercial opportunitiesof Euro 2000, with the close cooperationof radio and all other key media.

In pan-European terms, the task ofcoordinating and executive -producing

the official musicalaccompaniment to theevent fell to RickBlaskey, managingdirector of the Music &Media Partnership(unrelated to this mag-azine, although as along-sufferingSheffield Wednesdaysupporter we extendhim our sympathy).

It was his team'sWednesday band, whosupply the unofficialaccompaniment atEngland internationalmatches, that providedthe impetus for theproject.

Going localOn June 12, UniversalMusic TV will releaseEuro 2000TM The

Official Album, featuring a total of 33acts in seven different versions(Scandinavia, Germany, Benelux, theUK, France, Italy and a 'rest of theworld' edition) tailored to local mar-kets. The common bond is musical con -

"We sat down with UEFA a year ago andsaid...you can either sit back and let recordcompanies use your logo, or you can mar-ket the event." Rick Bldskey,

managing director, Music and Media Partnership

tent based on popular supporters'chants.

"People have been calling thisalbum the soundtrack of the tourna-ment'," says Blaskey, who is hoping forworldwide sales of "between one andtwo million." Central to that theme isthe "sonic logo" of the event, Swedishdance star E -Type's Campione 2000,out as a single on June 12-and sure-ly no song can ever have had a moreexhaustive campaign of mass exposurebehind it.

In the promo opportunity of a life-time, E -Type will perform the song atthe opening and closing ceremoniesand at other selected games, with anexcerpt to be played as the teams takethe field for every match and a 15 -sec-ond blast every time a goal is scoredand at the final whistle. Dutch airlineKLM will play the Campione 2000video on all its flights until the tour-nament ends, and even as the victori-ous captain collects the Euro 2000 tro-phy on July 2, the song will be waftingfrom the Feyenoord Stadium's publicaddress system via TV into millions ofhomes.

Matchmaking againThe official album will also include FatLes 2000's England theme Jerusalem,tracks by Paul Van Dyk, Sash! andDario G, and such local favourites asItaly's Elio E Le Storie Tese,Denmark's Hampenberg andPortuguese act Bamboo Beat. Blaskey,matchmaker of many previousmusic/sport marriages including theofficial albums of Euro '96, France '98and the Rugby World Cup, says: "Wesat down with UEFA a year ago andsaid '3 Lions-the Skinner & Baddiel/Lightning Seeds hit of both 1996 and'98-was number one in 21 countries.You can either sit back and let recordcompanies use your logo, or you canmarket the event.' If you watch foot-ball on TV, it's awash with music,either in the stadia or on the broad-casts, and this way you integrate theofficial music into the event."

Sponsors using that music in tie-inpromotions include Mastercard, whoare running a nightly TV contest; DeAftrap ("kickoff") in the Benelux coun-tries June 1-9; McDonalds, in a cam-paign on Belgian and Greek TV andUK radio; Hyundai in Greece; Coca-Cola in markets including Turkey; andPringles all over Europe.

"We've worked really closely withUEFA and the Euro 2000 Foundationto find ways where sponsors and com-mercial partners can have access tothe music and use it to their own ben-efits," concludes Blaskey.

M&M correspondents high-light the musical activities ofthe major footballing nationsto tie in with Euro 2000.

England

The worlds of comedy, art and musiccollide on the official Englishanthem for Euro 2000. Releasedthrough Parlophone onJune 5, Jerusalem is acover of the William Blakehymn featuring the dubioussinging talents of KeithAllen, Damien Hirst andBlur's Alex James.

Known collectively as FatLes 2000, the group reachednumber two in the UK with their1998 World Cup song Vindaloobut, this time, deputy programmedirector at UK Rock stationVirgin Radio Nik Goodman thinksthey can go one better.

"I think [Jerusalem] will capturethe mood of the nation and be a num-ber one record," Goodman says."But," he concedes, "we're not playingit yet. On days of the England gameswe'll give it a spin but it's not gettingmassive upfront [play]."

The record was officially sanctionedby the Football Association whosechief executive is Adam Crozier. "Wehave chosen Jerusalem with England'sfans in mind because we think it isjust the thing to help them get behindthe team," Crozier reveals.

The only other English song forEuro 2000 with a release date is aversion of The Great Escape (V2) bythe England Supporters Band and N -Trance rapper Ricardo Da Force, outon June 12. Adam Howorth

Germany

Back in 1997, a series of international-ly acclaimed musicians, includingCanadian Anna Maria Kaufmann andSwedish singer/composer Joey Tempest(ex -Europe) were brought together bythe German football federation (DFB)to create "a permanent musical hand-print for the national team" under thetitle Running With A Dream.

Today there appears to be littleeffort to awaken the team -spirit of asquad which has been drawing publiccriticism for almost a whole year.Public TV channel ZDF is using BonJovi's recent hit single It's My Life asits official theme music for their livecoverage from the championships.

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game of two halves

Campino of German punk rockersDie Toten Hosen will be reportingdaily for Cologne -based CHR stationWDR EMs Live, with pre -match com-mentary and post match reactionssurrounding the German games.

Jorg Gaensel, from EMs Live com-ments: "There won't be much livecoverage except from the Germany vEngland clash and the finals, but wewill have a special comedy featureentitled 'VIP Tribune' and a series ofpromo inserts from pop stars."

Tayfun Kesgin

Holland

As co -hosts of Euro 2000TM withBelgium, radio in Holland has beenbombarded with one-off singles tying inwith the event. Ben Houdijk, program-mer at public CHR station Radio 3FM,is counting five new titles per week.

"Most of them are B -list artistsjumping on the band wagon," hesays. Best bet for a hit seems to beJohan & De Trommels' Frankie Is DeBaas, a funny song about Hollandmanager Frank Rijkaard, featuringa spoof Johan Cruyff, considered thebest footballer in Holland's history(Dino Music).

The official theme song, as com-missioned by UEFA/Euro 2000, maybe Campione 2000 by E -Type(Stockholm/Polydor), but the localfavourite is Wij Houden Van Oranje("We Love The Orange Dutch Team")by Andre Hazes (EMI).

It has been re-released for everysoccer tournament since 1988 whenHolland won the European Cham-pionships. It is currently the flipsideto Hazes' latest single. "It will surelybecome the A -side as soon as theDutch results prove promising," reck-ons Houdijk.

RAM's CNR label, traditionally afootball songs provider, has releasedtwo contenders-Ballmania's TheWave and Bob Fosko & Party Animals'Holland Moet Winnen ("Holland MustWin"). Robbert Tilly

Belgium

Two years ago, Magic Productionsreleased Club Francais, a French -lan-guage dance -oriented compilationalbum, to coincide with the 1998World Cup. Its success has inspired afollow-up project. "With Euro 2000TMtaking place in Belgium and Holland,we opted for a Belgo-Dutch project,Belgie I Nederland, featuring the mostpopular local tracks from both territo-ries," says Luk Vander-schelden, MDof Magic. The album immediatelyreceived support from Flemish publicCHR station Radio Donna.

The Belgian "Red Devils" teamhave picked Allez Allez Allez byTouch of Joy's singer Sergio as theirofficial championship song. The sin-gle is released by Roadrunner ArcadeMusic Belgium in collaboration withbeer manufacturer Jupiler. "We arealso releasing the album Foot 2000, aspecial compilation for the Euro 2000championship. Instead of going forthe classic themes, we've opted forsteaming dance tracks that haveproven crossover potential," saysArcade TV Product manager AnneVan Lier.

Foot 2000 features a special ver-sion of X -Session's chartbuster BangBang, Like This by Technotronic feat.Monday Midnite and a French ver-sion of Allez by Nuno. Marc Maes

France

The official Euro 2000TM album(U.L.M. /Universal), to be released inFrance on June 13, will includePlastic Bertrand's So Here We Go asthe official French entry.

Pierre -Yves Binctin, marketingcoordinator for U.L.M., says: "Francewill also be the only territory to fea-ture the Eiffel 65 title, One Goal. Awidespread Ffr 2.5 million TV andradio campaign will take place withTF1, France Television, Eurosport and

Canal+ and we are currently finalisinga partnership with [News/Talk]Europe 1." Also included will beFrance's "unofficial official" song, IWill Survive as sung by Gloria Gaynor.

Gloria Gaynor: Euromix 2000(Sam Production/Night & Day), to bereleased June 16, will include 13 newDJ remixes of the artist's greatesthits. Featuring all new vocal tracks,featured songs will include I WillSurvive and Perfect World, one of themost played club tunes. The albumwill be promoted on TV channel M6and in the specialised press.

Millane Kang

Italy

In spite of the country's great love ofsoccer, Italy's musical contribution tothe European championships issomewhat low-key. The official themetune, which will be used for publicbroadcaster RAI's TV and radio cov-erage of the tournament, is a newsong, La Gente Vuole Il Calcio, by thehumorous group Elio & Le StorieTese (BMG).

Meanwhile, broadcaster Telemon-tecarlo has commissioned a 30 -secondsignature tune by Lanfranco Perini.Both pieces make their debut at theopening game on Saturday, June 10.There are no plans for the Elio & LeStorie Tese song to be released as asingle, although it will appear on theofficial Universal compilation album.

Andrea Bocelli's song, Il CantoDella Terra which is being used byUK public broadcaster the BBC, willalso feature on the album. Bocelli willalso perform at the tournament's clos-ing concert in Rotterdam on July 1.

Italy's apparent indifference tosporting theme tunes is explained byGabriella Mancini, the entertain-ment correspondent with the coun-try's leading sports paper, LaGazzetta dello Sport: "There's a feel-ing in Italy that football anthemsbring bad luck and consequentlyartists tend to avoid them."

Mark Worden

Spain

From the land that has more rightthan most to Ole, Ole, Ole comesAgustito by the Madrildio trioKetama. The song, a remix of the orig-inal track from Ketama's 1999 tripleplatinum album jToma Ketama!(Universal) has already hit the topspot in both sales and airplay charts.

The band themselves are "football

crazy" and are said to be thrilledabout the use of the song. However, itseems unlikely that the flamencopurists, who have been disparagingof the combo's fusion of flamenco withpop, will be as delighted about theappropriation of their music by thefootball fraternity.

As Madrid -based DJ CK1 put it,"It's not got much to do with football,but if Spain go far it could catch on onthe terraces," and seeing as the groupare set to play at the start of all theSpanish matches, this seems like asure thing. Debbi Christophers

Sweden

With E -Type providing the officialtheme for Euro 2000, Swedish musicwill enjoy a high profile throughoutthe event.

The official record for the Swedishteam is Staffan Hellstrand'sExplodera (EMI), but Markooliofeat. Arne Hegerfors' Mera Mdl!(Arcade) has so far had greater salessuccess-spending two weeks at thetop of the Swedish singles chart,whereas Hellstrand's track peaked atnumber seven.

Local promotion manager at EMITobias Palsson is, however, quitehappy with the progress ofExplodera: "It has sold to gold[25,000 units] a week before thegames begin, so we're very happywith that." EMI has just released aHellstrand Best Of album, featuringthe football theme.

"The newspapers have given thetrack very good reviews and it hasproved popular with the public," con-tinues Palsson. "Sweden played Spainon Saturday [June 3] and Staffan per-formed the track live for the 35,000strong audience-and they all sangthe chorus loudly! You can't getstronger proof than that, that peoplelike it." Siri Stavenes Dove

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Doc!ngroovesby Gary Smith

LOVE LETTERLast year's big breakout track from the Berlin LoveParade, Rollergirl's Dear Jessie (Universal/Germany),is finally about to get a UK release on Eddie Gordon'sNeo Records. A natural crossover tune with a pop cho-rus plus new mixes from the Sharp Boys and LiquidChild, DJ also comes with a neat, hook -heavy radioedit that has a pleasant retro-Euro feel.

Neo are hoping that the track will be adopted as theunnofficial anthem of the inaugural UK Love Parade,to be held in Leeds on July 8. "Based on the track'sEuropean success, the pop nature of the tune and thequality of the new mixes we're expecting a strong reac-tion from both radio and the clubs," says Neo's promo-tion manager Nikki Wright.

A MUST FOR BRAZIL NUTSNew York -based Caipirinha Music's Caipirissima-Batacuda Electronica is a must for afficionados ofBrazilian music with an electronic twist. Compiled byBeco Dranoff, who also works with Crammed Discs ontheir Ziriguiboom imprint, the album mixes contribu-tions from familiar names like Arto Lindsay, Suba andAmon Tobin with material from less well known artists.Names like DJ Dolores and cYz may be unfamiliar buttheir music, like all quality Brazilian electronica, com-bines the warmth and melody of its roots with swirling,psychedelic arrangements and sprightly hip hop grooves.

APPETIZER IS THE MAIN COURSEOn their first album proper-following last year's remixcollection Additional Production s-Funkstorung'sAppetite For Disctruction (Stud!o K7/Germany) sees acrystalisation of their stark, slightly cranky and highlyindividual sound. By working with the rapper Triple Hand singers Greenwood and Carin the duo display amelodic sensibility that complements and cuts acrosstheir edgy sound. Particularly interesting is the sultry,peppery ballad Red Shirt, White Shoes, with its overlap-ping vocals, fluttering piano and accordion -like synths.As proved on the odd but charming closing tracks ABottle, A Box And A Mic and Mind The Gap this is rad-ical, highly personal hip hop characterised by excruciat-ing attention to detail combined with a jokey warmth.

DAEWOO CHOOSES NEW MUSICFollowing the pan-European success of Lady Violet'sInside To Outside-with chart placings in France,Belgium and Scandinavia plus an imminent release inGermany, the UK and the US-Milan-based NewMusic International now have another track that

seems set to crossover.Following a domestic Top 20 Neja's

Fairytale is already a number one in theSpanish radio charts and, most significantly,was on high rotation (lista roja) at Los 40Principales. A release in the rest of Europe,through Universal, is scheduled next week

following a recent video shoot in Germany. In a paralleldevelopment, the second track on Neja's EP, calledMum's Day, has been chosen by Daewoo for the adver-tising campaign for the Lanos range. Consequently,Neja appeared on the Daewoo stand at the MadridMotor Show two weeks ago. The track is not currentlyavailable as a single but will most probably be the fol-low-up to Fairytale.

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

Livin' La Vita Bella!by Mark Dezzani

Italy is not the most obvious place to pro-duce homegrown Latin pop talent, butNek-aka Filippo Neviani from Modena inthe north of the country-is just that. Withthe release of new album La Vita E throughWEA on June 2, Nek is hoping to emulatethe success of his 1997 album Lei Gli AmiciE Tutto Il Resto, which sold 1.7 millioncopies throughout continen-tal Europe and LatinAmerica in the wake ofbreakthrough single LauraNon C'e.

The follow-up, In Due,sold a relatively modest800,000 copies, but WEAItaly MD Massimo Giuliano(who is also VP WarnerMusic Italy) expects LaVita E to match the saleslevels of his 1997 effort."Nek's last album waswriten and recorded inbetween tour dates andrush released. It was morerock oriented and it didn'thave the second or thirdstrong single necessary forconsolidation. This new album, however,returns to the strong melodies of LauraNon C'e and has had an excellent responsefrom our label mates in many territories,"says Giulliani.

The lead single Ci Sei Tu is classic Nek,upbeat and melodic and Pieno D'energiahas a Latin pop charge reminiscent of RickyMartin. "Touring really opened my eyes,especially in Latin America" says Nek. "On

the one hand the Latin people are joyous,sunny people whilst just round the corneryou can encounter tragic circumstances.These impressions inspired the music andlyrics of my new songs," he explains.

Following recent pre-release swingsthrough Germany, Austria, Switzerland andSpain, Nek returns to these territories inforthcoming weeks for press, radio & TV. Hethen covers Latin America in August before

returning to Europe inSeptember for promotion inHolland, Belgium andFrance. A European tourkicks off next October inItaly, before a LatinAmerican leg in January2001. A Spanish version ofhis new album, La Vida Es,is released in Spain, LatinAmerica and the US thisJuly.

"The new album will beinstrumental in his careerdevelopment," says ToniVandoni, responsible forrecord industry contactsat national music networkRadio Italia Solo MusicaItaliana. "It is full of good

songs which I believe have a strong inter-national appeal and proves that he is notjust the blue eyed boy of Italian pop."Warner Music Italy president GerolamoCaccia Dominioni agrees: "Nek is a projectwithout frontiers. He has a strong fanbase in Europe and the Americas to workfrom. He is a good artist who works veryhard, and these are the ingredients for asuccess story."

St Germain and all that jazzby Millane Kang

Since its release on April 18, St Germain'sTourist has quickly notched up 100,000sales in Europe, with half of these comingdomestically in France. The electronic jazzartist's long awaited debut album on BlueNote/EMI is the follow-up to the classic 1995release Boulevard (F Communications)which itself shifted 200,000units and was nominated atthe Dance Music Awards inLondon.

St Germain, aka LudovicNavarre, was a forerunner ofthe "French touch" electronicmovement and started fus-ing techno, jazz, blues,ambiant, house and dub inhis home studio in 1991.After leaving independenttechno label F Corn, StGermain has steeredtowards more jazz -based,live music. This is evident onTourist, which was recorded with threeother musicians and only features fourpure house tracks alongside two samples.

Nicolas Pflug, project and creative man-ager at Blue Note France, believes that St.Germain's new direction is both timely andin keeping with the label's "avant-gardejazz" ethos. He adds: "St Germain is anartist of quality and a precursor of a newmusical genre. His album has come along

at the right moment-when both electroni-ca and jazz were starting to turn in circles."

The single Rose Rouge has held the num-ber one spot on the French DJ Mix chartsfor several weeks running and is playlistedacross a variety of radio formats, includingFIP, RTL, Europe 2, France Inter, andRadio Campus. The video for Rose Rouge ison heavy rotation on French TV channels

M6 and MCM and is antici-pated to go into nightimebroadcasting on MTV.

At national full service sta-tion RTL, programmerPascale Amiaud reports: "Wehad strong reactions from ourlisteners because it is very dif-ferent from our regular pro-gramming. We added the sin-gle to the daytime playlist andworked other tracks for night-time, specifically Sure Thing.It remains a very adult recordbut we are getting a positivewidespread response."

Elsewhere, Tourist tops the UK's DJMag Beats charts and is number two onJazz FM's chart. Switzerland, Spain, Italy,Austria are also reporting encouragingsales and radio airplay, according to EMIFrance international exploitation managerKarina Beuthe. St Germain will be per-forming live from June to December. Hewill appear at the Montreux Jazz Festivalon July 8.

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Don't Give Up F.GRE.E.CH.UKWA82 15 Chicane - XtravaganzalSony (Various)

Ich Vermill Dich (Wie Die Halle-) A.D.CH9 8 6 Zlatko - Ariola (EMI) 12/0013FWA.

42 39 8 Matt & Def Bond - Barclay (Not Listed)Heart Of Asia IRL.UK

76 42 8 Watergate - Positiva (EMI)

Abner EWA.10 10 9 Cecilia Dam & Damien Sargue -BazterlUniversal (Not Listed)

I'm Outta Love FD.NL.CH. Bon Voyage AD.0 55 3 Anastacia - Epic (Not Listed) 99 2 Deichkind - WEA (Not Listed)

Reach IRL.UK# 12 2 S Club 7 Polydor (EMI/BMG) Toca's Miracle DKFIN.D.IRLLNL.S.CH.LIE. m.., I'm Your Pusher DKD.S.CH.44 32 8 Fragma - Gang Go Music/EMI (IMN I IMG 1 BMG 'Universal) 1",' Scooter - Control I Edel (Not Listed)-Private Emotion A.F.D.M.L.I.NL.N.S.CHUKHUN.FL.WA12 11 12 Ricky Martin & Meja - Columbia (Warner Chappell)

Take My Heart D.CH. Taken For Granted UK.45 41 5 Band Ohne Namen - Epic (Not Listed) 79 49 2 Sia - Long Lost Brother (Boosey & Hawkes)

Sha Lala Lala A.D.IRL.N.S.CH.***** SALES BREAKER -A-**** 46 37 17 Vengaboys - Violent /Various (Warner Chappell)

Carmen Queasy D.LNL.UKMaxim Feat. Skin -XL (EMI IChrysalis I Keith Prowse)

Shackles (Praise You) "'".'-".'.' "' " "'-. ''123 73 2 Mary Mary - Columbia (EMI /Various)

/slue Tu neviennes All Tile mmau Tnings ---.... --Oa 74 2 Patrick Fiori - Epic (Not Listed) 63 17 Blink 182 - MCA (EMI)

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Elle, Tu L'Aimes F. A19 7 Helene Segara - Orlando /East West (Not Listed)

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1g, New Beginningright Eyes rftL. UK6113, Stephen Gately - Polydor (Various)

....., Hands Up (a. Tell Me Why (The Riddle) FmaIIIL.CILUKLe4, Trevor & Simon - Substance (23rd Precinctl A&R1Notting Hill) 84 58 4 Paul Van Dyk feat, St. Etienne - Universal I Deviant (WC IBMG !Momentum I CC)

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CA The One A.FIN.D.S.CH. Bound 4 Da Reload (Casualty) IRL.UK.47 2 Backstreet Boys - Jive (Zomba) 85 50 6 Oxide & Neutrino - East West (Windswept Music)

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On The Beach IRL.UKIQ9 York - Manifesto (Warner Chappell)

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The Dariside AD.CH.93 11 Hypetraxx - EMI (Universal)

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84 35 Shania Twain - Mercury (MCA/ Universal)0

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75 9 Aqua - Universal (Universal)Jeune Et Con EWA.

90 76 7 Saez - Island (Not Listed)

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You See The Trouble With Me FIRL.LE.UK.57 56 4 Black Legend - Bit (Warner Chappell)

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CI 65 2 Eagle -Eye Cherry - Diesel 1 Polydor (Warner Chappell I Diesel 2)Fool Again D.IRL.NL.S.CH.FL.

92 87 10 Westlife - RCA (Zomba I BMO)

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Candy FIRL.CH.UK.WA.59 57 9 Mandy Moore - Epic (Various)

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94 85 15 113 - S.MAL.L. (Alariana Birdsound I Delabel)

I Will Love Again A.F.D.E.S.CH.WA. Be With You F.D.IVLS.CH.HUN.WA.28 12 Lara Fabian - Epic (Rive Droite 1 Gerig) 66 13 Enrique Iglesias - Universal (Gerig I Rive Droite IEMI)

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96 78 9 Craig David - Wildstar (WarnerChappell /Windswept Pacific)

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46 23 Gigi D'Agostino - MIR /Media (Warner Chappell)Inside To Outside F.S.WA.

97 71 14Lady Violet - New Music (Budde I BMG)

,.... Forgot About Dre IRL.CH.UK.30 ID, Dr. Dre - Interscope (Various)

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Mein Stern D.CH.98 89 18 Ayman - East West (Triple MI EMI)

A.D.NL.CH.FL.Uncle John From JamaicaVengaboys - Violent /Various (Not Listed)

Jij Bent De Zon NL.80 3 Jop - Sony Music Media (Not Listed)

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****** SALES BREAKER *rid*** indicates the single registering the biggest increase in chart points.The Eurochart Hot 100 Singles is compiled by Music & Media and based on the following national singles sales charts: CIN (UKI; Ireland; Full chartserviceby Media Control GmbH 0049-7221-366201 (Germany); SNEPTIFOP Tite-Live (France);

singles: Musics E Dischi/Miuio De Luigi. albums Fimi.Nieleen (Italy); Stichting Mega Top 100 (Holland); Stichting Promuvi (Belgium); GLF/IFPI (Sweden); IFPI/Nielsen Marketing Research (Denmark); VG (Norway,: ALEF MB/AFYVE (Spain); YLE 2 Radioniafia/TFPI (Finland); Austria Top 301Austrial;Full chart service by Media Control AG 0041-61-2718989 (Switzerland); IPSOS/Mahass-IFPI (Hungary) IFP1 (Czech Republic).

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Menu ChaoClandestino - Virgin

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Enrique Iglesias36 36 28 Enrique - Interscope 0Sarah BrightmanLa Luna - East West

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10 7 6 The Heat - LaFace I Arista

9 3 ferra2 - Mercury

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38 18 6 Cypress HillSkull & Bones - ColumbiaAFIN.F.D.GRENL.CH.HUN.FL.

CDHelene Segara41 19 Au Nom D'Une Femme - Orlando /East West

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42 Toploader27 2 Onka's Big Moka - Sony S2UK

ci)Blink 18244 18 Enema Of The State - MCA

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70 49 6 Nero Pelu'Ne' Buoni Ne' Cattivi - WEA1.

71.62 9MusicalRomeo & Juliette - Baxter

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D.A.D.00 7 Everything Glows - EMI -Medley

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77 61 5 n,Siot.Tourist - Blue eNoteShania Twain

81 13 The Woman In Me - Mercury

A.EGRECH.FL.WA.

Guano Apes A.FIN.D.LIVL.P.CH.HUN.CZE.FL.12 113 5 Don't Give Me Names - Gun I BMG Koln

Gloria Estefan13 12 3 Alma Caribena/Carribean Soul - EpicSting AF.D.GRE.I.PCILLIK.HUN.CZE.WA.

14 13 36 Brand New Day - A&M

@The Olsen Brothers32 3 Wings Of Love - CMC I EMI

A -Ha A.F.D.GRE.N.E.S.CH.HUN.CZE.FLWA16 15 8 Minor Earth, Major Sky - WEA

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Travis51 45 54 The Man Who - Independiente

. Pink Floyd ELNPWA.mg 59 10 Is There Anybody Out There/The Wall Live 1980-1981- EMI

0..4, Kid RockLa" The History Of Rock - Laval Atlantic

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0 Barry White29 22 The Ultimate Collection - Mercury FIN.D.N.E.FLWAA.DED.IRL.NL.P.E.CH.UK.HUN.CZE.FL.Vengaboys

22 21 12 The Platinum Album - Violent /Various

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24 17 5 Living In The Present Future - Diesel I Polydor

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@Dr. Dre31 26 2001 - Interscope

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Renato ZeroTutti Gli Zeri Del Mondo - Fonopoli /Epic

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Sasha54 37 5 ...You - WEA

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AC/DC51 15 Stiff Upper Lip - Elektra

Limp BizkitVIP 84 17 Significant Other - Interscope

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32 22 16 Northern Star - Virgin

A.D.IRL.NL.CH. UK Westlife47 31 Westlife - RCA

A.DE.D.GRE.NL.N.S.CH.FL. Don Henley66 23 2 Inside Job - Warner Bros.

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

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

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week 25/00 Top National Sellers ©BPI Communications IncUNITED KINGDOM World GERMANY FRANCE ITALYTW LW SINGLES

1 1 Sonique - It Feels So Good (Serious/Universal)2 2 S Club 7 - Reach (Polydor)3 NE Stephen Gately - New Beginning/Bright Eyes (A&M)4 NE York - On The Beach (Manifesto)5 NE Mary Mary - Shackles (Praise You) (Columbia)6 NE Pink - There You Go (Arista)7 NE Dr. Dre - Forgot About Dre (Interscope)8 3 Bon Jovi - It's My Life (Mercury)9 6 Britney Spears - Oops! I Did It Again (Jive)10 5 Madison Avenue - Don't Call Me Baby (VC Recordings)TW LW ALBUMS1 NE Bon Jovi - Crush (Mercury)2 1 Whitney Houston - Whitney - The Greatest Hits (Arista)3 2 Eminem - The Marsall Mathers LP (Interscope)4 4 Tom Jones - Reload (Gut)5 3 Britney Spears - Oops!...I Did It Again (Jive)6 6 Moby - Play (Mute)7 NE Iron Maiden - Brave New World (EMI)8 5 Toploader - Onka's Big Moka (Sony S2)9 8 Dr. Dre - 2001 (Interscope)10 26 Simply Red - Greatest Hits (East West)

TW LW SINGLES1 1 Bomfunk MC's - Freestyler (Sony Music Media)2 2 Bon Jovi - It's My Life (Mercury)3 3 Zlatko - Ich Vermill Dich (Wie Die Me-) (Hansa)4 5 Gigi D'Agostino - The Riddle (Zyx)5 4 Britney Spears - Oops! I Did It Again (Jive/Zomba)6 6 Reamonn - Supergirl (Virgin)7 7 Anton Aus Tirol feat. DJ Otzi - Anton Aus Eno! (EMI)

8 9 The Olsen Brothers - Fly On The Wings Of Love (EMI)

9 8 Melanie C. - Never Be The Same Again (Virgin)10 11 Band Ohne Namen - Take My Heart (Epic)TW LW Ateums1 NE Bon Jovi - Crush (Mercury)2 1 Britney Spears - Oops!...I Did It Again (Jive/Zomba)3 NE Iron Maiden - Brave New World (EMI)4 4 Whitney Houston - Whitney - The Greatest Hits (Ariola)5 NE Reamonn - Tuesday (Virgin)6 6 Santana - Supernatural (Ariola)7 3 Eminem - The Marsall Mathers LP (Motor)8 2 Michael Mittermeier - Back To Life (Ariola)9 NE Fury In The Slaughterhouse - Home Inside (EMI)

10 5 Guano Apes. Don't Give Me Names (SupersonicLun/BMG Kiln)

TW LW SINGLES1 1 Yfinnick - Ces Soirees La (La Tribu/Sony)2 2 Cecilia Dora & Damien Sargue Aimer (Baxter/Universal)

3 4 Helene Segara - Elle, Tu L'Aimes (East West)4 3 Lady - Easy Love (Dance Pool)5 5 Britney Spears - Oops! I Did It Again (Jive/Virgin)6 6 Sawt El Atlas - Ne Me Jugez Pas(S.M.A.L.L.)7 7 French Affair - My Heart Goes Boom (RCA)8 8 R. Kelly - If I Could Turn Back... (Jive/Virgin)9 9 Matt & Def Bond - 12/0013 (Barclay)10 10 Destiny's Child - Say My Name (Columbia)

TW LW ALBUMS1 3 Santana - Supernatural (Ariola)2 1 Britney Spears - Oops!...I Did It Again (Jive/Virgin)3 NE Iron Maiden - Brave New World (EMI)4 4 Moby - Play (Labels)5 5 Helene Segara - Au Nom D'Une Femme (East West)6 NE Bon Jovi - Crush (Mercury)7 2 Era - Era 2 (Mercury)8 7 Soundtrack - Pokemon: 2.B.A. Master (Edel)9 12 Akhenaton - Comme Un Amant (OST) (Delabel)

10 11 Shania Twain - Come On Over (Mercury)

TW LW SINGLES1 Eiffel 65 - Too Much Of Heaven (Bliss Co.)2 Bloodhound Gang - The Bad Touch (Universal)4 French Affair - My Heart Goes Boom (BMG Ricordi)5 Bon Jovi - It's My Life (Mercury)3 Britney Spears - Gaps! I Did It Again (Jive/Virgin)

13 Paola & Chiara - Vamos A Bailer (Columbia)7 Piero Pelu' - Io Ci Bare (WEA)

11 Iron Maiden - The Wicker Man (EMI)

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3 NE Renato Zero - Tutti Gli Zeri Del Monde (Fonopoli/Epic)4 10 Whitney Houston - Whitney The Greatest Hits (BMG Ricordi)5 NE Iron Maiden - Brave New World (EMI)6 3 Jarabe De Palo - Depende (Virgin)7 4 Luna Pop - Sque'Rez? (Banana Records/Universal)8 5 Piero Pelu' - Ne' Buoni Ne' Cattivi (WEA)9 7 Moby - Play (Extralabels/EMI)10 2 Pearl Jam - Binaural (Epic)

19 Nek - Ci Sei Tu6 Madonna - American PieLW ALsums

1 1 Santana - Supernatural2 NE Bon Jovi - Crush

SPAIN HOLLAND WALLONY SWEDENTW LW &Nauss

1 1 Tony Sweat - Sex Machine (Blanco Y Negro)2 2 Bon Jovi - It's My Life (Mercury)3 3 Britney Spears - Oops! I Did It Again (JiveNirgin)4 4 Gloria Estefan - No Me Dejes De Querer (Epic)5 9 Raul - Sueno Su Boca (Horns)6 6 King Africa - Bomba (Vale Music)7 5 Iron Maiden - The Wicker Man (EMI)8 7 Monica Naranjo - Sobrevivre (Epic)9 8 French Affair - My Heart Goes Boom (RCA)

10 11 Azucar Moreno - Mamma MM - The Remixes (Epic)TW LW Atatims

1 3 Barry White - The Ultimate Collection (Universal)2 1 Gloria Estefan - Alma Caribena/Carribean Soul (Epic)3 2 Britney Spears - Oops!...I Did It Again (Jive/Virgin)4 4 Whitney Houston - Whitney - The Greatest Hits (Ariola)5 5 Tom Jones - Gold (Universal)6 12 Raul - Sueno Su Boca7 6 Thalia - Arrasando8 8 Monica Naranjo - Minage9 7 Santana - Supernatural

10 13 Mama - Unplugged

(Horns)(EMI)(Epic)

(Ariola)(WEA)

TW LW SINGLES1 2 Jop - Jij Bent De Zan (Sony Music Media)2 1 Bon Jovi - It's My Life (Mercury)3 4 Aaliyah - Try Again (Virgin)4 6 Mary Mary - Shackles (Praise You) (Columbia)5 3 Britney Spears - Oops! I Did It Again (Jive/Zomba)6 9 Marc Anthony - You Sang To Me (Columbia)7 5 Melanie C. - Never Be The Same Again (Virgin)8 7 Vengaboys - Uncle John From Jamaica (Violent)9 8 Zombie Nation - Kernkraft 400 E.P. (Lube)10 10 Alice Deejay - Will I Ever (Violent)TW LW ALBUMS

1 10 Bon Jovi - Crush (Mercury)2 2 Eminem - The Marsall Mathers LP (Polydor)3 1 Britney Spears - Oops!...I Did It Again (Jive/Zomba)4 4 The Corrs - Unplugged (Warner)5 3 Whitney Houston - Whitney - The Greatest Hits (BMG)

6 8 Rene Froger - All The Hits (Dino)7 5 Santana - Supernatural (BMG)8 11 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Califomication (Warner)9 12 Vengaboys - The Platinum Album (Violent)

10 14 Live - The Distance To Here (Mercury)

TW LW SINGLES1 1 Yannick - Ces Soirees La (Epic)2 3 Santana - Maria Maria (BMG)3 2 Cecilia Dara & Damien Sargue - Aimer (Mercury)4 4 Bomfunk MC's - Freestyler (Dancity/Sony)5 5 Britney Spears - Oops! I Did It Again (Jive/Zomba)6 6 Helene Segara - Elle, Tu L'Aimes (Warner)7 9 Sisqo - Thong Song (Mercury)8 8 Toni Braxton - He Wasn't Man Enough (BMG)9 7 Sonia Lacen & Sebastien Lorca - To Me Mangoes... (Mercury)

10 10 Patrick Fiori - Que Tu Reviennes (Epic)TW LW ALBUMS

1 1 Britney Spears - Oops!...I Did It Again (Jive/Zomba)2 2 Mike Brant - 25ieme Anniversaire (EMI)3 4 Whitney Houston - Whitney - The Greatest Hits (BMG)4 3 Helene Segara - Au Nom D'Une Femme (Warner)5 5 Santana - Supernatural (BMG)6 6 Era - Era 2 (Mercury)7 8 Barry White - The Ultimate Collection (Mercury)8 7 Etienne Daho - Corps Et Armes (Virgin)9 9 Les Enfoires - Enfoires En 2000 (BMG)10 11 Patrick Fiori - Chrysalide (Epic)

TW LW SINGLES1 2 Markoolio feat Arne Hegerfors - Mera Mill (CM/Arcade)

2 1 The Olsen Brothers - Fly On The Wings Of Love (CMC)

3 3 Britney Spears - Oops! I Did It Again (Jive/Zomba)4 NE E -Type - Campion 2000 (Stockholm)5 4 Bon Jovi - It's My Life (Universal)6 18 Bubbles - Happy Girl (CNR)7 7 Staffan Hellstrand - Explodera (EMI)8 5 Bomfunk MC's - B -Boys & Fly Girls (Sony)9 8 Sisqo - Thong Song (Universal)10 10 S Club 7 - Bring It All Back (Universal)

TW LW Ataums1 NE Iron Maiden - Brave New World (EMI)2 NE Bon Jovi - Crush (Universal)3 2 Britney Spears - Oops!...I Did It Again (Jive/Zomba)4 3 Various Artists - Eurovision Song Contest Stockholm 2000 IBMG)5 1 Marie Fredriksson - Antligen - Marie Fredrikssons Basta (EMI)

6 4 Whitney Houston - Whitney - The Greatest Hits (BMG)7 5 Eminem - The Marsall Mathers LP (Universal)8 9 Era - Era 2 (Universal)9 7 Santana - Supernatural (BMG)

10 13 Thomas Rusiak - Magic Villa (Universal)

DENMARK NORWAY FINLAND IRELANDTW LW SINGLES

1 1 The Olsen Brothers - Smuk Som Et Stjerneskud (CMC)2 20 Bon Jovi - It's My Life (Mercury)3 9 Sisqo - Thong Song (Universal)4 2 Santana - Maria Maria (BMG)5 6 Paffendorf - Where Are You (Edel)6 7 Landsholdet & Det Brme Punktum All We Need Is Love (CMC)7 5 Da Rude - Sandstorm (BMG)8 3 DJ Aligator Project - The Whistle Song (Flex)9 NE Barcode Brothers - It's A Fine Day (Universal)

10 4 Britney Spears - Oops! I Did It Again (Jive/Virgin)TW LW ALBUMS

1 1 The Olsen Brothers - Wings Of Love (CMC)2 3 Whitney Houston - Whitney - The Greatest Hits (BMG)3 2 Britney Spears - Oops!...I Did It Again (Jive/Virgin)4 7 D.A.D. - Everything Glows (EMI -Medley)5 4 James Last - The Very Best Of James Last (Universal)6 14 Electric Light Orchestra - The Danish Collection (Epic)7 5 Various Artists- Eurovision Song Contest Stockholm 2000 (CMC)

8 9 Santana - Supernatural (BMG)9 6 Aqua - Aquarius (Universal)10 8 Melanie C. - Northern Star (Virgin)

TW LW SINGLES1 NE Sonique - It Feels So Good (Universal)2 2 Britney Spears - Oops! I Did It Again (Jive/Zomba)3 6 Bon Jovi - It's My Life (Universal)4 3 Sisqo - Thong Song (Universal)5 1 DJ Aligator Project - The Whistle Song (EMI)6 5 The Olsen Brothers - Fly On The Wings Of Love (Norske Gram)

7 13 Marc Anthony - You Sang To Me (Sony)8 4 Melanie C. - Never Be The Same Again (Virgin)9 7 Tungtvann - Reinspikka Hip Hop (EMI)10 8 Santana - Maria Maria (BMG)TW LW ALBUMS

1 1 The Olsen Brothers - Wings Of Love (Norske Gram)2 2 Britney Spears - Oops!...I Did It Again (Jive/Zomba)3 3 Moby - Play (Playground)4 NE Iron Maiden - Brave New World (EMI)5 NE Bon Jovi - Crush (Universal)6 4 Eminem - The Marsall Mathers LP (Universal)7 5 A -Ha - Minor Earth, Major Sky (Warner)8 7 Santana - Supernatural (BMG)9 6 D.D.E. - Jippi (Norske Gram)10 15 Whitney Houston - Whitney - The Greatest Hits (BMG)

TW LW SINGLES1 1 Children Of Bodum - Hate Me (Spinefarm)2 2 Fintellingens - Kellareiden Kasvatit (Sony)3 3 Da Rude- Feel The Beat (BMG)4 NE Petri Nygiird - Vitun Suomirokki (Poko)5 4 Seremoniamestari Kappale Kauneinta Suominimia (Spinefarm)6 6 Bon Jovi - It's My Life (Universal)7 8 Tekosekoitin - Kaikki Nuoret Tyypit (Levy-Yhtio)8 5 HIM - Right Here In My Arms (Terrier/BMG)9 10 Apulanta - Ei Yhtaan Todistajaa(Levy-Yhtio)10 9 Seremoniamestari - Viesti (Spinefarm)

1W LW /sienna1 NE Bon Jovi - Crush (Universal)2 NE Iron Maiden - Brave New World (EMI)3 1 Nightwish - Wishmaster (Spinefarm)4 2 Britney Spears - Oops!...I Did It Again (Jive/EMI)5 3 Tehosekoitin - Rock'NRoll Monster Movie Show (Levy-Yhtio)

6 8 Eminem - The Marsall Mathers LP (Universal)7 6 Waldo's People - No Man's Land (BMG)8 NE Tomas Ledin - Vuodet 1972 - 2000 Aren (Warner)9 9 Santana - Supernatural (BMG)

10 7 Cypress Hill - Skull & Bones (Sony)

TW LW SINGLES1 1 Bloodhound