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FEBRUARY 7, 1998

Volume 15, Issue 6

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The Romanza goes on;Andrea Bocelli's albummoves into its second yearon the M&M European Top100 Albums chart. Page 10

we talk -ra..41:1_1.4ra.M&M chart toppers this week

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Inside M&M this week

POLYGRAM AT THE VICTOIRESThe nominations for France's Vic-toires de la Musique awards makesatisfying reading for PolyGram,with no fewer than 16 entries for thecompany. This week, M&M looks atthe Victoires and the nominees forGermany's Echo awards. Page 5

COMMERCIAL COMPANIONSThe U.K's latest TV chart showoffers a unique opportunity for com-mercial radio and television to worktogether. M&M interviews MalcolmGerrie, executive producer of Chan-nel 5's Pepsi Chart Show. Page 3

EUROPE AND THE C -WORDEuropean radio won't play country

music-but will it play Sha-nia Twain (pictured), anartist with some 15 mil-lion album sales behindher in North America?M&M talks to Twainabout her hopes for a new

"European" version ofher latest Mercuryalbum. Page 7

RMC bidders line upby Remi Bouton

PARIS - The French government haslaunched its fifth-and hopefullyfinal-attempt to privatise RMC,France's fourth largest radio group.

The sale of the Radio Monte Carlogroup has been an on -going questionsince 1986 and has been considered byno less than seven different govern-ments. As one source close to the pro-ject says: "If the selling of RMC by thestate was easy, it would have beendone a long time ago."

The last attempt to privatise theRMC group-which includes threenetworks, RMC, Radio Nostalgie andMontmartre FM- collapsed in 1996.This time around, an impressive list of

national and international companiesare lining up in a bid to acquire all orpart of the troubled radio group.

Among the interested companiesare French radio groups NRJ, SudRadio and Europe 1 Communications,British media conglomerate EMAP,luxury goods company LVMH, andGerard Louvin, owner of Paris -baseddance station Voltage FM.

Radio industry executives considerthat the privatisation could allow oneexisting group-or several groups-tostrengthen their position on the Frenchmarket, or new entrants to gain a signif-icant foothold in what is one of Europe'smost competitive radio markets.

State-owned holding Sofirad, whichcontinued on page 20

Air's Moon Safari defies gravity

by Christian Lorenz

PARIS - It seems everyone's gone tothe Moon-and they've found Air there.

French electronica duo Air are float-ing in the Top 20 of M&M's EuropeanTop 100 albums chart this week withtheir "lounge electronica" opus MoonSafari (Source/Virgin). And they've

reached those heights without the liftthat a hit single usually provides.

Moon Safari enters the European Top100 Albums chart this week at number19, having been released across Europeon January 19. Sales of over 200,000units only one week make Air the mostexciting French export act since Daft

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Capital networksits brand of Goldby Mike McGeever

LONDON - The Capital Radio grouphas been given the green light to estab-lish a quasi -network by rolling out itsLondon AM oldies service, Capital Gold,across all the compa-ny's other. AM sta-tions in England.

U.K commercialradio regulator theRadio Authorityallowed the consolidation move on thecondition that four hours of locally pro-duced programming (which Capital hasnominated as afternoon drive) plus localnews and information remain on each ofthe five AM outlets affected.

The four stations outside of London.to be re -branded as Capital Gold will be1152 Xtra AM/Birmingham, InvictaSuperGold/Whitstable, South CoastRadio/Fareham and South CoastRadio/Brighton. The first station tomake the change, during the next fewweeks, will be Invicta SuperGold. Theothers will make the switch by June.

Despite intensive competition from-new services on the FM band in recentyears, Capital Gold has maintained its

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IFPI/BIEMdeal inkedby Emmanuel Legranci

LONDON - The much -anticipatedagreement between Europe's recordcompanies and music publishers onnew mechanical royalties was finallysigned on January 29 .

The new standard contract agree-ment between the International Feder-ation of the Phonographic Industry

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`Political pressure' ousts RAI boardby Mark Dezzani

ROME - The entire board of gover-nors, including the president, ofItalian public broadcaster RAI is tobe replaced following resignations-reportedly under political pressure-during the past week.

President Enzo Siciliano and twogovernors, Liliana Cavani andMichele Scudiero, resigned onJanuary 21st. The remaining two RAIgovernors, Fiorenza Mursia andFederica Olivares resigned onJanuary 27, leaving all five positionson the board vacant.

This followed pressure on theboard to resign in the face of mount-ing accusations of pro -governmentbias in TV news bulletins and fallingaudiences for the network's three TVstations. The exodus of the broadcast-er's entire senior executive has

occurred despite an ongoing restruc-turing plan for RAI's three nationalradio networks, which appears to beachieving positive results.

RAI Radio Uno (news/talk) andRadio Due (full service) have main-tained their listening figures andtheir lead inthe ratings,whilstRadio Tre(cultural)has inc-reased lis-tening over the past 18 months.

The position of Claudio Cecchetto,recently appointed to revamp RadioDue's afternoon youth -targeted musicprogramming, is likely to remainsecure for the immediate future, sinceany strategic changes under a newexecutive will probably be directed atRAI's TV operations. Cecchetto was

previously owner/director of privateCHR networks Radio Deejay andRadio Capital.

A new governing board for RAI isexpected to be appointed by earlyFebruary, to avoid a leadership vacu-um. Italy's centre-left "Olive Tree"

government coali-tion has beenpreparing a new lawto slim down RAI'sexecutive structure,and to distance theselection of execu-

tives from politicians. Currently, theleaders of the senate and parliamentare responsible for appointingRAI governors.

The government proposals alsoinclude plans to partially privatisethe state-owned RAI; these areexpected to be an integral part of thenew executive board's mandate.

Spanish licence row rumbles onby Howell Llewellyn

MADRID - Alarm bells are againringing over government plans,approved in September last year(M&M, Sept. 20 1997), to grant 350new commercial radio FM licencesacross Spain during 1998.

Augusto Delkader, director generalof Spain's largest commercial radio net-work, Cadena SER, has now warnedthat one of the three existing nationalnetworks "would disappear" if a fourthgroup emerged as a result of theincreased number of licences. His viewhas been backed by the SpanishAdvertisers' Association (AEA).

The three national commercialnetworks-SER, Cadena COPE andOnda Cero Radio-all said before theNew Year break that the emergenceof a fourth group would mean adver-tising revenue would not be enough tosustain all four networks.

"One of the three current networkswould disappear, and I shall do all Ican to make sure it isn't SER," said

Delkader at a series of debates titledRadio Days at the faculty of journal-ism in Madrid's ComplutenseUniversity on January 20.

Delkader estimatesthat the minimuminvestment to set up anew network would bePta8 billion ($52.6 mil-lion), in a sector withan annual turnover ofabout Pta50 billion($329 million)-"insuf-ficient to feed a fourthnetwork." He adds:believe in competition,but things have to bedesigned with a bit of discernment."

Central government formallyoffered the new licenses for tender onSeptember 8 1997; this year, each ofSpain's 17 autonomous regions willaward its allotted number of stations.The first two regions-Galicia andExtremadura-are expected -to issuetheirs next month.

Delkader has also called on the

centre -right government to enforcecurrent legislation limiting the num-ber of municipal radio stations,which, he claims, have an unfair

advantage because theyreceive financing frompublic funds as well asfrom advertising.

He also reminded his(mainly student) audi-ence at ComplutenseUniversity that Spain'soverall radio audiencefell last year. In 1996,59.9 percent ofSpaniards said they lis-tened to the radio every

day; the figure. was 58.8 percent in1997, according to a survey by EstudioGeneral de Medios (EGM).

The day after Delkader's comments,the AEA issued a statement sayingSpain's advertising cake was not bigenough for a fourth network. "There isno space in the market for four net-works to survive from advertising rev-enue," the statement declared.

Over -powered Antigoon off airby Marc Maes

ANTWERP - Following a report filed byBelgian Telecom, the Flemish local radiowatchdog has forced Antwerp -basedCHR station Radio Antigoon to stop allbroadcasting for a 10 -day period.

The station fell silent on January22, and was due to resume broadcast-ing on February 1. Belgian Telecom isresponsible for monitoring telecommu-nications and broadcasting activity inthe country. According to the FlemishMedia Ministry, officials noted as farback as 1995 that Radio Antigoon wasinfringing radio legislation by broad-casting at 400 watts in excess of thestation's allocated power limit.

Antigoon was also, says theMinistry, using hardware not

approved by the government, andincreasing itsallocatedbroadcastarea by usinga frequencyrange of 150Khz insteadof the regula-tion 75 Khz.

In June 1997, BelgianTelecom again reported similar infringe-ments by Antigoon, and filed a com-plaint which led to a recommendation tothe media minister, in September 1997,that Radio Antigoon should suffer a 10 -day broadcasting suspension.

Radio Antigoon managing directorDavid Daggelinckx' says, "We don'tagree with the suspension, because we

have our doubts about the proceduresused by the Telecom officials. In addi-

tion, a frequency range is diffi-cult to measure." However, hecontinues, "We are respectingthe 10 -day shutdown."

Daggelinckx also criticisesthe local radio watchdog'smethods which, he alleges,

leave some stations alone whilst othersare taken off -air for various infringe-ments. In 1997, some 10 stations facedgovernment suspensions for a range ofregulation infringements.

Radio Antigoon, which will complywith the power and frequency rangeregulations when it comes back on -air,will launch a $20,000 campaign to re -promote the station when the suspen-sion expires on February 1.

Open MikeMalcolm GerrieGerrie is MD ofLondon -based InitialFilm & Television,the company behindthe Brits awardsTV show andexecutive produc-er of the new PepsiChart Show on national TVchannel Channel 5, which debutson February 4.

Q: What are the common linksbetween the weekly Pepsi ChartShow on commercial radio in theU.K. and the Channel 5 show?A: The countdown is the same, and NeilFox [95.8 Capital FM/London presen-ter, who also presents the radio chartshow] will be the off -camera voice forthe TV show. So, there's continuitybetween the two. Of course, the sponsoris the same. [Pepsi] want to pull in thesame demographics with both shows.

Q: Do you see ways in whichInital, Channel 5 and U.K. com-mercial radio can work together?A: Absolutely. We have a meetingscheduled with Richard Park [Capitalgroup programme director]; we're look-ing to come up with a creation whereone plus one equals five, and Pepsi isorganising chart -related events. Sothere are ways we can work with radioto our mutual benefit. One reason weopted to go for the Pepsi Chart wasbecause it's on commercial radio.

Q: What about cross -promotionbetween radio and Channel 5?A: One of our ambitions is to promotethe fact that you can hear the chart oncommercial radio every Sunday. So theradio show will be getting two plugs aweek on the TV show. As far as broad-casting regulations are concerned, weare allowed to do that. The BBC hasdone it for years with its five radio andnetworks and two TV channels. It'sabout time the commercial sector did it.

Q: Channel 5 is less than a year old;what's its approach to the show?A: They are taking a very consideredview about it all. Everybody knows it'snot going to pull in 2-3 million viewers.Music TV shows don't. But at the sametime, the profile of the show-and thefact that it plugs into commercial radio,advertiser -funded programming andthe British music industry-is veryinteresting. It will draw the kind ofaudience everyone involved is keen toget; 16-24 year -olds. That's one reasonITV is keen to have the Brits [show],because it draws that age group, whichtraditionally turned away from IW.

Q: Any plans to roll out the showon outlets other than Channel 5?A: We are in advanced stages of negoti-ations with a major satellite TV broad-caster in the U.K An agreement shouldbe wrapped up shortly. Overseas inter-est in the TV show, particularly fromScandinavia, is very strong.

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ON TI B1 ATSONY MUSIC SWEDEN MD STEPS DOWNSTOCICHOLM - Veteran Sony Music Sweden executive Stenof Klinteberg is stepping down as managing director of thecomapny after some 20 years in the position. He will remainas a consultant; his successor as MD will be announced short-ly by Sony Music Entertainment Europe president Paul Rus-sell. Sten of Klinteberg joined Sony Music-at the time, CBSRecords-in 1970 as marketing manager for the EuropeanRegional Office in Paris, moving to Sweden in 1977. In addi-tion to Sony Music Sweden, he was MD-and oversaw thestart-up-of the Skivakademien Record stores acquired bySony in 1989 (the company sold the last of the chain in 1997).

DIGITAL SUMMIT FOR MIDEM'99?CANNES - Next year's MIDEM may be preceded by a day-long summit meeting to discuss concerns raised by the digi-tal environment. Reed MIDEM Organisation chief executiveXavier Roy says this year's show (January 18-22), demon-strated to him the level of music industry apprehensionabout new ways of doing business. MIDEM may respond tothis, he says, by staging a summit meeting involving seniormusic industry and telecommunication and Internet accesscompany chiefs, to be held on the day-or two days-beforenext year's show. "It's an idea... I will have to present to theindustry," he says. "But it is an idea that I hope will help thetwo sides understand more about each other's concerns."

IRTC APPROVES TODAY FM CHANGESDUBLIN - Irish commercial broadcasting regulator, theIRTC, has approved the changed output of lbday FM (for-merly Radio Ireland), the result of revamped music and mar-keting strategies at the national broadcaster. The IRTC saysit is "confident" that the station's new programming and If1 million -plus ($1.61 million) promotional blitz will "lead toan improvement" in the station's audience figures. However,the regulator was not satisfied by the "absence" of certain edi-torial elements, which lbday indicated last November wouldbe part of the schedule revamp which began at the turn ofyear. The IRTC and lbday are discussing those issues.

SANZ IS TOP SELECCIoNMADRID -Alejandro Sanz, the Spanishsinger who has just broken a nationalsales record by shifting lm units of hisfourth album, Mcis (More) in just fourmonths, was among the winners at theSeleccion Dial 97 music awards, held inMadrid. The awards are voted for by lis-teners to Spanish language -only net-work Cadena Dial. Others receivingawards included Monica Naranjo, InmaSerrano, Jose Maria Cano (the latter

two both ex -members of Mecano), Presuntos Implicados,Rosana, Ella Baila Sola, Tontxu, Ismael Serrano, Los Saban-denos, Remedios Amaya, Siempre Asi, Camilo Sesto andRocio Durcal.

SEX AND RELIGION AT THE RALONDON - U.K regulator the Radio Authority has upheldthree listener complaints against local FM services for broad-casting "items on sexual matters during morning program-ming." The complaints were among 25 upheld by the RA dur-ing the period October -December 1997, from a total of 127adjudicated upon (62 on programming, 65 on advertising.The local services were: Fox FM/Oxford, GWR/Swindon andNorthSound/Aberdeen. The RA also upheld a complaintagainst national rock broadcaster Virgin Radio over a gayversion of The Lord's Prayer which "clearly breached" theregulator's Programme Code. The penalties which the RAcan impose range from a broadcast apology to a fine or theshortening/revocation of a licence.

K's CHOICE WIN AT ZAMU AWARDSBRUSSELS - Double T Music/Sony al, Ks Choice werevoted best Belgian act and best export artist at the fourthannual Zamu Awards, held here last week. The awards areorganised by the official Flemish musicians and producersassociation. Also recognised during the ceremony wassinger Arno, whO received a lifetime achievement award.

Royalties blow for French labelsby Rena Bouton

PARIS - French record labels'collecting societies SCPP andSPPF could be forced to payback Ffr400 million ($70.1 mil-lion) in royalty payments to TVchannels for music videosbroadcast on TV.

In what could be a landmarkdecision, a Paris civil courtruled on January 14 that agree-ments between SCPP and SPPFwith commercial TV channelM6 and between SCPP withpay -channel Canal+ were void.SCPP and SPF will have to payback to the channels what theyhave collected to date.

SCPP, which representsmajor companies andindependent labels,and SPPF, whichincludes only inde-pendents among itsmembers, haveappealed against thejudgement. "If thatdecision was to be con- SOCIETE CIVILE DES PRODUCTEURSfirmed," SPPF DE PHONOORAMFAES EN FRANCE

general manager Jerome Roger,"our societies would face bank-ruptcy. The Ministry of Cultureshould be aware of the stakes."

Marc Guez, general manager

of SCPP, is nonetheless opti-mistic. "[In similar cases] eachtime labels lost the first legalround, they eventually won theappeal," he says. "If that wasn'tthe case, then it would be amajor problem for us. It willaffect not only the productioncompanies-especially thesmallest labels-but thewhole music community."

The heart of the conflictdates back several years,to when representatives ofartists and musicians,through their collecting Ssociety Spedidam, com-plained that deals madeby SCPP and SPPF regardingthe payment of videos broadcast

on TV channelsexcluded artists andmusicians, to the solebenefit of labels.Hence Spedidam'sdecision to call on acivil court to declarethe agreements voidand negotiate a newcontract that will

include all rights owners.M6 and Canal+, which both

broadcast a huge number ofvideos, pay SCPP and SPPF aspecific amount for each video

SPF

broadcast. Until now, thosesums were collected and dis-tributed to SCPP and SPPFrights owners. Labels contend-ed that the money financed theproduction of videos.

Artists' society Spedidam,which has long been embroiledin conflict with other collecting

societies,asserts thataccording tothe 1985 copy-right Law on

neighbouringrights, musicians

and performers areentitled to 50 percent

of the broadcasting rights on allmusic broadcast by TV chan-nels, including on the audiopart of music videos. SCPP andSPPF argue that a video is anaudiovisual product, and there-fore, the broadcasting rights arefully collected by the companieswhich have financed the videos.

The court has ruled thatSCPP and SPPF have to payFfr400 million back to M6 andCanal+. In addition, SCPP andSPPF are to pay artists'/musi-cians' union SNAM Ffr600,000-and the same amount to Spedi-dam-in compensation.

Swedish stats show static sceneby Keith Foster

STOCKHOLM - Sweden's firstset of %dio audience figures for1998-supplied by researchcompany RUAB and coveringthe last quarter of 1997-showthe Swedish radio market look-ing fairly static.

The stable picture, however,is forcing some stations-par-ticularly those broadcasting ACformats-to make changes.While some rock, oldie or dancestations have found their niche,chiefly in the major cities, theAC stations which make up thebulk of Sweden's commercialbroadcasters -continue to jockeyfor position.

Many stations are having toadapt to audience tastes whichvary between Sweden's threemajor cosmopolitan cities andthe geographically large ruraldistricts. One such operator,commercial network MixMegapol, sees its audienceshares rising in Stockholm,Gothenburg and Malmo by 0.5,0.7 and 0.3 percentage pointsrespectively, although its overallnational figures refuse to budge.

Megapol managing directorMarcus Forsell says the problemlies in the "saturation" of themarket outside the three bigcities. "The market just isn'tgrowing out there," he says. Lastspring the network added "Mix"to its name and went from a Soft

AC format to a Variety ACstyle-an "in your face" blend, asMarcus Forsell puts it. "We hadto clarify our image in the cities,and it has worked well." Despitethe overall stasis, he adds:"We're very happy with our audi-ence share and ad sales."

Another network competingfor the city listeners is RadioCity, owned by media holdingsgroup Scandinavian Broad-casting System. Radio City'sfigures show a rise from 4.7percent to 5.4 percent in Stock-holm, and very little change inMalmo and Gothenburg. MDPeter Benson says the threeRadio City stations in the bigtowns have now revampedtheir formats to a more '90s -based AC style partly becauseof rival networks' activities.

"You have to react," he says."We're constantly carrying out

research and overhauling ourmusic content as the audienceshifts and changes moods.

"When other stations movedinto what we were doing-playing hits from the '70s, '80sand '90s, we moved on. Andremember, playing '90s hitsdoesn't mean not lookingback-we're almost at the endof the decade now!"

National audiencemarket share

Station 1/98

P4 (mixed AC) 38.8P3 (CHR) 15.2

Radiobokningen' 14.2NRJ/Energy (Hot AC) 10.3

Radio RIX (AC) 7.9

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15.4

15.5

10.6

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= networks of various stations.

When Warner Music Austriadelivered the new Madonnasingle to national CHR sta-tion 03 with instructions tokeep it on ice until its officialradio premiere, the label'spluggers weren't joking. Onehour before it was due to beaired on January 23, the sin-gle, Frozen, was delivered tomorning show presenterHary Raithofer (pictured),encased in ice. Forunately, itthawed in time to be broad-cast on schedule, at 07.04.

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Pagny, Polygram lead Victoires nomineesby Remi Bouton

PARIS - Florent Pagny and PolyGramare the two front runners in the nomi-nations for the 13th French musicawards, Victoires de la Musique.

The Mercury -signed vocalist is nomi-nated in 4 categories (male act, album,song and video of the year), whilePolyGram tops the companies table,with 16 nominations. Half of PolyGram'snominations are on Mercury.

Other acts with multiple nomina-tions are singers Julien Clerc(Virgin), Pascal Obispo (Epic) and rapband JAM (Delabel), with 3 each.They are followed by rock band NoirDesir (Barclay), singer Etienne Daho(Virgin), crooner Eddy Mitchell(Polydor), and "chanson" singers LaraFabian (Polydor), Zazie (Mercury)

Victoires de la Musique 1998Nominations (key categories)Male act: Julien Clerc (Virgin); Etienne Daho(Virgin); Eddy Mitchell (Polydor); PascalObispo (Epic); Florent Pagny (Mercury)Female act: Enzo Enzo (RCA); Brigitte Fontaine(Virgin); Patricia Kaas (Columbia); Axelle Red(Virgin); Zazie (Mercury)Band: Blankass (Musidisc); FFF (Epic); IAM(Delabel); Native (RCA); Noir Desir (Barclay)Song of the year: L'Homme Presse/Noir Desir(Barclay); Les Separes/Julien Clerc (Virgin);Lucie/Pascal Obispo (Epic); SavoirAimes/Florent Pagny (Mercury); Tout/Lara

and Miossec (PIAS) with two apiece.Virgin/Delabel is the second most

nominated company, with 12, followedby Sony (7) and independent label/dis-tributor PIAS (4), which makes amajor breakthrough thanks to thesuccess of singer Miossec. Mercury

Cash for new talentby Christian Lorenz

HAMBURG - The annual Echoawards-the highest profile event inthe German musical calendar-takes place on March 5 in Hamburg'sCCH convention centre, and this yearsees the introduction of a new Echoincentive for aspiring pop stars. Cash.

The addition of a new awards cate-gory, the City of Hamburg New TalentAward for National Pop Artists, bringsthe total number of prizes on offer atthe seventh edition of the annualGerman music awards show to 23. Thenew award, valued at DM40,000($22,500), is sponsored by the ministryof culture of the city of Hamburg, inassociation with three private partners(this is the third time the Echoes havebeen located in Hamburg).

The new category extends theEchoes' commitment to popularisingof music and encouraging new talent,and is in addition to the existing BestNewcomer prize, sponsored by theGerman Phonographic Academywhich organises the Echoes. TheAcademy's managing director,Werner Hay, says: "Only if we actnow and nurture musical talent will

Echo 1998 NominatiBest Male Artist (National): Der Wolf (Mercury); DJBoBo (EAMS); Enigma (Virgin); Peter Maffay(BMG); Nana (Motor)

Best Male Mist (International): Joe Cocker (EMI);Michael Jackson (Epic); Jon Bon Jovi (Mercury);Puff Daddy (Bad Boy/Arista/BMG); ErosRamazzotti (DDD/BMG)

Best Female Mist (National): BICimchen (Ede!):Sarah Brightman (East West); Jennifer Rush (EMI

Electrola); Sabrina Seliur (3P/Epic);Julian Werding (WEA)Best Female Mist (International):

Toni Braxton (Arista/BMG);Foxy Brown (Mercury); Celine

Dion (Epic/Columbia);Soraya (Mercury); Usa

Stanfield (BMG)Best Group (National): Dune

(Orbit/Virgin); Fury In TheSlaughterhouse (SP \/);

J.B.O. (EFA);

Rammstein (Motor);

we be able to compete as a source ofrepertoire in the internationalmusic market."

A feature-length edit of the ceremo-ny will be broadcast by public TV net-work ARD at prime -time the followingday. The German PhonographicAcademy estimates the show attractedsome five million TV viewers in 1997.

Winners will be selected using aformula based 70 percent on MediaControl sales data, and 30 percent onvotes cast by members of industryorganisations IFPI, BundesverbandPhono and the PhonographicAcademy. The Academy' 400 mem-bers include authors, producers, pub-lishers and media people.

"Echo is the definitive Germanmusic prize," says Warner MusicEurope president Central Europe andchairman of the German PhonographicAcademy Gerd Gebhardt.

"If you look at the size of theGerman market," he adds, "Echo isthe most successful event of its kind incontinental Europe. The reputation ofthe awards has grown [over the pastsix years], and more and more inter-national artists attend the ceremonyin person to collect their prize."

ons (key categories)Tic Tac Toe (BMG Arida Hamburg)

Best Group (International): Backstreet Boys(Jive/Rough Trade); Bee Gees (Polydor);Depeche Mode (Mute/Intercord); No Doubt(Interscope/Universal); The Rolling Stones (Virgin)Best Rock/Pop Single (National): Bell Book &Candle/Rescue Me (Hansa/BMG); Chilli/Tic TicTac (BMG); No Mercy/When I Die (BMG);Rammstein/Engel (Motor); Tic Tac Toe/ Warum(BMG Ariola Hamburg)Best Dance Single (National): Bellini/Samba DeJaneiro (Orbit/Virgin); Members Of Mayday/SonicEmpire (Low Spirit/BMG); Nana/Lonely (Motor);Pappa Bear/Cherish (Universal); Sabrina Setlur/DuLiebst Mich Nicht (3P/Epic)

Best Producer/National: Helmuth Russmann; T.Borger; Toni Cott= & Went Ads; Moses Pelham;Frank Peterson

Best Newcomer (National): Brooklyn Bounce(Edel); C -Block (MAAD/V/EA); Der Wolf(Mercury) Freundeskreis (Four Music/Columbia);Nana (Motor)

Fabian (Polydor)Album of the year:Baiser/Miossec (PIAS);Julien/Julien Clerc(Virgin); L'EcoleDu Microd'Argent/IAM(Delabel); Salut/Michel Sardou (Trema);Savoir Aimer/Florent Pagny (Mercury)Upcoming act: Anggun (Columbia);Gyneco (Virgin); Lara Fabian (Polydor); LouiseAttaque (Trema); Miossec (PIAS); Tribal Jam (EMI)Video of the year: Savoir Aimer/Florent Pagny(Mercury); L'Homme Presse/Noir Desir (Barclay);

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and Virgin are the individual labelswith the biggestnumber of nomina-tions-eight each.

The 13th Victoiresde la Musique cere-mony will take placeon February 20 inParis, at the Olympiavenue. The show willbe broadcast live onTV channel France 2;the radio partner will be AC/gold net-work RFM.

The event will be preceded by theclassical and jazz Victoires onFebruary 3, broadcast on public chan-nel France 3. Last year, the jazz selec-tion was part of the pop Victoires show.

This ceremony will be the first sincea stream of criticisms forced the indus-

J'ai Pas De Face/Akhenaton(Delabel); Les MeilleursEnnemis/Zazie (Mercury); La

di -MX -4/ Saga/IAM (Delabel)Dance album of the year:Generation Latino Dance/Los Del

Sol (Forlane); Mouvements/ SpicyBox (Island); Serialement Votre/Various Artists(Commando/ BMG); Superdiscount/Various(Solid/PIAS); 30/Laurent Gamier (F. Com/PIAS)Traditional/world music album: Baida/Faudel(Mercury); Era/Era (Mercury); Finisterres/Dan ArBraz (Saint -George); Izavora/Les Yeux Noirs(Odeon/EMI); Oldarra, Le Chant Basque/Oldarra(Four Faces Communication/WEA)

try to revamp the event. New cate-gories were added (dance and worldmusic, among others), others havebeen dropped (best francophone act,best export act), but the most impor-

tant changewas the intro-duction of alanguage-nolonger nation-ality-criteri-on, allowingnon -Frenchartists to com-pete in all thecategories,providing they

sing in French. "This way, we are inline with French radio quota regula-tions," comments Victoires de laMusique president Yves Bigot.

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TMF (Holland)

VIVA (Germany)

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arrangements are currently hot onthe rock, trip -hop and even rap scene,reports the French daily. It lists TheVerve's Bittersweet Symphony,Bjork's Homogenic and CraigAmstrong's The Space Between Us asrecent examples. Artists and labelexecutives interviewed in Liberationsuggest the trend could be a reactionto too much "heavy"/"up-beat" music."Rock has lost its focus; therefore,artists tend to look for strings, whichcarry more sincerity and emotion,"says Fun Radio and RTL2 pro-gramme director Christian Lefebvre.Liberation (France), Jan 23

The Observer Memorabiliabelonging to "fifth Beatle" StuartSutcliffe-who died of a brain haem-orrhage at the age of 21 in 1962-willbe exhibited in February in London,reports the U.K. Sunday newspaper.The material includes lyrics writtenin 1960 or 1961, which Sutcliffe'syounger sister Pauline would like tosee Oasis "do something" with."Oasis are the closest to a new origi-nal Beatles sound I've heard in 30years," she says. Sutcliffe isdescribed as "a poor bass player withlittle innate musical talent," but with"artistic flair" and "a major influencein the development of the look andimage of the group."The Observer (U.K.), Jan 25

BillboardIn an exclusivereport in M&M's sister publication,writer Melinda Newman interviewsCapitol act Garth Brooks on the behind -the -scenes ructions around what shedescribes as "the fracas" between artistand label, which led to Brooks withhold-ing release of his latest album, Sevens.Brooks says his concern about the labelbegan in 1995: "I didn't feel like they hadany kind of uniformity... No-one knewwhat anyone else was doing."Organisational changes at EMI further

unsettled the artist, culminating in ashowdown which led to the departure ofCapitol Nashville's president.Billboard (U.S.), Jan 31 issue

The monthlyEnglish -language music trade maga-zine reports on the progress to date ofsatellite/cable multi -channel digitalbroadcaster Music Choice Europe. Itsservice became available in Sweden,Denmark, Finland and Norway inautumn last year. In its feature, Topp 40Scandinavia's Fredrik Nilsson talks torepresentatives of local radio stationsabout their thoughts on the new arrival.Topp 40 Scandinavia (Sweden),Feb issue

ft/11811de The French dailyreports on all -news radio stationFrance Info, which revolutionisedradio airwaves in France whenlaunched in 1987 and spawned imita-tors in other European countries. LeMonde looks at TSF in Lisbon(launched in 1988), Radio 5 Live inthe U.K. (March 1994), InfoRadio inGermany or Radio Cinco in Spain, allof which have experienced mixedresults, but reflect a need for instantnews on the dial. "All -news radio sta-tions have become a regular fixturein the European radio landscape,"writes Le Monde.Le Monde (France), Jan 25

TheGuarcian The U.K. dailyreports that the City has reactedswiftly to EMI's announcement thatits profits will fall £25 million belowexpectations, due to measures linkedto the Asian economic crisis affectingits bottom -line. The disclosure of thenews resulted in a drop in the compa-ny's share, "wiping more than £400million off the stock market value."The Guardian also speculates that "apredator will emerge to snap up EMIfor just £2.3 billion."The Guardian (U.K.), Jan 24

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M6 offers new route formusic on TV in Franceby Dominic Pride,international music editor, Billboard

CANNES - Europe's music TV marketis about to get even more crowded.

On March 5, French broadcasterM6 is to launch M6 Music, a 24 -hour"100 per cent music" station (M&M,September 20, 1997).Investment from the musicindustry would be welcomesays the new channel.

M6 already operates anational terrestrial TVchannel in France, with 30percent of its airtimedevoted tomusic program-ming. M6Music will ini- 0tially broadcast to 400,000 satellitehouseholds via the TPS digital plat-form. M6 itself already has a cable TVchannel joint venture, Fun TV, in con-junction with radio station Fun FM:the service is also carried by TPS.

Alexis de Gemini, MD of the newchannel, says M6 Music will aim toattract a broad, 18-35 demographic,rather than more tightly -focused audi-ences sought by other channels.

"We don't want to be a youthlifestyle programme" he explains,pointing to the incorporation of sportsand youth affairs issues into the pro-gramming of MTV and others. "It willbe a 100 per cent music channel." DeGemini adds that VJs will not feature;video clips, live concert broadcasts,

music magazine programmes and achart run-down of its own listings will.

The new channel's main rivals inthe French market are MCMEuromusique and MTV Europe. BothMTV and MCM Euromusique broad-cast on a rival platform, CanalSatellite and it has been suggested

that M6 ownerMetropole's reason forstarting the channel is toprovide ' additionalmusic programming forthe satellite platform.

De Gemini says hischannel's strength will

be its concentra-tion on music."Also, M6 is

already very strongas a national brand,and it's already

MUSIC TELEVISION*seen throughout the

country." By September, M6 Musicshould have completed deals which willsee it distributed through cable outsidethe Parisian region, adding between700,000 to one million viewers, he adds.

Metropole is one third -owned byLuxemburg -based CLT-UFA and onethird by Lyonnaise Communications;the remaining third is publicly quot-ed on the French stock exchange.

Startup capital for the channel ismore than Ffr30 million ($4.9m). DeGemini says M6 Music is "open toinvestment from the music business,"although no deals have been conclud-ed to date.

Dutch FM frequencies payoff for commercial stationsby Robbert Tilli

HILVERSUM - "Unofficial" ratings forthe Dutch market show newly acquiredFM frequencies giving a major boost tolocal broadcasters' listening figures.

The official Dutch ratings forDecember/January have not yet beenpublished but market researcherIntomart, which compiles them, hasissued interim figures to broadcasters,covering the first two weeks in January.

Comparing the new "mid-term" figures with the last fullsweep (October/November1997) shows the new-comers on the FM bandbenefiting from theirnewly -acquired fre-quencies, whichbecame operational onNew Year's Day as a result of amuch -anticipated frequencyredistribution plan.

On that comparison, commercialstation Radio 10 Gold makes a leap for-ward in the "ad hoc" ratings from an 8.3percent market share ' inOctober/November (M&M, Nov 8) lastyear to 10.8 percent. The oldies stationonly has FM frequencies in the

Northern provinces and in the mid-lands, and director of marketing andcommunications Mark Out stresses: "Ifwe had coverage across Holland, ourratings would have been even better."

"Besides," he adds, "people have toget used to our new position [on thedial]. This is only the beginning. We'rein the middle of our TV and billboardcampaigns. As soon as the official rat-ings over for December/January comein, they will be binned, as the situation

has changed drastically."Elsewhere on the ratings,

the renamed VeronicaFM-formerly HitRadio Veronica-jumps from 3.0 per-cent to 5.0 percent.Sky Radio 100.7FMregains the top slot

through additional FM fre-quencies across Holland, ris-

ing from 14.4 percent to 17.1 percent.Public broadcaster Radio 3FM (CHR)

dropped 1.5 percent to 13.2; commercialCHR station Radio 538 jumped to 8.7percent from 5.9, and national musicspecialist Radio Noordzee Nationaalremained more or less the same (now 7.2percent, then 7.7 percent).

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ANISIS & MI(Mercury changes Twain;for European ears onlyby Paul Sexton and Mike McGeever

In its aggressive new campaign to breakShania Twain internationally, Mercury mightbe taking a little bit of the country out of thegirl. It has certainly decided to take the girlout to some new countries.

Twain's commercial achievements in NorthAmerica over the past three years are almostunparalleled. The 1995 set The Woman In Me-widely perceived as her debut, but in reality hersecond U.S. albumrelease for Mercury-is certified for sales of10 million copies inAmerica alone, andhas provided four con-secutive country No.1hits. Her runawaysuccess has stayed inthe fast lane since theemergence lastNovember of itssequel, Come OnOver, which is alreadyat the three -millionmark in the U.S.

But for all the glory of two consecutivechartbusters and a groaning sideboard ofawards and accolades, Twain has remained aspecialist fancy in most of Europe. With the fullcooperation and participation of the artist,Mercury is now addressing the challenge ofplacing Shania in the common market.

Remixed for EuropeA new -look, new -sound version of The WomanIn Me is now emerging across the continent.Twain and her husband, co -writer and produc-er "Mutt" Lange, have revisited the album andremixed parts of it to come up with what shecalls a "more universal" edition. "We've takenout some of those sounds that Europe wouldfind a little less palatable," says Twain. Thealbum is released in continental Europe onFebruary 16 and in the U.K on March 16, led

"Some artists are

more obviously rap,R&B or one thing or the

other," she says. "I'mnot. I guess what I Radio takes to the remix

would consider moreuniversal. I'm the kind

of music that I listen to."

off by the single You're Still The One.The revamped album contains noticeably less

twang than its North American counterpart, andwhile the remix will be seen as an acknowledge-ment of the barriers which often keep countrymusic out of the European mainstream, Twaindenies that this was the motivation.

"The intention was to make it as interna-tional as possible, a little more progressive,"she says. "But the album, even as it is [beforethe remix], isn't country sounding. If we did

want to release it the way it was,people would accept that it does-n't sound country, so the pointwasn't really to 'de-countrify' thealbum. And we didn't re-recordthe songs, it's still the same inessence, really."

Reworking the album for Europeappears to have paid off in termsof crossover airplay. In the lastweek of January, more than 20European CHR stations, includ-ing markets leaders such as 95.8FM Capital FM/London, have the

single You're Still The One on their playlists.Philippe Untershute, head of music at

German-speaking Swiss station Radio Pilatus104.9 FM/Luzern, enthuses, "There are a lot ofSwiss people who like country music-butmodern country. There is a mainstreamappeal for modern country, so this track is agood crossover and works well for our pro-gramming." Twain's single can currently beheard on Radio Pilatus twice a day.

At Capital -owed BRMB/Birmingham inthe U.K-where the track was playlistedbefore it went on -air at its big brother stationin London and is currently averaging sevenplays a day-assistant programmer AdamBridge says there was some debate aboutwhat rotation You're Still The One should begiven. "Paul Jackson [programme controller]and I listened to it. I instantly kind of liked it,but Paul said he wasn't sure. But the trackgrows on you," Bridge continues. "It is not toocountry. There is a time when crossovercomes, and she is at that stage now."

Refusing the pigeonholeTwain rails against the idea that she shouldappeal only to fans of one musical style. "A lotof my listeners are crossover listeners. In theirCD collection there might be me next to AlanisMorissette, Smashing Pumpkins, MariahCarey... so many listeners are like myself, theylisten to a bit of everything." She jokes that thenew version of The Woman In Me could wellturn into a hot import in Canada and the U.S.

Nevertheless, she admits to being perplexedby country music's general inability to minemulti -platinum across the European borders.

High -profile European marketing of thenew Woman In Me will be supported byEuropean promotion by Twain, who also hopesto include dates across the continent on whatwill be her first -ever world tour, planned tostart in the U.S. in early summer.

Meanwhile, Twain will carry the fight tothe industry pigeonholers. "Some artists aremore obviously rap, R&B or one thing or theother," she says. -"I'm not. I guess what I wouldconsider more universal. I'm the kind of musicthat I listen to."

c:11 n cegroovesby Gary Smith

DANISH CROSSOVERIt's Over by Caucassus is the latest in a long line of strongreleases from Copenhagen -based Flex Records. It's an oddmixture; part soul tune, part slamming club groove and partpop song, the track deserves recognition for coherently cover-ing so many different bases. Happily, it also has an excellentmelody-which should please radio programmers and athumping groove for clubbers. And with so many potentiallysatisfied customers, it might even chart!

THE HOUSE OF ISRAELOne of the tracks causing a stir at Midem was Jez &Choopie's Yim (Agnosia/Israel), a tune widely predicted to beone of the first crossover hits of 1998. Combining soaring eth-nic vocals, arabic string motifs and a hard house groove Yimis truly something different-the house sound of Tel Aviv.Already licensed in all major territories, the track is out onwhite label in the U.K on Multiply and garnering ecstaticreactions from club DJs.

DELICIOUS VISIONAmongst the new wave of labels, the tastefully -titledLondon -based Sperm Records is emerging as a force to bereckoned with in the next millennium. Their no-nonsenseapproach is typified by Yum Yum's The Vision, a track whichcombines a tech/trance instrumental feel with vocoder anda dash of humour. Refreshing, playful and groovy.

MAESTRO JOINS THE BANDOn their first long player Join The Band! (CosmosRecords/Spain), Barcelona -based Alex Martin Ensemble havetaken their particular vision of nu -Jazz to an altogether high-er level. Whereas previous releases tended to concentrate ongroove and melody, merely hinting at band leader Martin'sjazz roots, JTB! is the real thing. From the opening Slicesthrough to Catch Me, If You Can the album mixes smooth,Weather Report -style fusion sounds with some risque ele-ments, backed by a genuinely modern, wide-screen take onall things dance. A category -defying tour de force from a mae-stro in the making.

ORIGINAL FACESAlongside Juan Atkins and Derrick May,Detroit's other famous techno originatoris Kevin Saunderson. However, of thethree, it's Saunderson who has most elo-quently resolved the fundamental con-flict between the requirements of thedancefloor and very different needs ofmainstream radio and chart action.

Now, his eleven years of recordingare documented on the double album Faces andPhases on Belgian independent SSR/Crammed, in collabo-ration with Saunderson's own KMS imprint. While BigFun, Good Life and Watcha Gonna Do With My Lovin'-allrecorded under the nom de tune of Inner City-would haveto count as his commercial zenith, other career peaks havebeen strictly dancefloor. Saunderson, in a variety of guis-es/collaborations including E -Dancer, Tronik House andReese & Santonio, has a very different raison d'être, push-ing tech/house minimalism to its thumping, tribal limits.

"We won't be rushing at radio with this record, becauseeverything on it has already been released," says Crammed'sThierry Noville. "Our thinking was more that we wanted tocreate the definitive compilation of the work of one of techno'smost versatile producers." Judging by the album's contentsand first media reactions, the project is a success.

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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NA cAby Thessa Mooij

FADE 2 BLACK, FEAT. CYNTHIA HEMINGWAYSTREETS OF LONDONK -Town (Germany)Producer: CaponyCynthia Hemingway injects a hint of gospel into Fade 2Black's fresh version of British folkie Ralph McTell's'70s MOR/pop hit. The sparse hip -hop beats behind itsuggest a heavy Fugees influence, but the five remixesoffer plenty of variations-Hemingway's bold vocals arehighlighted even more on the Black Fade Maxi Mix. Avideo has been made (to accompany the single'sDecember release in Germany) and licensing is avail-able outside the G/S/A countries.Contact Ronald Bahr at K -Town: phone (+49) 631362780; fax (+49) 631 362784

TIPICAL FEAT. KIMARALIVE FOR TODAYNew Music International (Italy)Producers: TiPiCalItalian radio has already picked up on the no-nonsenseEurodance of TiPiCal's uptempo single. Tinkling synthmelodies and soulful vocals are propelled by energeticbeats; Kimara's vocals have a melancholic quality thatare certainly out of the league of, say, Aqua. This is Hi-NRG inspired music with an international flavour.Contact Paola Macchi at New MusicInternational: phone (+39) 2 554 00314; (+39) 2 55400360

T42CHILDREN'S VOICESEMI Dance Factory (Italy)Producer: T42The radio mix of this track is vintage Eurodance, butthings really get really cooking on the Global Tune Mix,which smuggles in a more contemporary drum'n'bass

beat. The same-

DANCEFACTORY

anonymous-mixerfrom Joe T. Vannelli'sItalian dance stabledelivers the SymphonyMix, a blend of uptempobreakbeats, soulfulvocals and stringarrangements whichdid not come out of acomputer. For hardcoreclubbers, there's a

speed garage remix by Rapido.Contact Astrid Ferretti at EMI Dance Factory:phone (+39) 2 7779 7490; fax (+39) 2 77797410

BILL MOTTDANCING WITH ANGELSBrand New Heart Records/Comstock (U.S.A.)Producer: Billy KempThis rock album from Comstock diverts a little from thelabel's country/AC roster, but it still fits into the"Americana" mould. Singer/songwriter/guitarist Mottknows all about dancing with angels, due to a series ofheart problems which eventually led to him receiving aheart transplant (hence his label's name). Mottreturned to the land of the living with a vengeance anda firm determination to make the album he had beendreaming of. He found bassist Jeff Sarli (also on theStones' Bridges To Babylon), organ player MookieSieger and award -winning guitarist Bill Kirchen to joinhim. Dancing With Angels is a rootsy affair, with a touchof country rock thrown in.Contact Frank Fara at Comstock: (+1) 602 951 3115;fax (+1) 602 951 3074

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

Spain's biggest indie hitsails in with Dover landingby Howell Llewellyn

Can Dover make the cross-ing to Dover? Or to put itanother way, can the bandbehind Spain's biggest indiealbum yet successfully taketheir English -language rockto the rest of Europe and-finally-the U.K?

A multi -national musicpublisher and a smallSpanish label have joinedforces in an unusual strategyto find foreign licencees tolaunch and distribute Dover,who over the past nine months have become themost successful group ever to emerge fromSpain's indie scene.

Signed to Madrid -based SubterfugeRecords, Dover have sold 350,000 units of theiralbum Devil Came To Me since its April 1996release, according to Spanish IFPI-affilitateAFYVE, and was still at number 8 in theSpanish album charts after 35 weeks. Thoseare major achievements in a market wherealbum sales of 15,000 units are usually consid-ered a big success for an independent label.

Warner Chappell Spain's managing directorAlvaro de Torres is so convinced of Dover'sworth that he wants to help Subterfuge directorCarlos Galan to find partners who can launchand distribute the album in other territoriesprior to a European tour by the band.

"We have received offers from everywhere,but either the labels are too small, or they aremajors who want us to deal through the

Spanish offices of their operation," says Galan.De Torres says Warner Chappell will act as

intermediary between theband and potential partnersacross Europe. "It's part ofour growth strategy to fosterrelations with local reper-toire through indie labels,"says De Torres. "Our interna-tional network and infra-structure is one thing we canoffer to nourish the industrycircuit, while always respect-ing the band's wish to stayindependent."

De Torres is sendingDover's CD to Warner Chappell artistic direc-tors in various European countries-Germany,Switzerland, France, Italy, Belgium-but notthe U.K. yet because it is "a notoriously diffi-cult market." The local Warner Chappelloffices will then approach labels based on theirknowledge of the scene.

Dover play straightforward, melodic rock,with English lyrics. The band consists ofsinger Cristina Llanos, Cristina's sisterAmparo on guitars, Jesus Antunas on drums,and bassist Alvaro Gomez.

Subterfuge has long been a standard bearerin the Spanish indie scene, and has launchedsuch alternative favourites as The KillerBarbies, Australian Blonde, and Sexy Sadie.But none of their albums sold more than15,000 units. Now Dover may have rewrittenthe book on what is possible. Other Spanishacts and labels will be keenly watching theirprogress over the coming months.

Virgin unveils Unbelieveable Truthby Paul Sexton

Unbelievable Truth are a new name to most, but.the U.K. band, from Abingdon in Oxfordshireare already on their second time around.

This time, however, they're making theirmark for the first time with their second sin-gle Higher Than Reason (Virgin I, picking uphealthy U.K airplay as Virgin Records intro-duce the trio in Europe. The single is out onFebruary 2 in Britain and most of the conti-nent, with strong interest from Germany.Benelux, Norway, France and Italy.

Vocalist and guitarist Andy Yorke-brotherof Radiohead's charismatic frontman Thom-graduated in Russian language and literatureand studied in Moscow before joining forceswith friends Jason Moulster (bass) and NigelPowell (drums, keyboards, guitar). Takingtheir name from a 1990 movie directed by HalHartley, the band started to gig and had a pub-lishing offer from Zomba, but Yorke veered offin the other direc-tion, returning toRussia to work asa translator.

"I was just a lit-tle bit scared, Ithink, and lackingin confidence," herecalls. "I wentaway and did myown thing for a yearand a bit, then wereformed in Unbelievable Truth

September 1996, and since then things havestarted moving pretty quickly."

The band signed with Virgin in March 1997,securing publishing with Chrysalis Music. Theirdebut single Stone-released last summer-andsupport dates with the Sundays, Sparklehorseand Beth Orton made Unbelieveable Truth oneof the hottest tips for 1998.

Yorke is resigned to the inevitable attentionattracted by his family ties. "It has pluses andminuses," he says. "One of the minuses is thatit makes it easier for people to dismiss us beforethey've even heard what we do. But it also helpsus to get noticed in the first. place."

Yorke's plaintive voice and the band's deli-cate melodies will invite comparisons withRadiohead, but their own identity is rapidlyestablishing itself and, following the upbeatresponse to the singles, Virgin plans to releaseUnbelievable Truth's first album Almost Herein the U.K. and most of Europe on April 20, aweek after it appears in Japan.

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Top National SellersUNITED KINGDOM GERMANY FRANCE ITALYTW LW SINGLES1 21 Usher - You Make Me Wanna... (Arista)2 3 All Saints - Never Ever (London)3 1. Bamboo - Bamboogie (VC Recordings)4 2 Oasis - All Around The World (Creation)5 7 Robbie Williams - Angels (Chrysalis)6 4 Wildchild - Renegade Master '98 (Polydor)7 38 Green Day - Time Of Your Life (WEA)8 35 Catatonia - Mulder And Scully (Blanco Y Negro)9 39 Chumbawamba - Amnesia (One Little Indian)

10 10 Lighthouse Family - High (Polydor)TW LW ALBUMS

1 1 The Verve - Urban Hymns (Virgin)2 2 All Saints - All Saints (London)3 3 Robbie Williams - Life Thru A Lens (Chrysalis)4 32 Air - Moon Safari (Virgin)5 7 Radiohead - OK Computer (Parlophone)6 4 Lighthouse Family Postcards From Heaven (Polydor)7 NE Chris Rea - The Blue Cafe (East West)8 5 Celine Dion - Let's Talk About Love (Epic)9 NE Propellerheads Decksandnosandrockandroll (Wall Of Sound)

10 8 Spice Girls - Spiceworld (Virgin)

TW LW SINGLES1 3 Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On (Columbia)2 1 Run DMC Vs. Jason Nevins - It's Like That (Epic)3 2 Janet Jackson - Together Again (Virgin)4 5 Wes - Alane (Epic)5 6 Natalie Imbruglia - Torn (RCA)6 7 Young Deenay - Walk On By (WEA)7 8 Aqua - Doctor Jones (Universal)8 4 Nana - Too Much Heaven (Motor)9 9 Die Toten Hosen - Pushed Again (East West)

10 10 Robbie Williams - Angels (EMI)TW LW ALBUMS

1 NE Pur - Machtig Viel Theater (Intercord)2 2 Soundtrack - Titanic (Columbia)3 1 Celine Dion - Let's Talk About Love (Columbia)4 4 Soundtrack - Comedian Harmonisis (EMI)5 3 Eros Ramazzotti - Eros (Ariola)6 5 Janet Jackson - The Velvet Rope (Virgin)7 NE Chris Rea - The Blue Cafe (East West)8 NE Natalie Imbruglia - Left Of The Middle (RCA)9 6 Andre Rieu - Strauss & Co. (Polydor)10 7 Wolfgang Petry - Nie Genug (Ariola)

TW LW SINGLES1 1 Andrea Bocelli & Helene Segara - Vivo Per Lei (Polydor)2 5 Janet Jackson - Together Again (Virgin)3 2 Nathalie Cardone - Hasta Siempre (Columbia)4 8 Da Hool - Meet Her At The Love Parade (Dance Pool)5 3 Florent Pagny - Savoir Aimer (Mercury)6 NE Celine Dion The Reason (Columbia)7 6 The Rapsody feat. Warren G. & Sissel Prince Igor (Island)8 11 Passi - Je Zappe Et Je Mate (V2)9 4 Aqua - Barbie Girl (Universal)

10 9 Johnny Hallyday - Ce Que Je Sais (Mercury)TW LW ALBUMS

1 1 Soundtrack - Titanic (Sony Special Marketing)2 NE Johnny Hallyday - Ce Que Je Sais (Mercury)3 4 Andrea Bocelli - Romanza (Polydor)4 2 Main Bashung - Fantasie Militaire (Barclay)5 3 Celine Dion - Let's Talk About Love (Columbia)6 5 Andre Rieu - Valses Et Compagnie (Philips)7 10 Lara Fabian - Pure (Polydor)8 6 Florent Pagny - Savoir Aimer (Mercury)9 25 Emma Shapplin - Carmine Meo (EMI)10 7 Passi Les Tentations (V2)

TW LW SINGLES1 1 Gala - Come Into My Life (Do It Yourself)2 2 Sash! - Stay (FMA)3 NE Ralphi Rosario - Take Me Up (Time)4 3 Aqua - Doctor Jones (Universal)5 NE Smash Mouth - Walkin' On The Sun (Universal)6 4 Natalie Imbruglia - Torn (BMG Ricordi)7 7 Janet Jackson - Together Again (Virgin)8 10 Basic Connection - Hablame Luna (FMA)9 9 De'Lacy - All I Need Is Love (Time)

10 NE Serious Danger - Deeper (Level One)TW LW ALBUMS

1 1 Enya - Paint The Sky With Stars (WEA)2 5 Celine Dion - Let's Talk About Love (Columbia)3 2 Aqua - Aquarium (Universal)4 6 Pooh - The Best Of Pooh (CGD)5 7 The Verve - Urban Hymns (Virgin)6 3 Eros Ramazzotti - Eros (BMG Ricordi)7 8 Backstreet Boys - Backstreet's Back (Virgin)8 4 Roberto Vecchioai - Roberto Vecchioni Studio Collection (EMI)9 12 Elisa - Pipes & Flowers (Sugar)10 17 Sting & The Police- The Best Of Sting & The Police Polydor)

SPAIN HOLLAND BELGIUM SWEDENTW LW SINGLES

1 4 Natalie Imbruglia - Torn (RCA)2 3 Sweetbox - Everything's Gonna Be Alright (BMG Dance -Net)3 1 Elton John - Something About./Candle In The Wind1997 (Mercury)4 2 Aqua - Barbie Girl (Universal)5 6 Monica Naranjo - Monica Naranjo Remixes (Epic)6 NE Eros Ramazzotti & Tina Turner- Coss Della Vita (RCA)7 NE Pearl Jam - Given To Fly (Epic)8 7 U2 - If God Will Send His Angels (Mercury)9 RE Enrique Banbury Aida Expulsada Al Pais De La Mar (Chrysalis)10 9 Tom Jones - You Can Leave Your Hat On (RCA)TW LW ALBUMS1 1 Alejandro Sanz - Mas (WEA)2 2 Monica Naranjo - Palabra De Mujer (Epic)3 4 Aqua - Aquarium (Universal)4 11 Eternal - Greatest Hits (EMI)5 7 Celine Dion - Let's Talk About Love (Columbia)6 3 Backstreet Boys - Backstreet's Back (Virgin)7 NE Soundtrack - Titanic (Columbia)8 10 Dover - Devil Came To Me (Subterfuge)9 5 The Corrs - Talk On Corners (DRO)

10 8 Jarabe De Palo - La Placa (Virgin)

TW LW SINGLES1 1 Run DMC Vs. Jason Nevins - It's Like That (PIAS)2 2 Janet Jackson - Together Again (Virgin)3 3 Natalie Imbruglia - Tom (BMG)4 7 All Saints - Never Ever (Mercury)5 4 Close II You - Baby Don't Go (Epic)6 11 Something For The People/Bina/Tamara My lose Is The Shhh! Warner;7 6 Andre van Duin - Ayohee (Dino)8 5 Celine Dion & Barbra Streisand - Tell Him (Columbia)9 9 Solid Harmonic -111 Be There For You (Zomba)10 8 Wes -Alone (Epic)TW LW ALBUMS

1 2 Rene Froger - Home Again (Dino)2 1 Celine Dion - Let's Talk About Love (Columbia)3 8 Janet Jackson - The Velvet Rope (Virgin)4 6 Anouk - Together Alone (Dino)5 4 Eros Ramazzotti - Eros (BMG)6 11 Natalie Imbruglia - Left Of The Middle (BMG)7 7 Era - Era (Mercury)8 3 Paul De Leeuw - Lief (Epic)9 5 Andrea Bocelli - Romanza (Polydor)

10 9 Spice Girls - Spiceworld (Virgin)

TW LW SINGLES1 1 Natalie Imbruglia - Torn (BMG)2 4 Run DMC Vs. Jason Nevins - It's Like That (PIAS)3 5 Janet Jackson - Together Again (Virgin)4 2 Aqua - Doctor Jones (Universal)5 7 The Rapsody feat. Warren G. & Sissel - Prince Igor )PolyGram)6 9 Andrea Bocelli & Helene Segara - Vivo Per Lei (PolyGram)7 6 Espen Lind - When Susannah Cries (Universal)8 3 Aqua - Barbie Girl (Universal)9 15 Five - Slam Dunk Da Funk (BMG)10 8 Celine Dion & Barbra Streisand - Tell Him (Sony)TW LW ALBUMS1 18 Soundtrack - Titanic (Sony)2 1 Celine Dion - Let's Talk About Love (Sony)3 2 Helmut Lotti - Goes Classic III (BMG)4 3 Spice Girls - Spiceworld (Virgin)5 8 Aqua - Aquarium (Universal)6 19 Natalie Imbruglia - Left Of The Middle (BMG)7 6 Eros Ramazzotti - Eros (BMG)8 4 Wham ! - The Best Of Wham! (Sony)9 10 Andrea Bocelli - Romanza (PolyGram)

10 5 Various - Diana, Princess Of Wales - A Tribute (Sony)

TW LW SINGLES1 1 Natalie Imbruglia - Torn (BMG)2 2 Anouk - Nobody's Wife (BMG)3 3 The Rapsody feat Warren G. & Sissel - Prince Igor (PolyGram)4 5 Hanson - I Will Come To You (PolyGram)5 6 Era - Ameno (PolyGram)6 4 Elton John- Something AboutiCandle In The Wind1997 (PolyGram)7 51 Oasis - All Around The World (Sony)8 7 Aaron Carter - Crazy Little Party Girl (Edelpitch)9 12 Solid Harmonic - Be There For You (Virgin)

10 10 Bloodhound Gang - Fire, Water, Burn (Universal)TW LW ALBUMS1 1 Era - Era (PolyGram)2 3 Sarah Brightman/LSO - Timeless (Warner)3 NE Anouk - Together Alone (BMG)4 7 Bob Dylan - The Best Of Bob Dylan (Sony)5 5 Aqua - Aquarium (Universal)6 6 Magnus Uggla - Karaoke (Sony)7 4 Enya - Paint The Sky With Stars (Warner)8 2 Peter Joback - Personliga Val (Sony)9 8 Eros Ramazzotti - Eros (BMG)

10 12 The Verve - Urban Hymns (Virgin)

DENMARK NORWAY FINLAND IRELANDTW LW SINGLES

1 1 Natalie Imbruglia - Torn (BMG)2 2 The Rapsody feat. Warren G. & Sissel - Prince Igor (PolyGram)3 4 S.O.A.P. - This Is How We Party (Sony)4 3 Elton John SsmeMing AboutiCandle In The Wind 1997 (PolyGram)5 20 Infernal - Sorti De L'Enfer (EMI)6 7 Boyzone - Baby Can I Hold You (PolyGram)7 5 Backstreet Boys - As Long As You Love Me (Virgin)8 10 Janet Jackson - Together Again (Virgin)9 NE Space Brothers - Forgiven (PolyGram)

10 6 Anouk - Nobody's Wife (BMG)TW LW ALBUMS

1 1 Janet Jackson - The Velvet Rope (Virgin)2 2 Spice Girls - Spiceworld (Virgin)3 4 D.A.D. - Simpatico (EMI)4 6 Daze - Super Heroes (Sony)5 3 Backstreet Boys - Backstreet's Back (Virgin)6 8 Eros Ramazzotti - Eros (BMG)7 5 Thomas Helmig - Arene Gar (BMG)8 9 Aqua - Aquarium (Universal)9 7 Celine Dion - Let's Talk About Love (Sony)10 28 Aaron Carter - Aaron Carter (Edelpitch)

TW LW SINGLES

Various Artists - Perfect Day (EMI)Reds United - Sing Up For The Chtippions (Norske Gram)

Anouk - Nobody's Wife (BMG)

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Daze - SuperheroCue - Burnin'Natalie Imbruglia - TornAll Saints - Never Ever

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

DJ Quicksilver - Planet Love (Sony)Run DMC Vs. Jason Nevins - It's Like That (Epic)

TW LW ALBUMS1 2 Janis Joplin - Absolute Janis (Sony)2 1 Celine Dion - Let's Talk About Love (Sony)3 3 Bjorn Eidsvitg - Pa Svai (BMG)4 20 Era - Era (PolyGram)5 5 Aaron Carter - Aaron Carter (Edelpitch)6 NE The Doors - The Best Of The Doors (Warner)7 4 Elton John - The Big Picture (PolyGram)8 35 Bill Whelan - Riverdance (Warner)9 16 Eros Ramazzotti - Eros (BMG)10 7 The Verve - Urban Hymns (Virgin)

TW LW SINGLES1 1 Nell& Baritonia - Pop-Musiikkia (Poko)2 5 Rasmus - Ice (Warner)3 3 Oasis - All Around The World (Sony)4 2 Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up (SMD-Musiiki)5 NE Pearl Jam - Given To Fly (Sony)6 7 Yup - Tavaroiden Taikamaailma (PolyGram)7 NE Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On (Sony)8 6 Scooter - No Fate (K -Tel)9 8 Down Low - Johnny B. (K -Tel)10 14 Natalie Imbruglia - Torn (BMG)TW LW ALBUMS

1 NE Apulanta - Singles 1993 - 1997 (Levy)2 9 Scooter - Rough Tough And Dangerous - The Singles (R -Tell3 1 Era - Era (PolyGram)4 2 Leevi And The Leavings Eusanko 40 Ansiminakta Hitna iMegamaina5 3 Daze - Super Heroes (Sony)6 5 Celine Dion - Let's Talk About Love (Sony)7 4 Don Huonot - Hyviiii TOM Ja Huomenta (BMG)8 6 Spice Girls - Spiceworld (Virgin)9 NE Soundtrack - Titanic (Sony)10 13 Anouk - Together Alone (BMG)

TW LW SINGLES1 1 Oasis - All Around The World (Creation)2 NE Aqua - Doctor Jones (Universal)3 2 All Saints - Never Ever (London)4 5 Robbie Williams - Angela (Chrysalis)5 4 Janet Jackson - Together Again (Virgin)6 8 Lighthouse Family - High (Polydor)7 3 Various Artists - Perfect Day (Chrysalis)8 12 Bamboo - Bamboogie (VC Recordings)9 7 Natalie Imbruglia - Torn (RCA)10 6 Boyzone - Baby Can I Hold You (Polydor)TW LW ALBUMs

1 1 The Verve - Urban Hymns (Virgin)2 2 Celine Dion - Let's Talk About Love (Epic)3 4 All Saints - All Saints (London)4 8 Lighthouse Family - Postcards From Heaven (Polydor)5 3 The Corrs - Talk On Corners (East West)6 6 Radiohead - OK Computer (Parlophone)7 13 Aqua - Aquarium (Universal)8 5 Spice Girls - Spiceworld (Virgin)9 14 Oasis - Be Here Now (Creation)10 16 Backstreet Boys - Backstreet's Back (Jive)

SWITZERLAND AUSTRIA PORTUGAL HUNGARYTW LW SINGLES1 1 Run DMC Vs. Jason Nevins - It's Like That (Sony)2 5 Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On (Sony)3 8 Natalie Imbruglia - Torn (BMG)4 2 Janet Jackson - Together Again (Virgin)5 3 Dario G - Sunchyme . (MV)6 4 Aqua - Barbie Girl (Universal)7 7 Celine Dion & Barbra Streisand - Tell Him (Sony)8 NE Robbie Williams - Angels (EMI)9 6 Pappa Bear - Cherish (Universal)

10 9 Nana - Too Much Heaven (PolyGram)TW LW ALBUMS

1 1 Celine Dion - Let's Talk About Love (Sony)2 4 Soundtrack - Titanic (Sony)3 NE Pur - Machtig Viel Theater (EMI)4 2 Eros Ramazzotti - Eros (BMG)5 3 Aqua - Aquarium (Universal)6 5 Bryan Adams - Unplugged (PolyGram)7 8 Enya - Paint The Sky With Stars (MV)8 9 Janet Jackson - The Velvet Rope (Virgin)9 6 Gotthard - Defrosted (BMG)

10 7 Spice Girls - Spiceworld (Virgin)

TW LW SINGLES1 2 Midge Ure - Breathe (BMG)2 3 Run DMC Vs. Jason Nevins - It's Like That (Sony)3 8 Natalie Imbruglia - Torn (BMG)4 5 Sandra Pires - Here I Am (BMG)5 23 Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On (Sony)6 1 Elton John- Something Aboutganclle In The Wind 1997 )PolyGram)7 6 Janet Jackson - Together Again (Virgin)8 10 Nana - Too Much Heaven (PolyGram)9 4 Pappa Bear - Cherish (Universal)

10 12 Aqua - Doctor Jones (Universal)TW LW ALBUMS1 4 Soundtrack - Titanic (Sony)2 2 Celine Dion - Let's Talk About Love (Sony)3 1 Al Bano & Carissi - ll Concerto Classico (Warner)4 5 Spice Girls - Spiceworld (Virgin)5 8 Soundtrack - Comedian Harmonisis (EMI)6 6 Eros Ramazzotti - Eros (BMG)7 7 Sling & The Police. The Best Of Ging & The Police (PolyGram)

8 3 Schliimpfe - Irre Galaktisch 6 (EMI)9 24 Helmut Lotti - Goes Classic (EMI)

10 20 Aqua - Aquarium (Universal)

TW LW ALBUMS1 1 Exceso - Eu Sou Aquele (PolyGram)2 2 Andrea Bocelli - Romanza (PolyGram)3 4 Demis Roussos - 34 Titulos (PolyGram)4 3 Daniela Mercury - Feijao Com Arroz (Sony)5 8 Natalie Imbruglia - Left Of The Middle (BMG)6 5 The Verve - Urban Hymns (Virgin)7 NE Soundtrack - Titanic (Sony)8 10 Bryan Adams - Unplugged (PolyGram)9 9 Celine Dion - Let's Talk About Love (Sony)

10 6 Cock Robin - Best Ballads (Sony)11 RE Fafa De Belem - Passaro Sonhador (Sony)12 23 Rio Grande - Dia De Concerto (EMI)13 11 Backstreet Boys - Backstreet's Back (Virgin)14 22 Radiohead - OK Computer (EMI)15 7 Eurythmics - Greatest Hits16 13 Bob Dylan - The Best Of Bob Dylan17 20 Paulo Gonzo - Quase Tudo18 14 Spice Girls - Spiceworld19 NE Gal Costa - Acustico20 18 Santana - Summerdreams

(BMG)(Sony)(Sony)

(Virgin)(BMG)(Sony)

TW LW SINGLES1 NE Kelly Family - Red Shoes (EMI)2 NE Sven Vtith - Fusion (EMI)3 NE Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On (Sony)4 1 Janet Jackson - Together Again (EMI)5 5 Dario G - Sunchyme (Warner)6 2 Ganxsta Zolee Es A Kartel - Feller 116 (Sony)7 RE M -People - Fantasy Island (BMG)8 13 Happy Gang - Varj Meg (EMI)9 NE Oasis - All Around The World (Sony)

10 NE Cserhtti Zsuzsa - Tul Sokaig Vartam (Roma/Warner)TW LW ALBIsms

1 2 Soundtrack - A Miniszter Felrelep (BMG)2 3 Soundtrack - Csinibaba (Bouvard & Pecuchet)3 4 Locomotive GT - 424 (BMG)4 9 Andrea Bocelli - Romanza (PolyGram)5 6 Brooklyn Bounce - The Second Attack (Record Express)6 1 Hupikek Tir' pikek - Buli A Hoban (EMI)7 8 Eros Ramazzotti - Eros (BMG)8 29 St. Martin - Romanc (BMG)9 14 Csonka Andras - Egy Pici Szerelem (BMG)10 20 Aqua - Aquarium (Universal)

Based on the national sales charts from 16 European markets. Information supplied by ChartTraek (UK); Full ehartserviee by Media Control GmbH 0049-7221-366201 (Germany); SNEP (France); singles: Musics E Dioehi/Mario De Luigi, albums: Fimi-Nielsea (Italy); Stichting Meg. Top 100 (Holland); Stiehting Promuvi (Belgium): IPSOS/Mahasz-IFPI (Hungary); GLF/IFPI (Sweden): IFPI/Nielsen Marketing Research (Denmark); VG (Norway); ALEFMBIAFYVE (Spain);

YLE 2 Radiomafia/EFP1 (Finland); IFPI (Ireland); AFP (Portugal); Austria Top 30 (Austria); Full ehartservice by Media Control AG 0041-61-2718989 (Switzerland); IFPI CR (Czech Republic). Labelslisted are the national marketing companies.

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TERRY CALLIERTIMEPEACE

Verve/Talkin' LoudInternational release date: February 2Attention R&B lovers-this album is for you!Callier is a veteran of the Chicago soul scene inthe 1960's-where he recorded a handful of clas-sic sides for Chess subsidiary Cadet-and Time -peace is a comeback album as gripping and

Mayfield's New World Order(Warner Music, 1996) orIsaac Hayes' Branded(Pointblank, 1995). LikeMayfield, Callier deliversan intimate, mature albumwith one central message-love. His outspoken, social-ly aware lyrics are subtlyaccompanied by a cool and

understated score, which floats astutely betweenjazz and soul, with a host of guest musicians-including Pharoah Saunders-giving their all.Callier's comeback was initiated by Talkin' LoudMD and soul aficionado Gilles Peterson in 1997,when he signed the artist to his label in conjunc-tion with Verve America. Timepeace is the firstresult of this new partnership, and new projectsare already in the pipeline. Love Theme FromSpartacus will be released as a single in late

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March-including remixes by drum'n'bass artist4Hero-and a second Callier album is in themaking even as you read this.

MORCHEEBABIG CALMIndochinaInternational release date: March 16Big Calm is the follow-up to Morcheeba's atten-tion -grabbing 1996debut album Who CanYou Trust? (Indochina),which announced thearrival of a new force inEurope's trip -hop scene.However, trip -hop hascome and gone sincethen, and Morcheeba have moved on to developtheir own style, which shows great crossoverpotential. More pop than ever-think of therefined urban symphonies of Style Council orPaul Weller's subsequent solo outings before hedropped into "Dad -rock" nostalgia-Big Calm iscertainly potential chart material, in the U.K.and beyond. First single The Sea/Big Calm(released on February 16) pairs the opening andclosing tracks of the album. A second single-title to be confirmed-will be released in lateMarch or early April. The band also plan