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Volume 20, Issue 40£3.95

euros 6.5Atomic Kitten's Feel SoGood (Innocent Virgin) isthis week's highest newentry in M&M's EuropeanTop 100 Albums chart, atnuber four.

we taller 4C30 rya dioM&M chart toppers this week

Eurochart Hot 100 SinglesLAS KETCHUP

Asereje I The Ketchup Song(Columbia)

European Top 100 AlbumsCOLDPLAY

A Rush Of Blood To The Head(Parlophone)

European Radio Top 50AVRIL LAVIGNE

Complicated(Arista)

European Dance TraxxTIM DELUXE

It Just Won't Do(Underwater)

Inside M&M this week

TALKING MUSIC IN THE CITYWith manufactured acts domi-nating the charts and the spreadof the illegal copying of music,there was plenty to discuss atthis year's UK music conferenceIn The City. Gareth Thomasreports. Page 6

LAMSPI LAUNCHES COMEBACKAfter being taken off air by theauthorities last year, Greek ACstation Lampsi is beginning itssteady ascent back to the numberone slot it previously enjoyed inthe Athens market. Page 7

LOWDOWN ON THE LEVELLERSAfter parting ways with Warner

subsidiary China Recordslast year, UK act TheLevellers are back with anew single and album ontheir old label HagRecords. Steve Adams

has the latest on the Brighton folk -rockers. Page 10

Viva quits radio ventureby Michael Lawton

COLOGNE - In a move which hassurprised observers by itssuddenness, Viva MediaCEO Dieter Gorny (pic-tured) has backed out ofthe much -anticipated VivaRadio project.

The news came on Sep-tember 13 after a letterfrom Gorny to licensingauthority LfM in the Ger-man state of North -RhineWestphalia was leaked to the press.Viva's partners in the project, RadioNRW, had not been informed; theyfirst read about it in the press.

The licence for Viva Radio, tobroadcast on two medium -wave fre-

quencies in North -Rhine West-phalia, was awarded over two yearsago, with an intended start date of

2001. The Viva-NRWapplication won the lic-ence in the face of strongcompetition from Megara-dio, which is aiming tobuild a national AM net-work and which subse-quently hired a medium -wave transmitter in Lux-embourg to cover the westof the state instead. It will

have been significant in the licencedecision that both Viva Media andRadio NRW, which provides an off-peak sustaining service for most ofNorth -Rhine Westphalia's local com-mercial stations, are based in North

Rhine Westphalia.Since then, regular attempts by

the LIM to bring' NRW and Vivatogether have failed to get the sta-tion off the ground. According tosome reports, Radio NRW wasunhappy that Viva intended to applyon its own for licences in other statesusing the same Viva Radio branding;according to other reports, Viva wasunhappy that Radio NRW wasinsisting on having some control ofprogramming.

The LfM has now formallyinformed Radio NRW of Viva'srequest to pull out of the licence andhas asked for a response, whichRadio NRW is still formulating.

Despite its withdrawal from thecontinued on page 21

Extra Bounce from Bon Jovi

by Adam Howorth

LONDON - "We've been really fortu-nate to outlive two buildings andfive CEOs in a 20 -year career. I wasconcerned going from Mercury toIsland Def Jam, but Lyor Cohen has

been outstanding. They run them-selves like this little army thatrefuses to take no for an answer."

At a time when the record indus-try is counting the casualties fromCD burning, file sharing and piracy,

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Spellemannspisensecures its futureby Kyrre Dahl

OSLO - Spellemannsprisen, the offi-cial Norwegian music awards, is tocontinue thanks to anew deal between theNorwegian music indus-try and commercialbroadcaster TV2.

The future of theawards had been indoubt after publicbroadcaster NRK re-fused to continue finan-cing the event. Starting next year,TV2 will both sponsor and broadcastthe ceremony.

Spellemannsprisen, which recog-nises Norwegian artists and com-posers for their creative achieve-ments in the past year, has been theNorwegian music industry's official

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

The IFPI's announcement this week that the organisationis asking its members to adopt one single logo to be used ona world-wide basis to identify CDs which have been copyprotected (see On The Beat, page 5) is a good initiative.

Although the current IFPI scheme is only working ona purely voluntary basis, it would be churlish not torecognise that this is real progress and a sign of matu-rity from the industry when it comes to facing someimportant issues.

On several occasions, this magazine has called forthe industry to act responsibly by informing consumersabout what is going on and to flaunt clearly on the coverof CDs whether or not it is copy -protected, not leastbecause the copy -protection technology can have somevery negative effects when a CD is played on a PC (asmany among us have discovered to our cost!). The logois little more than a "road sign" as one executive puts it,but it is far better than nothing.

But it is not an industry standard on copy -protection

technology, which is equally important. Each companyis free to choose its own technology and that's a goodthing, too.

On the whole, the scheme proves that on issues ofcommon interest, the industry can act together (even atthe risk of being described as a "cartel", which madesome labels nervous). All the labels have a vested inter-est in releasing as wide a catalogue possible-especial-ly frontline material-using copy protection technology,but it would have been counter -productive and a com-munication mistake to do it without informing the con-sumers about what they are buying. It's a mark of con-cern and respect for consumers.

At the same time, the introduction of this initiativecan be used to inform both the media(which tends to crucify the recordcompanies on the CD -protectionissue) and music consumers (whotend to buy less CDs these days)about the reasons why labels arehaving to introduce copy -protectiondevices.

Not everyone will agree with thenotion of copy protection, but it willopen the door for a debate.

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

R&B artist to wonthe UK's MusicPrize for her ydor debutalbum A Little Deeper. She col-lected the award at London'sGrosvenor How hotel oh Sep-tember 18- froM\Mercury judgeCourtney Eine.

Wozencroft to fill EMI's voidby Gordon Masson

LONDON - Parlophone managingdirector Keith Wozencroft (picu-tured) has been promoted to thenewly -created position ofpresident, Capitol MusicUK.

The promotion fills thegap left by formerEMI:Chrysalis managingdirector Mark Collen,who was promoted tosenior VP of global mar-keting at EMI RecordedMusic in July.

In his new role, Wozen-croft-who will continueto report to TonyWadsworth, chairman/CEO, EMIRecorded Music UK & Ireland-will oversee the activities of boththe EMI:Chrysalis and Parlophonelabels, which EMI insists will con-tinue to work independently ofeach other. Wozencroft will initially

act as managing director for bothlabels and will focus on long-termartist development.

Says Wadsworth : "I am delight-ed Keith has accepted the chal-

lenge of continuing tobuild on the foundationslaid by Mark [Cohen].Keith will bring his highlevels of creative skills tothe role and I am surewill take both labels tonew heights of achieve-ment."

Wozencroft joined EMIin 1990, and as A&Rdirector for Parlophonebrought artists such asRadiohead, Supergrass,

Mansun and Beverley Knight tothe label. As Parlophone managingdirector he has led the label to suc-cess both domestically and interna-tionally with multi -million sellingartists such as Coldplay, Gorillazand Kylie Minogue.

Red hot ratings debut for Cork stationby Ann Scott

DUBLIN - Official annual ratingsfigures from JNLR show that Corkcity's new CHR station Red FM hasachieved a 16% reach and 4% sharein its first six months on the air.

"I've always been confident ofthe great potential of Red FM andthis JNLR audience successdemonstrates how well the stationhas been received by thepeople of Cork," says RedFM chief executive HenryCondon. "A performancelike this, in the first sixmonths of the station'sexistence, is unprece-dented and everyoneinvolved deserves hugecredit for it."

Michael O'Keeffe, chief

executive of Irish radio regulatorthe BCI says: "We're delighted tosee the successful launch of RedFM in Cork. A 16% reach is a veryimpressive achievement, and thecontinued success of Cork 96FMand 103FM County Sound [inCork] also demonstrates the popu-larity of local radio in the area."

National commercial AC/talkstation Today FM continues to

strengthen its market positionwith a market share of 10%, upfrom 9% a year ago.

In the highly competitiveDublin market, the audience shareof CHR station FM104 held steadyat 13%, but AC outlet 98 FM wasdown to 13% from last year's 16%.Of the newcomers to the Dublinmarket in the past year, Dublin'sCountry 106.8FM achieved a share

of 1% for the six-monthperiod January -June2002. There are no officialfigures available yet forcutting -edge CHR stationSpin FM, although thestation itself claims tohave captured a 4% shareof the 15 -34 -year -old mar-ket since it came on the airin April.

National Irish Stations(% daily share of audience, 07.00-19.00))

Station (format) July '00 -Jun '01RTE 1 (full -service)RTE 2FM (CHR)Today FM (AC/talk)RTE Lyric FM (classical)

July '01 -June '0226 2719 18

8 101 2

Source: JNLR I MRBI

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Five compete for P4's licenceby Kyrre Dahl

OSLO - Five applicants are tochallenge P4 Radio HeleNorge for Norway's onlynational commercial radiolicence.

The full -service station hasenjoyed a monopoly of nation-al commercial radio since1994, and has enjoyed hugesuccess, both in terms of audi-ence and revenues.

However, while P4 did nothave to pay anything when itwas awarded the licence 10years ago, whichever compa-ny wins the licence this timewill have to make a one-off,upfront payment to the gov-ernment of Nkr 160 million(euro 20 million) for the 10 -year licence.

In addition, the licenceincludes more conditions onwhat types of programmingmust be broadcast, includingrequirements for news, reli-gious and ethnic minorityprogramming.

P4's competitors for thelicence are: Radio 2, partlyowned by US radio giant ClearChannel and Norsk Aller;Kanal 4, owned by severalregional newspapers plus theNTB news agency; Kanal 2,owned by Norway's largestnational commercialTV channel; andRadio VG, owned byNorway's largestnational newspaper.

The other appli-cant, NorskAkademisk Radio-a group of non-com-mercial studentradio stations-is not regard-ed as a serious candidatebecause it has already said itis not willing to pay the heftylicence -fee.

All the applicants areproposing full -service -typeformats, given the program-ming conditions that are partof the licence.

P4 is confident that it willbe re -awarded the licence.

"There is no reason to take itaway from us," says P4's infor-mation director Ole TomNomeland (pictured). "Overone million Norwegians listento us every day, and we are thenumber two national radiostation in Norway. P4 has

been a huge successamong the listeners,and we have ful-filled all conditionsthat were includedin the originallicence."

Norway's cul-ture ministry willdecide who gets

the licence in a "beauty -con-test" taking into accountfactors such as the amountof public service program-ming offered, commitmentto domestic repertoire andgeneral variety in program-ming. The decision will bemade later this year, proba-bly in December, and thenew licence will run from2004 to 2013.

Younger format for Russia's Hit FMby Aleksey Kruzin

Moscow - Russian CHR net-work Hit FM has relaunchedwith a more focused andaggressive formatunder its new gener-al producer YuryAksyuta (pictured).

Former EuropaPlus programmedirector Aksyutajoined the station inthe summer (M&MJune 22). Prior torelaunching Hit FM onAugust 26, Aksyuta bidfarewell to the station's oldsound by playing Where AreYou Girls by Russian dancepop duo Ruki Vverkh continu-

ously on a loop throughout theentire weekend, for a total of720 plays.

"We chose a song that wethought was representative of

the format we weresaying goodbye to,"says Hit FM pro-gramme directorRoman Olegov. "Nowwe want to gainrespect of the young,hip audience-Faith-less and Moby will beour definition of pop."

The amount of internation-al repertoire on the stationhas been upped from 40% to60%, and there will be morenew releases on the playlist."We want to create a highly

professional music stationwith a clear format and ideol-ogy," explains Aksyuta."There's a lot to learn from theEuropean [radio] experience,and we hope time will showthe changes were made in theright direction."

The eight presenters pre-viously working at the stationhave all left, and currentlythe only speech on the stationare weather and exchangerate bulletins plus a liverequest hour featuring editsof listener phone calls. Withinthe next two months, thereare plans to launch a three-hour morning show and pos-sibly an evening dance musiczone.

FM Limburg network shuts downby Marc Maes

BRUSSELS - Flanders'eight -station, CHR-format-ted FM Limburg networkceased to exist on Septem-ber 1 following poor adver-tising revenues and achange in shareholding atthe network's parent com-pany Bis-Biz.

Only FM Limburg's HitFM and RML stations willcontinue to operate underthe ownership of Bis-Biz.The other former FM Lim-burg affiliates-RZL in Ton-geren, ATL in Bree, MWL inHeusden-Zolder, Mar-tinique in Ham, SOL inLommel and LRM in Maa-

seik-will revert to inde-pendent ownership.

"We had to attract newinvestors to make the wholeoperation healthy again,"explains Hit FM and RMLprogramme director AndreHemeryck. "But the newinvestors were not too keen in

E 1 LIMBURGfinancing the whole networkand opted to concentrate onthe two stations instead."

The FM Limburg net-work was founded byHemeryck eight years ago,serving the 25-44 age groupwith a mix of contemporary

hits and news.Hit and RML, which

serve a potential audienceof 250,000 (one third of theLimburg province), will nowhave Boudewijn Dupont asMD with Hemeryck as pro-gramme director.

Hemeryck lays the blamefor FM Limburg's demise atthe door of the former gov-ernment. "The whole Flem-ish radio landscape is a vic-tim of [former] media minis-ter Van Rompuy's delayingtactics," claims Hemeryck."He should have given usthe tools to survivedecenttransmission power andstereo signals -10 yearsago."

ON THE BEATIFPI LAUNCHES COPY -PROTECTION STICKERLONDON - International labels' body the IFPI is recom-mending a standard visual symbol for its mem-bers to use to identify copy -protected CDs. Thesymbol, which has been endorsed by all fivemajors, will be stickered onto CDs whichincorporate copy -protection technology. IFPIsays the symbol will be adopted on a volun-tary basis, and that labels are free to add anyinformation they deem suitable for their con-sumers. An industry source says the labels' mainconcern was that the symbol be informative to con-sumers but not serve as an endorsement for an industrystandard on copy protection. "It's like a road sign," saysthe executive. "It will simply wave a flag informing thatthe CD has been copy -protected, and is in no way thesign of a single copy -protection technology."

TMF INTRODUCE PICTURE TEXTS

HILVERSUM -As part of its relaunch under MTV own-ership, Dutch music TV channel The Music Factory(TMF) is now transmitting pictures of its viewersalongside their on -screen text messages. Viewers whowant their images shown are asked to upload theirpictures via TMF's website to create a so-called "TMF-ID." Via this system the TV channel can then displayviewers' text messages alongside their pictures duringmusic videos. Over 50,000 viewers have already senttheir pictures in for use by the channel.

EU CONCERN OVER UBRARY ROYALTIES

BRUSSELS - Many EU member states fail to givesongwriters and publishers the royalty rights thatthey are due under EU law through their nationalpublic library lending rights rules, the European Com-mission is claiming. In a report that could lead it totake legal action at the European Court of Justice,Brussels says that France, Greece and Luxembourgfail to give right -holders any remuneration for musiclent from public libraries; in Sweden royalties are onlypaid to national or resident writers; and in Denmarkand Finland, payments are only made for local lan-guage music.

RADIO AUTHORITY MAKES A SPLASHLONDON - Splash FM has beaten off fiveother applicants to win the RadioAuthority's new licence for the Sussexcoastal town of Worthing. Splash, whichis 30% owned by the Forever Broadcast-ing group, will be an AC service target-ing 35-54-yearjolds, and its board mem-bers include David Cunningham (pictured), opera-tions manager of Saga's Primetime Radio and a for-mer CLT-UFA UK executive, and ex -BBC Radio 1 pro-ducer Dave Atkey.

Internet in -siteTWA Europe

www.webcasters.org.uk

1.11..111111041011,

European radio has its own concerns for on-line media deliv-ery just as it does in traditional broadcasting. The Europeanbranch of the International Webcasters Association there-fore holds its own meetings, conferences and other events,which are listed here. There are also summaries of theorganisation's major initiatives, including online copyrights,audience metrics standards, multicast trials and the Kendraopen source project for high -bandwidth content. AlthoughIWA-Europe has affiliates in many countries, the mostactive are located in the Netherlands and Russia. The site,which is entirely in English, would benefit from more fre-quent updating and deeper content but what is here is bothuseful and interesting. Chris Marlowe

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In The City embraces the crisisThis year's UK music con-ference In The City inManchester (13-17September) provided agreat environment forthe industry to network,check out new bandsand discuss the currentstate of the business.Gareth Thomas reports.

Although, attendance fig-ures were down, thisyear's eleventh In TheCity conference held inManchester-provided

a stimulating forum for discussionon both the decline in the UKindustry and the current resur-gence of a grassroots music scene.

One of the themes to emergefrom the conference was that crisisand negativity could lead to posi-tive change.

In the opening keynote addressto attendees, New York -basedIsland Def Jam chairman/CEOLyor Cohen attacked the "haters"for the current declining state of

Dance declineWith dance music in decline inthe UK, the question asked at InThe City's Dance Summit waswhat can be done to slow downthe slide. Referring to the hugefees commanded by DJs andbeing paid for big dance hits bylabels, Skint Records MDDamian Harris said: "We need arecession. Everyone's got greedycharging amounts of money."Dance music journalist EmmaWarren agreed: "It's the bestthing that can happen because itshould all be about the music. It'smusic not business."

The dance -related CelebrityInterview was with the MD ofLiverpool's "superclub" CreamJames Barton. After ten years ofgrowth, Cream closed in July,marking a low point in the recentfortunes of dance music inBritain. Barton cited various rea-sons for the club's demise, includ-ing the pre dominance of bar cul-ture.

"Dance music is an opt -in, youhave to commit to the lifestyle,"he said. "Kids want more flexibil-ity in their lifestylesbars allowthem to do that."

He also blamed agents forpushing up DJs fees. "When youhave agents insisting that fees goup by 20-30 percent when yourdoor entry has not gone up atall.... A lot of agents don't have aclue about any aspect of themusic business," he said.

the business. "If you're a hater,you're playing the odds, you've gotno passion," he said. "The hatershave infiltrated this business andmade it really nasty. This businessneeds lovers and supporters andthen the odds will go up."

Interviewed by In The Cityfounder and former owner/co-founder of Factory Records TonyWilson, Cohen said that peoplecomplaining about the business are"a bunch of incapable record peoplewho are looking for excuses to con-tinue and preserve their gig, andthey'll do anything to thwart atten-tion from their lack of focus andlack of creative environment."

Thirty -eight -year -old Cohen-who began life in the music busi-ness as a road manager for RunDMC and now commands a rosterincluding Nickelback, Slipknot,

Bands buzzing in the cityWith 18 acts playing every night for four days, Manchester wasthe place to be for A&R scouts and managers. Some of the bandswho created a buzz around town are listed below.

The Darkness-the most talked -about band over the four days. A crossbetween Status Quo, Whitesnake, Queen and Sparks.The Benjamins-Guitar- and melody -based young four -piece from Wales.The Ravonettes-Blondie-like Danish rock act.Kinesis- Bolton rock quartet already snapped up by Independiente.Pheramone- Three guys and a girl from south London. Dynamic look-ing and great sounding.The Martini Henry Rifles-Eclectic four -piece.The Wandering Step- sub -Beach -Boys act band from Preston.

many of the 1,100 delegates min-gled at the bar of Salford's LowryHotel, much of the talk was wherethe industry would find its nextsuccessful acts.

"Levels of cynicism and insecuri-ty are higher than they've everbeen," said BBC Radio 1 presenterSteve Lamacq at the A&R panel."There's great paucity of A&R atthe moment. There are great bandsout there. But there's not the pas-sion and intuition of take a bandand turn it into something great."

Lamacq continued: "It's been agood year and talent will out andthere are people saying it's like '94again. We're about to see a lot ofbands coming through." New bandshe said "open up new avenues andgive the chance for the people attop companies to reinvest."

Korda Marshall of UK indieMushroom Records said that the

"If you guys have a problem (in the US),either you are signing shitty bands or youdon't have great partners in America."

Lyor Cohen, chairman/CEO, Island Def Jam

Bon Jovi and recently -signedMariah Carey-said: "This indus-try needs a high-powered enemaand a complete re -tooling," he said."And I think that maybe if it getseven worse, we'll have it. Changehappens when things get reallybad. So I'm looking forward toimprovement."

Cohen also alluded to the cre-ative situation in the UK and thelack of success of UK acts in theUS. He told a captivated crowd:"If you guys have a problem [inthe US], either you are signingshitty bands or you don't havegreat partners in America. Myadvice is: sign great bands and becreative on how you work theAmerican market."

A&R under pressureDubbed "the urban Glastonbury", alarge part of In The City is dedicat-ed to live music with 54 byunsigned, acts showcased at vari-ous venues across the city duringthe four days (see sidebar). While

preponderance of commercially -successful, artificially -created actscould, ironically, be a good thingfor the business. "Hopefully therewill be a reaction against thatwith things going undergroundagain and that's a healthy con-text," he said.

After the panel, Caleb Storkeyowner of Manchester labelFreedom Records told M&M: "I'mseeing bands all the time-there'sa lot of talent out there-lots betterthan stuff you hear on the radio.The problem for small labels is lackof resources."

Tuning into new musicOne of the issues highlighted bythe conference was the lack of out-lets for new music, especially onmainstream radio. Radio 1 recentlyaxed presenter Steve Lamacq'sEvening Session show, which actedas a showcase for new bands. "It'svery difficult now to get new musicon the radio," said Dave Robinson,the former MD of Stiff Records,

who is currently working as a con-sultant for Stiff, Island andMushroom, among others."Nowadays there's one person whopicks the tracks. They can't possi-bly get through the number ofrecords that are around."

The panel agreed that localradio was not doing a good job ofrepresenting local music after a

delegate who ran an indie labelcomplained that his local radio sta-tion in Darlington, Alpha 96.3, hadrefused to play a track by one of hisbands, despite it having receivedcoverage in a national newspaper.

"Commercial radio could featurelocal talent if they do it right," con-ceded Phil Roberts, MD music &artist relations at UK media groupEmap. "Local radio should reflectlocal bands and gigs," agreed DaveRobinson. He proposed the settingup of a forum, under the tutelage ofthe BPI and including representa-tives from the radio and recordlabels "to see what everyone wants.I think new music can make moneyfor people, but we fail to come upwith any useful information."

Organisers plan to issue a StateOf The Nation report documentingthe conference's main themes.

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Lampsi looks set to shine againOne of the first stations to successfully blend Greekmusic with international pop product, SBS-owned ACstation Lampsi was the number one music station inAthens until the Greek government closed it down inMarch 2001. Back on the air since April with a four-yearlicence, it's having to climb back to the top all overagain, as Maria Paravantes reports.

n March 2001, Lampsi-Greekfor "light" or "glow"-was sittinghappily at the top of the musicradio ratings table in Athens andthe wider Attica region with a

13.7% share of listening. Thencame the bombshell-the Greekgovernment ordered Lampsi and anumber of other radio stationswhich were not fully legal to ceasebroadcasting in an attempt to cleanup the country's airwaves and prop-erly licence all broadcasters.

Lampsi re-emerged loud andclear this April on 92.3FM with afour-year commercial radio licencein its pocket, but in the meantime,Lampsi's main rival stationSfera-owned by lifestyle andmedia group IMAKO-had beenbusy cashing in on its absence, ashad a clutch of Lampsi-imitatorswith a similar format.

"The losses were massive both psy-chological and economic," says pro-gramme director Dimitris Psematikasof Lampsi's lost year, which wascaused by the length of time it took

Station Factfile:Lampsi

Group: SBS BroadcastingFormat: ACTSA: Athens and Attica (4.5 mil-lion)Airdate: January 1, 1996Managing director:George BiniosProgramme director:Dimitris PsematikasHead of music: Yiannis StathisKey presenters:Katerina Athanasiou, DimitrisPsematikas, Yiannis Stathis.

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the Greek government to issue itsnew commercial radio licences.

While the government prevaricatedand the station was off -air, allLampsi's employees were still beingpaid their salaries by the station'sowners. "It was weird, we didn't knowwhen the decision would come out soWe'd come to work every day, draw upplans and playlists and just wait..."says Psematikas. "When we shutdown, we were the number one stationand that's what we're out to achieveagain now." With Lampsi's mostrecent ratings standing at 10.2%, itwould appear the team is already wellon its way to achieving that.

Domestic repertoireLampsi started life in 1996 as adomestic repertoire station. Pan -European broadcasting group SBSstepped in two years ago, acquiringa 70% controlling interest in thestation. Back then, in 2000,Lampsi was ranked fourth in themusic radio market with an audi-ence share of 8.2%.

Under SBS's ownership Lampsiwas transformed into an AC formatplaying 70% Greek music and 30%international repertoire. In doing so,it became one of the first stations toattempt to play Greek and foreign

Sample Hour: Lampsi(Thursday August 22, 18.30-19.30)

Dionysis Schoinas/Suginonounta DoheiaYiorgos Tsalikis/XenychtaoRoxette/Listen to Your HeartOne/GimmeNatassa Theodoridou/De S'adikoGeri Halliwellfit's Raining MenYiannis Ploutarchos/Enas TheosAntique/Kainourgia AgapiVallantis/Giati Horis Esena De Boro

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Mihalis Hadjiyiannis/Horis AnapnoeRobbie Williams -Nicole Kidman/Something StupidGeorge Dalaras/M'ena ParaponoYiorgos Lebesis/I Ypothesi Mas EkremeiEnrique Iglesias/Love to See You CryAntonis Vardis, Yiannis Parios, Hods Varthakouris, Yiannis Vardis/TaKalytera Mas Chronia

Clockwise from left: Dimitris Psematikas; the Lampsi morning showteam of Dimitris Psematikas (left) and Katerina Athanasiou (right)interview singer Antonis Remos (centre); Lampsi's mainon -air studio.

repertoire-the conventional wis-dom had been that this was like try-ing to mix water and oil-and thestation's refreshingly differentmusic mix sent it soaring to the topof the ratings chart.

Lampsi has subsequently becomesomething of a victim of its own suc-cess, since five or six Athens sta-tions now follow a similar mixednational/ international music policy."When we went back on the air thisyear there were Lampsi cloneseverywhere," observes Psematikas.

one involved in music-particularlyrecord companies-must play theirpart. "In Greece, it's all about whoyou know," he admits. "Things haveto become more professional. Iexpect record company people toknow the station's image and for-mat and then suggest things thatfit with our music policy."

Ownership statusPsematikas says that the Greekmusic industry's inaugural ArionAwards show, held in March this

"We'd come to work every day, draw upplans and playlists and just wait..."

Dimitris Psematikas, programme director, Lampsi/Athens

Aimed at a 25 -39 -year -old targetgroup, Lampsi aims to play "TheBest Music In Athens," which it gar-ners through twice -yearly musicresearch, and a monthly listeners'poll. Classic hits of the '70s and '80smingle with popular current artistslike Ploutarchos, Shakira, YiannisKotsiras, Dido and MihalisHadjiyiannis. The station's hottestrotations come around once everyfour hours.

Morning gloryTraditionally in Greek radio, theafternoon slots rate the highest.However, Lampsi has chosen to putthe emphasis on its 07.00-10.00morning show, presented byPsematikas and his co -hostKaterina Athanasiou. "Katerinaand I work well together," saysPsematikas, "and people love it.There's a great atmosphere andthat's what we want to get acrossto listeners on their way to work.We want to make their day."

Psematikas believes there'sample room for growth in the Greekradio market, but says that every -

year, reminded him of a Saturdaynight variety show. "I wanted tosee more music people there, lesssensationalism and no more dis-tinction between commercial and`art' songs."

The ongoing debate between"quality" or "art" songs and theircommercial counterparts has divid-ed Greek music for decades, creat-ing similar divisions at Greek radio.Only recently have most of the com-mercial stations adapted a Lampsi-like format of integrating all stylesof music into their programming.

Lampsi's parent company SBSshares Psematikas' belief about thepotential of the Greek radio market,especially now that Greece is part ofthe euro, and with the AthensOlympic Games to look forward to in2004. Lampsi's revenues in 2000-the last full year it was on the air-reached euros 2.2 million. "We'reeager to see the station recover itshigh ratings and revenue," saysmanaging director George Binios."But we are confident that Lampsiwill be able to do that because it's atried and tested product."

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RADIO ACTIVE

US webcasts under threat0 ctober 20 is quicklyapproaching, and whenthe clock strikes mid-night on that day theInternet may become alot quieter in America. On that dayradio stations must start paying roy-alties for their online broadcasts.More than 300 online radio stationshave gone silent ahead of the dead-line, and nearly half of those wereoperated by US radio groups.

Unlike European radio operators,American broadcasters pay royaltiesonly to the writers and publishers ofsongs, not to the performers via theirrecord labels. It is an exemption thatradio has enjoyed since the 1930s. Butat the urging of the music industry,Congress passed a law taking awaythat ability to side-step royalties whenit came to online simulcasts.

The subsequent battle over howmuch broadcasters should pay, if at all,is what has taken American webcast-ing to the brink of silence. The reasonis simple. Many broadcasters are opt-ing to shut down their streaming oper-ation instead of facing the possibility of

In a month from now, mostUS radio stations broad-casting on the web will putan end to their feeds, fol-lowing an intense battleover royalties. Frank Saxereports from New York on acrisis which could put anend to a flourishing industry.

54 of its 101 stations on the web, butthat number had trickled down toabout 20 at the start of the summer,when the decision was made to simplyshut the remaining webcasts down."The streaming business is shaky,"she explains, saying a combination oflegal costs, bad vendors, and technol-ogy troubles led to the decision.

Legal problemsCox Radio, the third largest broad-caster in the US, is streaming 93% ofits 79 stations, says Cox RadioInteractive VP Gregg Lindahl. He

"Simulcasting on the Internet just isn'ta smart business decision right now."

Amy Van Hook, director of Internet operations,Entercom Communications

writing a cheque-particularly duringa less -than -stellar economy.

Declining numbersBRS Media, a San Francisco web con-sultancy, says that for the first timesince it began monitoring webcastingin 1995, American -based Internetradio stations represent less than halfthe stations webcasting. In the lastyear, BRS says the number of web -casters has declined 31%, with USstations accounting for the majority ofthe decline (see panel on page 7).

"Simulcasting on the Internet justisn't a smart business decision rightnow," says Amy Van Hook, director ofInternet operations for EntercomCommunications, the fourth largestbroadcaster in the US. At one time,Entercom was streaming as many as

says webcasting is threatened by"out-of-date ambiguous governance,burdensome record -keeping require-ments, high rates, and some conse-quences not intended by Congress"when it enacted the laws dictate whowould pay.

"Our time and money can just bespent on more efficient ways to reachour listeners," says Van Hook. "Withour email marketing campaign, wereach thousands more of our listenersthan we ever did with streaming." Agreater number of those are also Pls,or first preference listeners, she adds.

Entercom was not alone in its deci-sion to end its webcasting efforts.Citadel, the number six radio group,did the same, as did Greater Media,NextMedia, Renda Broadcasting,Simmons Media, Waitt Radio,

Is it the end of the road for Internet radio in the US?

McClure, Midwest Family, andMaranatha-in addition to scores ofsimulcasts operated by small stationowners. Even large radio groups, likeClear Channel, reassessed its effortsto focus its webcasting efforts on thelargest stations.

"We are now focusing on stationsin the top 50 markets," says JohnMartin, Clear Channel RadioInteractive VP/GM. He says the 1,200station group is now streamingroughly 210 stations on the web.

Susquehanna Radio is one smallgroup owner that opted to continue tostream its radio stations on the web.With just 29 radio stations, this pri-vately -held group was one of the first

Web radio listeners pick their adsThere has been a "very significant"decline in the number of Americanconsumers clicking on banner ads,says Edison Media Research presi-dent Larry Rosin. According to thelatest Arbitron/Edison Media study,70% of users say inserted audio adsare a small price to pay in exchangefor free audio content. Only 58% saidviewing banner ads was worth it.

The study, the ninth conducted,also finds that an increasing numberof consumers are willing to pay tohear streamed audio. In January,14% were willing to pay a smallmonthly fee, but after this summer'sroyalty battle in Washington, a sur-

vey in July found that 22% werewilling to write a cheque. Two-thirdswere upset with fewer stationsbroadcasting online. "With fewersites available today, consumersmay simply be getting the point thatthey'll have to pay," says Rosin.

Researchers also found that 83million Americans now have accessto the web, leading to the question ofwhat media it is taking time awayfrom. Television was most impacted,followed by newspapers and maga-zines.

Yet 20% said they listen to lessradio and 19% listen to fewer CDsbecause of the web. One other note -

34% of respondents said the Internetwas "cool and exciting," compared to35% for TV and 21% for radio.

Separate research, conducted bythe Internet ratings firmMeasureCast, found that AmericanInternet radio listening largelyoccurs at work, with three-quartersof online listening occurring betweenthe hours of 8am and 8pm.MeasureCast also said that a quar-ter of web radio listeners arebetween the ages of 25 and 34, with56% under the age of 35.

In a gender analysis, they alsofound that 70% of webcast listenersare men.

American radio group operatorsactively putting its stations' signalson the Internet. "It's kind of likeswamp land next to the ocean,"explains SVP Dan Halyburton. "Oneday it might still be swamp land, or itmay be Miami Beach. If it turns out tobe Miami Beach, we probably don'thave the resources to get in late andbuy that land. But if we're smartabout how we handle our expensesand costs, that land might in fact bevaluable one day."

Promotional toolTo some extent, Halyburton says thewebcasts are already valuable as apromotional tool. With just 21 radiostations streaming audio, Susque-hanna racks up a little less than halfthe audience size that ClearChannel's 192 streaming stations pullin. "Because we were early, peoplefound us," he explains. Somethingthat surely helps Susquehanna isthat its stations-including alterna-tive WNNX (99X) Atlanta, countryKPLX (The Wolf) Dallas, and triple-AKFOG San Francisco-are among themost successful in their format.

Yet Susquehanna, like all the otherUS broadcasters, is not making anymoney on the Internet. The few adver-tising dollars that were ever beingshifted to audio ads dried-up in lastautumn's advertising recession. "Thefundamental change in the economicviability of streaming and the reces-sion in the broadcast advertising mar -

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ket have conspired to cause manyradio stations to reduce the resourcesthey are allocating to their interactiveefforts," explains Jack Swarbrick, whoheaded an Internet consortium thatwas co -owned by five radio groups.Swarbrick says as the groups wereputting together their 2003 budgets itbecame clear that there was no moneyfor the web. The consortium closed itsvirtual doors on September 30.

The most recent, and by mostaccounts, the biggest threat to radiosimulcasts was the US CopyrightOffice's decision outlining how muchbroadcasters must pay in royalties.The complex formula, which is stillbeing fine-tuned even as the first pay-ment due date approaches, would costmost of the large broadcast groupsmillions of dollars per year. Stationsthat broadcast on the Internet onlywould be required to pay a fee twicethat of traditional radio's simulcasts.

The royalty hit broadcasters like abomb. "It's a lot of money when there is

no money coming in," says Halyburton.Broadcasters are fighting the fee

on two fronts. They are asking a courtto rule their over -the -air exemption toroyalties extends to simulcasts of ter-restrial stations. Their lobbyists arealso pushing Congress to block thefees, or at the very least, set a cap onhow much must be paid. In both thebattles, radio has found an ally in theInternet -only station operators. Onebill, ceremoniously called the InternetRadio Fairness Act, has already beenintroduced. To the chagrin of broad-casters, it would only come to the aidof small, web -only stations.

Music undervaluedThe recording industry, representedby the Recording Industry Associationof America, is also unhappy with therates. RIAA CEO Hillary Rosen thinksthe Copyright Office should have setan even higher rate, saying the deci-sion was based on a misguided read-ing of the record. "The end result sig-nificantly undervalued the music usedby Internet radio," says Rosen.

"The inflexible and inflammatorydialogue from the rights holders is nothelping," counters Lindahl. He is par-ticularly upset with the record indus-try's claims that radio is building itsbusiness on the backs of the labels.

One label, Artemis Records, is anexception. It has handed webcasters aone year moratorium on royalty pay-ments for its artists through toAugust 2003. "In allowing free use ofour catalogue at this early stage wehope to stimulate the Internet radioformat," says Artemis CEO DannyGoldberg. He -sees webcasts as "anincredibly worthy marketing and pro-motional tool" for exposing his artists.

For artists, it has been a carefultightrope to walk between their recordlabels, their bank accounts, and thepotential of greater access to fans.Mute Records artist Moby is amongthe few siding with the webcasters."For the life of me, I can't see any wis-dom or justification in passing anarbitrary law that will only serve toshut down a lot of really cool and vitalInternet radio stations," he writes inhis online diary.

A handful of other artists, largelyunsigned, held a benefit concert insuburban Washington, DC in July tohelp small webcasters pay theirmounting legal bills.

A poster child for what is happen-ing can be found at a station onCalifornia's coastline just an hoursouth of San Francisco. It is therethat triple-A KPIG Monterey broad-casts. Its free form, take -a -chance -on -a -record format has distinguisheditself from most other US stations,winning a loyal following in theprocess. Many listen via the Internet.But in July, facing the potential of a$4,000 a month royalty bill, KPIG'sowners decided they simply couldn'tafford to continue webcasting.

"They couldn't indebt their corpora-tion for the potential fees when theyweren't making any income and theyweren't likely to," explains BillGoldsmith. KPIG was flooded withemails from all over the world, and bylate August they found a way to return

A steep decline in webcasting stationsIf there was another sign needed toassert the impact of the copyrightbattle on Internet radio in the US, areport by research company BRSMedia shows that for the first time inhistory international stations web -casting on the Internet outpace sta-tions from the US.

The research, released at TheNAB Radio Show in Seattle last week, shows that US -based stations nowrepresent less then 50% of the stations webcasting online. Prior to this year,US -based stations represented nearly 60% of all stations webcasting.

BRS Media, which has tracked Internet Radio since 1995, reveals that inthe last year alone the total number of stations broadcasting online hasdeclined by 31%, with US stations accounting for the bulk of the drop. BRSMedia estimates that well over 1,000 US stations have quit broadcastingonline in recent months.

BRS Media statistics document the steady decline of Internet webcastingafter a peak in June 2001. The current number of radio stations broadcast-ing their signal on the Net sits at 3,940, down from 5,710 stations the pre-vious year.

"It has become apparent that the current copyright problem has had adirect impact on the US market," said BRS Media chairman & CEO GeorgeT. Bundy, who points out that "the total number of stations online hasdropped to levels not seen in over two years."

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to streaming. Using a new service pro-vided by Seattle -based Real Networks,KPIG joined a pay -to -play networkthat charges listeners $5.95 a month.Not quite the cyber-hippy personalityof the original stream, but to fans, it isa small price to pay, says Goldsmith.

Other radio groups are looking atsimilar alternatives. Clear Channel islargely sticking to its original busi-ness model, no doubt in part becauseit has the power of size. It is still,however, trying to find a way to stoplosing money on the web.

A report issued by JupiterResearch paints a dire picture forwebcasters. "Under any realistic near -term revenue scenario, performance

heads of US -based webcasters, weforesee the current decline continu-ing." Bundy, however, is forecasting a"steady growth" for webcasters out-side America. "Many of these marketswill likely benefit from the currentturmoil plaguing the US."

Aiming lowUnder the rate structure, Lindahlsays he crosses his fingers and hopesfor fewer listeners. "It's ironic as aradio guy to be forced to root for lowlistening levels each month, lest webe forced to cap or take down streamsbecause paying on a per performancebasis has the potential to throw thesecosts into an even more disproportion -

"I can't see any wisdom or justification inpassing an arbitrary law that will onlyserve to shut down a lot of really cooland vital Internet radio stations."

royalties will bankrupt [online] musicradio stations," concludes Jupiter ana-lyst David Card. For that reason, hebelieves only talk and sports formatsare viable Internet genres for at leastthe next two years.

Alternative platformWho will survive? Card says it will beany company that can see the valuefor another platform, for example ifthey are connected to a broadcaster ora record label. Because of a lack ofadvertising, he predicts all webcast-ers will lose money for the foreseeablefuture. "This industry hasn't had itschance to get its legs under [thetable], especially with the doublewhammy of terrible advertising andthe royalty issues," he says.

BRS Media CEO George T. Bundy,noting -that the total number of sta-tions online has dropped to levels notseen in over two years, also paints adire picture. "As long as this copy-right issue continues to hang over the

Moby, artistate relationship with the returns," hesays. Yet he knows listeners cravecontent, noting one of its news/talkstations peaked with over 5,000streams on September 11, 2001, whileits Hawaiian stations have a largeamount of listeners beyond theislands.

Although Entercom has silencedits webcasts, Van Hook believes itwon't be forever. "Our hope is toreturn to streaming someday, butwe're not going to do that until thecosts go down."

Halyburton says for the timebeing, his company can only look atthe potential of paying hundreds ofthousands of dollars to stream as apromotional expense, not as a newway to make money. "Just becausethings are tough, if at all possible youdon't leave your customers behind.We have to fight these other fights,and in the meantime we have to goout and figure out how to offset thosecosts and try to make some profits."

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ARTISTS & MUSIC

Ryan Adams after the Gold rushby Nigel Williamson

Is Ryan Adams the most prolific songwriter inthe world today? There certainly can't be manyto touch him. Since the release of his second soloalbum Gold on Lost Highway last year, the for-mer Whiskeytown singer claims to have record-ed sufficient material for another five albums.

After toying with the idea of releasing theentire output as a five volume "official bootleg"series-a notion that unsurprisingly generatedlittle record company enthusiasm-he has com-piled 13 of the best post -Gold songs on the sin-gle CD, Demolition. The album is releasedacross Europe on Lost Highway on September23. In the UK only, Demolition was preceded aweek earlier by the single Nuclear, which willbe released with bonus tracks in a numberedlimited edition and deleted after a day.

"The songs come from five different sessionsthat could have been five different albums,"explains Adams, who is already back in the stu-dio working on his next record. Several aretaken from an album he calls 48 Hours, record-ed in LA immediately after he'd finished Gold. "Icalled my producer Ethan Johns and said I'd gotmore songs I needed to record so went in and didthem. The session was really inspired by goingto see Alanis Morissette perform. I thought shewas amazing and it just made me feel I had to goback to the studio and try harder."

Others come from sessions, which Adamsrefers to as "The Suicide Handbooks", recorded asa duo with Bucky Baxter, pedal steel player from

Adams's band and former Dylan sideman. Thenthere are tracks from two separate sets recordedseveral months apart in Nashville with his bandthe Pink Hearts (who are also known as LAX).Finally, a couple of songs come from a nine -tracksolo session he recorded in Stockholm, Swedenwhile on tour in late 2001.

"Demolition is not the full follow up to Gold,"says Clive Cawley, marketing manager for LostHighway in the UK, who likens the release toBeck's experimental Mutations, which camebetween that artist's Odelay and Midnite Vultures."But when you've got artists as prolific as Beckand Ryan you can't tell them they can only releasean album every three years. So the songs are morethan just demos and outtakes. They confirm himas one of the most important American singer -songwriters to emerge in the past two decades."

Every facet of Adams's versatile musical per-sonality is represented on the album, fromthe melodic pop of Nuclear to the acoustic trouba-dourisms of Desire, via alt -country on Hallelujah,grunge rock on Starting To Hurt and even slackerhumour on Tennessee Sucks.

Currently featuring in the new GAP adverts,Adams arrives in Europe to play solo dates inNovember and is already dropping heavy hintsthat after the more upbeat, full -band sound ofGold, ,his next full album will herald a return tothe more acoustic roots of his exquisitely mourn-ful debut, Heartbreaker. "After that first album Ididn't want to get -a reputation as the bummerking, so I made Gold instead," he says. "Now I'mready to be the bummer king again."

The Levellers Come On again

by Steve Adams

OK, it's pop conundrum time.Which homegrown band had themost platinum, gold and silveralbums in the UK in the 1990s?

The somewhat surprising answeris The Levellers, the Brighton -basedindie-folk act, whose eight albumsduring that decade included 1991'sdefinitive (and platinum selling)Levelling The Land, 1995 chart -top-per Zeitgeist and 1998's well -receivedgreatest hits set One Way Of Life.

The end of the decade was also theend of an era for the five -piece, whoselast album Hello Pig (2000) toneddown the furious fiddle playing andsold poorly as a result. "The fanshated it," concedes bassist JeremyCunningham. "We knew that'd hap-pen but we had to do it because wewanted to be more than just TheLevellers that they knew." Havinglicked their wounds while regularlyplaying 200 shows per year, theyrelease a new album-Green BladeRising-in all European territories onSeptember 23. "It sounds more likeour early stuff - fast and folky," saysCunningham. "It's a total reaction to

the last album and a bit like Hello Pigmeets Levelling The Land."

The album is released on the inde-pendent Hag Records, where the bandstarted their career in the late 1980s,with distribution involving Eagle(UK, Germany), Edel (Austria,Switzerland, Finland, Italy, Portugal),Play It Again Sam (Holland, Belgium,Spain), Playground (Sweden, Norway,Denmark) and BMG (France, EasternEurope). "We didn't get on with beingon a major label," adds Cunningham,referring to the band's split withWarner subsidiary China Records lastyear. "Warner is so huge and we camequite far down their list. There's lessmoney [with indies] but more atten-tion and returns in the long run."

Cunningham's claim that firstcut Come On (out September 9) is"one for the fans and too fast forradio" has proved prophetic in somequarters. "It pushed many of theright buttons for us but not all ofthem," according to BBC Radio 2(AC/MOR) executive producer,music, Colin Martin). But Belgianpublic alternative rock stationStudio Brussels (StuBru) playlistedit immediately. "They've been awayfor a while [but] The Levellers stillplay folk rock in their own irre-sistible way with social and politicalengagement," says head of musicGerrit Kerremans. "After only oneweek Come On entered our listenerschart. The fact they're putting outnew stuff on their own label won'tbother them at all-they'll alwaysreach their fans."

"I like it, I like it, yes Ido!" as one Mick Jaggeronce proclaimed. Well,I like his band's web -site, www.rolling-stones.com. The frontpage has the famoustongue logo in all itsmulti -coloured glory,with banners for News,Tour, Forty Licks, www ingst on es. corn

Archive, Virtual Ticket,Community, and Store.All fairly self-explana-tory, but what's so goodabout the site is thewealth of features andease of use. By movingyour mouse onto eachbanner it shows whatyou'll find beneath theicon. For example, thelink for the forthcoming

2CD compilation, Forty Licks, has avariety of career -spanning photos,and by clicking on any of the listedtracks you're given a wealth of factsabout the record, band anecdotes,and a soundfile. In a nutshell this isas good an artist website as possible,so all credit to programmer Axispointand designer Nettmedia.

Adam Howorth

J-Lo's debut album OnThe 6 (Epic), referring tothe underground line sheused to travel on, sparkeda career that is still on theup. Daniel Finke, deputyhead of music at Hot ACstation Radio 7 in Ulm.Germany was an earlysupporter. "Her first sin-gle-If You Had MyLove-and Waiting forTonight; we playlistedboth tracks in 1999when they came out,and we still playthem now," he says."Her music still fits

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strong demand for her onthe part of our listeners.The fact that [Sony Musicchairman] Tommy Mottolawas involved in the launch-ing of J-Lo's career suggest-ed to me from the outset,

that she would not bea 'one -hit -wonder' but

Ebuild a substantialand lasting career."

Miriam Hubner

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Coldplay ACH.CZE.D.DKE.FIN.FLEUKGREIRLINLNPOLP.S.WA1 1 3 A Rush Of Blood To The Head -Parlophone

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2 4 16 The Eminem Show - InterscopeRed Hot Chili Peppers ILCH.CZE.D.DWIN.FLFIXGRZHUNIRLLNLN.POLPS.WA3 2 10 By The Way - Warner Bros.

0 Atomic KittenID, Feels So Good - Innocent/Virgin ACH.D.DK.FL.UK.IRL.NL***'r* SALES BREAKER ****

® Avril Lavigne35 6 Let Go - AristaBruce Springsteen CA H.CZED.DRE EURCRE.IRLINI.N.POL.P.S.WA6 3 7 The Rising - Columbia

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Herbert Gronemeyer7 6 2 Mensch - EMIA.CH.D

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8 5 43 Servicio De Lavaderia/Laundry Service - Epic I Columbia 1:1Pink A.CH.D.DKP7N.FL.UKHUN.IRL.I.NL.N.S.WA9 9 33 M!ssundaztood - AristaCeline Dion A.CH.CZE.D.DKE.FIN.FL.F.UKGRE.HUN.MLLIVL.POL.P.S.WA

10 7 25 A New Day Has Come - Columbia /EpicManu Chao ACH.D.OKFLEINL.N.P.WA0 124? Radio Bemba Sound System - Virgin

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week 40/02 Top National Sellers ©VNU Business MediaUNITED KINGDOM GERMANY FRANCE ITALYTW LW SINGLES

1 1 Atomic Kitten The Tide Is High (Get The Feeling) (InnocentNirgin)

2 NE Liberty X - Got To Have Your Love (V2)3 NE Kelly Osbourne - Papa Don't Preach (Epic)4 NE Scooter - Nessaja (Kontor)5 NE Ronan Keating - I Love It When We Do(Polydor)6 NE Sarah Whatmore - When I Lost You (RCA)7 3 Sugababes - Round Round (Island)8 2 Appleton - Fantasy (Polydor)9 5 Truth Hurts ft. Rakim - Addictive (Interscope)

10 NE Milk Inc. - Walk On Water (Positive)TW LW ALBUMS1 NE Atomic Kitten - Feels So Good (Innocent/Virgin)2 1 Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head (Parlophone)

3 NE Ash - Intergalactic Sonic 7's (Infectious)4 7 Enrique Iglesias - Escape (Interscope)5 5 Pink - M!ssundaztood (Arista)6 2 Eva Cassidy - Imagine (Blix Street/Hot)7 3 Sugababes - Angels With Dirty Faces(Island)8 12 Oasis - Heathen Chemistry (Big Brother)9 6 Red Hot Chili Peppers - By The Way (Warner Bros.)

10 10 Norah Jones - Come Away With Me (Blue Note)

TW LW SINGLES1 2 Las Ketchup - Asereje/The Ketchup Song (Columbia)2 1 Herbert Gronemeyer - Mensch (EMI)3 6 Avril Lavigne - Complicated (Arista)4 3 No Angels - Still In Love With You (Polydor)5 4 Celine Dion - I'm Alive (Columbia)6 5 Sarah Connor ft. Wyclef Jean - One Nite Stand (Epic)7 15 Mark'Oh meets Digital Rockers - Because I Love You (Home)Sany)

8 12 Drunkenmunkey - E (Eden9 8 Eminem - Without Me (Interscope)

10 9 Marlon & Freunde - Lieber Gott(Home/Sony)TW LW ALBUMS1 1 Herbert Gronemeyer - Mensch (EMI)2 NE Avril Lavigne - Let Go (Arista)3 NE Rosenstolz - Macht Liebe (Polydor)4 7 Eminem - The Eminem Show (Interscope)5 6 Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head (Parlophone)

6 NE Atomic Kitten - Feels So Good (Virgin)7 3 Bruce Springsteen - The Rising (Columbia)8 10 No Angels - Now... Us (Polydor)9 2 Natural - Keep It Natural (Ariola)

10 4 Red Hot Chili Peppers - By The Way(WEA)

TW LW SINGLES1 49 Las Ketchup - Aserejetfhe Ketchup Song (Columbia)2 1 MC Solaar - Inch' Allah (East West)3 2 Renaud/Axelle Red - Manhattan Kaboul (Virgin)4 4 King Africa - La Bomba (Hot Tracks/Sony)5 11 Umberto Toni& Lena Ka - Hien Que les Mots ll'i Amore) (East West)

6 3 Jenifer - Au Soleil (Island)7 8 Shakira - Underneath Your Clothes (Epic)8 5 Eminem - Without Me (Interscope)9 6 Indochine - J'Ai Demande A La Lune(Columbia)

10 9 Sophie Ellisl3extor - Murder On The Dancefloor (Polydor)

TW LW ALBUMS1 1 Patrick Bruel - Entre-Deux (RCA)2 2 Renaud - Boucan D'Enfer (Virgin)3 NE Manu Chao - Radio Bemba Sound System (Virgin)4 3 Indochine - Paradize (Columbia)5 NE Les Rita Mitsouko - La Femme Trombone (Virgin)6 7 Natasha St -Pier - De L'Amour Le Mieux(Columbia)7 5 Zebda - Utopie D'Occase (Barclay)8 4 Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head (Parlophone)9 6 Eminem - The Eminem Show (Interscope)

10 8 Jenifer - Jenifer (Mercury)

TW LW SINGLES1 1 Las Ketchup - Asereje/The Ketchup Song (Columbia)2 2 Avril Lavigne - Complicated (BMG Ricordi)3 7 Elvis vs. JXL - A Little Less Conversation (BMG Ricordi)4 4 Red Hot Chili Peppers - By The Way (WEA)5 3 Holly Valance - Kiss Kiss (WEA)6 11 Coldplay - In My Place (Parlophone)7 NE Bon Jovi - Everyday (Island)8 12 The Calling - Wherever You Will Go (BMG Ricordi)9 13 Mango - La Rondine (WEA)

10 NE Peter Gabriel - The Bony Williams Show (Virgin)TW LW ALarrms

1 1 Franco Battiato - Fleurs 3 (Columbia)2 2 Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head (Parlophone)

3 3 Red Hot Chili Peppers - By The Way(WEA)4 5 Giorgio - Greatest Hits (Le Cose Non Vanno Mai...) (BMG Ricordi)5 4 Stadio - Occhi Negli Occhi (EMI)6 6 Bruce Springsteen - The Rising (Columbia)7 8 Ligabue - Fuori Come Va? (WEA)8 7 Mango - Disincanto (WEA)9 9 Avril Lavigne - Let Go (BMG Ricordi)

10 NE Bandabardo' - Bondo! Bonds! (Danny Rose)

SPAIN HOLLAND FLANDERS SWEDENTW LW SINGLES

1 2 DJ Bobo - Chihuahua (DJ Bobo Records)2 5 Bustamante - El Aire Que Me Das (Vale Music)3 1 Las Ketchup - Asereje/The Ketchup Song (Columbia)4 3 David Bisbal - Ave Maria (Vale Music)5 4 Los Planetas Pesadilla En El Parque De Atracciones (RCA)6 6 Elvis vs. JXL - A Little Less Conversation (RCA)7 8 Kate Ryan - Desenchantee (Vale Music)8 9 Marta Sanchez - Soy Yo (Muxxic)9 14 Patricia Manterola - Que El Ritmo No Pare (Ariola)

10 12 Mad'House - Holiday (Vale Music)TW LW ALBUMS

1 1 Mana - Revoluciab De Amor (WEA)2 2 Alex Ubago - LQue Pides Tu? (DRO)3 3 David Bisbal - Corazein Latino (Vale Music)4 NE M -Clan - Defectos Personales (DRO)5 7 Amaral - Estrella Del Mar (Virgin)6 4 Café Quliano - La Taberna De Buda (WEA)7 6 Chenoa - Chenoa (Vale Music)8 10 Bustamante - Bustamante (Vale Music)9 8 Bruce Springsteen - The Rising (Columbia)

10 13 Juanes - Un Dia Normal (Polydor)

TW LW SLNGLES1 1 Las Ketchup - Asereje/The Ketchup Song (Columbia)2 2 Jan Wayne - Because The Night (Digidance)3 5 Atomic Kitten - The Tide Is High (Get The Feeling) (Virgin)

4 4 Avril Lavigne - Complicated (Arista)5 3 In -Grid - Tu Es Foutu (Tu M'As Promis) (High Fashion)

6 7 Bon Jovi - Everyday (Island)7 11 Truth Hurts ft. Rakim - Addictive (Interscope)8 9 Celine Dion - I'm Alive (Columbia)9 6 K-Otic - I Surrender (Jive/Zomba)10 15 Sugababes - Round Round (Island)TW LW ALBUMS

1 4 K3 - Verliefd (BMG)2 2 De Dijk - Muzikanten Hansen Niet (Mercury)

NE K-Otic - Indestructible (Jive/Zomba)A 1 Andre Hazes - Strijdlustig (EMI)5 3 Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head (Parlophone)6 26 Avril Lavigne - Let Go (Arista)7 5 Celine Dion -A New Day Has Come (Columbia)8 6 Shakira - Laundry Service ' (Epic)9 7 Bruce Springsteen - The Rising (Columbia)

10 8 Red Hot Chili Peppers - By The Way (Warner Bros.)

TW LW SINGLES1 1 Las Ketchup - Asereje/The Ketchup Song (Columbia)2 2 Celine Dion - I'm Alive (Columbia)3 3 Avril Lavigne - Complicated (Arista)4 13 InGrid - Tu Es Foutu (Tu M'As Promis) (High Fashion)5 4 Brainpower - Dansplaat (Pies)6 9 Atomic Kitten - The Tide Is High (Get The Feeling) (Virgin)

7 8 Nelly - Hot In Herre (Universal)8 14 D'Note - Shed My Skin (NEWS)9 7 Kate Ryan - Mon Coeur Resists Encore(Antler-Subway)

10 12 Britney Spears ft.Pharrell Williams - Boys (Jivegomba)TW LW ALBUMS

1 2 K3 - Verliefd (Niels William/BMG)2 1 Helmut Lotti - My Tribute To The King (Bet Roelen/Universal)

3 3 Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head (Parlophone)4 5 Eminem - The Eminem Show (Interscope)5 4 Dreamlovers - 18 Hits III (Mouse/Reli)6 6 Bruce Springsteen - The Rising (Columbia)7 8 Red Hot Chili Peppers - By The Way (Warner Bros.)8 7 Marco Borsato - Onderweg (Polydor)9 9 Celine Dion - A New Day Has Come (Columbia)

10 11 Belle Perez - Everything (APR)

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3 Las Ketchup - Asereje/The Ketchup Song (Columbia)2 Avril Lavigne - Complicated (Arista)1 Elvis vs. JXL - A Little Less Conversation (RCA)4 Bomfunk lic's ft, J.Folcker- (Crack It) Something Going On(EpithumelSony)

5 Eminem - Without Me (Interscope)8 Nelly - Hot In Herre (Universal)6 Celine Dion - I'm Alive (Columbia)7 Chad Krueger ft. Josey Scott - Hero (Roadrunner/Universal)

15 Chayanne - Torero (Columbia)9 Melody Club - Palace Station (Virgin)LW ALBUMS

1 2 Bruce Springsteen - The Rising (Columbia)2 4 Svmelugvars Guld & Glad Mer Hits An Nangonsin (NMG/EMI)3 3 Kent - Vapen & Ammuntion (RCA)4 1 The Ark - In Lust We Trust (Virgin)5 NE In Flames - Reroute To Remain (Nuclear Blast)6 6 Helmut Lotti - My Tribute To The King (CMC/EMI)7 NE Asa Jinder - Tro, Hopp & Karlek (Virgin)8 7 Magnus Uggla - Klassiska Miisterverk (Columbia)9 5 Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head (Parlophone)

10 8 Stefan Sundstrom Sundstrom Spelar Allen (Bonnier)

DENMARK NORWAY FINLAND IRELANDTW LW SINGLES

1 2 Outlandish - Guantanamo (Ariola)2 6 Avril Lavigne - Complicated (Arista)3 NE Sugababes - Round Round (Island)4 5 Nelly - Hot In Herre (Universal)5 1 Elvis vs. JXL - A Little Less Conversation (RCA)6 4 Chad Kroeger ft. Josey Scott - Hero (Roadrunner/Universal)

7 3 Tiziano Ferro - Perdono (EMI)8 8 Nik & Jay - Nik & Jay (Capitol)9 19 Atomic Kitten - It's Ok (Virgin)

10 10 Atomic Kitten - The Tide Is High (Get The Feeling) (Virgin)TW LW ALBUMS1 NE Outlandish - Bread And Barrels Of Water (Ariola)2 1 Olsen Brothers - Songs (CMC/EMI)3 2 Michael Learns To Rack -19 Love Songs (CMC/EMI)4 5 Sting & The Police - The Best Of Sting & The Police (Universal)5 6 Rick Astley - Greatest Hits (RCA)6 8 Helmut Lotti - My Tribute To The King(EMI)7 NE Tamra Rosanes - Country Party (CMC/EMI)8 3 Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head (Parlophone)9 4 Cecilie Norby - First Conversation (Capitol)

10 7 Kandis - Kandis 9 (CMC/EMI)

TW LW SINGLES1 1 Avril Lavigne - Complicated (Arista)2 NE Motorpsycho - Serpentine (Sony)3 NE Las Ketchup - Asereje/The Ketchup Song (Columbia)4 8 Kate Ryan - Desenchantee (Antler -Subway)5 4 Sugababes - Round Round (Island)6 5 Nelly - Hot In Herre (Universal)7 15 Bjorn Rosenstrom - Het (MNW)8 6 Bomfunk mesft. Folcker- (Crack It) Something Going On(Sony)

9 3 Beyonce Knowles - Work It Out (Columbia)10 2 Elvis vs. JXL - A Little Less Conversation (RCA)TW LW ALBUMS

1 1 Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head (Parlophone)

2 NE Ugress - Resound (Tuba)3 NE Avril Lavigne - Let Go (Arista)4 11 Chicago - The Chicago Story -Complete Greatest Hits (Rhino/Wamer)5 6 Kent - Vapen & Ammuntion (RCA)6 5 Queens Of The Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf (Interscope)

7 8 Eminem - The Eminem Show (Interscope)8 3 Jan Eggum - President (Grappa)9 2 Hellbillies - Cooltur (WEA)

10 7 Eva Cassidy - Imagine (Blix Street/Zomba)

TW LW SINGLES1 6 Las Ketchup - Asereje/The Ketchup Song (Columbia)2 1 T.Rautiainen & T.Niskalaukaus - Lumessakahlaajat(Ranka)

3 7 Mighty 44 - Mightly 44 (BMG)4 4 Lordi - Would You Love A Moosterman? (BMG)5 2 Zen Cafe - Aamuisin (Warner)6 5 Nightwish - Bless The Child (Spinefarm)7 3 Bon Jovi - Everyday (Island)8 18 Popeda - Kakskyta Centtia (Poko)9 8 Kwan - Rain (Mercury)

10 12 Tyravyo - Kuka Vei Kaiken (Megamania)TW LW ALBUMS1 NE Scandinavian Music Group - Onnelliset Kohtaa(BMG)2 2 Mamba - Meille Val Teille (WEA)3 1 Yolintu - Taa On Rankaa (WEA)4 3 Ismo Alanko Saatio - Hallanyeare (Poko)5 15 Soundtrack - Menolippu Mombasaan (WEA)6 4 Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head (Parlophone)7 13 Eminem - The Eminem Show (Interscope)8 9 CMX - Isohaara (EMI)9 6 Don Huonot - Don Huonot (BMG)

10 11 Helmut Lotti - My Tribute To The King(EMI)

TW LW SINGLES1 _ 1 Atomic Kitten - The Tide Is High (Get The Feeling) (InnocentNirgin)2 2 Mad'House - Like A Prayer (Serious)3 3 Sugababes - Round Round (Island)4 4 Shakira - Underneath Your Clothes (Epic)5 5 Vanessa Carlton - A Thousand Miles (A&M)6 NE Kelly Osbourne - Papa Don't Preach (Epic)7 6 Nickelback - Too Bad(Roadrunner/Universal)8 NE Liberty X - Got To Have Your Love (V2)9 8 Scooter - Ramp! The Logical Song (Edell

10 9 Abs - What You Got (RCA)TW LW ALouros

1 1 Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head (Parlophone)

2 3 Queen - Greatest Hits I, II & III (Parlophone)3 4 Pink - M!ssundaztood (Arista)4 NE Ash - Intergalactic Sonic 7"s (Infectious)5 NE Atomic Kitten - Feels So Good (Innocent/Virgin)6 2 Eva Cassidy - Imagine (Dara)7 5 Shakira - Laundry Service (Epic)8 12 Chicago - The Chicago Story -Complete Greatest Hits (Rhino/WEA)

9 8 Christy Moore - Live At Vicar Street (Columbia)10 7 Red Hot Chili Peppers - By The Way(WEA)

SWITZERLAND AUSTRIA PORTUGAL HUNGARYTW LW SINGLES

1 1 Las Ketchup - Asereje/The Ketchup Song (Columbia)2 2 Avril Lavigne - Complicated