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OCTOBER 13, 2001

Volume 19, Issue 42

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Mary J. Blige's Family Affair(MCA) is this week's SalesBreaker on the EuropeanHot 100 Singles chart, atnumber two.

we talk to r-.Lic-31.1_41E).M&M chart toppers this week

Eurochart Hot 100 SinglesKYLIE MINOGUE

Can't Get You Out Of My Head(Parlophone)

European Top 100 AlbumsJAMIROQUAI

A Funk Odyssey(Sony S2)

European Radio Top 50MICHAEL JACKSON

You Rock My World(Epic)

European Dance TraxxROGER SANCHEZ

Another Chance(R-Senal/Sony)

Inside M&M this week

IN PLACE OF NAPSTERAs Napster prepares to make itscomeback as a legal, paid -for ser-vice, plenty of other file -sharingservices have sprung up to takeits place. Pages 9-10

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ALL REVVED UPDespite solidalbum sales inEurope, MercuryRev have tradi-tionally foundthe going toughat Europeanradio-a trend

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PRESENTING THE FACTSA survey commissioned by theUK's Radio Academy in associa-tion with the BBC and the RadioAuthority shows that the presen-ter/DJ still performs a crucialrole in music radio. Pages 12-13

EMI cross -licenses itscontent to Pressplayby Juliana Koranteng

LONDON - EMI Recorded Music's Octo-ber 2 decision to license its works toPressplay-the online music subscrip-tion service jointly owned byrivals Sony Music Entertain-ment (SME) and UniversalMusic Group (UMG)-hasset a significant precedent.

"By combining EMI'sextensive library with thevast amount of music fromSME and UMG that we havealready secured, Pressplaywill offer consumers the sin-gle most comprehensiveonline music experience," claims Press -play's president and CEO AndySchuon.

The move looks set to assuage theindustry's fears that the majors maysimply sign exclusive deals with emerg-ing online services, thereby limiting

consumers' choice of content.The biggest concern has been

whether Pressplay's owners would beprepared to cross -license repertoire toits biggest rival MusicNet, the new

commercial service controlledby EMI, Warner MusicGroup, BMG Entertainmentand software developer Real -Networks, and vice -versa.

"There is clearly a hugedemand for music delivereddigitally and we want to sup-port as many innovative andcompeting online music ser-vices as possible," says EMI'ssenior VP of new media Jay

Samit.The deal means Pressplay will fea-

ture the repertoire of the top three USrecord companies-UMG, SME andEMI. It also goes some way to make upfor the fact that both Pressplay and

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French and UKmarkets buckworldwide trendby Gordon Masson

LONDON - Strong performances bytwo major markets-the UK andFrance-have helped Europe buck theglobal trend of declining music salesin the first six months of 2001.

Sales in Europe remained flat inboth value and units, while accordingto international labels' body IFPI,worldwide first-half trade shipmentsfell by 5% in value and 6.7% in units.

Of the top 10 world markets, theUS, Japan, Germany, Canada, Mexicoand Brazil all posted declines in value(ranging from 5% to 36%). IFPI saysthat Europe represents a "mixed pic-ture," with the UK and France enjoy-ing increases of 10.5% and 7.9%respectively, while most markets suf-fered a downturn in sales, due to"uncertain economic conditions andthe increasing impact of CD -burning."

The UK is credited with a strongcontinued on page 25

Radio wakes up to Cranberries againby Paul Sexton

LONDON - Their 33 -million -selling al-bum history and their survival throughthe ups and downs of more than adecade are impressive. But those areonly statistics. The Cranberries knowthat it's time to Wake Up And SmellThe Coffee.

The Irish quartet, one of the biggest -selling bands of the '90s, are back witha new label affiliation within Universaland an album whose very title hints attheir renewed resolve. Wake Up, whichre -unites the group with Catatonia andBlur producer Stephen Street, isreleased internationally by MCA onOctober 15 and is preceded by the sin -

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Industry lobbies forEU aid programmeby Emmanuel Legrand

BRUSSELS - The European musiccommunity will be pushing for theEuropean Union to set up a pro-gramme of financial aid for the indus-try at a conference to be held in theBelgian capital on October 13.

Under the Music In Europemoniker, this latest lobbying effort isan initiative by the Belgian presiden-cy of the EU, with the support of theEuropean Commission and organisedby Kern European Affairs.

The conference keynote speakersare the EU commissioner for educa-

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

When Vivendi Universal boss Jean-Marie Messierannounced in August his plans for music portalPressplay, he said that cross -licensing with rivalMusicNet would be crucial for the development ofboth platforms.

Messier was adamant that he would only licenseUniversal's repertoire to MusicNet if the businessmodels were compatible and if MusicNet repertoirewas made available to Pressplay and the other por-tals Vivendi Universal is involved in. But, until now,his statement merely read like a declaration ofintent.

This week, EMI-one of the three majors involvedin MusicNet-broke ranks and decided to license itsrepertoire to Pressplay. Although neither of the twoservices is operational yet (despite claims that thetwo platforms would be ready for launching lastmonth), it's a major step forward in the industry'sattempts to regain lost ground on the Internet.

As we show in this month's M&M Online (pages 9-10), cyberspace abhors a void. While Napster is strug-

gling to come up with a paid -for model (it's alreadythree months behind schedule), peer -to -peer users ofmusic online have turned their backs on what oncewas the most popular P2P system. Instead, they areaccessing a wide range of services that are free-likeNapster used to be-but that are also, unlike Nap-ster, much more complex to shut down since theydon't operate from a central database.

What this shows is that there is still a major thirstfrom consumers to access music online-and that ifthey can't find it in a legitimate way, they'll try to gofor the alternatives.

The more repertoire is accessible through legiti-mate platforms such as Pressplay, MusicNet, AOLMusic or Yahoo!, the less likely it is that these illegalservices will thrive. For the moment, they are beinggiven a free ride because there are no alternatives.

It is now vital for the wholeindustry that Warner and BMG joinEMI in licensing their repertoire toPressplay, in the same way Sonyand Universal must make theirmaterial available to MusicNet.

Consumers don't care about cor-porate politics. They want music, allthe music, available on the Net, andthey want it now.

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

German industry unites around Gebhardtby Gesa Birnkraut

HAMBURG - For the first time, theGerman record industry hasappointed one man to represent itsinterests.

At a combined gener-al meeting of the coun-try's recorded musicassociations in Munichon September 28, formerpresident of Warner cen-tral and NorthernEurope Gerd Gebhardtwas made the full-time,paid president of allthree of Germany'srecord industry bodies.

The German PhonographicIndustry Association (BPW) co-ordinates internal industry activi-

ties, the German Phono Academyorganises the industry's annualEcho Awards, while IFPI Germanydeals with political, anti -piracyand international issues.

"It was a good feelingwhen all the members atthe general meetingvoted for me unanimous-ly," Gebhardt tells M&M."That gives a very goodfeedback and shows methat I cannot have donetoo many things wrongin my long career!"

Gebhardt, who relin-quished his Warner roleat the end of September

(M&M, September 29), effectivelyreplaces the part-time positions ofBPW president Thomas Stein and

president of the German PhonoAcademy Wolf Gramatke.

"I have been told the idea ofappointing a paid and full-timechairman has been under discus-sion for about 10 years," says BPWand German IFPI spokespersonHartmut Spiesecke. "But until nowthere wasn't anyone who could pos-sibly fill that position."

Gerbhardt's appointment is anattempt to consolidate the Germanindustry's resources following dou-ble-digit sales declines in the terri-tory in the first half of the year. Hisfirst priority will be to raise theprofile of the industry in the eyesof the media, politicians and thepublic, and he will be responsiblefor lobbying the government on allmusic -related issues.

Swedish industry unleashes its Golden Mooseby Siri Stavenes Dove

&rock:Holm - Members of Swedishlabels' body the GLF have cometogether to launch a new musicawards show.

The event is being seen as a wayof countering what the record compa-nies perceive as negative attitudestowards the industry in Sweden.

The first Swedish Hit MusicAwards-also to be known, tonguefirmly in cheek, as "The GoldenMoose" accolades-will take placeat the Scandinavium venue inGothenburg on November 11.Wyclef Jean is already confirmed asone of the artists who will performon the night.

The show will be broadcast liveby MTG-owned ZTV and TV3, fol-lowing the signing of a three-yeardeal. The 12 award categories willinclude both international andSwedish categories.

As part of the event, a series ofmeetings with most of Sweden'sretailers and labels will take place inGothenburg on the day of theawards.

"We'll discuss opportunities andhow we can develop as anindustry," says SonyMusic Sweden managingdirector Per Sundin. "Weare not only competingagainst each other, there'salso computer games,mobile phones and lots ofother things that take thespending power awayfrom music. We hope tobuild this into an annualevent."

The Swedish IFPI firstexpressed interest in creating a newawards ceremony to boost the indus-try earlier this year. In addition topoor growth in the Swedish market,comments were made by members of

the government which appeared tocondone CD piracy as a legimate wayfor consumers to react to high CDprices (M&M, May 19).

Managing director of EMI SwedenStefan Gullberg, who has been

involved in planning theevent, says: "Now we havethe Polar Music Prize, theGrammis, Stockholm LiveDay and the Hit MusicAwards. We hope thatthese events can keep apositive focus on music allyear round."

Gullberg says that theGLF decided to base thenominations on commer-cial criteria-airplay andsales-while the general

public will vote for the winners viatelephone and text messaging ser-vices on mobile phones. Unlike theSwedish Grammis, "there is no artis-tic criteria here," says Gullberg.

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NAB Europe aims tobeat recession bluesPARIS - "Combat the econ-omy."

That's one of the statedaims of this year's NABEuropean RadioConference, to beheld in Paris onNovember 11-13.

As the recession-ary stormcloudsgather over Europe'sradio sector, organ-isers say this year'sconference is firmlygeared towards pro-viding practicalsolutions to theproblems posed by tougher,tighter markets.

A key session will giveadvice on "How to reces-sion -proof your salesefforts," and will aim toshow how a station's wel-fare does not have to rely ona strong economy. Otherpotentially revenue -boost-ing panels include "How tomake real money from theweb" and how to increaseincome through more cre-

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and cons of voicetracking. There arealso sessions onresearch, whatmakes a successfulmorning show, tipson surviving a sta-tion launch or re-launch, and train-ing and retainingair talent.

Music & Media ispresenting two ses-sions this year. Edi-

tor -in -chief EmmanuelLegrand is moderating apanel entitled "On -air andthe web" looking at how tomaximise synergies betweenstations' websites and theiron -air output. Panellists willinclude Comfm CEO Jean -Michel Brosseau.

M&M deputy editor JonHeasman will be hostingthe panel "Shape thesound of your station".Two of Europe's most

acclaimed radio produc-tion figures -Kiss100/London programmedirector Andy Roberts andFun Radio/Paris produc-tion director Jean -MichelMeschin-will be lookingat the combination of tal-ent and technology whichgoes into creating a sta-tion sound.

This year's keynotespeakers have been chosenwith the industry's futurefirmly in mind. TonyStoller, chief executive ofthe UK's Radio Authorityand Dominique Baudis,president of French regula-tor the CSA, will partici-pate in an NAB sessionentitled "Regulations andyour future," while Dr.Jacques Bughin, principalat the Brussels office ofmanagement consultancyMcKinsey & Co will revealthe company's view on theindustry's future in a ses-sion entitled "Bringingradio back to life."

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London CHR station 95.8 Capital FM is currently promoting its new on -air com-petition, Capital's Birthday Bank. A press and poster campaign features spots inLondon newspapers and 1,000 roadside billboards. Uniquely, cash machinescreens at cash points on London Underground stations are also being used toadvertise the competition, which gives listeners who celebrate their birthday ona lucky date the chance to win money. The cash prize will be continuously accu-muled in the station's Birthday Bank from October 1 at the rate of £5 an hour.

Onda Cero Musica brings in talk hostby Howell Llewellyn

MADRID - Spain's OndaCero group is adding one ofits heavyweight speech pre-senters from its flagshipnews/talk network OndaCero Radio (OCR) to the line-up of its Onda Cero Musica(OCM) chain.

In a bid to boost themusic station's audience,OCR afternoon drive pre-senter Carlos Herrera willnow, in addition, present alate evening show (23:00-24:00) on OCM from Sep-tember 23. OCR communi-cations director Javier delCastillo says Herrera'sshow on OCM will consist

of "the best of pop and rockfrom the '70s and '80s."

Meanwhile, OCM hasalso boosted its morningoutput following the Sep-tember 24 hiring of CarlosAlsina, who will presentthe weekday morning showbetween 07:00-10:00. "It's amusic programme withfilm, TV, sport and celebri-ty news, plus lots ofhumour and irony," saysDel Castillo.

The trend of using pre-senters who are equally athome on music and talkradio, and who can oftentake hundreds of thousandsof listeners with them,seems to be on the increase

in Spain. News/talk networkCadena COPE recentlypoached Jose Antonio Abel-ian from COPE's Hot ACnetwork Cadena 100 to pre-sent a late -night sports pro-gramme.

OCR is owned by Tele-fonica Media, which is inthe process of acquiringexisting radio groups andstations to create a bigradio group to rival SER.Programming from OCMand Onda Cero's othermusic network, the Soft ACEuropa FM, can now beheard on 19 -station RadioEspana, which is in theprocess of being acquired byTelefonica Media.

ON THE BEATBARTOLI BAGS AWARD

BERLIN - Decca Classics artistCecilia Bartoli (pictured) was namedartist of the year at the eighth EchoKlassik awards show, which tookplace at Germany's biggest operahouse in Baden-Baden on September30. EMI Classic artist Nigel Kennedywas named instrumentalist of the

year, while Jose Carreras won the award for bestopera production of the year. The event, organised bythe German Phono Academy, was broadcast for thesixth consecutive year by German public broadcasterZDF, attracting an audience of 1.15 million.

CONCERT FOR NY LINE-UPNEW YORK - Music TV channel VH-1is to broadcast live The Concert forNew York from New York City's Madi-son Square Garden on October 20. Aone-night only music event to benefitthe victims of the September 11 terror-ist attacks on the city, the concert willfeature performances by Paul McCart-ney, The Who, Bon Jovi, James Taylor,John Mellencamp, Macy Gray (pic-tured), Goo Goo Dolls, MelissaEtheridge and India.Arie, with further artists still tobe announced. In addition to the TV broadcast, theVH-1 Radio Network and Westwood One/InfinityBroadcasting will co-ordinate a commercial -freesimulcast on radio stations across the US and aroundthe world.

GWR COMMISSIONS DANCE SHOWLONDON - UK independent production company WiseBuddah has signed a deal with the GWR Group to pro-duce five hours of music programming per week for its"Mix" network of local CHR stations, plus its EastAnglian dance station Vibe FM/Bury St.Edmunds.The programming entails two weekly dance shows-branded Vibe Nation-to be broadcast on Friday andSaturday nights.

NOBS STEPS DOWN

MONTREUX - Managing director of WarnerMusic Switzerland Claude Nobs (pictured) hasretired at the end of September. Founder andorganiser of the Montreux Jazz Festival, Nobswas head of the Warner Music International(WMI) affiliate located in Montreux which isresponsible for artist relations activities andWMI's video facility. This operation will nowbecome a subsidiary of the Warner Music Switzerlandcompany based in Zurich which will continue to beresponsible for the marketing, promotion and sales ofWMI releases under managing director Chris Wepfer.

MOVING CHAIRSLONDON - Olivier Robert -Murphy has been namedto the new role of VP of international DVD marketingfor Universal Music International (UMI). He will beresponsible for co-ordinating the release, promotionand marketing of all UMI frontline and cataloguetitles on DVD and video. Based in London, Robert -Murphy reports to Max Hole, UMI's senior VP of mar-keting and A&R, and Wolf Urban, senior VP of UMI'sstrategic -marketing division UM3.Meir Malinsky (pictured) has been named VP world-wide strategic marketing and Pamela Rosenbergsenior director world-wide marketing at BMG Enter-

tainment. Malinsky, previously VPstrategic marketing for UniversalMusic International, will be based inLondon, while Rosenberg, who mostrecently held the position of seniordirector international marketing forthe Island Def Jam Music Group, willbe based in New York.

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Industry warns that Finland mustimplement Copyright Directiveby Jonathan Mander

HELSINKI - The Finnishmusic industry is warningthe government that itmust fully implement Euro-pean laws regarding e -com-merce and copyright.

Speaking at a conferenceconvened as part of eventsto celebrate 100 years of theFinnish music industry onSeptember 21, RupertPerry, chairman of IFPI'sEuropean board and seniorVP of EMI Recorded Music,said: "We are worried thatFinland's draft of the e -commerce law leaves somegaps and fails to implementproperly the [EuropeanCopyright Directive's] pro-visions on the liability ofInternet service providers.This is inconsistent with

what the European Parlia-ment recommended."

Perry added: "Now thepriority must be to imple-ment faithfully the e -com-merce and copyright direc-tives into national law, a pro-ject in which we look to Fin-land to play a leading role."

A gateway into Europe formusic pirates in Estonia andRussia, Finland is strug-gling with a local piracymarket which accounts fortwo million CDs, which rep-resents nearly 20% of lastyear's legitimate market of10.7 million units.

As well as marking 100years since the first localrecording, 2001 is also the40th anniversary of theFinnish IFPI-affiliatedtrade body AKT.

"No country should go solo

with its interpretations of theEuropean Union copyrightdirective," AKT chairmanArto Alaspad tells M&M."Our main problem is thatlegislation allows consumersto benefit from piracy, butthere is a bill which wouldmake it illegal to purchasestolen or pirated goods."

Perry presented Fin-land's head of customs withan anti -piracy award at theconference.

Meanwhile, an onlinedatabase containing all100,000 local recordingsmade since 1901, was alsounveiled.

"For the first time all thispreviously hard -to -get infor-mation is available to every-one interested in Finnishmusic," explains archiveorganiser Tarja Makinen.

Laura Pausini was recently presented with four platinum records in recogni-tion of 400,000 Italian sales of her CGD East West Italy album Tra Te E Il Mare.Pictured (l -r) are: Marcello Balestra (A&R manager, CGD East West Italy);Luciano Linzi (GM, CGD East West Italy); Gerolamo Caccia (executive VP,Warner Music Europe); Laura Pausini; Massimo Giuliano (MD, Warner MusicItaly) and Tino Silvestri (A&R director, Warner Music Italy).

Swede takes helm of Norway's Radio 1by Kai R. Lofthus

OSLO - Johan Willander ishoping to bring his sub-stantial experience ofSwedish commercial radioto Norwegian HotAC network Radio 1when he joins asmanaging directornext month.

Willander (pic-tured) will also con-tinue to carry out hiscurrent role of station man-ager/sales manager at RadioCity in Gothenburg until asuccessor is named by theend of the year.

Willander says he doesnot expect to make anysweeping changes to Radiol's format, but rather hewill carry on "developingthe station in terms of rat-ings and from a commercial

point of view."Starting out as a sales

executive at Radio City'sheadquarters in Stockholm,Willander climbed theranks to become station

manager of Ciy'sGothenburg -basedaffiliate.

Willander hopesthat his experiencewill help bridge thegap between salesand programming at

Radio 1."Sales reps always want

to sell something whichprogrammers don't neces-sarily want to deliver,"notes Willander. "That hasbeen a traditional conflictin the industry, and itseverely restrains any com-pany."

Radio 1 is jointly ownedby Oslo -based media corpo-

ration Norsk Aller and USradio giant Clear ChannelCommunications.

Alf Lande, a consultantwho directs Aller's radiooperations in Norway,denies that the appoint-ment of Willander, an expe-rienced Swedish radio exec-utive, means that Aller andClear Channel are poised tomake a move into theSwedish market. Lande hasrecently been collaboratingwith. Clear Channel's JimReceveur at the Radio2/Uptown group in Copen-hagen in mapping outpotential expansion strate-gies in the Nordic region.

Willander says anyexpansion into Sweden has"never been discussed, andwould be very controversialfrom SBS' point of view if Ishould be involved in that."

MORE EDEL DEPARTURES

STOCKHOLM - Michel Petre (pictured) hasofficially left his position as vice president ofA&R at Edel Records in Stockholm. Petre hasbeen with Edel since the early '90s, when theSwedish affiliate was formed following theacquisition of Stockholm -based label PitchControl, of which Petre was a co-owner. For awhile, Petre oversaw the company's internationalA&R efforts, based out of both Stockholm and Ham-burg. M&M understands Petre has been in negotia-tions with several record companies, including Edel,about setting up his own label. Meanwhile, PeterSkovsted has left his post as international manager ofEdel Records in Copenhagen. M&M understands thathis departure is, related to ongoing cost -saving mea-sures at the German company. Skovsted's duties havebeen taken over by Annika Meyer, international mar-keting director at Edel Records in London.

RADIO 538 GOES TROPICAL

4110RADIO HILVERSUM - Dutch CHR station538 Radio 538 is to open a sister station

on the Caribbean island of Curacaoin December. The new service will broadcast 538's reg-ular Dutch programming with a time delay, but plansto produce some local "opt -out" shows in the future.There was understood to be enough space on the air-waves of the former Dutch -governed island to obtain alicence.

ACADEMY NAMES MARKETING SPEAKERSLONDON - Group editorial director of UBC MediaGroup Tim Blackmore and chairman of The HenleyCentre Martin Hayward will deliver the keynotespeeches at Radio Academy's Marketing & Promotionsconference, which takes place in London on October 16.Other speakers will include Toby Constantin from XTMarketing, Ian James from Chrysalis Radio and ChrisKimber from BBC Radio & Music New Media, who willtalk about the benefits of SMS messaging promotions.

COMMERCIAL RADIO BLACKOUTHILVERSUM - Most of Holland's commercial radio sta-tions went off the air for most of the day on Septem-ber 27, after the Eutelsat satellite which transmitsthe stations' output to the transmitters veered from itsorbit. Only alternative station Kink FM and CHR-for-matted Yorin FM aescaped the blackout, as both sta-tions use a different satellite to Eutelsat. To compen-sate advertisers for their missed airtime, the stationsaffected have been running longer -than -usual com-mercial spots.

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Replay Radio, a software product from Applian Tech-nologies, is one of several new programs that make itsimple to record radio onto portable devices. It sup-ports Real Audio, Windows Media, and many audiobook formats, all of which are saved as MP3 files, andboth start and end times can be scheduled. The soft-ware comes with some popular American radio pro-grammes already pre-set, but Replay is not limited tothose; it can also create custom compilations. It is ofcourse possible to record anything that can come outof a computer's speakers with very little technicalknowledge, but this program streamlines the proce-dure. Replay does require a substantial amount ofdisk space (854Kb) and at least Windows 98 however.Recorded files require a minimum of 7 Mb storagespace per 60 minutes.

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Peers are heirs to Napster's throneike any other business, the digi-tal music industry hates voids.But there's currently a gap leftby Napster, the once illegal freenline music -sharing system

due to relaunch as a legal subscriptionservice. That space could soon be filledby potentially dangerous alternatives.

The new commercial Napster andimminent legal subscription -basedmusic -swapping services such asMusicNet and Pressplay (M&M June2 and 9, 2001), which are controlledby the majors, are scheduled to startsoon.

But they need to implant theirbrands on to the minds of music fansquickly. For, having successfully suedNapster last December for copyrightinfringement, the labels then gainedan order in March demandingNapster block access to unauthorisedcopyright works. But the record com-panies have yet to establish theirlegitimate Internet -based song -swap-ping alternatives.

Potential heirsInto the resulting gap comes a host ofpotential heirs-Gnutella, Morpheus,AudioGalaxy, BearShare andLimeWire (see below). Although notillegal in themselves, as free servicesthey offer the ideal environment forpiracy, including the illegal exchangeof copyright music.

And their popularity looks set togrow to match Napster at its peak inFebruary, when more than 70 million

As record companies deliberate over the final format oftheir own legal online music -swapping services, anumber of illegal systems are filling the void left by thedemise of Napster. Juliana Koranteng reports.

registered Napster users were illegal-ly exchanging files.

Aram Sinnreich, senior music ana-lyst at Jupiter Research, New York,blames the music industry itself formaking room for these alternativepeer -to -peer (P2P) technologies andservices to make their mark. "It'sabsurd. Had thelabels harnessedthe power ofNapster, theywould have had thebiggest [communi-ty] of music fans inone place."

Instead, he says,they've allowed theonce inferior file -swapping systemsto thrive. They'rebeing discovered by fanatics who'vedeserted the now restricted Napster."None of these software [systems] onits own is good at finding music. It'sthe network effect and the number ofpeople logging on that matters," henotes.

Sinnreich adds that the musicindustry will have a harder timeshutting down these emerging P2Psystems. "We're seeing more file shar-

ing than ever. Unlike Napster, these[alternatives] can't be shut down.Regardless of what anyone doesagainst the company operating them,there are now millions out there inperpetuity."

Backing his analysis are figuresfrom both Jupiter and another U.S.

research group, Webnoize. Jupitersays the amount of time users spent

and Gnutella combined to exchangemore than three billion media files,including music, in August alone. AsUS college students return to classesthis autumn, analysts predict anexplosion in growth rate.

What makes these technologiesattractive to file -sharing aficionados?Like Napster, they're free. UnlikeNapster, they're decentralised, mean-ing there's no single central server co-ordinating the file -sharing that canbe shut down.

Most of them offer more thanmusic; they also give access to digi-tised versions of movies, photos, dataand books. Added -value services

"Had the labels harnessed the power ofNapster, they would have had the biggest(community) of music fans in one place."Aram Sinnreich, senior music analyst, Jupiter Researchon Napster plummeted to 2.2 mil-lion minutes in June from 6.3 billion

minutes in February.By contrast, both research compa-

nies estimate that up to one milliondigital media fans can simultaneouslyaccess some Napster clones such asFastTrack and AudioGalaxy. In manycases, they've experienced almost100% growth between March andAugust.

Webnoize estimates that P2P fansused FastTrack, AudioGalaxy, iMesh

Sons of Napster: A new generation of alternativesAimster (www.aimster.com)Designed to help users of AOL's instant -messaging systemexchange music files; founded by New York -based JohnnyDeep; received lawsuit -threatening letter form RIAA inApril; responded with a legal complaint asking New Yorkcourts to make judgement on Aimster's legality, giving itbreathing space.

AudioGalaxy (www.audiogalaxv.com)Based in Texas and offers AudioGalaxy Satellite softwarefor P2P file -sharing; rated highly among P2P users; itssearch engine gives access to files of more than 800,000songs.

BearShare (www.bearshare.com)P2P system that uses Gnutella;designed around Microsoft's Windowsoperating system, making it user-friendly; owned by US -based FreePeers Inc.

FastTrack (www.fasttrack.nu)Underlying technology behindGrokster, KaZaA and Morpheus; alsothe name of the software companyfounded by Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom in April 2000in Amsterdam. Expected to replace Gnutella as heir toNapster throne.

Grokster Network (www.grokster.com)Based on the FastTrack technology; company is located inNevis, West Indies; making cross -promotion deals withother online media companies such as online labelGigAmerica.

iMesh (www.imesh.com)A file -based (as opposed to Web -based) system launched in1999; more than 16 million downloads by September 2001;research & development branch in Israel.

KaZaA (www.kazaa.com)Based on the FastTrack system andoperated by FastTrack the company;available in English, Danish, Dutch,French, German, Italian, Spanish,Swedish, Japanese; launched in July2000; nine million downloads bySeptember 2001; can play music onAOL Time Warner's Winamp player.

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GnutellaUnderlying technology for BearShare, LimeWire and count-less other P2P systems; hailed as Napster heir and is thefirst file -sharing technology with no central server; insteadis based on a network of the users' computers (unlikeNapster, which kept a record of users on centralisedservers); developed early 2000 by AOL employee JustinFrankel on AOL's Nullsoft site until removed earlier thisyear. Nullsoft technology was used to develop AOL'sWinamp digital music player (see KaZaA).

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LimeWire (www.limewire.com)Another Gnutella-based technologydeveloped by Lime Group, New York;company is offering cash for acceptedon Gnutella.

Morpheus (www.musiccity.com)Said to be the best application of the FastTrack system;features Microsoft's media player for listening to musiconline; operated by MusicCity Network in Nashville,Tennessee.

Napigator (www.napigator.com)Used to navigate users to old Napster, offering efficientways to share files; now acknowledges that old Napster isillegal on its site; has agreed to stop making Napster sta-tistics public; still guides users to Napster alternativessuch as Opennap.

include sophisticated search enginesto speed up the discovery of music.

They've learned from the mistakesof the systems' previous generations.

For example, computer whizzkidand America Online employee JustinFrankel hadn't completed his visionwhen he unleashed an unfinishedGnutella-currently considered themost likely heir to Napster's popular-ity-into cyberspace.

His AOL bosses, knowing Gnutellathreatened the business of WarnerMusic Group, the recording groupAOL inherited when it merged withTime Warner in January 2000,demanded he drop the project.

Song -swapping missionBut once available on the Internet,the decentralised Gnutella couldn't bekilled. Additionally, it had manyadmirers who picked up the batonand ran with it. The mission of song -swapping services BearShare andLimeWire is to improve and refineGnutella for users.

More recently, another technologysystem known as FastTrack, devel-oped by an Amsterdam company of thesame name, is gaining as much popu-larity as Gnutella. P2P services suchas Morpheus, Grokster, and KaZaAare on the FastTrack bandwagon.

The music industry is prepared torespond to these new challenges. Ithas learned a lot during the lawsuitagainst Napster, which is still backedby media and music giantBertelsmann and has replaced CEOHank Berry with German nativeKonrad Hilbers, a BMG Entertain-ment executive.

The labels also joined forces withthe movie industry to sue ScourExchange, which went bankrupt dur-ing the court case. The RIAA, the USmusic industry trade body that man-aged the anti-Napster litigation, thensent out a warning against anotherP2P venture Aimster. Aimster hasintegrated its system into AOL Time

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Continued from page 9Warner's instant messaging platform,which enables AOL subscribers toexchange messages in real time.

In July, it emerged that the RIAA,the movie industry (MPAA), musicpublishers (NMPA) and AOL TimeWarner are suing Aimster foralleged copyright infringement.

Lack of controlIronically, Aimster was the firstto file a lawsuit in response toan RIAA letter. Aimster claimedit had no control over the mate-rial exchanged by Aimster usersand asked a New York court todeclare judgement on the legal-ity of the software's right toexist and not be shut down.

Aimster has also argued that sinceAOL Time Warner owns several of thelabels and movie companies suing,the current lawsuit is totally unfair.The case is still pending.

Legitimate subscription -basedonline music services may be takingtheir time coming into the market-place, but there are many out there.As Jay Samit, EMI Music'sCalifornia -based senior VP of newmedia, points out, his company hasalready clinched distribution dealswith several subscription -based ser-vices including MusicNet, in whichEMI has shares, HitHive and Stream -Waves, which is already up and run-ning. This week, EMI clinched a dealwith Music Net's rival Pressplay (see

story front page).Samit doesn't deny the potential

threat of the illegal P2P services."There will always be piracy in thephysical and digital form. And whenthese [subscription] services begin,they'll have to be compelling to be

worthwhile, for it is my job to makemusic easier to buy than to steal," headds.

He's confident that when they doappear, the authorised subscriptionservices will offer fans a more reward-ing service and choice. "Radio stationscan play any music they choose, butit's the quality of the programmingthat matters," he says.

Other subscription -based venturesin the market include Liquid Audio'sdigital music subscription service. InEurope, Vitaminic and OD2 haveentered the arena, and UK -basedWippit unveils its commercial servicein October. Founder Paul Myers plansto make Wippit appealing by addingdownloadable ringtones for mobile

phones, artist biographies, interviewsand photos.

Additionally, the music industryhas the law on its side. The successfulanti-Napster lawsuit proved that theUS' Digital Millennium Copyright Acthad bite.

According to Allen Dixon, theIFPI's general counsel and executivedirector in London, the EuropeanUnion's Copyright Directive also con-tains anti -piracy provisions to discour-age growth of illegal P2P services.

"We took down about 30,000 illegalsites last year, and we expect thatnumber to grow substantially thisyear," says Dixon. " 'File -stealing' isstill a relatively low-level activity out-side the US-we don't want it to growso we're keeping an eye on thesethings."

Dixon argues that although therewas a spate of Napster-like venturesmainly in the US, the IFPI estimatesthe number has dropped about 80%"due mainly to the deterrence effect of

the Napster judgement".The future now lies with how the

new official subscription -based opera-tions-including the commercialNapster, MusicNet and Pressplay-and how they make money for rightsowners.

David Stockley, CEO forEuropean digital rights solu-tions company DX3, says:"The question is what willpeople want to take? Thereare certainly problems withthe 'all -you -can -eat' model.The way the subscriptionsrevenue will be divided upwill be tricky."

Streamlined systemsHe adds that the models

should offer consumers the option todownload and stream music, and apurchase button that doesn't requiregoing out of the system first.

But at the end of the day, there areindustry experts who have faith inconsumers' desire to be honest as longas the music business successfullygets across its anti -piracy message.

"If you're an optimist, most peoplerecognise if there's no money for theindustry, the music will dry up,"observes Mark Isherwood, senior con-sultant and director at London -basedRightscom, a company that helpsrights owners manage content online.

"As long as the offering is a goodone, people will gradually gravitatetowards legitimate music services.".

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London celebrates the songwritersby Paul Sexton

Amid the industry's endless considerations ofmarketing meetings, video budgets, photoshoots and quarterly returns, a swathe ofartists convened on London's South Bank lastweek to remind us that The Song's The Thing.

That was the title of an eight -day series ofconcerts taking place September 22-30 at theRoyal Festival Hall and the Queen ElizabethHall, celebrating the art of the songwriter. In itsfirst support of such a consumer -led event,sponsorship was provided by UK collection bodythe PRS. Promoted by Serious Events, TheSong's The Thing included a tribute concert toTim Buckley, a free stage mounted by theLondon acoustic venue the Kashmir Klub, andsuch writer -performers as Roddy Frame, EdwynCollins, Boo Hewerdine and Badly Drawn Boy.Shows also featured new notables such asOliver Darley, David Kitt and Reindeer Sectionand international contributors includingCanadian Jane Siberry and Motown songwrit-ing giant Lamont Dozier.

Stop! In The Name Of Soul, a tribute eveningto Dozier in which he starred with British actsDamage, Jamelia, Elisabeth Troy, AndrewRoachford and others, got the week off to amemorable start, as the writer duetted on manytimeless Holland -Dozier -Holland hits, alsotreating long-time fans to excellent solo ver-sions of his Invictus and ABC recordings of the

1970s such as Why Can't We Be Lovers and FishAin't Bitin'. Dozier was appreciative of therecognition for the often -underrated craft of thesongwriter. "It's really nice when you get achance to show off what you can do in thoseareas," he says. "And hopefully, some up-and-coming person will pick out the things he or sheneeds to further their career."

David Francis, sponsorship manager for thePRS, which also sponsors the Ivor NovelloAwards, says that The Song's The Thing was auseful awareness -builder for the society, whichalso hosted songwriting workshops for its ownstaff with "songwriter in residence" Hewerdine."It's a good opportunity to position the PRS andengage with a really broad cross-section of theindustry," says Francis, "and push it as a dynam-ic, important organisation within the industry."

Meanwhile Dozier, now writing with youngBritish artist Jud Mahoney for his debut albumfor Jive, due next year, muses: "I often tell peo-ple, I'm a practising songwriter, meaning thatyou can never know it all, and once you startthinking that, I've really messed up." The world-wide influx of pop acts in recent years has led toa greater appreciation of both his legacy and hisvalue as a contemporary contributor. "That'swhy my phone's been ringing," he says. "I like tobe called one of the influences on pop musictoday, it's a tribute to me and the Holland broth-ers, but I write every day constantly. I have some20 songs coming out with various new people."

Still waiting for the Mercury Rev-olutionby Chris Barrett

From losing their singer, to alco-holism, drug abuse and being thrownoff the Lollapalooza festival for beingtoo noisy, life with Mercury Rev (pic-tured) has never been dull.

The band has never had an easytime of it at radio,either, and the chasmbetween the experimen-tal US act's sales suc-cess in Europe and air-play they receive hasnever been more appar-ent than in radio's reac-tion to current singleNite And Fog.

Released through V2on September 24, thesingle is an enchantingorchestral outtake fromthe band's second V2long player, All IsDream, which hit theshelves on August 27. Despite thealbum entering M&M's European Up100 Albums chart at 31, the single hasreceived almost no airplay outside theUK, its few supporters including pub-lic stations Couleur 3 in Switzerlandand Ireland's 2FM.

John Clarke, programme director at2FM acknowleges that "It's an age oldproblem. Initially no one heard WilsonPicket on the radio-acts often have togrow by word of mouth, as stations aretoo cautious about adding new materi-al. Someone needs to break the chain-local stations are often far too slow inpicking up on national trends."

"Although we haven't pushed thesingle as a pop record, the album'schart positions demonstrate

[Mercury Rev] are a mainstreamact," says Ray McCarville, productmanager at V2 UK "Press supporthas been amazing across Europe,but commercial radio has beenmuch slower to support them."

In the UK, national rock stationVirgin Radio has been a rare com-

mercial radio sup-porter, adding thetrack to its C list.Executive producerJames Currandescribes MercuryRev as "an innovativeand exciting band"and believes Nite andFog is "beautiful,atmospheric andmore accessible thanmuch of their previ-ous material." PublicCHR station BBCRadio 1 also placedNite And Fog on its C

list, while local London outlets BBCLondon Live (full -service) and Xfm(alternative rock) have both A listedthe record.

McCarville, who considersMercury Rev's singles to be "primar-ily promotional vehicles for thealbum," strongly believes that thenext cut The Dark Is Rising-outon January 14-will fare better atradio, possibly even becoming a sur-prise hit. Its cinematic bombast wasimmediately popular when initialcopies of All Is A Dream were sentout to radio.

A high profile European tour isalso in the pipeline for the band, setto include the UK, Germany, Italy,France and Scandinavia.

DANCE GROOVESBY THE BOOKAs tipped in issue 39, Soul Limboby Musikk (Flex/Denmark), fea-tures a riff first performed byBooker T & The MGs. A sprightly,organ -led melody with more than ahint of the Caribbean is the main-stay of the track, while the addi-tion of a small army of percussionprovides the back-up. Radio Cutcould be regarded as an upbeatinterlude for daytime radio, whilethe technoid RON:9 remix is thestrongest dancefloor contender.

LESSONS IN HARD HOUSEAlready noted as a producer andremixer of considerable talentthanks to his makeovers of BillieRay Martin and Datura, DJPagano has, on Lessons In Love(Fragile/Italy), turned in a verita-ble hard house epic. The underly-ing feel of this track is sub -gabberwith the obligatory screechingkeyboards and a thunderous 150bpm-although, thankfully, thereare no speeded -up voices. Whatmakes it a better than averagetune is the shouty, rousing, soul -influenced chorus and some sub-tle musical touches in the bridge.Unlikely to chart, this is nonethe-less brilliant dancefloor fodder.

THEY COULD BE HEROESThe output of London -basedTummy Touch Records has, acrossthe five years of the label's exis-tence, been marked by a remark-ably consistent degree of individu-ality. The results, as typified by

Leo Young's New American Hero,'are brash, sexy and invigorating.The track, which takes its basicfeel from funk, is infused with rockphrases then topped off with amonologue and sly, witty soundbites. It all adds up to a big power-ful noise that Norman Whitfieldwould have been proud of.

BURIED TREASUREDavid Axelrod, who worked withjazz bands in the '50s and theElectric Prunes in the '60s, wasalso more recently the man whosesampled music provided the back-bone of work by Lauryn Hill, Dr.Dre, DJ Shadow and Puff Daddy.His latest, self -titled effort onMo Wax shows that his eclectic,uncompromising talent is asvibrant and relevant as ever,despite the fact that most of thematerial here has been languish-ing on a shelf in LA for 30 years.The original rhythm tracks, featur-ing contributions from Joe Sample,Earl Palmer and Carol Kaye, formthe basis of the nine compositionsthat make up this album. Trackssuch as opener The Little Childrenhave been tastefully augmentedwith extra strings and studio tex-ture. TLC also features a stunningrap from Ras Kass, which, with itsstring quartet backing, sounds pos-itively otherworldly. Other tuneslike Fantasy For Ralph and Big B -Plus display the sort of intenseorchestral interplay employed byarrangers such as Hal Willner,while Jimmy T is pure '60s with itsfragile lead guitar.

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Survey shows jocks fighting backWith the success of presenter -free stations such as SkyRadio in the Netherlands and many broadcasters aroundEurope programming ever -longer sweeps of music, therole of the DJ has been increasingly questioned by manyin music radio in recent times. Jon Heasman reports onthe results of a recently -published UK survey commis-sioned by the Radio Academy which attempts to assessthe value of presenters.

There was a time in the '70s,certainly in the UK, whenmany small boys (and somegirls!) wanted to grow up tobecome radio DJs. That era

seems a long time ago now-formost kids today, the idea of being adance DJ playing to packed clubs inIbiza or Ayia Napa seems a far moresexy option than sitting alone in asmall darkened studio introducingmusic chosen by someone else.

Yet research in the UK commis-sioned jointly by the Radio Academyin association with the RadioAuthority and public broadcaster theBBC shows that most listeners stillvalue-and feel an affinity for-pre-senters, a fact perhaps reflected in thespiralling of DJ salaries in some of thebig markets around Europe lately.

The survey was conducted in Maythis year by BMRB Social Researchamong 756 UK music radio listenersaged 15-45. The sample was weight,ed to the overall profile of radio lis-teners in Great Britain according tosex and age.

Presenters, pleaseAll the listeners in the survey wereasked "Would you prefer to listen toa station that played only music,with no presenters, or would youprefer one that had presenters?"

The majority of listeners (81%)said they prefer their music radioto have presenters. Women weremore likely to say they preferred tohave a presenter (85% compared to78% of men), as were those aged 25or over (83% compared with 76% ofthose aged 15-24).

Listeners were then asked whatthey thought presenters added tomusic radio (see table below).Answers were recorded verbatim by

Table 1:What music presenters add

to music radio

Entertainment and humour 44Personality / character 22Provide information about the songs 17Interesting / provide variety 16Break up the music 15Provide information on bands/concerts/celebrity gossip 9

Good/lively atmosphereInteraction/involve the listenerNews and traffic informationProvide information (general)Waffle / talk too much

7

43

3

3

Make you feel like there is someone with you 2Annoying / nuisance 1

Source: BMRB

the interviewers and were latercoded into categories.

The most commonly mentionedanswer was that presenters provideentertainment or humour (44%),followed by personality or character(22%). These two themes were torecur throughout the survey.

The provision of information isalso seen as an aspect that presen-ters add to music radio, with 17%saying the presenters provide

Graham Dene, a stalwart of theLondon radio market who hasworked at Capital FM, CapitalGold, Virgin Radio and now Magic105.4. Some 58% of those surveyedsaid they would follow theirfavourite presenter if they were toswitch to a different radio station.

information about the songs, 9%information on bands, concerts orcelebrity gossip and 3% mentioningnews or traffic information.

This question was asked of alllisteners, regardless of whetherthey preferred listening to a pre-senter or not. Even those whowould prefer music -only stationswere able to find some positivethings to say about what presen-ters add.

Few negative answers weregiven, with 3% in total saying thatpresenters waffle or talk too much.Among those who would prefermusic -only radio this rises to 12%.Similarly, only 2% of listeners saidthey found presenters annoying ora nuisance, although this was men-tioned by 8% of those who prefermusic -only radio.

There were few differencesbetween men and women with regardto what presenters add, but womenwere more likely to mention enter-tainment or humour (47% comparedto 40% of men).

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All listeners were read out a listof nine aspects of music radio andwere asked to rate their impor-tance. The factors were rated on ascore of 0 to 10, where 0 is "not atall important" and 10 is "veryimportant." Scores of seven orabove are considered to be "impor-tant" factors and scores of three orbelow are considered to be "notimportant." The results, showingaverage scores achieved, are shownabove in Table 2.

Table 2:Importance when listening to

music radio...

Mean scoreThe type of music played 8.39The presenter 7.41The balance between music and talking 7.02The presence of information other than news,such as weather and traffic information 6.14The frequency of the news 5.56The opportunity for listeners to get involvedin things like phone-ins 4.78It's local 4.78Having interviews with celebrities 4.03Whether there are any adverts 3.21

Source: BMRB

While it is perhaps unsurprisingthat the most important factor tomusic radio listeners is the type ofmusic played, the results for thisquestion re-inforce the position ofthe presenter as being important tomusic radio.

Three quarters (74%) of listenersgave the presenter an importancescore of seven or more when tuning,in to the radio. Women were morepositive about presenters whenasked for their attitudes towardsthem, and this positive feeling isalso reflected here, with 78% giv-ing presenters a high importancerating, compared with 71% of men.

The importance of the presenterto music radio increases with age,with those aged 35-45 being themost likely to consider the DJ's roleimportant. This is also reflected inthe ratings of those who listen toindividual stations. Four in five lis-teners to the UK's AC/MOR-for-matted BBC Radio 2 rated the pre-senter as an important factor.Again, this is likely to be connectedto the type of presenter employedon that station and the require-ments of the audience.

It is an unsurprising findingthat the music policy of the stationis the most important factor thataffects listening. Almost nine in 10(89%) rated it as an important fac-

tor, with 34% giving a score of 10out of 10.

The balance between music andtalk was less of a clear-cut issue,with two-thirds (64%) rating it asimportant. Individual radio stationlistenership affected the answersto this question, notably thoserespondents who listened to Radio2 (74% giving presenters an impor-tance score of seven or more) androck station Virgin Radio.

LocalnessLess important to listeners waswhether a radio station was localor not. A third of respondents (33%)rated this factor as important, butthis did not differ much betweenthe major radio stations. Listenersto national stations BBC Radio 1(24%) and Virgin Radio (19%) gavea similar rating at this question tolisteners to London -only CHR sta-tion Capital FM (20%). However,listeners to other, smaller localradio stations were more likely togive this factor a high importancerating, although it was still onlyaround two in five (38%).

The least important factor torespondents was whether a stationhas any adverts, with only 15% rating

Jonathan Ross, credited withbringing a new audience to theBBC's Radio 2. Four out of fiveRadio 2 listeners surveyed ratedpresenters as an "important fac-tor" in their choice of station.

it as important. Again, there was lit-tle variation between the individualradio stations, with listeners to BBCRadio 1-which does not carry ads-only giving a slightly higher rating(17%) than listeners to its commercialrival in London, Capital FM (11%).

Importance of informationAlthough the presenter and thetype of music are the most impor-tant factors to most listeners, theprovision of information such asnews and travel should also be con-sidered. The frequency of the news

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is considered to be important bytwo in five listeners (39%). Womenare more likely to rate this asimportant (43% gave a score ofseven or more compared to 35% ofmen), while the importance ratingfor this type of content rises withage (49% of 35-45s compared to22% among 15-24s). It should benoted, however, that some listenersattached importance to this factorbecause they want to hear morenews, while others may have ratedit imporatnt because they want tohear less news.

Half of listeners consider thepresence of information other thannews to be important. Again, theimportance attached varied by age,with older respondents more likelyto give a higher score (59% of 35-45s against 37% of 15-24s).

Attitudes towards presentersHaving established that the major-ity of listeners prefer their musicradio to come with presenters, anumber of attitude statementswere asked.

Two batteries of attitude state-ments were asked of listeners. Thefirst battery dealt with generalattitudes towards presenters,while the second, asked at the endof the questionnaire, concernedmore detailed questions about thepresenters, their personalities andthe listeners loyalties towardsthem.

Listeners were asked a series ofseven statements about presenterson music radio and were asked towhat extent they agreed or dis-agreed with each one. Rates ofagreement with the statements areshown above in Table 3.

Table 3:Attitudes towards

presenters% agree

The presenter provides a personal touch 94The presenter provides entertainment 92The presenter provides useful informationabout the music 87The presenter helps to reinforce the identi-ty of the station 87The presenter is an ordinary person just like me 76The presenter helps me distinguishbetween different stations 76The presenter is just there to fill the gapsbetween the music 32

Source: BMRB

Over three-quarters of listenersagreed with all the "positive" state-ments concerning presenters. Aswith the previous question aboutwhat presenters add to musicradio, the highest agreement camewith the statements about the per-sonality of the presenter and theentertainment they provide.

Over nine in 10 listeners (94%)agreed the presenter provides "apersonal touch," with almost two-thirds (64%) agreeing with thatstatement strongly. Women wereslightly more likely to agree withthis statement, with 68% agreeingstrongly compared to 61% of men.Older listeners were also morelikely to agree with this statement

You can tell what station you're listening to by hearing the presenterI listen to certain presenters because they share my taste in musicRadio is boring if the presenter is not a strong personalityPresenters are better now than they used to beIf my favourite presenter changed station I would listen to their new oneI listen to different stations at different times of dayI would listen to certain presenters even if they did not play any musicPresenters are less important than they used to beI often feel the presenter is talking just to meThe personality of the presenter is more important than the music

(69% of 35-45s agreed stronglycompared to. 56% of 15-24s). Thismay also be a reflection of the typeof music radio station that this agegroup listen to.

The perception of the presenteras an ordinary person just like thelistener also enjoyed a high level ofagreement (76%). Those aged 15-24 were most likely to agree withthis statement (87%).

Nine in 10 listeners (92%)agreed that the presenter providesentertainment, with 63% agreeingstrongly. Among those whose pref-erence was for music with presen-ters, the agreement rose to 97%.Again, it is women who showslightly more affiliation to the pre-senters, with 69% agreeing strong-ly, compared to 57% of men. Theyounger age group also had higheragreement (64% of 15-24s agreedstrongly compared to 58% of 35-45s).

Station identity and brandIn addition to the positive attitudestowards the personalities of thepresenters, radio stations may alsobe encouraged that listeners feelthe presenters also offer a brandidentity for their particular stationand provide a distinction betweenthe different stations.

It is felt by some that with somany stations vying for the samelisteners, often playing similarstyles of music, the presenters arenecessary to provide an identifi-able difference between them.

Almost nine in ten (87%) agreedthat the presenter helps to rein-force the identity of the station,with few differences between thesub -groups. Three-quarters of lis-teneis agreed that the presenterhelps distinguish between the dif-

tudes of the listeners to each of thestations are similar.

Towards the end of the question-naire, listeners were asked a fur-ther battery of 10 attitude state-ments (see Table 4) examining theloyalty towards presenters and sta-

Loyalty bonus? 30% of those sur-veyed said "I would [still] listento certain presenters even if theydid not play music." Simon Mayo,who recently switched from theBBC's national CHR stationRadio 1 to its news/talk serviceRadio Five Live, will no doubt behoping that this is true!tions, personality over music andthe importance and quality of DJs.

Loyalty towards presenterThere is evidence that there issome loyalty towards music pre-senters, but that this loyalty onlystretches so far and is still depen-dent upon their position within

Table 4:Agreement with loyalty, importance and quality statements

% agree87776967585530282626

Source: BMRB

ferent stations (76%). Agreementrose to 79% among women (73% ofmen) and 81% of 15-24s.

There were slight differencesbetween men and women withregard to the role of the presenter,and also a slight differencebetween the 15-24 age group andother listeners. However, there arefew differences according to theday part in which listeners tune inmost, nor are there any noticeabledifferences by station listenership.

Although the style of program-ming may change depending on theday part, attitudes of the listenersat those times remain the same.Likewise, despite the wide choice ofmusic radio stations available, atti-

music radio. While there is attach-ment to presenters because of thetype of music they like and there issome willingness to followfavourite presenters to differentradio stations, the presenters arenot more important than the musicand would not enjoy such a follow-ing if they were on talk radio.

Over three-quarters of listeners(77%) say they listen to certain pre-senters because they share theirtaste in music. As well as attachingmore importance to entertainmentand personality, women wereslightly more likely to agree withthis statement (80% compared to75% of men). There was little dif-ference between the age -groups.

The day -part when listeners aremost discerning in musical choicewould seem to be the evening, with83% of respondents who listenmost at this time agreeing withthis statement. The lowest agree-ment came from those who listenmost at breakfast (74%), which isperhaps not surprising given theimportance attached to personalityat this daypart.

Almost three in five of those sur-veyed (58%) feel they would followtheir favourite presenter if theywere to switch to a different radiostation. Those aged 25-34 weremost likely to have a loyaltytowards a certain presenter (63%)while those who listen most atbreakfast time also had a higheragreement here (65%). Listeners toRadio 2 were also most likely toagree with the statement (68%).As shown previously, the answersto this question reflect the impor-tance of a presenter's personalityplaced upon certain dayparts andstations.

Limits of loyaltyDespite the high levels of agree-ment to previous statements, theloyalty towards presenters has alimit. There is lower agreement(30%) to the statement "I wouldlisten to certain presenters even ifthey did not play any music."

Similar levels of agreementwere recorded to the statement"The personality of the presenteris more important to me than themusic." A quarter of listenersagreed with this statement(26%), with women again attach-ing more importance to personal-ity than men (29% compared to24%). Those aged 35-45 had thelowest agreement to this state-ment (22%).

Quality of presentersIn total, two-thirds of listenersagreed with the statement"Presenters are better now thanthey used to be" (67%), but this wasone of the few issues where therewere marked differences betweenthe sub -groups. Again, womenwere more likely than men to bemore supportive of presenters (73%agreed compared to 61% of men).Agreement with the statementdeclined with age, with 81% of 15-24s agreeing, falling to 70% among25-34s and only 53% among theoldest 35-45 age group.

Encouragingly for presenters,only 28% of listeners agreed that"Presenters are less importantthan they used to be." Perhaps con-nected with the agreement levelsto the previous statement, this roseslightly to 32% among the oldest35-45 age group.

More encouraging results forthe presenter came with the state-ment "Radio is boring if the pre-senter is not a strong personality."Almost seven in 10 listeners agreedwith this statement (69%), with,unsurprisingly given previousanswers, more women agreeingthan men (72% compared to 65%).

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0 Can't Get You Out Of My Head A.CH.D.D10E.FINFLEULGRE.11UNIBLIAINS.WA1 2 Kylie Minogue - Parlophone (EMI I Universal)countries

charted

***** SALES BREAKER ***'r*®Family Affair A.CH.D.DK.FL.F.UKIRL.LAIL.NS.WA

3 6 Mary J. Bilge - MCA (Warner Chappell I Universal 1 Windswept)

Let Me Blow Ya Mind A.CH.D.DKFL.UK.GRKIRLLIVL.N.S.WA3 2 7 Eve feat. Gwen Stefani - Interscope (Universal! Windsweptl Warner Chappell)

Fallen' ACH.D.FL.LNL.N.S.WA®4 6 Alicia Keys - J (Lellow I EMI I April)

It's Raining Men A.CH.F.GR KHUNP.S.WA5 5 22 Geri Halliwell - EMI (EMI /Warner Chappell /Sony ATV)

Only Time0 24 2 Enya - WEA (EMI) A.CH.DFollow Me A.CH.D.DK FL.UK.IRL.IVL.NS

7 6 15 Uncle Kracker - Lava /Atlantic (Gajel WC11Chunky Style 1 Disney17 Peaks)A.CH.D.DKFINFL.LIK.IRL.N.WASmooth Criminal8 7 3 Alien Ant Farm - Dreamworks (Warner Chappell)

0 14 18 SingTravis - Independiente /Sony (Sony ATV)CH.EI.WA

Turn Off The Light ACH.D.FLUKIRL.NL.N.P.S10 11 6 Nally Furtado - Dreamworks (EMI)

Hey Baby (Uuh Aah)" " DJ Otzi - EMI (EMI)

0 Chain Reaction/One For Sorrow (Remix) UKIRLlatP" Steps - Ebul /Jive (Gibb Bros. I BMG I All Boys)UK.IRL.NS

Lady Marmalade ACH.D.11KE.FINFL.F.11KGRE.IRLI.NL.N.P.S.WA# 9 15 C.Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya & Pink - Interscope (Jobete I EMI)CH.E.FLEGRE.LNL.P.WAMe Gustas Tu

14 10 20 Manu Chao - Virgin (Not Listed)A.CH.D.DK FLUKIRL.NL.N.P.S.WAEternal Flame

15 13 10 Atomic Kitten - Innocent/Virgin (Sony ATV)There Must Be An Angel

16 8 7 No Angels - Zeitgeist I Polydor (Not Listed)A.CH.D

CH .D.DK FL .ENL .N S.WA

17 U Remind Me16 14 Usher - LaFace I Arista (EMI I Universal)Ain't It Funny ACH.D.FL.EUKGRE.HUNIRL.11VL.NS.WA

18 15 11 Jennifer Lopez - Epic (Sony ATV)

0 Bad Boy For Life A.CH.D.FL. UK.IRL.NL .S.WA36 4 P. Diddy & The Bad Boy Family - Bad Boy/Arista (EMI 1 VariOUS)What Would You Do?

1","" City High - Interscope (EMI I Warner Chappell)UKIRL

Crying At the Discotheque A CH.D.FL. HUNLNL.S.WA17 8 Alcazar - Ariola (Warner Chappell I Diana I Sherlock Holmes)

Eternity/The Road To Mandalay ACII.DOKFL.F.UKIRUNL.S.WARobbie Williams - Chrysalis (EMI I BMG)

Pres De MoiA* 20 22 Lorie - EGP I Sony (Not Listed)F. WA

0 Thinking It Overl49" Liberty - V2 (Sony ATV/ Warner Chappell/ CC) UKIRLStarlight CH.F UK IRL.LWA25 21 29 Supermen Lovers feat Mani Hoffman - Vogue 1 Independiente (BMG)

0 Le Vent Nous Portera31 5 Noir Desk - Barclay (Not Listed) FWAA.CH.D.DKFLELIVL.S.WAMiss California

27 23 17 Dante Thomas feat. Pras Elektra (Copyright Control)Mambo No. 5

Ati 19 4 Bob The Builder - BBC (Peer Music)UKIRL

Angel ACH.D.DK.FLEGRE.HUN.1VL.P.S.WA29 28 18 Shaggy feat. Rayvon - MCA (EMI I Windswept London)

0 Weck Mich Auf60 3 Samy Deluxe - EMI (Not Listed) AULD@Daddy DJ A.D.DKFINFL.NL.S.WA

32 43 Daddy DJ - M6 Intl Sony (Warner Chappell /Diana Sherlock Holmes)

Luv Me, Luv Me CHUKIRL.NL.NS32 25 2 Shaggy feat. Samantha Cole -MCA (EMIlWarner Chappell)

0 All Or Nothing33 10 0 -Town - J (Rokstone I Universal) ACH.D.UK

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Little L34 27 7 Jamiroquai - Sony S2 (EMI)

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rr,,, I Want Love CH .Ulf. IRLLNLLW' Elton John - Rocket /Mercury (Warner Chappell)

A Ma Place36 34 21 Axel Bauer & Zazie - Mercury (Not Listed)

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Another Chance ACH.D.E.FL.F.GRE.HUNLIVL.P.S.WA37 26 13 Roger Sanchez - Defected I Sony (Warner Chappell/In Deep/BMG)

Bootylicious A CH.FL.F.UKGRE.IRL.LNL.P.S.WA39 30 12 Destiny's Child - Columbia (Various)A.CH.D.DILFL.HUN.LIVL.N.P.SThere You'll Be39 22 15 Faith Hill - Warner Bros. (Realsongs)

r."--;.\ So, I BeginI!), 47 12 Galleon - EGP/Sony (Not Listed)

CH.EWA

44 19La Voix Des Sages FWAYannick Noah - Saint George/Sony (Not Listed)

Out Of Reach A. CH.D.FLIVL.P.S42 42 6 Gabrielle - Go Beat! I Polydor (Perfect, Copyright Control)

All Rise ACH.D.DKFL .NS. WA43 35 19 Blue - Innocent /Virgin (EMI I Sony ATV 'Copyright Control)

Don't Stop Movin' A.CH.D.L S38 23 S Club 7 - Polydor (Rondor I BMG1191Universal)

Let's Dance E.FLUK.IRL.LNL.S.WA45 40 7 Five - RCA (EMI I Sony ATV 1 Universal I Biffco)In The Air Tonite A.CH.D.FL.NL.S.WA

46 37 11 Lil' Kim feat. Phil Collins - WEA (Hit & Run)Baila (Sexy Thing) CH .FL.LWA47 51 9 Zucchero Fornaciari - Polydor (Not Listed)What

-Barclay (Universal)A.CH.D.E.F.UK WA

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49 52 Nuttea - Delabel /Virgin (Not Listed)FWA

10Up & Down - Leur Hymne

59 12 Les Lofteurs - M6 Int. I WEA (Not Listed)F

Because I Got High114, Afroman - T -Bones 1 Universal (Various)

UK NL.S

Drops Of Jupiter (Tell Me)Train - Columbia (EMI)

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41oIt Began In Afrika E.FL.F.U.KHUIV.ERL.I.S.WAThe Chemical Brothers - Virgin (Universal I Copyright Control)

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57 7 Wallen & Shurik'n -Atmosph'riques1Sony (Not Listed)

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Country Roads A. CH.D.IRL55 53 14 Hermes House Band - Zeitgeist/Polydor (Global)

56Come Along

° Titiyo - Superstudio I WEA (Not Listed)A.CH.D.FL.NL

Set You Free57 43 3 N -Trance -All Around The World (All Boys Music)Schwule Madchen

64 5 Fettes Brot - Jive I Zomba (Not Listed)A.CH.D

A.CH.D.FL. UK .IRLIVLSIt's Been A While59 50 4 Staind - Elektra (Warner Chappell)

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Quand Je Serai Jeune114-4" Priscilla - Jive (Not Listed)

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63 62 9 DJ'nis .eitil/Tyork - Polydor (Not Listed)A.CH.D

Right On UK.IRL®u14.0" Silicone Soul - VC Recordings (Universal I Soma Warner Chappell)

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Not Such An Innocent Girl66 29 2 Victoria Beckham - Virgin (EMI)E.UK.IRL

Gourmandises_Aimee - Polydor (Not Listed)

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FL.UKIRLToo Close54 5 Blue - Innocent /Virgin (EMI /Warner Chappell /Pure Love)

Step On My Old Size NinesLLI7 Stereophonics - V2 (Universal)

UK.IRL

Androgyny CH.D.UK.IRL.NLAP Garbage - Mushroom (Universal I Rondor)

Hasta La Vista70 17 MC Solaar - East West (Not Listed)

CH.FWA

A.CH.D.UK.IRLS58 15

Perfect GentlemanWyclef Jean - Columbia (EMI I Sony ATV I Various)

The Girl In Red74 16 Daddy DJ - M6 Int. I Sony (Not Listed)

Castles In The Sky DK FL. UKIRLIVLS'9 12 Ian Van Dahl - Antler -Subway /Nulife 1 Arista (A&S Productions 1Be's)

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91 2 Dance Nation - Dos Or Die (Not Listed)A.CH.D.FL.NL

When You're Looking Like That CH.D.DK.FL.NL. S72 7 Westlife - RCA (Not Listed)

© Le Dilemme (Les Dix Commandements) FWA80 2 Girlie Line - Mercury (Not Listed)Elevation

63 13 U2 - Island (Blue Mountain)A.CH.E.FL.ELNL.RWA

Side79 49 2 Travis - Independiente/Sony (Sony ATV)

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Fiesta73 16 R. Kelly - Jive (Zomba I R. Kelly I EMI)

CHEWA

Whole Again A.CH.EP'IV" Atomic Kitten - Innocent/Wrgin (EMI1Windswept / Wise Buddah)

Samb-A-Dagio65 Safri Duo - Universal (Not Listed)

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0 Crois Encore83 12 Lara Fabian - Polydor (Not Listed) EWAAnalyse

uir The Cranberries - MCA (Not Listed)CH.E.I.NL

CIMusic Is The One -T67 9 One -T - Polydor (Not Listed)

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On The Move68 23 Barthezz - Purple Eye (Strengholt)

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0 La Bomba87 11 King Africa - Universal (Not Listed) A.CH.DAlles Scho Mal Gehort

88 95 2 Bligg feat. Emel - Universal (Not Listed)CH

Purple Pills A.CH.FLUKIRL.N.S.WA61 12 D-12 - Interscope (EMI I Ensign /Eight Mile Style)

76Stuck In The Middle With YouLouise - 1st Avenue/EMI (Baby Bun I Universal)

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One Minute Man CH.D.FL.UKS.WA85 8 Missy Elliott featuring Ludacris - Elektra (EMU Warner Chappell)

Jus' 1 Kiss UKIA P. Basement Jaxx -XL Recordings (Universal /Sony ATV /Warner Chappell)

C)_,,.. Out Of Control (Back For More) A -CH .D.UKilli, Darude - 16 Inch Records 1 Neo (Not Listed)

Come What May UK.IRL121> Nicole Kidman & Ewan McGregor -Interscope (Almo 1 Pale Riderl TCF I EMI)

CH.EPThank You84 5 Dido - Cheeky/Arista (Warner Chappell1Champion 1 Cheeky)

F.E.A.R55 Ian Brown - Polydor (Sony ATV I BMG)

UK.IRL

97 46 2AlStarcoShalliiOrc- Chrysalis (EMI)UK

Take Me Home (A Girl Like Me) UKIRL75 7 Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Polydor (Universal 1 Rondor Warner Chappel)

French Kissing124P Sarah Connor - Epic (Not Listed)

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I Refuse/More Than A Woman12-ir Aaliyah - Blackground /Virgin (Not Listed)

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Jamiroquai ACILCZE.D.DKE.FIIV.FLEUKGRE.HUN.IRLINLPOLPSWAI 1 4 A Funk Odyssey - Sony S2

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Macy Gray A.CH.CZE.D.DKFINFL.F.UKIRL.LNL.NPOL.PS.WA® 3 2 The Id - Epic

***** SALES BREAKER *****

0 Tracy Chapman21 2 The Collection - Elektra A.CH.D.DK.E.FLUK.GRE.IRLIPWABob Dylan A.CH.CZE.D.DKE.FIN.FL.F.UK.GRE.IRLINL.NPOL.S.WA4 2 3 Love And Theft - ColumbiaDido A.CH.CZE.D.FL.F.UKGRE.IRL.INL.POL.P.WA

0 8 39 No Angel - Cheeky/AristaAlicia Keys A.CH.D.DK.FL.UKIRL.NL.N.S.WA

©5 6 Songs In A Minor - J /BMG/Ankh, park ACH.CZE.D.E.FINFLFUKHUIVIRLINLN.POLP.S.WA

0 15 37 Hybrid Theory - Warner Bros.Soundtrack A.CH.CZE.D.DK.E.FINFL.HUNNL.N.POL.S.WA8 4 17 Bridget Jones's Diary - MercuryTravis A.CH.D.DKF.UKIRL.INPOL.S.WA

C) 17 16 The Invisible Band - Independiente /Sony

Staind A.CH.D.DKFLFUKIRL.I.NL.NPS®9 6 Break The Cycle - Elektra

Enya# 19 2 A Day Without Rain - WEA A.CH.D.NLNelly Furtado A.CH.D.FL.F.UKIRLINL.N.S.WA12 11 11 Whoa, Nelly - Dreamworks

13 13 5Mary

More. jr 3irligea - MCA

0 Diana Krall18 2 The Look Of Love - VerveACH.D.DEFUK.INL.N.S.WA

ACH.D.E.F.UKIRL.I.NPOL.PWA

Mann Chao A.CH.D.E.FL.F.GRE.INLPOL.P.S.WA15 12 17 Proxima Estaci6n: Esperanza - Virgin

Bjork A.CH.CZE.D.DK.E.FINFL.F.GRE.HUN.LNLPOL.P.S.WA1.6 7 5 Vespertine - One Little Indian I Polydor

HIM A.CH.CZE.D.E.FINGRE.HUNPOLP17 16 5 Deep Shadows & Brilliant Highlights - Terrier I BMG

PurIS 10 5 Hits Pur - 20 Jahre Eine Band - ElectrolaACH.D

Mariah Carey196 3 Glitter - VirginTori Amos A.CH.D.DK.FINFL.F.UKIRL.LIVL.NPOL.S.WA

20 14 2 Strange Little Girls -Atlantic

A CH.D.DEE.FL.F.UKGREHUNAL.INL.POL.S.WA

Zucchero22 2 Shake - PolydorA.CH.FL.LWA

Live24 3 V- Radioactive I MCA

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Gorillaz A.CH.CZE.D.E.FIN.FL.F.UKGREHUNIRL.P.S.WA23 20 27 Gorillaz - Parlophone

@Noir Desk

25 3 Des Visages Des Figures - Barclay/UniversalCH.F.WA

,A"; ShaggyAQ)12 3 "7 Hotshot - MCA

Heather NovaLe -4..w South - V2

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11A.CH.D.FL.NL.WA

Prince ACH.D.DKE.FL.UK.IRLIVL.N27 29 9 The Very Best Of- Warner Bros.

Slipknot ACH.D.E.FIIV.FL.F.UKGRE.HUN RL.I.NL.POL.S.WA26 26 5 Iowa - Roadrunner

Destiny's Child CH.D.E.FL.F.UKGRE.HUNIRLINL.S.WA29 28 23 Survivor - Columbia

Garou78 3 Seul - Columbia

0 EelsSouljacker - Dreamworks

@David Gray

32 13 White Ladder - East West IIHT

®63 25Rossi

63 25 Stupido Hotel - EMI

CH.F WA

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Bo Kaspers OrkesterLg4. Kaos - Columbia

FIN.N.S

Safri Duo35 34 17 Episode II - UniversalCH.CZE.D.DKE.FIIV.FL.HUN.NL

36Yannick Noah

40 Yannick Noah - Saint George /SonyCH.F.WA

Slayer37 27 3 God HatesUs All - Anzerican I Island I Def Jam

System Of A Down A.CH.D.F.UKIRL.I.NL.POL.P®47 5 Toxicity - American I Columbia

Aaliyah44 11 Aaliyah - Blackground /Virgin

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Helmut Lotti A.CH.D.FLATLWA40 37 3 Latino Love Songs - Piet Roelen /EMI

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41 35 8 Drops sOfJupiter - Columbia

Spiritualized42 23 2 Let It Come Down - Spaceman I Arista

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f0 52 17 RaIperbole - CGD I East WestAtomic Kitten44 33 12 Right Now - Innocent I Virgin

A.CH.D.DK.FLY.UKIRL.NL

nn45 42 4 Dream No. 7 - VirginA.CH.D

Soundtrack CH.D.F.WA46 46 22 Le Fabuleux Destin D'Amelie Poulain - Labels IVirgin

The StrokesIs This It - Rough Trade I RCA

A.D.FIN.F.UKGRE.IRL.S

CDAlien Ant Farm58 6 Anthology - Dreamworks

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Samantha Mumba51 2 Gotta Tell You - Wild Card I Polydor

UK.IRL

Dover124? I Was Dead For 7 Weeks In The City Of Angels - Chrysalis

61 39 12Usher8701 - LaFacelArista

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Eros Ramazzotti52 50 49 Stilelibero -Ariola

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RohffLatr La Vie Avant La Mort - Hostile /Virgin

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54J.Lo43 36 Jennifer Lopez- Epic

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55 45 49 All That You Cant Leave Behind - IslandU2

Depeche Mode®66 29 Exciter - MuteD.OKFINF.HUNIPOL.S.WA

Robbie Williams ACH.D.DKFL.IRL.NL.WA57 38 12 Sing When You're Winning - Chrysalis

58 Mojinos Escozios" Las Margaritas Son Flores Del Campo - DRO

59 Lam Fabian' Nue - PolydorCH.FL.FPWA

Samy DeluxeC)94 2 Samy Deluxe - EMICH.D

0 Ryan Adamstal,' Gold - Lost Highway UKIRL.NCarlos Baute

'DP Dame De Eso - EMI

#Bob Marley & The WailersACH.E.FLGRE.LNL.PAWA57 20 One Love - The Very Best Of Bob Marley - Island Ej

®1* itkinggarnoa Laatar 2001 - Norske Gram I NMG I EMI NSNew Order

CD 30 5 Get Ready - LondonACH.D.F.GRE.IRL.S.WA

Michael Ball66 54 2 Centre Stage - Universal TV

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Muse CH.FL.F.UK.I.NLWA60 15 Origin Of Symmetry - Taste I Mushroom

®De Palmas89 2 Marcher Dans La Sable - Polydor

Claudia Jung83 2 Auch Wenn Es Nicht Vernunftig Ist - Polydor

@Stephan Eicher82 2 Hotel S. (Best Of) - Virgin

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Cock Robin64 3 The Best Of Cock Robin - Columbia

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Hermes House BandLLI, The Album - Polydor

Die 3. GenerationLW' Alles Was Du Willst - Dos Or Die

Groove Armada A.FLUKIRL.WA41 3 Goodbye Country (Hello Nightclub) - Pepper

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AnastaciaNot That Kind - Epic

77 70 11 LosLosCCano-s°-sPep 's

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Lou Reed- Transformer - RCAIch Troje

74 17 AD 4 - Izabelin / Universal

Eva Cassidy56 34 Songbird - Blix Street/Hot

Per NielsenLW' My Way - Universal

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Jantje Smit A.CH.D.NL75 4 Sing Und Lach Nochmal Mit Mir - Mercury

88384 79 14 Uno In Piu' - CGD /East West

CH.1

Five65 5 Kingsize - RCA

FLUK.GRE.IRL.LNL

0 Edoardo Bennatota?- Afferrare Una Stella - WEANickelback

14.4" Silver Side Up - Roadrunner

The Charlatans48 3 Wonderland - MCA

UKIRL

Artful Dodger95 2 It's All About The Stragglers - ffrr

UK

Suzanne Vegaws, Songs In Red And Grey - A&M

CH.D.F.N

Schiller71 9 Weltreise - Polydor

CH.D

Melody92 55 7 De Pata Negra - Epic

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Louise UK96 62 3 Changing Faces - The Best Of - 1st Avenue I EMI

Bon Jovi A.CH.D.E.GRE.INL97 77 20 One Wild Night Live 1985 - 2001 - Mercury

61 2 The Blueprint - Def JamJay -Z CH.D.UK.NL.S

UK.IRL

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Sex Pistols14.1' Never Mind The Bollocks - Virgin

ModjoModjo - Barclay I Universal

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

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

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1 1 Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out Of My Head(Parlophone)

2 NE Steps - Chain Reaction/One For Sorrow (Remix) (Jive)3 2 DJ Otzi - Hey Baby (Uuh Aah) (EMI)4 NE City High - What Would You Do? (Interscope)5 NE Liberty - Thinking It Over (V2)6 3 Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal (Dreamworks)7 4 Bob The Builder - Mambo No. 5 (BBC)8 NE Mary J. Bilge - Family Affair (MCA)9 NE Elton John - I Want Love (Mercury)10 5 Shaggy feat. Samantha Cole Luv Me, Luv Me (MCA)TW LW ALBUMS

1 5 Dido - No Angel (Arista)2 1 Macy Gray - The Id (Epic)3 NE Tracy Chapman - The Collection (East West)4 8 Travis - The Invisible Band (Independiente)5 2 Jamiroquai - A Funk Odyssey (Sony S2)6 4 Nelly Furtado - Whoa, Nelly (Dreamworks)7 6 David Gray - White Ladder (East West)8 7 Staind - Break The Cycle (East West)9 10 Samantha Mumba - Gotta Tell You(Polydor)10 17 Shaggy - Hotshot (MCA)

SPAIN

TW LW SINGLES1 1 Enya - Only Time (WEA)2 2 Alicia Keys - Fallin' (Ariola)3 3 Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out Of My Head (EMI)

4 7 Samy Deluxe - Weck Mich Auf (EMI)5 4 No Angels - There Must Be An Angel (Polydor)6 5 Alcazar - Crying At the Discotheque (RCA)7 10 Daddy DJ - Daddy DJ (Epic)8 6 P. biddy & The Bad Boy Family - Bad Boy For Life (Ariola)

9 8 Eve feat. Gwen Stefani - Let Me Blow Ya Mind (Motor)

10 9 Fettes Brat - Schwule Madchen (Zomba)TW LW ALBUMS

1 3 Enya - A Day Without Rain (WEA)2 2 Alicia Keys - Songs In A Minor (Ariola)3 1 Pur - Hits Pur - 20 Jahre Eine Band (EMI)4 7 Tracy Chapman - The Collection (East West)5 NE Heather Nova - South (V2)6 4 Soundtrack - Bridget Jones's Diary(Mercury)7 6 HIM - Deep Shadows & Brilliant Highlights (RCA)8 12 Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory (WEA)9 5 Jamiroquai - A Funk Odyssey (Epic)

10 14 Staind - Break The Cycle (East West)

TW LW SINGLES1 1 Geri Halliwell - It's Raining Men (EMI)2 3 Travis - Sing (S.M.A.L.L./Sony)3 5 Mary J. Blige - Fa