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European Album Survey

by Plachglel Bakker

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Amsterdam - WEA is the leading album company in Music & Media's first ever half -year survey with 20.3% of the chart sham. Epic tops the album label list with

Eme's position as top album label is thanks to strong selling releases from Michael Jackson (Bad) and George Michael (Faith).

As far as singles are con -

8.4%. The survey is based cerned, PolyGram is the

on the Eurochar0 Hot 100 leading company with a

Sing]. and European Top wide margin. It has an

100 Albums for the period 18.6% chart share corn -

January Ito July 1, 1989. pared to WEA which is

WEA's achievement can number two with 15.4%.

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be largely attributed to Minna Tikaram's debut album Ancient Heart,

Songs like Robin Beck's The First Time (10.7%o of overall share), Fine Young Can -

which represents 13.8% of nibals' She Drives Me

the company's total albums Crazy (83%). and INXS'

BMG Buys SO%

Of Italy's DDD

chart share. Other WEA successes include Madonnos Like a Prayer (13.4% of WEA's overall share), Simp-

Need You 7bnight (6.7%).

In terms of singles labels, CBS is narrowly in front with a 5.7% chart sham

by Chris Tyler

ly Red's A New Flame followed by Virgin with (13.0%) and Macy Chap- 5.6%. Full details on page 4.

HMG Music International partner to help exploit the man (10.4%).

has further expanded its commitment to Europe by buying 50% of the shares of Italy's DDD record company which has achieved

world market. Established in 1981, DDD

now accounts for between 3-4% of the Italian market. Aside from Ramamotti,

PWL Moves Into Europe

cross -border success with who was recently the first One of the most successful David Howells says the

singer Eros Ramaaaotti.

Italian artist to achieve European singles labels, Benelux company will in-

The sale, finalised in New platinum West German PWL, is taking its first step itally concentrate on pro-

York on July 18 for an un- sales with his album Monica into continental Europe moting and marketing pro-

disclosed sum, follows from E, the label's roster includes with the launch of a sub- duct from the UK but may

an existing licensing agree- Carrara, Tantra, Mia Mar- sidiary company in eventually sign Dutch

ment between BMG Ariola tini, Faust? Leali and Lijao. Holland.

artists.

and DDD in many Euro-

PWL Managing Director

Howells adds that the

pean territories. And it comes less than a month

Benelux is a mom logical move for the company even

since BMG signed a

though, at the beginning of

worldwide agreement to

this year, it created the new

distribute and market Zorn-

label, PWL Continental, to

ha's Jive and Silvertone

release French records in the

labels.

UK.

Roberto Galanti, DDD's

"The Benelux is an in-

Milan -based Chairman and

teresting market for us as it

Managing Director, says the

is very close in mood to that

deal will not affect the label's independence. He says DDD will continue to operate as a creative independent on a day to day basis, but now has a strong

Label executives from 14 countries attended an international product presentation from Chrysalis. Pictured at Chrysalis Chairman Chris WrighPs home are, from I. to r: Wright; Alvin Lee, Leo Lyon, Ric Lee and Chick Churchill from re-signed

Ten Years After; Phil Patterson, Inc Mark. Mgr; Liam McCoy, Head Int Prom; Agna Macario Inc Prod COMM Kay Mae Coulee, Inc Pre.. Office, and Mike Allen, Int. DM

of the Ur.' -As a singles label, PWL achieved 6.7% of the UK's market share in the last quarter of 1988, putting it M second place after EMI (8.60e). See page 13. Ti

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CONTENTS

Euro Category In MTV

Awards

3

Seeden, Rosette and West Germany,

Rrenbirds are among the norronees

European Chart

Analysis

4

A Music a Ned, surrey for the first

NM of INN

Music Video Code For

UK TV

6

New Cable Arehority gidelines have

been circulated to satekte unions

Music Wins Radio Listeners

In West Germany

B

1Te results of we luest Infrateg

surrey in Badenreikruerreserg

Lambada Dances Up French Charts

The massme marketing campaign for Me nee Bataan dame craze

Denmark's TV2 To Be Wholly Commercial? 14.

Reform to be considered by coalition

IPFTPF.PFP

EMI & PolyGram

Dominate Portuguese

Market

14

New figures released by record iry deny organueon AFP

1

gONC

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Euro Category In

MTV Awards

by Club Fuller

A European category is to be introduced for the 1989 MTV Video Music Awards to be held in LA on September 6. The section will be part of a new feature - International Viewers' Choice - with clips

Time) and The Jeremy Days (Brand New Thy); France's Niagara (Soled Di NM; and Belgium's Vaya Con Dios (Don't Cry For Louie) and Front 242 (Headhunter).

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from Europe, Australia, Japan and a Best Latin award,

The European nominees are Sweden's Rosette (The Look); West Germany's The Rainbirds (Sea Of

MTV Europe will transmit part

of the show on September 7 from 03.00-05.00 hours and again at 20.00-2230 hours as part of a worldwide live satellite broadcast.

Sponsors are not inn-

mally willing to Mwt in promoting products with new: acts. the ex-

minim PeMans talent ate such as TUK's Battle Of The fier& M the I the

Grand Pris of Hulland

sponsored h. the Nu-

done) Milk Board and thee,nnim Ls talent

sho hacked Si hal

computirs such as Miner and Com,.

Howeser, remut inWaives indicate a Hinges on the way .

eineken the UK is

promoting Music On

The Move, the UK

biggest live music Iwo,

motion, bringing most.

ly unknown bands to

SW

throughout

the country.

Meanwhile, Fuji

USA has lust started a

=nomassive joinT

promotion for new acts

with Enigma ecords.

And Yamaha trymg

to build its talent con-

test, Band Explosion,

into a major internse. natal event with

Nescafe as as -sponsor

in most countrim.

Why am Mese com-

newnnterested in us.

ing talent for

marketing? Jacky

Stainer at Heineken

UK says they have

chosen four mostly

unknown, bands that lit

Heineken's image with

the ,outh market.

For Yamaha. the

mew& art more ob-

vies.. Keith Allen, PR

Manager for Yamaha

Europe, says the basic

aim is to log,rn

young people a the

bottom of the market.

tor about 30 yeas

Smalls Japan has

been educathtiyn,g young

musi,ans

Inc

Yamaha Music Sdsedld and Allen says Ameba

International new wants to stimulate its youth marka with the Band Explosion.

Brad Frederick, Director Of Marketing at Fun USA, says lheN were several factors that made Emma inwresting.Through its arrangement with the record company, will

support selected artists and, in rettrn, Full al explor EnIgnia's con-

nections with large record chain, mass

merchandisers and the E.g. image Tins

'llbe through min t marketing of new pm du. and joMfundink..; of tours. The aim is Id' reach heavy users of

blank audio cassette, the 16-24 age group. C Imsow2mtswroaa.

=mamr..rswororwr*aasr'smr" saormj,

r.....mmaurniarnmson

EMI To Distribute

Enigma

EMI International has taken over the distribution and marketing of Enigma Records International selected product in territories including the UK, West Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Benelux, France, Italy, Portugal, Iceland, plus the Middle East, South and Central America and Africa. Other countries will be added as existing licensing deals expire.

The arrangement follows the recent purchase of 50So of the Enigma Entertainment Corporation by Capitol -EMI Music in the US. EMI takes over responsibility for the majority of the European territories from Virgin Records, and in Italy from COG

The Enigma Records roster includes Poison, The Smithereens, The Del -Lords, Devo and Al Swart. It also has a contemporary jazz label, Intima, and a classical label.

Music & Media apologises for any misunderstanding caused by an earher Enigma/EMI story on the West German news page of the July 8 issue

PDO Expands

Philips and Du Pont Optical

(PDO) plan a 25 Vs increase in

CD production at their Hannover

plant. The target for 1990 is 100

million CDs, double that of their

US production. The move is aim-

ed et keeping pace with the in-

creasing world wide demand for

CDs, which is estimated tot top

600 million this year. PPO is win-

ding down vinyl production, with

15 million LPs planned for this

year at Hanover.

E.]

Radio Rap is back nod week

eelrAtrtarga

France's leading FM network NFU

is far from happy al losing its hid for the London FM woman. In a letter to the CNA, Preside. Jew' Paul Brindennux says, -Unlike

France which gses up its airwaves

to foreign enterprises, the British haw a very protesmonig attitude lb, Mai does eta pment them Icon

owning two French networks (PERThPacific an Crown Communications/RFNIr And Baud, crone dmaihes alleged plans TIT to sell a Part, framers:, to London's Capitol Radio as 'the laa gam-. There aft rumours that TIT is one of Me parts interested

Inking wet Parrs' Kin FM lean. Claude Nook, was in london lest, week for talks with several in terested oompanies, helk.ed to include Capital and Owen 0,sten's Miss World crow. Manwhile Baudemour too has his neon Kiss.

*** Watch out for a rim Friday rsen.

ids male series on Soper Clannel sCaning this autumn. MOM has heard that a well-known UK pmduaion house has been apptoach ea toPrePare 39 fwebour specials.

The company concerned reckons on making about two hours of each Mow itself and promises

look at the European sieve that's to more than nut a collection of clips". Judging from the pmducer's credential, this could be

something worth staying in for__

*** Our sympathies go to Holland's

pop foundation SPN who suffered

a series of problems at New York's

NMS. First their promotional

material - including 2.090 special eomMlation Cr, were held up at custom, then some of the showeas& vxrc either delayed or, in the case of The Nits. cancelled and the hastily rescheduled for the following night. SPIV% Thinente Nan sheen sa, that despite all this, it,. Nits, Halal Flowers and Urban Dance Snood received "several firm offers.' of desk But she is critical of the NMS concert organisers, "The bands were treated very badly!' A.12.

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