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artists such as Etbma are alsd*
enjoying increased international,fs:
success. Locally, Virgin continues to
develop exciting emerging artists such
as Six Was Nine and Stiltskin, and last
year we had the first number one
album forThe Rolling Stones with
'Voodoo Lounge'."
Uda Lange - Mataging Director,
Virgin Germanl
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tremendous success that we have
highlights has been $ephenomenal seen with Eric Moo proves that
succqe ofCass Pang, who has broken people across South East Asia are very
KFthrough the traditional male
open to and excited about local
dominance ofthe Cantonese market. Mandarin artists. So we are devoting
Equally important is the f-ast growing our energy to nurturing more and
trend for regional artists to cross over more regional talent such as
into Hong Kong."
Jeff Chang and ChangYu."
Herman Ho - Managins Dircctor,
Ken Hung Tik - Managing Director,
EM I Hong Kong
EMIThiwan
"French music is growing in many
directions. Venerable artists like
Charles Aznavour colltinue to bring
French music to intemational
audiences, while emerging artists like
Soon E MC are creating exciting
French rap music and TribalJam is
leading the way in forming the'new
jack swing' genre."
Gilbert Ohayn - President,
EM I France/ Benelax
"We are finding great success in Japan
from .ome unexpected .our.e'.The
breakthrough of Nor-wegian artist
Trine Rein and the continuing success
of the NOW series, the country's
first multi-artist, TV-advertised
( ompilation. J re ju.t two example:.
Meanwhile , we continue to have
tremendous success with our
Japanese artists, including superstar
Yumi Matsutoya and emerging star
Kenji Ozawa."
Taheshi Okkoxa - President,
Tbsltiba-EMI
Cass Pang
Kenji Ozawa