BUENA VISTA MUSIC GROUP

Youngstown’s hit single, “I’ll Be Your Everything,” was featured in Inspector Gadget.

Los Lobos’ album, This Time, was the first release from Hollywood Records Latin.

The Buena Vista Music Group completed its first year as a consolidated unit with several major successes. The Tarzan soundtrack was a multi-platinum hit, selling more than three and a half million units worldwide by year end. Phil Collins’ single from the album, “You’ll Be in My Heart,” was number one on the Adult Contemporary charts for 16 weeks.

BVMG’s country label, Lyric Street, released its first album last June. Later in the year, Lyric Street’s new group, SHeDAISY, achieved gold record status with its debut album, THE WHOLE SHeBANG. Hollywood Records Latin also released its first record, This Time, by Los Lobos.

In 1999, Youngstown, a new BVMG pop group, released its debut album, Let’s Roll. The group garnered significant exposure on Radio Disney and Disney Channel and its single, “I’ll Be Your Everything,” which was featured in Inspector Gadget, reached number nine on the pop charts.

The Varsity Blues soundtrack went gold last year. This year, BVMG, which continues to pursue soundtrack business from other studios, will release the album for Paramount’s Mission Impossible II.

BVMG signed an international distribution deal with the Goo Goo Dolls and signed an overall deal with Duran Duran, whose next album is scheduled to be released this year. Other key releases this year include the soundtrack to Toy Story 2, which features songs by Randy Newman and Sarah McLachlan, the Fantasia/2000 soundtrack and Fastball’s follow-up album to its platinum-selling 1998 release.