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IVOR GOOD FEELING The Ivor Novello awards take place this Thursday (May 17) – but many of its guests have already met up for some champers and a chinwag at the recent press launch of the event. Pictured here are songwriter Justin Parker, broadcaster Paul Gambaccini and BASCA chairman Sarah Rodgers.


TAKING MAYOR OF BUSINESS When Music Week dropped in on the launch of Olympics/Hyde Park/culture event BT London Live this week, we didn’t expect to see this: London mayor Boris Johnson getting stuck into our latest issue. Okay, we might have asked him to pose. But look at his face: he’s clearly engrossed by our High Street Hero.


LOVELY RITA Her RIP may have topped the UK’s Official Singles Chart this week, but the Rita Ora promotional machine is every bit as active on the other side of the Pond. Jay-Z recently took her into Z100 to play her new record live on air, whilst A&R wise she has been working with his right hand man (and Roc Nation Co-President) Tyran ‘Ty Ty’ Smith. This shot was taken when she was at S.O.B’s Live Venue / Nightclub in New York. [L-R] Tyran Smith (Co-President of Roc Nation), Madeline Nelson (Sony Music), Doug Morris (chairman of Sony Music), Rita Ora, Elena Ora (Turnfirst Artists), Sarah Stennett (Rita’s manager, Turnfirst Artists). The gang was also joined by Columbia chairman Rob Stringer.


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JIVE RECORDS Founded 1981


Founded Backstreet Boys (below), ‘N Sync, Britney Spears, R. Kelly


Formed under Clive Calder’s Zomba Group, Jive’s earliest releases came from the British dance and pop music scene with artists such as Q-Feel, A Flock Of Seagulls and Tight Fit. A year later, Calder met then


college graduate Barry Weiss who, as part of a job interview with


Zomba, took the exec to hip hop clubs across New York City. The experience would inform Jive output throughout the Eighties, signing a long line of hip hop acts including Too $hort, Schoolly D, R. Kelly and Aaliyah in the late Eighties and early Nineties. By the late Nineties Jive had shifted focus to the world of pop, signing


Backstreet Boys, ‘N Sync and Britney Spears, all of whom would go on to become the three biggest acts in the label’s history. Jive moved under RCA Music Group before it was shuttered along with


Arista and J Records in October last year. All artists were moved under the RCA banner.


Did You Know?


Jive’s first ever signing was producer and songwriter Mutt Lange (left) who went on to producer albums for the likes of AC/DC, Niceklback and Def Leppard among many more famous rock acts.


RITA ORA VS CARLY RAE JEPSEN Rita Ora – 677,135 0 100m m 200m 300m


Carly Rae Jepsen – 69,007,350 400m


500m 600m 700m 0 SOCIAL STANDING Official fan pages


go head-to-head LIKES


100k 0 200k


Prof. Green– 1,383,573 Wretch 32 – 134,771 200k


a – 3 – Rita Ora – 296,455 – 296,455


Carly Rae Jepsen – 472,206 400k


2Rita Ora – 279,904


Carly Rae Jepsen – 703,850 400k


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