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 December 15, 1999:
According to Billboard magazine from December 11, Modern Talking's
"Alone" is the sixt best sold album in Germany between January and
September of 1999. This information is featured in a special, focussing on
the international potential of Germany's music industry. It is interesting to
note that Modern Talking are not mentioned in any other way in this special.
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 December 12, 1999:
According to Eventim.de a Modern Talking
concert is scheduled for May 12, 2000 in Leipzig (Germany) at 8 p.m. in the
"Messehalle 7" as part of the 2000 Modern Talking Tour. Tickets can
be ordered on-line.
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 December
07, 1999: According to ModernTalking.com
the video for the upcoming Modern Talking single "China In Her
Eyes" will be taped in Hong Kong in the first week of January. The video
will once again feature Eric Singleton. Definite concert dates for the next
year are not yet scheduled.
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November 27, 1999:
According to ModernTalkin.com the
brand new Modern Talking single "China In Her Eyes" will be
released January 01, 2000. The new album is scheduled for February 28.
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 November 23, 1999:
According to German newspaper "Berliner Kurier" from November 23,
Modern Talking are scheduled to appear on German new year's night show
"Silvester 2000 Party" live from Berlin on German TV channel
"ZDF".
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 October 25, 1999:
Modern Talking's "Brother Louie '99" is indeed available in the UK.
However the second week passed now since the release of the single
without Modern Talking making it into the British Top 75 singles chart, which
makes it rather unlikely that Modern Talking will be able to break into the
British market with this single and the accompanying album "Back For
Good".
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October 25, 1999: A CD
with the best ballads of Blue System entitled "When You Are Lonely"
is currently offered by German membership-based mail order catalogue and
retail store chain "Bertelsmann Club". The CD is not available to
non-members. A general release of this rarity is not planned as of yet. The
CD contains only old material. The following songs are on the CD: 1) When You
Are Lonely 2) Sorry Little Sarah 3) Silent Water 4) When Sarah Smiles 5) Big
Boys Don't Cry 6) Sad Girl In The Sunset 7) Hello America 8) Backstreet
Heaven 9) Lisa Said... 10) Two Hearts Beat As One 11) I'm Not That Kind Of Guy
12) It's All Over 13) I Love The Way You Are 14) Michael Has Gone For A
Soldier 15) Crossing The River 16) It's More 17) Lady Unforgettable 18)
Venice In The Rain 19) Ballerina Girl 20) For The Children.
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October 22, 1999:
After peaking last week on Number 10 in the airplay Top 100 of Japanese radio
station Zip FM, "You Are Not Alone" drops out of the Top 10 to
number 16.
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October 12, 1999:
Thomas Anders gave an interview to German magazine "Gala" published
October 12, 1999. According to this interview he does not want his girl
friend Claudia Hess to start a career as did Dieter Bohlen's girl friend
Nadja El Farrag (who is currently hosting the German TV show
"Peep"). Thomas wants his girl friend to continue to be at his side
and spend her spare time with him. He said he knows, that a career would make
their relationship more difficult and he would have a real problem with her
wanting to become a TV star like Nadja.
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October 10, 1999: "You Are Not Alone" finally also made its way into
the Yugoslavian dance charts, this week on number 38.
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October 05, 1999:
While "You Are Not Alone" climbs to number 14 in the airplay Top
100 of Japanese radio station Zip FM, the song starts to become increasingly
popular in Japan. For the first time since the comeback of Modern Talking
they enter the all important Tokio Hot 100 at Number 88.
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October 05, 1999:
Bonnie Tyler reaches the Top 10 in Portugal with the album "Best
Ballads", which also includes songs written and produced by Dieter
Bohlen of Modern Talking (for instance "Against The Wind").
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October 01, 1999:
"You Are Not Alone" climbs up to Number 17 this week in the airplay
Top 100 of Japanese radio station Zip FM.
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September 23,
1999: Final release date of the single "Brother Louie '99" and the
album "Back For Good" in the UK: October 11.
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September 01,
1999: "You Are Not Alone" finally enters the airplay Top 100 of
Japanese radio station Zip FM at No. 61.
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August 17,
1999: One and a half years after the release of "Back For Good",
the album re-enters the charts in Greece at No. 33.
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August 09, 1999:
The UK release of "Brother Louie '99" has been postponed for at
least one month. Meanwhile the song already reached the Top 5 of the Pop
oriented Dance Charts published by the trade magazine Music Week.
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July 05, 1999:
After the late start of a TV advertising campaign in Norway for
"Alone" on June 21, the album
finally entered the Norwegian charts at Number 16.
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June 25, 1999:
Modern Talking's "Brother Louie '99" with brand-new remixes will be
released in the UK on August 02, 1999, obviously to promote "Back For
Good". No rap versions are included. To find out more, check out the UK
Section of the Modern
Talking Scandinavian Infoclub.
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June 21, 1999:
Modern Talking's "Sexy Sexy Lover" reached the MTV European Top 20.
In the list published by MTV UK the video climbs in the second chart week to
No. 17. The chart is based to a big degree on MTV video playlists but also on
radio airplay and CD sales and always shows a different picture than the
official European singles sales charts by Music & Media.
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June 21, 1999:
according to Modern Talking and BMG at this point no further single release
from the "Alone" album is planned, also no further appearances on
German TV in promotion of "Alone" are planned.
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May 27, 1999:
The new Modern Talking single "Sexy Sexy Lover" enters the German
charts at number 15, while the album "Alone" climbs back to Number
14.
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May 21, 1999:
The first part of the Modern Talking world tour ended today in Luxemburg
(Luxemburg).
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May 17, 1999:
Modern Talking won a World Music Award
at a ceremony held in Monaco by the International Federation of the
Phonographic Industry (IFPI) for being the worlds' best selling German music
group. The ceremony is broadcasted on May 20 at 8 pm Eastern Time on ABC in
the USA and will also be broadcasted in the UK (ITV), Germany (Premiere) and
many other countries around the globe. This marks the first TV appearance of
Modern Talking in front of a major TV audience in the US.
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May 11, 1999:
while "Alone" fails to reach the Top 10 in France for right now,
"Back For Good" re-enters the French album charts at position 66.
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May 10, 1999:
"You Are Not Alone" continues to be the number one in the dance
charts of Chile.
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May 09, 1999:
The first part of the Modern Talking world tour with 10 dates in Germany and
one concert in Luxemburg started today in my home town Rostock.
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May 01, 1999:
"Alone" reached gold status in Argentina with sales in excess
of 50.000 units, "Back For Good" is so far Platinum certified with
sales in excess of 120.000 units.
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"Back For
Good" album by Modern Talking finally had its domestic release in Canada
on April 27, 1999.
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New Modern
Talking single "Sexy, Sexy Lover", release date: May 17, 1999 in
Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden and Finland.
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April 1999:
according to Music & Media trade magazine, worldwide sales of "Back For
Good" reached the ten million mark.
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March 1999:
"Your My Heart, Your My Soul '98" climbed as high as number two on
the airplay Top 100 of Japanese radio station Zip FM.
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