The magazine focused specifically on radio, TV, music, charts and related areas of entertainment such as music festivals and events. It was initially published in 1984 asEurotipsheet, but in 1986 it changed its name toMusic & Media.[1] It was originally based inAmsterdam but later moved toLondon.[2]Music & Media was the sister publication ofBillboard magazine.[3][4]Music & Media ceased publication in August 2003.[5]
European Airplay Top 50 (airplay) (previously called European Hit Radio Top 40)
European Border Breakers (airplay of European songs breaking out of their country of signing)
Top 10 Sales in Europe - top 10 singles and albums charts for sixteen European countries: UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Holland, Belgium, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Ireland, Switzerland, Austria, Greece, Portugal; later included Hungary
Billboard becameMusic & Media's financial partner in 1985 and later owned the magazine.[6] WhenMusic & Media closed in August 2003,Billboard continued to compile the European Top 100 Albums and Eurochart Hot 100 Singles.[7]
The publication presented the Pan European Awards,[8] later calledMusic & Media Year End Awards. Winners were selected by the European Music Report, recognizing artists with the "greatest sales achievements" in Europe throughout the year, based on the sales and chart performance of artists on the European Hot 100 and European Top 100 Albums, as well as the European Airplay Top 50 beginning in 1990. Some of the first-decade perennial winners wereMichael Jackson,Bruce Springsteen andMadonna,[9][10][11][12] with the lattermost receiving the special Eurochart Artist of The Decade in 1994, for her continued success in all of their chart formats.[13] According to a 1985 report, presentations of the trophy to the artists were filmed in some European TV programs.[14]
Music & Media also presented the DJ Awards, where winners were chosen by DJs, producers and programme directors from private and state ratio stations all over Europe.[10]
^"M&M Year End Awards 1986"(PDF).Music & Media. December 27, 1986. p. 13.Archived(PDF) from the original on October 15, 2022. RetrievedMarch 17, 2020.
^ab"M&M Year End Awards 1987"(PDF).Music & Media. December 26, 1987. pp. 28, 56.Archived(PDF) from the original on October 15, 2022. RetrievedMarch 17, 2020.
^Bakker, Machgiel & Inglis, Cathy (December 23, 1985)."Pan-European Awards 1985"(PDF).Music & Media. p. 7.Archived(PDF) from the original on October 15, 2022. RetrievedMarch 17, 2020.
