MTV RADIO NETWORK'S THE MORNING FACTS (CHR/POP)
FOR FRIDAY, JULY 28, 2006

ATTENTION STATIONS! MTV Radio’s 3 Minutes With… Our new bi-weekly feature that boasts highlights from interviews with some of today’s biggest celebrities is now available for you to air. This week’s three-minute vignette will spotlight Clerks II director Kevin Smith. The fully produced 3 Minutes With… vignette is available today, at the MTV Radio Network site at WestwoodOne.com. Look for the 3 Minutes With… button at the top of the Web page.

ATTENTION STATIONS: MTV Radio’s You Hear It First! Our recent feature, based on MTV's long-running You Hear It First segment, which highlights emerging artists, will now be offered on a bi-weekly basis. The radio version is a three-minute vignette and the latest installment will spotlight Joanna. The fully produced You Hear It First vignette is available now at the MTV Radio Network site on WestwoodOne.com. Look for the You Hear It First button at the top of the page.

MUSIC NEWS

GNARLS GO BANG! Gnarls Barkley is one of the first acts confirmed for the Bang! Music Festival, according to Billboard. The festival will take place in Miami’s Bicentennial Park on November 11th. Modest Mouse is also confirmed for the event. Modest Mouse is currently working on the follow-up to their 2004 album Good News for People Who Love Bad News, while Gnarls currently has the number five album in the country with their debut, St. Elsewhere.

TOP TEN BILLBOARD ALBUMS
For the week of July 31st, according to Nielsen SoundScan

1. V/A – NOW! That’s What I Call Music – Vol. 22       
2. Los Lonely Boys – Sacred                     
3. Rodney Atkins – If You’re Going Through Hell
4. Gnarls Barkley – St. Elsewhere
5. High School Musical – Soundtrack   
6. Rascal Flatts – Me And My Gang                 
7. Nelly Furtado – Loose                            
8. Rihanna – Girl Like Me
9. Dixie Chicks – Taking the Long Way
10. Pussycat Dolls – PCD