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TAPE_NUMBER: EF01/0094 IN_TIME: 14:32:18 LENGTH: 02:53 SOURCES: APTN/COLUMBIA INTERNATIONAL RESTRICTIONS: No re-use/re-sale of film/video/tv clips without clearance, music/performance rights must be cleared FEED: VARIOUS (THE ABOVE TIME-CODE IS TIME-OF-DAY) SCRIPT: xfa STORY: RICKY MARTIN PT 1 LOCATION: CANNES, FRANCE - MIDEM DATE: 20 JANUARY 2001 Pop fans are to be treated to a double helping of Latino superstars with the release of the long-awaited duet from RICKY MARTIN and CHRISTINA AGUILERA. Their new version of 'Nobody Wants To Be Lonely' realises a long-held desire of the two artists to work together. But following this year's Billboard Music Awards - where Martin performed his latest hit, 'She Bangs,' and Christina won Female Artist of the Year - the pair finally seized the opportunity to sing together. Although Martin has been a superstar in the Spanish-speaking world for some time and had had varying success in Europe with some of his English language songs, it was really the release of "Livin' La Vida Loca" which put the former member of boy band Menudo on the international stage. Since then the Puerto Rican hip-swiveller has produced a stream of bona fide hits and he has become the object of desire of women all over the world. As a result, he has scooped numerous awards and his latest album "Sound Loaded" has sold more than 5.4m copies. It seems like a marketing dream come true for both Christina Aguilera and Ricky Martin to duet together. The pair are both seen as being two of the hottest young stars of the Latin music scene and both have had phenomenal success with their respective English and Spanish language albums. Although Christina Aguilera's musical career may have seemed to be overshadowed by that of her doppelganger Britney Spears when she was first launched, Aguilera branched out from the all-singing all-dancing young blonde schoolgirl image to produce a Latin version of her debut album, which has given Aguilera her own unique identity in the music industry. In fact her Latin album, "Mi Reflejo" has dominated the US' Latin charts for many weeks now and shows no signs of abating. The single, "Nobody Wants To Be Lonely" is a newly recorded duet version of the track off Martin's new album, "Sound Loaded", and is not available in any other format than the single, which will most likely ensure its success. Although the song is not released until the end of February, APTN caught up with Martin as he was warming up for his performance spot at the NRJ Awards in the South of France to bring you one of the first insights into what will no doubt be a phenomenal chart-topping combination. For further information please contact Columbia Records on (0) 20 7911 8200 SHOTLIST: APTN, CANNES, 20 JANUARY 2001 1. CLIP VIDEO ' NOBODY WANTS TO BE LONELY' RICKY MARTIN & CHRISTINA AGUILERA 2. SOT RICKY MARTIN (on how duet came about) 3. CLIP VIDEO ' NOBODY WANTS TO BE LONELY' RICKY MARTIN & CHRISTINA AGUILERA' 4. SOT RICKY MARTIN (on working with other artists) 5. CLIP VIDEO, 'SHE BANGS', RICKY MARTIN 6. SOT RICKY MARTIN (on album 'Sound Loaded') 7. CLIP VIDEO 'NOBODY WANTS TO BE LONELY' RICKY MARTIN & CHRISTINA AGUILERA?