Dixie Chicks to Premiere 'Landslide' Exclusively On AOL Music First Listen Starting Monday, August 19

Business Wire, August 16, 2002

Business Editors & Entertainment Writers

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 16, 2002

Beginning Monday, August 19, AOL Music First Listen will feature the worldwide exclusive premiere of the Dixie Chicks' new song "Landslide." For two days, "Landslide" will be available to AOL members and Web music fans at AOL Keyword: First Listen, Netscape Music (music.netscape.com), AIM Today, ICQ and CompuServe, as well as AOL's international affiliates.

Originally performed by Fleetwood Mac, "Landslide" will appear on the Dixie Chicks' forthcoming album, Home, which will debut at retail on Tuesday, August 27th.

The Dixie Chicks critically acclaimed first release with Sony Music, Wide Open Spaces, (1998) became the best-selling debut album in the history of countrymusic, earning the RIAA Diamond Award (given for sales in excess of 10 million units). Released in August 1999, the Dixie Chicks follow-up release, Fly, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 and Country Albums Charts and went on to spend over 30 weeks at the No. 1 spot on the Country Chart, and to earn album awards from the Grammys, the Country Music Association, the Academy of Country music, the British Country Music Awards and the Billboard Awards. Fly has also earned the RIAA Diamond Award, making the Dixie Chicks the only female group in history to accrue two of these prestigious awards.

AOL Music's First Listen program has emerged as a premier outlet for music's hottest stars to exclusively debut new music. From Brandy to Bruce Springsteen to Moby, First Listen lets music fans hear new songs from their favorite artists before they are available anywhere else. First Listen offers artists a compelling and coveted opportunity to reach a global audience through AOL Keyword: First Listen, AOL Music's network of music sites on Netscape, AOL Instant Messenger's AIM Today, ICQ and CompuServe, as well as AOL's international affiliates in countries around the world.

About AOL Music:

AOL Music, a division of America Online, Inc., reaches the largest audience of online music fans in the world through a rich array of programming products and services that make it easy to discover, experience, listen to and buy music online. AOL Music's leading offerings include the number one Internet music destination, AOL's Music Channel; premier online radio products, Radio@AOL and Radio@Netscape powered by Spinner; the most popular audio jukebox player, Winamp, and Webcaster directory, SHOUTcast. AOL Music programming, products and services are available throughout the AOL Service, AOL High Speed Broadband Service, and AOL's family of Web brands, including Netscape, CompuServe, AIM and ICQ. America Online, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of AOL Time Warner Inc. (NYSE: AOL). Based in Dulles, Virginia, America Online is the world's leader in interactive services, Web brands, Internet technologies and e-commerce services.