American singer Ariana Grande teamed up with Iggy Azalea, from Australia. They released the song "Problem", which is one of the top hits of the moment. This week, they are #3 in Bulgaria. Oh, God bless globalization!
And Norway does it again. After the massive success of "The fox" last year, Anders Nilsen released a fabulous mixture of sounds to be your summer soundtrack. "Salsa tequila", the song that combines bombastic instrumentals with random Spanish words blend all together, is topping the charts in Norway!
Amelia Lily rose to fame when coming third in the 2011 edition of The X Factor, where she was mentored by Kelly Rowland. Her fourth single is "California", an explosive pop track which follows her upbeat music style.
Neljänsuora is a Finnish pop band which was formed in the city of Lohja in 1998. They've gathered with the singer Stig, who has appeared here on Sounds European!twice before, to record "Kesä vielä jäädä vois". It is a very cool soft rock track, and it counts with Stig's very characteristic way of singing in part of it.
Updated on August 25th, 2014, with the official video.
Iceland is surprising us with their most recent tunes. After dancing our bodies away with Unnur Eggerts, we now feature Stony, a singer and rapper. His first single is "Feel good", a bombastic song with great electronic beats. The single is wrapped up with a very uplifting video.
It's not the first time Nuša Derenda, one of the biggest names of the Slovene music scene, appears on SE!: she was here past November, with "Kakor ptica, kakor pesem". Her new single "Blues in vino" shows that she's still got it all: it's an amazing song, using the best of Slovenia's traditional music into pop music.
The song of the week comes from Ireland. We need no introduction for The Script, who became the one biggest Irish artist of the last decade with their contagious pop-rock. They are soon releasing "No sound without silence", their new album, and they already gave us a spoiler of what's to come. "Superheroes" is as addictive as many of their latest singles!
Updated on December 15th, 2014, with the official video.
Time to meet a huge hit from Russia and region. "Ty znayesh'", by the Russian band Burito and the Ukrainian singer Elka (who has appeared here on SE!twice before), is hitting the highest places on the former Soviet republics' charts. And what a song it is! Smooth rhythm with an extremely involving chorus. Listen and enjoy!
Bosnian band Teška Industrija, one of the biggest bands of the country, has released a new single some weeks ago. We are talking about "Žena za utjehu", a song which features Croatian band Slavonia. It is a very interesting collaboration, mixing rock, pop and folkloric elements into a great song.
Oscar And The Wolf is a Belgian indie pop band. Their single "Strange entity" is a very interesting indie electronic pop track, with mysterious mood and intriguing pace.