Wednesday, March 09, 2016

Serbia | Jovana Nikolić feat. Marija Šerifović - "Nismo smeli"

RECENT

Jovana Nikolić is a Serbian singer who was born in Belgrade in 1982. She has released a single with one of the most important names of the recent history of Eurovision Song Contest, Marija Šerifović (the only winner of the festival whose song wasn't in English, since the freedom-of-language rule started being applied). Their "Nismo smeli" is an irresistible pop track. We love it!

Slovakia | Lina Mayer - "Personal sky"

RECENT

Lina Mayer is a Slovak singer from Košice. "Personal sky", her most recent single, is a big hit in her home country, and we can easily tell why: it's a fresh splash of pop which gets addictive with every listen!

Italy | Rocco Hunt - "Wake up"

BRAND NEW

One of the coolest surprises of this year's edition of Festival di Sanremo was the song of Rocco Hunt. The Italian rapper from Salerno brought us "Wake up", one of the happiest rap tracks we have ever encountered. It's extremely infectious!

Norway | Suite 16 - "Anna Lee"

BRAND NEW

Norwegian band Suite 16 also joined the wave of artists who took part on National Finals for Eurovision. In their home country, they took part of Melodi Grand Prix with "Anna Lee", a cool and very catchy pop song. They managed to get into the final four, eventually coming third.

Tuesday, March 08, 2016

Sweden | ISA - "I will wait"

BRAND NEW

Sounds European! celebrates the International Women's Day with excellent music! Every year, Melodifestivalen (the Swedish National Final for Eurovision) has at least one entry which receives a totally unfair judgement by the audience. This year, we are sure, it's ISA's "I will wait". This song, which was eliminated on the Andra Chansen week, had potential to win Melodifestivalen – and depending on opponents, Eurovision, even. A masterpiece which deserved much more from the audience.

Italy | Lorenzo Fragola - "Infinite volte"

BRAND NEW

Italian singer Lorenzo Fragola keeps captivating hearts with every new single of his. This time, he did it with his participation in ths year's Festival di Sanremo: "Infinite volte", a classic ballad, grows with every listen!

Russia | Katerina Krasilnikova - "Ty ryadom"

BRAND NEW

Katerina Krasilnikova is a Russian singer from Saint Petersburg. Her new single, entitled "Ty ryadom", is very good. It has a very involving and unique melody. And Katerina's voice is perfect for what the song intends.

United Kingdom | Arthur Beatrice - "Real life"

BRAND NEW

Orlando Leopard, Ella Girardot, Elliot Barnes and Hamish Barnes are Arthur Beatrice, an English band formed in 2010. Their most recent single is a shower of the finest British indie-rock: "Real life" has a very cool melody and an explosive chorus.

Belarus | Napoli - "My universe"

RECENT

Belarusian group Napoli, from Minsk, has lived a very rare situation. They took part of two different National Finals for Eurovision, with the same song. "My universe" was part of the selections in Belarus and Poland, but didn't manage to go to Stockholm by neither one of them. But the song has surely had the qualities for it: it is a great pop track with a big epic feeling in it.

Monday, March 07, 2016

The Charts Day #131

CHARTS

American group twenty one pilots are nailing it with their latest singles, which are flooding the charts around Europe. "Stressed out", released last April, is currently #2 in Austria!