Year-End Review 2013 - Spots 90 - 81

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90		#49 #74 #3 #158	Anouk – Birds Points: 749,6 Peak: #19 Weeks: 15 Album: Sad singalong songs When I first heard that Anouk is participating in the Eurovision Song Contest I was very excited. She did a good job although this song didn’t work good for me. Sure it was a Top 20 hit, but I expect more from her. And there are two more songs from her in the countdown.
89		no success	Manda – Sweetest heartbreak Points: 752,7 Peak: #12 Weeks: 15 Album: - Manda is maybe only known in her home country Sweden. She participated in X-Factor where she finished 6th overall. “Sweetest heartbreak” was her debut single. With this catchy song she made in directly into the Top 20 and nearly reached the Top 10. I hope that she will release a new single next year.
88		#6 #6 #60	Phillip Phillips – Gone gone gone Points: 752,8 Peak: #13 Weeks: 15 Album: The world from the side of the moon A Swedish X-Factor participant is followed by the winner of the 11th season of American Idol. His 2nd single “Gone gone gone” is a good folk song. This song remembered me of “Love love love” by Avalanche City which reach in the year-end of 2011 #5. “Gone gone gone” didn’t went so far, but it’s a good song.
87		#82 #51 #39 #87	Bonnie McKee – American girl Points: 758,0 Peak: #13 Weeks: 15 Album: - Back in 2004 Bonnie McKee released her debut album and her first single. Both single and album had no big success. So she wrote songs. Most of these got famous by Katy Perry. In 2013 she get started with “American girl”. For me it took a while before I charted this song. The catchy refrain helped her to get a solid position in this review.
86		no success	Marla Blumenblatt – Cornetto Points: 764,3 Peak: #10 Weeks: 14 Album: Immer diese Boys With Caro Emerald the retro trend started. This year young Austrian artist Marla Blumenblatt tried it the same way. She is the first Austrian artist in the Top 100. Marla Blumenblatt decided for 60’s German rock which is best represented by Peter Krause. “Cornetto” is a song about an ice cream and much more.
85		#5	Delta Goodrem – Wish you were here Points: 765,53 Peak: #17 Weeks: 15 Album: Child of the universe Delta Goodrem had some minor hits on my chart. “Wish you were here” is a slow and thoughtful song. With this song she reached the Top 20 for the first time.
84		#60 #49 #20 #17 #15 #24 #14	Avril Lavigne – Here’s to never growing up Points: 765,54 Peak: #16 Weeks: 15 Album: Avril Lavigne After two album which were big flops she tried it for a new one. The first single out of this self-titled album was “Here’s to never growing up”. While I had my problems with the singles out of the two mentioned albums I liked this song with the first listen. This song failed to reach the Top 10, but it was a good first single choice in my opinion.
83		no success	Scouting for Girls – Without you Points: 770,9 Peak: #2 Weeks: 17 Album: The light between us In December 2012 this song reached its peak at #2. This brought them #183 in last year’s review. The split record prevented Scouting for Girls for getting a big hit (Top 30 at least) in my year-end review. An interesting fact about this song is that “Without you” is the only single by this band which didn’t chart in UK.
82		#50	Madeline Juno – Error Points: 792,7 Peak: #9 Weeks: 12 (still charting) Album: - It was an interesting year for young female singers. In Sweden a newcomer reached #1 and didn’t retire for weeks. In Germany this young girl Madeline Juno has been overseen a little bit. “Error” is an interesting song and is absolutely comparable with this Swedish song which will be found later. Finally she reached the chart with this song, but I thought that she would do better in Germany.
81		#54 #53 #42 #6 #6 #46 #14 #8	Selena Gomez – Come and get it Points: 793,8 Peak: #11 Weeks: 15 Album: Stars dance “Come and get it” was the first single appart from Disney. As I’m not into her “old” stuff I oversaw this song at first. When I gave this song a chance it developed to a good song wich nearly reached the Top 10. And it helped that I charted the follow up “Slow down” (a later #1) at the same time.