Year-End Review 2014 - Spots 60 - 51

60 – 51

		international	note
60		no success	B*Witched - Love and money Points: 888.0 Peak: #9 Weeks: 15 Album: Champagne or Guinness EP Back in October 2013 B*Witched released their comeback single. In January I descovered this song and it debuted nearly outside the Top 30. At the begining of March "Love and money" reached its peak. It has been a nice comeback single, but the EP is weak.
59		no success	Emmelie de Forest - Drunk tonight Points: 895.6 Peak: #15 Weeks: 17 (still charting) Album: - With "Only raindrops" Emmelie de Forest won the Eurovision Song Contest in the year before Conchita Wurst. "Drunk tonight" is her strongest song she released since she won this contest. Unfortunately she couldn't reach the Top 10 with this song.
58		#1 #1 #2	Andreas Bourani - Auf uns Points: 900.3 Peak: #9 Weeks: 17 Album: Hey During the FIFA World Cup I believe that there had only been two songs on the radio. The first one had been Helene Fischer's "Atemlos durch die Nacht" ("Breathless through the night" - This song is now in its 55th week in the Austrian Top 40 and missed my Top 100). The other one had been Andrea Bourani's "Auf uns" ("To us"). Both had come along with the German football national team. "Auf uns" is very catchy and brings over a certain sense of community.
57		#10 #15	Melissa Steel feat. Popcaan - Kisses for breakfast Points: 902.5 Peak: #13 Weeks: 17 Album: - Melissa Steel had her breakout this year. She was featured on three singles. The last one "I loved you" recently reached Top 10. "Kisses for breakfast" had been her first solo single and is very different to this dance single. This song is a more typical Reaggae song which gave her the first Top 20 hit.
56		no success	Macy Kate - You gave me love Points: 906.8 Peak: #15 Weeks: 18 Album: - She parciticipated on the US Version of "Rising star" this year. Beside this participation she released the single "You gave me love" which is well produced and mostly overlooked. I hope there will be some more good songs by her in the future.
55		no success	Tagträumer - Schwerelos Points: 909.0 Peak: #12 Weeks: 18 Album: - This Austrian band had its breakout this year during a casting show. "Schwerelos" (Weightless") had been the 2nd single following there #1 hit "Sinn". Although it is a good song this is their only song up-to-date which missed the Top 10 in the end. "Sinn" and "Mein Herz (für immer)" are ranked higher in this countdown.
54		no success	Kristina Maria - Bang U up Points: 923.0 Peak: #5 Weeks: 14 Album: - Canadian singer Kristina Maria has some up and downs on my chart. "Bang U up" had been her first Top 10 hit early this year. As her following singles flopped on my chart I hope she can came around with another song like "Bang U up".
53		no success	Satin Circus - If you love mePoints: 934.6 Peak: #1 (one week) Weeks: 22 Album: Expectations Back in 2013 Finnish band Satin Circus had its breakout. The unforgettable "Emma" is still very catchy. Then there had been "If you love me". In 2013 this song finish at #61 in my year-end review. This year they climbed up eight spots. In a total they collected more than 1700 points which could have brought them near the Top 10.
52		#1 #1 #1	Cro - Traum Points: 940.4 Peak: #7 Weeks: 15 Album: Melodie Here is another highley anticipated German song. A rapper with pop songs can not be found very often. Cro is that kind of rapper. He has the ear for good melodies and "Traum" ("Dream") is no exception. Although I hadn't paid a lot of attention to him in the past this song reached very fast my Top 10 where it stayed five weeks.
51		no success	Nick Howard - Can't break a broken heart Points: 941.5 Peak: #8 Weeks: 17 Album: Living in stereo I can't believe that the German's voted him as winner of "The Voice of Germany" and then they didn't pay attention to him. "Can't break a broken heart" is such a great song and absolutely the right choice for a single. Maybe he has been a little bit late with the whistling part, but who cares? I don't care and promoted him directly into the Top 10.