Year-End Review 2014 - Spots 10 - 6

10 – 6

		international	note
10		no success	Birdy - Light me up Points: 1991.3 Peak: #1 (2) Weeks: 27 Album: - Chart Debut: March 29, 2014 First week at #1: June 7, 2014 Writer(s): Jasmine van den Bogaerde, Trey Starxx, Tom Hull Producer(s): Rich Costey In Austria Birdy had some hits with "People help the people" or "Wings" since 2012. On my chart she had minor success with these songs. Her biggest hit had been "Wings" (peak #26) until I began to chart her penultimate single "Light me up". This up-tempo sound and the contagious chorus lead her to her first #1 on my chart. I'd like to hear more from her in that direction.
9		#91 #20	Hilary Duff - All about you Points: 2001,8 Peak: #1 (5) Weeks: 17 (still charting) Album: - Chart Debut: August 30, 2014 First week at #1: September 20, 2014 Writer(s): Hilary Duff, Kristian Lundin, Savan Kotecha, Carl Falk Producer(s): Kristian Lundin, Savan Kotecha, Carl Falk It had been a long time ago when I listened to Hilary Duff song. Since "So yesterday" she had been out of my mind and her comeback single "Chasing the sun" didn't help. Then she released "All about you" as a second single from a future album. From the beginning I had the sound and the chorus in my head. It really burned into my head. It shot fast to #1 and stayed their for five weeks. Only two songs did better this year. "All about you" is the only song charting less than 20 weeks in my year-end Top 10.
8		#27	Jillette Johnson - Last bus out Points: 2026.9 Peak: #1 (1) Weeks: 33 Album: Water in a whale Chart Debut: November 23, 2013 First week at #1: February 15, 2014 Writer(s): Jillette Johnson Producer(s): Peter Zizzo, Michael Mangini Since releasing "Torpedo" Jillette Johnson is scoring several Top 10 hits. "Torpedo" had been my favourite song of 2014. This year she placed two songs within the year-end Top 10. Her first is "Last bus out" which had a split record for 2013 which probably got her into the Top 5 with this song. The song about the "What if" in a relationship did well and spent a half year in my Top 50.
7		no success	Emma - Ma che vita fai Points: 2166.8 Peak: #1 (2) Weeks: 27 (still charting) Album: Schiena Chart Debut: June 21, 2014 First week at #1: August 16, 2014 Writer(s): Federica Camba, Daniele Coro Producer(s): Brando Emma is one of the biggest stars in Italy at the moment. Since she released "Tra passione e lacrime" (#10 in the year-end of 2012) I fell in love with her music. Although she had several #1's before with her album "Sarò libera" it had been the "Schiena" album which brought her unseen success on my chart. She spent nearly a year within the Top 10 with songs from that album and four songs from that album reached #1 including "Ma che vita vai" ("What kind of life you're living"). Although I can't speak Italian it is the refrain which is lifting the song to another level. It's no "L'amore non mi basta", but one of her best songs.
6		#19 #16 #8 #2 #2 #1 #1 #1 #1 #1	Ariana Grande feat. Iggy Azalea - Problem Points: 2190.5 Peak: #1 (3) Weeks: 30 (still charting) Album: My everything Chart Debut: May 31, 2014 First week at #1: July 19, 2014 Writer(s): Ariana Grande, Max Martin, Savan Kotecha, Ilya Salmanzadeh, Amethyst Kelly Producer(s): Max Martin, Shellback, Ilya, Peter Carlsson This song almost didn't find its way to my chart. When this song was launched I didn't payed much attention to it which is similar to "Break free". As I saw that this song climbed higher and higher in the charts I gave "Problem" a chance and what should I say. The problems got lost and this song shot to #1 where it stayed for three weeks.