Year-End Review 2016 - 10 - 7

10 – 7

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10		#1 #1 #1 #1 #1 #1 #1 #1 #1 #1	Adele – Hello Points: 2176.4 Peak: #1 (6 weeks; none in 2016) Weeks: 41 Album: 25 Chart Debut: October 31, 2015 First week at #1: October 31, 2015 Writer(s): Adele Adkins, Greg Kurstin Producer(s): Greg Kurstin You know that there are three songs by Adele which must be within my Top 10. The first is a #1 song from 2015. “Hello” debuted at #1 and spent six weeks at the top in 2015. In the year-end of 2015 this song reached #34 with only nine weeks on my chart. Unfortunately Adele hasn’t been at the top in 2016, but she spent 32 weeks on my chart with this song. Due to this long activity she clawed herself a spot within my year-end Top 10.
9		#24	Anouk – Run away together Points: 2197,6 Peak: #1 (3 weeks) Weeks: 28 Album: Queen for a day Chart Debut: May 28, 2016 First week at #1: June 25, 2016 Writer(s): Anouk Teeuwe, Tobias Karlsson Producer(s): Anouk Teeuwe, Tobias Karlsson I’ve pointed out that three female singer (Leslie Clio, Adele and Anouk) have dominated the charts in 2016. While Adele already has a first Top 10 hit now it is the turn by Anouk. The first of two Top 10 appearances goes to “Run away together” which got big attention in the Netherlands when she presented this song as a duet in “The Voice of Holland”. I really enjoy this song and because it is a song by my favourite artist it is no surprise to find this song within my year-end Top 10.
8		#80 #42 #77 #26 #37 #38 #26 #39 #45 #27	Adele – Water under the bridge Points: 2231.7 Peak: #1 (3 weeks) Weeks: 29 Album: 25 Chart Debut: May 21, 2016 First week at #1: July 16, 2016 Writer(s): Adele Adkins, Greg Kurstin Producer(s): Greg Kurstin Here Adele is again with a song from her unbelievable brilliant album “25”. “Water under the bridge” had been a promotional song first, but by the end of 2016 this song was chosen as a regular single. I started to chart this song in May and it rose fast to my Top 2 where it was hold of the top by “Run away together” before it reached #1. This song is definitely one of the best songs in 2016 and should have done better in the international charts.
7		#29 #11 #5 #14 #9 #13 #23 #9 #3 #12	Adele – When we were young Points: 2243.8 Peak: #1 (2 weeks) Weeks: 30 Album: - Chart Debut: February 20, 2016 First week at #1: March 19, 2016 Writer(s): Adele Adkins, Tobias Jesso Jr. Producer(s): Ariel Rechtshaid This is the third song by Adele within my Top 10. Everyone who hoped that she will place at least one song within my Top 5 is now officially disappointed and I absolutely understand it. I can’t believe that “When we where young” or any other song by her failed to entered my Top 5. Which songs are better than this song? The answer will be given in the near future. I love this song as I love the album and so it deserves to reach a spot within the Top 10.