Year-End review 2019 (3 - 1)

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		international	note
3		no success	Avril Lavigne – Tell me it’s over Points: 2715.2 Peak: #1 (3) Weeks: 31 Album: Head above water Airplay: #4 Chart Debut: December 22, 2018 First week at #1: Feburary 9, 2019 Writer(s): Avril Lavigne, Melissa Bel, Ryan Cabrera, Johan Carlsson, Justin Gray Producer(s): John Carlson For the 2nd time in 2019 a song by Avril Lavigne can be found in the year-end Top 10. While "I fell in love with the devil" spent one week at the Top 10 the 2nd single from "Head above water" spent three weeks at the top. This song is totally different to everything I’ve heard from her before. The sound is described as Memphis soul and as a typical R&B ballad. I’m sure if this song was sung by Ariana Grande or Selena Gomez or any other prominent R&B artist this one would have been a big hit, but so it is only a pearl for fans. I personally would appreciate when she is going more into this direction before doing more Punk Rock.
2		no success	LANY – Thick and thin Points: 2940.0 Peak: #1 (3) Weeks: 38 Airplay: #1 Album: Malibu nights Chart Debut: February 23, 2019 First week at #1: March 23, 2019 Writer(s): Jake Goss, Paul Klein, Alexandra Yatchenko, Nolan Lambroza Producer(s): LANY, Mike Crossey As there’ve been only two #1's by LANY over it only had been the question which one is going to be my year-end #1. So the answer is that "Thick and thin" failed to reach this landmark. Oh man I love their album "Malibu nights" and back in 2018 they had with "Thru these tears" another big hit (year-end #7). This year the Indie Pop breakup hymn "Thick and thin" spent three weeks at the Top 10 and was only outscored by the bands 4th official single from this album.
1		no success	LANY – If you see her Points: 3097.1 Peak: #1 (5) Weeks: 38 Airplay: #2 Album: Malibu nights Chart Debut: February 23, 2019 First week at #1: April 13, 2019 Writer(s): Paul Klein, Emily Schwartz, David Pramik Producer(s): LANY, Mike Crossey, Malay Breaking up is definitely the key theme of LANY’s "Malibu night" album. The 4th single in a row with this theme and three of these songs managed to reach a spot in my year-end review for 2018 and 2019. In the end the decision between "Thick and thin" and "If you see her" wasn’t as clear as last year’s decision when Kylie Minogue’s "Stop me from falling" won over "Zusammen" ("Together") by Die Fantastischen Vier feat. Clueso, but in the long run I preferred "If you see her" over "Thick and thin". On the other hand it is very difficult to put a particular song on the pedestal when you love the whole album as I do. In the end I’ve to write that "If you see her" won in 2019, but LANY started to be my favourite band and I still regret that I wasn’t at their concert when they had a gig in Vienna.