Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

Italian music didn't do so well in the annual singles business and in Top-10 there's only one Italian song, Vorrei ma non posto by Fedez & J Ax. Marco Mengoni is at 43 with Ti ho voluto bene veramente and at 85 with Parole in circolo . Eurovision entrant Francesca Michielin at 63 with Nessun grado di separazione , that being the most sold song from Sanremo. Sanremo is almost totally absent from the singles top sellers. Various rappers have several songs in various combinations listed in Top-100.  If we look at the number ones it isn't any better really. Out of 18 number ones only 7 are Italian, including Francesca Michielin. ( In Finland it was a different story .....) Have a look below at the Top-5 selling songs in Italy in 2016 and then the Italian ones and their positions: 1. Sia - Cheap thrills 2. Alan Walker - Faded 3. Alvaro Soler - Sofia 4. Coldplay - Hymn for the weekend 5. J-Ax & Fedez - Vorrei ma non posto 11. Fabio Rovazzi - An...

The 2016 was rich with Number One songs in the official singles chart. A total of 26 songs made it, and the most remarkable thing is 21 of them were Finnish! Sadly only Finnish (humour) rap though. The foreign number ones go to Alan Walker, Justin Bieber featured by Mazor Laser or DJ Snake, and Clean Bandit & co.  Elastinen and JVG are featured in four #1's, Mikael Gabriel, Sanni, Cheek and Arttu Lindeman in three and even Nikke Ankara in two. Doesn't leave much for the others.  Looking at the streaming, download and radioplay charts it's a different story.... Thankfully.  JVG - Paluu tulevaisuuteen (weeks 1-2) Alan Walker (feat. Isolin Solheim) - Faded (weeks 3-4-5-6) Sanni - Että mitähän vittua (weeks 7-8-9) Cheek - Me ollaan ne ,  part 2 (Feat. Elastinen, JVG, Nikke Ankara, Kube, Pete Parkkonen) (weeks 10-11) Elastinen feat.  Lauri Tähkä - Lempo (weeks 12-13) Nikke Ankara - Ettei nyt vaan sattuis mitään (week 14) Eveliina - Sire...

British-Norwegian producer Alan Walker's Sing me to sleep some has some sort of hypnotic about it. Maybe it's vocalist Iselin Solheim? This follows Faded , that was a success all over Nordics and in some other European charts as well....