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ITALY: MAHMOOD 'S FIRST FIVE YEARS ON TOP, RA TA TA!

It has taken awhile but this 2024 has been the year of Mahmood. He may have not won Sanremo this time but his Tuta gold has been by far the biggest success from Sanremo entries despite him placing only 6th missing out the Top-5 super final. The past week it was revealed that nearly 6 million votes were uncounted that night, most of them those that exceeded the number of votes one could vote but still there are almost two million mystery votes left uncounted. Could those have changed the fate? Mahmood won Sanremo 2019 somewhat surprisingly and was faced with a lot of racist hatred among other things that continued even after his second win 2022. But all of sudden in 2024 it seems even the haters have admitted he's good and goes from success to success. In 2024 he has sold already over 700.000 copies, over 400.000 of them Tuta gold , that has become his biggest hit to date after Brividi (800.000+), Soldi (200.000+) and Calipso (200.000+) collaboration. It's worth remembering ...

FINLAND: UMK 2023 ENTRIES HIT THE CHARTS

How things change! Not so long ago the Finnish national entries didn't bother the charts, not even the winner and there are even entries that have never even been released after the contest. And now, UMK is living a real resurrection or renaissance and has become similar to Sanremo or Malodifestivalen: It makes hits. Artists want to take part. It's hot. Relevant. A hit.  Not all this year's entries have had the time to enter the official charts but last weekend for example Spotify's Top-10 had five UMK entries! I'm sure they will all storm into the charts this week. So far we have two debuts at the official singles Top-20 charts; Benjamin at #7 and Keira at #10. In the radio play Top-100 we have Robin at #46., Benjamin at #55., Lxandra at #65. and even Käårijä made it #77 already. I suppose he might hit the singles #1 and who knows how high on radios..... Let's look back at how it all started, this new era. Erika Vikman hit #5 on singles chart back in 2020 and ...

... AND THEY WERE 5.000.000! THANK YOU!

  Here it is. Five million hits. I never thought I would see this day when I started this little blog long time ago. But you keep coming back and slowly it all ads up. Some years have been busier, 2009 being the top of the tops with some incredible figures, some less but the flow of visitors is a steady never stopping flow. I am so grateful and keeps me going even if with each new million milestone I have been planning to stop this adventure and concentrate on something else and this five million was meant to be The One but then came Måneskin and Italy won! It's impossible to stop now as I always said I will be present at Eurovision again only if and when Finland or Italy wins again.... So.... I guess I will go on at least another year. Or another million? Thank you! Grazie! Kiitos!

GREECE: HOLIDAY MUSIC BY KAITI GARBI Καίτη Γαρμπή

I'm off to Greece for holidays so here's meanwhile some Greek artist for you  to discover and enjoy....

GREECE: HOLIDAY MUSIC BY DEMY

I'm off to Greece for holidays so here's meanwhile some Greek artist for you  to discover and enjoy....

GREECE: HOLIDAY MUSIC BY NIKOS OIKONOMOPOULOS Νίκος Οικονομόπουλος

I'm off to Greece for holidays so here's meanwhile some Greek artist for you  to discover and enjoy....

ITALY: NINA ZILLI RETURNS WITH MODERN ART

Nina Zilli will releases her fourth album titled Modern Art on September 1, 2017. It includes 12 new songs, one of them featuring J-Ax and of course this summer's hit Mi hai fatto fare tardi . This is as good as any occasion to have a look back at her career.... Besides singing she's been a judge in Italy's Got Talent and worked in MTV Italy.  Nina first hit the radios and video channels with  gold selling single 50mila  featuring Giuliano Palma in 2009 off her debut EP. She also covered You can't hurry love by The Supremes In 2010 she was in Sanremo with L'Uomo che amava le donne , placing 3rd among Newcomers and winning the Critic's choice award. The single sells gold. Her debut album sells platinum.  In 2012 she's back in Sanremo, among the Big, with Per sempre (7th), that sells platinum She is chosen to represent Italy at Eurovision with L'amore è femmina ( Out of love ) , the title track from her second album that sells gold. S...

3 MILLION THANK YOUS!

It's time again. Another milestone. The adventure continues. Sincerest thank you to all of you keep following  me.  Thank you! Kiitos! Grazie! We have an exciting new season ahead of us - join me again!