2015 in European music

2015 in continental European music in geographical order.

Scandinavia

Denmark

• Main article for Danish music in 2015
• Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015
• Danish #1s 2015
• At the nonprofit Roskilde Festival acts are Paul McCartney, Florence + the Machine, Kendrick Lamar, Muse, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, Pharrell Williams and Nicki Minaj^[1]
• Lukas Graham's "Blue Album" is a #1 just like its singles "7 Years" and "Strip No More".

Finland

• Main article for Finnish music in 2015
• Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015
• Finnish #1 singles2015, #1 albums
• Hiphoppers Teflon Brothers have a #1 with "Pämppää"
• Rap duo JVG tops the charts with "Tarkenee".
• Rapper Cheek has a #1 album Alpha Omega and a #1 single Sä huudat.

Norway

• Main article for Norwegian music in 2015
• Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015
• Norway charts 2015
• Tungevaag & Raaban's "Samsara 2015" is a hit in Scandinavia, in Finland it reaches #1.
• Kygo ,a DJ, has several #1s with Firestone, Stole the Show (also #1 in Sweden and France) and Nothing Left
• Madcon's, Don't worry ends #1 in Hungary, Czech Republic and is charted in various other European countries.

Sweden

• Main article for Swedish music in 2015
• Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015
• Swedish #1 singles and albums
• Måns Zelmerlöw wins the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with his song Heroes. It tops the charts in Sweden, Greece, Iceland and Poland.
• Waiting for Love, Aviciis latest single, is a #1 in Sweden, Norway, Austria and Hungary.
• 17 year old Zara Larsson has a #1 song with Lush Life, also a top 10 hit in Denmark, The Netherlands, Finland, Belgium and Norway.
• Axwell and Ingrosso's Sun Is Shining , ends #1 on the Sverigetopplistan and it also reaches top 10's in The Netherlands, Norway, Belgium and Finland.

Netherlands

Dutch #1 singles

• Kenneth Bron ("Kenny B) of Surinamese origin is #1 for 11 weeks with "Parijs".
• "Drank & Drugs" from Lil' Kleine and Ronnie Flex ends three weeks at number one.

Belgium (two different charts for Flanders and Wallonie)

• DJ Felix De Laet's project Lost Frequencies have a major hit with a cover of Easton Corbin's Are You with Me. It's a #1 in Belgium, Ireland, UK, Sweden, Finland, Romania, Poland, Germany, Switzerland and Austria. The follow up hit "Reality" is a #1 in Belgium, Austria, Germany and Poland.
• Casting star Loïc Nottet had his first #1 with "Rhythm Inside" (in both parts of the country) and represented Belgium in Eurovision 2015 and came 5th ovevall
• DJ brothers Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike have two #1s in "The Hum"(vs. Ummet Ozcan) and "Higher Place"(featuring Ne-Yo) in Flanders.

UK and Ireland

• Main article for Irish music in 2015
• Main article for British music in 2015
• Calvin Harris got a number one hit in various European countries together The Disciples, How Deep Is Your Love.
• Ellie Goulding hot two hits in various countries, On My Mind and Love Me like You Do.
• Alternative Rock band Muse's Mercy got reached the top 40 in France and The United States
• One Direction got a number one hit in The UK and Ireland with Drag Me Down.
• Rustie released his third album, Evenifyoudontbelieve.

Germany

• German number ones 2015
• Essen's controversial rapper Favorite has his first #1 album with Neues von Gott (Selfmade Records).,^[2] Hamburg's fun rappers Deichkind also have their first #1 album with "Niveau weshalb warum" even though both its singles don't enter the Top20.
  Two hiphoppers from Berlin also have charttopping albums without hit singles, Fler aka "Frank White" is #1 with "Keiner kommt klar mit mir", Bushido's album is called "Carlo Cokxxx Nutten 3".
• Crooner Wolfgang Petry has a #1 album with "Brandneu".
• 20-year-old DJ Felix Jaehn remixes Jamaican OMI's song Cheerleader which becomes a #1 in numerous countries. He also produces Jasmine Thompson's cover version of Ain't Nobody which becomes a #1 in Germany and eight other countries.
• Sarah Connor's album Muttersprache tops the German and Swiss charts.
• Rapper Cro has his third #1 with "ByeBye", it also cracks the Swiss and Austrian top ten.
• Kurdish rapper Xatar, fresh out of jail after being part of a €1.7 mio robbery, has a #1 album with "Baba aller Babas".^[3]
• Anna Naklab and Alle Farben are #2 in Germany and #1 in Austria with a cover of Supergirl.
• Lindemann featuring Rammstein frontman Till Lindemann and Swede Peter Tägtgren publishes the album Skills in Pills. It's a #1 in Finland and Germany.
• Electronic DJ and producer Robin Schulz' new hit Sugar ft Canadian Francesco Yates is #1 in Germany and Austria.
• Rapper Sido's first ever #1 single is a collaboration with Andreas Bourani titled "Astronaut"; it also tops the Swiss and Austrian charts.
• Ann Sophie who replaced qualifier Andreas Kümmert fails to get a single point at the ESC with her song Black Smoke (written by British pop singer Ella Eyre)

Switzerland and Austria

• Swiss #1s
• Sophie Hunger has her third #1 album, "Supermoon" is also #6 in Germany.

• Austria #1 singles
• Folk singer Andreas Gabalier has his fourth platinum album in a row with Mountain Man. It's also #1 in Germany and Switzerland.
• Electro swing DJ Parov Stelar has his first #1 album, a German #8, with "The Demon Diaries"

France

• French #1s 2015
• Both Louane Emera's single Avenir and her album Chambre 12 reach the #1 position.
• Talent show winner Marina Kaye becomes #1 with Homeless
• Deep House DJ "Feder" from Nice has a #1 in France, Switzerland and Hungary with Goodbye.
• Mylene Farmer and Sting have a #1 with Stolen Car

Portugal

• Pop rappers D.A.M.A. emerge as new stars, their album "Uma Questão De Princípio" is #1 for 19 weeks.

Spain

• American Nicky Jam's #1 single El Perdon features Spanish singer Enrique Iglesias, it also tops the Swiss, Dutch and Italian charts.
• In June, Enrique Iglesias injures his hand in Tijuana as he tries to grab a drone that films his concert.^[4]
• Álvaro Soler has an Italian and Swiss #1 with El mismo sol.

Italy

Italian number ones 2015

• Operatic pop trio Il Volo represented Italy at the ESC with their #1 Grande amore and came third overall.
• Eros Ramazzotti's thirteenth studio album Perfetto is #1 in Italy and top 5 in many other European countries.
• Rapper Baby K featuring Giusy Ferreri has a platinum hit with Roma-Bangkok
• German-speaking Frei.Wild's album "Opposition" is a #1 in Germany and Austria and #2 in Switzerland, the singles "Unvergessen, unvergänglich, lebenslänglich" and "Wir brechen eure Seelen" reach the German top 10.^[5]

Eastern Europe/ Balkans

• List of Polish #1 singles
• Czech #1 singles
• Hungarian #1 singles
• Hungary's Sziget Festival features Robbie Williams, Kings of Leon, Ellie Goulding, Limp Bizkit, Major Lazer
• Albanian singer Elhaida Dani participates in the ESC with "I'm Alive", it charts in Macedonia, is a #1 in Albania and also makes the top 100 in Iceland, Belgium & Montenegro
• Estonian duo Elina Born & Stig Rästa got an Eurovision hit named Goodbye To Yesterday charted 1 in Estonia and charted in top 10 in Finland, Austria and Russia.

Deaths

• 29 January - Maurizio Arcieri, Italian singer (The New Dada and Krisma), 72
• 1 February - Aldo Ciccolini, Italian-born French pianist, 89^[6]
• 12 February - Désiré Dondeyne, French composer, 93^[7]
• 17 February - Andrzej Koszewski, Polish composer, 92^[8]
• 12 March - Erol Büyükburç, Turkish pop music composer and singer, 78^[9]
• 14 June - Boris Godjunov, Bulgarian singer, 74^[10]
• 27 June - Chris Squire, best known as the English bassist and founding member of the Progressive Rock band Yes
• 2 July - Slavko Avsenik, Slovene composer and folk musician, 85^[11]
• 16 September - Guy Béart, French singer-songwriter, 85^[12]

References

1. ↑ Roskilde line-up 2015
2. ↑ Rapupdate.de
3. ↑ Die WELT "Xatar, vom Knast an die Spitze der Charts",April 16,2015
4. ↑ KTLA 5
5. ↑ Suchtkultur.de
6. ↑ Morto Aldo Ciccolini, Il Grande Pianista Che Amava Firenze. Aveva 90 Anni (Italian)
7. ↑ Décès du chef et compositeur Désiré Dondeyne (French)
8. ↑ Z najgłębszym żalem zawiadamiamy, że dnia 17 lutego 2015 odszedł od nas Ś†P Prof. Andrzej Koszewski (Polish)
9. ↑ Turkish pop star found dead
10. ↑ Почина Борис Гуджунов (Bulgarian)
11. ↑ Legendary Musician Slavko Avsenik Dies
12. ↑ Guy Béart obituary