2015 in European music

2015 in continental European music in geographical order.

Scandinavia

• Main article for Scandinavian music in 2015

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 "Lukas Graham (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 5 hit in many European countries.
• 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