juni 2011 – Sida 5 – WelcheMusic.com

Don Omar & Lucenzo Score Swedish Summer Hit

CHART SPOTLIGHT. “Danza Kudoro” off Don Omar’s latest album Meet the Orphans is set to become one of the summer’s biggest smashes in Sweden. Originally released at the end of August last year, “Danza Kudoro” has already topped the important Latin charts in the US.

The track features the singer Luzenco, who reigns from Portugal but is based in France. The track is a remake of the bilingual Portugese/English hit “Vem dancar kudoro,” however the track has been rewritten in Spanish. “Danza Kudoro” is Don Omar’s first hit since “Ciao Bella” in 2009. The track was the final single off the iDon album.

Enrique Iglesias, Usher & Lil Wayne are the Dirty Dancers

CHART SPOTLIGHT. Included on both Enrique Iglesias’ Euphoria album and Usher’s first Versus EP, “Dirty Dancer” is set to storm the charts worldwide. Co-written and produced by the Swedish RedOne, the track was recorded in Miami. Iglesias performed the hit on American Idol on his own, mixing it with the top ten hit “I Like It.” Lil Wayne is also featured on the hit single “I’m Into You” with Jennifer Lopez.

Lykke Li Headlines Parklife

CHART REFLECTION. Earlier this year, Swedish singer Lykke Li’s hit “I Follow Rivers” was featured on the hit series Glee. She will also headline the immensely popular Australian music festival Parklife, a labour of love that started as a very small party in a park in March of 2000. Named as one of the world’s best music festivals by CNN, Parklife is taking great measures to become truly environmentally friendly with a recycling deposit system and sustainability practice.

Grey’s Anatomy Favourite

Lykke Li was also recently included in an episode of Grey’s Anatomy and has built a global fanbase over the years. She was born in Ystad, Skåne and got her breakthrough in 2008 with Youth Novels.

Make sure to check out the Parklife blog if you want to revisit last year’s festival. Other WelcheMusic favourites to perform at the festival are Duck Sauce, recent UK chart-topper Example, Mylo and Sebastien Tellier.

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Countdown to Kasabian’s Velociraptor!

CHART REFLECTION. The British indie rock group Kasabian is about to release their fourth album. Schedule to bow in mid-September, Velociraptor! is only months away. The group was formed in Leicestershire at the end of the ‘90s. WelcheMusic’s favourite to date is last year’s single “Vlad the Impaler.”

Already, Kasabian has offered fans a free download of the track “Switchblade Smiles” to anybody who pre-ordered the album from the band’s official web-store from June 7. William Monahan’s movie London Boulevard also includes the track “La fée verte.”

The last album West Pauper Lunatic Asylum topped the UK album chart and peaked at No.126 on the Billboard 200. Kasabian recently toured the UK in June.