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Max Martin and RedOne Rule Billboard Hot 100
WelcheMusic regularly covers Swedish songwriters’ success Stateside and today our national newspaper Expressen notes that five songs in the top 10 involves either Max Martin or RedOne. Neither one of them enjoys their first glimpse of success, but this is one of few weeks where their dominance is so great. Expressen’s music editor Anders Nunstedt…
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Darin Scores His 18th Hit
23 year old Swedish-Kurd pop singer Darin scores his 18th hit on the Swedish singles tally as “Microphone” bows at No.16. Lifted from the latest album LoveKiller, the track is used in the promotional video for the 2010 season of Idol. No stranger to that talent show, Darin was the runner-up in 2005 beaten by…
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Roll Deep Puts Grime on the Map
Expect Roll Deep to crash the UK singles chart tomorrow with “Green Light.” This is the follow-up to the No.1 single “Good Times.” The track succeeded Diana Vickers’ “Once” in May, earlier this year. “Green Light” features vocals by Tania Foster with appearances from Wiley, J2K, Breeze, Brazen and Scratchy. The track will be included…
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Listen to Billboard’s Summer Songs
Our friends at Billboard has compiled weekly playlists of summer songs. WelcheMusic transformed the latest one into a Spotify playlist and re-discovered Monica, Rob Thomas and Maroon 5. Click on the link to listen to the Billboard’s Summer Songs playlist via Spotify.
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Flo Rida Reigns in the UK with the help of French Guetta
Flo Rida claims his second UK No.1 in his career with “Club Can’t Handle Me,” lifted from the Step Up 3D soundtrack. The track features French DJ David Guetta, who produced the track with Frédéric Riesterer. Guetta recently topped the UK singles chart this May with “Gettin’ Over You.” [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89TLbK6o-og&feature=related] This means that Ne-Yo loses the…
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Ne-Yo takes the lead in the UK
Ne-Yo claims his third chart-topper in the UK as “Beautiful Monster” bows on today’s singles chart. He has previously topped the tally with “Closer” and “So Sick.” The singer debuted back in 2006 and has since worked closely with the Norwegian production duo Stargate. “Beautiful Monster” is taken from his upcoming album Libra Scale, slated…
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Robyn Solo Dance Still Atop the Swedish Chart
Robyn holds forte on the Swedish singles chart for a second week running with “Dancing on My Own.” The track has spent nine weeks on the chart and removed Ola from pole position last week. Yolanda Be Cool & DCUP holds at No.2, trailed by Shakira who moves 5-3 with her Soccer World Cup Song.…
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Mylo Fucking Tells Robyn What to Do
How we love the Mylo & Sharooz Mix of Robyn’s “Don’t Fucking Tell Me What to Do,” lifted from Body Talk PT.1. Recently bowed on Spotify, this song is a real gem. We’re still waiting for Mylo to record new hits. The 2005 hit “In My Arms,” that magically mashed up Kim Carnes “Bette Davis…
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Stevie Wonder Cover to Boost Esmée Denters’ U.S. Career
The 22 year old Dutch singer Esmée Denters premiered her cover of Stevie Wonder’s “As” via Billboard.com’s online music program Mashup Monday earlier this month. This might be just the right push for her career. Already a huge star in her native Holland, Denters is yet to break into the coveted U.S. market although she’s…
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The Chemical Brothers Has the Hottest Track on Last.fm
The British electronic music duo The Chemical Brothers is one of the hottest acts at the moment according to the international music service Last.fm. The act’s “Escape Velocity” tracks a 2,985 % increase with 19,466 listeners. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GqRsmffeVI] “Escape Velocity” was released as a white label promotional single this April ahead of the album release of…