2015 in European music explained

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,
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• Hiphoppers Teflon Brothers had a #1 with "Pämppää"
• Rap duo JVG topped the charts with "Tarkenee".
• Rapper Cheek had 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, had 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 won the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with his song Heroes. It topped the charts in Sweden, Greece, Iceland and Poland.
• Waiting for Love, Aviciis latest single, was a #1 in Sweden, Norway, Austria and Hungary.
• 17 year old Zara Larsson had a #1 song with Lush Life, also a top 5 hit in many European countries.
• Axwell and Ingrosso's Sun Is Shining, ended #1 on the Sverigetopplistan and it also reached top 10s in The Netherlands, Norway, Belgium and Finland.

Netherlands

Dutch #1 singles

• Kenneth Bron ("Kenny B) of Surinamese origin was #1 for 11 weeks with "Parijs".
• "Drank & Drugs" from Lil' Kleine and Ronnie Flex spent 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 was a #1 in Belgium, Ireland, UK, Sweden, Finland, Romania, Poland, Germany, Switzerland and Austria. The follow-up hit "Reality" was 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 overall
• DJ brothers Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike had 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

Germany

• German number ones 2015
• Essen's controversial rapper Favorite had 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 had a #1 album with "Brandneu".
• 20-year-old DJ Felix Jaehn remixes Jamaican OMI's song Cheerleader which became a #1 in numerous countries. He also produces Jasmine Thompson's cover version of Ain't Nobody which became a #1 in Germany and eight other countries.
• Sarah Connor's album Muttersprache topped the German and Swiss charts.
• Rapper Cro had his third #1 with "ByeBye", it also cracked the Swiss and Austrian top ten.
• Kurdish rapper Xatar, fresh out of jail after being part of a €1.7 mio robbery, had 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 published 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 was #1 in Germany and Austria.
• Rapper Sido's first ever #1 single was a collaboration with Andreas Bourani titled "Astronaut"; it also topped the Swiss and Austrian charts.
• Ann Sophie who replaced qualifier Andreas Kümmert failed 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 had her third #1 album, "Supermoon" is also #6 in Germany.
• Austria #1 singles
• Folk singer Andreas Gabalier had his fourth platinum album in a row with Mountain Man. It's also #1 in Germany and Switzerland.
• Electro swing DJ Parov Stelar had 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 reached the #1 position.
• Talent show winner Marina Kaye became #1 with Homeless
• Deep House DJ "Feder" from Nice had a #1 in France, Switzerland and Hungary with Goodbye.
• Mylene Farmer and Sting had a #1 with Stolen Car

Portugal

• Pop rappers D.A.M.A are the breakthrough Portuguese act; their album "Uma Questão De Princípio" is #1 for 19 weeks. The singer and composer Agir wins the MTV award for Best Portuguese Act.^[4]

Spain

• American Nicky Jam's #1 single El Perdon featured Spanish singer Enrique Iglesias, it also topped the Swiss, Dutch and Italian charts.
• In June, Enrique Iglesias injured his hand in Tijuana as he tried to grab a drone that was filming his concert.^[5]
• Álvaro Soler had 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 had 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.^[6]

Eastern Europe/ Balkans

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

Musical films

• The Lure (Poland), starring Marta Mazurek and Michalina Olszańska.^{[7] [8]}

Deaths

• 29 January – Maurizio Arcieri, Italian singer (The New Dada and Krisma), 72
• 1 February – Aldo Ciccolini, Italian-born French pianist, 89^[9]
• 12 February – Désiré Dondeyne, French composer, 93^[10]
• 17 February – Andrzej Koszewski, Polish composer, 92^[11]
• 12 March – Erol Büyükburç, Turkish pop music composer and singer, 78^[12]
• 20 April – Richard Anthony, 77, Egyptian-French singer-songwriter
• 14 June – Boris Godjunov, Bulgarian singer, 74^[13]
• 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^[14]
• 16 September – Guy Béart, French singer-songwriter, 85^[15]
• 19 December – Kurt Masur, German conductor, 88^[16]

References

1. http://www.roskilde-festival.dk/music/2015 Roskilde line-up 2015
2. http://www.rapupdate.de/charts-favorite-knackt-mit-neues-von-gott-die-spitze-der-album-charts/ Rapupdate.de
3. https://www.welt.de/kultur/pop/article139605174/Xatar-vom-Knast-an-die-Spitze-der-Charts.html Die WELT "Xatar, vom Knast an die Spitze der Charts", April 16,2015
4. Web site: MTV EMA 2015: E O VENCEDOR DO BEST PORTUGUESE ACT É.... 15 October 2015. mtv.pt. pt. 6 April 2020.
5. http://ktla.com/2015/05/31/pop-star-enrique-iglesias-continues-mexico-concert-despite-suffering-bloody-injury/ KTLA 5
6. http://www.suchtkultur.de/Offizielle-Pressemitteilungen-und-News/FreiWild-chartet-durch/mobile/ Suchtkultur.de
7. Web site: If You Hated La La Land, Maybe You'll Love This Polish Musical About Cannibal Mermaids. Esquire. 8 May 2018.
8. Web site: Dane za: Weekend 25-27.12.15. PISF. Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej. Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej. 21 January 2017. Polish.
9. http://www.firenzepost.it/2015/02/01/morto-aldo-ciccolini-il-grande-pianista-che-amava-firenze-aveva-90-anni/ Morto Aldo Ciccolini, Il Grande Pianista Che Amava Firenze. Aveva 90 Anni
10. http://www.resmusica.com/2015/02/12/deces-du-chef-et-compositeur-desire-dondeyne/ Décès du chef et compositeur Désiré Dondeyne
11. http://amuz.edu.pl/z-najglebszym-zalem-zawiadamiamy-ze-dnia-17-lutego-2015-odszedl-od-nas-s%E2%80%A0p-prof-andrzej-koszewski/ Z najgłębszym żalem zawiadamiamy, że dnia 17 lutego 2015 odszedł od nas Ś†P Prof. Andrzej Koszewski
12. http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-pop-star-found-dead-.aspx?pageID=238&nID=79586&NewsCatID=383 Turkish pop star found dead
13. http://fakti.bg/kultura-art/146492-pochina-boris-godjunov- Почина Борис Гуджунов
14. https://english.sta.si/2152561/legendary-musician-slavko-avsenik-dies Legendary Musician Slavko Avsenik Dies
15. Web site: Guy Béart obituary . 2015-09-17 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20220126034634/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/sep/17/guy-beart . 2022-01-26 . live .
16. Margalit Fox and James R. Oestreich, "Kurt Masur Dies at 88; Conductor Transformed New York Philharmonic", The New York Times (19 December 2015).