2014 in European music

List of years in European music

2014 in continental European music in geographical order.

Scandinavia

Danish #1 singles

Norway 2014

Swedish #1 singles and albums

Finnish #1 singles, #1 albums

Netherlands

Dutch #1 singles

  • Rapper Mr. Probz' single "Waves" (Robin Schulz Remix) is #1 in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway,Portugal, UK, Czech Rep. and Hungary and top 5 in several other countries but only #6 in the Netherlands. Nothing Really Matters, on the other hand, is a local #1 but not successful internationally.
  • Symphonic metal band Within Temptation continue to produce successful albums. Hydra is their fifth album straight to crack the German Top 10. It's their first album in the English top 10 and US top 20.
  • Crooner Marco Borsato continues to have tremendous success in Dutch-speaking countries. "Duizend spiegels" from late 2013 reaches platinum status.
  • Bakermat has a #1 in France and goes top 5 in many other countries with "One Day (Vandaag)".

Belgium

Germany

List of number-one hits of 2014 (Germany)

  • Helene Fischer tops the German, Austrian and Swiss charts with her 2013 album "Farbenspiel" which is also top 10 in the Netherlands and Denmark. It was awarded Gold after just three days.[2] Single "Atemlos durch die Nacht" is #1 in Austria and #3 in Germany.
  • Controversial rapper Bushido's album Sonny Black also climbs to the top of the charts in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
  • Gangster rapper Kollegah has his first #1 album "King" in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
  • At the Echo awards Italian act Frei.Wild, excluded the year before, turn the tables and boycott the event this year. There is no major winner, Tim Bendzko, Ina Müller, Sportfreunde Stiller, The BossHoss, Max Herre, and Adel Tawil all get an award, host Helene Fischer gets two.[3]
  • Milky Chance's 2013 hit "Stolen Dance" which reached the top in Switzerland, Austria and Luxemburg in 2013 becomes a delayed hit in Eastern Europe, it is a #1 in Poland and the Czech Republic.
  • Is it Right by Elaiza is only #18 out of 26 participants at the Eurovision Song Contest but reaches #1 in the Polish charts. Severals group members are of Polish descent.
  • DJ Alle Farben has a local #9 with She Moves (Far Away) ft New Zealander Graham Candy, it tops the charts in Hungary.

Switzerland and Austria

France

2014 French #1 singles and albums

  • R&B singer Indila's debut album Mini World climbs to #1,[4] her single Dernière danse becomes a #2.
  • Charity project Les Enfoirés have the #1 album as in almost every year
  • Faul & Wad Ad have a Deep house hit across Europe with Changes, it is #1 in Germany and Poland.
  • David Guetta collaborates with Dutch electronic dance music act Showtek on his song Bad which is successful in Scandinavia, a #1 in Finland and Norway and also in South Korea. Another single Dangerous featuring American singer Sam Martin is #1 in France, Croatia, Norway, Finland, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Luxemburg, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Israel and Lebanon. The album Listen only climbs the Hungarian charts.
  • Folk pop duo Lilly Wood and the Prick's Prayer in C (Robin Schulz remix) climbs to the top of the charts in practically all European countries, Lebanon and Israel.

Portugal

Spain

Italy

List of number-one hits of 2014 (Italy)

Eastern Europe/ Balkans

Budapest's Sziget Festival 2014 in August on the island Óbudai-sziget features Blink-182, Queens of the Stone Age, Jake Bugg, Imagine Dragons, Placebo, Skrillex, Bastille, Lily Allen, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Cee Lo Green, Manic Street Preachers, Korn, Outkast and Calvin Harris.

Deaths

External links

References

  1. ^ 2014 lineup
  2. ^ "Jahrtausendrekord – Farbenspiel bricht in der ersten Woche sämtliche Rekorde in Deutschland". 15 October 2013.
  3. ^ "German Echo Music Awards: Avicii, Eminem, Depeche Mode Big Winners".
  4. ^ "Indila s'impose en tête du Top Albums avec "Mini World"... et détrône Stromae".
  5. ^ "David Bisbal – Diez Mil Maneras".
  6. ^ "French singer Yvette Giraud, big in Japan, dies aged 97".
  7. ^ Le chanteur Pierre Vassiliu est mort (in French)
  8. ^ Inga Juuso er død (in Norwegian)
  9. ^ "Addio ad Aldo Donati, autore dell'inno storico della Lazio". 24 August 2014.
  10. ^ Sangeren Jan Groth er død (in Norwegian)
  11. ^ Muere a los 79 años el cantante Peret, padre de la rumba catalana (in Spanish)
  12. ^ Zikakou, Ioanna. "Prominent Greek Singer Antonis Vardis Passes Away - GreekReporter.com".

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