If you’re interested in new European music by emerging artists from this continent, then the European Border Breakers Chart is your ultimate source of information. Every Friday around noon, the new Top 100 is published, revealing the most successful tracks outside the home countries of the artists in question. 28% of this week’s chart are (re)entries, 13 of which have never featured in the Top 100 before.
Lump, the new project of Laura Marling with Tunng’s Mike Lindsay (pictured), has an exceptionally good week. Not only does their first single Curse Of The Contemporary gain a notch at #22, but the two follow-up singles and a track off their just-released eponymous debut album enter the chart.

These are all of the newbies in this week’s EBBChart:
#31: Lewis Capaldi – Tough
#34: Eli – Change Your Mind
#42: Yungblud – Psychotic Kids
#47: Lump – Late To The Flight
#55: bülow feat. Duckwrth – Sad And Bored
#56: Lump – Rolling Thunder
#63: Sorry – 2 Down 2 Dance
#64: Franka – Crazy
#66: Kara Marni – Love Just Ain’t Enough
#77: Dardan feat. Nimo – Piccos
#80: Follow The Flow – Nem Tudja Senki
#94: Da Beatfreakz feat. Mr. Eazi Shakka & Seyi Shay – Take Over
#99: Lump – May I Be The Light

For the full Top 100, click the ‘EBBChart’ tab in the top menu of this blog (loading of the PDF may take a little while). More charts, like the Tips (ranking the tracks that are on their way to the Top 100), the Airplay Chart and the Streaming Chart, are available at www.europeanborderbreakerschart.eu, where you can also listen to all of the tracks and watch their videos, as well as share them via social media.

Werner Schlosser

I’m a music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Have been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, I developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart. CEO of Werner Bros. tekst | uitleg.

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This week’s European Border Breakers Chart counts no less than 30 (re)entries. That’s 30 pieces of new European music for you to discover: the most promising talent from this continent.

One of the most important success stories of this week comes from Albin Lee Meldau (pictured). Not only is his song Try one of the 8 first-timers in the Top 100, he also sees his tracks The Weight Is Gone and I Need Your Love re-enter the chart.

The 8 entries below are all-fresh in the EBBChart this week:
#36: Naestro feat. Vitaa, Dadju, Slimane, Maître Gims – Bella Ciao
#66: Lump – Shake Your Shelter
#80: ZieZie – Fine Girl
#89: Albin Lee Meldau – Try
#92: Stinemako – Blue
#93: Greg Houben – Animal
#98: NSG – Pushing Up
#99: Yxng Bane feat. Maleek Berry – Corner

For the full Top 100, click the ‘EBBChart’ tab in the top menu of this blog (loading of the PDF may take a little while). More charts, like the Tips (ranking the tracks that are on their way to the Top 100), the Airplay Chart and the Streaming Chart, are available at www.europeanborderbreakerschart.eu, where you can also listen to all of the tracks and watch their videos, as well as share them via social media.

Werner Schlosser

I’m a music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Have been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, I developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart. CEO of Werner Bros. tekst | uitleg.

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The European Border Breakers Chart has the precision of a Swiss clock: every Friday around noon a new Top 100 (and accompanying charts) is published, indicating the new European artists that are already gaining traction outside their home countries and may well be on their way to become the new Dua Lipa, Alan Walker or Alice Merton (all of whom popped up in the EBBChart before their big international break-throughs).

This week’s chart counts another 15 fresh tracks among its 21 (re)entries. Are you ready to discover?
#19: Oysang – Go Flex
#43: Cosha – Do You Wanna Dance
#50: Bad Sounds – Evil Powers (pictured)
#58: Sigrid – Yellow
#66: Tracyanne & Danny – Can’t Be Love Unless It Hurts
#70: Blanche – Wrong Turn
#76: Shame – Tasteless
#84: Tracyanne & Danny – Home And Dry
#85: Elias Abbas feat. Hkeem – Bete Dig
#89: Vianni – Antisocial
#90: The Kingdom Choir Collective – Stand By Me
#93: 77:78 – Chilli
#94: Becky & The Birds – Holding On
#97: Cosima – Hymns For Him
#100: Sorry – Showgirl

For the full Top 100, click the ‘EBBChart’ tab in the top menu of this blog (loading of the PDF may take a little while). More charts, like the Tips (ranking the tracks that are on their way to the Top 100), the Airplay Chart and the Streaming Chart, are available at www.europeanborderbreakerschart.eu, where you can also listen to all of the tracks and watch their videos, as well as share them via social media.

Werner Schlosser

I’m a music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Have been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, I developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart. CEO of Werner Bros. tekst | uitleg.

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So, what were you up to this afternoon? How about discovering the future of European music? The European Border Breakers Chart is a collection of new European music that’s ready to reach the masses. All artists that are currently enjoying their first successes, but have the potential to make it big sooner or later.

This week’s Top 100 has 25 (re)entries, 14 of which are all-new. Let me count them down for you; you can listen to them via the EBBChart Spotify playlist…

Albin Lee Meldau – I Need Your Love (#42; pictured), Keir – Sadboy (#67), Tamino – Indigo Night (#70), Weslee – Sweat Dreams (#71), SJUR feat. Isac Elliot – Rich And Famous (#72), Anna VR – Under The Sand (#75), Samra – Rohdiamant (#78), Kerala Dust – Maria (#83), Sun Diego – Eloah (#85), Spielbergs – Distant Star (#93), Octavian – Hands (#94), Greg Houben – Pourvu Qu’elles Soient Douces (#97), JGrrey – Growing (#98), and Charles Watson – No Fanfare (#100).

You can find more information about all of the above in our weekly chart analysis.

For the full Top 100, click the ‘EBBChart’ tab in the top menu of this blog (loading of the PDF may take a little while). More charts, like the Tips (ranking the tracks that are on their way to the Top 100), the Airplay Chart and the Streaming Chart, are available at www.europeanborderbreakerschart.eu, where you can also listen to all of the tracks and watch their videos, as well as share them via social media.

Werner Schlosser

I’m a music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Have been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, I developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart. CEO of Werner Bros. tekst | uitleg.

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Interested in the first international successes of upcoming European artists? Then the European Border Breakers Chart is yours to follow. The fastest moving chart around is refreshed each Friday around noon. The new Top 100 is now ready for you to explore!

This week’s chart counts 23 newcomers, 12 of which were never in before. They are: Liam Payne feat. J Balvin – Familiar (#10), Ramz – Family Tree (#30), Naaz – As Fun (#45), Clara Luciani – La Grenade (#55), Spielbergs – Daisy! It’s The New Me (#64), Bloxx – Novocain (#69), Superorganism – SPRORGNSM (#74), Col3trane feat. Ebenezer – Language (#75), Amber Arcades – Simple Song (#80), Jen Jis feat. Feder & Bright Sparks – Keep Us Apart (#83), Halo Maud – Wherever (#88)…

But perhaps the most interesting entry in this week’s chart can be found at #99. There you’ll find arguably the very first chart hit of a song completely composed via artificial intelligence. How do you like Daddy’s Car by Flow Machines (artistic director Benoît Carré pictured)? It is written with algorithms that should make it sound like a song by The Beatles. Decide for yourself if you think they succeeded!

For the full Top 100, click the ‘EBBChart’ tab in the top menu of this blog (loading of the PDF may take a little while). More charts, like the Tips (ranking the tracks that are on their way to the Top 100), the Airplay Chart and the Streaming Chart, are available at www.europeanborderbreakerschart.eu, where you can also listen to all of the tracks and watch their videos, as well as share them via social media.

Werner Schlosser

I’m a music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Have been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, I developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart. CEO of Werner Bros. tekst | uitleg.

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The big winner of this week’s European Border Breakers Chart is Sigrid, who won a European Border Breakers Award this year. Not only does she jump from #3 to pole position with Strangers, besting Liam Payne & Rita Ora’s For You after nine consecutive weeks of chart domination, but Sigrid’s latest single High Five is also the highest entry at #10. Not often does a track gain direct access to the Top 10. And that’s not all, the song that started the Norwegian singer’s career, Don’t Kill My Vibe, re-enters the Top 100 at #65, while her recent single Raw is still at #91.

A little bit further down the chart there’s another winner, and a less obvious one. Hot on the heels of the release of their eponymous debut album, young British all-female rock four-piece Goat Girl (pictured) enter the Top 100 with no less than three album tracks: The Man With No Heart Or Brain (#70), Creep (#72), and Slowly Reclines (#79). Meanwhile, their singles Cracker Drool and The Man also hold #54 and #86, respectively.

By the way: if you want to see all tracks of your favourite artist in the chart at one glance, simply type their name in the field ‘Search in current chart’ and see what happens…

In total, this week’s European Border Breakers Chart counts 26 (re)entries, 17 of which make their very first appearance. Curious? For the full Top 100, click the ‘EBBChart’ tab in the top menu of this blog (loading of the PDF may take a little while). More charts, like the Tips (ranking the tracks that are on their way to the Top 100, with La Grenade by Clara Luciani currently at #1), the Airplay Chart and the Streaming Chart, are available at www.europeanborderbreakerschart.eu, where you can also listen to all of the tracks and watch their videos, as well as share them via social media.

Werner Schlosser

I’m a music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Have been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, I developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart. CEO of Werner Bros. tekst | uitleg.

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Friday 13 April is our lucky day! Last week’s edition of the European Border Breakers Chart was relatively slow on new music, but today it’s revenge time. We welcome 23 emerging European artists in the Top 100, 14 of which tracks never graced the chart before.

Please say hi to: Bvd Kult feat. Ot – Let You Go (#14), Mike Rogers feat. Abee – What Should I Do (#46), Alice Merton – Lash Out (#47), Berna – Won’t Stop (#56), Sam Fender – Friday Fighting (#60), Biig Piig – Perdida (#66), Project Mama Earth feat. Joss Stone – Mama Earth (#72), Goat Girl – Viper Fish (#77), J Colleran – Bera (#90), Tamino – Habibi (#92), Mist – Game Changer (#93), NOTD feat. Bea Miller – I Wanna Know (#95), Dead Sea – Know Where (#97), and Keir – Squeeze Me (#100).

As always it’s funny to see that what radio stations play is totally different from what music lovers stream. See for yourself by comparing the Airplay Chart with the Streaming Chart.

For the main Top 100, combining airplay and streaming data, click the ‘EBBChart’ tab in the top menu of this blog (loading of the PDF may take a little while). More charts, like the Tips (ranking the tracks that are on their way to the Top 100), are available at www.europeanborderbreakerschart.eu, where you can also listen to all of the tracks and watch their videos, as well as share them via social media.

Werner Schlosser

I’m a music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Have been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, I developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart. CEO of Werner Bros. tekst | uitleg.

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This week, once again, over a quarter of the new European Border Breakers Chart is fresh compared to last week. No less than 27 tracks enter the Top 100, although most of them appeared in the chart before. Six out of these 27 songs set foot in the list for the very first time.

Let me highlight them for you. These are this week’s first-timers: Them There – Blaze (#83), Her’s – Love On The Line – (#87), Goat Girl – Throw Me A Bone (#90), Wulf – All Things Under The Sun (#92; pictured), Willem Ardui – Morse (#94), and Lui Hill – 5000 Miles (#99).

For the full Top 100, click the ‘EBBChart’ tab in the top menu of this blog (loading of the PDF may take a little while). More charts, like the Tips (ranking the tracks that are on their way to the Top 100), the Airplay Chart and the Streaming Chart, are available at www.europeanborderbreakerschart.eu, where you can also listen to all of the tracks and watch their videos, as well as share them via social media.

Werner Schlosser

I’m a music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Have been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, I developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart. CEO of Werner Bros. tekst | uitleg.

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Good Friday just got even better with the publication of the new European Border Breakers Chart. One of the great things of an extra-long weekend is the fact you finally have time to enjoy the chart in full. And there is quite a lot to enjoy! This week, the Top 100 contains no less than 26 Easter eggs: tracks that (re)enter the chart. Exactly half of them are songs that are in the quickest European hit list for the very first time. I bet you have never heard of most of them before. You can get to know each of them via the combined play/share button behind the track.

These are this week’s newcomers: Altin Gün – Tatli Dile Guler Yuze (#49), K-Phax – Failure (#60), Hrvy – Personal (#77), Sigrid – I Don’t Want To Know (#78), Da Beatfreakz feat. Giggs – Swingin’ In Da Whip (#81), Spielbergs – We Are All Going To Die (#85), Chris Abolade – Tranquilo (#86), Kojaque – Bubby’s Cream (#87), 77:78 – Love Said (Let’s Go) (#88), Superorganism – Nobody Cares (#92), Art School Girlfriend – Moon (#93), Mont Jake feat. Leland Whitty & Gene Fisher – Come Closer (#94), and Mr. Jukes feat. Lianne La Havas – When Your Light Goes Out (#96).

For the full Top 100, click the ‘EBBChart’ tab in the top menu of this blog (loading of the PDF may take a little while). More charts, like the Tips (ranking the tracks that are on their way to the Top 100), the Airplay Chart and the Streaming Chart, are available at www.europeanborderbreakerschart.eu, where you can also listen to all of the tracks and watch their videos, as well as share them via social media.

Happy Easter, happy discovery!

Werner Schlosser

I’m a music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Have been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, I developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart. CEO of Werner Bros. tekst | uitleg.

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Are you ready for discovery? Then check the new European Border Breakers Chart, the first chart that featured artists like Dua Lipa, Alma, Alice Merton and Sigrid in the past. And you know where they are now…
Yes you noticed that correctly, I mentioned four female artists that broke through. The EBBChart is very female friendly!

This week, once again, the Top 100 is full of great emerging European artists, half of them women. Talking about Sigrid, at #31, this 2018 EBBA winner’s new single Raw is the highest of 27 (re)entries, 13 of which are newcomers. The other 13 first-timers are: Rhys – No Vacancy (#41), Lxandra – Dig Deep (#43), Otzeki – Already Dead (#52), Catherine McGrath – Thought It Was Gonna Be Me (#57), The Boy Next Door feat. Fresh Coast & Jody Bernal – La Colegiala (#58), Rooz feat. MoTrip – Immer Wieder (#72), Alex Aris – Wrong Love (#73; pictured), Bad Fit – In The City (#83), Superorganism – Relax (#92), Yxng Bane – Vroom (#93), Hymner feat. Alessandra Rosaldo – Bicycle (#95), and Ligeti Gyuri – Sorry (#97).

Meanwhile, in the Tips chart, you can find Imitating Aeroplanes – Hourglass and Rosborough – Another Lesson, among others.

For the full Top 100, click the ‘EBBChart’ tab in the top menu of this blog (loading of the PDF may take a little while). More charts, like the Tips (ranking the tracks that are on their way to the Top 100), the Airplay Chart and the Streaming Chart, are available at www.europeanborderbreakerschart.eu, where you can also listen to all of the tracks and watch their videos, as well as share them via social media.

Werner Schlosser

I’m a music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Have been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, I developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart. CEO of Werner Bros. tekst | uitleg.

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