Is it your work or hobby to discover new artists and music? Are you for example working for a radio station, a booking agency, a management company, in the live industry or are you a fellow music blogger? Then the European Border Breakers Chart is an indispensable piece of information. Each week, it ranks emerging European artists breaking borders across Europe.

This week’s chart has 8 first-timers among a total of 14 (re)entries: Liam Payne – Bedroom Floor (#36), Pixx – Romance (#63), this week’s Carte Blanche Music Wildcard Dagny – Love You Like That (#75; pictured), Bausa – Was Du Liebe Nennst (#88), Naaz – Up To Something (#89), Eddy De Pretto – Fête De Trop (#91), Chris & Kem – Little Bit Leave It (#92), and Everything Is Recorded – Show Love (#98).

Also, the chart has a new #1 this week. Want to know which one? You can check the complete Top 100 by clickicg the ‘EBBChart’ tab in the top menu of this blog (loading of the PDF may take a little while). For more charts (like the Tips, ranking the tracks that are on their way to the Top 100), please visit www.europeanborderbreakerschart.eu, where you can listen to all of the tracks and watch their videos as well.

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 Friday, the European Border Breakers Chart features six newcomers: Jonas Blue feat. Moelogo – We Could Go Back (#28), Hkeem – En Som Meg (#38), Louis Tomlinson – Just Like You (#46), Tom Walker – Leave A Light On (#67), Cosmo Pyke – Great Dane (#79) and Sandor – Bar De Nuit (#95).

At the other end of the spectrum, there are 11 tracks that have been in the Top 100 ever since the very first EBBChart was compiled, in November 2015. These 11 tracks are in the chart for a massive 100 weeks now. In other words: the EBBChart can help establish long-lasting careers for upcoming artists!

For the complete Top 100, click the ‘EBBChart’ tab in the top menu of this blog (loading of the PDF may take a little while). For more charts (like the Tips, ranking the tracks that are on their way to the Top 100), please visit www.europeanborderbreakerschart.eu, where you can listen to all of the tracks and watch their videos as well.

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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Every Friday around noon the new European Border Breakers Chart is published. If you don’t want to set your alarm (no hard feelings), you can subscribe to our chart alert. A once a week mail that we send out the moment we update the site. You’ll be the first to know!

This Friday the 13^th of October is a lucky day for four artists, who enter the Top 100: Jireel – Man Of The Year (#73), Smerz – No Harm (#75), Sink Ya Teeth – Glass (pictured; #87) and Tusks – Dissolve (#93).

For the complete Top 100, click the ‘EBBChart’ tab in the top menu of this blog (loading of the PDF may take a little while). For more charts (like the Tips, ranking the tracks that are on their way to the Top 100), please visit www.europeanborderbreakerschart.eu, where you can listen to all of the tracks and watch their videos as well.

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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While Dua Lipa still ‘rules’ the European Border Breakers Chart, the Top 100 greets six newcomers this week among a total of 15 (re)entries. If you don’t have time to check them all, at least give these a listen: Moncrieff – Symptoms (#62), Tom Grennan – Royal Highness (#79), Isaac Gracie – The Death Of You & I (#81; pictured), Lcaw feat. Sophie Hintze – Staring At The Sun (#87), Nilüfer Yanya – Baby Luv (#91) and Shy Luv – Like A River (#100). You can hear all of this week’s (re)entries in this Spotify playlist.

Meanwhile, Témé Tan’s new single Coups De Griffe shoots from #82 to #52, also sparking new interest from radio in his earlier singles Ça Va Pas La Tête? and Améthys. Both of them re-enter the EBBChart this week.

For the complete Top 100, click the ‘EBBChart’ tab in the top menu of this blog (loading of the PDF may take a little while). For more charts (like the Tips, ranking the tracks that are on their way to the Top 100), please visit www.europeanborderbreakerschart.eu.

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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Some of the artists who had their first success in the European Border Breakers Chart over the past year, enter again this week with their latest efforts. Most impressing is the accomplishment of Finnish emerging artist Alma (pictured). Her new single Phases comes in at #6 this week. This isn’t given to many artists. The track features French Montana, who is an American, by the way.
Another future promising artist that you have come to know through the EBBChart is Anne-Marie. Her new track Heavy enters at #19 this week. Her previous singles Do It Right, Alarm and Ciao Adios reached #27, #6 and #2 respectively. Is Heavy destined for #1? Watch this space…

Other first-timers this week are Yungblud – I Love You Will You Marry Me (#78), Borokov Borokov – Had Ik Maar Wat Meer Vakantie (#81), Témé Tan – Coups De Griffe (#82) and Davai feat. Cire – Replay (#84). Elsewhere, seven tracks make a re-entry in this week’s chart.

For the complete Top 100, click the ‘EBBChart’ tab in the top menu of this blog (loading of the PDF may take a little while). For more charts (like the Tips, ranking the tracks that are on their way to the Top 100), please visit www.europeanborderbreakerschart.eu.

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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A new edition of the European Border Breakers Chart is online. I’ll talk to you about the Top 100 in a bit, but perhaps the most interesting entry in this week’s charts can be found at #10 in the Tips By Country section. 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? It is written with algorithms that should make it sound like a song by The Beatles (pictured). Did they succeed? Listen and make up your own mind!

This week’s Top 100 counts 16 entries, half of which are completely fresh: Niall Horan – Too Much To Ask (#11), Alan Walker – The Spectre (#52), Soleima – Paper (#85), Faire – Marie Louise (#86), Girli – Hot Mess (#91), E. Mak feat. Big Zeeks – Yo (#92), Pale Waves – Television Romance (#94) and Paper James – Eiland (#97).

For the complete Top 100, click the ‘EBBChart’ tab in the top menu of this blog (loading of the PDF may take a little while). For more charts (like the Tips, ranking the tracks that are on their way to the Top 100), please visit www.europeanborderbreakerschart.eu.

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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Want to impress your friends by predicting tomorrow’s stars? Then take a sneak peak in the European Border Breakers Chart! This is a Top 100 with the best upcoming European artists. Refreshed every Friday around noon, so now is the time…

At this week’s chart summit Dua Lipa and Willy William play puss in the corner, with New Rules reclaiming the top position. Elsewhere, 14 (re)entries provide the chart with a breath of fresh air. No less than nine of these tracks have never been in the Top 100 before: Zayn feat. Sia – Dusk Till Dawn (straight in at #10), Superorganism – Something For Your M.I.N.D. (the follow-up to It’s All Good enters at #35), Everything Is Recorded feat. Sampha, Ibeyi, Wiki & Kamasi Washington – Mountains Of Gold (#55), Filous feat. Klei – For Love (#61), Warhaus – Mad World (#76), Naaz – Words (#88), Harry Styles – The Chain (#93), Joy Crookes – Sinatra (#94) and Sea Girls – Call Me Out (#97; pictured and highly recommended).

For the complete Top 100, click the ‘EBBChart’ tab in the top menu of this blog (loading of the PDF may take a little while). For more charts (like the Tips, ranking the tracks that are on their way to the Top 100), please visit www.europeanborderbreakerschart.eu.

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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Looking for great new music by emerging artists from all over Europe? Then look no further than the European Border Breakers Chart. The only chart completely filled with European artists in the spring of their careers.

This week’s Top 100 counts 16 entries, five of which appear for the first time: Tom Walker – Heartland (UK, #69; pictured), Naked Cameo – Luddite (Germany, #70), Ary – Already There (Norway, #79), Klyne – Sure Thing (Netherlands, #97) and Otzeki – All This Time (UK, #98).

For the complete Top 100, click the ‘EBBChart’ tab in the top menu of this blog (loading of the PDF may take a little while). For more charts (like the Tips, ranking the tracks that are on their way to the Top 100), please visit www.europeanborderbreakerschart.eu.

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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Last year, Dua Lipa (pictured) was the most successful emerging British artist in terms of airplay outside her home country, which won her a European Border Breakers Award last January. The same evening she was handed the Public Choice award. But despite all of that, she never reached the top spot in the European Border Breakers Chart. Until now. In its seventh chart week, New Rules dethrones Jonas Blue’s Mama. Mi Gente by J. Balvin sneaks ahead of him as well, rounding off the top 3.

Further down the EBBChart, there is plenty of action too. And very much to discover. No less than 10 out of all 14 (re)entries this week have never been in the Top 100 before. Highlights included an acoustic cover Elbow-singer Guy Garvey did of David Bowie’s classic Let’s Dance (in at #91), Danish producer Vera who teams up with Norwegian singer Okay Kaya for bouncy single Falling (#94) and another Danish entry: The Dead-On’s Lovesick (#100).

For the complete Top 100, click the ‘EBBChart’ tab in the top menu of this blog (loading of the PDF may take a little while). For more charts (like the Tips, ranking the tracks that are on their way to the Top 100), please visit www.europeanborderbreakerschart.eu.

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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Each week, the European Border Breakers Chart shows you the 100 tracks that are most successful outside the home countries of the emerging European artists performing them. A great way to discover new acts and new music. It’s New Music Friday after all…

This week, the chart counts 13 (re)entries, three of which never reached the Top 100 before: Tusen Bitar by Kampferdrops (#46), the slightly hypnotising Machine by Tender (#68; pictured) and Life by Dream Wife (#98). If you play them one after another in this order, the sound smoothly evolves from dance pop to guitar pop…

For the complete Top 100, click the ‘EBBChart’ tab in the top menu of this blog (loading of the PDF may take a little while). For more charts (like the Tips, ranking the tracks that are on their way to the Top 100), please visit www.europeanborderbreakerschart.eu. There, you can also view all the available clips and listen to the songs via the play/share button behind each track.

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.

www.carteblanchemusic.nl