Blue is the colour of today’s European Border Breakers Chart. Blue is the colour that indicates a (re)entry in the chart and this week there are 20 of them. In other words: one fifth of the Top 100 is completely fresh. No other chart lets you discover so much new music, and even better: they are all European artists, breaking outside their home countries.

(Former?) One Direction member Niall Horan and EBBChart regular Jonas Blue (how is that for a coincidence?) are the this week’s highest entries at #12(!) and #29 respectively. But let me cherry pick the best of the other entries for you. City Lights by Blanche (pictured) received a well-deserved airplay push in a lot of countries, after her performance at the Eurovision Song Contest, last Tuesday. It lands at #52 this week. French band Rocky are in at #73 with Love Is A Soft Machine, which features a New Order-like bassline. For those who like their music a little harder and edgier, there is Starcrawler’s Ants at #99. Garage rock at its best! And finally, Findlay’s Waste My Time made its way to the chart as well. It enters at #100 this week, so she has a whole chart ahead of her!

Click the ‘EBBChart’ tab in the top menu of this blog for the complete Top 100 (loading of the PDF may take a little while). For more charts (like the Bubbling Under, which ranks 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.