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.