The European Border Breakers Chart is your weekly overview of emerging European artists scoring their first hits outside their home countries. In other words: the EBBChart spots acts early in their career, highlighting tomorrow’s potential superstars. Every Friday around noon a new chart is published, making for a great musical journey to the future.

This week’s Top 100 has an unprecedented 30 (re)entries. 13 of those tracks are charting for the first time. These are the artists to keep a keen eye out for:
#26: Lewis Capaldi – Grace
#31: Tom Gregory – Honest
#34: Angèle (pictured) – Jalousie
#39: El Profesor feat. Laura White – Ce Soir?
#47: Tom Grennan – Run In The Rain
#51: Soolking – Dalida
#59: Au/Ra – Emoji
#67: Pip Blom – Come Home
#73: Audiobooks – Dance Your Life Away
#84: Claire Laffut – Mojo
#89: Elax – Reaktor
#91: Kops – Salvation
#95: Deep Throat Choir – Be OK

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.