Chisu again, eurovision

[credoimprobus]

I already posted this once in the last Hitz from Finland, but like the Very Smart Person I am I managed to miss the fact that a) there's actually a video for this too and b) it was already on youtube when I did this the first time with an audio-only clip, haha. So I'm using that as an excuse to post it again! Chisu - Muut:

The more I hear this, the more it strikes me exactly as the sort of thing that tends to go down splendidly here at poptimists, so I'd love to see some discussion on it! It'll probably end up as one of the singles of the year for me (the fact that it's playlisting on top 40 radio at the same time as No Air kinda makes this THE BEST MONTH EVER).

Last-minute addendum: and someone obligingly put up her brand out-this-week new radio single just ten hours before I posted this (hurrah internets! good work with the mindreading, there), so you get that too:

Not as smashing as Muut, because what is, but it's really not far behind either. Lovely!

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And as Eurovision draws closer, I'd like to make the statement that Armenia can TOTALLY win this year as far as I'm concerned:

Another favourite is Bulgaria:

For the first minute you almost think this is going to be history's first instrumental Eurovision entry, and then it slows down and goes reggae-flavoured for the vocal bit, and it is AWESOME. Top-notch work overall, I really hope they do well!


(As a sidenote, anyone not heard yet abt Russia enlisting Timbaland to beef up their entry? OH RUSSIA, NEVER CHANGE.)

She's at it again

[bengraham.livejournal.com]

Little bit more music history for Leona Lewis this week over the pond.

Having first hit the top spot in the Billboard Hot 100 on April 5th, 'Bleeding Love' stayed on top only one week before being ousted by Mariah's 'Touch My Body'. On April 26th, Leona moved back up to the top of the charts, only to be replaced (a week later, again) by Lil Wayne's 'Lollipop'. When the new charts are announced tomorrow, it seems 99% certain that Leona will be back on top of the charts again.

No single has ascended to the top three different times since 1979 and 'Le Freak' by Chic.

Well done Leona.