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2015 in European music

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2015 in continental European music in geographical order.

Scandinavia

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Denmark

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Finland

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Norway

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Sweden

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Netherlands

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Dutch #1 singles

Belgium (two different charts for Flanders and Wallonie)

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  • DJ Felix De Laet's project Lost Frequencies have a major hit with a cover of Easton Corbin's Are You with Me. It was a #1 in Belgium, Ireland, UK, Sweden, Finland, Romania, Poland, Germany, Switzerland and Austria. The follow-up hit "Reality" was a #1 in Belgium, Austria, Germany and Poland.
  • Casting star Loïc Nottet had his first #1 with "Rhythm Inside" (in both parts of the country) and represented Belgium in Eurovision 2015 and came 5th overall
  • DJ brothers Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike had two #1s in "The Hum"(vs. Ummet Ozcan) and "Higher Place"(featuring Ne-Yo) in Flanders.

UK and Ireland

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Germany

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Switzerland and Austria

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France

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Portugal

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Spain

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Italy

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Italian number ones 2015

  • Operatic pop trio Il Volo represented Italy at the ESC with their #1 Grande amore and came third overall.
  • Eros Ramazzotti's thirteenth studio album Perfetto is #1 in Italy and top 5 in many other European countries.
  • Rapper Baby K featuring Giusy Ferreri had a platinum hit with Roma-Bangkok
  • German-speaking Frei.Wild's album "Opposition" is a #1 in Germany and Austria and #2 in Switzerland, the singles "Unvergessen, unvergänglich, lebenslänglich" and "Wir brechen eure Seelen" reach the German top 10.[6]

Eastern Europe/ Balkans

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Musical films

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Deaths

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References

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  1. ^ Roskilde line-up 2015
  2. ^ Rapupdate.de
  3. ^ Die WELT "Xatar, vom Knast an die Spitze der Charts", April 16,2015
  4. ^ "MTV EMA 2015: E O VENCEDOR DO BEST PORTUGUESE ACT É..." mtv.pt (in Portuguese). 15 October 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  5. ^ KTLA 5
  6. ^ Suchtkultur.de
  7. ^ "If You Hated La La Land, Maybe You'll Love This Polish Musical About Cannibal Mermaids". Esquire. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  8. ^ "Dane za: Weekend 25-27.12.15". PISF. Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej (in Polish). Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  9. ^ Morto Aldo Ciccolini, Il Grande Pianista Che Amava Firenze. Aveva 90 Anni (in Italian)
  10. ^ Décès du chef et compositeur Désiré Dondeyne (in French)
  11. ^ Z najgłębszym żalem zawiadamiamy, że dnia 17 lutego 2015 odszedł od nas Ś†P Prof. Andrzej Koszewski Archived 2016-02-19 at the Wayback Machine (in Polish)
  12. ^ Turkish pop star found dead
  13. ^ Почина Борис Гуджунов (in Bulgarian)
  14. ^ Legendary Musician Slavko Avsenik Dies
  15. ^ "Guy Béart obituary". The Guardian. 2015-09-17. Archived from the original on 2022-01-26.
  16. ^ Margalit Fox and James R. Oestreich, "Kurt Masur Dies at 88; Conductor Transformed New York Philharmonic", The New York Times (19 December 2015).