Five

I know it has been quite a while since I had the time to show you the latest from the world of ehCharts. However I have been a bit busy in terms of swimming and getting back into shape plus in all honesty updating the website from an iPad is not much fun!

On the plus side I am happy to announce that I managed to get hold of a new computer and can get back to ‘normal’. Saying that I have maintained the Top 20 in a regular fashion for the last five weeks and therefore can bring you guys up to date.

Most importantly to note is that since the last update there have been two No. 1’s and both are related to an incredible Melodifestivalen Final which took place in Sweden’s capital Stockholm! The rest you can see from the charts below as I don’t want to bore you with too many boring details. Enjoy

		18/02-24/02/2019
Rank	Last Week	Artist(s)/Band(s)	Song Title	Weeks
1	1	Kenneth M C Young	12 Bar Bot	4
2	2	Doris Dragovic	Nije Mi Vrime	5
3	3	Anna Bergendahl	Ashes To Ashes	4
4	NEW	Whitney Houston	I Will Always Love You (HEE Mix)	1
5	11	Tina Turner	The Bitch Is Back	8
6	4	Alabama	Can’t Keep A Good Man Down	2
7	6	Stella & Alexandra	You Got Me	8
8	NEW	Sally Yeh	Material Girl	1
9	12	Noémie	Ma Petite Familie	8
10	5	Miley Cyrus	The Bitch Is Back	8
11	8	The BBC	BBC News English Regions	3
12	NEW	Cheryl K	Money (That’s What I Want)	1
13	7	Saraha	Kizunguzungu	7
14	10	Dolly Style	Habibi	2
15	17	Cam	Diane	8
16	NEW	D Mol	Heaven	1
17	13	Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila	This Time	2
18	20	Jessica Mauboy	We Got Love	8
19	18	Little Mix	Black Magic	3
20	9	Boney M.	Belfast	2

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		25/02-03/03/2019
Rank	Last Week	Artist(s)/Band(s)	Song Title	Weeks
1	1	Kenneth M C Young	12 Bar Bot	5
2	8	Sally Yeh	Material Girl	2
3	4	Whitney Houston	I Will Always Love You (HEE Mix)	2
4	3	Anna Bergendahl	Ashes To Ashes	5
5	2	Doris Dragovic	Nije Mi Vrime	6
6	5	Tina Turner	The Bitch Is Back	9
7	12	Cheryl K	Money (That’s What I Want)	2
8	14	Dolly Style	Habibi	3
9	9	Noémie	Ma Petite Familie	9
10	6	Alabama	Can’t Keep A Good Man Down	3
11	10	Miley Cyrus	The Bitch Is Back	9
12	7	Stella & Alexandra	You Got Me	9
13	11	The BBC	BBC News English Regions	4
14	16	D Mol	Heaven	2
15	13	Saraha	Kizunguzungu	8
16	15	Cam	Diane	9
17	RE-ENTRY	Victor Crone	Storm	1
18	17	Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila	This Time	3
19	NEW	Rainey Qualley	Me And Johnny Cash	1
20	NEW	Lidija Bačić	Viski	1

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		04/03-10/03/2019
Rank	Last Week	Artist(s)/Band(s)	Song Title	Weeks
1	4	Anna Bergendahl	Ashes To Ashes	6
2	NEW	Jon Henrik Fjällgren	Norrsken	1
3	2	Kenneth M C Young	12 Bar Bot	6
4	3	Whitney Houston	I Will Always Love You (HEE Mix)	3
5	NEW	Arvingarna	I Do	1
6	NEW	Jonn Lundvik	Too Late For Love	1
7	9	Noémie	Ma Petite Familie	10
8	2	Sally Yeh	Material Girl	3
9	6	Tina Turner	The Bitch Is Back	10
10	11	Miley Cyrus	The Bitch Is Back	10
11	7	Cheryl K	Money (That’s What I Want)	3
12	5	Doris Dragovic	Nije Mi Vrime	7
13	8	Dolly Style	Habibi	4
14	12	Stella & Alexandra	You Got Me	10
15	10	Alabama	Can’t Keep A Good Man Down	4
16	NEW	Malou Prytz	I Do Me	1
17	18	Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila	This Time	4
18	15	Saraha	Kizunguzungu	9
19	RE-ENTRY	Little Mix	Black Magic	1
20	16	Cam	Diane	10

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		11/03-17/03/2019
Rank	Last Week	Artist(s)/Band(s)	Song Title	Weeks
1	1	Anna Bergendahl	Ashes To Ashes	7
2	2	Jon Henrik Fjällgren	Norrsken	2
3	4	Whitney Houston	I Will Always Love You (HEE Mix)	4
4	3	Kenneth M C Young	12 Bar Bot	7
5	6	Jonn Lundvik	Too Late For Love	2
6	NEW	Lilan Chen	Ni Dong Bu Dong	1
7	8	Sally Yeh	Material Girl	4
8	9	Tina Turner	The Bitch Is Back	11
9	11	Cheryl K	Money (That’s What I Want)	4
10	12	Doris Dragovic	Nije Mi Vrime	8
11	15	Alabama	Can’t Keep A Good Man Down	5
12	10	Miley Cyrus	The Bitch Is Back	11
13	5	Arvingarna	I Do	2
14	14	Stella & Alexandra	You Got Me	11
15	NEW	Kendji Girac & Claudio Capeo	Que Dieu Me Pardonne	1
16	13	Dolly Style	Habibi	5
17	NEW	Jonas Brothers	Sucker	1
18	NEW	Moncho	Cuba Libre	1
19	13	Saraha	Kizunguzungu	10
20	17	Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila	This Time	5

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		18/03-24/03/2019
Rank	Last Week	Artist(s)/Band(s)	Song Title	Weeks
1	2	Jon Henrik Fjällgren	Norrsken	3
2	1	Anna Bergendahl	Ashes To Ashes	8
3	3	Whitney Houston	I Will Always Love You (HEE Mix)	5
4	6	Lilan Chen	Ni Dong Bu Dong	2
5	NEW	Trude Herr	Ich Will Keine Schokolade	1
6	15	Kendji Girac & Claudio Capeo	Que Dieu Me Pardonne	2
7	4	Kenneth M C Young	12 Bar Bot	8
8	9	Cheryl K	Money (That’s What I Want)	5
9	5	Jonn Lundvik	Too Late For Love	3
10	NEW	David Seville	Witch Doctor	1
11	8	Tina Turner	The Bitch Is Back	12
12	7	Sally Yeh	Material Girl	5
13	11	Alabama	Can’t Keep A Good Man Down	6
14	14	Stella & Alexandra	You Got Me	12
15	10	Doris Dragovic	Nije Mi Vrime	9
16	12	Miley Cyrus	The Bitch Is Back	12
17	16	Dolly Style	Habibi	6
18	18	Moncho	Cuba Libre	2
19	12	Arvingarna	I Do	3
20	19	Saraha	Kizunguzungu	11

Philosophical

And another week has gone by super quick … not to sound sentimental or philosophical but to me it feels that time goes faster the older you get. Maybe I’m just tired! But I still owe you last weeks Top20. Not much movement in the Top positions but you’ll see quite a few ‘new’ entries, the highest being Alabama’s ‘Can’t Keep A Good Man Down’ at number 4. Sweden’s Melodifestivalen continues to be a strong provider of great tunes like ‘Habibi’ by Dolly Style sneaking in at Number 10. Quite a few countries have decided their Eurovision songs for this year and I’m almost certain that this will be reflected in next weeks charts. However this means that Kenneth can cling onto number 1 for a second week in a row with his Astro Bot soundtrack song!

		11/02-17/02/2019
Rank	Last Week	Artist(s)/Band(s)	Song Title	Weeks
1	1	Kenneth M C Young	12 Bar Bot	3
2	2	Doris Dragovic	Nije Mi Vrime	4
3	4	Anna Bergendahl	Ashes To Ashes	3
4	NEW	Alabama	Can’t Keep A Good Man Down	1
5	3	Miley Cirus	The Bitch Is Back	7
6	5	Stella & Alexandra	You Got Me	7
7	9	SaRaha	Kizunguzungu	6
8	11	The BBC	BBC News Regions	2
9	NEW	Boney M	Belfast	1
10	NEW	Dolly Style	Habibi	1
11	7	Tina Turner	The Bitch Is Back	7
12	10	Noémie	Ma Petite Famille	7
13	NEW	Monika Linkyte & Vaidas Baumila	This Time	1
14	8	Operacion Triunfo	Carina	2
15	NEW	Dejan Vunjak	Zelim, Zelim	1
16	NEW	Tina Trix & Ten Oliver	Blauer Himmel Und Sonnenschein	1
17	6	Cam	Diane	7
18	13	Little Mix	Black Magic	2
19	14	ABBA	Dancing Queen	7
20	17	Jessica Mauboy	We Got Love	7

Literally

It’s been a tough few days for me as I was in Germany for a little swimming training camp so today I’ll keep it short and simple and literally just show you my top 20 without a big story, which I hope is ok. I’m sure it is as it will give you more time to soak in the latest trends in ehCharts.

		04/02-10/02/2019
Rank	Last Week	Artist(s)/Band(s)	Song Title	Weeks
1	2	Kenneth M C Young	12 Bar Bot	2
2	1	Doris Dragovic	Nije Mi Vrime	3
3	3	Miley Cirus	The Bitch Is Back	6
4	4	Anna Bergendahl	Ashes To Ashes	1
5	6	Stella & Alexandra	You Got Me	6
6	5	Cam	Diane	6
7	8	Tina Turner	The Bitch Is Back	6
8	NEW	Operacion Triunfo	Camina	1
9	16	SaRaha	Kizunguzungu	5
10	9	Noémie	Ma Petite Famille	6
11	NEW	The BBC	BBC News Regions	1
12	13	Sigala, Fuse ODG, Sean Paul & Kent Jones	Feels Like Home	6
13	NEW	Little Mix	Black Magic	1
14	11	ABBA	Dancing Queen	6
15	10	Aretha Franklin	Let It Be	3
16	NEW	G.R.L.	Ugly Heart	1
17	15	Jessica Mauboy	We Got Love	6
18	NEW	Ilinca	Yodel It!	1
19	RE-ENTRY	Noah Kahan	Hurt Somebody	1
20	18	Nena	Wunder Geschehn’	4

Can

Sometimes ‘Spring’ clean outs can be very beneficial and in this case almost be a bit of a miracle! I came across two old laptops of mine, which I totally had forgotten about and believe it or not they do contain some old chart stuff! They contain stats and lists I thought I had lost forever! Okay it is not the entire list from 2001-2014 but a good 8.5 years worth of music memories!!!

This means I will be able to do a bit of a ‘flashback’ today to what was Number 1 Ten(!) years ago! And in a surprise look back it was ‘Same Jeans’ by The View which actually dethroned the almighty Dolly Parton and her smash hit ‘Baby I’m Burning’ that week.

Fast Forward to 2017 and you’ll also find last week’s Number One dethroned. Spain’s Mirela keeps it with the Eurovision family though and I still think ‘Contigo’ should be going to Kiev instead of Manuel Navarro’s ‘Do It For Your Lover’.

This week also see’s the return of Little Mix being the highest entry with ‘Your Love’ since their very successful pop songs ‘Black Magic’ & ‘Shout Out To My Ex’.

It is also interesting to see that only 5 ‘original’ songs from the first week remain in the Top 20! What a week this has been! So happy!

13/02-19/02/2017

Rank	Last Week	Artist(s)/Band(s)	Song Title	Weeks
1	5	Mirela	Spain	2
2	1	Alma	Requiem	2
3	4	Saraha	Kizunguzungu	7
4	2	Ace Wilder	Wild Child	3
5	6	The Gipsy Kings	Baila Me	4
6	3	Krista Siegfrids	Better On My Own	4
7	NEW	Little Mix	Your Love	1
8	8	Ed Sheeran	Castle On The Hill	6
9	7	Silver Convention	Telegram	3
10	9	Elina	In Or Out	2
11	12	One Direction	I Would	3
12	11	Juice Newton	Angel Of The Morning	7
13	14	Jana Kramer	Said No One Ever	5
14	NEW	Luminate	Heal This Home	1
15	19	The BBC	BBC News Countdown (Regions)	5
16	15	Justin Timberlake	Can’t Stop The Feeling	7
17	NEW	Charli XCX & Lil Yachty	After The Afterparty	1
18	17	Gladys Knight & The Pips	Midnight Train To Georgia	7
19	18	Rainey Qualley	Me And Johnny Cash	7
20	NEW	Sigala & Digital Farm Animals	Only One	1

No. 1 Ten Years Ago!

First

Sorry for being a day later than usual, but I literally just got back from my first trip abroad of 2017! I had good intentions yesterday when I was preparing to post ‘live’ from Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, but I decided not to in the end (maybe I had too much wine!).

Anyway week Number 3 has passed and so has another week of Enrico’s Hitlist or better now known as ehcharts and we have a new number one! Saraha from Sweden who was denied to represent the country at last year’s Eurovision Song Contest pushed her way to the top spot with ‘Kizunguzungu’ leaving the highest new entry ‘Said No One Ever’ by Jana Kramer in her wake. Not sure how many of you remember my pre-robbery time but Saraha’s song does remind me a tiny bit of Norway’s entry from 2011 called ‘Haba Haba’.

Thanks to my recent long-haul flights to the US I was able to pick up a few new songs who featured in movies I was able to watch, such as ‘The Secret Life Of Pets’! Although I wasn’t travelling to New York (I went to St Louis/Missouri) the song somehow stuck with me mainly because of its catchiness.

02/01-08/01/2017

Rank	Last Week	Artist(s)/Band(s)	Song Title	Weeks
1	2	Saraha	Kizunguzungu	3
2	NEW	Jana Kramer	Said No One Ever	1
3	1	Juice Newton	Angel Of The Morning	3
4	7	Ed Sheeran	Castle On The Hill	2
5	NEW	Taylor Swift	Welcome To New York	1
6	4	Shakira	Try Everything	3
7	5	Bardo	One Step Further	3
8	17	The Gipsy Kings	Medley	3
9	3	Rainey Qualley	Me And Johnny Cash	3
10	8	Britt Kersten	Küsse Im Winterwald	3
11	6	Kurumi Kobato	Atakku No. 1	3
12	9	Justin Timberlake	Can’t Stop The Feeling	3
13	12	Gladys Knight & The Pips	Midnight Train To Georgia	3
14	NEW	The BBC	BBC News Countdown (Regions)	1
15	11	Little Mix	Black Magic	3
16	10	Produce 101	Pick Me	3
17	14	Eric Church	How ‘Bout You	2
18	NEW	Rodney Atkins	If You’re Going Through Hell	1
19	13	Little Mix	Shout Out To My Ex	3
20	NEW	The Trio	Feels Like Home	1

Already

And the second week of 2017 already gone by! Isn’t it crazy how time just flies? I hope everyone made the most of it like me! Well I probably tried a bit too hard, as it ultimately resulted in me spending the day in bed today, being completely run down with this damn cold! Fingers crossed that I am on the mend and back in full action next week!

Nonetheless I did take time to give you this weeks charts! Hopefully you all have noticed that a few changes took place, most notably with Ed Sheeran being the highest entry with ‘Castle On The Hill’ climbing onto the 7th spot.

There’s also someone in the Top 20 this week who has climbed up to All Time Number 1 in the pre-disaster ehCharts time. For the new joiners I will shed a tiny bit of light on it for you. I’m talking of course about Dolly Parton’s ‘Baby’ I’m Burnin” who just surprised me this week (once again) and rightfully deserves her 15th place. I could elaborate more but as mentioned above I’m still not 100% and will save my energy for next week – promise!

02/01-08/01/2017

Rank	Last Week	Artist(s)/Band(s)	Song Title	Weeks
1	1	Juice Newton	Angel Of The Morning	2
2	2	Saraha	Kizunguzungu	2
3	5	Rainey Qualley	Me And Johnny Cash	2
4	4	Shakira	Try Everything	2
5	9	Bardo	One Step Further	2
6	3	Kurumi Kobato	Atakku No. 1	2
7	NEW	Ed Sheeran	Castle On The Hill	1
8	6	Britt Kersten	Küsse Im Winterwald	2
9	8	Justin Timberlake	Can’t Stop The Feeling	2
10	7	Produce 101	Pick Me	2
11	11	Little Mix	Black Magic	2
12	12	Gladys Knight & The Pips	Midnight Train To Georgia	2
13	13	Little Mix	Shout Out To My Ex	2
14	NEW	Eric Church	How ‘Bout You	1
15	NEW	Dolly Parton	Baby I’m Burnin’	1
16	14	G.R.L.	Ugly Heart	2
17	16	The Gipsy Kings	Medley	2
18	15	The Blah Blah Blahs	Oh, It’s Love	2
19	NEW	Shakespear’s Sister	Was It Something That I Said	1
20	17	Ruth Lorenzo	Renuncio	2

Music

One of my favourite announcements on TV is when the guy on X-Factor says ‘It’s Time To Face The Music’. And that’s exactly what I am going to do. As previously announced 2017 is going to be the proper revival of ehCharts!

And yes to start from scratch again is going to look a bit dull in the first week, though I’m afraid I do have to start somewhere like I did with this first time around an incredible 16(!) years ago.

I can still remember my first ever number 1 back in 2001. It sometimes feels like it was just yesterday, when the 2000 Sydney Olympics finished and Vanessa Amorosi’s ‘Absolutely Everybody’ went to the top and became one of the best songs of 2001.

But that was 2001 – time to fast forward to now, 2017 and my first number one was actually featured in the opening sequence of a movie I recently watched. ‘Angel Of The Morning’ by Juice Newton might have been already around in 2006 though this was the first time round I heard this song. It instantly stuck in my head and fought off the competition with ease. So thank you ‘Deadpool’ (that’s the name of the film) for introducing me to this one!

My recent visit to Germany over Christmas has also given me the chance to buy a DVD set of my favourite Anime series called ‘Mila Superstar’ which I have been binge watching over the past two weeks. It is not really known in the English world (unless you are a hardcore Anime/Manga fan) but I kind of grew up with this show and it brought back brilliant memories of my childhood. It also is still surprisingly motivating and has already helped me through some tough swim/gym sessions this week! Anyway it is therefore no surprise that the main song ‘Atakku No. 1’ performed by Kurumi Kobato sneaks in at No. 3!

This week did not just see Sweden’s Saraha occupying a Top 10 position with the Eurovision pre-entry song ‘Kizunguzungu’ (on 2). It also has Bardo who represented the United Kingdom in 1982 with their entry called ‘One Step Further’, a song I just recently started listening too and is actually quite catchy!

And even I sometimes can’t escape the current trends in the music industry as Entry Number 19 is clear evidence for this. ‘Sexual’ by Neiked & Dyo is a prime example of a potentially bad tune though you’re getting used to it as it is played over and over again on the radio. But I’ll let you be the judge of that and leave you on that note until next week.

02/01-08/01/2017

Rank	Last Week	Artist(s)/Band(s)	Song Title	Weeks
1	NEW	Juice Newton	Angel Of The Morning	1
2	NEW	Saraha	Kizunguzungu	1
3	NEW	Kurumi Kobato	Atakku No. 1	1
4	NEW	Shakira	Try Everything	1
5	NEW	Rainey Qualley	Me And Johnny Cash	1
6	NEW	Britt Kersten	Küsse im Winterwald	1
7	NEW	Produce 101	Pick Me	1
8	NEW	Justin Timberlake	Can’t Stop The Feeling	1
9	NEW	Bardo	One Step Further	1
10	NEW	Maiko Hashimoto	Say Yes	1
11	NEW	Little Mix	Black Magic	1
12	NEW	Gladys Knight & The Pips	Midnight Train To Georgia	1
13	NEW	Little Mix	Shout Out To My Ex	1
14	NEW	G.R.L.	Ugly Heart	1
15	NEW	The Blah Blah Blahs	Oh, It’s Love	1
16	NEW	The Gipsy Kings	Medley	1
17	NEW	Ruth Lorenzo	Renuncio	1
18	NEW	Aretha Franklin	You Are All I Need To Get By	1
19	NEW	Neiked & Dyo	Sexual	1
20	NEW	Kungs & Cookin’ On 3 Burners	This Girl	1