Black Magic – ehCharts

Can

Posted on February 20, 2017 by ehcharts

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

Posted on January 23, 2017 by ehcharts

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

Posted on January 16, 2017 by ehcharts

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

Posted on January 8, 2017 by ehcharts

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

Second

Posted on November 1, 2016 by ehcharts

At the moment I am actually quite impressed with myself, that I’m posting this week, which shows my determination to get the ball rolling again even though it’s only the second week in a row but it is at the end the little steps/things/actions right? So without further fluffing around here are this weeks charts!

Fittingly enough for my post title this week, two new entries probably have caught your attention. First one up on sixth position is Ruth Lorenzo, who a few might re-call from taking part at the Eurovision Song Contest or being a UK X-Factor contestant! Renuncio is a perfect catchy Spanish pop tune and rightfully deserves to be in the Top 10 already!

The first time I heard the artist’ name Just Kiddin I was like are they for real and then the song ‘Fall For You’ came up on my Shazam and it instantly was a ‘hit’ so it is no wonder that it strongly defends it’s seventh position in week number 2!

Another tune defending it’s position from the previous week has grown on me during my recent gym workouts and having listened to it quite a few times now! I am talking about ‘Bury It’ from Churches & Hayley Williams on rank number 9 this week. Quite a cool video too to finish off for today!

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Rank	Last Week	Artist(s)/Band(s)	Song Title
1	1	Little Mix	Shout Out To My Ex
2	3	Shakira	Try Everything
3	4	Galantis & Hook N Sling	Love On Me
4	6	Shania Twain	Up
5	5	Justin Timberlake	Can’t Stop The Feeling
6	NEW	Ruth Lorenzo	Renuncio
7	7	Just Kiddin	Fall For You
8	2	Connie Smith	Ride, Ride, Ride
9	9	Churches & Hayley Williams	Bury It
10	8	Produce 101	Pick Me
11	10	Katie Herzig	Best Day Of Your Life
12	12	Maiko Hashimoto	Say Yes
13	11	Rainey Qualley	Me And Johnny Cash
14	13	Saraha	Kizunguzungu
15	17	Little Mix	Black Magic
16	NEW	Aretha Franklin	You Are All I Need To Get By
17	16	Maroon 5 & Kendrick Lamar	Don’t Wanna Know
18	15	Ward Thomas	Boomerang
19	19	Fleetwood Mac	Everywhere
20	18	Natalija Verboten	Ma Kje Si Ti

Reset

Posted on October 23, 2016 by ehcharts

I have made a decision after the past few weeks me thinking about ehCharts (and not posting again!) and decided -> drumroll please

The main reason for this step is that I have been lacking so much with continuity this year and it has gone so far that by now it doesn’t make sense to just start at the end of October again, since this year chart wise will be a write off year!

This means over the next couple of weeks/months I still be showing you regular updates of Enrico’s Hitlist, but it will not account for much in terms of figures for future statistics as it will not have an impact whatsoever and if it does it will be very minimal.

Thanks to X-Factor ehCharts has a new number one (though no one really knows besides myself who has been occupying the top spot over recent weeks) in form of Little Mix’ latest single ‘Shout Out To My Ex’. It was performed on last weeks live result show and has not just climbed to the top in my charts! It has also gained the top spot in the UK Top 40, which is just more evidence that sometimes (!) I’m up to current trends contrary to popular belief.

Another song I want to highlight is currently ranked on eight position but has been a big Top 3 hit over the summer months, especially since June when I discovered this song on my travel around the world. Produce 101’s smash hit single ‘Pick Me’ is a perfect example of K-Pop which has now infiltrated ehCharts!

‘Love On Me’ by Gallants & Hook N Sling is a very new entry and by the looks of it the fourth place will not be the end for this uplifting dance song which will probably help me with my gym work outs over the weeks to come! And with this uplifting note I shall say good night until next time! Thanks for ‘tuning’ in! Continue reading “Reset” →

Can’t Stop

Posted on September 11, 2016September 11, 2016 by ehcharts

I kind of have to start this weeks article with yet another apology, because it has been such a long time since my last post (again I know!)

BUT a lot has happened since last year to say the least. I won’t bore you with those details today, because a) I need to keep some stories for the future to come and b) it is already pretty late and I do need my ‘beauty’ sleep #joking!

A few things though! This week marks another new beginning of ehCharts – 3rd time lucky I hope, as I haven’t been consistent enough over the past few months to keep it up I spontaneously decided to re-start again, as much as it hurts!

This weeks headline also coincidently refers to the ‘first’ Number 1 ‘Can’t Stop The Feeling’ by Justin Timberlake who performed this fine tune at the Eurovision Song Contest final this year in Sweden’s capital Stockholm. Even though I only kept my top 20 sporadically over the past couple of months this song would have been number one quite a few times so it definitely deserves the top position this week. However Shakira’s ‘Try Everything’ from Zootopia is closely followed especially after having discovered an amazing remix to this song. And I actually think this is a close candidate for number one next week, but who knows! We all know anything is possible these days, especially when its comes to my music taste so stay tuned for more to come, because I am definitely back for good!!!

Week 1 2016 > 5SEP-11SEP2016

Rank	Last Week	Artist(s)/Band(s)	Song Title	Weeks
1	NEW	Justin Timberlake	Can’t Stop The Feeling	1
2	NEW	Shakira	Try Everything	1
3	NEW	Produce 101	Pick Me	1
4	NEW	Little Mix	Black Magic	1
5	NEW	Rainey Qualley	Me And Johnny Cash	1
6	NEW	Saraha	Kizunguzungu	1
7	NEW	Capital Cities	One Minute More	1
8	NEW	Cheryl	I Don’t Care	1
9	NEW	The Shires	Beats To Your Rhythm	1
10	NEW	Natalija Verboten	Ma Kje Si Ti	1
11	NEW	Chvrches & Hayley Williams	Bury It	1
12	NEW	Justin Bieber	Love Yourself	1
13	NEW	Deorro & Elvis Crespo	Bailar	1
14	NEW	Christine And The Queens	Tilted	1
15	NEW	Kungs	This Girl	1
16	NEW	The Saturdays	Just Can’t Get Enough	1
17	NEW	Bastille	Good Grief	1
18	NEW	G.R.L.	Ugly Heart	1
19	NEW	Neon Genesis Evangelion	Opening Theme	1
20	NEW	Fleetwood Mac	Everywhere	1