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Thanks for very nice comment. I love Krista, she is a beautiful and lovely person, singer and mom. Sadly her Melfest entries weren't so good as "Marry Me", "Seventeen" and UMK20 (I even charted it) 2hir2iXJVvo Did you hear her cover version of Diva together with ... Lordi ? 1ZEyd8xlo4A Yes, Melfest equivalent of this countdown will coming soon. Like in ESC version, there are many DNQ entries which will get their fifteen minutes of fame (at least in my ranking).

Best - Kylie Minogue Worst - Faithless, Darude

Only "Crash" is OK for me.

Is it your favourite Sanna track or you prefer Empty Room / anything from her MelFest entries on Swedish language ?

:o I always thought that you love a music from 70s more than from any other decade.

Top 50 (Represented countries) : 3 : San Marino, United Kingdom, Sweden, Romania, Germany, Estonia, Finland 2 : Andorra, Ireland, Switzerland, Slovenia, Poland, Croatia 1 : Lithuania, Latvia, Serbia, Cyprus, Slovakia, Australia, Portugal, Macedonia, Hungary, Russia, Monaco, Netherlands, Moldova, Greece, Belgium, Iceland, Denmark Yearly winners : 2000 : Jane Bogaert - La Vita Cos'e (Switzerland) 2001 : Michelle - Wer Liebe Lebt (Germany) 2002 : Jessica Garlick - Come Back (United Kingdom) 2003 : Esther Hart - One More Night (Netherlands) 2004 : Julia Savicheva - Believe Me (Russia) 2005 : Lise Darly - Tout De Moi (Monaco) 2006 : Silvia Night - Congratulations (Iceland) 2007 : Scooch - Flying The Flag (For You) (United Kingdom) 2008 : Gisela - Casanova (Andorra) 2009 : Susanne Georgi - La Teva Decisio (Get A Life) (Andorra) 2010 : Anna Bergendahl - This Is My Life (Sweden) 2011 : Twiins - I'm Still Alive (Slovakia) 2012 : Anmary - Beautiful Song (Latvia) 2013 : Krista Siegfrids - Marry Me (Finland) 2014 : Sanna Nielsen - Undo (Sweden) 2015 : Monika Linkyte and Vaidas Baumila - This Time (Lithuania) 2016 : ManuElla - Blue and Red (Slovenia) 2017 : Jana Burcheska - Dance Alone (Macedonia) 2018 : Humans - Goodbye (Romania) 2019 : Kate Miller-Heidke - Zero Gravity (Australia) 2020 : Lesley Roy - Story Of My Life (Ireland)

For me : 1. 2000s - 9/10 2. 1970s - 8/10 3. 1980s - 6/10 4. 1990s - 5/10 5. 1960s - 4/10 Bonus : pre-60s (mostly 50s) - 5/10

In 2012 year I was sure in her top 5 result (even after the performance in a semifinal) :( and in DNQ for Sweden. :) My top 4 was Latvia, San Marino, Belgium, Finland. Just imagine my emotions after declaring results in semifinal 1. :cry:

New forum picture :heart:

She :wub: # 3 in my Girls Aloud songs ranking (behind Can't Speak French and See The Day)

Crazy list again. :lol: Apple Music has a countdown of the best 100 albums of all time according to them. Full list #1. Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill #2. Michael Jackson - Thriller #3. Beatles - Abbey Road #4. Prince & The Revolution - Purple Rain #5. Frank Ocean - Blonde #6. Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life #7. Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city #8. Amy Winehouse - Back to Black #9. Nirvana - Nevermind #10. Beyonce - Lemonade #11. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours #12. Radiohead - OK Computer #13. Jay-Z - The Blueprint #14. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited #15. Adele - 21 #16. Joni Mitchell - Blue #17. Marvin Gaye - What’s Going On #18. Taylor Swift - 1989 (Taylor’s Version) #19. Dr. Dre - The Chronic #20. Beach Boys - Pet Sounds #21. Beatles - Revolver #22. Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run #23. Daft Punk - Discovery #24. David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars #25. Miles Davis - Kind of Blue #26. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy #27. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II #28. Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon #29. A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory #30. Billie Eilish - WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? #31. Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill #32. Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die #33. Radiohead - Kid A #34. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back #35. Clash - London Calling #36. Beyonce - Beyonce #37. Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) #38. Carole King - Tapestry #39. Nas - Illmatic #40. Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You #41. OutKast - Aquemini #42. Janet Jackson - Control #43. Talking Heads - Remain in Light #44. Stevie Wonder - Innervisions #45. Björk - Homogenic #46. Bob Marley & The Wailers — Exodus #47. Drake - Take Care #48. Beastie Boys - Paul’s Boutique #49. U2 - The Joshua Tree #50. Kate Bush - Hounds of Love #51. Prince - Sign O’ the Times #52. Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction #53. Rolling Stones - Exile on Main St. #54. John Coltrane - A Love Supreme #55. Rihanna - ANTI #56. The Cure - Disintegration #57. D’Angelo - Voodoo #58. Oasis - (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? #59. Arctic Monkeys - AM #60. Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground and Nico #61. Sade - Love Deluxe #62. 2Pac - All Eyez on Me #63. Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced? #64. Erykah Badu - Baduizm #65. De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising #66. Smiths - The Queen Is Dead #67. Portishead - Dummy #68. Strokes - Is This It #69. Metallica - Master of Puppets #70. N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton #71. Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express #72. SZA - SOS #73. Steely Dan - Aja #74. Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral #75. Missy Elliott - Supa Dupa Fly #76. Bad Bunny - Un Verano Sin Ti #77. Madonna - Like a Prayer #78. Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road #79. Lana Del Rey - Norman F*****g Rockwell! #80. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP #81. Neil Young - After the Gold Rush #82. 50 Cent - Get Rich or Die Tryin' #83. Patti Smith - Horses #84. Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle #85. Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour #86. Mary J. Blige - My Life #87. Massive Attack - Blue Lines #88. Nina Simone - I Put a Spell on You #89. Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster #90. AC/DC - Back in Black #91. George Michael - Listen Without Prejudice, Vol. 1 #92. Tyler, The Creator - Flower Boy #93. Solange - A Seat at the Table #94. Burial - Untrue #95. Usher - Confessions #96. Lorde - Pure Heroine #97. Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine #98. Travis Scott - ASTROWORLD #99. Eagles - Hotel California #100. Robyn - Body Talk

Obviously I heard the original, but 60s is my weakest link in a knowledge of retro music. Honestly not a fan of that decade so that's why didn't remember about Nancy Sinatra, when heard "Lady Bird" from Grant and Forsyth. So far (after 10 completed years and 567 retrospective charts) Grant and Forsyth have three number ones, Saint Etienne also have three and Cyndi Lauper is on the road to her maiden chart topper, because possibly she will replace Grant and Forsyth single on the top very soon.

Bonus : Anmary - Laidies Ar Mani JCLpE_NwLpg Her comeback single from 2022 year.

Everyone knows which song is my all-time # 1 favourite. There are two things, which almost impossible to avoid on any forum, where I posted - Lithuanian girl group YVA and "Beautiful Song". 1. Anmary - Beautiful Song (Latvia - 2012) DuOBY-S63Rk :heart: Everything is perfect : singer, lyrics, vocals, staging. My favourite is her performance in Latvian NF final , but Eurovision version is good too. Possibly if you didn’t know it before, but both her NF performances were different. Iconic book "History of Eurovision" (from the semifinal) was really missed in the main contest. ( ) It's the best song, which was ever recorded. For me "Beautiful Song" is a something special, I gave 10/10 rate, but honestly her masterpiece is in a league of its own. This song separated a history of pop music on two parts : before and after. Even the title of my retrospective chart "Gražios Dainos" ("Beautiful songs" on Lithuanian) is a reference to my all-time # 1 favourite song.

2. Krista Siegfrids - Marry Me (Finland - 2013) dlBXOveVh7c

Best: Denise and Johnny - Especially For You Worst : Fatboy Slim - Gangster Trippin

3. Silvia Night - Congratulations (Iceland - 2006) KkydPOGTJKk

What about a length of EPs ? For sample "Magical Mystery Tour" was # 2 in UK singles chart.

09.01.1994 (Week # 2) 01. ( 01 ) Dominic Grant and Julie Forsyth - Lady Bird (6 weeks) (2 weeks at # 1) 02. ( 02 ) Saint Etienne - I Was Born On Christmas Day (4 weeks) 03. ( 04 ) Belinda Carlisle - Lay Down Your Arms (7 weeks) 04. ( 03 ) One Two - Getting Better (11 weeks) 05. ( NE ) Cyndi Lauper - Who Let In The Rain (1 week) 06. ( 06 ) Josefin Nilsson - Surprise, Surprise (3 weeks) 07. ( 05 ) Helene and Ganget - Varje Morgondag (11 weeks) 08. ( 07 ) Erik and Sanne - Verdronken Vlinder (13 weeks) 09. ( 08 ) Kristina Bach - Ich Will Nicht Langer Dein Geheimnis Sein (9 weeks) 10. ( 09 ) Kim Wilde - In My Life (9 weeks) 11. ( NE ) Hanny - Ik Fluit Naar Alle Mannen (1 week) 12. ( 11 ) John McCook and Bobbie Eakes - Heaven's Just A Step Away (5 weeks) 13. ( 10 ) Marianne Rosenberg - Wenn Ich Dich Betruege (8 weeks) 14. ( 13 ) Anny Schilder - Er Is Een Ding Dat Altijd Blijft (13 weeks) 15. ( NE ) Maggie Reilly - Every Single Heartbeat (1 week) 16. ( 12 ) Corry Konings - Een Wonder (7 weeks) 17. ( 14 ) Heart - Will You Be There (In The Morning) (8 weeks) 18. ( 15 ) Michelle - Erste Sehnsucht (12 weeks) 19. ( 16 ) Trisha Yearwood - The Song Remembers When (7 weeks) 20. ( 17 ) Anita Meyer - Het Spijt Me (17 weeks) Youtube : Cyndi Lauper : Hanny : Maggie Reilly :

4. Birgit Oigemeel - Et Uus Saaks Alguse (Estonia - 2013) Ooo6GvZNLhI

5. Sanna Nielsen - Undo (Sweden - 2014) 5PQJI-3LW-8

Yes, possibly you are right, but I don't want to separate one topic on two parts or more. In Youtube playlist there are near 10 % of modern music, the rest 90 % is almost in half 20th and 21st century. In "Ruin the year" I wish to select a chain with five years from five different decades (from 70s to early 00s), for sample 2012-1990-1985-2005-1977. I can understand a supporting of "Ruin the year" idea, because it's the most mainstream option and based on UK chart. "Singles discography" is a balance between popular mainstream and fan things. Other two options are very specific, I love them, but based on the experience with "Gražios Dainos" chart no one is interested in low-known retro music stuff, especially in non-English language songs. My personal favourite is "Crazy Youtube playlist". As I said many times before "I will be very happy if anybody will discovery some interesting and good songs for himself/herself through my countdowns/weekly charts".

Girl pop groups still alive ... in Lithuania. Three out of four most famous 00s groups (Mango, 69 Danguje, Mokinukes) in country did a comeback on music scene in some last years. Links on fresh 2024 releases from Lithuanian girl groups (re-issue of their classic hit)

6. Manuella - Blue And Red (Slovenia - 2016) ulI3F1T82is

This topic is not strictly 100% retro thing, but possibly the best place on forum for these things (at least for poll topic), because the mostly related to retro songs/acts from 1970s to 2010s. Retrospective "Gražios Dainos" chart is still my main project, but I have some other ideas about music rates. There are four possible options. 1. Let's ruin the year It's the same idea with "Julian rates", but his project is really epic. I wish to start with some selected years from 1970-2012 period, also will not do it in a chronological order. For sample after 1975 year we can have 2010 rate e.t.c. I gave the title "Let's ruin" because the most songs will have average 3 or 4 out of 10 and my music taste is an opposite to the majority of forum members. 2. Crazy Youtube playlist On the current moment of time I have over 3500 songs in my "Like" playlist on YouTube and wish to share them with you. Maybe you will find something interesting for you from this topic. Usually I don't use "Like" button for well-known artists and worldwide hits, because it's impossible to forget them + those songs have many worldwide fans and don't need in my support. Popular acts are very rare guests in this list, but sometimes I added their rare tracks, interesting/best performances/music videos or my # 1 favourite song from singer/groups. In summary it's a good diversity, if we talk about represented countries (most European countries, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, United States, schlagers from South Africa) and time periods (mostly from 1970s to 2000s, but I found a place even for some very vintage songs). From music genres I love pop music, schlager and sometimes country and rock. Every day I will refresh my memories and try to rate ten songs from this playlist, so in the ideal we will have a long musical journey. It looks a fun thing at least on paper, but I'm not sure that you will have any interest in a listening mostly low-known vintage, retro and sometimes modern songs with a big percentange of non-English language music. 3. Singles discography rate I try to find a balance between popular singers / groups and local personal favourites. The act must release at least 5 singles (official music videos, all songs from Eurovision national pre-selections and Lithuanian songs with TV / radio airplay are equivalent to singles). Sometimes I will add favourite "non-singles" as bonus part, but without rate. There is not any strict time period, but mostly I prefer the songs from 1970-2012 years. I will rate a modern songs from veterans like Bucks Fizz or Kim Wilde, but not have any intrerest in a current young music stars. For singers with big discographies like Madonna I will separate her 80s, 90s and 2000s singles. 4. A treasure of Eurovision national pre-selections I'm already posted all-time top 100 and top 50 from last 25 years for Eurovision and will compile Top 50 Melodifestivalen songs from last 25 years soon, but we can continue to deep into a national pre-selections. It's a real treasury for everybody who lost interest in the current mainstream music and wish to find hidden gems. Maybe I will continue Euroseason / Ideal Eurovision format ( www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=267489 ) for any year, maybe will start any other rate/ranking related to Eurovision national pre- selections.