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the World Invasion continued here on Rock Rips. This time it was Holland (Netherlands) leading the charge, with bands such as Within Temptation, Autumn, After Forever, Delain and Kingfisher Sky - all female-fronted bands. Female-fronted bands continued to permeate our chart, building in popularity through domestic North American bands such as Halestorm and Kittie. Apocalyptica continued its chart domination with two more #1s and 2 more top 10s to bring their discography to 7 hits, including 4 #1 and the rest top 10s. We had hits from every continent of the world - even Antarctica. We also beat a record on the last week of the year, with 13 countries represented on our chart. In April we had our first #1 sung in a foreign language - Russian, which was followed by three others, including the song at #2 on our year end chart. Several new countries joined our ranks, including Greece, Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Barbados, Kazakhstan, Switzerland, and as we mentioned the non-country of Antarctica. After Forever debuted way up at #6 with "Energize Me," their second song to chart and likely their last since they've disbanded. Lots of other chart oddities - like Cristina Scabbia appearing on three hits in the same chart week, or two different songs with the same title ("I Don't Care") on the same chart, or two versions of the same song charting separately (Apocalyptica's "SOS (Anything But Love)" with Cristina Scabbia and Hanna Pakarinen). We also met The AccoLade, our first band from Saudi Arabia, and the newest all-female band to reach our chart. They stand out because they've never performed live, and according to Saudi law, have no photos of them. It's a wonder they exist. |
Chart facts: This year-end chart of the top 50 songs of 2009 is represented by 40 artists from 14 countries (15 US, 10 Netherlands, 8 Canada, 5 Italy, 4 Finland, 2 UK, 2 Norway; and 1 each from Switzerland, Russia, Sweden, South Africa, New Zealand, France, and Liechtenstein). This year tops 2008 as the most diverse year-end chart ever. 12 artists have more than one entry: Apocalyptica is at #16, #22, #43; Theory of a Deadman is at #20, #24 and #41; Lacuna Coil is at #21, #46 and #47. Cristina Scabbia, Within Temptation, Delain, After Forever, Sirenia, Tomahawk, Red, Hanna Pakarinen, and Daughtry all have two hits apiece on our chart. Other minutiae:
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