2015 in European music

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2015 in continental European music in geographical order.

Contents

Scandinavia

Denmark

Finland

Norway

Sweden

Netherlands

Dutch #1 singles

Belgium (two different charts for Flanders and Wallonie)

UK and Ireland

Germany

Switzerland and Austria

France

Portugal

Spain

Italy

Italian number ones 2015

Eastern Europe/ Balkans

Musical films

Deaths

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GoldenEye (song) Theme from the 1995 James Bond film GoldenEye

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Fångad av en stormvind 1991 Carola Sögaard song

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Self Control (Raf song) 1984 song by Raf

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2013 in continental European music in geographical order.

2012 in continental European music in geographical order. See also 2012 in music.

Cédric Steinmyller, best known by his stage name Klingande, is a French DJ and tropical house producer with a prominent use of the piano and the saxophone. Klingande was originally a duo, until 2014, consisting of Steinmyller and fellow Frenchman Edgar Catry. The name Klingande is pronounced [ˈklɪ̂ŋːandɛ], which is Swedish for '"chiming"'.

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2014 in continental European music in geographical order.

DJ BoBo discography discography

Peter René Cipiriano Baumann, better known as DJ BoBo, has sold 14 million records worldwide. He has released 13 studio albums, as well as a few compilation albums which have included his previous hits in a reworked format. DJ BoBo has released as many as 34 singles to date, some of which have charted quite high, not only in German speaking countries, but also in other European territories.

Robin Schulz German DJ and record producer

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Maraaya Slovenian duo

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Pray (DJ BoBo song)

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