The twenty-sixth edition of WAO Song Contest took place in the city of New York, situated in the United States.

New York, the city which hosted the 26th edition of the contest
For the second time ever in the history of the competition, the venue has been built for the occasion inside the famous Central Park, with the singers Jennifer Lopez and Christina Aguilera as hosts. The slogan has been "Live for the moment" and "Wake Up", by Egzod and Chris Linton, the theme song.

Jennifer Lopez and Christina Aguilera, presenters of the edition
The top three of the 25th edition automatically qualified for the final and the lucky country have been: the United States,
Australia and
Greece. Three semi-finals took place and 8 countries made it from each one of them. The songs that arrived 9th had a "Second Chance" to qualify. 28 countries competed in the final.

Central Park, venue of the edition
For the third time in the competition, achieved the first place the host country of the edition. In fact the singer Kesha won, representing the United States with her song Praying.
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1 debuting • 16 returning • 9 withdrawing |
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Previous participations: 5th and 20th edition for


Previous participations: Previous participations: 13th and 14th edition for


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Previous participations: 9th, 12th and 24th edition representing

Previous participation: 13th edition as part of One Direction for

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Previous participations: 8th and 12th edition for

Participating songs
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Country | Artist(s) | Song | Language(s) |
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Ermal Meta feat. Elisa | Piccola Anima | Italian |
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Las Ketchup | The Ketchup Song (Aserejé) | Imaginary, Spanish |
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Iveta Mukuchyan | Amena | Armenian |
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The Veronicas | In My Blood | English |
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Alim Qasımov | Xatirədir | Azerbaijani |
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NUTEKI | Dni Kilometry | Russian |
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Lea Rue | Sleep, for the weak! (Lost Frequencies Remix) | English |
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IZA | Te Pegar | Portuguese |
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Kristian Kostov | You Got Me Girl | English |
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The Weeknd feat. Daft Punk | I Feel It Coming | English |
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LuHan | You Dian Er Yi Si | Chinese, English |
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Sebastián Yatra | Cómo Mirarte | Spanish |
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Damir Kedžo & ZSA ZSA | Sve u meni se budi | Croatian |
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Eleftheria Eleftheriou | Nychtes Kaftes | Greek |
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Olga Lounová | When The Music's On | English |
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Aura Dione | Can't Steal The Music | English |
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Dina El Wedidi | Kotr El Wagaa | Arabic |
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Vanilla Ninja | Hellracer | English |
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Norma John | Gravity | English |
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Imany | Lately | English |
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Rati Durglishvili | Crazy | English |
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FAUN | Federkleid | German |
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Castro feat. Baby Jet & Kofi Kinaata | Odo Pa | Twi |
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Demy | Me Ekdikise | Greek |
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Groovefore & Muzikfabrik feat. Saci & Böbe Szécsi | So Right | English |
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Sylvia Erla | Gone | English |
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Neha Kakkar, Arijit Singh, Meet Bros | Main Tera Boyfriend | Hindi |
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Westlife | My Love | English |
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Dana International | Ruti | Hebrew |
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Lorenzo Fragola | D'improvviso | Italian |
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Tessanne Chin | Love Suicide | English |
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TK | unravel | Japanese |
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Ayumi feat. Batyr | Hey-La | Kazakh |
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Dafina Zeqiri | Four Season | English |
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Aija Andrejeva | Mazais Princis | Latvian |
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Evelina Young | Wildfire | English |
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Indila | Tourner Dans Le Vide | French |
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Ximena Sariñana | Mediocre | Spanish |
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Carla's Dreams | Până La Sânge | Romanian |
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M. Pokora | On danse | French |
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Bouchra | Yallah | Arabic, English |
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Yellow Claw feat. Yade Lauren | Love & War | English |
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Magdalena Cvetkoska ENA | Placat i najsilni | Macedonian |
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Astrid S | Hurts So Good | English |
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Carmell | Faces | English |
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Diogo Piçarra | Dialeto | Portuguese |
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Chayanne | Tu Respiración | Spanish |
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Amira feat. DiezZ | Mai stai | Romanian |
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MBAND | Pravil'naya Devochka | Russian |
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Franco de Vita | Dónde Está la Vida | Spanish |
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Milan Stanković feat. Jala Brat & Buba Corelli | Ego | Serbian |
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Peter Bič Project | All those places | English |
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Troye Sivan | Happy Little Pill | English |
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Girls' Generation | Catch Me If You Can | English, Korean |
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Nicky Jam & Enrique Iglesias | El Perdón | Spanish |
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Nick Jonas feat. Tove Lo | Close | English |
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Bastian Baker | Planned It All | English |
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Jia Jia | Ming Yun | Chinese |
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Funda | SMS | Turkish |
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EMIN & Ani Lorak | Ja ne mogu skazat' | Russian |
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Liam Payne feat. Quavo | Strip That Down | English |
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Kesha | Praying | English |
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Natalia Oreiro feat. Rubén Rada | Corazón Valiente | Spanish |
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Nilufar Usmonova | Qor | Uzbek |
Semi-final 1
Also the United States voted in this semi-final.
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Draw | Country | Artist(s) | Song | Place | Points |
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Groovefore & Muzikfabrik feat. Saci & Böbe Szécsi |
So Right | 15 | 44 |
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Dana International | Ruti | 21 | 1 |
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IZA | Te Pegar | 10 | 58 |
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Ermal Meta feat. Elisa | Piccola Anima | 3 | 103 |
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Sylvia Erla | Gone | 13 | 49 |
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Dafina Zeqiri | Four Season | 18 | 35 |
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Diogo Piçarra | Dialeto | 2 | 112 |
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Eleftheria Eleftheriou | Nychtes Kaftes | 16 | 39 |
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Lea Rue | Sleep, for the weak! (Lost Frequencies Remix) |
9 | 61 |
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Funda | SMS | 12 | 51 |
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EMIN & Ani Lorak | Ja ne mogu skazat' | 1 | 122 |
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Dina El Wedidi | Kotr El Wagaa | 20 | 22 |
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Imany | Lately | 10 | 58 |
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Carmell | Faces | 4 | 100 |
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Chayanne | Tu Respiración | 17 | 36 |
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Bastian Baker | Planned It All | 6 | 73 |
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Astrid S | Hurts So Good | 5 | 99 |
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Vanilla Ninja | Hellracer | 19 | 26 |
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M. Pokora | On danse | 8 | 69 |
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MBAND | Pravil'naya Devochka | 14 | 48 |
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Nick Jonas feat. Tove Lo | Close | 7 | 70 |
Semi-final 2
Also Australia voted in this semi-final.
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Draw | Country | Artist(s) | Song | Place | Points |
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01 | ![]() |
Nicky Jam & Enrique Iglesias | El Perdón | 4 | 89 |
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LuHan | You Dian Er Yi Si | 18 | 25 |
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FAUN | Federkleid | 10 | 70 |
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Jia Jia | Ming Yun | 17 | 32 |
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Ximena Sariñana | Mediocre | 16 | 36 |
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Sebastián Yatra | Cómo Mirarte | 7 | 77 |
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Aija Andrejeva | Mazais Princis | 11 | 68 |
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Milan Stanković feat. Jala Brat & Buba Corelli | Ego | 8 | 74 |
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Carla's Dreams | Până La Sânge | 1 | 113 |
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Westlife | My Love | 14 | 39 |
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Troye Sivan | Happy Little Pill | 5 | 81 |
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Peter Bič Project | All those places | 13 | 40 |
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Norma John | Gravity | 9 | 72 |
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Ayumi feat. Batyr | Hey-La | 3 | 90 |
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TK | unravel | 20 | 14 |
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Lorenzo Fragola | D'improvviso | 6 | 79 |
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Iveta Mukuchyan | Amena | 2 | 91 |
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Nilufar Usmonova | Qor | 19 | 22 |
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Damir Kedžo & ZSA ZSA | Sve u meni se budi | 11 | 68 |
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The Weeknd feat. Daft Punk | I Feel It Coming | 15 | 38 |
Semi-final 3
Also Greece voted in this semi-final.
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Draw | Country | Artist(s) | Song | Place | Points |
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Yellow Claw feat. Yade Lauren | Love & War | 7 | 89 |
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Evelina Young | Wildfire | 3 | 95 |
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Magdalena Cvetkoska ENA | Placat i najsilni | 5 | 92 |
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Franco de Vita | Dónde Está la Vida | 17 | 18 |
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Liam Payne feat. Quavo | Strip That Down | 4 | 93 |
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Alim Qasımov | Xatirədir | 16 | 19 |
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Kristian Kostov | You Got Me Girl | 2 | 112 |
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Girls' Generation | Catch Me If You Can | 8 | 87 |
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Tessanne Chin | Love Suicide | 12 | 48 |
10 | ![]() |
Aura Dione | Can't Steal The Music | 1 | 124 |
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Castro feat. Baby Jet & Kofi Kinaata | Odo Pa | 19 | 12 |
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Indila | Tourner Dans Le Vide | 9 | 68 |
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Rati Durglishvili | Crazy | 10 | 65 |
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Natalia Oreiro feat. Rubén Rada | Corazón Valiente | 18 | 16 |
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Bouchra | Yallah | 15 | 39 |
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NUTEKI | Dni Kilometry | 13 | 47 |
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Las Ketchup | The Ketchup Song (Aserejé) | 11 | 55 |
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Amira feat. DiezZ | Mai stai | 13 | 47 |
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Olga Lounová | When The Music's On | 6 | 91 |
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Neha Kakkar, Arijit Singh, Meet Bros | Main Tera Boyfriend | 20 | 1 |
Second Chance
Every country gave 1 point to its favourite country. One country qualified. Voting was not compulsory.
Grand final
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Draw | Country | Artist(s) | Song | Place | Points |
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Ayumi feat. Batyr | Hey-La | 22 | 94 |
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Aura Dione | Can't Steal The Music | 11 | 142 |
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Diogo Piçarra | Dialeto | 18 | 119 |
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Liam Payne feat. Quavo | Strip That Down | 19 | 113 |
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Bastian Baker | Planned It All | 16 | 120 |
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Ermal Meta feat. Elisa | Piccola Anima | 20 | 106 |
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Iveta Mukuchyan | Amena | 5 | 175 |
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Girls' Generation | Catch Me If You Can | 25 | 78 |
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EMIN & Ani Lorak | Ja ne mogu skazat' | 2 | 212 |
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Demy | Me Ekdikise | 28 | 47 |
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Sebastián Yatra | Cómo Mirarte | 12 | 137 |
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Lorenzo Fragola | D'improvviso | 21 | 102 |
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Yellow Claw feat. Yade Lauren | Love & War | 14 | 127 |
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Olga Lounová | When The Music's On | 6 | 173 |
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Nicky Jam & Enrique Iglesias | El Perdón | 26 | 77 |
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Indila | Tourner Dans Le Vide | 3 | 201 |
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Carla's Dreams | Până La Sânge | 8 | 149 |
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Troye Sivan | Happy Little Pill | 16 | 120 |
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Evelina Young | Wildfire | 10 | 145 |
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Nick Jonas feat. Tove Lo | Close | 23 | 93 |
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Kesha | Praying | 1 | 251 |
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M. Pokora | On danse | 27 | 71 |
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The Veronicas | In My Blood | 9 | 146 |
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Milan Stanković feat. Jala Brat & Buba Corelli | Ego | 24 | 91 |
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Kristian Kostov | You Got Me Girl | 7 | 167 |
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Carmell | Faces | 15 | 124 |
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Magdalena Cvetkoska ENA | Placat i najsilni | 13 | 132 |
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Astrid S | Hurts So Good | 4 | 200 |