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Laura Thorn
Laura Thorn (; born 18 January 2000) is a Luxembourgish singer and music teacher. She in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song " La poupée monte le son", finishing in 22nd place overall with 47 points. Life and career Thorn has been trained in music theory, piano, cello, keyboard, chamber music and dance from a young age. Since the age of five, Thorn has performed on stage and taken part in musical competitions. She completed her studies with a master's degree in music theory, music pedagogy, and pop singing, from IMEP in Namur. Thorn is a teacher at the Esch-sur-Alzette Conservatory of Music. In 2024, a Parisian record production duo, consisting of Julien Salvia and Ludovic-Alexandre Vidal, were searching for a Luxembourgish singer for their new track. They contacted Thorn through a former singing teacher of hers to perform their song, which was later named "La poupée monte le son". Thorn went on to submit the song to ''Luxembourg Song Contest 2025'', which acted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luxembourg
Luxembourg, officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, is a landlocked country in Western Europe. It is bordered by Belgium to the west and north, Germany to the east, and France on the south. Its capital and most populous city, Luxembourg City, is one of the four institutional seats of the European Union and hosts several EU institutions, notably the Court of Justice of the European Union, the highest judicial authority in the EU. As part of the Low Countries, Luxembourg has close historic, political, and cultural ties to Belgium and the Netherlands. Luxembourg's culture, people, and languages are greatly influenced by France and Germany: Luxembourgish, a Germanic language, is the only recognized national language of the Luxembourgish people and of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg; French is the sole language for legislation; and both languages along with German are used for administrative matters. With an area of , Luxembourg is Europe's seventh-smallest count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musiikkituottajat
Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland ry, or Musiikkituottajat for short (; formerly known as Suomen Ääni- ja kuvatallennetuottajat; ÄKT), IFPI Finland in English, is the umbrella organization of recording producers active in Finland, with 23 record labels as its members. Activity The aim of the association is "to improve the cultural-political situation and legal protections of record production, develop the distribution and production of recordings and music videos and participate in governing and overseeing the production rights". Musiikkituottajat is the Finnish representative of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). It is also one of the three member associations of Gramex.Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland ry (2010) Since 1994, Musiikkituottajat has been responsible for composing the official records c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century Luxembourgian Women Singers
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Luxembourgian Pop Singers
Luxembourgish ( ; also ''Luxemburgish'', ''Luxembourgian'', ''Letzebu(e)rgesch''; ) is a West Germanic language that is spoken mainly in Luxembourg. About 400,000 people speak Luxembourgish worldwide. The language is standardized and officially the national language of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. As such, Luxembourgish is different from the German language also used in the Grand Duchy. The German language exists in a national standard variety of Luxembourg, which is slightly different from the standard varieties in Germany, Austria or Switzerland. Another important language of Luxembourg is French, which had a certain influence on both the national language, Luxembourgish, and the Luxembourg national variety of German. Luxembourgish, German and French are the three official languages ''(Amtssprachen)'' of Luxembourg. As a standard form of the Moselle Franconian language, Luxembourgish has similarities with other High German dialects and the wider group of West Germanic lang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Luxembourg In The Eurovision Song Contest 2025
Luxembourg was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song "", written by Christophe Houssin, Julien Salvia, and Ludovic-Alexandre Vidal, and performed by Laura Thorn. The Luxembourgish participating broadcaster, (RTL), organised the ''Luxembourg Song Contest 2025'' in order to select its entry for the contest. Luxembourg was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 15 May 2025 and was later selected to perform in position 13. At the end of the show, "" was announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and hence qualified to compete in the final, marking a second consecutive qualification for the country. It was later revealed that Luxembourg placed seventh out of the sixteen participating countries in the semi-final with 62 points. In the final, Luxembourg performed in position 2 and placed twenty-second out of the 26 participating countries, scoring a total of 47 points. Background Prior to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luxembourg In The Eurovision Song Contest
Luxembourg has been represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 39 times since its debut at the first contest in . The Luxembourgish national broadcaster, (RTL), participates in the contest representing the country. The nation participated in all but one event between 1956 and , only missing the . After finishing among the bottom seven countries in 1993, Luxembourg was relegated and prevented from competing in . The nation declined to return to the contest in , and would make no further appearances over the next three decades. The country returned to the event for the first time in 31 years in . With five wins, Luxembourg is one of the contest's most successful nations, and between 1983 and 1994 the nation jointly held the record for most contest wins by a single country. Luxembourg won the Eurovision Song Contest in , with the song "" performed by Jean-Claude Pascal, in , with the song "" performed by France Gall, recorded back-to-back wins in and , when represented by "" by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fighter (Tali Song)
"Fighter" is a song by Israeli-Luxembourgish singer-songwriter Tali Golergant, written by Ana Zimmer, Dario Faini, Manon Romiti, and Silvio Lisbonne. It was released on 12 January 2024 by Bel Air Records. Self-described as a song about how humans suffer and persevere through struggles, the song represented Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024the first Luxembourgish entry in the contest in over 30 years, with the country last competing in . At the contest, it finished in 13th place at the grand final with 103 points. Background and composition "Fighter" is composed by Ana Zimmer, Dario Faini, and Manon Romiti, with lyrics for the song written by Zimmer, Romiti, and Silvio Lisbonne. In interviews, Golergant has stated that the song is about how all humans suffer, and how people persevere through suffering, with Golergant in particular using her example of living in New York City and "going through so much rejection" within the music industry. According to Golergant, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tali Golergant
Tali Golergant (; born 26 November 2000), known mononymously as Tali (stylized in all caps), is an Israeli-born Luxembourgish singer, songwriter, actress and vocal coach. She represented Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with the song " Fighter". Early and personal life Golergant was born in Israel to a Peruvian Jewish father and an Israeli mother. Following her father's work in banking, she moved with her family, when she was only 6 months old, across Chile, Argentina and other countries, until finally settling in Limpertsberg, Luxembourg, where she resided for ten years. She began playing the piano at the age of 7, and began singing, songwriting and acting in theatre at the age of 12. She studied at the International School of Luxembourg, before moving to New York City to study musical theatre at Marymount Manhattan College. She lives there . Golergant is fluent in Hebrew, Spanish, French and English and is able to communicate in German and understand Luxe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sverigetopplistan
Sverigetopplistan (, lit. "the Sweden top list") is the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from IFPI Sverige. It was formerly known as Topplistan (1975–1997) and Hitlistan (1998–2007) and has been known by its current name since October 2007. Before Topplistan, music sales in Sweden were recorded by Kvällstoppen, whose weekly chart was a combined albums and singles list. History For the period of 1976 to 2006, the official Swedish music charts were published by Sveriges Radio P3, a station owned by Sveriges Radio. At the end of 2006, it stopped publishing the general charts, which were entrusted to Swedish Recording Industry Association in the beginning of 2007. However, Sveriges Radio P3 continued to publish the most downloaded music charts, according to the statistics compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The new strictly-download chart was called DigiListan. Since late 2006, the chart has included legal Music downloading, downloads. The charts became the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AGATA (organization)
Lithuanian Neighbouring Rights Association (), known as AGATA, is a non-profit organization, non-profit performance rights organization established in 1999 that deals with the licensing and rights of music publishers and performers in Lithuania. In 2011, it became the country's designated body for the collection of compensation for writers, performers, actors and producers. AGATA is an associated member of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). Since September 2018, AGATA publishes weekly top 100 charts of the most popular albums and singles in Lithuania. The charts are based on sales and Streaming media, streams from Spotify, Deezer, Apple Music, iTunes, Google Play and Shazam (music app), Shazam. Certifications In 2023, AGATA reinstated the Gold, Platinum, and Diamond awards for album sales, with the certifications based on both album sales and downloads. The required thresholds were set at 2.5 million listens for Gold, 4 million for Platinum, and 6 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Official Finnish Charts
The Official Finnish Charts (; ) are national record charts in Finland compiled and published by Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. The name ''Suomen virallinen lista/Finlands officiella lista'' (lit. "the Official Finnish Chart"), which is singular in both Finnish and Swedish, is used generically to refer to both the albums and the singles chart, and the context (albums or songs) reveals which chart is meant. History The first charts were published in 1951. In January 1991, the Yle radio station Radiomafia started to compile the first weekly chart in Finland called ''Radiomafian lista'', which was broadcast on the radio every Sunday. Prior to that, all singles and album charts in Finland had been either monthly or biweekly published sales charts. ''Radiomafian lista'' became the official Finnish charts in January 1994 when they began a partnership with Suomen Ääni- ja kuvatallennetuottajat (ÄKT) (now known as Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland), the umbrella organizati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
