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2023 in ReviewNumber 1 for 2023 is again from a fledgling band - The Dark Side of the Moon, with Charlotte Wessels! Our year-end chart features artists from 17 countries: 11 from the US, 10 from Holland, 7 from Germany, 6 from Italy, 5 each from Switzerland and International bands, 4 each from Mexico and the UK, 3 each from Turkey. Brazil and France; 2 each from Ukraine and Chile, and 1 apiece from Finland, India and Denmark. Canada is mysteriously absent from our year-end chart this year!A record 15 bands have more than 1 hit on our chart, including 4 each from The Warning (#3, 16, 23 & 33), Anaria (#25, 27, 32 & 36), andDelain (#6, 13, 30 & 39); 3 each from Within Temptation (#9, 40 & 46), Melissa Bonny (#18, 20 & 38), The Erinyes (#12, 15 & 42), Imperial Age (#41, #43 & 48) and Xandria (#8, 19 & 21). The following boast 2 hits apiece on our top 50: Ad Infinitum (#7, #24), Walk in Darkness (#44, 45), Ignea (#31, 37), Mortemia (#35, 38), and The Dark Side of the Moon (#1, 49). Of course, Melissa Bonny is also a member of both Ad Infinitum and The Dark Side of the Moon, Nicoletta Rosellini is in both The Erinyes and Walk in Darkness, and Caterina Nix is in Chaos Magic in addiiton to her work with Mortemia. |
Chart facts: 12 artists on this year's top 50 were also on last year's chart: Eva Under Fire, Chaos Magic, Amy Lee, Lzzy Hale, The Warning, Ad Infinitum, Xandria, Melissa Bonny, Ignea, Anaria, Imperial Age and Walk in Darkness. Other minutiae:
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