28 May 2010

Safura's Eurovision song Drip Drop had been gaining popularity across Europe way before the Contest in Norway and its 2nd Semifinal, where Safura performed last night. In fact, Drip Drop's good positions in national charts may largely account for Safura occupying a comfortable spot among the leaders and even likely winners of this year's Eurovision and her painless ascent to the Final. The song and video have been in rotation in Germany, UK, Denmark, Netherlands, Finland, Belgium, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Estonia, Romania, Russia, Bolgaria, Belarus, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine, Gerorgia, Malta, Moldova. Drip Drop already in airplay of more than 20 European countries. It is by now almost a done deal that regardless of the results of the Final, where Safura will be the first act, Drip Drop will stay in the charts for quite some time, fueling the Azerbaijani's artist popularity on the Old Continent. For Azerbaijan, this means perhaps the first such large-scale launch of a national artist into the European music and show biz orbit.