Eight Hungarian Smash Hits For The Summer

  • 15 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
Eight Hungarian Smash Hits For The Summer
1. Wellhello: Apuveddmeg<br><br> Founded in 2014 by hiphop artists Fluor and Diaz, Wellhello is the latest craze on the Hungarian popular music scene which has become one of the country’s most popular bands after a rocketing career to fame.

The hit Apuveddmeg, from autumn 2014 which roughly translates into “Dad, Buy Me This!” is their latest hit, has clocked up close to ten million views and has seen the band perform at numerous festivals and concert venues to the joy of their young crowd.

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2. Halott Pénz: Valami van a levegőben

The Pécs-based hip-hop band, active since 2003, turned into a six-man band from a solo project two years ago. Valami van a levegőben (“Something’s in the Air”) came out in October 2014 and is the band’s first clip which includes the full sets. The song has driven the group to the top of radio charts and to the stages of several major music festivals around the country.

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3. Compact Disco: Te meg én

Founded in 2008, the Hungarian electronic band represented Hungary at the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest in Baku, Azerbaijan, “You and I”, the group’s first Hungarian-language hit, was introduced to the public together with its clip in December 2014.

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4. Nikolas Takács: Telihold

The ethnic Hungarian performer, who is a native of Slovakia, rose to fame by coming second at the Hungarian edition of the X Factor talent show in 2010. Recorded in California, his song Telihold, or “Full Moon”, premiered in Hungary in January 2015.

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5. Magdolna Rúzsa: Április

The Hungarian singer, who was born in the neighbouring Serbia, shot to fame by winning the third series of the talent show Megasztár. Beginning her career in 2006 at the age of 21, she has since produced several highly-acclaimed songs, such as Most élsz, Aprócska blues or Vigyázz a madárra. The clip shot for “April”, her latest single, was, unsurprisingly, in April but came out exactly a month ago.

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6. Fatima Mohamed / Gigi Radics / Vera Tóth: Mennyit ér egy nő

The three performers, all known from televised talent shows, perform Hungarian pop icon Zsuzsa Cserháti’s famous song on “how much a woman’s worth”.

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7. Zséda: Hány percet élsz?

Zséda, real name Adrienn Zsédenyi, has been active on the Hungarian pop music scene since the mid-1990s; her latest song Hány percet élsz, or “How Many Minutes Do You Live”, hit the charts last autumn.

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8. Wellhello: Sokszor volt már így

… and one more hit from up-and-coming stars Wellhello, from their album Elnöki ügy (February 2015).

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Source: hungarytoday.hu

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