Elena Nikolova

OK. Easter has passed, your tummies are probably still full and you are trying to lose those extra pounds… You can always give up on the French fries, potato chips, and brownies but I believe I have a better idea. As the famous article of Mary Schmich, which was also made into a song says: "You are not as fat as you imagine. Don’t worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubblegum… Dance…even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room…” So, check out this week’s GRR HOT 15, dance and remember that loving yourself will open you the doors to all joys in life!

This week’s chart is offering you many surprises! Armin van Buuren & Sharon den Adel jumped up 9 positions and their song “In and Out of Love” landed on number 1! Great start, which will get your feet moving. After being number one for 4 weeks, Sakis Rouvas fell with one position and is currently second. But don’t worry, Saki is going around Europe, promoting his Eurovision song, so he will be part of GRR HOT 15 for a while. Third place is occupied by the unique Bulgarian singer Milenita, whose song “Niama” fell with one position.

After being in the chart only for three weeks, “Love Game” by Lady Gaga made it to number four this week after a jump of three positions. An interesting tidbit about Gaga – the singer was spotted walking around with a…teacup! Yes, it’s weird – Lady Gaga walks everywhere holding a china teacup in her hand! But why on earth would anyone do something like that? The obvious answer is to get more publicity but the answer, which Gaga gives, is that she was used to having tea with her mother at her home and carrying the teacup around, makes her feel at home! Weird…

Number five in this week’s GRR HOT 15 is Andonis Remos with “Eho Esena,” which fell with one position. Not too happy seeing him go down but we never know how he might surprise us next week.

Now comes the other big surprise this week – climbing up with nine positions is Britney Spears and her song “If You See Amy.” On April 16^th Britney had a concert in LA and on she showed how much she cares for her fans! She allowed Robert (a guy from the audience) to go up on stage and propose to his girlfriend! Not bad! Britney made one her fans dream come true!

The lucky number seven is temporarily hosting Miro and his song “August is September.” The singer flew up with four positions and we might see him part of the GRR HOT 15 TOP 5 very soon! Also with 4 positions up is T.I. & Justin Timberlake. Their song “Dead and Gone” is following the Bulgarian singer at number eight. I guess we will see Justin reaching the top of the chart fired up on tequila, because he recently decided to launch his own Tequila brand!

The news about the Greek Bob Marley Stavros Ntantous is not so good. His song “Prosehe” went down with one position and is currently on number 9 in GRR HOT 15. Let us hope that the song will stay in the chart for longer, so we can all enjoy its summer rhythms.

The two following songs on 10^th and 11^th place fell with 5 positions each. After being part of GRR HOT 15 for a long time Eleni Peta (“Val ta sta podia”) and C:Real (“An Ise Esi”) are quickly falling. Eleni Peta had a concert on the 22^nd and I am sure that she has many other songs, with which to entertain us. So, even if her current song falls off the chart, a new one will come soon! The other Greek singer in the chart is Kokkina Halia with “Hartaetos” and is currently on number 13 after climbing up with one position. Slow start but there is no doubt the song is a worthy competitor of everyone in the GRR HOT 15 and it will reach the heights.

The naughty boy, Kanye West fell with nine positions this week. Cuurently on number 12, his song “Love Lockdown” has been in the chart for a long time, so we are awaiting his new song.

Two new additions and out of those two, there is one surprise! Eminem entered GRR HOT 15 with his new single “We Made You.” His last album came out in 2006 and since then, due to health reasons the famous rapper disappeared from the music stage. In the beginning of 2008 Eminem was hospitalized with serious heart problems and apparently he also had overweight problems. Fortunately he is OK now and ready to “tell” us what happened in his songs. In February 2009 he released a single called “Crack a Bottle” and now in April, he gave us “We Made You.” Towards the end of May we should expect his new album “Relapse.” It is great to have Eminem back! Now all we have to do is wait and listen.

Number 15 is Anna Vissi and her song “Stin Pira.” The style in her song reminds of Lady Gaga but Anna successfully manages to differentiate herself. It is great to have one more Greek addition to GRR HOT 15! Now, put on your pink sunglasses and your dancing shoes and enjoy GRR HOT 15. Have a great weekend!