On the last working day of December 20, 2021, Latvian Radio 6 – “Radio NABA” ‘s favorite songs of 2021 listeners – was played for the 19th time.
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According to Anete Enikova, a representative of the radio station Delfi, a collaboration between the British post-punk / hip hop duo “Sleaford Mods” and the singer of the Australian “punk” association “Amyl and The Sniffers” Eimija Taylor, the “Radio NABA” Top 100 listeners ” “Der Rhythmus der Maschinen” in the second place, “Rh Rhhmhmus der Maschinen” with the leader of the “Einstürzende Neubauten”, with the honorary third place being taken by the “Musrú”, a domestic musical association with “Cimd”. .
According to Enikova, the top ten also includes domestic music associations such as “Juuk” with the composition “Harlequin” (4th place) and “Metal” with the composition “Mein Vater Weiß Nicht” (5th place) and Reinis Rabenau with Mellameiteni ( 9th place), as well as world-famous associations such as Clinic, Mogwai and Nick Cave & Warren Ellis.
During 2021, both radio NABA charts included 409 topical compositions, 40% of which are works by Latvian performers. The top represents compositions of various styles, as well as a wide range of countries and languages. Listeners have cast almost 42 thousand votes for the compositions.
For eight hours, former and current radio music instructors Nora Rieksta, Jānis Vuguls, Kaspars Eglītis, Valters Mednieks and Atis Žagars presented the favorite compositions of Radio “NABA” listeners. The list of the 100 best songs includes compositions that have been in Radio NABA’s “Top 25” and “Top 10 LV” all year round. A prediction game was also organized, in which it was possible for the listeners to determine the compositions that will rank in the first three places.
Enikova recalls that in 2020, the first place was won by the Canadian indie rock band “Wolf Parade” with the composition “Julia Take Your Man Home”, the second place was won by the group “Inokentijs Mārpls” with “People are dying”, composition “Good evening”.
“Radio NABA” annual Top 100 is one of the oldest radio station traditions, which for the last 19 years on the last working day of the year plays the listeners’ favorite compositions from Radio NABA foreign Top 25 and domestic Top 10.
All “Radio NABA” Top 100 compilation can be found here.
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