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World Music Match: Day Four
Date
June 13, 2016Day Four: Monday, June 13
- Spain vs Czech Republic (15:00)
- Republic of Ireland vs Sweden (18:00)
- Belgium vs Italy (21:00)
Spain
Luz Casal is a Spanish pop singer. She became famous in the early 1980s, and remained an important figure in Spanish pop music all through said decade and beyond, with her sound gradually maturing towards soft adult pop​.
Czech Republic
Zuzana Navarová de Tejada was a Czech singer and songwriter who began her career in the early 1980s as a member of Nerez, and gradually become one of the most significant personalities of the Czech folk and world music scene. Her style was partially inspired by Latin American music.
Republic of Ireland
Glen Hansard is an Irish songwriter, actor, vocalist and guitarist for Irish group The Frames, and one half of folk rock duo The Swell Season. He is also known for his acting, having appeared in the BAFTA-winning film The Commitments, as well as starring in the film Once. His song “Falling Slowly”, from Once, co-written with his co-star Markéta Irglová, won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 2007, and earned him ten other major awards or nominations between 2007 – 08. *He performs here with Lisa Hannigan and John Sheahan of The Dubliners, an age-old iconic Irish band.
Sweden
(Of course it's ABBA... will Sweden ever live them down?)
Estimates of ABBA’s worldwide sales vary from 300–400 million, making them the second most successful band of all time, after The Beatles. They were the first mainland European act to become regulars on the British, American and Australian pop charts. This helped pave the way for many other European acts and established Sweden in the mainstream music industry.
UPDATE: Even the fans are getting into it!
Belgium
Selah Sue is a Belgian musician and songwriter. Her debut album, Selah Sue was a major success, selling over 720,000 copies in Europe, 320,000 in France alone. In 2011, she has had chart success with the hit singles "Raggamuffin", "Crazy Vibes" and "This World". In 2011, Selah Sue won an European Border Breakers Award. In January 2012 during the EBBA award ceremony she was presented with the EBBA Public Choice Award.
Italy
What else can we say during the UEFA Cup? VIVA l'ITALIA!