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1683:Tell Me Why
1555:"Happy You"
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1284:Switzerland
901:"Mr Nobody"
832:Cvet z juga
750:Tanja Ribič
743:Vili Resnik
722:Quartissimo
619:Anžej Dežan
281:Weekly News
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109:Composer(s)
76:Srečko Blas
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887:Hvala, ne!
820:Carpe Diem
771:Ana Soklič
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268:References
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1390:Ira Losco
1316:Afro-dite
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1228:Lithuania
1133:Countries
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654:Maja Keuc
640:Joker Out
252:Citations
238:Ljubljana
63:Artist(s)
1671:"Sister"
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1263:Slovenia
1068:Zbudi se
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1022:Verjamem
933:"No One"
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864:"Energy"
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647:Kalamari
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212:and the
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1641:Runaway
1567:I Wanna
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1308:Artists
1249:Romania
1200:Germany
1188:Finland
1181:Estonia
1174:Denmark
1162:Croatia
1148:Belgium
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703:Maraaya
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1291:Turkey
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1256:Russia
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1168:Cyprus
998:"Stop"
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1270:Spain
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855:Disko
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804:Amen
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368:1993
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140:13th
1425:One
675:LPS
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