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Fairytale (Alexander Rybak song)

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NameFairytale
ArtistAlexander Rybak
AlbumFairytales
Released12 January 2009
(see release history)
FormatDigital download, CD single
Recorded2008
GenrePop, Folk
Length3.03
LabelEMI
SongwriterAlexander Rybak
Next single"Funny Little World"
(2009)

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"Fairytale" is a song written and composed by Norwegian violinist/singer Alexander Rybak, and the first single from Rybak's debut album Fairytales. This song was the winner of the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow, Russia.

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Preceded by
"Poker Face" by Lady Gaga
"Lonesome Traveler" by Paperboys
Norwegian VG-lista number-one single
18 February 2009 - 15 April 2009 (first run)
20 May 2009 - 27 May 2009 (second run)
Succeeded by
"With or Without You" by Espen Lind, Kurt Nilsen, Alejandro Fuentes & Askil Holm
"Funny Little World" by Alexander Rybak
Preceded by
"Svennebanan" by Promoe
Swedish Singles Chart number-one single
22 May 2009 - 26 June 2009
Succeeded by
"Ayo Technology" by Milow
Preceded by
"Hun vil ha' en rapper" by Jooks
Danish Singles Top 40 Chart number-one single
29 May 2009 - 3 June 2009
Succeeded by
"Back to the 80's" by Aqua
Preceded by
"Düm Tek Tek" by Hadise
Ultratop (Flanders) singles chart number-one single
30 May 2009
Succeeded by
"Fuck You" by Lily Allen
Preceded by
"Nälkämaan laulu, Urhous-Remix" by DJ Urho
Finnish Singles Chart number-one single
3 June 2009 - 10 June 2009
Succeeded by
"karkuri" by järjestyshäiriö

Preceded by
"Believe" by Dima Bilan
Eurovision Song Contest winners
2009
Succeeded by
"Satellite" by Lena Meyer-Landrut
Preceded by
"Hold On Be Strong" by Maria Haukaas Storeng
Melodi Grand Prix winners
2009
Succeeded by
"My Heart Is Yours" by Didrik Solli-Tangen

Record :
Chart (2009) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) 67
Czech Republic (IFPI) 95
European Hot 100 Singles 3
French Digital Singles Chart 29
Slovakia (IFPI) 34
Ukrainian Airplay Chart 1

Year-end charts :
End of year chart (2009) Position
German Singles Chart 46

Chart procession and succession :
Region Date Format
Norway 12 January 2009
Germany 15 May 2009
United Kingdom 17 May 2009 Digital download


Songs of the Eurovision Song Contest 2009

Final
(by final results)
1. "Fairytale" * 2. "Is It True?" * 3. "Always" * 4. "Düm Tek Tek" * 5. "It's My Time" * 6. "Rändajad" * 7. "This Is Our Night" * 8. "Et s'il fallait le faire" * 9. "Bistra voda" * 10. "Jan Jan" * 11. "Mamo" * 12."Be My Valentine! (Anti-Crisis Girl)" * 13. "Believe Again" * 14. "Hora din Moldova" * 15."Todas as Ruas do Amor" * 16."There Must Be Another Way" * 17. "Carry Me in Your Dreams" * 18. "Lijepa Tena" * 19. "The Balkan Girls" * 20. "Miss Kiss Kiss Bang" * 21. "La voix" * 22. "What If We" * 23. "Love" * 24. "La noche es para mí" * 25. "Lose Control"
Semi-final only
(did not qualify
for the final)
Semi-final 1"Aven Romale" * "Copycat" * "Eyes That Never Lie" * "The Highest Heights" * "Illusion" * "Just Get Out of My Life" * "La teva decisió (Get a Life)" * "Neshto shto ke ostane"
Semi-final 2"Cipela" * "Dance with Me" * "Et Cetera" * "Firefly" * "I Don't Wanna Leave" * "Leť tmou" * "Love Symphony" * "Probka" * "Shine"
Withdrawn
"We Don't Wanna Put In" * "If You Wanna Party" * "Magányos csónak"

Eurovision Song Contest winning songs

1950s"Refrain" * "Net als toen" * "Dors, mon amour" * "Een beetje"
1960s"Tom Pillibi" * "Nous les amoureux" * "Un premier amour" * "Dansevise" * "Non ho l'età" * "Poupée de cire, poupée de son" * "Merci, Chérie" * "Puppet on a String" * "La, la, la" * "Boom Bang-a-Bang" * "Un jour, un enfant" * "De troubadour" * "Vivo cantando"
1970s"All Kinds of Everything" * "Un banc, un arbre, une rue" * "Après toi" * "Tu te reconnaîtras" * "Waterloo" * "Ding-A-Dong" * "Save Your Kisses for Me" * "L'oiseau et l'enfant" * "A-Ba-Ni-Bi" * "Hallelujah"
1980s"What's Another Year" * "Making Your Mind Up" * "Ein bißchen Frieden" * "Si la vie est cadeau" * "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley" * "La det swinge" * "J'aime la vie" * "Hold Me Now" * "Ne partez pas sans moi" * "Rock Me"
1990s"Insieme: 1992" * "Fångad av en stormvind" * "Why Me?" * "In Your Eyes" * "Rock 'n' Roll Kids" * "Nocturne" * "The Voice" * "Love Shine a Light" * "Diva" * "Take Me to Your Heaven"
2000s"Fly on the Wings of Love" * "Everybody" * "I Wanna" * "Everyway That I Can" * "Wild Dances" * "My Number One" * "Hard Rock Hallelujah" * "Molitva" * "Believe" * "Fairytale"
2010s"Satellite"



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