What a week: 13 new entries! Only once this year we had more. It was the list of March 4th that welcomed 14 new tracks. – Well, two years ago it was quite usual having 20 or more new tracks in one single week. Times change fast.
13 new tracks doesn’t mean a lot of action. The Top 10 (and even the Top 20) looks almost static: Highest mover as mentioned before is Tim Bendzko who rises 6–3 with Nur noch kurz die Welt retten. Right behind him and a week after its full release Lady Gaga’s The Edge Of Glory slowly fades down. After its raise to number 3 last week it now slides down one place to number 4. Anyway it is the 7th song of Lady Gaga that at least peaked inside the Top 3. The big gainer of last week Lucenzo feat Don Omar and their Danza Kuduro is nailed at number 7. The story behind the track shows that it isn’t „real“ Kuduro at all …
Rising back to the peak she gained almost two month ago Brooke Fraser founds a lot of fans. After her album Flags peaked at number 6 two weeks ago the single Something In The Water benefits from the interest and rose back 13–9–8.
Highest gainer this week is the swiss-russian-american collaboration between DJ Antoine vs Timati feat. Kalenna. The remix of the english version of Welcome To St. Tropez jumps 20–12 and makes Timati the firstRussian artist hitting the Top 20 sinc t.A.T.u. did so in 2003 and 2005. DJ Antoine is the best ranking Swiss act in Germany since the heydays of Stefanie Heinzmann in 2008. So far it took the track 17 weeks for getting finally that high – it started somewhen inApril at a low number 79. Assuming the track will rise further the next week one can say already now: that’s what we call a chart career full of tension.
The russian version:
The remix:
Also on the rise – although much slower – Katy Perry with Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) is. She moved so far 22–21–18–17. Will she finally reach the Top 10?
All the tracks new in the list gather lower than position 30. Nine of them are German productions. What sounds exciting is indeed not that powerful. The most successful German tracks are still the same:
1. Tim Bendzko Nur noch kurz die Welt retten
2. Jupiter Jones Still
3. Frida Gold Wovon sollen wir träumen
All three inside the Top 20 and all three using the German language – that’s quite a feat.
Most successfull German track new on CD is Schatzi, schenk mir ein Foto (Honey, Give Me A Fotograph) which is newly released in a summer version including new Mallorca party mixes. The discofox techno sound still is very very popular in Germany and especially in Germans holiday destinations like Mallorca. So the new mixes caused a new interest – the party song now reaches a new peak at number 40 almost axactly 6 months after the song first appeared in the charts.
With the new edition the credits were changed by the company. The first release from the early 2011 was credited to Mickie Krause feat. Ko&Ko as the brothers from the Netherlands who wrote the song in original were participating in the recording as well. The new release only shows Mickie Krause at the cover although the version together with Gebroeders Ko is on the CD as well. The brothers probably don’t mind cause they are right now a featured act on Markus Becker’s new single. The Mallorca singer recorded their Heli-Heli Helikopter and took both into the studio as well. The result is now in shops and starts in the charts at number 52.
And there is a third Mallorca discofox party song originally released in Dutch entering the German charts. It is Dos cervezas por favor by Belgian (Flamish) actor Tom Waes which is now translated into German by Ina Colada. Do I have to say something more about that …? – Well, it enters at number 59 and gives Miss Colada a second chart hit.
The Dutch original:
The German version (no official video acvailable):
And another stupid Mallorca hit: Vater Abraham (…hat 7 Söhne) (Father Abraham has 7 sons) by Tim Toupet also released as CD on 15th of July (I guess it’s quite unique that all these tracks appear in one week – probably the labels have some commitments). It starts at posiiton 76.
The Other New German Releases (and there are a lot!)
The Beatsteaks also have a new single. Automatic is not that significant as predecessor Cheap Moments was, but it sells much better – probably cause its kind of the title track of their album Boombox. Automatic starts at number 43. It is nothing more than the third track of the Beatsteaks reaching the upper half of the charts.
Jennifer Rostock had their first hit in 2008 after taking part at Stefan Raab’s Bundesvision Song Contest. Since than they appear continouosly with new material – they are one of the few German electropunk bands with a major label contract. Now their third album Mit Haut und Haar (Neck And Crop) is released – two weeks before the single Keiner nimmt mir Mein Mikrofon (Nobody Can Take Away My Microphone – sometimes shortened to Mein Mikrofon) is out. It is a powerful song about the strong will not to be silent and live own dreams. The band continues in their own style – only the refrain seems a little more mass compatible than earlier recordings. In September the band again will take part at Bundesvision Song Contest. Than a new single will be available.
New Single coming from Samy Deluxe is PoesieAlbum (Autograph Album) – it is the lead single of recent album Schwarz Weiss (Black White). Samy Deluxe is one of the serious German rap stars concerning more about society and life than their colleagues from AGGRO Berlin or ersguterjunge. Listening to the new track it is indeed a battle good vs. bad HipHop – very self-referred, but in musical terms a masterpiece. I’ve never heard before a German hiphop star rapping that fast – unbelievable. The first position for PoesieAlbum is number 63.
Söhne Mannheims (Sons Of Mannheim) are kind of a super group. Led by German soul singer no.1 Xavier Naidoo they already have four albums under their belt – all sold in proper amounts reaching top positions of the album list. The second single of their recent album is Freiheit. According to their homepage it is a hommage to the Arabian spring revolutions. The lyrics are much more unspecific defining what freedom is. A soulful ballad as well known from the sons – unfortunatly that’s what most people think, the track just can enter position 77
The new Söhne Mannheims single muc more supports the last Xavier Naidoo single. Bitte hör nicht auf zu träumen (Please Don’t Stop Dreaming) had achieved some new interest during last weeks. It is quite unknown what really caused the new popularity. At least last reports that Xavier Naidoo will be member of a jury at announced TV show The Voice Of Germany might making people more focused on him. Bitte hör nicht auf zu träumen is rising actually to number 45 the highest place since start of this year.
Four years ago the summer hit was a Spanish one sung by a band from Hannover: Marquess. The four guys had a lot of fun and almost three years of real success. Than they made a two years break and now they are back again. With a Spanish song of course named Chapoteo. Unfortunatly they didn’t get the real new idea in the last two years. It is an easy melody, it is a song with simple lyrics – and it is not at all that kind of catchy tune some others of them were. That’s a pity. The comeback starts at number 70.
Dancefloor project Michael Mind Project started last week with Ready Or Not. It is a track on which Sean Kingston sings – it entered the list at 55. Now it tumbles down to 71.
At last a trivia: at wednesday 20th July the German TV broadcasted Song Beneath The Song probably the most emotional episode of the 7th season of Grey’s Anatomy. This episode is made as a complete musical – one of the songs appearing in the show is Chasing Cars. Obviously it moved the German auditorium as well – the original recording by Snow Patrol enters the German charts for a 61st week at 78. Here is the scene in question.
And finally Disney serial Lemonade Mouth arrives in German free TV. First track appearing in the charts is Determinate which sneaks in at position 92. +
Back from Holidays: German tracks invading the charts
I guess you must be waiting for the news – one week I was offline. Instead of watching chart moves and other actions going on in music business I spend an awesome week in Rotterdam. Never was there and I’m deeply impressed … but let’s switch to what you’re waiting for.
It is Alexandra Stan’s fourth week at the Top. Her Mr. Saxobeat still outsells all other tracks. Still at number 2 – all together the third week – the all star collaboration Pitbull feat. NE-YO, Afrojack & Nayer that also is the worlds number 2.
Up to number 3 German Tim Bendzko is rising. His Nur noch kurz die Welt retten (Just Have To Save The World) peaks in its 7th week inside the Top 3 and is also the most popular German song of the moment. The sound is in fact completely opposite of all the other top hits of the day: minimal, almost acoustic, very romantic and down to earth. Plus – this young man does not know how to save the world like some other German acts. That alone makes him the most exciting new German act of 2011.
Like last week the highest new entry is a German production. Seven days ago it was the new single of DJ-Team MILK&SUGAR. After their greates commercial success Hey (Nah Neh Nah) left the list the new track featuring Miriam Makeba & Jungle Brothers was entering the list. Hi-A Ma Pata Pata is a remix of the 1968 song from Mama Africa and uses the exactly same formula like its predecessor. Still it works – the track started its career at number 39.
Strange thing besides: the track comes with two different videos. The one distributed in Germany is an animated one – simple minded and almost discriminating.
The one coming from the Netherlands is much more funny by using an original stage shooting of Mama Afrika herself. Unfortunatly this one is blocked in Germany (please don’t ask me why – stupid GEMA).
Highest new entry this recent week is a collaboration between two really different German stars. One of them caused last week the furious come back of French ZAZ who shot back 67–24 with her je veux after performing the song at the TV broadcasted show of Mario Barth. This German comedian right now fills stadiums like a rock star. In 2008 he set a Guiness Record by attracting 70.000 at Berlin Olympiastadion. One of Mario Barths regular guests is German rapper Sido. He already appeared in some spectacular collaborations like in companion with Adel Tawil or Stefan Remmler. Finally he recorded a track also with Mario Barth. Ick liebe dir (I Luv Ya) is a love song to Berlin, the home for both. Actually it praises a lot the restless party life of the city. Well – that’s true, probably Berlin is Europe’s party city number 1 of the moment.
The track starts at number 33 on downloads only.
It is Alexandra Stan’s fourth week at the Top. Her Mr. Saxobeat still outsells all other tracks. Still at number 2 – all together the third week – the all star collaboration Pitbull feat. NE-YO, Afrojack & Nayer that also is the worlds number 2.
Up to number 3 German Tim Bendzko is rising. His Nur noch kurz die Welt retten (Just Have To Save The World) peaks in its 7th week inside the Top 3 and is also the most popular German song of the moment. The sound is in fact completely opposite of all the other top hits of the day: minimal, almost acoustic, very romantic and down to earth. Plus – this young man does not know how to save the world like some other German acts. That alone makes him the most exciting new German act of 2011.
Like last week the highest new entry is a German production. Seven days ago it was the new single of DJ-Team MILK&SUGAR. After their greates commercial success Hey (Nah Neh Nah) left the list the new track featuring Miriam Makeba & Jungle Brothers was entering the list. Hi-A Ma Pata Pata is a remix of the 1968 song from Mama Africa and uses the exactly same formula like its predecessor. Still it works – the track started its career at number 39.
Strange thing besides: the track comes with two different videos. The one distributed in Germany is an animated one – simple minded and almost discriminating.
The one coming from the Netherlands is much more funny by using an original stage shooting of Mama Afrika herself. Unfortunatly this one is blocked in Germany (please don’t ask me why – stupid GEMA).
Highest new entry this recent week is a collaboration between two really different German stars. One of them caused last week the furious come back of French ZAZ who shot back 67–24 with her je veux after performing the song at the TV broadcasted show of Mario Barth. This German comedian right now fills stadiums like a rock star. In 2008 he set a Guiness Record by attracting 70.000 at Berlin Olympiastadion. One of Mario Barths regular guests is German rapper Sido. He already appeared in some spectacular collaborations like in companion with Adel Tawil or Stefan Remmler. Finally he recorded a track also with Mario Barth. Ick liebe dir (I Luv Ya) is a love song to Berlin, the home for both. Actually it praises a lot the restless party life of the city. Well – that’s true, probably Berlin is Europe’s party city number 1 of the moment.
The track starts at number 33 on downloads only.
A Sporty Week
Most exciting story of the week probably is the rise of David Guetta featuring Taio Cruz Ludacris into the Top 5. Last week the new single from electro DJ of the moment Little Bad Girl made its debut at number 12. Now – still as a digital release only – the track attracts much more music lovers. It is the fourth track on which David Guetta appears as an artist and that managed at least once a Top 10 position this year. It is only Rihanna the other act doing so.
With the proper release still some weeks ahead David Guetta seems having all chances to be the next number 1 hit.
Watching the Top 10 closely I now can report Pitbull overtaking Bruno Mars as the artist having most appearances inside the Top 10 in 2011. The result so far: 25 weeks – for comparison: last years best performer Rihanna collected 32 weeks over the whole year.
German tracks
There are some small changes going according the preferences of German productions. Most loved song at the moment is Nur noch kurz die Welt retten (Just have to save the world) by Tim Bendzko. The very authentic song now dethrones the commercially clean and shallow I Miss You by Sarah Engels & Pietro Lombardi (+ Dieter Bohlen of course). Track number 3 favoured by the audience is Still by Jupiter Jones. The ballad yoyos back 16 – 14.
Interest is raising on Wovon sollen wir träumen (What we might dream of) by Frida Gold. The track is used by German public TV ZDF for backgrounding all reports and broadcasts of the FIFA womens world championship. Due to that heavy rotation it climbs 25 – 19 reaching a new peak in its 14th chart week. Seeing the German team fail in the quarter final 7 days ago the track might loose in attractivity. The band at least has reached Top 20 status für the very first time.
There are a lot of remixes of the track around right now. One of the most mass appealing is the one by Michael Mind. Check it out and decide for yourself which one is the best.
Having four tracks inside the Top 20 Germany is the most successful home country of the German chart right now. Third one is France. This recent week we count three tracks, last week there were even four tracks. Of course that’s an effect of above mentioned success of David Guetta. But also a second DJ named Lucenzo performs strong these days. His Danza Kuduro featuring Puertorican Don Omar is jumping 19 – 11.
A few days ago I dropped some words ’bout the lazy German music industry. No really new releases meaning no exciting new entries in the charts. Due to that fact the highest new track is an old one. The Red Hot Chili Peppers were back in the mind of music fans by there announcement of a new album at the end of August called I’m With You plus a new tour end of the year through Europe. Unfortunatly tickets are very expensive – at least that’s what a lot of fans wrote at the official fan page of the Peppers.
Why they are back in the charts after a four years break is due to a TV spectacle at 2nd of July. That was the date of the final boxing fight for world champion title of IBF, WBO and IBO. The fight took place at the Imtech Arena in Hamburg featuring Wladimir Klitschko vs. David Haye. It was an highly advertised event broadcasted live by private TV channel RTL. There are reports that the transmission of the fight had the highest rates a Klitschko fight ever had. Believe it or not – the song of Klitschko’s ring entrance re-enters the list after the fight. It is Can’t Stop – the 2003 single of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Although that track is one of the signature songs of the band it never went higher than number 58 in its original chart run 8 years ago. Now the track enters at number 48 and marks the highest peak ever for that track.
Watch the ring entrance plus Klitschko introduction from the TV airing:
TV appearances causing re-entries within the charts is a quite common thing. Much more seldom a re-entry (or re-rise) is caused by a tour or single stage appearance. It happened just now to Norwegian Madcon. They were part of the warm up show for German comedian Mario Barth who had a stadion show in Leipzig at 2nd July. 42.000 guests were celebrating meanwhile rainy weather. It had to be a crazy performance – Outrun The Sun is re-entering the list at 58 after a three weeks pause, Glow is rising again 86–76 in its 57th week and Freaky Like Me re-enters at 99. The upcoming Madcon-Tour Contraband will probably benefit from such hysteria also.
Summer time means exciting party time. We witness stupid Mallorca tracks entering and rising the list as well as a few electro tracks. One of these tracks appearing every few years in a new remix is the meanwhile classic Cafe Del Mar by early 90ies trance project Energy 52. Last seen as a minor hit three years ago it had a renaissance this year in May when digital label Flying Circus released remixes by German DJ Ricardo Villalobos. They are much more minimal as all remixes before – the main title only appears as an echo. After almost two months on sale the track catches fire at dancefloors and starts the sell copies again. It enters the German charts at number 86 counting its 15th chart week all remixes together.
That’s it – isn’t it funny how many stories one vould find within a chart almost completely static? Well ... see ya next week
With the proper release still some weeks ahead David Guetta seems having all chances to be the next number 1 hit.
Watching the Top 10 closely I now can report Pitbull overtaking Bruno Mars as the artist having most appearances inside the Top 10 in 2011. The result so far: 25 weeks – for comparison: last years best performer Rihanna collected 32 weeks over the whole year.
German tracks
There are some small changes going according the preferences of German productions. Most loved song at the moment is Nur noch kurz die Welt retten (Just have to save the world) by Tim Bendzko. The very authentic song now dethrones the commercially clean and shallow I Miss You by Sarah Engels & Pietro Lombardi (+ Dieter Bohlen of course). Track number 3 favoured by the audience is Still by Jupiter Jones. The ballad yoyos back 16 – 14.
Interest is raising on Wovon sollen wir träumen (What we might dream of) by Frida Gold. The track is used by German public TV ZDF for backgrounding all reports and broadcasts of the FIFA womens world championship. Due to that heavy rotation it climbs 25 – 19 reaching a new peak in its 14th chart week. Seeing the German team fail in the quarter final 7 days ago the track might loose in attractivity. The band at least has reached Top 20 status für the very first time.
There are a lot of remixes of the track around right now. One of the most mass appealing is the one by Michael Mind. Check it out and decide for yourself which one is the best.
Having four tracks inside the Top 20 Germany is the most successful home country of the German chart right now. Third one is France. This recent week we count three tracks, last week there were even four tracks. Of course that’s an effect of above mentioned success of David Guetta. But also a second DJ named Lucenzo performs strong these days. His Danza Kuduro featuring Puertorican Don Omar is jumping 19 – 11.
A few days ago I dropped some words ’bout the lazy German music industry. No really new releases meaning no exciting new entries in the charts. Due to that fact the highest new track is an old one. The Red Hot Chili Peppers were back in the mind of music fans by there announcement of a new album at the end of August called I’m With You plus a new tour end of the year through Europe. Unfortunatly tickets are very expensive – at least that’s what a lot of fans wrote at the official fan page of the Peppers.
Why they are back in the charts after a four years break is due to a TV spectacle at 2nd of July. That was the date of the final boxing fight for world champion title of IBF, WBO and IBO. The fight took place at the Imtech Arena in Hamburg featuring Wladimir Klitschko vs. David Haye. It was an highly advertised event broadcasted live by private TV channel RTL. There are reports that the transmission of the fight had the highest rates a Klitschko fight ever had. Believe it or not – the song of Klitschko’s ring entrance re-enters the list after the fight. It is Can’t Stop – the 2003 single of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Although that track is one of the signature songs of the band it never went higher than number 58 in its original chart run 8 years ago. Now the track enters at number 48 and marks the highest peak ever for that track.
Watch the ring entrance plus Klitschko introduction from the TV airing:
TV appearances causing re-entries within the charts is a quite common thing. Much more seldom a re-entry (or re-rise) is caused by a tour or single stage appearance. It happened just now to Norwegian Madcon. They were part of the warm up show for German comedian Mario Barth who had a stadion show in Leipzig at 2nd July. 42.000 guests were celebrating meanwhile rainy weather. It had to be a crazy performance – Outrun The Sun is re-entering the list at 58 after a three weeks pause, Glow is rising again 86–76 in its 57th week and Freaky Like Me re-enters at 99. The upcoming Madcon-Tour Contraband will probably benefit from such hysteria also.
Summer time means exciting party time. We witness stupid Mallorca tracks entering and rising the list as well as a few electro tracks. One of these tracks appearing every few years in a new remix is the meanwhile classic Cafe Del Mar by early 90ies trance project Energy 52. Last seen as a minor hit three years ago it had a renaissance this year in May when digital label Flying Circus released remixes by German DJ Ricardo Villalobos. They are much more minimal as all remixes before – the main title only appears as an echo. After almost two months on sale the track catches fire at dancefloors and starts the sell copies again. It enters the German charts at number 86 counting its 15th chart week all remixes together.
That’s it – isn’t it funny how many stories one vould find within a chart almost completely static? Well ... see ya next week
It's Holiday Time in Germany's Music Industry
It is an embarrassing chart week to be watched at. German holiday season starts and the music industry is completely out of office. No big releases – just a hope that old hits will sell more and more. What a silly policy.
The top end of the list sees well known hits. Alexandra Stan spends a second week at number one with Mr. Saxobeat. It is the eighth number one hit with at least two weeks at the top spot in a row. Last year we had nine such nr.1 tracks – a feat probably to be equlled or even broken soon.
Highest new entry is Pures Gold (Pure Gold) offered by DSDS contestant Norman Langen. Highest meaning here: number 69 – it is far and away the lowest „highest new entry“ this year. Only EMINEM performed worse at 07. January when he re-entered the list with Not Afraid. The last real new track entering the charts lower as Norman Hagen was James Brown with a remix of Sex Machine at the first issue of 2007 which is so far the third lowest „highest new entry“ of all times.
Norman Langen is the third contestant of this year’s DSDS season who offers an own release and manages entering the charts. It is quite unusual seeing releases that fast coming – in former years all contestants had to wait a year before they were allowed having an own contract and proper releases. This policy seems to be changed. I guess the big companies behind DSDS are searching heavily for ways to milk their almost dead concept. Or how would you call the fact that the seventh of the show can offer an awkward Mallorca Schlager only a few weeks after the end of the show?
The top end of the list sees well known hits. Alexandra Stan spends a second week at number one with Mr. Saxobeat. It is the eighth number one hit with at least two weeks at the top spot in a row. Last year we had nine such nr.1 tracks – a feat probably to be equlled or even broken soon.
Highest new entry is Pures Gold (Pure Gold) offered by DSDS contestant Norman Langen. Highest meaning here: number 69 – it is far and away the lowest „highest new entry“ this year. Only EMINEM performed worse at 07. January when he re-entered the list with Not Afraid. The last real new track entering the charts lower as Norman Hagen was James Brown with a remix of Sex Machine at the first issue of 2007 which is so far the third lowest „highest new entry“ of all times.
Norman Langen is the third contestant of this year’s DSDS season who offers an own release and manages entering the charts. It is quite unusual seeing releases that fast coming – in former years all contestants had to wait a year before they were allowed having an own contract and proper releases. This policy seems to be changed. I guess the big companies behind DSDS are searching heavily for ways to milk their almost dead concept. Or how would you call the fact that the seventh of the show can offer an awkward Mallorca Schlager only a few weeks after the end of the show?
The First Summer List
It is summer time and it is time for Alexandra Stan. Her Mr. Saxobeat now tops the official media control sales charts. Doing so it stands in a row with a lot of other lists: the iTunes Charts saw the track at the top already weeks ago, in the Euro top 100 and the international DJ charts the track appears at number 1, Austria and Switzerland report number 1 also. So Mr. Saxobeat is definitely the European summer hit.
It took the lady eight weeks to enter the top spot. Although it is one of the longer ways to number one it is in 2011 the second fastest rise to number 1 by a new act. The chart run so far looks like the classical way of growing massive summer smashes. First Mr. Saxobeat appeared at number 27 followed by 33 – 20 – 14 – 4 – 2 – 3. Gaining number 1 makes Alexandra Stan the very first Romanian act at the German top. If you count Romanian born musicians as well, than she now joins the club with Peter Maffay and Michael Cretu (Enigma) – but I guess the honour of being the one and only Romanian born act who still lives and works in Romania belongs to her.
The two most active artists this year so far found themselves in the list with new singles. Rihanna launches with California King Bed a seventh track – entering the list as the best sold new single and giving her a fourth Top 10 hit in 2011. David Guetta already has his eighth charting track this year with Little Bad Girl. The song is entering the list at 12 as a download only track. The proper single is scheduled for 22nd July – so probably than the track will become Top 10 soon.
Best new German act is DSDS contestant Sebastian Wurth. In the show he left as the fifth – now he has released a first single Hard To Love You. Happy guitarsurf sound in the maner of James Blunt or Amy Macdonald. It is a singalong hit with potential but as some very fast market watcher report the song is tumbling down in sales right now. Seems that only a core fan crowd of the TV show noticed the single. Really bad luck for the artist who had much more talent than the winner.
It took the lady eight weeks to enter the top spot. Although it is one of the longer ways to number one it is in 2011 the second fastest rise to number 1 by a new act. The chart run so far looks like the classical way of growing massive summer smashes. First Mr. Saxobeat appeared at number 27 followed by 33 – 20 – 14 – 4 – 2 – 3. Gaining number 1 makes Alexandra Stan the very first Romanian act at the German top. If you count Romanian born musicians as well, than she now joins the club with Peter Maffay and Michael Cretu (Enigma) – but I guess the honour of being the one and only Romanian born act who still lives and works in Romania belongs to her.
The two most active artists this year so far found themselves in the list with new singles. Rihanna launches with California King Bed a seventh track – entering the list as the best sold new single and giving her a fourth Top 10 hit in 2011. David Guetta already has his eighth charting track this year with Little Bad Girl. The song is entering the list at 12 as a download only track. The proper single is scheduled for 22nd July – so probably than the track will become Top 10 soon.
Best new German act is DSDS contestant Sebastian Wurth. In the show he left as the fifth – now he has released a first single Hard To Love You. Happy guitarsurf sound in the maner of James Blunt or Amy Macdonald. It is a singalong hit with potential but as some very fast market watcher report the song is tumbling down in sales right now. Seems that only a core fan crowd of the TV show noticed the single. Really bad luck for the artist who had much more talent than the winner.
Appendix: Recent German Releases
It is still the time for former DSDS contestants. The winners of the recent season are on top with a new single. Last year’s winner Mehrzad Marashi just offered the teaser for his upcoming new album. Anna-Maria Zimmermann – the 6th of the 2006 season – is back with a new album and also number 3 of 2009 – Annemarie Eilfeld – known as the beast of the show offers a new release. As most of the others her career also looks like a daily soap. After a minor hit last autumn she splitted up with her producer George Glueck, changed her image, name and management and now comes as a German schlager singing artist. Seele unter Eis (Soul under Ice) is simple in a melodic and lyrical sense. When I was listening to the song for the first time I really felt back in the 80ies: Synth pop at its best ... unfortunatly we’re just counting 2011. I guess her new producing team is aiming at a different target group than before. People over 60 for example. It is a bad thing these people doesn’t buy music that much. Seele unter Eis only starts at number 67 in the singles list. Probably the upcoming album performs better.
Further down the list upcoming Mallorca party season is arriving. First of the hits only endurable drunken is Schatzi, schenk mir ein Foto (Honey, give me a photograph) that was often played in last Apres-Ski / Carneval season. In original the song was recorded by Dutch duo Gebroeders Ko in 2009. It became popular in Germany as well when it was offered in a German version by Vollker Racho and Marc Pircher. In November 2010 party king Mickie Krause recorded a new version credited to Ko&Ko as featured artists too. The single charted for seven weeks climbing to number 46 in early March. A new mix of the recording called Party Version 2011 is scheduled for release for mid-July. That one is credited to Mickie Krause only but I hardly doubt that he recorded the track newly. Well – in expectation of that new unbelievable mix the old track finds some buyers again and the recent chart lists the track new at number 90. I promise we will find that track much higher soon.
Further down the list upcoming Mallorca party season is arriving. First of the hits only endurable drunken is Schatzi, schenk mir ein Foto (Honey, give me a photograph) that was often played in last Apres-Ski / Carneval season. In original the song was recorded by Dutch duo Gebroeders Ko in 2009. It became popular in Germany as well when it was offered in a German version by Vollker Racho and Marc Pircher. In November 2010 party king Mickie Krause recorded a new version credited to Ko&Ko as featured artists too. The single charted for seven weeks climbing to number 46 in early March. A new mix of the recording called Party Version 2011 is scheduled for release for mid-July. That one is credited to Mickie Krause only but I hardly doubt that he recorded the track newly. Well – in expectation of that new unbelievable mix the old track finds some buyers again and the recent chart lists the track new at number 90. I promise we will find that track much higher soon.
Strong German acts: Lombardi - Engels - Bendzko
Once again TV is the tool for making hits. In our actual case a TV show does have the power of rebounding a former Number 1 hit back to the top. Germany’s last big show for the whole family Wetten dass...? (Bet That...) was aired on 18th of June from Mallorca presenting Jennifer Lopez as well as Sarah Engels & Pietro Lombardi. The result: JLO shoots 4–1 giving her and companion Pitbull a sixth week at the top spot. On The Floor now matches the six week run of Bruno Mars’ grenade back in spring this year and it is the track spending most weeks inside the Top 10 this year. Much more impressive than this statistics is the fact that On The Floor returns after a six weeks break at the top. We’ve seen such a feat almost a year ago when Lena gained another single week at the top right after winning the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the first time in chart history that a single returned back to the top after more than a month absence. Now history repeats itself. Does this means we have to expect much more rebounders the next years?
At number 2 the DSDS love couple Sarah & Pietro enters the list with new single I Miss You. It is a very pink r’n’b-pop-ballad – sounding very American and I’m really wondering that such 90ies sound can make it that high in 2011. Well, the audience of Wetten dass…? is something between 14 and 79, women older than 65 love the show – their taste IS conservative.
For Pietro Lombardi it is just the right time to launch a second hit – his girlfriend (are they still a couple?) really does a feat. Having two Number 2 hits in a row she is now the second most successful not-winner of DSDS and probably the most succesfull runners up contestant. Mike Leon Grosch – the second place in 2006 – had a singlenumber 1 hit the same year. And Daniel Küblböck – number 3 in the very first season – had three top 10 hits in 2003 /2004. The first one You Drive Me Crazy shooting to number one for two weeks. Both of them are forgotten right now. It is very likely that Sarah Engels goes that way too.
Also the second track entering the Top 10 is a German one. Tim Bendzko is one of the young German artists with huge expectations. This week his debut album starts at number 4 in the album list. The single Nur noch kurz die Welt retten (Just have to save the world) profits of the release and rises 15 – 9. It is the complete opposite of the Engels/Lombardi production. Stripped down, authentic and very lyrical. Probably Tim Bendzko will have a much longer musical career.
Third successful German track is Jupiter Jones that is rising 12 – 11 with Still (Calm). Inside the Top 20 are cascada and Andreas Bourani also meaning we do have six German productions in the upper region of the chart. That’s pretty much … Plus Frida Gold is waiting at position 21 – we talk about that later for sure.
At number 2 the DSDS love couple Sarah & Pietro enters the list with new single I Miss You. It is a very pink r’n’b-pop-ballad – sounding very American and I’m really wondering that such 90ies sound can make it that high in 2011. Well, the audience of Wetten dass…? is something between 14 and 79, women older than 65 love the show – their taste IS conservative.
For Pietro Lombardi it is just the right time to launch a second hit – his girlfriend (are they still a couple?) really does a feat. Having two Number 2 hits in a row she is now the second most successful not-winner of DSDS and probably the most succesfull runners up contestant. Mike Leon Grosch – the second place in 2006 – had a singlenumber 1 hit the same year. And Daniel Küblböck – number 3 in the very first season – had three top 10 hits in 2003 /2004. The first one You Drive Me Crazy shooting to number one for two weeks. Both of them are forgotten right now. It is very likely that Sarah Engels goes that way too.
Also the second track entering the Top 10 is a German one. Tim Bendzko is one of the young German artists with huge expectations. This week his debut album starts at number 4 in the album list. The single Nur noch kurz die Welt retten (Just have to save the world) profits of the release and rises 15 – 9. It is the complete opposite of the Engels/Lombardi production. Stripped down, authentic and very lyrical. Probably Tim Bendzko will have a much longer musical career.
Third successful German track is Jupiter Jones that is rising 12 – 11 with Still (Calm). Inside the Top 20 are cascada and Andreas Bourani also meaning we do have six German productions in the upper region of the chart. That’s pretty much … Plus Frida Gold is waiting at position 21 – we talk about that later for sure.
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