HotSpot 08-23-13

AVICII still is number 1 with Wake Me Up. It is the sixth week for the song holding firm at the top. In terms of weeks at number 1 Wake Me Up is now the second most successful track of the year right behind will.i.am's & Britney's Scream & Shout that had a 9 weeks run at the top in the beginning of 2013.
For all who loves statistic facts: the track now is the most successive Swedish production since late 2004 when Eric Prydz had a 6 weeks stay at number 1 with Call On Me.

German comedian trio Y-Titty launches its first Top 10 hit with Halt dein Maul entering the charts at number 5. It is the teasing song to its upcoming album Stricksocken Swagger. It is almost a given thing that we will see the trio invading the list in three weeks time.

Hot Spot 08-16-13

Wake Me Up by AVICII stands still for week no. five at the German top. It now belongs to the Top 3 of the longest holding number 1 hits in 2013 joining Let Her Go by Passenger (5x) and Scream & Shout by will.i.am & Britney Spears (9x). And it now matches the success of last years Swedish summer hit I Follow Rivers by Lykke Li.

With CASPER entering number 4 German Raop-style launches a third Top 5 act in one year. After CRO and Marteria have having topped the singles charts Im Ascheregen is the next attempt. CASPER’s album Hinterland follows these days.

At number 10 Ellie Goulding for the first time enters the upper region of the German charts. The song giving her that honour is Burn.

German rap star Shindy can launch four different tracks in the list after the release of its album NWA in the clean 2.0 version. The original shot to number 1 two weeks ago but was banned by the authorities. The four songs entering the singles list are exactly the four new recorded: Stress mit Grund, Springfield 2, Bruce Wayne and Mein Shit. – Shindy is only the fifth artist in 2013 having at least four tracks simultanously invading the list. The four reaching that feat before are CRO, will.i.am, Rihanna and Helen Fischer.