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A casting show blows several hits in the single’s charts. We do have 13 new entries – 12 of them are related to the show in question. The 13th hit also has support by a TV series. If there were no TV the music industry would still sleep. And this recent week shows impressively how stars are made. It’s not about clever songwriting or performing in an unbelievably cool way. Not at all. It is all

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Usually the start of the year is a quiet week. Nobody is really surprised that we don’t have any new entry that week. But we have a lot of re-entering tracks. 15 hits of the past months appear again in the survey – that’s a lot. It is in fact the biggest amount since two years. January the 8th 2010 we saw 23 tracks coming back. But now let’s leave the long tail of the list and go straight to the

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The year 2012 starts with a slow downed list. As usual the first week only have single new entries – so does this recent. The one and only comes in at number 92. But first – let’s have a look to the most sold singles. Also at the top nothing new. Australian Gotye holds a second week at number 1 with Somebody That I Used To Know. It is now the most successful Australian track since We No Speak

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No surprise at the top of the singles list of the year 2011: On The Floor recorded by JLO feat. Pitbull is the most sold single of the past twelve months. The single was five weeks at number one in April and May strongly promoted due to the fact that it was the opening song for one of the live shows of Deutschland sucht den Superstar (Germany’s Idols). After Jennifer Lopez’ performance at Wetten

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The last chart week of the year and we do have a new number 1. As some digital sales analysts reported a week ago Australian Gotye climbs to number 1 in Germany. Somebody That I Used To Know is the 15th and last number 1 single this year. So we had two number one hits more than in 2010 and the same amount as in the two years before. It is also the sixth debut single of an artist that can climb to

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This is the Christmas issue of the German charts. Well – and it brings a really romantic and blue touch. Lana Del Rey sits a third week pretty at number 1 with her Video Games – Blue Jeans single. The only one coming close to her position is Australian Gotye whose Somebody That I Used To Know rises 6–2 and matches the mood of the number 1 hit. The main gainers of the week come due to recently

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Lana Del Rey again leads the survey. It seems almost certain that Video Games – Blue Jeans will stay at the top for the next days – very probably for Christmas time too. Even the rest of the Top 5 this week holds firm at past week’s position. Let’s call it (pre-)Christmas lazyness. More or less we witness that behaviour every year in December: well known hits rise again – new ones start slowly.

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It is American Lana Del Rey who grabs the crown of the number 1 single of the week. She is the fourth act in 2011 who can reach the top with the very first single. In 2010 we had six new acts doing that – so one could see this as a gentle move in attention back to more known acts, away from the hysterical hype of „new born stars” which really had a hiatus in 2010. – Speaking of new successful

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Once again R(ihanna) is the one who grabs the honour of being number 1 in Germany. Plus – once again Rihanna does so by rising from a place not being number 1. It is the second time that We Found Love reclaims the top position after left that one before. The last track and artist doing so was Keri Hilson with her I Like almost exactly two years ago. Back than Aura Dione and Lady Gaga where the

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The Christmas rush started. The industry is releasing new material and the audience is buying. The German single’s charts dated November 25th counts 15 new entries. It is the biggest turnover of the list with completely new material. Of course we saw the two first weeks in March 21 resp. 20 tracks entering the charts – back than 10 resp. 6 of that tracks were re-entries. This recent week we do

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Once again Rihanna serves the top single of the week. We Found Love holds the third week there – it is now the second longest stand for a Rihanna-track at the top. The crown of being the most durable Nr.1 goes to Umbrella that had a five weeks run at the top in June 2007. I was talking 'bout fading German releases last week. This week everything changes rapidly by the latest single releases

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R(ihanna) feat. Calvin Harris rebounds to number 1. It is the third time a track can reach the top position again after having at least a one week break. In 2010 we had also three tracks bouncing down from number 1 and back again. So We Found Love does nothing unusual at all. It is Rihanna’s 11th summarized week at number 1 in her whole career. She now joins Marlon Roudette and Israel IZ

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A surprisingly new Number 1 leads the chart of this week. Danish singer Aura Dione can gain the chart crown in Germany for a second time in her career . Geronimo is the first single taken from her upcoming album Before The Dinosaurs which is produced by names like David Jost (Tokio Hotel and Keri Hilson) and Rick Nowels (Madonna, Nelly Furtado and Colbie Caillat). A precisely planned campaign

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Rihanna’s new single storms to number 1 in Germany too. We Found Love is the fourth Nr.1 hit for the singer coming from Barbados. 17 of the 25 chart hits crediting Rihanna as an artist went Top 10, 12 of them even Top 5. That makes her one of themost successfull acts of the recent millenium so far. Alongside Rihanna British DJ and producer Calvin Harris finally can launch a hit in Germany. He

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Seeing Marlon Roudette spending an eighth week at the top of German charts means New Age is the song spending most weeks at number 1this recent year. It is very certain that no other song will beat the resultas there are only nine chart weeks being left until the year ends. Right behind the British singer American MAROON 5 ranks still at number 2 with Moves Like Jagger. It is already the sixth

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We do have 13 new entries inside the recent media control list. That’s a in fact the second biggest turnover this year. Plus 5 re-entries which means 18 tracks not charted the week before.Do the charts speed up after a year long period of calmness? Well – six of the new entries are caused by just aired Bundesvision Song Contest ... will talk baout that later. First of all: a look at the very top.

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A German movie still has the biggest impact on the German music chart. It is very successful What A Man – the comedy by and with new German darling Matthias Schweighöfer. So far one and a half million people watched the movie – it is still Number 4 at the movie charts after one months in theatres. Inside the singles chart three songs of the soundtrack appear. At Number 1 Marlon Roudette still

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The charts are going faster: six new entries inside the Top 20 – three of them coming from Germany . Plus new singles from Example, Snow Patrol and Rea Garvey. Latter one for sure is a German special feature cause the Irish singer is known here as leader of Reamonn who had several hits in the last years most known with Supergirl (2000) and Through The Eyes Of A Child (2008). As a solo star Rea

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German pop duo Rosenstolz (Rose’s Pride) is back. New single Wir sind am Leben (We Are Alive) advertises their 11th album scheduled for 23rd September. The last three albums went number 1 – the first single of the last one Gib mir Sonne (Give Me Sun) was the first nr.1 single for the band. Now the new lift starts almost similarly spectacular. Though the competition is hard right now. Marlon

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Guettamania update: Without You from the album Nothing But The Beat can increase its single downloads and cracks the Top 10. It is the 6th track of David Guetta cracking the top 10 this year alone. He is now not only the one with most Top 10 hits this year but this (still young) decade also. Vocal artist USHER counts his 7th Top 10 hit of his whole career -– the second this year. More went to

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Marlon Roudette holds firm at number 1 with the ballad New Age. It is the third consecutive week and he now as a solo artist matches the result achieved in 2006 as part of duo Mattafix. This recent week his debut album Matter Fixed enters the album list at number 6 – a feat never reached with his former project. To tell some more stories: Marlon Roudette is the first British act staying at number

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Is there anything else than David Guettamania going on in the official German chart? Yes – at least a few moverscan be watched. There are two tracks inside the Top 10 with rising sales. At number 3 Moves Like Jagger by MAROON 5 Featuring Christina Aguilera and at number 5 Loca People (What The F**k!) by Spanish DJ Sak Noel. Both are new available on CD now and it is very certain seeing there

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Man of the week is French DJ David Guetta. OK – his fresh album Nothing But The Beat did not storm to Number 1 – it stalled at Number 2 keeping the top spot free for the rockers of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. At the singles’ market the picture looks completely different. As media control reports David Guetta has this recent week 9 tracks inside the Top 100. Last week we counted six tracks – and

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Indeed a busy week. The German chart counts 13 new entries – three of them inside the Top 10. When did we really had this last time? 13 new tracks (I mean REALLY new tracks – not only Re-Entries) entered the list at the end of July for the last time. It was somehow the last working week in music business. Three new entries inside the Top 10 happened right after the end of the DSDS superstar

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Summer laziness is definitely over. Again Germany celebrates a new Number 1. It is Marlon Roudette who enters the list directly at the top. It is only the second Number 1 hit starting his chart run right at the highest possible position. Last one that did so was Call My Name by Superstar winning Pietro Lombardi back in May. Last year we also only had two instant chart topper – the year before

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Germany does have a new Nr.1. After seven weeks at the top Alexandra Stan has to move right away keeping the way clean for Danza Kuduro by French–Puerto Rican collaboration Lucenzo feat Don Omar. It took them almost two complete months to reach the top – a slow rise seen not that often. The last track that entered the number 1 slot in it’s ninth week or later was We Are The People by Australian

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Man of the week is David Guetta. Promoting his upcoming album Nothing But The Beat he drives all folks insane. Including his first digital promotianal single Titanium he has three tracks inside the German sales Top 20. I don’t have any statistics about such feats – but it is for sure not often seen inside the German list. – Having two tracks inside the recent Top 20 we find Pitbull, JLO and

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Alexandra Stan now has the honour of being the act occupying the Number 1 spot for the longest time in 2011. This recent chart week Mr. Saxobeat holds a 7th week right at the top. It is the longest running Nr.1 track since we saw Over The Rainbow by Israel IZ Kamakawiwo’ole spending 12 week at the most sold single in Germany back in October to December last year. Rising up one place Lucenzo now

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It is still holiday time in Germany. Meaning the recent chart is quite calm and the industry avoids releasing hot new tracks. Only 3 new entries plus 5 re-entries ... well ... DJ Antoine, Timati & Kalenna profit of lacking competitors and rise further two places to number 4. It is a proper season’s hit now. What it means for the careers of DJ Antoine and Timati I told before. US singer Kalenna

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Mr. Saxobeat now is one of three tracks in 2011 that had a six weeks run at the top of the German single’s charts. But it is the first track counting six consecutive weeks at the Top in 2011. Both others – grenade by Bruno Mars and On The Floor by JLO feat. Pitbull – had a break in between. Question right now is: will Alexandra Stan keep seeling most copies the next week too? A real rival is not

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It is the Amy Winehouse week. After her death her tracks also in Germany storms back into the list. You Know I'm No Good can even reach a new peak ... But it is a Russian-Swiss collaboration that really wrote headlines. DJ Antoine vs. Timati feat. Kalenna rise 12–6 with Welcome To St. Tropez giving all three a first Top 10 hit at all. It is the highest position a Russian artist claimed since All

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Now it is officially the summer hit of 2011. The chart compiling institut media control announced on Monday that Mr. Saxobeat by Alexandra Stan has the honour of being THE tune of this year’s holiday season. media control refers to the five weeks run at the top of the charts but gives no other indications of why the song now is „officially“ the hit. Well – nobody doubts it seriously, but having

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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I owe you a look at the new German singles the week 10th to 16th June. Here they are: What to do if a former star tries to launch a new release or show? Well – let’s remix one of the proper hits again and sell it as version x.0. That’s how it exactly works in the case of Michelle & Matthias Reim. Michelle never really was that kind of super star in Germany. She became famous for her attempts at

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Let me tell you briefly whats going on in German mainstream music market: almost nothing! – The stories of the week are already told: Romanian summer pop is popular right now and a TV show generates some hits (even for big stars). Unfortunately that show prefers international music. But it is not that bad with German music. Watching German productions in detail we witness Jupiter Jones finally

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It is LMFAO again that gains the crown of the German singles chart this recent week. For a second week the Party Rock Anthem generated most money. Closest competitor was Romanian Alexandra Stan who now is the most successful Romanian chart act since the days of Haiducii narrowly missing number 1 in 2004. But the stories of the week are related to a TV show: Highest climber of the week and a new

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Let’s start with an absolutely amazing news: Jupiter Jones – the new German super band – enters the Top 10 in Germany. Their single Still finally hit number 10 after a 14-week-rise. It is one of that beautiful stories bout slowly but steadily growing hits. It started all in March this year when Still finally hit the shops as a CD single. The track was available before as an acoustic version on

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Finally the Europe wide hit Party Rockl Anthem also enters the number 1 in Germany. US American electro duo LMFAO already had the top spot in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France,Ireland, Switzerland and in the UK (see statistics at acharts.us) – the world charts see them rising to number 3. It took the project six week to get on top – that’s not really unusual. The last track taking more than a

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A quiet chart week. Only six tracks entering the chart – two of them already were noted before. So we only have 4 real new entries two of them inside the Top 20. A new CD – new in the top 20 but listed a week ago as download only single and thats why the gainer of the week – that’s Bag Raiders – the so far unknown Australian project heavily supported by TV advert for Vodafone. The story sounds

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We’re facing an absolutely bizarre situation. Although superstar Pietro Lombardi doesn’t play any significant role neither in airplay nor in digital sales charts (iTunes: nr.10 on Fr 27th of May; number 18 on Thu 2nd of June; amazon digital number 12; musicload sees number 10; mp3.saturn sees also number 10) and even the physical sales at amazon only list a number 112 – but media control reports

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Let’s start with a story about creativity in Germany. As elsewhere in the world music industry here is completely alienated. The difference is that the big companies so far did not try new ways in selling and marketing music. Most time they spend with catching digital pirates, fighting with youtube and writing accusals to internet users … The end so far is a very boring official music business

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It is the third week for recent superstar winner Pietro Lombardi at the top of the German chart. He now joins the club of last two year’s winners Mehrzad Marashi and Daniel Schuhmacher. Highest new entry is a song by Brooke Fraser from New Zeeland. Something In The Water is a calm and romantic song fitting perfectly the recent trend of young women singing about the easy life. Finally JEDWARD

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It is a medium scandal watching th enew survey of most sold tracks in Germany compiled by media control. The big commercial Eurovision winner Jedward is not listed anywhere although their Lipstick ruled all download charts for a full week. A few days after the contest media control announced a separate survey of Eurovision tracks – Jedward on top followed by British entry Blue. The recent press

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Seven of the 10 best sold tracks in Germany in the week 6th to 12th May name at list one European act as main artist. Pretty much! The Top 5 is completely ruled by European producers (if you count RedOne as a European too which is not completely correct). Perhaps we might witness a further run of European acts to the top – the German „super stars“ probably will loose their crown of being the

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What a week! Three new entries inside the Top 5 – two of them right at the top. Both launched by the big TV event Deutschland sucht den Superstar (Germany is searching for the super star) – abr. DSDS. Winner of the show – 18 years old Pietro Lombardi is shooting to number 1 right after the final’s end. Call My Name is the first song doing so since one complete year when winner of last year’s

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Having two new entries inside the Top 10 overshadows all other movements a little. There are two climbers worth to notice. Dutch singer Caro Emerald rises two places to number 4 after her song A Night Like This was presented within the TV show Let’s Dance. The plot of the show is watching VIPs trying to do standard dances like rumba, cha cha cha, waltz et al. A Night Like This was used as the

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Nothing more boring than an old number one. The press information of media control today is offering exactly this. The number one of the sales week 29th April to 5th May. But everybody knows the new number one of the week just right now going on. It will be Pietro Lombardi the winner of Germany’s casting show DSDS who was voted last Saturday. – I will tell you more next week. First we have to

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Times are changing slowly. An slowly growing interest for European acts finds its way into the commercial charts. This recent week we can count 11 tracks with participation of at least one European act. Very popular are right now collaborations between North-American and European acts. We find three of them actually rocking the top of the charts with Snoop Dogg vs. David Guetta at number 2,

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Mr. Pitbull is the artist of the moment. Alongside with Jennifer Lopez he spends a fourth week right at the top of the German single chart. And the rapper enters the list with his new single Give Me Everything at number 11 as the highest new entry. The track seems to have a closer connections to the number 11 as it is the 11th track for Pitbull charting in Germany. And it is the 11th track for

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Germany’s music lovers are lazy or tired of buying always the same sound. Or lazy of buying new CDs at all. Why do you spend money for music? Cause you are crazy about it, you want to listen to it again and again, you want to own it. Mostly you need no longer then a few days and you are looking for some new stuff. That’s how the music market all over the world works. It doesn’t work so well right

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Let me tell you one thing first: I do love pop music. And I do love the charts. But sometimes it is really hard to do so. If you find the Top 3 completely the same as last week this is perhaps a sign of very good and beloved tracks. If one find such constellation every third or fourth week one could doubt the quality of songs. Maybe it’s more an effect of fearfull release schedules or a public

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What’s going on? There are some European productions very successful right now in Germany. A French DJ is hitting almost the top helping an US hiphop star to having his biggest hit to date. Supported by the interest for the new track the predecessor jumps back into the Top 20 to. Who’s That Chick? sits pretty at Number 19 in its 20th chart week. More European sounds wanted? A Dutch woman is

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JLO feat. Pitbull are still Number 1. Good. The American invasion still works … but there are some challengers on the way. The story of the week is the climber to Number2: Snoop Dogg vs. David Guetta and their collaboration Sweat. The French DJ right now helps the US rapper having his biggest hit in Germany to date. Never before in his almost 20 year long chart career Snoop Dogg was higher noted

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It was a hard fight between superstar of today and a superstar of the days ten years ago. The winner is: good old JLO. For the first time in her career she tops the German chart. The track in question is the for her untypical euro dance track On The Floor.It took the diva almost 12 years to reach the top position. Same result in most of the other countries of central Europe. On The Floor is the

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Yes – I told you in the short flash on Tuesday that there is no story about the recent list of most sold single tracks in Germany. But you know – never trust a single blogger. There is always something to tell. At least some tales about older tracks still crowding up the charts. One of these songs is Rolling In The Deep by English singer Adele which climbs back four places to No.4 after her

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Nothing so boring like a non changing top of the chart. Bruno Mars sits still at the top spot with his grenade. It is the sixth week having that track the most sold one in Germany. With Lady Gaga still occupying No.2 we have a fifth week with grenade and Born This Way holding firm at 1 & 2. Seeing Sunrise Avenue and their hollywood hills climbing back to No.3 the trio is complete like two and

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Ten new entries – three of them inside the Top 20. There is some life in the charts. Some older tracks finally see decreasing sales giving way for newer ones which rising up the list like On The Floor by JLO feat. Pitbull and Yeah 3x by Chris Brown. Both tracks reach new peaks with No.6 resp. 7. U.S. American artists are successful especially. 12 of the Top 20 tracks are from or in

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Back at the top he is! After his performance live at TV show Wetten dass…? (Wanna bet that…?) on Saturday 20th March Bruno Mars sees grenade flying back to No. 1 disqualifying Lady Gaga’s Born This Way to the runner’s up position. The popular Saturday night show is still one of the most successful marketing tools in Germany. More than 9 millions were watching the recent issue – or 27,6 %. Just

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An almost static Top 5 except No.5 which is occupied now by the steadily rising Hello by Martin Solveig + Dragonette. The track reaches its peak so far in the 20th chart week. Peaking inside the really top of the charts after 20 weeks or more is a feat not gained very often. The last two years saw ittwice happens. In last November Leona Lewis shot with her Run straight to No.2 after a

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This is the chart update covering the week 11th to 17th March – the week which saw the world somehow stopping shocked by the occurences going on in Japan. Indeed the very polemic mainstream chart site oljo.de paused publishing – and critisized TV shows like DSDS for continuing their scandalizing performance without any hesitation. Well – pop music hardly stops. There is no evil or accident which

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A chart week serving us with a few surprises. The biggest ones are told already. But there are still some more left. One of the most impressive chart runs finally ends up within the Top 10 this week. Martin Solveig + Dragonette lift up their Hello to #7. It is an unbelievable seven places jumps. The last weeks it was rising much softer – now the track ultimately catched fire. No wonder – you can

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Oops – never think the music market is a boring and predictable thing. A week ago I was telling you that Bruno Mars will for sure be #1 this week again … two days ago the chart compiling institute media control announced in an extra press release a completely different story. We do have a new #1. Not only a new #1 but a #1 by digital sales only for the very first time. The artist gaining this

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Sorry for being delayed. There is so much action going on in this world right now that one could mention mainstream pop as the most unimportant topic to talk about. Even in Germany polititians and blogging journalists are arguing heavily about what the accident in Fukushima after the earthquake and tsunami means to technological development in Germany. Nuclear energy or even better the end of it

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Bruno Mars holds still the #1 spot in Germany with grenade. That’s the news of this week. He now occupies that position for a fourth week in a row and matches the feat The Black Eyed Peas did in January this year. It is almost a given thing that he will top the list next week too and gain the honour of being the most successfull track of 2011 so far. Why I’m so sure? Well – the release schedule

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Lena is not #1 – what a shame – scandal! … these were the headlines of some blogs watching the charts. Well – Lena was the main story in week 18th to 24th February. But YES – we do have a few other chart actions too. First of all we do have 14 new tracks in the list plus 6 old tracks re-entering the chart. That is the most for this year at all – yeah! Finally the market is alive. 14 new tracks

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The story of this week is all about Lena. Winner of last year’s Eurovision contest and straight on the way to enter the contest again in Dusseldorf. In the last few weeks the German TV audience was asked to choose the song she should interprete on 14th of May. Three personality shows for Lena – that’s a lot of hype. Critical anticipation in almost all media guaranteed ... wanna have an example?

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Finally a really good chart week: 13 new tracks enter the list – that’s the best result for 2011 so far. Last time we had more new tracks entering the chart in a single week was in November last year. But we are still far away from the „golden era“ seeing every week about 20 new tracks entering the list. Three years ago … that’s a long time. I shortly presented the best new starts of both Cds

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Was anybody really believin’ that Lady Gaga could crash right into the no.1 spot? Well – the start of her digital release was quite impressive. If one had a look at the iTunes world charts overview on Monday last week one would have seen only one track at the top: Born This Way. Kind of amazing. And boring at the same time. – La Gaga is selling her new track like hot cakes –or as we would say

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Once again: do you wanna know how slow and oldschool German music business is? Well – let’s have a look at the recent chart list. There are only five (!) new entries within the Top 100 plus 7 re-entries of older hits caused by TV presence or similar reasons. What’s wrong with new music? – There are a lot of fresh tunes around. And nobody cares. TV and radio stations only trust well known

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Germany has a new No.1. And that’s no surprise. After full CD release Bruno Mars sets up his song grenade right at the top of the media control single chart. He’s the latest artist crowning his career with a German no.1. Compared to others he seems to be one who will have this luck again sooner or later. Right in this moment a lot of people are considering him the next big superstar. No music fan

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After last week’s somehow calm and static list music business comes back to life again. 8 new entries plus two tracks re-entering the list – that’s not bad. Indeed it is the same level as we’ve witnessed two weeks before. The times when we had 20+ new tracks in the chart seem long ago. The most impressive rise was made by DiddyDirtyMoney. The trio sees ist single Coming Home vaulting 10 – 4

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A second week at the top of the German singles list for Adele. Rolling In The Deep still is the most sold track in Germany like in several other mid-european countries. Lucky Adele – her album 21 slides down to no.2 in the album list but holds a proper top place within the new monthly independent charts. It seems to be given, that Adele will leave the top spot as Bruno Mars is rising continously

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The chart from 4th February 2011 reflecting sales 21st to 27th January should show a lot of activity. At the top such a change of hits happens. Further down … nothing really exciting. Only four new entries and two re-entries – all together six tracks not listed a fortnight ago. That’s really solid. Last time we saw such a slow chart list was 3rd September 2010. Do you remember the rush of new

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That is more or less literally translated the headline of the weekly press information given by media control every Tuesday. Her album 21 enters the German album list directly at the hot spot. Simoultaneously her single Rolling In The Deep climbs up two places sitting now properly at no.1 in the singles’ chart too. Adele had a huge TV support by the so called Dschungelcamp – Germany’s version

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Most important stories of the German music market are told already. Adele is the new rising star probably catching the no.1 spot next week, Bruno Mars will follow having just now two tracks simultaneously in the top 10. These actions are similar to most countries all over Europe. What’s about productions from the continent? – Well, best sold track from continental Europe is right now David Guetta

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The music market finds back to life finally. The recent press release of chart compiling institute media control tells some stories about new music arriving in the upcoming list. But one is static at all: the no.1. The Black Eyed Peas are sitting well at the top for the fourth week. The Time (Dirty Bit) now matches the result of their very first no.1 track Where Is The Love. Does the recent track

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Once again a week chart which is not published at MTV's site. Well the now pay TV channel is having a lot of doubts wether German singles charts are cool and worth be published or not. Troubles at the site are common since years. Once I asked the editors why. They responded somewhat like: we work on it and trying to be reliable. Looks like they did not mean it. I wonder why all these troubles

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The Black Eyed Peas are spending a third week at the German top spot. That’s what chart compiling company media control announces on tuesday. The market was still calm in sales week 7th to 13th January. No big releases meaning no chart movement. Finally we witness the usual start of the year freezing. As I told several times music markets in a variety of countries are much faster. The United

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Chart history is overwritten right now. This week a record got beaten by American indie band Gossip. Its single Heavy Cross by now spent 82 consecutive week within the German Top 100. It is the longest chart run without a break in whole charts history. Former record owner was Die längste Single der Welt (The Longest Single Of The World) by German Wolfgang Petry which spent 81 consecutive weeks

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Germany is crazy for Katy Perry. Her recent hit Firework rises three places to no.4 and is the „newest“ track within a well known and static top 5. The reason might be a misunderstanding or a special interpretation as the recent list covers sales week including new year’s eve – well, a mass of people were looking for a thematic soundtrack making their party the perfect one. Looking for „Firework“

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This is the real first chart week of 2011. Here are the results of sales week 31th December to 6th January and nothing significant happened. At least at the top. The Black Eyed Peas are comfortably placed at no.2 spending a second week there. The Time (Dirty Bit) is now more successful than the no.1 predessecor of the Peas Meet Me Halfway which only spent one week at the top in December 2011.

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It was a calm chart week between 24th and 30th of December. People are on holidays or trying their Christmas gifts. Some had a new iPod or a similar device to fill – others were looking for the right music making their new years eve a tough party. That’s why the charts are as static as every other year. Of course there is a new no.1 – kind of spectacular and on the other hand it was not as

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As media control announces on 4th of January the most sold single track in Germany 2010 was Israel IZ Kamakawiwo’ole’s Somewhere Over The Rainbow. This is really a surprise cause the latest no.1 in a year never was the no.1 of the whole year sales also. In only 17 weeks the Haitian musician sold more copies than runners up Shakira (33 weeks) and German eurovision star Lena (36 weeks). Even the

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We have a new year and we do have a new no.1. Long awaited finally The Black Eyed Peas enter the top spot with their take on the Dirty Dancing-theme The Time. In 1987 the song was a romantic duet between Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes denying the hot synthesized sound of this year – most sold single that year was Desireless with Voyage Voyage followed by Madonna’s La Isla Bonita. Well – at least

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I wrote it before: the charts released at 31st of December are the real Christmas charts as they cover the sales time 17th to 23rd of December. And they are boring. – German music industry releases new CDs with caution ever expecting the big flop. A look to Great Britain shows how successful a release can be started even a few days before Christmas. Of course there is a risk. And the German

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The most recent press text launched by media control tries to give the feeling of unbelievable and astonishing chart entries in the sales week direct before Christmas (17th to 23rd of December). But there is no real news. Instead I could repeat the flashlight look from one week before. Highest new entry in the singles and the album list is Freddy Sahin-Scholl winner of Germany's edition of

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Nothing really new within the German list published at 24th December 2010. A very static top with frozen top 5. Highest signifcant climber lands at no.7. Rising from 18 the single Hold My Hand gives King of Pop Michael Jackson post mortem a 20th top 10 hit. It is the second time after his dead end of June last year that a track enters a position that high. In July it was Thriller the title-track

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This is the Christmas Week and nothing changed at the top of the German charts. Israel IZ Kamakawiwo'ole is still no.1 with Over The Rainbow – finally the track also entered the French charts at no.4. As media control the chart compiling institution informs today also no.2 and no.3 in Germany are the same like seven days ago. The Black Eyed Peas with The Time (Dirty Bit) and Empire Of The Sun

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Let's have a look to the list published today. 11 new entries, 6 re-entries – the market took off a little more speed three weeks before Christmas (the week covered by the list started Friday 3rd). Not too much as the highest new CD lands at no.11 with Katy Perry and Firework. There is more a rising interest in "The hits of the year" for new years parties supported by a lot of TV shows sprinting

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Nr.1 StoryAs usual media control announces the Top 3 of upcoming German sales charts today including a surprise. For a third time in 2010 a already very successful track returns to the very top. In june it was Eurovision winning Lena who took the Nr.1 position after a six weeks break - at this time it was already the most sold track of the year. A week later competitor K'Naan climbed back to the

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It's done! – Some of the very clever market watchers did predict it and now it comes true. The commercial track for a mobile phone company enters the no.1 spot and is now the most successfull track of the week in Germany. Australian Duo Empire Of The Sun is for sure very happy getting probably their first no.1 position worldwide. The track We Are The People of course had some chart success

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Israel IZ Kamakawiwo'ole stands a ninth week at nr.1. His take on Over The Rainbow becomes slowly one of the longest running nr.1 hits. Last time we saw a track at least nine weeks on top was from March to May last year when Lady Gaga occupied with her Poker Face 11 consecutive weeks the top. After a three weeks break caused by last years superstar winner Daniel Schuhmacher she went back to the

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Yes, we do have the same no 1 track like last week - and the week before. This is the eighth time for Israel IZ Kamakawiwo'ole and his take on Over The Rainbow to stay on top of the German commercial selling charts compiled by media control. That means the Hawaiian singer is the one in 2010 who occupied the no.1 position the most. 8 weeks on top in Germany – that's not really a curiousity. But we

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Well – after a few months break I am back again with some very subjective words about what's going on in Germany's music market.First of all: Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwo'ole is still on top with his version of Over The Rainbow. Well – it's his 7th week on top and he is now joining Yolanda Be Cool & DCUP as the track most noted at the very top in 2010. The question now is: will IZ be the track with the

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