Feb 16th 18: Bausa Rebounds

- after nine weeks at #2 and one single week at #3 Was du Liebe nennst by Bausa rebounds to the top spot. So it repeats the feat of Auf uns by Andreas Bourani and Gangnam Style by PSY in 2014 and 2013 that also had a 10 weeks long break in their runs at the very top. Anyway it is the best performing #1 in German since 2005 when Schnappi had its 10 weeks run at the top. Bausa so far collected 9 weeks.

December 1st 17: BAUSA Is Most Successful German Rap Act

These are the last five weeks of 2017. Most of the best selling and record breaking feats are done. Anyway these weeks can serve with some surprises. Let's start with #1:
It is BAUSA's eigth week at the top with Was du Liebe nennst which means that he is now the German hiphop act with most weeks at #1 at all. Sido so far only has seven weeks at #1 under his belt.
Now the question is: Will Bausa manage to be #1 at Christmas time too?

Equipped with an official (commercial) video clip now Justin Bieber + Bloodpop make a jump back inside the top 10. Friends lands at #4 and reaches a new peak after it already spent 14 weeks on the survey. It is only the second top10 week for the song.

Highest new entry sits at #7 in the face of German Youtube star Katja Krasavice. Her chart debut is Doggy.

With Nico Santos going 27–14 it is the highest appearance for a Spanish artist within a year. Although the singer is also German the success of Rooftop probably is more a home made thing.


As this is the first list of December there are of course some classic Christmas songs back on the list. First of all All I Want For Christmas Is You by Mariah Carey from 1994 re-appears at #37. It is the 13th chart run for that song–only once it started its seasonal career higher. That was back in 1994 when it jumped to #34 after a week dropping completely out off the top100.
Also Last Christmas by Wham! is back. It started its 22nd chart run at #52. So far the song collected 125 chart weeks–it is the second most all times. Plus right now the British duo is the longest running chart act still selling songs with almost 35 years. Runners up are Die Toten Hosen with a little more than 29 years. Of course the latter one still recording songs.

Certainly a lot more Christmas tunes will invade the list and change the face of the charts rapidly. So let's have a look at the classics right now. Longest running hit inside the top 100 still is Ohne mein Team by Bonez MC Raf Camora Feat. Maxwell. In its 65th chart week the track sits pretty at #72. It now ranks inside the top 20 of longest consecutively running hits of all time.
Second longest running recent hit is Shape Of You by Ed Sheeran that gains five places again at #27 in its 47th week.
And also hit of the year Despacito is one of the long runners with 44 weeks at #41.

After ten years of chart abstinence Craig David is back at #92. His new single I Know You Features band Bastille.

November 24th 17: Bausa's No1 Song Becomes Longest Running Since 10 Years

Believe it or not: Was du Liebe nennst by BAUSA spends a seventh week at #1 and is now the longest running #1 song in German since early 2008 when project Schnuffel with Kuschel Song invaded the top for eight weeks.

Azzi Memo is the latest sign on Haftbefehl's label Generation Azzlacks. He now launches his first single hit with AMG2. The collaboration with Nemo lands directly at #8 and is the best performing Azzlack single so far.
Second new top10 song is Let You Down by USAmerican rapper NF. So six songs of the top 10 are USAmerican productions.

With Señorita dropping 9–12 longest running top 10 hits are now Rockstar Post Malone feat. 21 Savage at #4 and Dusk Till Dawn by ZAYN ft. SIA at #5 with nine weeks.

Further new sounds inside the top 20 are the latest offering by UFO361 Tiffany that enters the list at #15 and gives the rapper his highest appearance so far. At #18 Sam Smith lands. To Good At Goodbyes is his first appearance that high since two years. It achieves that position in its 11th chart week.

Only a few days on air/online the new Telekom commercial with Justin Bieber causes an increasing demand for the song Friends (officially credited to Bloodpop too). The song bounces back 39–20 after it was listed for six weeks outside.

Nov 10th 17: BAUSA's fifth week

It is the fifth consecutive week for BAUSA's Was du Liebe nennst meaning it is the ninth consecutive week with a #1 sung in German. Last time such a feat happened is more than 10 years ago. Back than DJ Ötzi & Nik P. held 11 weeks at the top spot–nine of them in a row. Right before Ein Stern, der deinen Namen trägt grabbed the #1 slot it was Höhner. Herbert Grönemeyer and Tokio Hotel invading the top for each a single week.

At #6 the fourth teasing track for the new Kollegah & Farid Bang album Jung brutal gutaussehend 3 comes in as the highest new entry this week. Five weeks ago Sturmmaske auf shot to #1. Gamechanger meanwhile manages as a third track a top 10 position.

Nov 3rd 17: Fourth Week For BAUSA

The midweek charts had detect a strong challenger for the #1 slot as Perfect by Ed Sheeran reached #2. Later this week the song got a stronger weakness sitting now pretty at #5 again and giving way to Was du Liebe nennst by BAUSA spending a fourth week at the top spot. At runners up position now Camila Cabello ranks with her ode to Havana which is far and away the best appearance she ever claimed.

There is no new entry to the top 10 but two songs re-entering. The higher one at #9 is New Rules by Dua Lipa which gains a new peak in its 14th chart week. So far the song has occupied #10 for three weeks than dropping out for a full month and now rising 12–9 again. New Rules now matches the result of predecessor and so far biggest hit Scared To Be Lonely alongside Martin Garrix.
Second top10 re-entry is Mi Gente by J balvin & Willy William going 11–10 after a single week outside. It is the 13th top10 week which makes the song one of the nine longest running top10 hits in 2017.

Highest new entry comes from Selena Gomez X Marshmello. Wolveslands at #14 in its first chart week. It is Selena Gomez' fourth hit in 2017. Marshmello right now has another hit Silence sitting pretty at #7.

The Imagine Dragons launch a second top20 hit this year with Whatever It Takes going 29-15. Meanwhile Thunder fades slowly to #20.
Also Norwegian DJ Kygo gets a second top20 hit in 2017 with Stargazing taking five places up to #18. It is already chart week no. six for that song.
At #19 What Lovers Do by Maroon 5 Feat. SZA goes. It is the first top20 appearance for the band since three years.

Watching the top 20 one can witness a strong presence of artists from the US. Between #11 and #20 there are nine songs involving US artists–eight songs are from US acts alone. It is this a very strong return as three years ago there were weeks with only two or even one top20 song involving stars from the US.

Worth mentioning:
Sunrise Ave's Help You Hate Me slowly catches fire as it goes 61–43 in its sixth chart week. Times when the band invaded top10 status easily seem long ago.
Kogong is the newest offering by Mark Forster who re-released his album TAPE enriched with that song. In its third chart week Kogong goes 78–53.
A 87–68 jump is taken by Charlie Puth with his song How Long.

Hulapalu by Andreas Gabalier spends a 85th week inside the top100. It now is the 15th highest result of chart weeks of all times. Well–the best performing single still is Sky And Sand by Paul & Fritz Kalkbrenner that collected 129 non consecutive chart weeks.

Oct 27th 17: BAUSA still leads –

BAUSA leads the list still with his (not) love song Was du Liebe nennst. It is week no.3 for that song.

The highest new entry is the third top 10 hit for German schlager queen Helene Fischer. As her song Achterbahn is available in new mixes the song crashes into #10 in its second chart week. Over the week sales figures decrease dramatically–probably also this hit will fade away soon.


As it is a calm week we can have a watch at the lower end where long running hits still invade the list. Due to Oktoberfest and Wiesn parties Hulapalu by Andreas Gabalier again gets increasing attention and re-enters the survey at #95 in its 84th chart week. The song started chart life on the first week of 2016, in 2017 it charted 31 times. The longest consecutive running entry sits at #71 in its 60th chart week. It is Ohne mein Team by Bonez MC RAF Camora & Maxwell. Its highest position was #7.

Oct 20th 17: Bausa On Top – Miami Yacine's Album

BAUSA spends a second week at #1 with Was du Liebe nennst. So it is the sixth consecutive week with a #1 song in German. At the end of 2015 there were three songs in German holding eight consecutive weeks at the top: Astronaut by Sido Feat. Andreas Bourani, Lieblingsmensch by Namika and Schrei nach Liebe by Die Ärzte.

As Camila Cabello rise two further places to #5 with her Havana she now is more successful as a solo artist than with her group Fifth Harmony. Their best performing song Work From Home peaked at #7 in spring 2016.

Highest new entry comes from SA4. On Schnell machen he gots support of his mates from the 187 Strassenbande–so the track starts chart life at #11.

The album with biggest song chart impact is Casia by Miami Yacine which enters the album list at #4. As an effect his biggest hit Bon Voyage goes 34–21 and Montpellier jumps 58–39.


On the way up:
80–45 Whatever It takes by Imagine Dragons

Oct 13th 17: A 50 Places Jump To No.1

This week chart history is written as Was du Liebe nennst by German Bausa takes a full 50 places jump to #1. Two years ago I told a similar story–forget all the words. The new chart breaker beats See You Again with 11 more places.
It is the third consecutive #1 song in German.
Bausa had his first chart appearance in December 2016 alongside Bonez MC & RAF Camora.

Former #1 Sturmmaske auf by Kollegah & Farid Bang tumbles down to #10 which is the third deepest fall from #1 only beaten by Depeche Mode's Dream On diving to #15 in May 2001 and the one week hit Schrei nach Liebe by Die Ärzte bouncing to #21 two years ago.

Coincidentally that week with Schrei nach Liebe ranking at the top is the week when we had five songs in German sneaking through the upper 10 places. This current week we come close to that feat with four songs in German.


Second new top 10 entry is a song already known as Ed Sheeran had all songs from his album Divide charting when it was released. Perfect back than ranked as the fourth highest song peaking at #13–now it is released again as a proper single track and reaches #9 in its third respectively 11th chart week.

Worth mentioning also: the ZAYN & SIA collaboration Dusk Till Dawn goes #3 in its fifth chart week. It is for both the highest chart position since appr. one year. And it is also the highest appearance of an Australian act in exactly that time span.

Longest running top 10 hit of the moment is More Than You Know by Axwell /\ Ingrosso ranking at #5 in its 14th top 10 week.


Further down Portugal. The Man can gain 22 places landing its Feel It Still at #30.
Also Kygo gains a bunch of ranks with his new single Stargazing. By landing at #38 it is still the single performing weakest in 2017.
If I'm Lucky is the second single by Jason derulo in 2017. It very very slowly catches fire entering the upper half of the charts in its sixth week for the very first time. That pattern looks quite common for the artist as he can launch one big single out of an album–all the rest of the album tracks are more or less minor hits only for hardcore fans.
With some delay AVICII's Lonely Together (featuring Rita Ora) gets a boost in attention. The song goes 83–53 in its fourth chart week.

#1 on the album charts is the new release by Sunrise Ave Heartbreak Century. It brings back pre-released single I Help You Hate Me to chart status as it enters the list at #49. Three ranks higher as its first appearance back in August this year.