June 16th 17: Justin Bieber Serves Best #1 in Spanish Ever

The next days summer holidays start in Germany. The hit of this summer already is obvious. It is Despacito that holds firm at the top spot for an eighth consecutive week. It is this also the longest running #1 hit in Spanish Germany ever had. So far summer hit of 2002 The Ketchup Song by Las Ketchup was. Of course the lyrics of that hit were some kind of fantasy Spanish–so again Ricky Martin's La copa de la vida from 1998 might be counted as the predecessor with six consecutive weeks at #1.
Talking 'bout records: Justin Bieber who joins Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee on the most popular version of the song (according to all available download rankings) might stand as the first Canadian who appears on the German top for two months since Celine Dion in 1998.

At #3 Justin Bieber appears again. On David Guetta's new single 2U the Canadian sings the lyrics and launches a third simultaneous top 10 hit this week. Last time he did so was back on November 20th 2015.
So both Bieber & Guetta are the first acts in 2017 having three hits inside the top 10.

Newly to the top 10 French Montana stands at #8 with Unforgettable. It is the first appearance as high in Germany. Collaborating partner Swae Lee already has top 10 experience as Rae Sremmurd peaked at #8 in December 2016 with Black Beatles.
And also the new single by jonas blue Mama comes in. At #9 it is the third top 10 hit for the British DJ/producer. Only predecessor By Your Side failed as a hit.

With an acoustic version available online Attention by Charlie Puth finally can made it into the top 20. In its eighth chart week the song 22–14 giving the singer his second highest chart entry after #1 single See You Again back in spring two years ago.

The story of the album charts is the new album by Bushido. The Berlin based rap star storms to #1 with Black Friday. On the single charts all 14 tracks appear on the survey best performing pre-released single Papa which slides down 17–20 in its third chart week. Lowest on is Angst at #73 featuring Ali Bumaye.
Bushido now ranks as the German chart act with most entries at all leaving Kollegah eight entries behind him. To really get the chart crown he needs five more chart hits to equal the result of Peter Alexander who collected 81 different songs inside the charts.

The invasion of Bushido tracks also causes a result of 17 new tracks inside the list. It equals the number of April 21st 2017 which was the highest this current year so far. Plus two new entries this week has the second biggest change of hits in 2017–only the very first list of the year had the number of 20 (Christmas) songs leaving the charts.

As Hulapalu by Andreas Gabalier this week leaves the survey there is a new longest running hit. It is Ohne mein Team by Bonez MC & RAF Camora feat. Maxwell which sits pretty at #60 in its 41st week.

May 19th 17: Static Top 8 + Failing Big Music Events

Although the past week was packed with massive music events first time since three years the complete top 8 looks same as the week before. So #1 also is the same. It is the fourth week for Despacito by Luis Fonsi Ft. Daddy Yankee (feat. Justin Bieber). The song is #1 in 13 countries all over the world including newly in Australia, the USA and Canada. Plus a 17th week in Spain. Bam!
Ed Sheeran amongst these eight with two songs Shape Of You at #3 and Galway Girl at #7 now collects 41st top 10 week this calendar year alone. He now approaches the result of chart heroes like Felix Jaehn in 2015 (43 weeks), Justin Bieber in 20116 (44 weeks) and Pitbull in 2011 (45 weeks).

New inside the top 10 only is There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back by Shawn Mendes at #9. It is the third top 10 hit for the Canadian singer following Treat You Better from past summer.
With the arrival of Shawn Mendes there are four songs involving Canadians (if one count the #1 remix as full appearance) – it is a new height for artists from the North American country.

Back to top 10 status Symphony by Clean Bandit Featuring Zara Larsson goes. It is the third top 10 week for this song.

Highest new entry is the second album teaser from KC Rebell Summer Cem. Murcielago comes in at #14 and is for both the highest rank ever achieved. KC Rebell by this sets a new record: It is his 26th chart entry–none of them ever reached top 10 status. The collabo album Maximum will be released mid June. I guess than KC Rebell will get his first top 10 hit at all.
So far also first teasing song Nicht jetzt performs still quite well at #40 in its fourth chart week.

The ultimate #1 on the album's list is the new collection by Helene Fischer. She also can launch two single tracks inside the song's top 20: Herzbeben lands at #19 and Flieger at #20–these are only the third and fourth top 20 hit for the German schlager superstar. With "only" three album tracks inside the current song's list the album performs as successful as the 2013 collection Farbenspiel but more weak than the TV show in May 2013 which gained four simultaneous hits.

The other big event of the week was the Eurovision Song Contest taking place in Kiyv. Winner on sales is a lady who finished the contest fourth. German televotings saw her on a second place–the German jury did not mention her at all. So Blanche from Belgium is the secret winner as her City Lights performs best by entering the charts at #37. Still her result is left behind the past #4 from Belgium Luc Nottet who saw his Rhythm Inside peaking at #21 two years ago.
The sensation of the contest Salvador Sobral comes in at #43 with Amar Pelos Dois. German televoters liked him the most, the German jury set him #2–on sale he lands exactly there.

Biggest gainers of the week are Maggie Lindemann who's Pretty Girl (remixed by Cheat Codes) jumps 34 places to #37 and Mark Forster who sees his Sowieso jump 36 places to #60. Both songs do this in the second chart week.
Biggest loosers of the week are "superstar" Alphonso Williams tumbling 21–70 and–indeed–bibi h. crashing from #9 down to #86. Well–both do have a second chart week at all. That's a feat.

Sept 23rd 16:

DJ Snake and Justin Bieber a second week top the German list with Let Me Love You. With DJ Snake the 17th consecutive week a French act is noted at #1 spot. Justin Bieber's second #1 week makes him the best performing Canadian since past years Francesco Yates who had a three weeks run at the top alongside Robin Schulz on Sugar.

After four month finally a British act approaches the very top again. It is Rag'n'Bone Man with his Human that goes 6–2 and takes the baton from Kyla who alongside Drake was the last British occupying the runners up position (and higher).

The duo of past week Bonez MC & RAF Camora see their album Palmen aus Plastik tumbling down to #5 on the album's list. Still they do have 10 single tracks on the song list, Ohne mein Team best performing at #8. This feat truly is new for German hiphop albums.

Highest new entry comes in at #9. Philipp Poisel returns after four years to top 10 status with Erklär mir die Liebe as solo artist. In between he had a #1 visit as member of Band Aid 30 in December 2014.

New inside the top20 at #18 current single of 257ers is. Holz now matches the result of predecessor Holland. Highest chart entry of the band still is Baby du riechst peaking at #14 two years ago.

Biggest gainers are:
Kokaina by Miami Yacine jumping 46 places to #46
Keine Maschine by Tim Bendzko leaping 35 places to #43
Still Falling For You by Ellie Goulding rising 30 places to #47
Mercy by Shawn Mendes going up 26 places to #69

Jan 22nd 16: Felix Jaehn's third no.1

The German charts takes up speed. At least at the top side of the list. Again there is a new #1 coming from project EFF which is the acronym for DJ Felix Jaehn and singer Mark Forster. Stimme jumps there from #4 in its 8th chart week and it is the third #1 for Felix Jaehn within a year. Almost exactly one year ago he had his first appearance at the top as the remixer of OMI's Cheerleader. Mark Forster so far had a #2 intermezzo with Au Revoir in 2014.

Shawn Mendes too is rising–Stitches now sits at #2 and serves as the best performing Canadian single since early 2007 when Nelly Furtado dominated the list for six weeks with All Good Things (Come To An End). Of course in between there where two other #1 hits featuring Canadians. In 2009 it was again Nelly Furtado alongside James Morrison and past year we celebrated the young Francesco Yates who gave his voice for Robin Schulz's Sugar

At #10 Lukas Graham penetrate the top 10 with 7 Years. Not counting Mø's appearance past year this is the first Danish act since 2013 that touches the top 10.


Gainer of the week are:
Sigala that sees follow up Sweet Lovin enter the top 20 in its 8th chart week.
And G-Eazy X Bebe Rexha whose Me Myself & I attracts more and more people giving the single a sales boost plus a 38–17 jump. With only three chart weeks the song is one of only two real new hits that were released in the past four weeks.
Norwegian Alan Parker is on the way of becoming succeeder of KYGO. His single Faded jumps 39 ranks to #30 in its second chart week.

Highest new entry wouldn't be a story this week. Landing at #41 Fast Car by British jonas Blue Featuring Dakota is another tropical house production. The story behind is the (non)success of the original. Recorded by Tracy Chapman in 1988 the single had a short appearance at #81 two years ago only. Now the tune seems catching much more people as it gains attention and success as never before.

Season no.13 of Deutschland sucht den Superstar (DSDS) starts with making re-entries of elder hits. say something originally recorded by A Great big World and Christina Aguilera is chosen very often since it was first released in 2013. Also this year a candidate performed the tune and propels the original back to #70. To mention the name of the man who did it: Erkan Yagci.

Farid Bang's contribution to the German issue of the Creed - Rocky's Legacy soundtrack enters at #95. Creed is Farid Bang's 18th chart entry–none of them even touched the Top20. This result is far the weakest followed by 15 non top20-hits of Wir sind Helden, Iron Maiden and Brings.

Jan 8th 16: Hello is best performing #1 since 2009

It is the 11th consecutive week for Hello at #1. So it is the best performing single since Israel Iz Kamakawiwo'ole's recording of Somewhere Over The Rainbow that spent 12 weeks at the top at th end of 2010. As this run was interrupted by We Are The People (Empire of the Sun) it only had a consecutive 10 weeks run plus an two weeks return.
So actually it is the 11 weeks run of Lady Gaga's Poker Face from Mid-March to end of May 2009 that is the latest #1 performed like Hello right now does.

Sticking at the top makes Adele the second best performing female of this recent decade with 14 weeks at #1. Only Rihanna so far spent more weeks at #1–in numbers: 16.


At #4 Canadian Shawn Mendes now dethrones Justin Bieber as best performing Canadian. Stitches gets its peak so far in its 14th chart week. Still there are three songs by Canadian acts inside the Top 10 and six inside the top 20. Watching the whole top 100 we find 11 songs featuring Canadians–two months ago there were 15.

Will 2016 become the year of Austrian music? Again the highest new entry is Austrian. It is duo Seiler & Speer that starts its chart career with Ham kummst at #52. Last weeks highest new entry Hulapalu by Andreas Gabalier tumbles down to #88. In 2014 there were weeks when six Austrian songs simultaneously invaded the German list.

With two new songs and three re-entries this week is one with the least exchange of songs. Twice in the past year there were only four songs new inside the list.

December 18th 15: Kollegah Invades The List Again

Indeed Hello by Adele spends an eighth week at the top and now eclipses the result of best performing no.1 in 2015 (Ain't Nobody (Loves Me Better) by Felix Jaehn Feat. Jasmine Thompson). So it is a race exciting till the last week of the year: What sound does German music lovers attract more, soft deep house or classic ballads about lost love? Do you have a guess?#

In once Hello also matches the result of Puppet On A String by Sandie Shaw from 1967. That song was the last from a British female solo artist spending eight weeks at #1 in Germany. The next mark to catch for Adele is the run of Petula Clark's Downtown which technically spent 11 weeks at #1.

Strongest competitor for Adele lands at #2 in the face of Show Me Love the new single offered by Robin Schulz. It is the fifth single of the German DJ that reaches at least #2–that all happened within two years.

Talking bout best performing songs of 2015 one have to point out the 19 weeks run inside the top 10 of Astronaut by Sido Feat. Andreas Bourani. The song sits pretty at #7 this weeks. Ain't Nobody and Cheerleader had spent only 18 weeks under the top 10 selling singles in 2015.


Two songs enter the top 10 for the very first time. It is this the new European hit by Major Lazer Light It Up that goes 12–8 in its fifth chart week. Voices on this track are from Jamaican Nyla and Birtish Fuse ODG.
Second one rises a bit faster. In its third chart week Stimme by EFF goes 15–9. Behind the project there are Felix Jaehn and Mark Forster, both belonging to the stars of 2015. For Felix Jaehn it is the fourth top 10 hit (all in 2015), Mark Forster gets here for the third time, in 2015 so far he did not appear that high.

Canadian teenie star #2 Shawn Mendes reaches the top 20 for the very first time. Stitches lands at #15 in its 15th chart week and increases the total of tracks inside the top 20 offered by Canadians to 7. Such a strong presence never was seen before in Germany.


The best selling album comes from Kollegah. Zuhältertape Vol.4 dethrones Helene Fischers Weihnachten and Adeles 25 which indeed is a strong thing. As a result of the album start 17 album tracks can achieve the song charts too. Highest one and best new entry of the week is John Gotti that lands at #31. It is that a better performance than one and a half year ago while predecessor album Boss had its launch.


A new commercial spot for supermarket chain EDEKA became a viral hit and porpells its soundtrack into the list. It is Neele Ternes' Dad that can start chart life at #43. So it performs better than the first campaign Supergeil recorded by Friedrich Liechtenstein in early 2014. That one stopped at #50.


The Voice of Germany used to be the better casting show–not as popular as mother of all castings DSDS although still big enough to make hits. This year the audience increased dramatically. We had some short impacts for Wolke 4 (originally by Philipp Duttberner, Oft gefragt by AnnenMayKantereit and probably also The Hanging Tree (originally recorded by James Newton Howard. On Thursday 17th the final was aired featuring winner Jamie-Lee Kriewitz. Her self written song Ghost immediately gains attention and lands at #59 after a few hours online. It will certainly jump much higher in next weeks time.
Runners up Ayke Witt can land his Bis gleich at #86.

December 4th 15: Alligatoah & Last Christmas are Back

It is the sixth week at the top for Adele's Hello and the song now matches the result of Ellie Goulding's Love Me Like You Do in February/March this year. That song made chart history as it was the most longest number 1 by a British female artist since 1967. Adele now is on the way of eclipsing that feat in next weeks time.

At #2 Glas-Perlen-Spiel spends an eighth week with Geiles Leben. It is now the longest holding #2 song since 2009 when Cassandra Steen feat. Adel Tawil managed same run with Stadt.


There are two songs new inside the top 10. First one lands at #9 in the face of Show Me Love which is the new single of Robin Schulz. Accompanied singer here is British J.U.D.G.E.. It is the fourth top 10 hit for Robin Schulz in 2015 alone which makes him the most successful act of the year.

The second is the highest new entry at all. Comedia Jan Böhmermann launched a song called Ich hab Polizei which became a viral success leading to the artist's very first chart entry at all. POL1Z1STENS0HN sits pretty at #10.


At #13 German band Silbermond gots his first top 20 hits since three years. Leichtes Gepäck truly got steam by the release of the band's same titled new album which lands at #4 on the album's list this current week. So far both album and single perform under what predecessors achieved.

Another German band project lands at #18 in the face of Annen May Kantereit. The three have their first hit with Oft gefragt. So there are eight German productions inside the top 20.


Finally Drake made it to top 20 status with Hotline Bling. It is only his first solo single performing that high. More than four years ago he peaked at #12 as featured artist on Rihanna's single What's My Name.
His entry to the top 20 gives Canadian acts a new hiatus: Right now there are six songs involving Canadians inside. An all time high. The highest one still is Justin Bieber at #4 with Sorry.


A further song rising up the list: The new song of Major Lazer Light It Up gains 29 places landing at #31 in its fourth chart week.


And yes, it is pre Christmas time. So there is the most popular Christmas carol back in the list Last Christmas by Wham!. It starts its 20th chart run at position #32 which is quite high. Only once, in December 2004 the song started its annual chart run higher. Back than it re-entered at #24 and peaking at #18 four weeks later.

The second modern Christmas classic comes from Mariah Carey. All I Want For Christmas Is You also re-enters unusually high at #45. The song never started its annual chart run that strong. Given that it made its all time peak this year in January at #17 perspectives are quite good that it will rise this season even further.

And down at #89 also Wonderful Dream (Holidays Are Coming) by Melanie Thornton is back. This song shows a typical performance so far.


The story of the week comes from German rapper alligatoah. His second album Musik ist keine Lösung missed the number 1 spot clearly due to Helene Fischer and Adele both strong selling their albums. Though the rapper can launch a bunch of single tracks inside the track charts. Leader of the pack is Denk an die Kinder that lands at #38 and now is the second highest performance of the rapper at all. Of course one might mention his appearance as a member of Trailerpark with whom he had some similar chart success too.
All in all there are seven album tracks charting the list. That feat is short behind Justin Bieber and Adele of the two past weeks.

alligatoah increases the number of German productions to 39 which is the highest number in years.

Nov 20th 15: Biebermania

First of all there is no story atop. Adele's Hello still outsells all other competitors and spends a fourth week at #1. It is her 50th top 10 week at all which introduces her to the top 3 female artists of this decade as she accompanies Lady Gaga (50 top 10 weeks since the beginning of 2010 as well) and Rihanna (112 top 10 weeks in this current decade alone).

The story of #2 is much more impressive. Geiles Leben by Glasperlenspiel spends a sixth consecutive week there. It is now the longest running #2 hit since 2011. Back than it was Moves Like Jagger by Maroon 5 & Christina Aguilera that had a seven weeks run at the runners up position.

The top story comes at #3 of the album's list. There the new album of Justin Bieber lands. It misses again the top like all other releases before. Still it is the strongest seller of the teenie idol missing the #1 due to new releases of giants like Helene Fischer and One Direction. The true impact can be seen by a look at the single's list. Sorry climbs one place to #4 again, at #7 Love Yourself enters as the most cherry picked song of the new collection, and even his first release this year What Do You Mean? returns to top 10 status at #8. So we have three Bieber releases inside the top 10 accompanied by five further tracks invading the lower end of the charts.
Three songs of one artist simultaneously inside the top 10–that's a feat hardly seen. I just remember the impressive breakthrough of Lena in 2010. Can anybody remember a further case?

Thanks to a performance on The Voice of Germany on Friday 13th Ed Sheeran's Photograph swaps back to #10 adding a 14th top 10 week to its account. Although the longest running top 10 hit right now is Lieblingsmensch by Namika sitting pretty at #9.
Talking 'bout European acts it is this week a special one as we see "only" seven tracks coming from Europe. It is the worst figure since the first week of 2015. So this year is a pretty good for European music–even better than 2014. On the other hand a former big player in pop business really suffers from success. US American productions heavily miss the very big attention they got for decades. Last week there were only 23 tracks featuring US American acts. This week the top 10 is completely free from acts of the USA. The highest US American rises to #11 in the face of Matt Simons. His Catch & Release attracts people in Germany due to a remix–by Dutch project Deepend. The highest song truely produced in the USA stucks at #15 featuring the two superstars Charlie Puth & Meghan Trainor on the song Marvin Gaye.

The other country on the sub-continent Canada is in opposite as successfull as hardly before. As mentioned above Justin Bieber serves with eight entries but he is not the only Canadian inside the list. With the arrival of The Weeknd's The Hills at #20 there are five tracks inside the top 20 involving Canadians. In total there are 15 tracks under appearance of Canadians inside the Top 100 include newcomer Alessia Cara who enters at #96.


At #48 a reaction on the Parisian suicide attacks on Novembre 13th arrives. As an act of solidarity with the 89 killed at Le Bataclan theatre a campaign was created to buy the song Save A Prayer in the cover version of EoDM (Eagles of Death Metal). Originally the song was recorded by British Duran Duran in 1982. The band announced that it will donate their proceeds from the campaign to charity.

Oct 30th 15: Adele is back

After weeks of almost no movement at all between the top places it is this week a complete change. Due to Adele's latest offering–the album announcing Hello–there is the fourth straight #1 in 2015 and an almost forgotten sound back at the very top. Almost exactly three years after Skyfall hit the top in Germany the singer is back with a third #1 song and is now the fifth act doing so in this current decade.

The straight rise to #1 also ends a 12 weeks presence of German productions at the top. A feat last seen in 2007 when Mark Medlock & Dieter Bohlen, Monrose, Azad Feat. Adel Tawil and Culcha Candela passed the #1 crown to each other for exactly 12 consecutive weeks.

Not only #1 turns out completely new. Also #3 features a straight new entry in the like of Justin Bieber who features his upcoming album with a second single called Sorry. The song was produced by Skrillex as predecessor What Do You Mean was. But the new song sets a new peak for the Canadian teenie star as it lands as high as no other song of Bieber before. It is only the fourth top10 song for him.
Meanwhile predecessor What Do You Mean? returns to the top10 spending a sixth week inside it. Which also means that three tracks recorded by Canadians invades the top10 this current week.

The biggest gainers this week are:
Bedingungslos by Sarah Connor that goes 62–30
Hotline Bling by Drake 53–28
Melodie by CRO 69–44
and
Catch & Release by Matt Simons 80-61
Same Old Love by Selena Gomez 79–62
Never Forget You by Zara Larsson & MNEK 88–69

Oct 9th 15: Still No Change

Another week missing hot new releases while repeating the stories of last weeks time. SIDO Feat. Andreas Bourani find their Astronaut occupying the nr.1 slot for a fifth week. It is the first song in German for three years that manages that feat. In 2012 it was Tage wie diese by Die Toten Hosen that collected five #1 weeks in two runs.

Right now it is the 10th consecutive week with a German production at the top which increases the total number of weeks in 2015 to 22–meaning half of so far past 2015 had a #1 coming from Germany.


A lack of really new releases does not mean there ain't no changes at all. At #8 Sigala arrives inside the top10 with his former #1 hit from Britain Easy Love. It brings King of Pop Michael Jackson back to top10 area after more or less five years which is his 21st appearance there (or his 22nd if you count his part on the USA for Africa project in 1984 too).

Second new song inside the top 10 is a track too. It is Felix Jaehn's third chart entry Book Of Love and his first own composition. The voice of the song comes from Russian Polina (Goudieva). By landing at #10 she is only the third Russian act that achieves the top 10 in Germany after t.A.T.u. and Timati. The latter one had his big time in summer 2011.

As we talk continously about European music inside the chart this week we watch an issue with the lowest presence of Europeans inside the top 20. "Only" 14 tracks with European artists are listed–as you all know two years ago there were weeks with only five European tracks...


No new songs mean old hits still selling well. So we watch Atemlos durch die Nacht spending a 100th consecutive week inside the list. The song by Helene Fischer sits pretty at #72 rising three places.

The first new entry comes in at #77. It is upcoming single by Sarah Connor Bedingungslos. It is the week with lowest rank for best new track in 2015 at all and compared to all lists ever made it belongs to the ten weakest issues.

Further down a single starts late as it becomes more and more a modern classic by several cover versions. Speaking 'bout Hotline Bling originally recorded by Drake. It enters the list at #92 after Disclosure & Sam Smith, Eryka Baduh and Charlie Puth released their takes on youtube, soundcloud and the likes.
Talking 'bout Canadian acts just this current week there are nine inside the list. That's a very strong presence not seen in Germany before.

September 4th 15: Namika goes no.1

Ups–Namika gains the #1 spot although on the midweek charts she held firm at #3. Over the past weekend she definitely benefited from her performance on the Bundesvision Song Contest where she became seventh with her new single Hellwach (starting chart life at #62). The final push was given by a video post on facebook made on Monday/Tuesday by Sarah Engels who declared her love to Pietro Lombardi with a cover of Lieblingsmensch. Within half a day more than 50.000 fans watched the video–and charged the original.

Namika is the third German act in a row that reaches the top spot. It is this a similar situation as in early summer 2014 when Andreas Bourani, Aneta Sablik, CRO and Robin Schulz (alongside Lilli Wood & The Prick) had a continous run there. As actually Aneta Sablik is a Polish singer casted on a German TV show with a German producer–one might argue whether this period count for Germany. The last female German by pasport on the top of the German singles charts was Lena Meyer-Landruth with her Eurovision winning Satellite in June 2010.

Highest new entry comes in at #4 in the face of Justin Bieber. What Do You Mean? is only the third top10 hit and the highest charting song ever for the singer. And he is besides Francesco Yates (#3) the second Canadian inside the Top 10–a feat last seen in May 2012 when Carly Rae Jepsen and Simple Plan had simoultaneous hits.

In its 17th chart week Photograph by Ed Sheeran reaches a new peak at #5 and gives the singer his second biggest chart entry to date.

New inside the top 10 El Perdón by Nicky Jam & Enrique Iglesias is. It is the the eighth top 10 entry for Mr. Iglesias and his first since 2010.

July 31st 15: Continuity at Top Position

Lost Frequencies Feat. Janieck Devy hold firm at no.1 with their Reality. It is the second week as best selling single. In next week's time we probably will talk which Belgian track had a longer stay at no.1 before.

This week I can tell you about that: Reality is the sixth track in a row which hold at least a fortnight on top. Sounds less spectacular as it is. Last time we had a 12 weeks period with continuing no.1s was back in 2011. From January till end of June there were seven songs invading the top for 25 weeks and every single one had at least a two weeks stay. Than on July 1st On The Floor by JLO Feat. Pitbull returned to the top and broke the continuity which was an exception as the following no.1 in the face of Alexandra Stan's Mr. saxobeat had a seven weeks turn at the top as well.

Actually it might be possible that we have a new no.1 next week as Sugar the new single of Robin Schulz is sneaking up a place to no.2. On download lists this track already led the race the past week. Well–featuring Canadian Francesco Yates the track already now sets a mark. It is the highest ranking single track involving a Canadian singer since August 2009. Back than that were the heydays of Nelly Furtado. Her last top 3 hit so far was Manos Al Aire starting chart life directly at no.2.


Biggest gainer into the top 10 is So wie du bist by MoTrip featuring Lary. After the success it acclaimed due to its use in a commercial with Bastian Schweinsteiger the company added a video with guest appearance of Lena Meyer-Landrut which pushes the track further up the list stopping at #5.
This arrival pushes the total of German productions inside the top10 to six–which is an impressive figure at all.

Probably much more impressive is the presence of German productions inside the top 20 too. As there are Joris with Herz über Kopf going 17–14 and Namika with Lieblingsmensch landing at 17 which brings the total to 10 productions–six of them in German.


As this is the time of slowly growing hits it is worth having a look further down the list to some medium hits:
This Summer's Gonna Hurt Like a Motherf__ker by Maroon 5 goes 64–45 in its seventh chart week
Shine by Years & Years goes 57–47 in its fifth chart week
Good To Be Loved by M22 74–49 in its fifth week
Watch Me by Silentó 77–60 in its sixth week
Matching the pattern of slowly rising hits the highest new entry comes in only at #75. It is the new offering of Swiss German duo BOY that released we were here as a teaser single to same titled album. Starting short before the end quarter of the list is the worst performance of the best new single of the week in 2015. Still it does better then the weakest "Hot new entries" in 2014 and 2012–well, these both started chart life in weeks when at least one re-entry returned to the survey much higher. So we were here actually is the fifth lowest start as best song not charted the week before of all times. What a special gimmick!

Seeing the decelerating of charts right now it is obvious that we have some very very long time runner inside the current list as they are still:
Atemlos durch die Nacht by Helene Fischer spending a 90th consecutive week on the list which makes it the third longest running hit without a break
All Of Me by John Legend in its 76th consecutive week valid as #8 on the list of consecutive chart appearances
and Auf uns by Andreas Bourani which spends a 66th week on the list.
The two first just rise up the survey again…

A long living and classic tune reappears at #91. Insomnia by Faithless first appeared in 1995 on CD. It became a club hit and started its way through the charts peaking at #2 in Germany in 1996. As a remix version done by Armand van Helden the recording had a second impressive chart run in 2005/06 spending 24 weeks inside the list peaking at #37. Also two cover versions released by Nightwatchers (2002) and Mike Candys & Jack Holiday had some minor chart success. Now it is Swedish AVICII who officially was pleased to remix the club classic. The result now is available as Insomnia 2.0 AVICII remix which immediately enters the list and probably will become the third chart life of the hit at all.
Meanwhile the recording is on the way of getting a track with impressive longevity as it now spans a period of 19 years as a chart hit.

Another classic returns at #92. Ginuwine's Pony seems to have a renaissance as it appeared the last weeks on Magic Mike XXL and on Glee. Additionally Rustie released a remix a few days ago. That all is enough to bring the track back to charts after 18 years. In 1997 the song peaked at #22.

13th of June:

It is the fourth week at the Top for CRO and his hit Traum. The single already achieved gold status–all that without having a proper video in rotation which is now released.

Traum already is the fourth single in 2014 that spends at least four weeks at the Top. And it is the first straight number 1 hit doing so since autumn 2011 when Rihanna & Calvin Harris had their We Found Love new released. Actually this single had not a continuous number 1 ride. Twice another nr.1 interrupted the success. So one might count Marlon Roudette as the real predecessor of a straight number 1 with at least four weeks at the Top. New Age started its chart career on September 2nd 2011 and held firm for eight consecutive weeks.

Still on the rise Canadian Keisza enters the Top5. Now Hideaway is the best performing Canadian production since two years when Carly Rae Jepsen infected the world with her intriguing Call Me Maybe.

Ed Sheeran returns with Sing into the Top10. The young star was present in Germany due to his performance as a juror within the show Keep Your Light Shining. Although the new casting format fails completely there was enough audience to propel the singer once again.


Rising 21–13 Jason Derulo enters the Top20 the first time after his no.1 single Talk Dirty. Accompanying Snoop Dogg was last seen inside the top20 in February 2012.

And another long absent star is back inside the Top20. The talk is about Michael Jackson whose posthumously released Love Never Felt So Good lands at number 18 this week giving him the highest position since three and a half year. The single version of the song features Justin Timberlake who missed the Top 20 for about a year.


Highest new entry comes in at number 22. It is West Coast the first single by Lana del Rey from her upcoming album Ultraviolence and it is the highest place the singer can achieve since her no.4 single Summertime Sadness back in summer 2012.

TV effects
Well–Sing meinen Song again helps songs into the list. Most liked Hört, Hört by Xavier Naidoo.
More surprising is the fact that a song from the Eurovision Contest can make it into the list a full month after the spectacle took place. Ruth Lorenzo from Spain got the 10th place in Copenhagen with her song Dancing In The Rain. In the week reflecting the sales effect the song wasn't seen in the German list. Now it is. Why?–Tanja Szewczenko and Willi Gabalier chose the track as one of their final dances within the show Let's Dance which propels the recording to number 54. It is the 14th song of the annual contest–the biggest impact for the event ever seen in its whole history.

6th of June 2014:

Very often straight number 1s appear as an flash in the pan. Big success right after the song is available and than … a quickly decreasing interest in the song. And there are real hits that start straight at the Top. Traum by German rapper CRO is the latter one. The song spends a third week at the Top of Germany’s single charts. The last one doing so was Jason Derulo with Talk Dirty in early autumn 2013.

Rising to no.3 Mark Forster becomes the next successful young German singer songwriter. Au revoir (Featuring Sido) is the highest rank Mark Forster so far achieved. It eclipses the result of Einer dieser Steine from last November on which he accompanied rapper Sido and which stopped at no.4.

In it's 33rd chart week and in its 23rd Top10 week Atemlos duch die Nacht by Helene Fischer rises again two places stopping at number 4. It is the longest Top10 habitation for a song since three years. And it looks like more and more fans purchase the song. The new demand comes due to the final of TV show Let's Dance where Atemlos durch die Nacht was one of the songs for the finalists.

New inside the Top 10 Kiesza is the first Canadian artist since a year who manages to invade the German list that high. Hideaway lands at number 8 and follows Justin Bieber's #That Power.

With a proper album released German DJ/producer Alle Farben gets his first chart hit She Moves - Far Away to Top10 status. The track lands at number 9 in its seventh chart week and is the fifth German production inside the Top10 which is a very rare picture.

The highest new entry comes due to an episode of the show Sing meinen Song. On 27th of May Gregor Meyle was the artist of interest in the production. Sarah Connor's version of his Keine(r) ist wie du has had the most impact on all viewers–the song enters at number 12 and gives the singer her best chart result since 2008. The original also enters the list–no.40 is the second best position for the singer in Germany. In Switzerland the song already is now the best performing song at all. His first ever chart hit and best performing recording in Germany Niemand re-enters at number 65 and collects a seventh chart week.
More show impact can be watched inside the list further down. Xavier Naidoo enters with his version of Du bist das Licht at number 46, the original from 2012 lands at number 70 and the single by Gregor Meyle Hier spricht dein Herz lands at number 54. All toghether the singer has five song inside the current Top100. The album compilation of the show this week enters number 1 inside the albums list.


What else?
German techno and happy hardcore project SCOOTER celebrates its 52nd chart hit under its own name. Bigroom Blitz (Feat. Wiz Khalifa) lands at number 43 which is the highest position in three years. With this chart entry the project has the third biggest amount of hits in the list behind Peter Alexander who had 81 and Madonna with so far 60 hits. Anyway the German act only took 20 years for its result. Its first entry was back in October 1994.

A viral youtube-hit brings The Proclaimers back into the list. Jack Hyer mad his proposal with a video shot in 28 countries and backgrounded with I'm Gonna Be (500 miles). The track originally recorded in 1988 had its first chart appearance in Germany after it was used within the movie Benny & June. It had its highest position at number 40. This week it stands again at number 67.

King soccer shows his more and more what will go on the next weeks. Pitbull Feat, Jennifer Lopez & Cláudia Leitte sit pretty at number 19, Shakira goes 47–29 and finally the first German FIFA WM related song enters in the face of Stefan Raab's Wir kommen, um ihn zu holen at number 82. The song was released midweek so the impact in next weeks time might be bigger. The full CD release follows immediatly.