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It is number two at the top for Felix Jaehn Feat. Jasmine Thompson and their take on Ain't Nobody (Loves Me Better). Meanwhile the track also enters number 1 slot on the Mega charts–the survey of all music use including social media and airplay.


After performing on season's final of Germany's Next Top Modellon Thursday night Jason Derulo got a boost on his song Want To Want Me. It climbs five places to current position no.3. It is right now the second most successful single for the singer ranging behind no.1 song Talk Dirty from 2013.

The Top10 shows a nice coincidence. A year ago on May 23rd 2014 there were six songs involving German artists inside. This year we do have five as there are: Felix Jaehn (#1 and #8), Robin Schulz (#7), Sarah Connor (#9) and Philipp Dittberner Feat. Marv (#10). The difference is only two of them are in German. A year ago there were four songs in German.

By rising to number 17 Kid Ink as featured partner on Fifth Harmony's single Worth It reaches a new career peak. So far his highest peaking entry was Ride Out from the Furious7 soundtrack which stopped at #21 in March this current year.

Highest new entry comes in at number 19. It is Jess Glynne with her solo single Hold My Hand which is only her second solo chart entry and easily the highest one. So far she has another three Top10 singles under her belt as a featured artist on releases by Clean bandit and Route 94.

Due to new remixes available Hey Mama by David Guetta feat. Nicki Minaj & Afrojack reaches a new peak at #22. The song appeared first inside the survey on December past year when album Listen was released. Since than the track bounced in and out for several times the past weeks now officially set as a single and so getting the attention it is worth.

Also German rap formation K.I.Z. launches its highest entry so far with Boom Boom Boom starting chart life at number 33. It is the sixth entry of the project–five of them were own releases.

This week we have seven songs new on the survey, two songs re-enter the list. It is already the seventh week that there are 10 or less songs entering the list which is a third of all weeks. Three weeks had 20 or more songs reentering the list.

Hot Spot 11-22-13

Still Klingande holds firm at number 1 with their hit Jubel. It is now the fourth week at the very top. After released as an EP bundle with Jubel also the first single of the project Punga can enter the list at number 59. Like the other song Punga performs in German speaking countries better than in its home country France.

German chart surprise Milky Chance finally touch the Top 3 with their Stolen Dance. Also in Austria the duo becomes a Top 10 ect, Switzerland reports the track still rising.

After more than five years in charts Miley Cyrus for the first time can launch a Top 10 hit. Wrecking Ball stops at number 6 after the star performed the song in Germany's still most watched Saturday night TV show Wetten dass...?!. It is already her 11th chart hit – that was a long way.

Star guest number two in Wetten dass...?! came in the face of Celine Dion. Her single Loved Me Back To Life gets a sales boost and jumps 80–38. It is the highest rank the star can achieve since six years.


Hyped as the sensation of the week Lady Gaga's new album Artpop fails to become number 1. It stops at number 3 behind EMINEM and The Rolling Stones. The single Do What U Want (Feat. R. Kelly) can get some benefit from the release of the full album but also stalls at number 17 what is only a medium result for the superstar.

The real sensation of the week is the return of a 45 years old song. It was caused by–you already guess right–a performance within a casting show. Nights In White Satin is the song in question that brings after a break of 27 years British band The Moody Blues back to chart life. The song was performed at The Voice Of Germany. Thanks to Nena three candidates had to sing the classic, which started its first chart run back in March 1968 peaking at number 18 on the list issued for May 15th. It was re-released at the end of 1972 when it had a successful ride to number 1 in the US. That second chart run stopped at number 27 in Germany. In 1995 Sandra recorded a new version reaching number 86 for one single week. Now the original recording again appears at number 39 and–yes–it is far and away the eldest song charted in this decade and probably the song with the longest chart career of all times.

Hit number 2 caused by The Voice Of Germany is a classic German rock song never charted before. Ohne Dich recorded by Selig is probably one of their most popular song. When it was recorded in 1994 the band was anything but well known. The video was played on music TV in hot rotation–anyway it had no chance to chart. This year British synthpop duo HURTS offered a cover version that had a short chart appearance in September. In their concerts taking place right now in Germany that song is one of the most referred in newspapers. Now the original can made it up in the list and lands at number 52. Usually hits generated by casting show performances disappear after a single week. That destiny is very certain for Selig too. But in a few weeks a TV Noir-compilation will appear. And the most watched youtube video of that concert serial is Ohne Dich performed by Selig:


Kid Ink Feat. Chris Brown are permanently on the way up. Shoe Me this weeks jumps exactly 20 places to number 47.

Passenger got some attention in the Cologne area where he played a concert on 7th of November. It boosts his single Holes to number 48 after it fell down to number 60 two weeks ago.

A commercial spot for a new TV advice generates a Europe wide hit. berlin by world travelling RY X entered the British and French charts already, in Germany he starts his career at number 53.

Katy Perry's next single Unconditionally rises full 32 places stopping at number 54 two weeks before its release. I guess this will be a big hit around Christmas.

Aired on Thursday, 14th November, the Bambi award ceremony leave some early traces in the list. Miley Cyrus-mentioned above-was one of the winners. Second star of the nigth (or first?–nobody really knows) was Helene Fischer who hosted the show and got an award too. Thanks to this big TV presence her last single Atemlos durch die Nacht re-appears in the list. It will probably rise further next week. Also her biggest hit to date ich will immer wieder … dieses Fieber spür'n re-appears at number 93.

Already two months released Steve Aoki's offer Boneless catches slowly fire. It enters the charts this week at number 70.

London Grammar's Strong also is on the way up. It stops at number 74 one week before full CD release count into the survey's result. Where will they land next week?

Finally the so called fifth season started on 11th November–in Germany a big date. Due to the begin of the carnival some well known hits show up. First of all it is Austrian Andreas Gaballier who sees his one and only chart hit i sing a liad für di returning again at number 79. Two places behind the latest offer from Cologne BRINGS comes in. Kölsche Jung spent a second week inside the list.

EMINEM still is number 1 in the album's list with his The Marshall Mathers LP2. The track only delivered with the deluxe version Beautiful Pain (Featuring Sia) makes it now as a single track into the list. Additionally the single Love The Way You Lie (Featuring Rihanna) sneaks in again at number 100 and gives the rapper having six different tracks listed inside the survey–a feat we've last seen in March 2012 by Pitbull.

Available with the album Demonstration Tinie Tempah's single Someday (Place In The Sun) find some first lovers. The full single release with some more mixes will count into next week's list. Number 89 has to be beaten.

Hot Spot 06-14-13

Well–it’s done. Robin Thicke feat. T.I. + Pharrell climbs at Nr.1 after their highly infecting Blurred Lines is out on CD too. That was the last push to overturn Get Lucky which sits pretty at number 2 this week. With Blurred Lines occupying the top spot newly we have a kind of a premiere in chart history. Pharrell Williams is the first artist (since the charts are issued weekly) who has two back to back number 1 hits. So far we only had Max Martin as a composer in autumn 2008 and Dieter Bohlen as a producer in June 1986 who handed out the chart crown to themselves. A performing artist who did so until now could be found only once in chart history: In October 1963 Gitte (duetting with Rex Gildo) topped the charts with Vom Stadtpark die Laternen and so dethroned herself.

Further statistics: Blurred Lines climbs to number 1 in its 8th chart week. It is as slowly as spring number 1 Let Her Go by Passenger. Last time a track took more time to peak at the Top was back in April 2012 when Olly Murs Feat Rizzle Kicks needed 10 weeks for their Heart Skips A Beat getting crowned.

The highest new entry comes from Prince Kay One Feat. The Product G&B. By entering at number 4 V.I.P. gives the German rapper a new peak position in his career and makes the USAmerican duo come back after 13 years of chart abstinence.

The newly released Xavier Naidoo Album Bei meiner Seele enters the album list at the top and propells tht title song to Top 10 status again. So we finally do have three songs again inside the Top 10 that are produced with German acts. In past autumn we had the last invasion of very successfull commercial songs coming from Germany. Best result was a Top 10 with 5 hits from Germany. Meanwhile the euphoria for national productions had a short time break–will it turn back for a new season with strong German releases?

PSY profits a second week from his performance at the final of Germanys Next Top Model. Gentleman jumps 25–12 eclipsing its peak from 7 weeks before. Gangnam Style gets a boost again landing at number 47.
Also Bruno Mars can watch a big effect of his performance at the show. Treasure goes 91–25 almost eclipsing the result of predecessor When I Was Your Man but still is two weeks ahead of its official release as a single cut.


Beyond TV made hits there is a soundtrack visible with two tracks in the upper half of the list. The Great Gatsby can send A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (All We Got) by Fergie • Q Tip • GoonRock and Young And Beautiful by Lana del Rey into the list. Both still rising in its third chart week.

Back in the list Carlprit is on the way launching his first solo hit. Fiesta now stands at number 53. A little renaissance for I Follow Rivers brings Lykke Li back to some success too. Number 57 in its 53rd chart week is very impressive.

Kid Ink is completely new to the German market. From his freshly released album Almost Home the track Money And The Power is especially beloved and enters the singles charts at number 70.