August 11th 17: Longest Running No.1 Since 27 Years

Indeed Despacito by Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber is the best sold song for a 16th week and now is the longest running #1 since 1990 when Matthias Reim had that exactly run with Verdammt ich lieb' dich. And so both songs share the honor of being the second longest running #1 hit of the weekly German charts since 1971. Of course if one takes in account the time of the fortnightly or monthly chart issues there are four songs more that performed better.

The only new top 10 song is the all star collaboration with Calvin Harris Ft. Pharrell Williams Katy Perry & Big Sean. By landing at #9 Feels gives the lady of that posse her second top 10 hit in 2017–all together she does have 11 top 10 hits on her account. DJ Calvin Harris now ads an eighth top 10 hit to his–last one is back a year ago with My Way that peaked at #5. Pharrell Williams had his last top 10 appearance back in 2014 when he brought his eponymous Happy to #1 status. Only Big Sean is really new on this chart height. So far he peaked at #12 alongside Jessie J with Wild in July 2013.

A significant rise is done by Dua Lipa's fifth chart hit New Rules. It goes 70–45 in its second chart week and directly follows top 10 hit Scared To Be Lovely on which she appeared as featured artist and got her highest chart appearance so far with #9.

At #46 a next German gangster rapper starts his song charts career. It is VEYSEL who can launch Bargeld as the highest new entry of the week.

A tiny move done from 51–49 gets the honor of attention here as Camila Cabello achieves to reach the upper half of the charts as an solo artist for the very first time. The song giving her that crown is Crying In The Club and it already sneaks through the 50s and 60s for almost three months.

June 23rd 17: Nimo Outsells KC Rebell & Summer Cem

This is the ninth week of Despacito by Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee leading the German charts. In other years this would be a certain sign for a song becoming the hit of the year. In 2017 there was another hit already running 15 weeks on the top–do you remember Shape Of You? The song still ranks pretty at #9 in its 24th week. Meaning 2017 probably will got only a few #1 hits but the race of which one will be the best sold gets still unsolved.

By rising to #3 with Thunder the Imagine Dragons reach a new chart peak. So far their second chart entry Radioactive peaking at #4 for two weeks in 2013 was their biggest hit. Now their books has to be written newly. It is the eighth chart week for the song.

At #5 the new single by DJ Khaled enters as the highest new song this week. Wild Thoughts features Rihanna & Bryson Tiller. The Barbadian singer now gains her 25th top 10 hit and her 19th inside the top 5–as much as Depeche Mode collected in its whole carreer but one short of Madonna. With 208 top 10 weeks she is far and away the most successful artist who still is recording songs.

Every week there is a new German rap album on release. This week there are two storming into the top 5. At #5 Nimo stands with KiKi his second proper release. On the song list he beats everyone out by seeing his Heute mit mir flying 22–10. It is the best selling German rap track this week making him one of still a few rap acts that can achieve proper single hits. Six further tracks plus the collaboration with Capo also invading the list.
The number 1 album comes from KC Rebell x Summer Cem. Maximum also serves with some single hits. Best of all pre-released track Murcielago performs by jumping again 41–26. All in all the duo got nine tracks into the list.

How fragile this success is might be seen by having a look at Bushido. Only five out of the 14 tracks from past weeks invasion are able to spend a second week inside the list best performing still Papa tumbling 20–32.

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.

June 9th 17: Thunder

Did anyone expect Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee (feat. Justin Bieber) spending a seventh week at #1 with Despacito? Well it is this reality this current week. By doing so both main artists now are the Puerto Ricans spending longest time at #1 in Germany. So far it was the honor for Ricky Martin who had his soccer anthem The Cup Of Life/La Copa vida spending six weeks at the top spot in summer 1998. Incidentally 1998 also is the year when the change of #1 went on as slow as this current year–remember Despacito still only is the third #1 hit in 2017.

Longest running top 10 hit Shape Of You by Ed Sheeran returns to #3 in its 22nd chart week. It is now the fifth longest top 10 inhabitant of this decade–on the all time statistic the song of course is scheduled outside the 20 longest running top 10 hits.

Highest new arrival in the top 10 is the new single by Imagine Dragons. Thunder is the second teaser single for their new album Evolve scheduled for end of June. First single Believer sadly stopped at #24 at the beginning of the year. Now the band is back to what they might be. It is the third top 10 single for them following the Suicide Squad collaboration Sucker For Pain which made it to #8 in summer past year.

June 2nd 17: German Productions Are Approaching Top Positions

It is the sixth week at the top for Despacito by Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee (feat. Justin Bieber). It is the 10th week inside the top 10.
Meanwhile Robin Schulz's new single OK (featuring James Blunt) goes 8–2. It is Schulz's first appearance close to the top since end of 2015 and only the third week in 2017 that a German production holds at runners up position. It is now more than a year back that there was a #1 hit from Germany.

Also the second new song inside the top 10 is a German production. In its third week on sale the new album by Helene Fischer re-occupies #1 position. Most successful song Herzbeben jumps up 17 ranks to #8 after she performed it on TV on the final of Germany's Next Top Model and as intermission act on the DFB cup final. On the latter occasion the singer was barracked by the 2.000 people in the stadium.
Herzbeben is the second top 10 entry for the ultimate Schlager star. Her Atemlos durch die Nacht spent astonishing 37 weeks inside the top 10 and ranks as the second longest top 10 runners of all times.

At #9 Kay One stops by. Louie Louie is a new rapped version of the Modern talking #1 hit from 1986. It is the third recording of the song and the second that reaches the top 10.

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.

May 12th 17: The Superstar Who Ain't Top 20

It is the third week at #1 for Despacito by Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee (plus featured Justin Bieber on the remix version).
Meanwhile No Roots by Alice Merton rises one further place to #2 in its 145h chart week.
Past weeks highest new entry I'm The One by all star collaboration of Dj Khaled Justin Bieber Quavo Chance The Rapper & Lil Wayne goes up two places to #5. It is the fifth top5 entry for Justin Bieber (the sixth if one adds the current #1 on his account too).

At #21 there is a kind of sensation as the winner of the 14th season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar Alphonso Williams completely fails to reach the top 20. It is the worst result of a Superstar winner at all. Even scandalized Severino made a top 10 entry in 2015. Is this the end of this format at all?
Runners up Alexander Jahnke at least can achieve #34 with his Halt alle Uhren an. That's a result known by past years contestants. Of course a few years back even the seconds of the show were a sure top 10 act. Times changed.

May 5th 17:

Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee (and Justin Bieber) spend a second week at #1 of the German charts. Doing so Despacito is the most successful #1 in Spanish since Las Ketchup's Ketchup Son (Aserejé) in summer 2002. So this hit is as epic as wikipedia tells.

Hidden #1 artist Justin Bieber has another top 10 entry as he is featured on the highest new entry I'm The One by DJ Khaled. It is his eighth top 10 appearance at all and so he is the biggest name on this collaboration. All other featured artists as there are Quavo (of MIGOS), Chance The Rapper and Lil Wayne have their highest chart appearance with I'm The One starting at #7. Leading act DJ Khaled meanwhile celebrates his German chart debut.

Second Canadian inside the top 10 Alice Merton can climb three further places with No Roots and reaches the top 3.


Biggest gainer of the week jumps 41 places to #11. It is Kontrollieren the new offering by Hamburg Crew 187 Strassenbande credited in detail to Bonez MC | RAF Camora | Gzuz | Maxwell. Further down also Adel Tawil reaches top 20 status with Ist da jemand – first time since two years.
At #20 also Welshly Arms enter with Legendary. The title song of the Power Rangers movie rise 19 places in its fifth chart week. That move probably is caused by the announcement that the song is the next Beck's campaign anthem. We might see the song rising further the next weeks.

April 28th 17: First No.1 In Spanish Since Six Years

After 15 weeks there is a new #1 in Germany. It is Puerto Rican duo Luis Fonsi Ft. Daddy Yankee that climbs one further place to get the honor of being the song with biggest sales. It ends not only the longest #1 run of a song within two decades but also a 47 weeks long presence of Europeans at the top and additionally a 30 weeks long domination of British acts at the top–the longest one in whole chart history.

Despacito is the first song in Spanish reaching the German #1 since Danza Kuduro in August 2008–incidently sung by Puerto Rican Don Omar (alongside main act Lucenzo). Despacito reaches #1 in its 13th chart week–it is a long rise but far and away a feat hardly seen. Last song taking 13 weeks to #1 was Catch And Release by Matt Simons in January 2015.
While Luis Fonsi achieving #1 with his first chart hit in Germany ever Daddy Yankee had an almost 12 years long time span to cover. Not mentioned on the official survey although his appearance on the remix definitely is the spark to fire Despacito to #1 Justin Bieber celebrates his second #1 hit in Germany.

After three weeks at #6 Jason Derulo Feat. Nicki Minaj & Ty Dolla $ign gain two more places. Swalla is Derulo's fourth top 5 hit, Nicki Minaj appears there for a second time meanwhile Ty Dolla $ign gets his highest chart appearance ever.

New inside the top 10 British/Canadian Alice Merton goes. Roots is her first chart hit ever.

With Nummer 1 sliding one place to #11 this is again a week without any German production inside the top 10. It is already the eighth week in 2017 doing so–means only nine weeks had at least one German production performing at #10 or higher. Seems this year is quite international oriented.

Highest new entry comes in at #15. There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back is Shawn Mendes' fifth chart hit and the fourth entering the top 20. All that within one and a half year.
Two further new songs inside the top 20 can be found at #16 as Good Life by G-Eazy climbs nine places and Nicht jetzt by KC Rebell & Summer Cem enters the charts at #20 for the very first time.