March 18th 16: Frozen Top 5

As the early spring usually ain't showing much musical turbulence it is no surprise having also in 2016 a calm March. It is this the third consecutive week with a very static top. This current week the complete Top 5 is tied meaning Alan Walker spends a sixth week at #1 with Faded. He is now alongside synthetic pop project Aqua the Norwegian act spending most time at #1.

The one and only new song inside the top 10 comes in at #6. It is the new single of SIA from her album This Is Acting. Cheap Thrills is a collaboration with Jamaican Sean Paul. It is the fifth top 10 hit for the Australian singer and songwriter–only her second as lead artist and better than her first solo hit Chandellier from summer 2014 that stopped at #10. Sean Paul already has nine top 10 hits under his belt–last on in summer 2013.

As Stimme by EFF leaves the top 10 there are only four tracks involving Europeans inside. It is the lowest result since May 2013.

A few places lower Coldplay can enter the top 20 with Hymn For The Weekend. Once again a Coldplay song with an longer taking rise.

The highest new entry lands at #30–some places higher than the week before. Ariana Grande launches with Dangerous Woman a seventh chart hit and the third missing the top 20.

At #44 a summer hit re-enters after getting used on Let's Dance a week ago. FEDER Ft. Lyse had their Goodbye rising to #8 and spent 30 weeks inside the charts. Now both sneak in for a further week.


On the lower end of the list at #64 a European country takes its first steps on the mainstream pop market. Era Istrefi comes from Albania/Kosova and launches her very first chart hit with Bon Bon. The song is as international as any other production coming from the big pop nations and probably this first appeaerance can leave some marks on the European pop map.

25th of June 2014: King Soccer Rules

After 10 weeks Andreas Bourani returns to the Top with his WM anthem Auf uns which originally wasn't an explicit sport's song. Heavy use of the song during coverage of the WM made it more or less the signature song for Germany's run to the throne.
Returning to number 1 after more than two months was an astonishing record set in January 2013 when Gangnam Style did so. The Korean hit spent almost the whole time in between at number 2–only once stepping aside for P!NK and her Try–Andreas Bourani meanwhile performed similar but once dived to number 4. Anyway this week is the 12th consecutive issue of having a German production at number 1. Such a presence wasn't seen since summer 2007 when Mark Medlock & Dieter Bohlen, Monrose, Azad & Adel Tawil and Culcha Candela occupied the top for twelve weeks.

In it's 40th chart week Atemlos durch die Nacht by Helene Fischer rises 9–5. This new demand comes due to her performance while the winning team arrived back at home.
The song now spends 30 weeks inside the German top 10 what is the second longest run of all times.

Also the official anthem We Are One (Ole Ola) by Pitbull featuring Jennifer Lopez & Cláudia Leitte turns the way of moving and is back at number 9.
The not so official WM song by Shakira Dare (La La La) makes an even bigger leap by jumping 21–12. It is a new peak for the song in its 17th chart week.
Further significant moves are made by:
- Tage wie diese by Die Toten Hosen (81–43)
- '54 '74 '90 2010 by Sportfreunde Stiller re-entry at 59, not yet newly recorded. The original '54 '74 '90 2006 went number 1 back than.
- We Are The Champions by QUEEN re-entry at 60, which is the first time since its original chart run in 1977/78 when it made it to number 13. Charted for more than 36 years it is one of the songs with the longest chart span and the oldest song charting in 2014 so far.
- Das dicke dicke Ding! by Mister Santos re-entry at 61, it's only the second time the song can chart
- Steh auf, mach laut! by HÖHNER new at 63
- 7 Nation Army by The White Stripes re-entry at 69; it is the highest position since summer 2010
- Schwarz und weiß by Oliver Pocher re-entry at 82
- the WM anthem from 1990 Un' estate italiana by Edoardo Bennato – Gianna Nannini re-entry at 83, making Edoardo Bennato the artist charting again after the longest absence in 2014, almost 25 years he wasn't seen inside the German list (and Un' estate italiana is indeed his one and only song charting in Germany)


Rising songs not linked to the WM are hardly to find inside this weeks list. But they are there. At number 17 for an example. Norvegian producer Martin Tungevaag is spotted by an international scene which gives his Wicked Wonderland the right boost. It is the second track from the northern country that can achieve the German Top 20.

A Canadian reggae song also is getting more attention this week. Rude by Magic! goes 96–66. Boom Clap by Charli XCX enters at 72 and Swedish Otto KNows goes 100–73 with Parachute.

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.

4th of April 2014: ECHO and first DSDS effects

Week number four at the German top for MR PROBZ and his Waves. Now Bailando by Loona in late summer 1998 is the last Dutch production that was sitting at number 1 that long for last.

More or less the Top 10 looks very static. More movement might be seen at number 14. Scheduled for CD release on April 18th Budapest by George Ezra climbs to real hit status. He signed a few weeks ago a contract with Sony Music–now the broad marketing machine works and brings him to more publicity in all media. That’s how the business still works.

A very similar sound and atmosphere lands at number 19 in the face of James Blunt. With Heart To Heart released on CD as well the track jumps 14 places. Seems that the fans of the singer are a little conservative in the way they consume music. Underlining that the track got a sales boost on Thursday night (March 27th). Then the ECHO award ceremony took place and one of the highlights was the duet by James Blunt and Helene Fischer who sang Heart To Heart.

More ECHO effect on the list:
Decorated with an award Swedish producer and DJ AVICII also shows new strength in the list. Wake Me Up! goes 59–42, Hey Brother 44-41 and his current hit Addicted To You climbs one place to number 7 again.

Also Shakira staged on the show to promote the release of her new self titled album. It starts at number 5 on the album’s list. Additionally her song Dare (La La La) enters the song charts at number 45. The song was chosen to be the official soccer WM song 2014. Of course her appearance in the new Danone commercial campaign also boosts her media presence.

After his performance on the ECHO show also veteran Peter Maffay sees his new single Gelobtes Land fly to number 48. It is his 49th chart entry at all and the highest entry since his charity project Children Of The World in 2007 which reached number 30. The singer started his chart career exactly 44 years ago. On April 1st 1970 his single Du entered the list for the very first time. In June the song was number 1.

Other TV events propel hits up the charts too. Well known DSDS (Deutschland sucht den Superstar) still has the power and influence to force music sales. Such it is the fact on following act: She was one of the Top female voices in 2012. Coming from nowhere Emeli Sandé had have five hits back in that year. In 2013 it was a little more dumbed around her. The well known songs clang on a little but new material didn’t catch really fire. So exactly one year ago also Clown had a very short chart appearance only sneaking in the list for a single week at number 93. This week the song returns with power thanks to the new season of DSDS. It was Vanessa Valera Rojas who performed the song and got her ticket for the live shows. The original re-enters the list at number 36 on sales.

It is a surprise that TV serial Tatort can launch a second hit within four months. In January it was Nick Cave who reached number 77 after his song Push The Sky Away was used in the movie. This week it is Ben Howard. The song Depth Over Distance was used in Der Fall Reinhardt a little confusing story with a highly decorated cast. Ben Becker and Susanne Wolff played the main characters. The song goes number 55.


Upcoming dancefloor tracks:
There are several tracks for the floor around with growing interest in it. First of all there is the next big thing called My Love by Route 94 Feat. Jess Glynne which still is digitally available only. The track jumps 53–20 in its second chart week which gives an impression of what might happen to the track in two weeks time when the full CD release is in shelves. It is the second Top 20 hit for singer Jess Glynne within six weeks.
Already a week before its official release the new remix (the official festival mix) of Show Me Love by the Michael Mind Project enters the list. In 2008 the first version of the cover reached number 38–now it starts chart life at number 62. The original recording by Robin S. made it to number 11 in 1993. Still a long way to go for the remake. – The take on the signal theme by Kid Ink still sneaks through the end of the list. This week it collects its 28th chart week at number 90.
On the way up Gorgon City Ft. Mnek arrives inside the Top 75. Ready For Your Love is number 70 in its third chart week.
Also W&W enter the list a week ahead of the official release of Bigfoot. Last week they already reached the Austrian charts. Now number 74 is the first result for the Dutch duo in Germany. It is the second list they can enter worldwide.
With new remixes available finally Kids by Style Of Eye Ft. Soso finds a bigger audience. The track enters the list at number 76. The man behind Style of Eye has some chart experience as the writer of Icona Pop's I Love It which invaded the charts last year and stopped at nr.3.



The highest new entry comes in at number 35 which is the second lowest result of the year 2014. Only on January the 10th the highest new entry was weaker due to the lack of real new releases. This week it is Australian rock band 5 Seconds of Summer that see it single She Looks So Perfect stall close to the middle of the charts. Probably it aint the high time for rock issues right now. Or is it more a kind of tiredness for boy bands?



After Gäa became a hit for Oonagh on its own the proper release as CD single follows and throws the song back to the list. It enters number 67 which marks a new peak for that song.

Released midweek Loyal by Chris Brown Lil Wayne Tyga start half power at number 81. The reduced r’n’b production might have some more fire in it but will it give Chris Brown the hit he so urgently need? His last Top 10 appearance is three years ago. Even the Top 20 saw him last two years ago. His last single as main artist stalled at number 48 last summer. Ehm–there is something work to do for the star.

7th of March 2014: The power of TV

Back at the Top Pharrell Williams is adding a seventh Nr.1 week to the account of his hit Happy after he performed it at Wetten dass...?. Last weeks No.1 Waves by MR PROBZ has to step beside and sits now at number 2.

Looking up the history Pharrell is the first male solo artist since Michel Teló in early 2012 who rests at least seven weeks at number 1 (of course I don’t count here AVICII who always colaborates with uncredited singers.)

Wetten dass...!? more and more looses its audience–in Germany a heated debate is going on about that fact. But the show still boosts music sales. So Adel Tawil’s Lieder goes 16–10 after it was performed live at the show. The track already spent 17 weeks inside the list–most of them inside the Top 10. Now it is back for a further week.


Highest new entry comes from an Norwegian act. Nico & Vinz had some first success in Scandinavia under the name Envy. Her single Am I Wrong is the first one released outside the northern countries and immediately lands at number 3 in Germany. It is the highest Norwegian production since five years when a-ha hauled up their Foot Of The Mountain to number 3 also.


New inside the Top 10
As expected Rather Be by Clean Bandit goes 12–6 and breaks the Top 10 after the full CD version is released. Also AVICII gets his Addicted To You inside the Top 10. The track lands at number 8 ten days ahead of the relaese of new remixes. It is the third Top 10 hit from hi album True.

Stopping short of the big 10 Liar Liar by Cris Cab improves being a hit. It goes 28–13 in its fifth chart week and features master of the moment Pharrell Williams as producer. So after three number 1 hits PW is on the way for the next step. In next weeks time also physical sales count into the list.

The fast rise of LORDE comes to a halt slowly. Team only rises one further place reaching exactly number 20. It's her second Top 20 hit. Predecessor Royals slides to number 35 this week.


Carnival hits
This issue covers sales from 21st of February to 27th. It is the week just before the crazy days of Shrove Monday and Tuesday. As every year this time generates its own hits–some of them returning for several years. The leap made by Cologne BRINGS is most significant for increasing interest in carnival hits this week. Kölsche Jung lands at number 41 which is a new peak for the song and the highest rank the band can achieve since four years.

Jürgen Drews also offers a new single. Und wir waren wie Vampire lands at number 48. It is his 27th chart hit as a solo performer. If you count his chart career as a member of Les Humphries Singers too he is an artist having chart success since the weekly charts were enabled. From still active artists only Peter Maffay's career spans a longer time started in April 1970.

Back on the list are: Cat Ballou with Es jitt kei Wood (#62), voXXclub with Rock mi (#100–63), Peter Wackel with the carnival edition of his song Scheiss drauf! (#67), Kasalla with Pirate (#77), HÖHNER with Das geht nie vorbei (new peak at #85).


An elder track becomes a new hit by its use for a viral campaign–that's the story written often enough but still has the power to surprise people. Latest chapter is the story around Supergeil by Der Tourist Feat. Friedrich Liechtenstein. Latter one is a semi known actor in Berlin who had started producing electronic music 10 years ago. By doing this he got to know some other producers and was featured on some tracks with his voice or just for acting in video clips. So he did last year for Der Tourist. The track incidently reached the marketing department of supermarket seller EDEKA. Two weeks ago a new video version of the track was released becoming immediately popular and now starting to sell even the official release of the track is scheduled for 8th of March yet. Starting its chart life at number 59 also means: this thing might become big.

31st of January: Lily Allen is back

No change at the Top: Pharrell Williams still holds firm with Happy and equals the result of the predecessor with three consecutive weeks at number 1. It’s again a calm January.

Heavy action goes on at number 2 with Lily Allen landing there her current single Hard Out Here. It is her biggest hit to date and her first release as a solo artist in four years. The huge success is a result of the track’s use on the so called Dschungel-Camp TV Show. Every January the show generates a (flashlight) hit as the first musical input of every new year. Last year it was Troublemaker by Olly Murs feat. Flo Rida which also peaked at number 2 and had a real hit career afterwards. Will Lily Allen match that success?

Another winner of being connected to the Dschungel Camp is (Michael) Wendler who moved in but very early left the show. Probably that made some fans kind of disappointed. His new single Unser Zelt auf Westerland starts at a mere number 55–the worst result for a Wendler track so far.


Further growing hits climb up the list: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis do have a third Top 20 entry with White Walls stopping at number 17. Katy Perry’s Dark Horse already peaked at number 32 in December right after her performance on The Voice Of Germany. Than the song tumbled down the list–but since two weeks again starts catching fire and landing now at number 33. A video for the track is announced so we can assume it will rise some further. So far the commercial success of the song isn’t that impressive.

Still climbing is Stay The Night by ZEDD Feat. Hayley Williams of Paramore. Landing at number 45 it gives the producer and DJ his biggest hit so far.

LORDE has yet some way to go for having a next big hit. Royals still looks good at number 18. Succeeder Team goes 86–65.

OneRepublic seems launching a next hit: Something I Need goes 99–74.


At the end of January the Aprés-Ski and carnival season leaves clear traces in the list. A still strong performing Helene Fischer (number 5 with Atemlos durch die Nacht and number 50 with Ich will immer wieder ... dieses Fieber spür'n) Wendler's new single at number 55 and the VoXXclub song Rock mi bouncing back to 67 are more or less a sign for that. More significant is the re-entry of BRINGS' lates single Kölsche Jung at number 82 and the comeback to the singles charts after 10 years of Wolfgang Petry at number 90. And also the hit of the past two seasons I sing a liad für di by Austrian Andreas Gabalier re-enters–so far at number 94. It is already the track with the most chart runs in this decade and it collected 69 chart weeks.

17th of January 2014: Happy goes No.1

The new year’s laziness is gone: Germany has got a new No.1. And what kind of. Like in half of the world Pharrell Williams’ Happy goes to the Top here also. Within eight months Pharrell is listed at the very top for the third time. Such a feat was last seen in 2009/10 when Lady Gaga had three Nr.1 hits within seven months. These three Top hits charted consecutively – so he follows directly the series of hits launched by German Tokio Hotel in 2006/07.

Reaching the Top by climbing 8 places sounds quite spectacular. The books will tell you that only one year and three months ago another song did so. It was famous Gangnam Style by Korean PSY. That track surprisingly had a mere three-weeks-career at the Top although the time span strains over three complete months.

At number 3 Ed Sheeran comes in with his song for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug’s end title. Five million people watched the movie in Germany alone – no surprise I See Fire also becomes a hit.


The brilliant Of the Night re-recorded by BASTILLE slowly takes fire and goes 52–26 which gives the band its third Top40 hit within 9 months. The song ultimately is one of the better words spoken in the 90s revival. Probably that period will finally fade away.

Gangster Rap–especially coming from Germany–still has a market here. Next generations star Farid Bang starts his new single Bitte Spitte Toi Bang at number 32 as the highest new entry. It is the second highest entry for him since he appeared first in the list around two years ago. Though none of his tracks spent more than two weeks inside the charts. So it is still a narrow scenery that adores him.

The US-American version of a young rap hope is Kid Ink. Right now he gots some more attention in Germany too. His album My Own Lane enters the album list right at number 12 in its first week. So three different tracks sneak in the list right now the highest stopping at number 36 in the face of Show Me–the absolut peak for the young artist in Germany. MTV featured him on its Push serial at the very beginning of the year. Well-this guy must be taken as an upcoming record star for sure.


German Revolverheld heavily promotes its new single Ich lass für dich das Licht an by launching a Story of the video clip. It's about the proposal of one of the band members to his long year girlfriend. The very romantic story touches a lot of people, so the song already jumps 90–38 without having the video released (13th of January) and a month before the new single mixes are released.

Romance is a big topic under Germany's youth. Sido's last album is full with lyrics of its kind. One of the most obvious is Liebe which reaches number 43 this week which is the best result for that track so far.


Featured by the 30th anniversary of TV channel RTL British singer Rebecca Ferguson whitnesses the hiatus of her career in Germany so far by Light On landing at number 40. It isn't the real breakthrough for sure.

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis already have their fourth hit entering the upper half of the German charts. White Walls climbs to number 41 in its second chart week.


At the lower end of the charts first signs of upcoming Après Ski season are significant. The official start has taken place on prime time TV at Sat.1 on Januar 7th with a big show. One of the hits of the season for sure is Rock Mi by Bavarian voXXclub. The song actually rises 82–62 in its 12th chart week. It already reached number 44 back in October.


This current week is the third consecutive week that BEYONCÉ can enter with a new track. This time it is XO that lands at number 83. All three tracks sneaked around that area and disappeared after a single week. Real hits look different I guess.

Hot Spot 12-06-13

Klingande’s sixth week at the German Top makes Jubel the most successful French production since 1989 when Kaoma infected whole Europe with Lambada.

The follow up hit to Jubel already arrives inside the Top 10. Changes by French Faul & Wad Ad Vs. Pnau lands at number 10 with exactly the same mood and sound as we find at the Top.


Milky Chance celebrates with number 2 a new peak for its track Stolen Dance. It is the 18th chart week the track appears in.

The full power of music videos can be seen at number 4. The Pitbull/KE$HA single Timber gains four places after the video is on screens since November 24th. Additionally Pitbull performed the song at the American Music Award show–I guess that performance has less importance for the European market. On the other hand also Lady Gaga sees her single Do What U Want flying to number 14–which is a new peak.


Their performance on Stefan Raab’s TV Total Turmspringen brings the Family Of The Year a bunch of new fans. hero rises again 12–8 in its 14th chart week.

The weakness of British act still holds on and even progresses. Highest artist is still James Blunt whose former Nr.1 hit Bonfire Heart slides to number 12. Watching the whole Top 20 only four tracks coming from Britain sneak around there. A few weeks ago four British tracks invaded the Top 10 alone.

British-Irish teen band One Direction released its third studio album Midnight Memories which directly became number 5 within the albums charts. Most loved song of the collection obviously is Strong. The song is the highest new song inside the singles charts landing at number 24 without being a full single release. It also overtakes the official single The Story Of My Life which limps to number 29.
Other songs of the band invading the list: You & I at number 54, Don’t Forget Where You Belong at 66 and the title song Midnight Memories sneaks in at 91.


Tracks on the rise
Tsunami by DVBBS & Borgeous is the killer track of the moment. It goes 58–26 without full sales promotion by amazon et al. What will happen when the big sale platforms list the track correctly. Probably this is the track that will made us dance on new year’s eve.

Also London Grammar is on the way up. Their single Strong still rises continously this week stopping at number 35. stromae does same–his formidable moves 52–39. And how does Afrojack perform? Well–with some more mixes in shelves The Spark jumps 80–44. berlin by Ry X used in a TV commercial rises 57–46. A further dance track available since October slowly finds its fans: Yee by Deorro catches fire new at number 64.

Set as the fourth single Demons by Imagine Dragons can made it into the list as a pure album cut. It begins its career at number 86.


The Voice of Germany effect
Aired in the night of Thursday 21st of November the full benefit can be watched at the rise of Philipp Poisel’s Ich will nur. Peer Richter performed the song and according to the 98–49 rise of the original he really is a candidate for the semi final. Wolke 7 also gains some attention. Max Herre as one of the jury surely is happy about number 60.
Albulena Krasniqi made an impressive performance with Jessy J’s Nobody’s Perfect but it wasn’t enough for qualifying to the next round. The original instead re-enters at number 62.
Chris Schummert still on the race brings Fast Car by Tracy Chapman for the first time to chart life. Number 81 is a late start for the single released in April 1988 and Top 5 in the UK and the USA. It is only Tracy Chapman’s second chart entry after her single Crossroads from 1989. This return ends an almost 24 years long abstinence from the charts for the artist. Coincidently Fast Car right now also appears on the UK charts again.



Another show–another hit: Madeline Juno had a performance on Verstehen Sie Spaß?–a big Saturday night show. As an effect her single Error climbs more than 30 places to number 50. Additionally she has some support by the movie Fack ju Göthe for which Error completes the soundtrack. Star guest number 2 was Yvonne Catterfeld. Her single Pendel re-enters at 59.


Finally: It’s Christmas time! You already know what that means. Right–some very well known classics are back in the list. First of all there is Last Christmas by Wham! that re-enters at number 70 and makes the band now present in the German charts for almost 31 years. Number 70 is a mere low restart for that song–does it mean we whitness the end of a popular tune?
Melanie Thornton on the other hand returns with Woderful Dreams (Holidays Are Coming) at number 80 slightly better than the past three years same time. Also better than last year All I Want For Christmas Is You by Mariah Carey enters at 88. With only 33 chart weeks this is one of the smaller classics (which exists for 19 years).






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Hot Spot 10-18-13

There is a brand new Number 1: James Blunt's Bonfire Heart – it is the first time the British singer can launch a single at the Top in Germany. His breakthrough and worldwide hit You're Beautiful stalled at number 2 in 2005. And also his 1973 stopped there two years later. Now the history is re-written and James Blunt becomes finally a Number 1 act in Germany too.

The man behind Bonfire Heart is Ryan Tedder. He already knows how it feels being the most sold artist. In late 2007 he started his career with his band OneRepublic - its debut Apologize heavily featured by Timbaland had an impressive 9 weeks run at the top. That was stopped by another Tedder penned and produced song Bleeding Love recorded by Leona Lewis. Now - 5 and a half year later - the man is back at the Top. Of course "only" as the hidden on in the behind. Anyway - with having three songs going Top 10 in 2013 seeing him as an musician Ryan Tedder now matches the result of will.i.am.

Wetten dass effect is seen at number 9. John Newman returns to Top 10 with Love Me Again after his performance on the show. The Saturday night event still is a hit factory for the whole family.

AVICII brings a next hit to German music lovers. While Wake Me Up! slowly fades to number 7 and follow up single You Make Me sneaks around number 50 the album track Hey Brother turns into a number 10 success. It is the third Top 10 track for the Swedish DJ - all achieved within two years.

With a new distribution deal Milky Chance's Stolen Dance gets more attention and can jump to number 18 in its 11th chart week. The young man continues the sound of Wankelmut being enormously successful in summer 2013.

A look at the current number 1 of the US Royals by Lorde still is on her way up also in Germany. This week she stops at number 39.

Canadian Drake also still is rising with Hold On, We're Going Home. The song can reach number 41 this week which is the highest position Drake achieved as a leading artist. In February 2011 he climbed to number 12 alongside Rihanna on her single What's My Name.
Some news portals and papers hype YLVIS' The Fox as the new Gangnam Style. Well, the video might be crazy enough, the click rates are high as well - the song itself only sells slowly. This week it reaches the upper half of the survey stopping at number 45.

German Schlager queen Helene Fischer starts her new album Farbenspiel at number 1 of the album list. Leading single Fehlerfrei goes 39–23 and cherry pickers chose dancefloor inspired Atemlos durch die Nacht as the second favourite of the album. The track enters at number 46 as an single album cut.
Her so far longest running hit Ich will immer wieder dieses Fieber spürn also can re-enter the list. It sneaks in at number 85 and very certainly it is outside the Top 100 next week again.

48 years after she appeared for the first time in the German charts Cher does have a come back. After 11 and a half year abstinence from the list her single I Hope You Find It enters at number 49. With this Cher is the act with the longest career in 2013 – The Bee Gees and Heino both present in 2013 too fall three years short behind the lady. In the list of all time careers Cher now sits pretty at number 5 of the longest chart careers. Paul Kuhn (53,5 years), Bing Crosby (almost 53 years), Udo Jürgens (52,5 years) and Johnny Cash (48 years) are the four being successful a longer time span. Of course one could also count John Lennon who started as a member of The Beatles in 1963 and appeared last with his Happy X-mas War Is Over in December 2011 which makes 48 years of chart presence too.
The second track of the physical CD release Woman's World also can enter the list on digital downloads. It is number 66.

Songs to come: Lifted by Naughty Boy Feat. Emeli Sandé 88–64

Hot Spot 06-07-13

It is the second week for Get Lucky at number 1. Daft Punk now is the first French act having that honour for at least two weeks since seven years. Back than it was Bob Sinclar and his non official soccer WM anthem Love Generation that spent whole five unconsecutive weeks at the German Top.
Collaborating artist Pharrell Williams also is one of three artists landing at runners up position. It is Blurred Lines by Robin Thicke feat. T.I. + Pharrell that jumps 11 places still a week ahead of its proper release on CD. The track got huge support by Robin Thicke’s performance at the final of Germany’s Next Top Model. 3,72 Million people watched the show on TV.

Also PSY and Bruno Mars had a performance and profit from the airing. Gentleman rises seven places to number 25 again and his big hit Gangnam Style jumps full 19 places to number 61. And Bruno Mars’ new single Treasure enters at number 91 while Locked Out Of Heaven dips in again at number 92.

With a new album released the single applaus! applaus! by sportfreunde stiller takes a six place leap to number 4 this week. It is now the second best performing track of the band falling short only behind 2006 Nr. 1 song 54 74 90 2006. Ein Kompliment also gets back to the list–one can find it at number 99 which gives the track a 64th chart week.

A week ago 2 Chainz feat. Wiz Khalifa showed that there are big things to come with their new track We Own It. Now with promoting movie Fast And Furious 6 in theatres, 790 thousands watchers on the first weekend and the physical CD in stores the single jumps up to number 5 giving Wiz Khalifa his second Top 5 hit in a year.

Counting Stars by OneRepublic rises steadily. Now it reaches number 26 in its third chart week.

Last week there were 24 new songs entering the charts – as much as never before. This current week the result changes completely. We only have four new tracks in the list. The highest song entering the list is an old one. Stern des Südens gains new popularity duely to the success of soccer team of FC Bayern München that won the European Champions League on May 25th. A week later they also became master of the German DFB pocal–it is quite certain that the Bayern-Fans United rise some places further with their single next week. By the way–it is only the 19th week in more than 15 years that the single can collect. The sports team is much more successfull.

Highest new track comes in at number 42 thanks to the release of the Pacha Summer 2013 compilation. So far Bang Bang (Explode) was available only on independent download platforms. Now it is brought to the masses. The track itself is far from a really new composition. It is much more a further remix of the Explode theme by Shaun Baker last seen on the list in 2010 as Gib mir 10 (Explode 3). Back than Shaun Baker collaborated with Austrian Darius & Finlay. The new rework repeats that constallation: DF&S stands for the initials of the three producers.
Number 42 by the way is the highest place the tune ever reached in its eight years long chart life.

Upcoming single of JLO Featuring: Pitbull bounces around the list . This week it goes 73–37 reaching a new peak. The officially digital release was scheduled for June the 1st according to big seller amazon. Let’s wait where the track lands next week finally.

Nr.1 hit Need U (100%) by Duke Dumont Feat. A*M*E catches slowly fire in Germany too. The track rises 77–46 this current week. – Scheduled for June 21st Rihanna already now climbs with her new single Right Now to number 48. – Accompanied by a mix from David Guetta the single CD release of This is what it feels like by Armin van Buuren Featuring Trevor Guthrie was announced for May 31st. A week before the track re-enters the German list at number 61. Support also came from the release of the KONTOR House of Summer 2013 compilation.

Whatever the new demand for Birdy caused–the singer is one of the winners this week. Her top 10 track People Help The People rises back to number 67, her single Skinny Love re-enters at number 73. It is the highest position the track ever achieved.

Finally at the end of the list KE$HA Feat: WILL.I.AM; enter the list with Crazy Kids. The track already is available for almost a month–but the video was premiered not earlier than end of May on MTV. Now also TV addicted kids know the track.

ON May 26th Rocky III was aired for the 1000th time. Still the soundtrack attracs a lot of people. Eye Of The Tiger by Survivor enters the list afterwards at number 95 and so becomes the song with the longest chart career in 2013. It was first listed on September 6th 1982–almost 31 years ago.

Hot Spot 05-31-13

Here they are: Daft Punk (Featuring Pharrell Williams) climb to number 1 with Get Lucky after their album Random Access Memory was released and shot to number 1 on the album list also. It took the French men five weeks to land their worldwide smash at the top in Germany also. And it took them a whole 16 years to gain Nr.1 for the first time. So far they reached only once the Top 10 with One More Time in 2000.
The last Nr.1 coming from a French artist was back in summer 2011 when Lucenzo infected the country with his take on Danza Kuduro.


This week the survey counts 24 new entries–it is far and away the most amount of new songs in a single week for years. This result comes due to a big event taking place in Malmö on 18th of May. Most successive act ain't a Eurovision contestant but a band performing in Hamburg after the screening of the event. Frida Gold presented their new single Liebe ist meine Rebellion live. The party was broadcasted nationwide–so the track lands now at number 4. It is the first Top 10 hit for the band starting its career two and a half year ago.

Right behind Frida Gold the winner song Only Teardrops by Danish Emmelie de Forest lands. It is right now commercially more successful than the last winner song coming from Denmark Fly On The Wings Of Love in 2000. Additionally Only Teardrops is the best performing song coming from Denmark since March 2012 when Aura Dione released her single Friends.

The third new entry inside the Top 10 again is a song presented at the after show party in Hamburg. Madcon had their biggest success in 2010 when they delivered the soundtrack for the Eurovision flash mob dance. In 2013 the song One Life is more down to earth–the connection to the Contest seems be kept.

All in all there are 12 songs from the contest entering the list this current week. Never before the contest had that much impact on the sales charts. Except places 2 and 3 the whole Top 10 of the contest finds its way into the media control survey. The German entry Glorious by cascada completely failed in Malmö. It ended up at a low 21st place–the worst result since five years. Even the German audience was not really convincend. When the song was chosen it landed at number 6–not that bad. Now after it was performend in Malmö it can only reach number 33 in its second chart run. A sad result.

The song voted most in Germany on the night of the show was Kedvesem performed by Hungarian ByeAlex. A real surprise. On sales the song comes in as the third at number 39.


What else goes on in the list? A week before The Fast & Furious 6 started at theatres the first track from the soundtrack enters the list. It is We Own It by 2 Chainz feat. Wiz Khalifa. The track starts at an impressive number 28.

In theatres on May 16th The Great Gatsby sends two cuts of his soundtrack onto the list. Most loved song is A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (All We Got performed by Fergie • Q Tip • Goonrock. The track goes straight to number 41. At nubmber 74 lands Lana del Rey with Young And Beautiful.

After My City was re-released as a CD on the new label Epic Germany Follow Your Instinct see their track re-entering the list. The track starts its second chart run at number 42. The first one back in March propelled the track to number 24.

Finally the announced upcoming single Counting Stars by OneRepublic rises up the list and lands at number 51 in its second chart week. The official release date so far is not scheduled properly.

Hot Spot 04-19-13

Week number five at the top for Passenger and Let Her Go.

Just Give Me A Reason–the latest single release by P!NK Featuring Nate Ruess climbs three places to number 2 giving her an 8th Top 3 hit in Germany. Also Macklemore X Ryan Lewis are still on the way up. Their Can’t Hold Us rises to number 3.

Climbing to number 7 US rapper WAX now enters the second Top 10 worldwide. Seems that Rosana is a hit only in German speaking countries as Switzerland reports position 19.

With The Lumineers entering the Top 10 Germany has three songs in there that can be counted as folkrock: it is the Nr.1 by Passenger, it is the number 9 coming from Taylor Swift and it is Ho Hey by The Lumineers at number 10. The big demand for Ho Hey probably is supported by the start of Hart of Dixie on TV–a romantic province comedy celebrating the "easy" life. The Lumineers almost two years ago had their breakthrough in the US after being the background sound for that serial.

Have I told you last week that there is a big boredom according to the origin of Top 10 songs? Well-this week it is even worse. Eight of the songs are produced in the US–two in Britain. Highest German production sits at number 14 with Sido and Bilder im Kopf. It is the worst result since November 2011 when Glasperlenspiel was the best sold German act on exactly same place.



Still two weeks ahead of his album release will.i.am’s new single #ThatPower (featuring Justin Bieber) rises 11 places. It is the third track featuring will.i.am as an artist inside the current Top 20.

The Imagine Dragons do an impressive move: Radioactivegoes 39–12 without having an official CD single in shelves neither a good promotion of the track on platforms as amazon and so on. I would call this an independent seller.

Powered by mobile company Vodafone Capital Cities launch their first chart hit with Save And Sound.

The release of the soundtrack for current season of Germany’s Next Top Model causes some single hits too. The return of Marina + The Diamonds with British nr.1 hit Spectrum (Say My Name) is the one most significant. It lands at number 53 which is indeed a new peak for the song after more than eight months since it first appeared in the list. - Second hit is a real newcomer. CHVRCHES debuts with Recover at number 55.


The Voice Kids started on April 5th with impressive rates. Some of the songs performed at the show real profit from the new exposure. Girl On Fire by Alicia Keys as an example rises 22 places.

German luca vasta debuts in the charts after she produced a song for a commercial campaign for Active O2. The TV spot is on air since easter weekend–the single Cut My Hair enters at number 72.

Danish Volbeat for the very first time releases a number 1 album. Simultanously the single Cape Of Our Hero rises 23 places to number 74 in the singles chart.

Hot Spot 04-12-13

Yes, it is the fourth week on Top for Passenger and his Let Her Go. German music buyers love romantic sound. The last time a British act had four weeks at the German top is back in autumn 2011 when Calvin Harris turned Rihanna’s We Found Love into a dance track. Of course–that was not a pure British production and the four weeks were collected over a six weeks span. Well, the real British number 1 track occupying the top spot at least four weeks had its run just before Calvin Harris stormed to number 1. The one I’m talking about is Marlon Roudette. His New Age held eight weeks at the top in September and October 2011. The sound of this huge hit is almost the same as Let Her Go. So probably we will have the new song for some more weeks sitting pretty at number 1.

The only new one inside the Top 10 is Taylor Swift whose I Knew You Were Trouble dips in for the first time at number 10. It is the very first top 10 entry for the artist at all. - With this again the 10 best sold songs are mainly coming from the US (7). There are only three tracks coming from the UK and one from Germany. The big variety of productions from very different areas of this world is definitely gone.


US Rapper Wax becomes more and more popular. His single Rosana this week reaches the Top 20. In Austria the song already is a Top 10 hit.


Love some DSDS stories? Well–looks like Ricardo Bielecki is the big favourit of the season. Last week he helped Impossible becoming a hit–this week Swedish House Mafia gots a late sales boost again. Don’t You Worry Child winds up 10 places after it was performed on March 30th. It is already 29 weeks inside the list.

Further impressive performances on the show: Susan Albers performed She Wolf (Falling To Pieces)–the original recording by David Guetta Feat. SIA re-enters at number 56. + Lisa Wohlgemuth staged with I Follow Rivers–it winds up the original by Lykke Li 15 places and helps the cover by Triggerfinger back to number 100.


Some more impressive moves:
Watching Justin Bieber alongside will.i.am entering the charts as the second highest new entry at number 22 is much more worth mentioning as his upcoming single All Around The World also charts–a week before it is released as a digital single at all. It sits pretty at number 99 waiting for things to come next week.

After some weeks on air as the soundtrack for a commercial to Internet Explorer 10 Blake Lewis’ single Your Touch catches fire and rockets up 66–32.

Easter TV programme has left traces: Til Schweiger’s comedy Kokowääh was premiered on free TV–as an effect main title Snowflakes by White Apple Tree re-enters at number 36. It is the highest rank since it charted for the very first time two years ago.

A few days before their tour in Germany starts the Imagine Dragons got some heavy airplay and big promotion. Their album Night Visions rises 98–78, the single Radioactive goes 52–39.

Saturday 29th of April a national One Direction fan day were held. It boosts the single One Day Or Another back to the upper half of the German list.

The release of The Twilight Saga – Part 2 on DVD caused a new demand for one of the main tracks of the movie A Thousand Years (Part 2). The recording by Christina Perri reenters at number 87.

Some strange coinscidences: there were some news about Adam Levine–singer of Maroon 5. First of all: he was not a lady-killer when he was young. Well–very serious news. The other was about the decoration by CMI for his huge impact on pop culture. Maybe that award made some people looking for songs of the Band–Moves Like Jagger (featuring Christina Aguilera visits the charts again at number 98. The track was listed last time almost exactly a year ago.

32-12: Dance Compilation Sound And More TV Hits

After two very lazy summer weeks the market starts changing again. But not on the very top. LYKKE LI still holds firm at number 1. I Follow Rivers is the fifth consecutive week the most sold track in Germany. Also number 2, 3 and 4 are completely static. The first mover lands at number 7 in the face of r.i.o. Feat. U-Jean. Summer Jam originally was a hit in 2000 for The Underdog Proect reaching number 3 in Germany. Since than it was remixed by the project itself or friends of the project for several times. Most popular became the version in 2003 (versus The Sunclub) that made it to Number 1 in Belgium and the Netherlands and Top 5 in Denmark and France. The current version is so far the first real cover (I do not count the version recorded by Die Schlümpfe –The dwarfs – as a real version).


2012 version and original

The strong appearance of new dance tunes comes along with the release of the KONTOR Summer Jam compilation which can enter Number 4 of the compilation list. It includes a trio called the Italo Brothers. The three bys in fact come from North Germany but obviously want to connect with the dolce vita in South Europe. Their song My Life Is A Party tells that story. It is the 28th cover version of O-Zone’s big summer hit Dragostea Di Tei from 2003 (if one follows the list on coverinfo.de). And it is like the r.i.o. hit nothing more (or less) than a party song using a well known tune.


(sorry for not connecting with the original – you all know it)

Also Dutch Mischa Daniels profits from the release of the KONTOR compilation. The single That Girl enters at number 95 in the singles list. Partner here is once again U-JEAN.




The next big impact on the music market is the huge sports event filling all channels and papers. Surpringly Taio Cruz’s World In Our Hands misses narrowly the Top 10. After its full release on CD the song lands at number 11. Probably it can break the glass ceiling in next week’s time. The song is highly featured as the signature tune for the ZDF coverage of the Olympics. And also Florence + the Machine can launch a small hit with Spectrum after its use for the same reason. Beyond any explanation the label does not schedule Spectrum as a standalone single release although the song became an impressive Number 1 hit in Britain. Once again decisions of music managers at big labels seem far away from the real demand of the public.

More TV stories? Rising after continuous use on TV Rayos de sol by Jose de Rico & Henry Mendez jumps 80–37 in its second chart week.

And: Teenager don’t care ‘bout sport. They love to watch stars like Miley Cyrus. On Sunday 29th of July TV channel Pro7 premiered The Last Song (German title: Mit dir an meiner Seite) on free TV. The movie got 17,3% or 2,2 million watchers–almost as much as the Olympics got on public TV. Right after airing of the movie the signature song When I Look At You found a lot of purchasers making the track entering at number 85 in the current list. Although the single was available in 2010 already it never charted before. So this is the eighth chart hit for Miley Cyrus.


Back to a real gainer: Italian band Frei.Wild enjoys raising popularity in Germany. Latest single Feinde Deiner Feinde (Enemy Of Your Enemies) comes in at number 19 which is the highest debut for the band so far. It is again a song playing with national pride and martial lyrics. The German youth obviously doesn’t have any problem with this–conservative and national values are becoming popular more and more. Tot und doch am Leben (Dead But Alive) is the second song on the CD–on download sales it can reach number 79.





Released on CD Swedish Jonas Myrin can launch its Day Of The Battle at number 65. So far a good start for the newcomer.

An upcoming hit is Olly Murs’ new single Oh My Goodness. It can enter the list two weeks before its release on CD. The song follows in the footsteps of Nr. 1 hit Heart Skips A Beat.

Finally MC Fitti is fancy of Miami Vice. Or he had watched to much of that series. However 30° Grad is a parody to the 80ies and a lot of people love that. So the song enters at number 99. An I personally hope this won’t become a big hit.

13-12: Switzerland vs. Eurodance

Nine weeks at the Top of Germany’s official singles charts. That’s what Brazilian Michel Teló is collecting so far with his anthem Nooossaa! Ai Se Eu Te Pego!. Nine weeks at the top–such a feat was last seen in October and November 2010 when Israel “IZ” Kamakawiwo’ole occupied the top slot for 10 consecutive weeks with his version on Over The Rainbow. An impressive hit at that time, still loved and often played, still ranging in the survey from time to time–last seen the week before at number 83. Anyway the singer is a one hit wonder in statistical terms. No other song recorded by him reached the singles list. Prospects are similar for Michel Teló. Having a huge hit often means to an artist that she/he is connected with that one song forever and never can offer something else that finds new friends. Good news are: the singer approaches the all time record for an act coming from South America. Shakira only is two more weeks ahead with her Nr.1 hit Whenever Wherever.

At number 3 a progress within the last 9 months comes to a new hiatus. Mike Candys Ft. Evelyn & Patrick Miller are the highest entering act at all and the next Swiss production landing in the German Top 10. 2012 ‘If The World Would End’ is the first one since DJ Antoine brought Welcome To St. Tropez to number 3 in August last year. Since than we had a couple of dance productions made in Switzerland invading the German list. Right now we have three Swiss acts inside the German Top 20–me personally don’t know when we had a situation like that the last time.



Further down the survey the DJ who started that little Swiss invasion a year ago comes in with a new track. This time DJ Antoine had chosen a track offered by Austrian fellow Rene Rodrigezz. Shake 3x also features the vocals of Austrian MC Yankoo who sounds like an European Pitbull. In Austria the track already was a hit in last September. In Germany it is the eighth track featuring a Swiss artist that ranks simultanously in the survey.




TV show of the week 16th to 22nd of March was Schlag den Raab (Beat the Raab) on Saturday 17th. Stefan Raab of course is a big player in TV and music business. He discovered and supported Swiss Stefanie Heinzmann in 2008–still she belongs to the inner circle of the Raab clan. At the show two weeks ago she performed her recent single Diggin’ In The Dirt which makes the sales increasing. The track lands at number 12. Benefitting much more of the appearance on TV Swedish CALIGOLA sees its single Forgive Forget jumping 16 places to number 16 after its performance in the show.

Seeing Swedish House Mafia entering the German list also, music coming from Sweden also making an increasing impact to the German market. Right now one can count four tracks of Swedish acts hanging around–five if one count the Steve Angello production of Taio Cruz’ Troublemaker. That track exactly shows the difference between the Swiss and the Swedish presence. Swedish acts are much more glabally involved. So the new track of the Swedish House Mafia is the soundtrack of the recent Absolut Vodka campaign called Greyhound. The video is an artificial trip into the future. The single lands at number 53.





Let’s have a look at German productions. Still leading the pack is Deichkind with Leider geil ranking at number 9 and Bück dich hoch slightly rising to number 11.

Best new offering coming from Germany is presented by surprising newcomer 2012 Glasperlenspiel (Glass Bead Game). The band continues with a second single Ich bin ich (I Am Me). It is a bubbly pop song reflecting about what is seen of a person by others and what is hide. So the song might tell a lot about modern relationships and love affairs. It starts chart life at 32.



A few places behind rock veteran Udo Lindenberg stops with his third unplugged single. It is 1989 song Reeperbahn in a reworked version as duet with Hamburg Jan Delay. They both performed as a duo twice before.



Further down the list UNHEILIG enters the survey with the title track of new album Lichter der Stadt (Lights Of The City). The album starts its chart life this week right at number one–the title track sneaks in the singles’ list at number 67. The song so far is available only as an album cut. The full CD single is released on 30th of March. Listening to the song one has to admit that UNHEILIG take new pathes. The sound is much more pop oriented. Never before I’ve heard the band that bright and joyfull.




European Dance Stuff seems a topic as four of all new enries fit to that genre.

Before David Guetta became the famous French export DJ it was Bob Sinclar who represented commercially successful club music coming from France. Seven years after his number 1 hit Love Generation the DJ and producer still releases material that can attract at least a bunch of clubbers. It is now a collaboration with Pitbull singer DragonFly and well known Fatman Scoop thatenters the list at number 45. Rock The Boat is kind of an oldschool sound. It completely abstains from rave oriented hook lines and trusts on the refrain and Pitbulls rap part. Of course a main attraction is the beat borrowed from Sweet Dreams by the Eurythmics. Just try out the MashUp by Mike Candys for knowing what I’m talking about.




Pitbull this week also enters the list as a featured artist alongside british singer REDD. He now had already seven tracks in the charts this year which matches the result of Flo Rida so far. Having six tracks in the survey in this recent week Pitbull is the first act in 2012 doing so. Last year David Guetta was the one hanging around in that quantity for 14 weeks, Lena and Amy Winehouse at least managed it for a single week. In long time terms Pitbull is hard on the heels of David Guetta according to how many chart hits he could’ve launched. Having 14 different entries he falls only four tracks short in this decade so far.

German dance cover project Groove Coverage actually works on the 90ies revival. Think About The Way was a hit for rapper Ice MC in 1994. It was kind of a comeback after his first success and a three years pause. All in all it was his second biggest seller. Groove Coverage wants to announce the new album Riot On The Dancefloor with this offering. But number 53 is not the big impact. Although the cover is probably one of their most felicitous it is the second lowest chart placing for a track in the whole chart life of the project.


The new version and the original from 1994


DSDS impacts
Some sites report that viewing figures of recent season are disastrous. According to the impact the show makes on the charts one can attest a fading influence. This week big favourite and everybody’s darling Luca Hänni is the one again who attracted most. His performed song Use Somebody re-enters the list at number 66. It is already the 39th week for the Kings of Leon track. Propelled by the demand in Use Somebody also Sex On Fire can gain some more attention and climb to number 94 again in its 76th chart week.

Second favourite of the show on 17th of March was Daniele Negroni. He performed Oh Jonny by Jan Delay which appears afterwards at number 87 in the singles list.



The very last new entry in the list lands at number 92. It is hiphop made in Austria. Dame raps on what’s about gaming on Pave Low. Although it uses all the clichees of German ghetto hiphop it sounds different to most of rap productions coming from German speaking territory. Probably it makes a difference if one tells stories about the real virtual life than dreaming ‘bout being a hard and tough street kid.

11-12: Hammer Hits?

Nooossaa! Ai Se Eu Te Pego! now is statistically the second most successful hit from the South American continent. By spending a seventh week at the Top Michel Teló’s song ranges right behind Shakira’s Whenever wherever that held a whole 11 weeks at Number 1 in springtime 2002.

The highest new entry this week again is a German one. After two casting show finalists and UNHEILIG’s next success it is now a veteran band that hits the Top 3. die ärzte exist for almost 30 years–they’re chart career spans over the past 25 years. Last time they appeared in the list it was the fourth single from their Number 1 album Jazz ist anders (Jazz Is Different) in late 2009. zeiDverschwÄndung (Waste Of Time) is the first regular offering of new material in the recent decade. By entering at number 3 it extends the span of Top 10 hits to a third decade but it is only their 10th hit reaching the Top 10.

The song itself is self ironically as the best songs of die ärzte. The three really ask “Isn’t it a waste of time being fan of die ärzte?” The answer is clear also: “It isn’t. There’s nothing better to do than adoring the band.”



DSDS Impact
Besides that new entry the chart is completely boring. The only significant chart moves are caused by TV casting Deutschland sucht den Superstar (DSDS). On Saturday, 2nd March the first themed show was aired. Hammerhits (Literally: Hammer Hits meaning of course Super Hits) were announced and it started with a Number 6 hit of real superstar Taio Cruz. He performed with all 10 candidates Troublemaker which gives the underperforming track a slight push back to number 16 in it’s 13th week. The big hammer hit is probably something else.

The great star of the show was this time Fabienne Rothe. She performed Wovon sollen wir träumen the recent hit for German Frida Gold and earned the highest votes of the audience. In the singles charts the original recording takes a leap 77–44 in its 49th chart week. Again the song is a hit but far and away from something to be called hammer like. – Also Silvia Amaru found her fans. With Domino she managed to get voted into the next show (where she had to leave) and propells the original by Jessi J back 87–54.

The romantic guy Jesse Ritch performed another rap ballad: So Sick originally the first hit for ne-yo reaching number 11 in 2006. It gets back at number 91. So far the story of what DSDS calls the most hammering hits.


The sport event of the weekend of 3rd March was the fight Klitchko vs. Mormeck. Some boxing fans told me the French man could have had fight the Ukrainian champion. Well, when I was watching the fight it never seemed so in any second. A musical traces left by the spectacle is the re-appearance of Klitchko’s entrance anthem: Can’t Stop by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Last time it swashed in the list the track gained its highest position ever. Now the charm of the tune is faded a bit–it lands at number 60 which still is the third highest position for the recording.


A last note besides at the end of this weeks column: with Stefanie Heinzmann climbing to number 20 we have two Swiss productions inside the German Top 20 which doubles the situation of last years September. Back than DJ Antoine and Mike Candys were the lucky acts. A few weeks later in November we had a whole five Swiss productions inside the German Top 100. This week they are still four. The small country right now establishes itself as a quarry of sucessful music. Just have a look at the origin of DSDS contestants …

10-12: UNHEILIG Is Back

Nothing new at the Top of the German singles charts: Brazilian Michel Teló holds the crown as Nooossaa! Ai Se Eu Te Pego! is the most sold single track for a sixth week now. In statistic terms it is now the longest running number 1 since New Age by Marlon Roudette that had an eight weeks hold at the Top spot back in September and October.

The story of the week is about the new offering coming fromUNHEILIG. So wie du warst (As You Were)–the pre-release to album Lichter der Stadt (Lights Of The City)–storms to Number 2 equalling the result of Geboren um zu leben that is still the most succesful single of the band and which is entering number 61 in its 99thchart week. That total of weeks narrowly misses to be the best result for a German song. Best German production counts this recent week 100 weeks–it is Sky And Sand by Paul & Fritz Kalkbrenner. And one song still has seven weeks more under his belt. It is Ein Stern (der deinen Namen trägt) by Austrian duet DJ Ötzi & Nik P. that so far holds the crown of most collected chart weeks. Let’s wait till the end of May–than that survey could be completely changed.

UNHEILIG is one of the most present German project of the recent decade. Only Berlin culcha candela appeared more often in the charts within the last two years. But UNHEILIG beats the dancehall ethno-group due to the fact that So wie du warst is already the fourth Top 10 hit. Only Lena Meyer-Landrut has had that much tracks inside the Top 10 in the past two years.

New single So wie du warst is a ballad where one is offering support and shelter for difficult situations. As mostly in the case of UNHEILIG there is a strong relation to the situation when people have to die–of course it is lyrically wrapped, so everybody can listen to the track singing along the lyrics and don’t felling disturbed.



By starting at number 2 So wie du warst is the most successful German track this week. Still at runner’s up position is surprisingly Ivy Quainoo and her Do You Like What You See outselling the new MIA. single Fallschirm (Parachute). That track announces the new album and it is bubbly pop celebrating the life and the fun of starting things again and again.



A certain big hit in the next future is Deichkind’s Leider Geil (Sorry, Wicked). So far the track is only available as an album cut. In it’s third week it reaches number 17. And finally a video was released plus the anouncement that Leider geil is the next official single of Deichkind. Probably the track will become the first Top 10 hit for the Hamburg quartet. So far Bück dich hoch (Stoop Up) holds at number 12 meaning Deichkind has two simultanous hits inside the Top 20.



All in all we find 22 German productions inside the Top 100. That is a comfortable situation.


Casting show hits and further TV related re-entries
February 25th the first live show of 2012 season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar (Germany Looks For The Superstar; German version on Idols) was aired. And of course it propells some tracks back up the list. Biggest gainer is The A Team originally recorded by Ed Sheeran.. On TV the big show favourite Luca Hänni from Switzerland performed the song which boosts the original 23–14. Two weeks ago the track already was propelled to number 9 for a single week after a performance of Ed Sheeran. at the final of The Voice of Germany.

Next favourites–at least for the semi-final– seem to be Dennis Richter and Jesse Ritch. Both convince the (female) audience by chosing romantic ballads. Dennis’ performed I Won’t Let You Go which lifts the original recording by James Morrison back in the list. It reaches number 54 in its 22nd chart week, back in October it surprisingly stalled at number 11 denying the singer a second Top 10 hit in Germany. Anyway it is the second biggest seller for the British singer.

Jesse chose a Number 1 hit from the year 2005. Let Me Love You was the only real hit for USAmerican MARIO. Believe it or not–the track only spent 15 weeks inside the charts in 2005. Such short careers were quite common 7 years ago. Now the song is back at number 66 in the list–certainly it will leave very soon again.

With much more rhythm and soul Daniele Negroni offered his version on Forget You / F**k You. The original recording by Cee Lo Green was a hit in 2010–it is back now at number 94. The only girl generating an instant re-entering hit was Fabienne Rothe who performed Just Hold Me originally recorded by Norwegian Maria Mena. The song was her biggest hit sneaking 52 weeks through the list. Now it clings on at number 95.


Casting shows are generating hits for teenies (and maybe some few twens)–Carmen Nebel does the same with her show for older ones. Last year she spotted on Andreas Gabalier who is now a well known act in Germany too. The show aired on 25th February featured the band Santiano from North Germany. A month ago they were totally unknown–meanwhile they have a Top 3 album launched. After their performance at the show also the title track Santiano enters the singles list. Number 76 is so far not the huge impact but one should take in account the full release of the CD single which is scheduled for March 23rd.




Mentioning hit making TV appearances this week a third show makes an impact. The new season of Die ultimative Chartshow (The Ultimate Chart Show) counted the most successful German male singer. German was probably ment as the language used for the lyrics. Winner according to the show is Austrian Falco, a week before it was Sarah Connor who was crowned as the most successful German female singer. In the show on 24th February Joachim Witt performed his hit Die Flut as the 19th most successful German singer–the recording enters the list after a two years pause at number 92.The singer now does have a 30 year long chart career. In 1982 he started with his Der goldene Reiter (The Golden Horseman). – Duetting partner on Die Flut Peter Heppner by the way has announced a new album for April.


Further releases from DE / CH and NL
Swiss Stefanie Heinzmann also is back with a new album. First single Diggin’ In The Dirt is available since February and enters at number 28. The song is one of her strongest. Unfortunately the big media hype is over and so the huge success keeps waiting in Germany. In her home country the single performs much better and is right after the start the second biggest success for her.



German gangster rap scene is very active these days. Of course Bushido and Sido are still the leading the pack in commercial terms. But there are almost every week another release from the crowd appearing. More or less the quantity of these recordings stalls somewhere in the downer regions of the charts. Though it is a sign of the popularity of the genre.

This week it is FLER accompanied by SILLA (more known as Godsilla) who offer the leading single to their new album Südberlin Maskulin II (South Berlin Male II). The single includes two tracks Bleib wach (Stay awake) and Pitbull. The new sound of the rappers includes some autotune effects and is slightly party oriented. Simultanously the lyrics become kind of softer. I never would call it mainstream or clever but there are some phrases modifying the well known macho attitude. Anyway it is music for a very narrow market. Starting at number 79 clearly underlines that fact.



Finally Dutch Bingo Players deliver the dance track of the week. Rattle is a club tune sneaking around for some months. It is available as a download track since end of January and now climbs into the list at number 91.


Last trivia on the chart: M.I.A is back with her only solo hit Paper Planes which reached number 76 in 2008. The new single Bad Girls so far did not chart. Will the year 2012 bring the big breakthrough for her?

08-12: The Final of TVoG

It is the fourth week at the top for Michel Teló and his Nooosssaa! Ai Se Eu Te Pego! and probably it will stay for another week there as it is the biggest carneval party hit right now. Statistically we now have two consecutive singles spending at least a month at the top. The last time we whitnessed such a feat was back in late spring past year. Than back it was JLO feat. Pitbull spending five weeks at the top with On The Floor before German Superstar winner Pietro Lombardi hold the crown for four weeks with Call My Name.

At the runner’s up position the winner of The Voice of Germany lands. It is–you already know it–20 years old Ivy Quainoo. It might have surprised some fans due to the fact that none of her performances had charted before. Obviously she was kind of a sleeper overtaking all contestants with her amazing Do You Like What You See which is a great pop song at all. Honestly it could be the title song for any James Bond Movie. Her coaches–The BossHoss– doubtlessly did a good job. It’s really a pity that a casting winner song never has the chance of getting a real hit in Germany. Number 2 says everything. And the performance at iTunes after a week is ... devastating.



The four competitors of Ivy Quainoo also storm the list. Michael Schulte–the third on the show–can make it into the Top 10 too. His ballad Carry Me Home lands at a proper number 8. It is already his third chart entry. He also lifts British Ed Sheeran. into the Top 10. After he performed with the newcomer star the song The A Team at the final show the original single jumps to number 9 and the just released album + enters the album list at number 12.

I’m only allowed to embed the acoustic version of „Carry Me Home“ sung at a private radio channel –sorry!


Also the runner’s up on the show Kim Sanders can launch with her final song a third chart entry in 2012. As she had a career as a singer already Haunted is her eighth track at all that can reach the Top 100. By halting at number 13 it is so far her best performing song. I would add: it is really the best and most ambitious song she ever recorded.



Fourth candidate Max Giesinger performed a more rock oriented song, but obviously that style wasn’t the favourite one of the audience. Nearly 18% of votes was a clear result. Sales afterwards speak a different language. Dach der Welt (Roof Of The World) starts its chart life at number 14. (No video or soundclip available, sorry) His duet with Katie Melua gives the guest star a re-appearance of her hit Nine Million Bycicles at number 97. It’s the first time since Ovtober 2007 that the song can reach the charts.



The strong impact of the show and their appearance inside the Top 20 results in a complete number of six German productions in the upper fifth of the chart. Such a feat was last seen in late October the past year. The question is: How sustainably that German power can establish itself?

Having the four finalists in the list ain’t everything TVoG can achieve. Also two participants kicked off at the semi final a week before bring their own songs into the survey. The tracks were not available before the final show and of course all the attention spotted to the Big Four. Hence it is more than impressive watching Mic Donet flying to number 36 with Losing You. That result corresponds with the voting of the show–more than 56% wanted him to stay, coach Xavier Naidoo instead chose Max Giesinger. Maybe Mic Donet can attest himself as the really big winner of the show. Just let’s wait til all candidates have released their albums. So far Losing You is at least as strong as winning song Do You Like What You See. It’s soulful, packed with power and simply overwhelming.

The official recording is blocked at all platforms, so I can only refer to following beat remix by DJTabou


Second semi finalist having a chart hit with a personal song is Sharron Levy. Her version on Somebody That I Used To Know still is in the list, now Drowning can appear also. Starting its chart life at number 87 it certainly will disappear soon. Whether Sharron Levy will have a life as a (commercially successful) singer is still in question.




Well, the casting show was the big hitmaker of the week. But there are still some further action going on. Let’s have a last look back at the Top 10: Turn Me on is the next big hit for French DJ David Guetta. End of January new remixes were released, a few days later a proper video appeared on TV and internet and the full CD single is announced for March 9th. Meanwhile the track jumps 23–10 giving David Guetta his first Top1 0 hit in 2012 but his 11th within the past three years. He is so far the most successful chart act of the recent decade. Featured singer Nicki Minaj adds a third Top 10 hit to her account. Two of them she achieved alongside David Guetta. Since the start of February she additionally is the new face of the MAC Viva Glam campaign that collects money for some charity activities–probably she’s on the way to become a really big superstar.



The recent list reflects the time span starting February 10th ending February 16th. On February 11th a big star of the 80ies died. You already know about whom I’m talking–it is Whitney Houston. So we see five hits of her re-appearing in the list. Her best known and probably her signature song I Will Always Love You is also the one purchased by most people remembering her. The song originally recorded by country star Dolly Parton in 1974 became a hit for Whitney Houston in 1992/93 as the main title for the movie Bodyguard. It occupied the number 1 spot for six weeks in early 1993. Another song from the movie Run To You can appear at number 98 again this week.

Further down the list one can find also the (inofficial) anthem for the Olympic Games in 1988 One Moment In Time that made it for two weeks in October to number 1. The number 2 hit My Love Is Your Love from 1999 enters at number 64 and her latest chart track I Look To You released in 2009 appears once again at number 84.


Besides these top stories there are some German news yet left.
Rosenstolz offers a second single from their recent album Wir sind am Leben (We’re Alive). Lied von den Vergessenen (Song Of The Forgotten) tells about the ones besides the main society. The video reflects on migrant people in poorness but the lyrics are much more open so almost everyone can be a lonely, misunderstood and a forgotten one. The single comes as a double A side featuring also Wie lang kann ein Mensch tanzen? (How Long A Human Could Dance?)
If you’re located outside Germany you can watch the main video here. If not: the youtube/GEMA struggle is to be solved in court in April 2012–keep fingers crossed)

In the album list Hamburg based Deichkind shots to number 2 with their album Befehl von ganz unten (Order From Far Below). It is absolutely the best sold album of their whole 12 year long career. As an effect the track Leider geil (Sorry, Wicked) lands at number 38. Promised, that electro rap track will sweeten a lot of summer parties this year for sure.



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I warned you for several weeks of the approaching carnival season. Also this week we see some typical moves of very simple Schlager tracks. The winner this issue is Mickie Krause who sees his Schatzi, schenk mir ein Foto (Darlin’, Give Me A Photo) rises twelve places to number 39 reaching a new peak. So far the track peaked at number 40 in past summer as one of the big Mallorca party hits. Now in its 36th week at all the track counts as one of the slowest riser (if you refer to the weeks spent in the charts). Only four songs had a longer run before reaching their peak, Schöne Maid (Pretty gal) by Tony Marshall in 1972 had a 39 week climb, Belgian Vaya Con Dios needed 40 chart weeks and a remix by Milk&Sugar to rocket up to number 7 a year ago, the Christmas anthem Last Christmas by Wham! took 72 weeks before it peaked at number 4 in 2008 and finally Paul & Fritz Kalkbrenner saw their sleeping hit Sky And Sand appearing 83 times inside the charts to reach a number 29 in November 2011 as their highest rank ever achieved. Appeared for the first time in the list a year ago Schatzi, schenk mir ein Foto is kind of a fast riser–we’ve seen already three tracks this year reaching their peaks three years or more after their first entry.

Also cologne band HÖHNER. (Chicken) sets kind of personal records. Re-entering with Schenk mir dein Herz (Give Me Your Heart) and 6 bis 8 Stunden Schlaf (6 To 8 Hours Of Sleep) they right now appear for a 15th consecutive year in the charts. From all acts listed in 2012 so far only two have a longer unbroken presence in the charts. It is again Wham! with their seasonal anthem and singer Xavier Naidoo solo or as part of Söhne Mannheims. Both count 16 consecutive years of having at list one chart entry inside the German charts.

Finally also Tim Toupet sneaks again into the list with his So ein schöner Tag also known as Fliegerlied. The song was the hit of carneval season 2009–it attracts once again a lot of fools partying around these days.