August 26th 16: Calm Top 10 And "Suicide Squad" Boost

* top seven is holding still / exactly a year ago we had a similar situation as back than the top nine did not move

* Imany spends an eighth week at #1 with Don't Be So Shy / it is now the longest running #1 from France since 1989 when Kaoma infected Germany (and whole Europe) with Lambada / it also now matches the official result of Dalida in 1959

* highest top10 entering song is Sucker For Pain from the Suicide Squad soundtrack stopping by at #8 / after the movie started in German theatres too the song is highly demanded and boosts some of the acts involved to new heights / leading artist Lil Wayne returns to top 10 status for the first time since five years and reaches a new career peak / also the X Ambassadors now book a new piece on their account / Sucker For Pain by the way is the direct follow up to their top10 hit Renegades / also Wiz Khalifa celebrates a consecutive top10 with his appearance / his last proper release was #1 hit See You Again (feat. Charlie Puth) in spring 2015–also taken from a movie / the Imagine Dragons finally return to top10 status after three years–Radioactive peaked at #4 in May 2013 / for Ty Dolla ¢ign Sucker For Pain is the second top 10 entry in 2016 alone / all of the acts involved only had one or two top 10 hits before–so probably this collaboration also presents a young generation of hit makers
Suicide Squad sets some more hits too / Heathens by twentyøne piløts goes 22–11 in its tenth chart week giving the band its second top20 hit / Skrillex & Rick Ross can enter #85 as a re-entry

* also new inside the top 10 The Sound Of Silence by Disturbed is / stopping at #10 the new version comes very close to the result of the 1966 result

* due to a new remix i hate u i love u by Gnash feat. Olivia O'Brien drops back to top 20 status / six weeks ago the original version peaked at #14, sliding down to #28 in past weeks / the remix by Robin Schulz now propells the track to #16 again / it also doubles the figure of Germans appearing inside the top 20, only Felix Jaehn right now is present at #4 with Bonfire / highest song in German sits at #25 in the face of Ahnma by Beginner Feat. Gzuz, it is the worst result since October 25th 2013

* highest new entry lands at #26 / it is the third teaser single from upcoming album Palmen aus Plastik by rappers Bonez MC & RAF Camora / Mörder so far is the highest performing track of both / featured Gzuz already had an top 10 appearance a few weeks before / first release Palmen aus Plastik meanwhile rises to #27 in its sixth chart week and Ruhe nach dem Sturm newly enters #82 / Bonez MC with this has had 12 chart entries this year so far which makes him the act with most different songs appearing in 2016

* biggest gainer of the week is Human by Rag'n'Bone Man shooting 31 places to #32

Also on the way up
54–33 In The Name Of Love Martin Garrix & Bebe Rexha (4th week)
77–55 Let Me Hold You (Turn Me On) Cheat Codes & Dante Klein (3rd week)
89–73 Stoff und Schnaps Lil Kleine & Ronnie Flex (Prod. by Jack Chiraq) (2nd week)

May 1st 15 II: New release rhythm of the charts

There ain't boring weeks in chart business isn't it. As there is no action due to numbers and ranks I can tell you a big change launched by chart compiling institute media control. With sales week starting at 24th of April it releases the actual charts on Friday after end of sales already. So within 24 hours one gets the result of what was bought and downloaded most. In the UK the charts appear that way long time. German officials always wanted to be something special. And completely misinterpreted technical possibilities. Alternative download charts like iTunes or even amazons list became more and more popular due to their in-time-availability. This development was even supported by media controls strict publishing policies. Long time they sued every platform that published the charts.

Now the official chart company realizes its weak position and tries to strike back. With an even more complicated innovation. Since start of April 2015 the company launches the Mega Charts which summarize all music adoption whether it is by sales or streaming (audio AND video) or airplay. Number 1 is the track with most uses–as we know it from all other sales charts over the whole world. The official sales charts which are so far the most anticipated still reflects the amount of money the tracks generated by sales. So a sold CD single counts three to four times of a digital sale.
I guess it is only a question of time and that German speciality will disappear in meaninglessness.


That was the story of the week. What about music?
As we see again a complete static Top3 one might think there is no story to tell. Well–number 1 track See You Again by Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth adds a fourth week on its account. It is the first rap containing track from the US since summer 2013 that manages such a feat. Back than it was T.I. who accompanied Robin Thicke & Pharrell on Blurred Lines and had exactly a four weeks run at number 1.
Searching for a US rapper as leading act on a number 1 song that held firm for at least four weeks we have to go back as far as to May 2005. Exactly 10 years ago Akon had his first international success. The single in question was Lonely and occupied the top for eight long weeks. No question that track was a romantic ballade too.

In the UK See You Again is on the way down. Dethroned by a track that had its number 1 ride here on February. Scanning the news for Germany there are two singles that could rocket into the top10 in one week time as Sarah Connor and Lena offered new material. Will one of these releases fly to number 1?


At number 19 the new single Stole The Show by KYGO enters the Top20 with making the third Norwegian production appearing simultaneously there. By also watching Aurora entering the list at number 78 with Running With The Wolves there are five songs from Norway inside the list–did we ever had such a situation in Germany?

Highest new entry comes in at number 22. It is the Farin Urlaub Racingteam with iDISCO. It is the 15th solo chart entry for the member of Die Ärzte. By all of them missing the Top10 the very successful musician is one of the chart acts failing most time to get inside the Hot10. The one with most hits and never getting over number 11 is Westernhagen who already launched 23 chart entries and peaking at number 12.

Youtube stars Taddl, Ardy and Marley formed the trio DAT ADAM which sees its debut album Chrome flying to number 5 inside the album list. As this release actually is an EP containing only six tracks it is even more impressive having four of them inside the singles list too as there are 700 Main Str. at 38, Forrest at 82, UFO at 91 and DFA at 92.

April 17th 15: Record Breaking Jump To No 1

As the German charts appear weekly since 1971 one might assume that everything has been seen. It isn't like that. Times change and so do the charts and movements inside. This week we witness a record breaking jump to number 1. Of course the biggest jump to the top is the one from outside the list. Before the late 90s that feat wasn't seen on the list. Nowadays it is kind of common having songs start their chart life directly at the Top. So far there were 103 songs doing so.
Most of songs of course reach the top from inside the charts. Mostly it happens with a rise from inside the Top 5. This week we see See You Again by Wiz Khalifa Feat. Charlie Puth storming to Top in its fifth week coming from number 39 which breaks the record setting feat of the Pet Shop Boys in July 1987. Back then the duo had its heydays bringing new releases to its peak very fast. It's A Sin started by going 26–1 in 1987 followed by Always On My Mind with a 20–1 jump in January 1988 and Heart in April same year going 17–1. Only YMCA by the Village People and Pump ab das Bier by Werner Wichtig managed to hold tight with that feat. The first one shot 24–1 in December 1978 the latter one 18–1 in February 1990.

The new record comes due to the arrival of Furious 7 in cinemas on April 2nd. See You Again features as the closing song referring to the death of actor Paul Walker. As the movie still leads the box list it is certain seeing the song on Top next week too.

Another trivia can be told: See You Again is the third movie related number 1 in 2015.

Talkin' 'bout the impact of Furious 7 also six other songs taken–four of them originally taken from the Soundtrack–perform well as there are:
Ride Out by Kid Ink, Tyga, Wale, Rich Homie Quan 45–21–all four artists involved reach a new career peak
G.D.F.R. by Flo Rida Featuring Sage The Gemini and Lookas 38–25 in its 18th chart week
Go Hard Or Go Home by Wiz Khalifa & Iggy Azalea 98–47
How Bad Do You Want It (Oh Yeah) by Sevyn Streeter new at number 67–first charting single of the American singer.
Get Low by Dillon Francis / DJ Snake new at number 79
Turn Down For What by DJ SNake and Lil Jon re-entering at number 84 adding a 41st chart week–the song appeared first time in the survey exactly one year ago


Robin Schulz delivers the highest new entry at #7 with Headlights (feat. Ilsey). The singer is known so far as song writer for Pitbull and JLO. Headlights is the second Top10 hit in 2015 for the German superstar DJ and fourth since the beginning of his chart career almost exactly a year ago.

At number 11 second German superstar DJ is launching a follow up to his debut. Felix Jaehn sits still pretty at number 3 with his remix of OMI's Cheerleader while Ain't Nobody (Loves Me Better) (feat. Jasmine Thompson) enters the list. It is this a cover version of a song originally recorded by Rufus & Chaka Khan in 1983. The original never got chart success but since than the song entered in six different versions peaking at number 8 in 1989 in a remix version of the original. The take by Felix Jaehn now is the second most successful.


DSDS effects
The 12th season of Deutschladn sucht den Superstars is on air with recalls and re-recalls. One first hiatus was the performance of Severino Seeger, Antonio Gerardi, Christoph Cronauer and Kevin Spatt who performed Caruso on April 8th 2015. The song was recorded originally by Italian Lucio Dalla in 1986 but became mostly popular in 2012 after the singer died. Than it reached number 2 in Italy and got certain attention by participants on casting show contestants. In Germany popularity rose due to schlager star Helene Fischer who recorded a cover version on her 2014 album Farbenspiel- live.
After it was performed on TV the song enters the charts for the very first time at number 61. It is only the second chart entry for the Italian singer–17 years after his debut appearance–and it is a new career peak.