03-12: Hits Made By TVOG

A casting show blows several hits in the single’s charts. We do have 13 new entries – 12 of them are related to the show in question. The 13th hit also has support by a TV series. If there were no TV the music industry would still sleep.

And this recent week shows impressively how stars are made. It’s not about clever songwriting or performing in an unbelievably cool way. Not at all. It is all about BEING performed in a casting show. That’s the way how German singer songwriter Philipp Poisel became popular. He had his first success with single and album Wo fängt dein Himmel an? (Where does your heaven start?) in 2008. In 2010 he had even more success mainly albumwise. In October his single Eiserner Steg (Iron [Landing] Stage) made the first significant impact to the charts after prominently provided by the German movie What a Man. But still – number 21 was the end of the line. Now – after that same track was performed by Benny Fiedler at casting show The Voice of Germany – the tracks jumps 100–4 giving the original artist his first appearance at the very top of the single’s list. Simultanously the version of Benny Fiedler is entering the list at number 25 too. It is the first time in German TV and music history that the versions recorded at the show are available officially as a single track. I guess it will change the drive of the show dramaticly as everybody knows right now who is the big favourite of the casting. In the case of TVOG it is Benny Fiedler. How do the fans of other contestants react right now? And is it really about the good voice that one is crowned? Or just a simple act of mobilizing a lot of people via web2.0 applications? – Certain is the fact that the original artist profits much more of an performance than the contestant itself. Comparing both it is hard to decide which one is the more heartful.

The original by Philipp Poisel and the version by Benny Fiedler


Meeting Philipp Poisel at number 4 marks the end of an seven weeks abstinence of German songs in the Top 5. The last seen that high was Rammstein’s Mein Land at the end of November.

Same story for a song that is famous already but never made it into the German charts. I’m talking ’bout radiohead’s debut Creep which was a Top 10 hit in the United Kingdom in 1992. In the Friday issue of the show Michael Schulte sang the song. His version enters the charts at number 62 – 12 ranks above him the original comes in and gives British Radiohead their highest place ever reached in Germany. It is only their fourth track that can hit the German charts – the last one appeared eight years ago. So this is the very first come back of the year – caused by a casting show.

I guess you all know the original – this is the version from the show


The show enabled a lot of other tracks to enter the charts (again). Sorted by popularity Ich kenne nichts (das so schön ist wie du) (I Don’t Know Anything (As Beautiful As You)) is the big gainer. The track was performed by Xavier Naidoo and his candidates during the voting. The original recording from 2003 was number one for a single week in June that year. According to different sources the track collected already 29 to 36 chart weeks – actually it had several chart runs since it’s original appearance and probably is one of Xavier Naidoo’s signature tracks. Last time it was seen in the lists was back in 2010 when it had a four weeks run reaching number 47. Now it re-enters at an impressing number 20 – the highest rank since its first chart run in 2003.

Rea Garvey opened the show one day later with his candidates by performing his recent hit Can’t Stand The Silence. As an effect the single jumps back up the charts 69–46 in its 18th chart week.

The performance at TvoG: Ich kenne nichts Team Xavier / Can’t Stand The Silence Team Rea


10 of the 24 contestants can reach a rank in the charts. Leading the pack is – as I told before – Benny Fiedler at 25. Percival and Behnam Moghaddam follow with their takes on Hedonism originally recorded by Skunk Anansie in 1997 and The Sound Of Silence. The first one was the only proper hit for Skunk Anansie. Now it comes in at 40 in the new version. The Sound Of Silence was a hit for Simon & Garfunkel in 1966 when it reached number 9. The song is back at number 41.



Further contestants arriving: at 70 Max Giesinger with the Coldplay song Fix You – originally released in 2005 reaching number 65 back then. Mic Donet performed Ain’t No Sunshine and gives the famous song its second chart appearance of all time. Only once in 1998 the US American band 4 the Cause brought its version into the list at number 52. The original by Bill Whiters never charted in Germany. Rüdiger Skoczowsky had to leave the show after his first live performance – the audience loved his version of Without You anyway. It can enter at number 80 – the original by David Guetta feat. USHER still holds at number 16.

The most loved girl/woman of the two shows was Jasmin Graf. Her version on Wovon sollen wir träumen climbs to number 81 – the more pop oriented original by Frida Gold already is 41 weeks in the charts rising softly 55–51 this week. Seeing the ladies entering only at the end of the survey underlines the old rule: Gents are the big deal in casting shows – they do have tons of female fans who spend money on downloads and whatsoever and they love to call several times for their adored idol. The male audience is much more reserved. They probably would go crazy airing a soccer casting.

Katja Friedenberg also is in the charts. Her interpretation of Adele’s Turning Tables stops at 86 – probably she was disadvantaged by choosing an almost unknown song. We will watch her in one weeks time.

The last candidate who turns into a chart act is Dominic Sanz. He performed With Or Without You known in the version by Irish U2. Like Rüdiger Skoczowsky also Dominic Sanz had to leave the show – probably his chart career ends before it really started with a number 98 rank.
Please find the videos of all the performances at the official TvoG-Site

Of course not only the songs of the candidates made a remarkable impact to the survey. Also the songs presented in between got a small push. The new Snow Patrol single This Isn’t Everything You Are enters after the band performed in the show. Coming in at number 52 it isn’t the really big start. So a performance in the show isn’t an immediately given hit. That had to accept Söhne Mannheims too. They performed – including juror Xavier Naidoo their latest single hit Für dich (For You) – only clinging on at number 65.


The only new entry not related with The Voice of Germany this week is culcha candela’s new single Wildes Ding (Wild Thing). It lands at number 12. If there were only one person left finding the Berlin multicultural band innovative – this recent release should immmediately stop that kind of ideas. The track is a proper hit produced single lending all the key catchers of past hits – in the end you listen to a softened version of Atzen Pop successful a year ago. The lyrics are about the male dreams of a perfect woman. And – surprise surprise – it is a princess that turns into a vamp at night. No wonder the track was chosen for being the title track of just started TV show Dschungelcamp which has unbelievably high rates.

At the very top there is nothing new. Gotye stands a fourth week there. Somebody That I Used To Know is the first single since Rihanna’s We Found Love that does so. Of course Rihanna took three runs at Number 1 for collecting four weeks. The last song holding at least four consecutive weeks as the best sold single was New Age by Marlon Roudette in autumn past year.
Michel Teló is still on the rise with his Nooosssaa! Ai Se Eu Te Pego! gaining 3 places and stopping at number 2. Will the football anthem reach number 1 in teh next days? According to most recent iTunes lists it will. That might be the first Brazilian number 1 in Germany.

With the invasion of German artists the density of German productions at the upper end increases. We do have four German productions inside the Top 20 – that sounds much, although back in October there were four porductions alone inside the Top 10. Right now there is a strong demand in songs in German. The four German songs inside the Top are sung in German – end of october we’ve seen a similar presence but none of the tracks were inside the Top 10.

German language always has a heighth when Après Ski season is coming up – meaning we face the usual stupid hits sneaking through the charts. This week Markus Becker enters the list with a rework of his last single Heli-Heli Helikopter. For the Après Ski version Markus Becker invited Austrian Marco Mzee of The Mountain Brothers to join him. The new version can be found at number 67 – the video might show you what the party is about.

Casting shows and other TV related hits

This is the Christmas issue of the German charts. Well – and it brings a really romantic and blue touch. Lana Del Rey sits a third week pretty at number 1 with her Video Games – Blue Jeans single. The only one coming close to her position is Australian Gotye whose Somebody That I Used To Know rises 6–2 and matches the mood of the number 1 hit.

The main gainers of the week come due to recently aired casting shows on TV. Most popular is Jar Of Hearts by Christina Perri. The track gots its boost from a performance of 13year old Lukas Mattioli within the semi final of the Supertalent. The audience of the show voted him off the stage – the track he performed jumps 22–13.

Second winner of the semi final is piano player Jörg Berreten from Switzerland. He played Comptine d’une autre été, l’après midi from the French movie Le fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain (english title: Amélie). The track – which is available as an digital album track only – re-enters the list for a 7th week.

The other big show actually on TV is The Voice of Germany. Here the biggest winner is Nur in meinem Kopf (Only In My Head) by Andreas Bourani. It is back in the list due to the performance of Stefan Zielasko. The track already had a 28 weeks long chart career, two weeks ago it was listed last time – now it jumps back to number 31. Stefan Zielasko is not a new one for casting show watchers. He competed at the fourth season of Popstars in 2004. Back than he missed being part of final band cast for Nu Pagadi. Right after the show there was a small media turbulence about that fact – in the show Stefan Zielasko pretended to never performed before on stage.

Another contestant caused the re-entry of Halt dich an mir fest in the version of Revolverheld feat. Marta Jandová from Die Happy. It was Berlin Hermann Muralev who got at first a ticket for the next round at December 9th show. Almost exactly a year ago the track started at number 8 which was the highest place it ever reached – 45 weeks it was listed, now it adds a week more.


A jumper back into the Top 20 is Paradise by Coldplay. It takes a 27–14 leap in its 13th chart week – me actually don’t know why. Probably it fits very well to the romantic pre-Christmas feeling.



Best German new entry and best new entry but far and away from the best sold German track is Casper’s new single Auf und davon (Up and away). It lands at number 42 – going back to the best sold German track: it is still Cello by Udo Lindenberg feat. Clueso at number 9.



A second new German track with a strong link to the Voice of Germany show comes in at number 76. A half of the jury – The BossHoss & Nena – recorded a version of Nat King Coles famous L.O.V.E.. The track is part of BossHoss’ album Liberty Of Action and actually is used for the soundtrack of the new Matthias Schweighöfer movie Rubbeldiekatz (Rubthecat) . The track is available as a single a week before the movie started in theatres. So number 76 probably is not the end of the story.

Although L-O-V-E is a very famous tune covered by a lot of artists and used for commercials as well (last time around 2008) it never was a chart hit nor in Germany neither in Switzerland or Austria. A version by Joss Stone entered the Swiss charts in 2007. The recording by The BossHoss & Nena is the first time the track is listed. – Nena with this new entry matches the amount of the chart hits The Beatles had in Germany.



The original Jazz version by Nat King Cole



Latest German new entry is brought by Söhne Mannheims. Für dich is the third lift from their latest album Barrikaden von Eden (Barricades Of Eden). It is a very weak appearance the single shows, matching the result of 2001 single Power Of The Sound. Probably the audience is facing the complexity of the reality and doesn’t believe in the promises of a simplier society anymore.




More new or re-entries related to media/TV appearances:

Australian band Gypsy & The Cat became popular in German speaking countries after their Jona Vark was used as background tune for VIVA’s own spots. Now they signed the next TV commercial deal. Time To Wander is used for a Vodafone commercial. Now they are more popular in Germany than in their home country Australia.



The full song

Finally Die ultimative Chartshow was celebrating its 100th show. Host Oliver Geißen invited to homage the most loved songs of the Germans at December 9th. The most loved (and voted) song was Earth Song by Michael Jackson, number 2 – with a live performance in the show – UNHEILIG and Geboren um zu leben (Born For Living). After the airing the song is back in the sales list although it was already listed for 94 consecutive weeks. Only Heavy Cross by Gossip had two weeks more. Now the track adds a week more – probably it will left the list soon – making him the 4th longest runner of all times behind Heavy Cross (96 weeks), Last Christmas (97 weeks and actually number 30) and Ein Stern (der deinen Namen trägt) (A Star (Named After You) (106 chart weeks). In March 2012 the new album of UNHEILIG will be spreaded – it will be hard work continuing the huge success of the predecessor.

Number 24 at the TV show’s list is a longtime seller again: Run made popular by Leona Lewis. Exactly three years ago the song was listed for the first time. The big boost came in October/November 2010, when the song made number 3 after a performance by a contestant at the Popstars show. Since than it was listed 62 consecutive weeks – popping up the charts several time after further performances in casting shows. Last week it finally dropped out the list and now re-enters at number 85 after Leona Lewis appeared on TV again. It is the 93rd week for the female version. The original offered by Snow Patrol only one week appeared in the list.

Upspeeding Charts With A Small Swiss Invasion

The Christmas rush started. The industry is releasing new material and the audience is buying. The German single’s charts dated November 25th counts 15 new entries. It is the biggest turnover of the list with completely new material. Of course we saw the two first weeks in March 21 resp. 20 tracks entering the charts – back than 10 resp. 6 of that tracks were re-entries. This recent week we do have 15 completely new tracks entering the list. The last time that happened was in February 2010 – almost 2 years ago. So the charts are speeding up right now. Of course there is a lot to tell you about – let’s start right at the top.


With a huge jump Flo Rida enters the number one with his new single Good Feeling. It is the 6th number 1 hit coming fromm an U.S. act in 2011. The states do rule the German (and European) music market. Even after an unusual four month break during late summer nothing really changed. Flo Rida is displacing Rihanna and it’s quite significant that Good Feeling also features an European producer. It is actually Swedish AVICII (Tim Bergling) who milked the formula used for his own Levels once again. It gives both rapper and producer the first ever Number 1 in Germany. Flo Rida took three and a half years reaching the top. It’s a way some others had gone before, however it is far and away from the very common career of storming the top within the first year with one of the first three singles of an act. It took Flo Rida a full 13 singles to get that much interest. He first appeared within the German charts with Low (featuring T-Pain) in 2007. Two years later he had his first big hit with Right Round (featuring Ke$ha). The big boost came late 2010 when his single Club Can’t Handle Me (produced by David Guetta) went number 4. Since then three singles were released crediting him as a performing artist. All three went Top 10. Now Good Feeling as the leading single to his upcoming album Only One Rida (Part 2) is breaking all walls. By climbing to number 1 Flo Rida is definitely one of the big male U.S. stars of now. Only Taio Cruz is someone who has similar popularity right now.


The highest new German release enters the list at position 5. It is the recent single of Rammstein lifted from their upcoming Best of album Made In Germany 1995-2011. As always the track is controversial, ironical and disambiguitive. The title Mein Land (My Country) refers to a strong self-assertion on one hand and to really right wing nationalism on the other hand. As always the band identifies itself as unpolitical – the video by Jonas Åkerlund is a comic strip on a 60s beach party. Trying to encode the signs and quotes leads nowhere. It is an empty style using a lot of clichees – it’s your own turn to love or hate it.



Usually the hits of Rammstein only spend some few weeks in the charts. Certainly also Mein Land will leave the list before the change of years.

Maybe we will see the new song from Pietro Lombardi a few weeks longer. Goin’ To L.A. is only the third single and it is completely new material – however the track misses the top 20. Is the career of the 2011 superstar over after only six months? Well – all the teenies and casting addictives are waiting for the winner of the Supertalent show. No need for stars of the springtime at all.



Another participant of the DSDS casting in springtime finally starts a career by releasing singles. Ardian Bujupi – the number 3 although he was far and away the best performer of the crowd – appears with This Is My Time. It is teen pop as well however it surprises by using strongly dancehall beats and effects. In terms of music this single is the most interesting a contestant of the last DSDS season had released. In terms of sales he unfortunately fails by only reaching position 40. Hopefully he himself does have enough strength for releasing further material. He really might become a popstar.



There is a next casting format starting on German TV. The Voice of Germany differs the most by the choice of the jury. Besides Nena, Xavier Naidoo and Rea Garvey the two front men of German country band BossHoss try to find the most amazing voice. Possibly they are the most unknown inside the show – they never had a commercial hit single although their five albums all reached the upper ranks at the album charts – only the first one missed narrowly the Top 10.

A week before the show starts on TV the band releases a new single. Don’t Gimme That immediately enters position 42. It is so far the second highest rank the band ever reached missing the result of the very first single Hey Ya! by only one place.



Let’s switch from an upcoming TV event to a past one. On November 10th the ceremony of the BAMBI awards took place. Once upon a time it was the most important German award in media and music business. Meanwhile there are doubts ’bout the importance of this „event“. The well planned scandal of this year’s BAMBI was the decoration of rapper Bushido with the award for integration.

The relevance of the award to music business shows up with sales right after the show. As an effect of her performance at the show (plus decoration with the price as Best international Artist) Lady Gagas new single Marry The Night enters at a low position 44. – Gagamania seems kind of cooled down. The lady is on tour in Europe to promote her new single and fails even in Britain (#18 after a performance at an X Factor result show !!) Well, it is the fifth single from her Born This Way album. Almost everybody owns a copy, isn’t it? – The full CD single release of Marry The Night is scheduled for 2nd December. The prospects of becoming a huge hit are very small.



Somewhat like an comeback can be witnessed at position 45. Singer Christian Franke had a hit in 1982 with Ich wünsch dir die Hölle auf Erden (I Wish You To Hell). Two follow up medium hit singles were released in 1982 and than a long silence broke down around him. In 2009 a short appearance back in the list with new material and now – again 2 years later – it seems the singer is back for real. Der Apfelbaum (The Apple Tree) is a kitschy ballad asking why people do all the bad things on earth: nuclear weapons, wars, environmental pollution, injustice ... The video shows star actor Heiner Lauterbach trying to explain that cruel world to his child. A serious topic, unfortunately produced to death by David Brandes and drowned in panpipe sound by Edward Simoni. I guess the result doesn’t change the world … it’s a pity.



A funny story full with trivias can be found around Ilhama. The singer from Azerbaijan won the national casting for the Eurovision Song Contest in 2011 – however Ell/Nikki participated in Düsseldorf and won. Ilhama finally also enters Europe with her version on Bei mir bist du scheen a classic tune grown famous by The Andrews Sisters. The track alone wouldn’t find any new fan – combined with a beat and fitted to recent electro-swing hype the Azerbaijan singer can enter the German list at position 48. Producer of the hit is German DJ OGB. I guess the track might have a chance of growing.



Lowest German new entry can be found at position 82. Tom Lüneburger is a young German singer songwriter who right now announces his second album. As lead single he offers we are one a duet with the voice of Silbermond Mrs. Stefanie Kloß. It’s a combination copying the formula young singer plus well known voice/face like heard before with Revolverheld feat. Marta Jandová or Bosse & Anna Loos. Well, it works again.




Let's have a look to Germany's neighbour Switzerland. Right now it sends some popular releases into the hit list – leading the bunch is still DJ Antoine with two hits Welcome To St. Tropez and Ma chérie. Mike Candys & Evelyn ft. Patrick Miller are still strong in sales with their One Night in Ibiza. This week two further Swiss productions join the club.

DJ Remady is hard on the heels of his famous colleagues and launches a second hit in Germany. Give Me A Sign is a late follow up to I’m No Superstar showing up in the lists last year. The new offer enters at position 58 – it is the highest rank so far for the DJ.



And finally an old mate is back: In 2011 DJ BOBO gave his 1001st concert. It was in Las Vegas and Mr. Bobo was quite impressed by the city – his next album is to be called Dancing In Las vegas. The first single taken from that release is Everybody’s Gonna Dance.If you love to listen to DJ Bobo you will for sure love the track too. So far the single performs bad. Position 70 is one of the worst placing ever. Only Colors Of Life stalled 5 places lower in 2001.



If you can count properly you get 5 Swiss productions inside the German chart. I guess that's quite a novum … if you do have closer informations, please let me know.

26. April 2010: Casting-Superstar-Lawine in Sicht

Eines muss man Dieter Bohlen schon lassen: vermarkten kann er sich und seine Produkte sensationell gut. Die gerade zu Ende gegangene DSDS-Staffel soll ja angeblich wieder alle möglichen Zuschauer-Rekorde gebrochen haben. Als Nicht-Fan hab ich allerdings zuerst gar nicht mitbekommen, dass die Show schon wieder läuft. Und auch der Effekt von gesteigerten Verkäufen der interpretierten Titel hielt sich ein wenig in Grenzen. Zum Ende hin gab es dann natürlich schnell noch eine Menge Skandalberichterstattung um das Interesse anzuheizen … und prompt war die Finalshow dann die meistgesehene aller Staffeln.

Aber jetzt greife ich der Zeit schon ein wenig voraus, denn das, was sich gerade in den aktuellen media control-Charts wiederspiegelt ist das Halbfinale vom 10. April. Und dort durfte der einzige wirklich länger erfolgreiche Superstar Mark Medlock seine neue Single Real Love präsentieren. Beste Sendezeit, beste Platzierung für die Zielgruppe und: Taktisch perfekt gesetzt, eine Woche vorm Finale, die Superstars geben sich im Kommerzgeschäft sozusagen die Klinke in die Hand.

Nun, meine persönlichen Erwartungen an den neuen Medlock-Titel waren nicht sehr hoch, hab ich hier schon mehrfach betont: gut durchkalkuliert, immer mit Südsee-Träumen-Video, irgendwie ja auch eingängig … im Grunde ein sicherer Hit. Als ich dann aber das erste Mal das Video sah, hab ich gedacht: oops, was hat der denn mit seinem Bart gemacht? Und dann nach einer Minute: Weißer Anzug – das geht gar nicht! Und wenn ich mir den Tanzstil ansehe … als Nicht-Fan würd ich sagen: früher war der cooler. Also der ganze Typ. Auch wenn er vielleicht nicht mal wirklich cool war. ––– So, nun schreib ich mich hier schon wieder um Kopf und Kragen und werd vermutlich wieder eine Menge Schelte einfangen. Hey, ihr dürft den Typen finden wie ihr wollt. Und ihr dürft auch seine Musik mögen. Dass das Schema seiner Hits irgendwie immer ähnlich ist, könnt ihr allerdings nicht bestreiten. Na gut, der Vocoder oder sagen wir doch Autotune-Effekt ist wohl neu. Schielt da jemand auf den amerikanischen Pop-Markt?

Real Love ist also die geschickt platzierte Single zum nächsten Album namens Rainbow's End, geplante Veröffentlichung am 30. April. Und Real Love ist in der media control-Chartausgabe vom 23. April der beste CD-Neustart: Wird auf Platz 2 gemeldet und – yes – das ist der siebte Top 5-Hit in Folge. Das ist dann schonmal gar nicht schlecht. In der letzten Woche hab ich ja grad über Lady Gaga philosophiert: sechs Top 10 Hits in Folge, dazu gehören auch solche "schwachen" Platzierungen wie Rang 10 und 7 … Da ist der Herr Medlock also doch um einiges stabiler. Er pirscht sich momentan an die Jungs von Tokio Hotel, die immerhin in den letzten fünf Jahren acht Top 5-Hits in Folge vorgelegt haben. Das ist jetzt doch mal ein lustiges Duell.

Wahrscheinlich hatte Mark Medlock (und mit ihm Dieter Bohlen) von einem neuen Nr.1-Hit geträumt. Wäre dann immerhin der vierte gewesen. Aber, da hat die andere Casting-Show in Form von Lena Meyer-Landrut, neu jetzt nur noch Lena, den Markt fest im Griff. Satellite steht zum fünften Mal hintereinander auf der Spitzenposition. Ordentlich! Die letzte deutsche Produktion mit solch einem Erfolg war Allein allein von der Dresdner Band Polarkreis 18, die im November 2008 alles in ihren Bann zogen.

Auch Lena hat gerade soeben ihr Album angekündigt. My Cassette Player heißt es und erscheint am 7. Mai. Und dann beginnt ja sowieso die heiße Phase in Oslo. Vorher allerdings – und genau schon in der nächsten Woche - wird DSDS-Gewinner Mehrzad Marashi mit Don't Believe die Liste anführen. Da sind sich alle einig, nur wie lange, das ist mal sehr umstritten. Das heißt auch: in der nächsten Woche wird wohl das Spitzentrio der deutschen Charts komplett aus deutschen Casting-Show-Gewinner(inne)n bestehen. Ich schätze mal: das gabs vorher noch nie. – Dass sich Dance-Hit Alors On Danse von stromae da noch irgendwie dazwischenschieben kann, ist aussichtslos. Zumal ja auch die Anti-DSDS-Titel von Blümchen und Led Zeppelin ordentlich Umsatz verbuchen können. – Nun ja, das könnt ihr alles an anderer Stelle lesen. Und das Ergebnis werden wir spätestens Dienstag erfahren, wenn media control die erste Pressemitteilung zu den kommenden Charts herausgibt. Derweil können wir uns auch ein wenig in anderen musikalischen Gefilden umhören.

Hot Spot 05-24-13

It is the first number 1 starting its chart life straight at the Top since october past year. It is the first number 1 track coming from a swiss act since Luca Hänni won the DSDS casting in 2012. And it is the this season’s winner of the show. Beatrice Egli was voted for being the superstar 2013 on May 11th after she performed Mein Herz which right now is the most sold track of the week in Germany. It is the first time that a Schlager is released as the winner song of the casting show. Probably decreasing rates let producers search for a way to attract an older audience. By reaching number 1 Mein Herz is the most succesful Schlager release since DJ Ötzi & Nik P. stormed the charts in 2007 with Ein Stern (der deinen Namen trägt). Last statistical fact: Beatrice Egli is only the second female who won the DSDS final.Nine years ago Elli Erl was the first female superstar failing completely as a commercial act afterwards.

The final of DSDS caused some further hits and rises. Impossible by James Arthur reaches a new peak at number 3 after Ricardo Bielecki (the third of the contest) performed the song. He also was the one who made a broader audience aware of the song in March. – The runner up of the contest Lisa Wohlgemuth lands at number 8 with Heartbreaker.

The anti DSDS song Superstar by youtube comedian Freshtorge lands at number 14. It fails to eclipse the success of Beatrice Egli but still it is an impressive move watching the track shooting from nowhere into the Top 20.

Also the other casting show The Voice Kids had its final the week reflected by current survey. It was aired on Friday, May 10th. Biggest gainer is I Couldn’t Care Less originally performed by Leslie Clio. In the show participant Stéphanie did not have that much luck. After her performance she was voted off.


Back to real pop artists: Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams reach number 3 with Get Lucky. Both acts never got higher in Germany.

The 50th track of Depeche Mode enters the German list this week. It is Soothe My Soul the new single that lands at number 22. The band now overtakes the Pet Shop Boys that “only” had 49 different tracks inside the list but it falls one track short of Scooter and Howard Carpendale. The artist had having the most different songs in the survey of all times is Austrian Peter Alexander who has 81 chart hits under his belt.

JLO starts her new single a fortnight before its official German release. Live It Up enters the list at number 43 and will rise further the next weeks certainly. Collaborating partner again is Pitbull.

With new album Recto Verso released French singer ZAZ also has her single On Ira jumping 91-47. The album performs much better by landing at number 2 in its first week on sale. Supported by this release also her first hit je veux can enter the list again at number 65-the highest position since one and a half year.


Schlager at the Top of the charts–more Schlager in the downer half of the survey. After public TV aired the documentary Allein im Licht about Helene Fischer the star returns in both album and single charts. Her 2011 album Für einen Tag, the live version of this album and the Best of-collection from 2010-–all three are Top 10 in the album list. Single hits are: 2009 ich will immer wieder … dieses fieber spür’n at number 51 (in its 12th week), 2011 Phänomen at number 58 (9th week) and Die Hölle morgen früh at number 68. The latter one also reaches a new peak a year after it was first released. Finally at number 83 a completely new song enters the list. The talk is about Und morgen früh küss ich dich wach which was released first in 2007 on her album Von hier bis unendlich. After gaining some popularity it was re-released as the second song on the single Lass mich in dein Leben in 2008. Still the song is one of the most loved and now is officially her 7th chart song.

With four songs listed simultanously Helene Fischer is only the third act this year doing so. The two other ones are CRO and will.i.am.

Do you know who are the artists with most chart hits this current year so far? Well–Helene Fischer also here makes a good picture. But Rihanna and David Guetta also grab that crown by entering again with their collaboration Right now. It is the 5th charting track in 2013 for both. But all three have to share the throne with Flo Rida and CRO. All three males also the past year were listed as the acts with most charting tracks.

With 23 songs entering or re-entering the list this week it is the most changing issue this recent year. On March and February 1st we had the same situation. Of course in history we had have a period that was much more vital. In 2009 and 2010 it was almost common having up to 30 new or re-entering singles every week.


And a last story: a week before the contest is going on the German entry Glorious by cascada comes back to chart life. It enters the list at number 78–we all know that the interest will burn only a short time.

05-12: German Dark Pop, Hard Pop & Hip Hop

After two weeks at the runner’s up position football related Nooosssaa! Ai Se Eu Te Pego by Brazilian Michel Teló can gain the chart crown. It took the track eight weeks to become the most sold single in Germany. It probably is connected with the start of the second half of the Bundesliga that had its first match on January 20th.
Michel Teló is the first artist from Brazilia to reach number 1 in Germany.

The list is speeding up. There are 15 new entries inside. That’s a feat las seen late November past year.

The highest new entry is a download only single. Finally a major company has the beef promoting two British super acts in Germany too. I’m talking ’bout Olly Murs feat. Rizzle Kicks and their hit Heart Skips A Beat. Both are big names in the UK – why did SONY wait so long marketing they to continental Europe? Anyway – Heart Skips A Beat seems to be the first huge hit for 2012. The proper CD release is scheduled for right now.

New in the Top 10 and finally becoming really stars The BossHoss harvest their media presence on the show The Voice of Germany. As coaches and part of the jury they presented actual single Don’t Gimme That on January 20th. As an effect the song jumps 18–8 and it is the very first single climbing that high. Of course The BossHoss grab the crown of being the best sold German act this week.



Following the appearance of German productions culcha candela just misses out the Top 10–their Wildes Ding (Wild Thing) lands at number 11 in its third chart week. – Still inside the Top 20 Udo Lindenberg feat. Clueso see their take on the song Cello as the third most sold German track. It is now the 12th chart week and certainly the duo will slide down continously next weeks.

The best new German track comes in at number 29. It is the new single of Eisblume (Frosting – in German language it is very poetic–literally translated: flower of ice). In 2009 the band had its breakthrough with Eisblumen that rose to number 3. After a three years break the band is back. The sound changed hardly. The first single Für immer (Forever) uses a well known melody–it is YIRUMA’s piano tune River Flows In You that reaches the German charts now for a third time. Taking in account the heavy advertising for the single on TV rank 29 is kind of disappointing. It matches the result of the third single release from predecessor album Unter dem Eis (Under The Ice). Probably the band has to re-invent itself a little more next time.



Eisbrecher (Icebreaker) is back with new single and album. Two years ago they made their singles charts’ premiere with Eiszeit (Ice Age) for a lonely week. The same titled album performed much better giving the band its first Top 10 position ever. Now a new album is scheduled and the single Verückt should work as an appetizer. It is New German Hardcore at its best–the video comments actual financial crisis. Number 43 in its first chart week might show several people’s agreement on Eisbrecher’s analysis of the society.



One of the most active German artists of the past years launches a second hit from the soundtrack of his recent movie Blutzbrüdaz. I’m talking ’bout SIDO. For recording of Hol doch die Polizei (Go For The Police) he collaborated with B-Tight. It is the 9th track this decade that could chart and sees SIDO somehow involved. It is also one of the weaker ones–in chart terms. Lyrically it is once again ’bout being criminal caused by social circumstances. Raising up as a poor kid means one can’t blame on you but you can have a lot of fun. As always SIDO tells the story as part of his own ghetto legend. So take it for fictional …



Sido actually is very visible in Austria leading there the TV casting Sido macht Band (Sido makes band). One of the coaches in the show is Austrian Nazar. His recent single Fallen (alongside Austrian RAF 3.0) reaches the list at the very end. It is number 96 now.




Back to upcoming German stars: Behnam Moghaddam won’t be The Voice of Germany. He was kicked out on January 27th at the end of the fifth live show. A week before that the audience voted him for staying in the show after performing the song Hurt which was a small hit in the version of Johnny Cash. Originally the song was written and recorded by Nine Inch Nails. Johnny Cash later made the song popular. In commercial terms it was only the second single of the country legend that could reach the German list. Number 82 in 2003–that it was. In September 2010 the recording re-appeared for a single week in the list after airing of a TV documentary on Johnny Cash. Leona Lewis recorded a version at the end of last year becoming a Top 10 hit in Britain and Ireland. Now the song also catches (commercial) fire in Germany. Behnam Moghaddam can launch his version at number 31 on digital sales. He is the second best performing candidate so far in chart terms–of course the picture will change in a few days completely. Johnny Cash benefits from the casting show post mortem also. His version of Hurts re-enters the list at number 68–it is the highest rank the recording ever achieved.



Also Percival was kicked off the show on January 27th–a very emotional statement followed in the yellow press. Well, the week before the American singer was one of the big favourites of the audience. His version on Seven Nation Army enters the list at number 45. The song itself had an delicate chart career. When it was first released as a single in 2003 it became a hit in Britain only–German youth radio and music TV loved the song too and it became a kind of independent hit but never reached the commercial charts. The track-–more precise the guitar riff–became popular by its use during football matches. Finally the song was used as team entry anthem at European Championship 2008 in Austria and Switzerland. Then finally the song charted in German speaking countries reaching number 3 in Switzerland and number 4 in Germany. It is the one and only charted hit for the White Stripes in Germany.



A real hot candidate for the win and actually qualified for the final singer Kim Sanders can enter the charts for the first time with an song performed in the show. Of course Kim Sanders is the most experienced candidate of the whole season having already five chart hits under her belt. Additionally she was the voice of dance project Culture Beat in 1998/99 when she achieved three more (uncredited) chart hits. Now she appears with the song Killing Me Softly With His Song that she performed on January 20th and is landing at position 57. It is so far the second highest rank a song can reach crediting her name.



For the first time Killing Me Softly With His Song entered the German charts in 1973 when Roberta Flack released a version on single. It became a huge hit in the version of The Fugees in 1996 when it held for nine weeks the number one spot. The version of Kim Sanders is the third that can enter the German charts.

Last of the actual candidates (and also kicked off at the semi final) who can launch a hit is Jasmin Graf. She sang Stark (Powerful) at the show. The original is well known through German project Ich + Ich that brought the song to number 2 in 2007. Now the tune has a short appearance at number 76 again.




A former casting contestant also is again in the list. Sebastian Wurth – fifth at last year’s DSDS can launch a second hit. With that feat he is commercially the third successful act of last year’s season. The really big career is still missing.




A short look at one new European track entering the list. INNA finally hits the German charts with her track Club Rocker. It is the remix version featuring Flo Rida which is available for a few weeks. As in her home country and in France the track so far can not continue the success she had with her predecessors.

A New Nr.1, A Broken Record + Sinking Superstars

Rihanna’s new single storms to number 1 in Germany too. We Found Love is the fourth Nr.1 hit for the singer coming from Barbados. 17 of the 25 chart hits crediting Rihanna as an artist went Top 10, 12 of them even Top 5. That makes her one of themost successfull acts of the recent millenium so far.

Alongside Rihanna British DJ and producer Calvin Harris finally can launch a hit in Germany. He only appeared twice in the lists so far: 2008 with his debut Acceptable in the 80s and a year later alongside Dizzee Rascal on his single Dance Wiv Me. Both stalled somewhere outside the Top 20.

Having a new Number 1 track means Moves Like Jagger will never reach the top. MAROON 5 Feat. Christina Aguilera spend a 7th week at the runner’s up position. So far only six other songs ever did so. The last one was Stadt (City) by Cassandra Steen featuring Adel Tawil two years ago.

Most significant rise into the Top 10 comes from David Guetta feat. USHER. The video to their track Without You was premiered at 14th October. Instantly the track can gain more interest and rises five places reaching a new peak at number 7. Two days ago the remixes were released online – the proper CD releases of both the original and the remixes follow at 4th of November. So we will see the track rising further for sure. Meanwhile Guettamania gots more stuff to be focused on. The new Timbaland single Pass At Me features besides Pitbull also the French DJ. The track enters this week at number 27. It is the 25th track that features David Guetta inside the German charts.

Outside the top positions a chart record is broken. Sky And Sand taken from the soundtrack of the movie Berlin Calling by techno/electro DJ Paul Kalkbrenner and his brother Fritz reaches in its 81st chart week a new peak. The track rises 43–35 leaving the best position from more than a year ago two places behind. Never before a track had such a long attempt getting to its peak. It was Last Christmas by Wham! that held the record so far – it peaked in its 72nd chart week at number 4 at the end of 2007.

Why does it took so long for Sky And Sand to reach this peak (which is honestly spoken not impressing high at all)? Well – Paul Kalkbrenner is a famous DJ only within a very sophisticated club scene. Of course every weekend thousands of dancers pilgrim into locations playing more minimal sound. The complete track of these parties mostly isn’t departed in single hits. There are a few anthems that are available on vinyl or as a digital copy, hardly on CD. Maybe some of these anthems find their way onto compilations – that’s something of a big luck for the artists. For being successfull in a mainstream way the sound is too hidden. There are only two or three radio stations playing it, music TV is not interested at all, so the whole club thing is something absolutely independent.

The movie Berlin Calling was a quite unusual attempt of bringing the scene to a wider audience. Actually the movie never was a huge hit – instead it was played a whole year in small cinemas and became something of an underground cultic movie. Even today a lot of people are addicted to the movie. Last June Paul Kalkbrenner released the succeeding album to Berlin Calling called Icke wieder (Me, Again – in Berlin slang). That one propelled to number 2 at the album charts – absolutely unusual for an techno/electro album. Supported by that huge demand the old hit Sky And Sand found a lot of new interest too. Over last weeks Paul Kalkbrenner is on promotional tour for his album – with huge success: twice 17.000 visitors in Berlin, 7000 in Hamburg, 9000 in Stuttgart,two sold out performances in Dresden, 10.000 people in Leipzig, 5.700 in Göttingen … does anybody wonder why his signature hymn rises again that strong?



TV effects
The sixth show of Dieter Bohlen’s autumn format Das Supertalent (German version of theGot Talent idea) was aired at Saturday 15th. The big star of the show was 13 year old Ciran Karaca from Göttingen. He sang Rolling In The Deep. Adele’s original version profits from the performance and rockets back 51–24. It is already the 42nd chart week of the track.
Michael Spicek also had a chance at the show. He chosed You Raise Me Up and failed by forgetting the English lyrics. Three times NO for him from the jury – out off the show. Although the original from Irish Westlife does pop up in the charts at number 76 – so a beloved track can’t be killed by a bad performance. It is the third time in 2011 that You Raise Me Up can enter the charts after a performance in a casting show.
A third contestant of the show causing a track reentering the charts is Stefan Gertler. He performed Home originally recorded by Michael Bublé. The track appears again at 95 – it’s the second time this year.

A second time Austrian Andreas Gabalier can profit from a TV performance. On 16th of October he staged at Herbstfest der Volksmusik (Autumn Feast Of Folk Music – here Folk Music means mainly folcloristic „Schlager“). The show is one of the most watched shows in German TV, broadcasted by public ARD. Of course the majority of followers is somewhat over 50. As an effect of his performance direct tubed to the target group the single i sing a liad für di (I Sing A Song For You – in Austrian dialect) jumps up the sales charts 78–30 to a new peak and even outsells the covered version by DJ Ötzi that rises 57–37 also. What a feat!
Watch the performance HERE

There are a few smaller TV shows that influence the music market. One of them is for sure Ina’s Nacht from Hamburg that focusses much more on serious German musicians. Ina Müller „discovered“ bands like Jupiter Jones – performing in her show is somewhat like being ennobled. Last show at 15th October German Rapper Casper was featured, acompanied by Ina Müller herself (and Lena also was sitting on the bar). The track So Perfekt rises 96–62.





New German releases hitting the charts
The digital aera finally hits Germany. An independent comedy trio that serves their fan crowd weekly with new material on their youtube channel started selling a song without any professional distributor. The result is amazing – they crack the charts at number 48, only promoted via their own channel and social network activities. To the German market this is absolutely new. All former independent hits at least had a professional distributor making the advertisement and launching a release at iTunes, amazon et al. That a crazy crowd of youngsters can do all that alone might start a process of re-thinking the complete structure of distribution.

The track in question is not a high quality product at all. It fits all clichees you might have about young men searching for sex. The title Ständertime (Hard-On Time) says everything, isn’t it. What would happen if the song would be a quality one?




Sinking Superstars
The re-invention of a former superstar is a thing never made successfully. Last week we saw superstar ’08 Thomas Godoj struggling for reaching the upper half of the sales charts with his new singleDächer einer ganzen Stadt (Roofs Of A Whole City) – he failed at 55. This week it is superstar’07 Mark Medlock who lands hard down to earth. Till last year his career was the most succesfull of all winners of the TV casting. Eight Top Ten hits in a row, four years on top of the mainstream charts – that’s a feat only Tokio Hotel and Lady Gaga have it under their belt within the past 10 years. A year ago Mark Medlock and Dieter Bohlen quitted their collaboration. Mark Medlock discovered soul as his own passion and recorded a whole album with soul covers that was released a week ago. The first single lifted from this album is The Other Side Of Broken. Probably it is tne best song Mark Medlock ever recorded – without the power of his inventor the singer is kind of helpless. Number 55 in the week of its release means: this star is sinking rapidly. – Even if Mark now is more natural, more authentic or more lucky, the question still is around: is being ones a superstar of Dieter Bohlen a thing you ever could ignore? Is a career after the casting itself possible without damage of yourself? Mark Medlock could be the one bringing the answer.



Dethroned Superstars Number 2 are: SCOOTER. They were and they are one of the most successful German bands/acts of all times having 47 charting singles and 23 Top 10 hits under their belt. The last time they had a big hit was in 2009 with the cover of Matia Bazar’s hit Ti Sento. This year they released three singles – and let me tell you, these three singles are the worst sold SCOOTER singles in the whole band history. Their latest offer David Doesn’t Eat tries to copy growing dubstep style and sampling the refrain of A Walk In The Park – a number 3 hit from the Nik Straker Band in 1979. The result is a lame number 67. One could say: 18 years on top is enough – I guess the boys could easily go retired spending their money and having fun for themselves.

01. Mai 2009

Frauenpower ist wohl das Thema der Woche, die Nr.1 und die drei höchsten Neuzugänge gehen auf das Konto von Künstlerinnen. Allerdings sind diese so verschieden wie nur irgendetwas, da lohnt sich vielleicht mal ein allgemeiner Blick auf das weibliche Treiben im Musikbusiness, denn:
Wieder einmal tut sich wenig an der Spitze der deutschen media control Verkaufscharts. Die CD-Käuferinnenschaft ist sich einig. Oder besser: die meisten finden immer noch das Gleiche attraktiv wie in der letzten Woche. Und das hinunter bis zum Platz 5. Das klingt irgendwie sehr solide.

So steht also Lady GaGa mit Poker Face eine achte Woche ganz oben an der Spitze der Liste. Ob nun diese Ehre damit zu tun hat, dass sie sich in einer tollen PR-Aktion als schwulen Mann in einem Frauenkörper geoutet hat, tja wer weiß. In jedem Fall gab das mal ordentlich Schlagzeilen. Gibt ja auch nichts Wichtigeres als dass, was Lady GaGa so über sich und ihr Dasein denkt. In diesem Zusammenhang kann ich also auch ein paar statistische Fakten bringen, denn mit acht Wochen auf der Spitzenposition rückt Lady GaGa ganz langsam in die Nähe der 20 Titel, welche am längsten auf der Nr.1 aushielten. Im letzten Jahr reichte diese Leistung für Schnuffel mit dem Kuschel Song und Kid Rock mit All Summer Long aus, um für das Jahr 2008 als längstplatzierte Nummer 1 Hits in die Wertung einzugehen. In diesem Sinne hat Lady GaGas Poker Face gute Chancen in die Geschichte einzugehen und zum Klassiker zu werden. Denn obwohl immer alle behaupten, die Charts hätten keine Bedeutung mehr, wird doch allerorten zitiert, dass dieser und jener Titel ja dann und dann so und so viele Wochen Nr.1 war.

Wenn momentan Lady GaGa nicht überall omnipräsent wäre, dann wäre sicherlich P!nk die Frau der Stunde. Denn sie gehört zweifellos zu den Künstlerinnen, die dieses Jahrzehnt geprägt haben. In dieser Woche steht die dritte Auskopplung aus ihrem Album Funhouse neu in der media control-Liste. Und wieder frage ich mich, warum in Deutschland die Geschichte mit dem Download-Verkauf nicht funktioniert. Bereits seit 1. März gibt es Please Don't Leave Me in digitaler Form. Als Track auf dem Album sowieso. Und dennoch braucht es die Veröffentlichung als CD um auf Rang 9 einzusteigen. Sind die deutschen so traditionell? Oder haben sie keine iPods?
Aber ich wollte von positiven Dingen erzählen, und hier sind sie: P!nk liefert mit dem ungewohnt melodiösen und fast lieben Titel ihren vierten Top 10-Hit in Folge, das ist ihr seit dem Jahr 2003 nicht mehr vergönnt gewesen. Damals, zu Beginn ihrer Karriere landete sie fünf Titel hintereinander unter den oberen 10. Außerdem reiht sich das Album Funhouse nun direkt ein hinter M!ssundaztood und I'm Not Dead, die ebenfalls jeweils mindestens 3 Top 10-Hits lieferten. Im Moment ist P!nk ohnehin der einzige Act, der drei Titel im Jahr 2009 in diesen Höhen absetzen konnte. Und jetzt nennen wir sie doch nochmal die Damen, die dieses Jahrzehnt wesentlich mitbestimmten und im Moment noch sehr aktiv agieren: Rihanna, Sarah Connor, Nelly Furtado. Im Zehnjahresbogen gesehen geht es nun also in den Endspurt und P!nk scheint da noch eine Menge Sprit im Tank zu haben um mit ihren Kolleginnen mithalten zu können, wenn nicht sogar diese zu überholen.

Eine Künstlerin, die erst noch zu solchen Erfolgen hin will ist Linda Teodosiu. Allerdings hat sie als Drittplatzierte der letztjährigen Staffel Deutschland sucht den Superstar nicht wirklich gute Karten in der Hand. Das, was der Titel der Casting-Show verspricht, hat das TV-Spektakel bisher nur äußerst selten eingehalten. Und erst recht bei Frauen. Schon gibt es böse Zungen, Herr Bohlen und Co würden da mit Absicht dran drehen und Frauen benachteiligen ... Linda Teodosiu steht jedenfalls unter Vertrag bei Volker Neumüller, Jury-Mitglied und Manager der Sternchen. Love Sux ist nun gut ein Jahr nach dem Finale 08 die erste Single für Linda. Der Sound ist eingängig, genauso produziert wie es zur Zeit klingen muss. Ein bisschen Sarah Connor, ein bisschen Synthi-Sound. Gäbe es nicht schon 500 solcher Acts, hätte Linda Teodosiu sogar Chancen auf Hitplatzierungen. So reicht es nach einem gutem Timing - erst war der Veröffentlichungstermin für den 3. April angesetzt, aber da gabs ja ne Menge heißen Stoff neu und dann gabs den Auftritt beim Perfekten Promi Dinner am 12. April - so reichts also für Platz 24. Nun - als 17jährige kann einem auch Schlimmeres passieren.

Dass Casting-Shows nicht per se etwas Schlechtes sind, sondern tatsächlich auch Talente entdecken, die es später international zu Aufmerksamkeit bringen können, beweist die estnische Variante Fizz Superstar. Dort begann zum Beispiel im Jahr 2002 Kerli ihre Karriere. Zwei Jahre nach ihrem Sieg trat sie beim Eurolaul dem estnischen Vorentscheid zum Eurovision Song Contest an. Und jetzt steht sie international mit dem Album Love Is Dead am Start. Daraus ausgekoppelt wurde die Single Walking On Air, als Trendsingle seit Ende Februar erhältlich und jetzt regulär erschienen. An dieser Stelle kann ich nur empfehlen: Anhören. Eine romantisch, schräge Mischung aus Björk, Stina Nordenstam und Nelly Furtado, sehr eigen, sehr skandinavisch und irgendwie magisch. Eigentlich können wir uns nur wünschen, dass wir mehr von Kerli zu hören bekommen und Platz 25 noch lange nicht alles ist. Mein Favorit in dieser Woche mit ganz ganz vielen Ausrufezeichen!!!!

So, das waren sie die Frauen. Schauen wir mal auf die erfolgreichsten Männer der Woche. Da stehen die Plätze 2 bis 5 unverändert da, und so seien die beiden Medaillenträger Milow mit Ayo Technology und Razorlight mit Wire To Wire hier noch ganz schnell genannt.

Und dann wirft eins der Comebacks des Jahres seine Schatten voraus. Die amerikanischen Punk-Rocker Green Day setzen an zum ganz großen Wurf. Ihr letztes Lebenszeichen stammt aus dem Jahr 2006 als sie in Zusammenarbeit mit U2 ihren bis dato größten kommerziellen Erfolg The Saints Are Coming einfahren konnten, der es hierzulande bis zur Position 6 brachte. Danach gabs zwar von ihnen noch eine Version des Titeltrachs zum Simpsons-Films, aber der konnte sich irgendwie nicht als Hit durchsetzen. Nun steht das Album 21st Century Breakdown in den Startlöchern. Die Vorabauskopplung Know Your Enemy gibt es seit 17. April als 2-Track-Single, am 8. Mai folgt dann der komplette Release, aber schon jetzt gelingt es den Jungs, sich auf der 27 zu platzieren. Der Sound geht wie gewohnt zur Sache und ich würde tippen, dass wir in drei Wochen Know Your Enemy unter den ersten 10 wiedersehen werden. Insgesamt ist es ihre zehnte Single, die sich seit 1994 in den Charts platzieren kann.

So ähnlich wie Green Day haben es auch Nickelback gemacht .... das hätte ich gern geschrieben, aber leider ist I'd Come For You seit 3. April lediglich als 2-Track-Single erhältlich, damit auch auf Platz 51 eingestiegen. Aber mehr gibt es da nicht an Silberlingen. Mit dem 12. April (komisches Datum: ein Sonntag!) steht bei amazon auch eine Import-CD-Version zum Verkauf, stattlicher Preis 13,99 EUR. Das müssen wahre Fans sein, die sich so etwas zulegen. Und in dieser Woche geht es von der 57 auf die 39 - warum eigentlich? Schweres Mysterium. Weder die Seite der Plattenfirma noch die bandeigenen Homepage geben etwas dazu her. Und selbst die sonst so aktiven Fan-Foren schweigen sich aus. Vielleicht haben doch die Bettelaufrufe geholfen, für die Band abzustimmen. Oder die Schalgzeilen über eine KLage durch Kings Of Leon wegen verhunztem Cover ihres Use Somebody sind wirklich verkaufsfördernd. Ich werds wohl nie erfahren. Aber: Platz 39 ist für Nickelback auch nicht unbedingt die super Platzierung.

Was gab es noch Neues in dieser Verkaufswoche (17.-23. April)? Zum Beispiel das:
2008 lieferte sie den Track, der sich am längsten in den deutschen Charts aufhielt, nämlich ganze 40 Wochen. Platz 14 war ihre Bestplatzierung und der Track ein moderner Dancefloor-Klassiker. Die Rede ist von Ida Corr vs. Fedde le Grand und Let Me Think About It. Gehört ja immer noch zu den Tracks, die aktuelle Produktionen inspirieren. Ende des Jahres erschien dann Ida Corrs Solo-CD One, aber so richtig ging die nicht los. Dann stand Ride My Tempo Ende Januar plötzlich auf Platz 1 der Deutschen DanceCharts. Der coole, fast minimalistische Track hatte sich in die Beine und Hüften der Discopartygänger eingenistet. Aber noch fast drei Monate brauchte Ministry Of Sound, um nach Vinyl endlich auch eine CD auf den Markt zu bringen. Klar, Dancemusic hat schon längst ganz andere Plattformen und verkauft sich vorzugsweise digital. Im Fall von Ida Corr wär's aber vermutlich sogar kommerziell sinnvoll gewesen, schneller auf dem Markt zu sein. So geht der Track in dieser Woche erstmal nur auf der 54 in die Liste. Kann sein, dass er sich auch erst langsam entwickelt. Potenzial hätte er.

Noch eine Sängerin mit viel Potenzial sorgt in der aktuellen Chartauswertung für Furore. Jennifer Hudson ist eine begnadete Schauspielerin, im Grunde sollte sie bereits zu den Top-Namen im Filmbusiness gehören. Aber sie arbeitet derzeit vor allem an ihrer Karriere als Sängerin. Ende letzten Jahres landete sie mit Spotlight einen ersten Achtungserfolg in Deutschland, immerhin Platz 58. Nun steht die neue Single If This Isn't Love auf dem Plan und noch vor der Veröffentlichung auf Single-CD kann der Titel als Download-Track auf Platz 76 seinen Einstieg feiern. Es ist anzunehmen, dass sie in der nächsten Woche mit Ankunft der realen CD einen ordentlichen Sprung nach vorn macht. Der Titel selber ist ein sauber produziertes Stück R'n'B im Stil von Beyoncé etc. Für mich ein wenig zu smart, aber ein Großteil der Musikkäuferinnen kann mit dieser Ballade offensichtlich etwas anfangen.

Smart auf ganz andere Art ist mal wieder die nächste Single der Kinder-Casting-Group beFour. Immer noch glatt produziert und gestylt, als erwachsener Mensch sofort durchschaut in seiner biederen Debilheit, tja und bei Kids funktionierts. Ding-A-Dong ist ein Cover des Grand Prix-Siegertitels von 1975, damals interpretiert von der niederländischen Band Teach-In. Für beFour das bislang allerschlechteste Ergebnis jemals, denn nie zuvor verfehlte einer ihrer Titel die obere Hälfte. Dieses mal geht es nur bis Platz 61 obwohl die Melodie schon nach einem mal Hören nicht mehr aus dem Kopf geht.

Grand Prix und Kinder ist ein Link, der auch für Texas Lightning und ihren Titel Seven Ways To Heaven gilt. Bekanntermaßen waren sie 2006 mit No No Never als deutsche Teilnehmer beim Eurovisioons Contest dabei, dort zwar nicht erfolgreich, aber hierzulande wars ein Nr.1-Hit. Im letzten November kündigten sie dann das Ende ihrer Zusammenarbeit an, aber nun erschien zum Kinderfilm Die Legende vom Schatz im Silbersee mit Christian Tramitz und Cosma Shiva Hagen der Soundtrack, eingespielt von Texas Lightning. Platz 80 gibt es dafür.

"Fernsehen und die Charts" spielt in dieser Woche seltsamerweise eine eher untergeordnete Rolle. Zumindest was die direkte Vermarktung und Platzierung von Charttiteln im TV angeht. Das ist wohl ein Grund, diese Woche besonders im Kalender anzukreuzen. Ganz ohne geht es allerdings nicht, denn mit Steve Appleton und seinem Song Dirty Funk erschien soeben der Soundtrack zum neuen Smart-Werbespot. Außerdem hatte Steve Appleton pünktlich einen Tag vor Veröffentlichung der CD einen Auftritt bei Stefan Raabs TV total, tja und somit steigt der schön eingängige und lauschige Sommerpoptitel mit Surferstyle auf der 71 ein. Für den 19jährigen das Chartdebüt. Auch hier faszinierend: die Digitalversion des Titels ist bereits seit Ende Februar erhältlich.

Nach seinem Top 10-Hit mit Silbermond gibt es von Curse nun wieder einen reinen Solo-track aus seinem Freiheit-Album: Wenn ich die Welt aus dir erschaffen könnte. Bislang hatte der Rapper aus Minden den Ruf zwar nicht besonders streitbar, aber doch wenigstens gesellschaftsrelevante Texte zu reimen. Hier ist es nun ein astreines Liebesgedicht, allerdings mit derartig deutlichen Religions- und Christentum-Zitaten, dass er den Titel Xavier Naidoo 2.0 verdienen würde. Nach wie vor ist mir rätselhaft, warum sich deutsche Sänger so gerne auf Gott verweisen. Ist das der einzige Ausweg aus einer Kleinstadt-Situation, die mit wachsender Pluralisierung und Buntheit nicht zurecht kommt? Brauchen wir dieses Festhalten an Vergleichen mit überholten Weltbildern? - Gemessen an den Verkaufszahlen gibt es wohl einige Menschen, denen Curse aus der Seele spricht. Platz 82 ist zwar nicht mehrheitsrelevant, aber immerhin wahrnehmbar.

Die momentane Verlangsamung der Charts ist nicht nur an den relativ stabilen Top 10 ablesbar, sondern auch an den Wiedereinsteigern. In dieser Woche sind es mal wieder nicht so viele, lediglich zwei, dafür steht mit Akon und Right Now (Na Na Na) allerdings ein Titel wieder auf der 87, der als Höchstposition ganz zum Ende des letzten Jahres Platz 44 erreichen konnte und es dennoch geschafft hat, die dreimonatige Sperrfrist in der unteren Hälfte der Charts zu überstehen. Wahrscheinlich hat er auch ein wenig Rückenwind durch die aktuelle Single Beautiful zusammen mit Kardinal Offishall & Colby O'Donis, die aktuell von der 34 auf die 36 geht.
Und der Vollständigkeit halber sei hier schnell noch gesagt, dass Flo Rida feat. T-Pain mit Low auch noch einmal auf der 100 mit dabei sind, insgesamt die 22. Woche.

Die letzte Story für heute gehört wieder einem Dance-Track. Den besseren habe ich weiter oben mit Ida Corr schon ausgiebig betrachtet. Neu als CD und damit in den Charts sind auch die Topmodelz. Auf Platz 97 steigt ihr neuestes Cover ein: Take On Me, und das stammt im Original von der norwegischen Gruppe a-ha, die damit 1985 ihr Debüt gaben und gleich mal fünf Wochen die Position 1 belegten. Seitdem wurde der Titel mehrfach nachgesungen, gecovert, geremixt etc. Zuletzt war er um die Jahrtausendwende in zwei verschiedenen Versionen in den Charts. Nun haben sich also auch die Topmodelz dieses Klassiker angenommen und liefern auf der CD eine Menge von verschiedenen Mixen. Die Radio Edit ist ein bisschen arg zahm und weichgespült, aber für Freunde der Schranz-Zunft ist auch was dabei. Take On Me ist der sechste Titiel der Topmodelz, der sich in den deutschen Charts platzieren kann, allerdings bislang auch der schlechtest notierte. Ihren größten Erfolg hatten sie 2001 mit ihrem Debüt L'Esperanza. Das kam immerhin bis auf Platz 72.

Nicht viel Neues: Cinema Bizarre, Chairlift, Village Boys

OK Leute – versuchen wir den Laden zu rocken auch in der neuen Situation. MTV veröffentlicht die Top100 nicht mehr, bei VIVA hapert es auch grad ein bisschen ... schauen wir was wir mit der neuen Informationslage noch anfangen können. Also zum Beispiel könnten wir uns ja mehr auf andere Auswertungen berufen ...

Die Spitzengruppe habe ich bereits am Freitag abgehandelt ... das wird vermutlich auch so bleiben, denn media control gibt ja bereits dienstags eine Pressemitteilung mit den höchsten Neuzugängen samt oberen Platzierungen bekannt. Was gibt es sonst noch Neues auf dem CD-Markt (und damit auch in den Charts)?

Da meldet sich doch tatsächlich eine Band zurück, die jetzt mehr als ein Jahr lang nichts Neues von sich hat hören lassen. Da waren eventuell einige schon der Meinung: hier kommt nichts mehr. Aber das ist ein Irrtum. Cinema Bizarre leben noch und wenn ich mir ihre neue Single I Came 2 Party anhöre, dann muss ich sagen: Cinema Bizarre rocken sogar noch ordentlich. Und damit die Sache auch wirklich nicht schief geht, sind sie für I Came 2 Party eine fast erfolgssichere Kollaboration mit Space Cowboy eingegangen. Der Name sagt den meisten wahrscheinlich nicht viel, aber vielleicht der Sound. Denn die neue Cinema Bizarre klingt sehr stylish, fast möchte ich sagen gagaesk ... tja und das ist natürlich kein Zufall, denn Space Cowboy hat laut wikipedia ein paar knackige Remixe für Lady GaGa geliefert. Und da kann ich jetzt nur gestehen: das funzt auch ordentlich bei Cinema Bizarre. Mir gefällt sehr der GlamRock-Anklang, der ins Heute transportiert wurde. Ein wenig irritierend find ich die Autotune/Vocoder-Lyrics. Die find ich bisschen zu viel an Effekt. Und wenn wir schon beim wünschen sind: den Gesang würd ich mir jetzt auch noch ein bisschen abgefuckter oder knarziger wünschen. Alles in allem macht diese neue Single durchaus Lust, zumindest mal in das neue Album ToyZ reinzuhören. Erschienen ist es gerade jetzt. Die Single steigt als zweithöchster Neuzugang auf der 32 ein und ist rein statistisch der bestplatzierte Titel der Band nach ihrem Debüt Lovesongs (They Kill Me), welches 2007 in Deutschland bis zum Platz 9 emporschoss.

Das waren sie dann auch schon, die wirklich spektakulären und kommerziell relevanten CD-Veröffentlichungen. Und weil sich an neuem Material nicht wirklich so viel Bewegendes tut, ergreife ich hier mal wieder die Chance auf einen Langzeithit hinzuweisen. Da schleicht sich nämlich ganz knapp auf Platz 46 noch einmal Mando Diao unter die ersten 50. Die vergangenen zwei Wochen stand Dance With Somebody auf Platz 51 und das hätte nach offiziellem Chart-Reglement das Aus in dieser Woche bedeutet, wenn nicht – und genau das ist passiert – eine Platzierung innerhalb der Top 50 durch Umsätze erreicht würde. Nun also steht Dance With Somebody eine 31. Woche in der Liste, das ist nach Haus am See von Peter Fox der längste ununterbrochene Chartaufenthalt bisher in diesem Jahr. Und mindestens zwei weitere Wochen sind jetzt ganz regulär ohnehin schon vorprogrammiert.

Auch schon ein wenig älter – zumindest was vor dem Hintergrund der Verkaufscharts als alt gilt – ist die letzte Veröffentlichung von Mark ’Oh. Nachdem ich vor zwei Wochen ordentlich über United abgelästert habe, muss ich nun mit ziemlichem Erstaunen feststellen, dass sich das Ding wachsender Beliebtheit erfreut. Was genau so faszinierend an der Neuinterpretation des Hits von 1994 ist, weiß ich immer noch nicht. Ok – ein paar der Remixe funktionieren ganz gut für den Tanz der Nacht, unsäglich find ich immer noch die Gospel-Einlage, auch wenn sie aus dem Original –Nr.1-Hit von Prince Ital Joe & Marky Mark stammt. Ich brauch definitiv kein 90er Revival.
Lustigerweise findet sich United auch in keiner wirklich relevanten Dance-Hitliste. Irgendwie ein Phänomen. Ich tippe mal, dass die Käufergruppe noch zu jung ist, um Parties und Discos zu besuchen. Dafür allerdings ist der Chartauftritt ungewöhnlich. Kids rennen eigen tlich immer gleich beim Erscheinen der CD in den Laden und kaufen sich das Ding. Und danach geht’s schnell abwärts. Hier also ein Phänomen: United steigt in seiner dritten Chartwoche von der 64 auf die 49 und beschert Mark ’Oh seine höchste Chartplatzierung seit 2004. Ich staune!

Die physische CD ist auf dem Rückzug? Vielleicht noch nicht ganz, denn auch für Chairlift ist noch eine Single-Veröffentlichung angekündigt. Bekanntheit erlangte ihr Song Bruise allerdings vor allem durch den Einsatz als Werbespot-Soundtrack für den iPod Nano im vergangenen Herbst. Damals erschien auch ihr Album Does You Inspire You, zumindest in den USA. In Europa hat es einen Moment länger gedauert, dann nahm Columbia/Sony die Band aus New York in ihr Repertoire auf. Das Album erschien noch einmal in überarbeiteter Version und plötzlich ist auch Bruise wieder aktuell und erhält ein offizielles Video. Was nun aber die Käuferinnen aktuell dazu treibt, sich Bruise auf ihren iPod zu laden, das kann ich nicht nachvollziehen. Vielleicht ist es ja auch das ganz natürliche, langsame Wachsen einer Nachfrage. Der Einstieg in die Chartliste auf 81 ist ja nun auch nicht so ein wahnsinnig riesiger Sprung. Zur Musik vielleicht noch ein Wort. Da wird ganz viel drüber geschrieben, dass Chairlift in einen Topf gehören mit MGMT und Empire Of The Sun ... naja, vielleicht sind sie da ein wenig verwandt weil sie ein ähnliches Instrumentarium verwenden. Ich finde aber Chairlift viel eher in der Singer-/Songwriter-Ecke zu Hause. Das Ganze klingt mir doch etwas zu poetisch-romantisierend ... das sind MGMT auf ihre Art vielleicht auch, aber da gibt es mehr Brüche, die ich bei Chairlift eindeutig vermisse.

Und wenn wir Empire Of The Sun und MGMT schon mal anführen, die beiden Bands sind derzeit nicht nur ganz gut präsent auf allen möglichen hippen Frequenzen, sie sind auch im Verkauf (und dort mit Sicherheit vor allem im Downloadbereich) immer wieder und immer noch erfolgreich. Empire Of The Sun lieferten kürzlich (am 22. Juli) zur längsten Sonnenfinsternis des 21. Jahrhundertseinen exklusiven Online Event. Weiß nicht, wieviele Menschen das in Europa und Deutschland mit verfolgt haben. Und sicher hat dieser Auftritt auch gar nichts damit zu tun, dass We Are The People just in dieser Woche wieder in den deutschen Charts steht. Nämlich auf der 82. Und – das ist ein wenig verwunderlich – erst in der achten notierten Woche. Hmm.

Auf eine etwas längere Chartkarriere können dagegen MGMT zurück blicken. Kids befindet sich seit Ende letzten Jahres immer wieder mal in den Charts. Es ist der weitaus erfolgreichste Titel der Band und dieses ist Chartaufenthalt Nummer drei nach der dreimonatigen Zwangspause. Platz 83 gibt es in dieser Woche und das ist bereits die zwanzigste, in welcher der Titel notiert wird.

Was ist noch an modernen Klassikern bzw. Dauerbrennern wieder dabei? Zum Beispiel der Nr.1-Hit des letzten Sommers All Summer Long von Kid Rock. Auch dieser Titel hatte drei Monaten verordnete Pause, verkauft sich aber immer noch in ausreichendem Maße, so dass er jetzt wieder auf der 85 gelistet wird. Ein bisschen ist mir dieser anhaltende Umsatz auch ein Rätsel: Wer bitte hat den diesen Titel nicht schon auf seinem Player? Aber das sind eben die Geheimnisse des Long Tails ... All Summer Long sammelt in seinem dritten Chartaufenthalt eine 47. Woche ein. Ordentlich.

Rein raus, rein raus … so geht es bei Die Ärzte. Lasse redn, der Titel, der mit 37 Chartwochen der am häufigsten notierte der Ärzte ist, steht in dieser Woche zum sechsten Mal in der Auflistung der Neu- bzw. Wiedereinsteiger. Platz 94 wird vermerkt.

In ihrer 52. Woche stehen derzeit Ida Corr vs. Fedde le Grand. Let Me Think About It ist wohl auch so etwas wie ein Partyklassiker. In dieser Woche wieder dabei auf der 96.

Und der letzte Wiedereinsteiger fügt seiner Bilanz noch eine neunte Woche hinzu, und das freut mich besonders, denn Auflösen ist für mich eines der schönsten Lieder von Den Toten Hosen. Und eines der schönsten Liebeslieder derzeit ist es auch. Platz 98 und sehr sehr schade, dass dies die letzte Notierung sein wird.

So – und wenn ich weiter oben behauptet habe, da gäbe es keine CD-Neuveröffentlichungen mehr, dann habe ich natürlich absichtlich gelogen. Allerdings ist alles, was da noch so am Start ist, eindeutig Nischenmusik. Zum Beispiel die Village Boys. Das ist die aktuelle Boy-Casting-Group für Schwule. Zusammengestellt wurde sie vom Fernsehsender TIMM auf den verschiedenen CSD-Umzügen in Deutschland. Herausgekommen ist eine Neuversion der Village People, nur in ultrajung. Die Boys sind alle zwischen 20 und 30 Jahre alt, sehen genauso aus, ziemlich glattgeleckt, und kostümieren sich in der Tradition des Vorbilds aus den 70ern als Motorrad-Leder-Biker, Feuerwehrmann, Matrose, Polizist etc. Hmm – an dem Projekt kann man sicher gut finden, dass die Homos sich offensichtlich mehr und mehr in der Gesellschaft etablieren und auch mit den schlimmsten Projekten gut ankommen. Grässlich ist allerdings, dass die Band nur dumme Klischees wiedergibt – und da meine ich gar nicht die Männlichkeitsrollen von Bauarbeiter bis Cowboy – sondern das: Schwule sind nicht alle glattrasiert, feminin und unter 30. Da gibt es ganz andere. Und vor allem auch viele, die die Unrasierten mögen (an dieser Stelle empfehle ich mal einen Ausflug in eine x-beliebige Schwulenbar: der Vollbart ist da gerade ein Must Have). Aber gut, bei einem Casting kann nicht viel anderes rauskommen.
Ähnlich voraussehbar ist die Titelwahl. Auf wikipedia lässt sich die Geschichte finden, dass bei einer Abstimmung im Jahr 2008 unter den 50 schwulsten Liedern Kylie Minogues Better The Devil You Know auf Platz 7 landete. Und dieses Popstückchen hat man nun den Village Boys gegeben. Herausgekommen ist ein pompös-schwules Pop-Disco-Stückchen, nachdem sich garantiert sorgenfrei und anspruchslos feiern und tanzen lässt. Und da ist dann wieder das Problem. Kylie Minogue schaffte mit dem Original 1990 in Deutschland immerhin eine Platzierung auf der 24, in Großbritannien und Australien ging es sogar bis in die Top 5. Die Village Boys stehen mit ihrer bewusst sich abgrenzenden Inszenierung auf Platz 86. Da hatte selbst der erste Versuch einer schwulen Casting-Band im Jahr 2003 mehr Erfolg. Marilyn’s Boys konnten damals nämlich zwei Hits knapp unterhalb der Top 50 absetzen. Aber all das interessiert die Gay Community ohnehin nicht – let’s party boys!

August 7th 15: Robin Schulz gets a third #1

This is my 400th post on this blog. Meaning almost exactly eight years ago I started watching the German singles charts and analyzing movers toppers long runners and so on. The blog itself changed several times–as this column was visited much more from English or Russian speaking countries I changed the language. The stories I tell also differs a lot between 2008 and now. Well–thank you for joining me and leaving your comments. A few days ago my facebook page Pop.Schredder also started. Hope you will be there as well.

Back to the charts:
First #1 as main artist, second as properly featured artist, third #1 as producer/mixer. Additionally two top 10 hits as main act one of them peaking at #2 and a further remix of an existing hit charting as extra entry and peaking at #35. That's the result so far for one and a half year of chart career. The act in question is young German DJ / producer Robin Schulz who is hard on the way of becoming the best seling German act of this decade. Depending on which statistic you trust more he already is as popular and successful as rapper CRO who started two years earlier. At least in terms of single hits he really comes close to the level of CRO.

What is different to the rapper is the international attention Robin Schulz gets. After "discovering" British singer Jasmine Thompson for the European area and featuring USAmerican songwriter Ilsey Juber it is now very young Canadian Francesco Yates who becomes known to a broader European audience due to its appearance on new no.1 single Sugar. The singer is the first Canadian occupying the top spot since Nelly Furtado in early 2009.


Rising two further places MoTrip feat. Lary stops at #3 with So wie du bist. Another hip hop act stops at #6.Namika enters the top 10 with her debut single Lieblingsmensch in its fourth chart week. The album Nador started a week ago at #13 and now slides to #17, the single still gains more airplay and so it does on the singles list.

Kind of a surprise takes place at #10. Four years after its forming on X Factor Britain boy group One Direction becomes a top 10 act with its single Drag Me Down. It is the 14th proper chart entry in Germany. So far they only once sneaked into the top 20 in August 2013 with Best Song Ever. The career looks quite unusual. Ending as third on the casting show they immediately became stars in their home countries Ireland and Britain. Four resp. three #1 aingle hits plus same amount on the albums list make the band an impressive evident of how the boy group formula still works in the 2010s. Even the USAmerican market celebrates the boys. In Germany they are a phenomenon not very recognized by the mainstream so far. With the first proper hit single and a new album it might change. So One Direction is also an example how careers change in times of social media–even on the highly planned casting market.

The pure social media stars themselves get much more attention on mainstream but the commercial success on the sales charts still is not that big. At least duo Die Lochis has its highest chart entry this week with Ab geht's starting at #29. So far all hits of the duo disappeared latest after two weeks on the survey.


Tracks rising
How Deep Is Your Love by Calvin Harris + Disciples 22–17 in its third chart week
Sun Is Shining by Axwell Ingrosso 99–51 in its second week

On #97 there is a song entering the list that is 16 years old. Learn To Fly by the Foo Fighters was the most successful single of the band on the US billboard charts. In Europe there were other songs having the sympathy and love of the music buyers. Well–due to an action initiated by an Italian musician the song now charts for the very first time in Germany. The version of Rockin' 1000 Italian musicians quite is as much good as the original and worth of getting an chart entry. So far only the Foo Fighters version had that chance.
Finally here it is what the action was about: To please the band for a concert in Cesena, Italy. Can someone stand such a strong performance?

All in all there are nine tracks entering the list for the very first time. This is a very median figure. More unusual is the fact we have no re-entry. In 2015 this happened only once before on February 27th. In 2014 there were only two weeks too: May 16th and May 23rd.

2nd of May 2014:

Still it is Rather Be by Clean Bandit Featuring Jess Glynne that sits pretty at Nr.1 in Germany. It is already the fourth week for that track. Well–the top is very calm. And so are the ranks 2, 3 and 4.

The track bringing some change in the list is Budapest by British new comer George Ezra. After his song is released on CD the track shoots 12–5 in its 9th chart week. It is so far the second highest peak worldwide for the song. Only the Dutch charts report a current number 3.

Three places below the highest new entry comes in. It is the new single by Mando Diao Black Saturday that anounces the new album Aelita. It is the second Top 10 single in Germany for the Swedish band and its first chart entry since four years (of course the chart success for Caligola ain’t included).

Two German acts are jumping directly into the Top 20. And they together stand for the sound currently very successful in Germany. The first one comes in at number 10 and it is the third prerelease for Kollegah's upcoming album King. This week the title trackenters the list as the highest track Kollegah ever had launched in the single's charts. It really seems that he is the new king of German gangsta rap. His both predecessors Alpha and AKs im Wandschrank also made it up in the list climbing 30 places each.
The second new German song comes in at number 18. After its release as a full digital track She Moves - Far Away jumps from number 70. DJ Alle Farben is the latest of deep house inspired producers who make their luck on that sound invading the music scene since few months.

Casting Show Battle
The question is: Which one is the casting show with most influence. Usually one refers to the TV rates which sees Deutschland sucht den Superstar (DSDS) at number 1. But hard on the heels The Voice Kids follows. Both emerge around 3 Mio. viewers every show aired. But what do TV rates really mean for highly commercial products? What do they mean if the sales of music do not correspond with the rates. That's the question raised against DSDS. RTL so far answers: it doesn't matter anything – there will be a season 2015 for sure. Meanwhile the market celebrates The Voice Kids as the more attractive show. This week a song returns to the list that already had a very proper chart career. Strong by London Grammar spend 23 weeks inside the charts since November 2013 peaking at number 33. On April 18th Saphira, Carlo & Hanna performed the song and propelled it back to the list–up to number 28. This late peak makes the song the slowest burner of 2014 so far–and compared to past three years it is a slow burner indeed. One or two tracks per year did take a similar time. Of course Paul & Fritz Kalkbrenner's Sky And Sand are the far and away the longest sleeping hit peaking in its 83rd chart week in November 2011.


Still on the rise the American Authors can reach the Top 50 with their Best Day Of My Life. The remix by Just A Gent counts in the next chart issue. The full release of the CD single follows May 9th.
It took John Newman's current single Losing Sleep also a while for catching fire and becoming hit status. This week the song rises 82–57 although it is available for more than a month.

Jan 29th 16: New Songs Arriving

No change at the very top of the German single's list. It is EFF that holds firm with Stimme for a second week. Also Shawn Mendes has his Stitches at #2 for a second week.
At #3 the second Canadian star comes in. Justin Bieber sees his Love Yourself rise into the top3 in its 11th chart week. Nine of them the song already spent inside the Top10.
Also #6 reaches a new peak after a while. It is Danish Lukas Graham with 7 Years that had 14 weeks to go there.

Worth mentioning Glasperlenspiel spends with Geiles Leben a 20th week inside the top10–exactly at #10. It is this the first song since Helene Fischer's Atemlos durch die Nacht that can manage doing so.


New sounds arrive from #12 on. Right there British Dua Lipa stops with her first hit Be The One. It is the sixth chart week for the song and the very first time inside the top20.
#13 goes to G-Eazy x Bebe Rexha and their Me Myself & I that rises four places. And a more rock oriented song lands at #14. The X Ambassadors bring the sound back to public attention with Renegade.
The biggest gainer is Fast Car by jonas Blue Featuring Dakota. The cover of the Tracy Chapman song jumps 25 places to #16 in its second chart week.
Very close in sound–a bit more club oriented–Faded by Alan Walker is which stops its rise a place behind. Alan Walker now is the best performing Norwegian on the list and might become the suceeder of KYGO this year.
And finally Elle King completes the Top 20 with her Ex's & Oh's. That's the new sound so far which partly will mix up next week's top 10 for sure. Be prepared.

The #1 spot for sure is reserved for the highest new entry this week. At #31 Rihanna Feat. Drake land. Work is available since Wednesday online which is enough to boost the song to the upper half. On Thursday her album Anti followed as streaming offer. Well–February will start with a beat certainly.

In the shadow of Rihanna also SIA releases her new album This Is Acting. Single Unstoppable sneaks in the song list at #62.


A gainer of 49 places is Stressed Out by the Twentyøne Piløts. The song lands at #37.
At #50 the song of the current Desigual campaign jumps. It is Hundred Miles by Barcelona based Yall Feat. Gabriela Richardson.
Further songs worth watching on the way up are:
Die immer lacht Stereoact feat. Kerstin Ott going 45–23
Try Me Jason Derulo Feat. Jennifer Lopez & Matoma 49–39
Roses Chainsmokers Ft. Rozes 68–56
Jolene The BossHoss Feat. The Common Linnets 73–60
Wasn't Expecting That (Zwette Remix) Jamie Lawson 78–65
Hands To Myself Selena Gomez 93–71

New entry at #97 makes evident that casting shows might generate a career. Three years ago Lisa Larissa Strahl won the Dein Song contest which made her a recognized talent. In summer right after the casting she got the role of Bibi Blocksberg on a new (so far) trilogy. The title song of the third sequel Mädchen gegen Jungs enters the list this current week.
On her side also another teen star acts and sings. It is Phil Laude better known as a third of former youtube-band Y-Titty.