March 30th 18

Marshmello & Anne-Marie still occupy #1
Leiser by LEA returns to its peak at #13 from #28 in its 17th chart week after it was performed on DSDS18

Ohne mein Team by Bonez MC RAF Camore Feat Maxwell spends its 82nd week inside the list which makes him entering the top 20 of the songs with most chart apperances. On the list of songs with longest consecutive chart appearance it is now #7.

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Oct 27th 17: BAUSA still leads –

BAUSA leads the list still with his (not) love song Was du Liebe nennst. It is week no.3 for that song.

The highest new entry is the third top 10 hit for German schlager queen Helene Fischer. As her song Achterbahn is available in new mixes the song crashes into #10 in its second chart week. Over the week sales figures decrease dramatically–probably also this hit will fade away soon.


As it is a calm week we can have a watch at the lower end where long running hits still invade the list. Due to Oktoberfest and Wiesn parties Hulapalu by Andreas Gabalier again gets increasing attention and re-enters the survey at #95 in its 84th chart week. The song started chart life on the first week of 2016, in 2017 it charted 31 times. The longest consecutive running entry sits at #71 in its 60th chart week. It is Ohne mein Team by Bonez MC RAF Camora & Maxwell. Its highest position was #7.

2016: Alan Walker & Bonez MC Are The Winners

Most sold single of 2016 is Faded by Norwegian newcomer Alan Walker. It appeared first on January 15th and reached the top four weeks later where it spent ten weeks. The song sits pretty at #65 in the last issue of the year so it had a 51 weeks chart run so far. With two further top 10 hits (Sing Me To Sleep #10 and Alone #8) Alan Walker is the most succesfull new act in 2016 at all and establishes himself as one of the steadiest act. He is joined by Bonez MC & RAF Camora who also could launch three consecutive top 10 hits at the end of 2016. The triple also was completed by Calvin Harris who added two top 10 songs in 2016 to his account.

Back to Bonez MC. He is the newcomer of the year in some other terms. First of all his collaboration album with RAF Camora Palmen aus Plastik ranks as the best sold rap album of the year (#12 on the official album charts of the year) and at #5 (resp. #20) with partner Gzuz and High & Hungrig II. On the singles charts 35 tracks involving him were listed on the charts. Never before an act had that much tracks charting in one calendar year–even after Michael Jackson's death in 2009 "only" 23 songs charted again. Additionally Bonez MC had three times more than 10 tracks simultanously in the list. He definitely is the most present artist of the year 2016.

The number 1 statistics knows two further winners:
Rag'n'Bone Man delivered with Human the longest running #1 hit of the year. The song spent 12 weeks at the top. Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwo'ole was the last one doing so back in 2010. Singer Rory Graham also is the best performing British act since exactly 20 years. Back than Sarah Brightman had a 13 weeks run at #1 alongside Andrea Bocelli on the song Time To Say Goodbye (Con Te Partiro).

Second name to mention is Sean Paul. The singer appeared on two #1 hits in 2016.

Dec 23rd 16: Human Returns To Top

Human grandiously returns to the top after spending a week at #3. It might be a coincidence but to me it looks certain the Berlin terror attack supported the demand in the song praising uniqueness and value of human life.
Returning to #1 Rag'n'Bone Man is the first artist spending 12 weeks at the top since late 2010. Back than it was Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwo'ole's take on Somewhere Over The Rainbow that collected 12 weeks–with a break of a single week when Empire Of The Sun occupied the top.

The other big influence of the week of course is the approaching Christmas holiday. Pentatonix's Hallelujah is the winner of the race. The song rises 10 places to #5 this week.
Anyway the sensation takes place five ranks deeper. There for the very first time All I Want For Christmas Is You by Mariah Carey sneaks into the top 10. It took the song 22 years to become a real Christmas hit in sales terms too. When it was first released at the end of 1994 it reached #24. The season 2007/08 brought a new peak at #18 due to the fact that digital sales were count as chart eligible too. And finally in the past two years the song had more and more fans shooting it to new heights: #17 in 2014/15 (first time beating Last Christmas in sales) and #13 the past season. It is only Mariah Carey's sixth top 10 hit at all and the first appearance since April 2008 when Touch My Body started chart life at #7.

Christmas also brings back classic tunes such as Happy Xmas (War Is Over) by John Lennon & Yoko Ono + The Plastic Ono Band. The song re-enters at #89 and now has a chart career that stretches over almost 44 years which is the longest of a song charted in 2016 at all.

In time for the festive season Bonez MC + RAF Camora released the special Christmas edition of their album Palmen aus Plastik. Newly renamed as Tannen aus Plastik it shots back to #2 on the albums list right behind Helene Fischer and her Christmas album. Leading single of the newly repacked collection is An ihnen vorbei which jumps 22–8 and gives the duo a fourth Top 10 hit in 2016–as much as Justin Bieber had. In terms of commercial success last weeks chart imperator Kollegah for sure must be very jealous.
Bonez MC + RAF Camora can launch also other new songs out of there special edition as there are: Skandale #25, Atrsmis #36 and Verräter #55. Additionally the bonus EP by 187 Strassenbande throws some tracks into the list too and bonus EP no.3 by Maxwell launches also tracks on which both appear as featured artists. It sets the amount of simultaneous hits up to 14 for Bonez MC and 10 for RAF Camora (14 if one count the tracks he appears as producer as well). This is still three short of the result set by Kollegah past week–but this is the third week this year that both rappers have at least 10 tracks in one issue. Kollegah itself sees all his 17 tracks dropping out of the list except two which rank at #92 and #99. Again: Who is the real imperator?


Further down the list also winner of recent season of The Voice of Germnany enters the list. Tay Schmedtmann reaches #23 with his song Lauf Baby Lauf as the highest ne entry this week. Although the rates rose this year a little this result stays in sharp contrast to all other seasons before. Even past years winner Jamie Lee Kriewitz did reach #11.
At least Yvonne Catterfeld in her role as coach can profit of the show. Her new single Irgendwas jumps 60 places to #27 after she performed it live and John Legend's Love Me Now has an 26 places jump to #32 after his performance.

Sept 23rd 16:

DJ Snake and Justin Bieber a second week top the German list with Let Me Love You. With DJ Snake the 17th consecutive week a French act is noted at #1 spot. Justin Bieber's second #1 week makes him the best performing Canadian since past years Francesco Yates who had a three weeks run at the top alongside Robin Schulz on Sugar.

After four month finally a British act approaches the very top again. It is Rag'n'Bone Man with his Human that goes 6–2 and takes the baton from Kyla who alongside Drake was the last British occupying the runners up position (and higher).

The duo of past week Bonez MC & RAF Camora see their album Palmen aus Plastik tumbling down to #5 on the album's list. Still they do have 10 single tracks on the song list, Ohne mein Team best performing at #8. This feat truly is new for German hiphop albums.

Highest new entry comes in at #9. Philipp Poisel returns after four years to top 10 status with Erklär mir die Liebe as solo artist. In between he had a #1 visit as member of Band Aid 30 in December 2014.

New inside the top20 at #18 current single of 257ers is. Holz now matches the result of predecessor Holland. Highest chart entry of the band still is Baby du riechst peaking at #14 two years ago.

Biggest gainers are:
Kokaina by Miami Yacine jumping 46 places to #46
Keine Maschine by Tim Bendzko leaping 35 places to #43
Still Falling For You by Ellie Goulding rising 30 places to #47
Mercy by Shawn Mendes going up 26 places to #69

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)